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Just weeks after re-opening its doors to clubbers on the Isle of Wight, The Balcony nightclub in Ryde has unexpectedly closed. The once-popular nightclub re-opened late last year under new management. However, it has been announced today (Thursday) that management...

A partnership between Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHT) will improve hospital-based services for people living on the Isle of Wight, it is claimed. The partnership will see Isle of Wight NHS Trust and...

Island Labour says that the Conservatives are failing to invest in Islanders following yesterday's news of a 3.99% council tax rise whilst cutting services. The proposed budget for the council could see more than £203million spent on frontline services in...

Southern Water's average household water and wastewater bill will fall by almost £50 this year, it has been announced. The utility firm says that the average combined bill for water and wastewater treatment services is set to fall by 11.2%...

Earlier this week we launched a survey to gain the views of Island Echo readers and, as a result, some immediate changes have been made to the comments section of the website. Last year we introduced a brand new comments...

Wightlink is running a revised timetable on their Fishbourne-Portsmouth route for the next month, it has been announced. Due to the annual maintenance and refit programme of the cross-Solent operator's ships, a temporary timetable will be in operation from today...

The cleaning of tourist beaches across the Isle of Wight looks set to be cut from daily to weekly under the council's budget proposals, but the current arrangements at Ryde are set to remain. Budget proposals for 2020/21 were published...

The Isle of Wight Council is proposing to introduce all-year-round parking charges on Esplanades across the Island, as well as increasing the cost of on-street, car park and permit parking. Under the budget proposals for 2020/21, motorists will have to...

From accidents off the rugged cliffs of the Isle of Wight coast to casualties in the waves of the English Channel, drones could be used in the future to help save lives across the UK. A new project will investigate...

A subsidised parking scheme is being introduced for members of Waterside Pool in Ryde. The daily cost of parking, when added to the cost of swimming, has always been an issue at Ryde. However, the Waterside Community Trust has now...