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52-year-old Mark Derek Alston has been handed a 3-year driving ban after admitting drink driving, driving without a licence and driving without insurance. It was on 6th September last year that a Ford Fiesta was spotted in the St John's...

Island organisations have received a total of £544,000 in grants and loans to help them reopen and recover from the coronavirus lockdown, as part of the second round of the Government's Culture Recovery Fund. This funding will help 11 organisations...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has registered his objection to controversial plans for the building of 50 new homes on greenfield land in Freshwater, branding the development as 'not for Islanders'. Today (Tuesday) is the last day for comments...

A new community recovery service for Islanders struggling with complex mental health needs is now available thanks to a partnership between the Isle of Wight NHS Trust and the Southern Housing Group. The mental health transformation plans are moving ahead...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has today announced the launch of a £200,000 fund to build local resilience and protect vulnerable community members across central southern England. The 2021 round of SSEN’s Resilient Communities Fund will open on Tuesday...

A busy road in the East Wight has become one-way this morning (Tuesday) which means traffic disruption for motorists for the next 7 weeks. Contractors MMB Networks are undertaking work on The Broadway in Sandown between 08:00-18:30 each day but...

The Island’s MP has welcomed the proposals put forward by the Isle of Wight Conservatives to rejuvenate the Island’s County Town, which could include demolishing County Hall to make way for housing. As reported by Island Echo on Friday, the...

Island Roads has reached the end of the traditional winter maintenance season with 2020/21 proving the second busiest year since the Highway PFI began in 2013. Between October and the end of March, Island Roads carried out 51 gritting runs...

The Prime Minister has confirmed that pubs, shops and hairdressers will re-open across the Island next Monday, alongside the good news that tourists will be able to holiday on the Isle of Wight once again. With cases and deaths plummeting...

The Isle of Wight Green Party has publically released their future vision document, which details the platform that Green Party candidates will be standing on for the May elections, and beyond. Entitled ‘For Our Future’, the document outlines five key...