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Islanders have been praised for supporting local business by sticking to the guidelines during the first week of restrictions being eased. From last Monday residents could visit more shops, use personal services like hairdressers and have food and drink served...

Monday 12th April – Friday 16th April 2021 • Ryan David Salter, 22, of Oaklands View in Cowes, pleaded guilty to drink driving. He was disqualified from driving for 14 months, fined £363 and ordered to pay £85 costs with...

Oakfield Primary School in Ryde has continued to improve, despite the Covid pandemic, according to Ofsted inspectors. In a remote monitoring visit in early March, inspectors looked at the way the school had been coping during the pandemic and how...

With summer on the horizon, Wightlink is calling for people who love the Isle of Wight to share their passion with the world. The cross-Solent ferry company is launching I Love Wight Because - a competition to highlight everything that’s...

A much-loved Isle of Wight church is to share in a £611,000 funding payout from the National Churches Trust.  A £30,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant will help fund urgent repairs to The Minster Church of Ss Thomas in Newport...

Mrs Caroline Peel, who has just stepped down as High Sheriff, has been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight. In her role as High Sheriff, she was very involved in supportive work during the COVID-19 Pandemic. She...

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 – 20th April 2021 Robert Lowe, Bembridge "To all the vets that refused to...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is reminding Islanders that visiting restrictions remain in place for all NHS services, despite the national lockdown rules easing and both cases and deaths plummeting in recent weeks. In November 2020, when England entered...

Plans for a homeless recovery hostel in Sandown has been withdrawn — after neighbours fought against the proposals. Plans were submitted in February, by Two Saints, a not-for-profit service, to turn the former Hendre B and B, on Leed Street,...

An 11-year-old girl has been robbed of her mobile phone - which has since been found smashed to pieces - after being intimidated by a group of older youths in Sandown. The child’s father has taken to social media to...