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A Sandown businessman who was arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected £135,000 VAT fraud has been released without charge, HMRC have confirmed. As previously reported by Island Echo, HMRC officers arrested the unnamed 48-year-old man at a...

Cowes Enterprise College has announced the appointment of its new Principal, Rachel Kitley, who will be joining the school permanently from September. Mrs Kitley, who is set to move to the Island with her husband and 2 children, will be joining...

A survey of around 5,000 people has revealed that 71.3% believe the prospect of a road tunnel fixed link with the mainland would be positive for the Island. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Pro-Link campaign group recently launched...

Wightlink are to ban smoking on all ferries and catamarans from Tuesday (18th April), it has been announced. The ferry company has taken the decision on safety and health grounds, following a fire on an outside deck of the Portsmouth-Fishbourne...

Works to construct the new roundabout and spine road at St George’s Way in Newport are nearing completion, although the scheme has been delayed slightly. Since August last year contractors have been working to create a new roundabout to allow...

Locals are being urged to 'Go Orange' for the Island's independent lifeboats over the next 2 days, by either participating in a themed fundraising event or by simply donating any spare change to the crews out and about across the Island. Ryde...

West Wight Sports & Community Centre have been crowned winners in the ITV Meridian People's Project and as such have been awarded a staggering £42,180 for their COOK project  - Creating Opportunities in Our Kitchen. The money will enable the...

Premier Inn have confirmed their commitment to opening a new 100-bed hotel in Sandown by revealing that demolition of the former Carlton Hotel will begin in October. Rumours have been circulating in the community that the national chain had pulled...

The UK’s biggest metropolitan festival, Victorious, has today (Thursday) announced its third wave of artists on a burgeoning line-up that already features headliners Stereophonics, Madness, Elbow and many, many more. Back with their eagerly awaited sixth studio album – Risk to...

Colleagues at St Mary’s Hospital are mourning the passing of Mr Mark Shinkfield, Consultant General Surgeon, BSc (Pharmacology), MB BS, FRCS.  Mark died, aged 59, following a protracted illness on Monday (3rd April). Mark qualified in 1982. He trained in general...