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Redevelopment plans for a factory in Binstead are back on the table. A series of planning applications dating back to 2014 saw the Clark Masts factory on Ringwood Road marked up for major development. It would have seen part of...

Wightlink has been awarded £276,800 to help improve travel to and from the Isle of Wight for disabled customers, which will see fully accessible toilets for disabled adults and children built in both Portsmouth and Ryde, and improved ticket machines...

A crack addict from Lake who went on a 4-week crime spree, stealing over £700 worth of items from local shops, has been sent to prison for 16 weeks. Warren Russell, 38, of Sandown Road in Lake, appeared at the...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has confirmed that staff and visitors at St Mary's Hospital will not have to start paying for parking again just yet, despite a Government announcement this week. Officials in Westminster have announced that parking...

A Home Office Licence has been granted to allow local firm Vecticanna to begin legally cultivating cannabis for research and development purposes right here on the Isle of Wight – creating up to 60 new local jobs. The approval comes...

A major 473-home development in Ryde will go ahead as it has now officially be given planning permission, 8 months since it was determined. A motion to think again on the development was rejected at last night’s (Tuesday) Isle of Wight...

With work set to start on major highway improvements in Ryde next week, temporary toilets are planned to be installed. As part of the Ryde Interchange project, the current toilet block in Western Gardens on the Esplanade will be demolished...

Police have confirmed that a white-tailed sea eagle that was released on the Isle of Wight, but found dead in Dorset back in January, had rat poison in its system. Dorset Police has been investigating the discovery of the dead...

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 – 29th March 2021 Freshwater is a lovely community-minded area, however, we have a...

More Isle of Wight residents will have to head to Portsmouth, instead of Southampton for cancer treatment. Colorectal and breast cancer patients will receive their oncology services from specialists at Queen Alexandra Hospital,  in an extension of the strategic partnership...