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Free 1-hour parking is set to launch in Newport next week as part of an initial 6-month trial to tempt more shoppers into the town centre, but it is going to cost local taxpayers at least £20,000. From Monday (23rd...

Plans to restore the Grade II listed Appley Tower on Ryde seafront have finally been submitted. The tower has been closed to the public for many years but now there is fresh hope to bring it back into use. In...

A thunderstorm that moved up from the South late last night (Wednesday) was captured on camera by Island Echo readers. Avid photographers took to the coast to watch the storm light up the night sky with impressive forks of lightning....

Barratt Developments have reported continued high demand for high-quality and energy-efficient new homes here on the Isle of Wight. The housebuilder has released its update from the period 1st January to 1st May 2022, and the results are upbeat. Over...

Sue Cheek, Overall winner of Wight in Bloom 2019 For the first time since 2019, Wight In Bloom will be celebrating the Isle of Wight’s horticultural talents this summer - and we’re being asked to join in. Categories in the...

A specialist dietitian has joined GP practices in Cowes, Newport and Freshwater to add nutrition to the growing menu of services provided for over 52,000 patients. The appointment of dietitian Jenn Van Zant is the first of its kind on...

Isle of Wight residents are being asked by the Council about pharmacy services on the Island. The council has a responsibility to consult on the draft pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) every 3 years. The PNA details the needs of Islanders...

An old age pensioner, who has held a clean driving licence for 55 years, has been banned from driving after care home staff alerted Police to him drinking alcohol from a hip flask. Dennis Sinfield, 73, of Youngwoods Way in...

Double yellow lines are planned for one of East Cowes’s busiest estates in an effort to combat haphazard parking said to be compromising the safety of pedestrians. If the orders are introduced they will further restrict parking across 53 areas...

A group programme is helping to improve the lives of people living with chronic hip, knee and back pain on the Isle of Wight. ESCAPE-pain, which stands for Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritic Pain using Exercise, is a 6-week...