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A man charged with assaulting a woman in Shanklin last Thursday (15th September) morning is to go back to the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this November. Szymon Wrazidlo, 36, of no fixed abode, was charged with assault occasioning actual...

A minute’s silence to mark the passing of HM the Queen was held on the opening day of this year's Southampton International Boat Show (Friday), and the show was closed on Monday - the day of the state funeral. As...

New research has revealed the UK’s top 10 seaside towns for parking facilities - and East Cowes here on the Isle of Wight has been revealed as the 3rd best in the UK. Bill Plant Driving School has analysed the...

The Isle of Wight Council and Hampshire Constabulary has denied claims made against them by the former freeholders of the Ocean Hotel. In a statement to the press earlier this week, Phoenix Commerical Property Development (PCPD) revealed it has walked...

A heartbroken and grieving daughter has slammed the Isle of Wight Council and Vectis Housing for a lack of communication after months of delays saw what should have been a momentous and happy occasion turn sour. In 2021, an 18-year-old...

In the second in our series of Isle of Wight villains, Island Echo looks at the curious case of Dorothy O'Grady, who ran a boarding house in Sandown and was the only woman ever to have been sentenced to death...

Isle of Wight Council meetings have been halted due to the national mourning period following the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. According to government guidance, the national mourning period lasts for 10 days, from the day of...

On this day in 1743, a vessel carrying crew members suffering from the plague came close to transmitting the deadly disease to the inhabitants of the Isle of Wight. The Island had taken great care that the 18th-century pandemic was...

A programme of safety work to lay high-friction surfacing at locations across the Island is to begin shortly. Island Roads will be laying new anti-skid surfacing, or replacing worn sections, at more than a dozen sites in a 3-week programme...

Administrators are already looking to sell Island Harbour Marina just days after the controlling company of the popular commercial marina went into administration. As previously reported by Island Echo, the appointment of Stephen Lancaster of Lucas Ross as administrator was...