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Visitors to the coast are being urged to stay away from cliff bases and edges due to an increased risk of rock falls. The Isle of Wight Council has said people should not underestimate the risks they are taking when...

Island Photo Centre has announced that it is to close its Upper St James' Street store in Newport after 32 years in business. The Isle of Wight business has confirmed that the doors will close for the last time at...

Firefighters across Hampshire and Isle of Wight have dealt with nearly 9x more outdoor fires in the first 2 weeks of August than they did in 2021. The staggering 764% increase has seen crews tackle 484 fires in the open...

The derelict site of the former Zanies nightclub in Sandown is once again the subject of a planning application for a row of 5 terraced houses. Applicants John Moorman and Paul Moorman, of Zanies Ltd, are asking the Isle of...

Free range chickens on the Isle of Wight are moving up the pecking order as their eggs are now being sold in Co-operative Food stores across the Island. Southern Co-op's convenience stores haven't had locally laid eggs for several months...

41-year-old Daniel Kilshaw, a well-known local thief with over 30 previous convictions, has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving and will now go before the Crown Court. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called to...

Despite hopes that the Isle of Wight would benefit from a post-COVID travel boom, official figures reveal that the Island has seen just a 2% increase in visitors in Q2 of 2022 when compared to the same period in 2019....

After lengthy delays, Wightlink has finally welcomed passengers to its new Fastcat terminal in Portsmouth having invested more than £1.5million in the mainland port. The major improvement project was originally expected to be completed by early April, but it was...

16-year-old Newport player Finn Smith has been officially confirmed by the English Football Association as the youngest ever player to have scored in the world's most prestigious domestic cup competition: the FA Cup. As first reported in Island Echo, Finn...

A former launderette in Wootton is set for a new slice of life as a bakery come pizzeria, meaning the smell of clean clothes will be swapped for wafts of fresh bread. Plans have been unveiled to transform the washing...