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The Community Bus Partnership has announced changes to its services across the Isle of Wight. Ongoing challenges in recruiting, training and retaining sufficient volunteers for the routes have prompted a reduction in the number of days the service will operate....

Police are this week investigating the circumstances surrounding the sighting of a red distress flare that took to the skies above Ryde during the early hours of yesterday morning (Thursday). Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and Ryde Initial Response Team were...

On Monday this week Bob, a large, bushy tailed red squirrel, arrived at Westminster along with colleagues from the RSPB to promote the’ Vote for Bob’ Campaign, which is being supported by the Island's MP. The campaign, launched earlier this...

The Isle of Wight Road Safety Forum is supporting a scheme encouraging revellers to ensure they have a safe way of travelling home from a night out. The forum has reproduced a photo originally set up by Ayrshire Police to...

Investigations are this week underway into an assault on a 15-year-old girl in Binstead. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary are looking into claims that the schoolgirl was grabbed from behind whilst waiting for a bus on the A3054 Binstead Road on...

More than £6,000 has been raised in charitable donations during Hampshire Constabulary's distress flare amnesty events held jointly by the Force's Marine Unit, Ramora UK, and local marinas.   Between April and October six amnesty events were held at marinas...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, joined people across the country in donning a festive jumper in aid of Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper campaign. In its third year, and the biggest yet, Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day is bringing...

Transport connections, review of coastal access and the Government’s renewable energy policy could have major impacts on the Isle of Wight’s rural businesses in 2015, says the CLA Director Isle of Wight Belinda Walters. The CLA represents almost 200 landowners,...

VIDEO: Don't drink and drive - that is the message this Christmas that is being pushed forward by Island Echo in support of the Think! campaign, with a hard-hitting video being shown to each and every reader.  In the last...

A 16-year-old former Islander has been killed in a road traffic collision in Skegness today (Wednesday). Jess Dunning moved away from the Island to live in Lincolnshire a couple of years ago, however tragically lost her life this morning after...