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Ryde Academy's performance Students from Sandown Bay Academy are celebrating after finishing third in the 2017 Rock Challenge Southern Premier Final, which took place at the Portsmouth Guildhall last night (Saturday). The Island school went up against students from across Hampshire,...

Pop group S Club have been announced as the latest act to join the Jack Up The 80s party, taking place on 12th and 13th August. Original members Jo, Bradley and Tina will be performing all their hits, including Bring...

Artful Dodger, established as the most commercially successful UK Garage act to have emerged from the scene to date, will be performing at Eklectica - the new, boutique music festival taking place at Robin Hill this September. Organisers have announced...

Students from Medina College missed out on a podium place in the 2017 Rock Challenge Southern Open Final B at the Portsmouth Guildhall last night (Friday). 10 schools from across Hampshire, West Sussex, Hertfordshire, Dorset, Northamptonshire and the Isle of Wight...

Tickets for this year's Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Slide - which returns on Sunday 16th July - have gone on sale today (Friday). As previously revealed by Island Echo, Ryde Slide 2017 will be bigger, better and wetter than ever before. This year...

Motorbikes being ridden off-road are continuing to cause a nuisance across the Isle of Wight, with an increasing amount of reports to Police. At the end of March a farmer complained about people riding motorbikes on various bridleways on his...

Organisers of Rhythmtree Festival have announced that one of the UK’s greatest songwriters and his wonderful band will take to the main stage to headline a super Saturday line-up this July. The Lightning Seeds will close the Saturday show bringing...

10 schools from across Hampshire, West Sussex, Hertfordshire and the Isle of Wight competed in the 2017 Rock Challenge Southern Open Final A in Portsmouth last night, with the Island's Christ the King College walking away with 4th place. Students...

During Mental Health Awareness Week (8th-14th May), the Isle of Wight Youth Trust will be teaming up with schools and community groups across the Island to capture a snapshot of the issues young people are facing, their knowledge of local...

Neal and Penny Staley, who tragically lost their 10-year-old daughter Evey in a fatal road traffic collision in Cowes back in 2012, have taken the difficult decision to bring their 'Isle Drive Safe: Remember Evey charity' to an end. The couple...