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Businesses from across the Solent region are invited to attend the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)’s ‘Keep Your Business Moving’ webinar in partnership with Newable. This free virtual event will take place on Wednesday 30th June from 10:00 - 12:00....

More than 1,500 Islanders will have the chance to go electric this summer with the roll-out of a series of innovative electric bike pilot projects across the Island, delivered by the Isle of Wight Council. The plans include an e-bike...

Isle of Wight school children are facing the prospect of heading to their new schools this September without ever having actually seen them first, thanks to the delay in the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The announcement, affecting hundreds of children...

An Isle of Wight man who crashed into a house in Seaview and tried to flee the scene has been disqualified from driving - again. 32-year-old James Simon Birchenough, of no fixed abode, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates...

The winning numbers in this week’s IW Lottery draw (25th June 2021) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 15464 £100.00 3159 £100.00 1346 £100.00 15802 £100.00 1406 £100.00 745 £100.00 14733 £100.00 7179 £100.00 13706 £100.00 15499 £100.00 15194

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Application No: 21/00697/FUL...

Hampshire Constabulary is the first Police force in England to use a new management system for Single Justice Procedure cases, making it easier for people across the Isle of Wight to admit their guilt to certain offences without going to...

The Isle of Wight Council has announced that it is to introduce a grace period for users of the key worker parking permit scheme. As Island Echo previously reported, the scheme, which was introduced at the beginning of the coronavirus...

Freshwater residents' fears over potentially losing their Post Office as part of plans for the town's Co-Operative store to become a Tesco have been allayed. The announcement that the Co-Operative store on Afton Road is set to close and transform...

A 23-year-old window fitter found in possession of a lock knife has been ordered to carry out 220 hours of unpaid work. McCauley Silverthorne, of Trafalgar Road in Newport, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged...