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The London African Gospel Choir are to perform a smash hit version of Paul Simon’s 'Graceland' album in full on the main stage of this year's Rhythmtree Festival. The choir is made up of a collective of African singers, musicians...

Independent Parliamentary Candidate for the Isle of Wight, Julie Jones-Evans, will be holding impromptu public consultations all over the Island giving people an opportunity to share with her issues that affect them. Julie is fueling her own campaign and is...

Wightlink has announced the dates for its popular Meet the Manager events this Summer. Customers will have the opportunity to talk to a range of senior staff from across the company and ask questions about services and its £45million investment...

A planning application for the development a new residential estate off Smallbrook Lane in Ryde has been re-submitted to the Isle of Wight Council, with a reduction in the number of proposed properties. The plans detail transforming the land currently used as Rosemary...

A 55-year-old motorcyclist from Carisbrooke remains in hospital following a serious crash in a rural part of the Island on Good Friday - some 6 weeks ago. As first reported by Island Echo, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air...

Cllr Dave Stewart The Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Councillor Dave Stewart, has now written to the Education Secretary calling for Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) to be sacked from their role in running both Sandown Bay Academy and Ryde Academy....

With just 2 weeks until Isle of Wight Festival 2017, Hard Rock Cafe has today (Thursday) announced that it will be returning to Seaclose Park for a fourth consecutive year. The line-up for the stage has been carefully curated by...

Conservative parliamentary candidates for the 2 English constituencies with major islands have teamed up, making a joint commitment to look at common issues. Derek Thomas, the re-standing MP for the St Ives constituency (which includes the Isles of Scilly) and...

Students at Ryde Academy will have an extra week added onto their October half term holiday due to a delay in opening the brand new school building at Pell Lane. The decision has been taken to push back the opening...

Green Party Parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight, Vix Lowthion, has pledged to fight 'tooth and nail' to save the fox hunting ban during a visit to the Island by the South MEP and Green Party's Animals Spokesperson, Keith...