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Better disabled loos have been proposed in fresh plans for new £130,000 toilets in Freshwater Bay. Last year plans were submitted by Freshwater Parish Council to demolish the current dilapidated loos. The application was withdrawn, however, before a decision could...

Matthew Ambrosini is on course to make history after becoming one of the youngest people ever to stand for election in the UK, turning 18 with just a few days to spare to entitle him to run. Matthew is a...

Smaller councils have hit out at the Isle of Wight Council for ‘forcing’ them to raise precepts to pay for services the bigger brother can no longer provide. Through the Isle of Wight Association of Local Councils (IWALC) town, parish...

Bus operator Southern Vectis is set to increase the number of services on some of its key routes on 11th April, in response to the easing of lockdown measures. As reported by Island Echo, services on some services were reduced as passenger...

New figures released by the RSPCA have revealed the number of animals on the Isle of Wight which suffered injury and distress through irresponsible littering last year. The animal welfare charity took nearly 4,000 calls about animals affected by litter,...

WaterSafe is advising owners, landlords and managers of buildings on the Isle of Wight which have been empty or under-occupied during lockdown to risk assess their drinking water system as they reopen for business. Prolonged inactivity can lead to poor...

A major road in the East Wight is to become one-way for a period of 7 weeks to enable fibre broadband works. Contractors MMB Networks will be undertaking work on The Broadway in Sandown between 08:00-18:30 each day but the...

With 26,000 inactive people on the Isle of Wight, a strategy is being devised to get people up and moving. As part of the Isle Of Wight Council’s focus on obesity this year, more is being done to reverse the...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has joined forces with a group of MPs calling on the Government for more support for festivals. During a parliamentary debate on Tuesday (23rd March) Mr Seely called on Culture Minister, Caroline Dinenage, to...

Drones will soon be used to directly transport vital drugs used for the treatment of cancer patients to the Isle of Wight as part of a new trial. As first reported by Island Echo, in May of 2020, trial drone...