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An Isle of Wight firefighter who is part of an exchange trip to Oregon in the USA to learn about tackling wildfire, now finds himself on the front line fighting a huge bush fire. Alan Jones, based at Newport Fire Station, is with four colleagues...

HSBC in Ventnor is set to close its doors in November, it has been announced. In just over two months time Ventnor will lose its last bank as HSBC have confirmed that they intend to close their High Street branch...

Island residents are being encouraged to undertake online interactions with the council from the comfort of their own homes, via the council's website: www.iwight.com.  Online interaction with the council has been upgraded, which means that online activities are now even...

Two sections of slippery paving in Ryde Town Centre are to be replaced by Island Roads shortly. The work will be carried out in two areas identified as needing improvement following skid resistance testing. These stretches are the eastern side...

The Isle of Wight is to feature in a prime time TV programme focusing on Britain during prehistoric times. 'Dinosaur Britain' is a two part programme to be broadcast on ITV on Monday (31st August) between 21:00 and 22:00 and...

With preparation progressing well on the Isle of Wight's new waste contract, the Isle of Wight Council is now able to provide more details on the upcoming service. Councillors voted in July to award the Island's new 25 year waste...

Wightlink are running a revised timetable on their catamaran service between Ryde Pier Head and Portsmouth tomorrow (Wednesday) due to a mechanical problem.  As reported by Island Echo earlier today, one of the Wight Ryder vessels suffered a suspected electrical...

Hovertravel have added extra late services to their timetable this weekend to allow Island residents to enjoy the Victorious Festival for longer. Loretta Lale, Commercial and Marketing manager, explains: "No one wants to spend too much time travelling and when...

Colemans Farm Park in Porchfield has announced it will close at the end of the 2015 season due to 'significant changes to the business'. The closure was announced yesterday (Sunday) on the park's Facebook page. The statement said: “It is with...

PICTURE GALLERY: An amazing £2,253 has been raised by the I'm a Firefighter Get Me Out Of Here challenge over the weekend, which saw firefighters take part in a number of challenges including bug eating, tug of war and searching...