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Increases in crematorium charges have been branded ‘scandalous’ and a ‘Tory plan to rip off the bereaved’. The Isle of Wight Council budget last week raised crematorium and cemetery charges by 7%— increasing the cost of some cremations to over...

Work is progressing to repair a sewer pipe that carries all of Ryde's wastewater away from the town after a sinkhole appeared at Appley back in January. Southern Water has confirmed that following geotechnical surveys carried out over the past...

'Exciting times’ are ahead for a popular Isle of Wight restaurant as it expands to Cowes. Gio Giancovitch, owner of the Smoking Lobster and the recently opened Drunken Lobster, both in Ventnor,  has confirmed plans are in place to open...

Despite repeated warnings from professional engineers and Islanders alike over the past 4 years, the Isle of Wight Council continues to waste money on Floating Bridge 6 - that's according to 2 local councillors. Representatives from both East Cowes and...

More than 2,500 individuals have opened a Help to Save account across the South East and could be earning money on their savings, statistics from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed. Help to Save is the Government-backed savings scheme...

Young people on the Isle of Wight are being given an opportunity to learn a new career and start a brand new job. Island employers are being urged to take on 19-24-year-olds as part of a government campaign to help...

Southern Water is to close a section of the Sandown to Newport cycle path for a period of 6 months as part of a project to protect a threatened eel. Last month Island Echo reported that the popular path would...

Thousands of children across the Island are being offered places at secondary schools this week, with 79% of parents offered a place for their child at their first choice school. Children up and down the country, including here on the...

Households living on a residential street in Binstead are disgruntled at proposals to implement a Residents' Parking Scheme, which would mean each household would have to pay £72 a year to park their car. The idea of Resident's Parking Schemes...

Almost a decade after being convicted for smuggling £53million of cocaine, the hearing on an application for leave to appeal for 2 members of the ‘Freshwater Five’ has concluded at the Court of Appeal. The ‘Freshwater Five’ were sentenced to...