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'Our Ryde' last Thursday won 58% of the votes cast for Ryde Town Council elections (4,828 votes out of 8,282 cast) and now have an overall majority on the Town Council - despite only standing for 8 of the 14...

With big questions still remaining over the future leadership of the Isle of Wight Council following all the excitement of last Friday’s count, here are some key points of the election. The Isle of Wight went to the polls on...

A Ryde man who bit a Post Office worker on the leg during a confrontation has been ordered to wear a sobriety tag for 60 days. Maurice Reginald Hammond, 43, of Arthur Street in Ryde, appeared at the Isle of...

In an incident reminiscent of an episode of Keeping Up Appearances, a driver who parked on a quiet street in Shanklin has been car shamed by a resident by way of a letter placed on her windscreen. In an apparently...

The ex-tube stock was lifted from the rails and taken from the Island in March. Train fans everywhere are being given the 'once in a lifetime' opportunity to own 1 of the former Island Line train carriages after it was...

The Isle of Wight Council failed to issue a single fine for fly-tipping during 2019/20, despite more than 500 incidents being recorded including 4 involving asbestos. Fly-tipping is the illegal deposit of any waste onto land that does not have...

The Isle of Wight's secondary school students will no longer be required to wear facemasks in classrooms and communal areas as changes to Government guidance come into force on Monday (17th May). Other changes set to come into force are...

To mark this year's Foster Care Fortnight (10th - 23th May), the Isle of Wight Council's fostering team is asking people if they could help change a child's life through fostering. The Island needs people to become foster carers as...

An appeal has been issued by the owners of a fuel bowser that was stolen from a work site in Arreton last night (Monday). The 2 wheeled tank - used to store and transport quantities of fuel such as diesel...

Cineworld has officially announced the news that it is to reopen its screens on the Island later this month! As previously reported by Island Echo, movie fans were left without their popcorn fix when the chain closed its 127 cinemas across the country...