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NHS staff who have been working to vaccinate NHS and Health and Social Care workers against COVID-19 are now getting ready to open their doors to the public. From today (Monday), the St. Mary's Hospital Vaccination Hub will be welcoming...

Plans for a dinosaur theme park in Sandown may now be history but ambitions for a Biosphere in the Bay project have been announced by the Isle of Wight Council. Following the news that plans for a theme park on...

A host of Isle of Wight establishments has been served with the highest possible food hygiene ratings, but 1 establishment as received a 0 - the lowest possible rating. It follows inspections by the Isle of Wight Council’s environmental health officers...

Gunwharf Quays has announced that its ‘shopping bags to home’ delivery service, in partnership with Dropit, is now available for Isle of Wight customers to enjoy. Previously DropIt’s shopping bags home delivery service was only available within the mainland UK....

Islanders have welcomed the launch of the Isle of Wight Farm Shop on the site of the former Brownrigg's Farm Shop on the outskirts of Godshill, which has this month been taken over by 2 local farmers. As first reported...

Red Funnel has announced a number of important changes for all customers travelling on their vehicle ferries for 5 day periods over the next 3 weeks, starting this Sunday.  The affected dates are as follows: Sunday 9th January to Thursday...

The Footprint Trust has for the first time heavily criticised the Government over its lack of action over the pending massive energy bill rises. Consumers on the Isle of Wight will be faced with energy bill rises of up to...

2022 has arrived and it’s great to welcome you back. Before Christmas, we turned off the ability to comment on individual articles published on the Island Echo website. This was to enable the team to have some well-deserved time off...

Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely. Island MP Bob Seely has won a commitment from Southern Water that it will prioritise the Isle of Wight for multi-million-pound investment work designed to significantly reduce sewage and storm overflows into the seas...

It's the first Readers' Gallery of the year and a happy new year to you all!  Bembridge Windmill Bembridge ~ Photo credit Anna Onderkova Yarmouth Pier Yarmouth ~ Photo Credit Paul Who You Looking At? Alverstone Nature Reserve ~ Photo...