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The chairman of the Isle of Wight Council has announced her chosen charity for the coming year. Councillor Claire Critchison, who was elected as chairman by Full Council at the annual meeting in May, will help raise funds for South...

Those travelling across the Solent with Red Funnel over the coming weeks are being reminded of the revised timetable that comes into force tomorrow (Wednesday) as a result of staff going on strike. In just a few hours' time, around...

The planned demolition of Thompson House on the outskirts of Newport could be halted, if plans by an Isle of Wight business to purchase the empty site progress. Random-Rooms is currently researching the possibility of submitting a bid to purchase...

Despite plenty of action on the water and a new title sponsor for 2022, there will be no traditional Cowes Week fireworks night for the third year running. The event used to be one of the Island’s biggest traditions, with...

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will visit the Isle of Wight today (Tuesday) - and will return again at the end of next week. Princess Anne, who is a regular visitor to the Island, will be carrying out a...

Rotten floorboards and a collapsed staircase could be removed from Northwood House, if permission is granted. Work is planned at the Grade II* listed building by the Northwood House Charitable Trust to ensure there is no further deterioration to part...

HRD Auction Rooms in Brading will continue as normal, as an independent and privately owned Island business, following the news that Hose Rhodes Dickson estate agency is being sold. As exclusively reported by Island Echo last week, Hose Rhodes Dickson...

Works to create safe pedestrian access to the new bridge in Newchurch have been completed ahead of schedule, with the road once again open to motorists. Despite the recent searing heat, the project was completed and the road re-opened on...

10 weeks of traffic disruption begins in Ryde today (Monday) as Island Roads work to repair and strengthen a section of stone wall on Queen’s Road.  The work along a 40-metre section of the retaining wall means that Queen’s Road...

Following the conclusion of an inquest into the death of 30-year-old Rachael Stratton, the Stratton family have paid tribute to their talented and totally irreplaceable daughter. Rachael was born in Newport on the 12th of July 1989. She was killed...