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The new overnight pay and display parking charge is being rolled out across the Island this month. Over the next 3 weeks, the Isle of Wight Council will be updating signs and ticket machine software to accommodate the new £1...

Applications for ‘privilege seats’ on school buses are now being accepted by the Isle of Wight Council. Parents and guardians of children not eligible for free school transport can apply for a privilege seat for the 2019/20 academic year. Online...

Premier Ford, the Island’s Ford Store, is launching a second Motability Roadshow in Ryde Town Square on Thursday (6th June). This event is dedicated to the Motability Scheme so you can learn more about the leading car scheme for disabled...

New defensive controls deployed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have put an end to fraudster’s spoofing the tax authority’s most recognisable helpline numbers. Fraudsters have increasingly mimicked legitimate HMRC helpline numbers (often beginning with 0300) in order to dupe...

With just 48 hours to go until the world's eyes are on Southsea for the national D-Day 75 commemorations, Island Echo has all the detail on the much-anticipated fly past of RAF aircraft, as well as vital travel information. Flight...

Members of HM Coastguard from the National Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham paid a special visit to the Isle of Wight this week. The NMOC, as it is known, is the hub of search and rescue operations in the local...

A joint operation between local Police and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), to target vehicle and traffic offences, was carried out on the Isle of Wight on Thursday. During the day, a total of 28 vehicles were seized...

80 supporters gathered on Tennyson Down on Thursday to demand justice for the Freshwater Five, exactly 9 years after the events leading to their imprisonment began. Scaffolding business owner Jonathan Beere and fishermen Jamie Green, Daniel Payne, Scott Birtwistle and...

Motorists in Shanklin potentially face another month of travel disruption due to overrunning works by Southern Water. Since late last year, work has been taking place deep beneath the streets of Shanklin to build a brand new sewer in a...

4 Island pubs have today (Friday) introduced new beermat designs that are a nostalgic nod to the old Burt’s Brewery, which brewed its last pint of beer over 25 years ago. Burt’s is still well remembered by many on the...