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David Thornton has resigned as Chief Executive of Visit Isle of Wight after more than 5 years in the job. Mr Thornton joined the destination management organisation at the point of its founding back in 2012, but is now set...

Visit Isle of Wight’s social media activity has been recognised as one of the best in the country. In a league table of tourism organisations by counties, Visit Isle of Wight was judged top, outranking heavy hitters Visit Cornwall and...

A recent survey conducted by Healthwatch Isle of Wight has found that people are attending the Accident and Emergency department at St Mary's Hospital through lack of available alternatives, as opposed to attending inappropriately. Healthwatch visited the A&E department in...

Island Roads has thanked residents and businesses on the completion of the 2017 road improvement programme. Each year, Island Roads ceases the vast majority of its resurfacing programme during the high-winter months because the cold temperatures, rain and high winds...

An Isle of Wight Councillor has warned that spreading 34 tonnes of sand on a muddy, temporary school car park, as advised by Isle of Wight Council officers, has simply made matters worse. The surface of the temporary car park...

Hovertravel has announced that its trial of extra Monday services has been a success and therefore the crossings will now be a permanent addition to the winter timetable. From January 2018 until 30th March 2018, there will be crossings from...

The Isle of Wight Youth Trust’s ‘Fund our Future’ Appeal, which seeks to raise £150,000 towards the purchase of a new headquarters for the local charity, was officially launched with the help of Bob Seely MP and Rob Da Bank...

Children’s charity the NSPCC has revealed that last year it referred an average of more than 3 contacts a week across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to police and children’s services from members of the public concerned a child...

22-year-old Natasha Pink from Newport is to be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to unlawful wounding. As first reported by Island Echo, a 26-year-old man staggered into the Crispin pub on Newport High Street on 7th November. He had...

It has been a busy year for Ability Dogs 4 Young People, who now have a total of 17 working Ability Dogs on the Island.  2017 has seen a significant growth for the Sandown-based charity having gone from 8 dogs at...