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Households across the Isle of Wight are starting to receive a letter from the Department of Health and Social Care inviting Islanders to participate in a survey about the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app. The letter is being sent out by...

The family of a man who fell down a small cliff and landed on the rocks below at Priory Bay near Seaview have thanked the emergency services for their efforts. As first reported by Island Echo, rescue teams from across...

The driver of a Jaguar will now appear in court after being found driving on the Island’s roads without a full licence and without insurance by Police.  Officers have seized the saloon car in Freshwater this afternoon (Sunday) as a...

As farmers begin harvesting their various crops over the coming weeks and months, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is urging everyone across the agricultural industry to stay safe and ‘Look out, look up!’ when working near overhead power lines...

Volunteers from WightSAR are travelling to the mainland this morning (Sunday) to assist colleagues from Hampshire Search and Rescue in the ongoing search for missing teenager Louise Smith. Louise, 16, was last seen in Havant at around midday on 8th...

A development of 25 houses next to a primary school in East Cowes has been rejected by the Isle of Wight Council. The houses on Millfield Avenue were proposed by Vail Williams, on behalf of Sisters for Christ, the community...

With significant numbers of people expected to take to the water this weekend, HM Coastguard is asking everyone to take extra care in extraordinary times.  Boating, swimming and other sea-based activities are now allowed once again in England under the...

The National Coastwatch Institution will re-commence watchkeeping from The Needles Lookout from today (Saturday). Having been forced to close owing to the current epidemic, the Trustees have made the decision to reopen the watch in light of Government easing of...

Another week of lockdown goes by, albeit with fewer restrictions meaning you can all go and take more photos while on your exercises!  Yarmouth mill house at Yarmouth (Alison) Sunset at Ryde (Jim Britton) sea eagle and buzzard on the...

The Isle of Wight Council is appealing to all qualifying businesses who haven’t yet submitted their details for government grant payment, to do so as soon as possible. More than 3,500 Island businesses have so far received grants totalling £40...