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Aberdeen Asset Management is delighted to announce the launch of the 2013 Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week junior art competition. Building on the success of last year’s competition which was won by 10-year old Izzy Shepard, a member of the...

Newport-based Stainless Games Limited have announced that the company has successfully completed a $3.5 million funding round for the development of the next iteration of CARMAGEDDON: REINCARNATION on the next gen platforms. Les Edgar, shareholder of Stainless Games, founder of...

Cruising the high seas, HMS Bestival has already enlisted an enviable band of salty seadogs to come aboard, from legendary headliners Elton John and Snoop Dogg plus a wealth of musical wonders including MIA, Franz Ferdinand, Wu-Tang Clan, Flaming Lips,...

The amount of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) on the Isle of Wight has risen once again. According to the Office for National Staitstics, 4110 people were claiming the benefit last month (February), a rise of some 130 people compared to January....

Residents in Ryde will have seen a much welcomed sight in the Solent this week as Hovertravel's 'Solent Express' hovercraft undertakes sea trials in the area. Following a mechanical fault over two years ago, Solent Express was withdrawn from service...

Police are appealing for information after a break-in at a pharmacy in Freshwater where medication and a charity box were stolen. As Island Echo reported on Sunday, Boots the Chemist in Moa Place, Freshwater, was broken in to when thieves...

A yellow alert of rain for the Isle of Wight has been issued by the Met Office this morning (Tuesday). Persistent rain is expected from noon on Thursday, lasting until 17:00 on Friday. Residents are being warned of localised flooding likely with...

Sandown Bay Academy has appointed existing controversial headteacher Shaheen Khan-Jones as the school's permanent  principal, despite an Ofsted inspection which found the school to be failing.  As Island Echo reported earlier this month, an Ofsted report found the academy to be...

TRAVEL disruption is set to continue for Red Funnel customers until Wednesday as the company puts a one-boat service in place. Just one boat an hour will run at XX:15 from West Cowes and XX:45 from Southampton until Wednesday. Reliability...

SEVEN singers have put the Island on the map at a national level by taking victory in the Comic Relief Does Glee Club Final, aired on BBC1 yesterday evening. Callum, Eloise, Harriet, Jack, Jazz, Lizzie and Thea, all part of...