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Amazon World has lost 2 of its new endangered Red Pandas just weeks after they were born. Female panda Xiao-xing gave birth to twins on the evening of Tuesday 31st May, with it hoped a thriving red panda family could...

Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely. Bob Seely MP has welcomed a new Government campaign to boost the take up of Pension Credit on the Isle of Wight, as part of wider support with the cost of living. Pension Credit...

Island Roads’ structures team will shortly begin work on the longest section of the highway network they have so far improved under the Highways PFI. A near 300-metre section of the Ventnor Botanic Garden boundary wall and/or fence along Undercliff Drive...

Island Echo always welcome letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor – 16th June 2022 "I’d like to share my experiences as a motorist and...

Southern Water is to discuss its proposed plans to reduce storm overflows when they host a public meeting in Gurnard on Friday (24th June). Some 5 months after their meeting with Gurnard Parish Council in January - where they discussed...

A community speedwatch group in Freshwater received a welcome visit from Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely earlier this week where they highlighted the important work they are doing to tackle speeding on the Island's roads. Since it was formed...

Shopfronts in 2 of the Island’s major towns may have to be changed if new planning guidance is adopted by the Isle of Wight Council. The Newport and Ryde Commercial Frontages Design Guide aims to protect the identity of the...

A group of Isle of Wight school leaders are calling to scrap a quarter of the Island’s primary schools, with warnings that keeping too many schools open risks condemning pupils to a mediocre education long into the future. Earlier this year...

50-year-old Paul Bennett has been fined £80 by the courts after he resisted 5 Police officers during an early morning incident in Newport. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Fairmount Drive at 02:13 on 29th May...

Around 150 fish have been saved from the Big Mead pond in Shanklin after a local effort to move them into a secure pond was successful, but work to restore water flow to the historic pond is still ongoing. The...