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IT'S all aboard with past Olympians living on the Isle of Wight when a two-hour Olympic Cruise takes place in the Solent in mid-July in aid of the new Cowes lifeboat station appeal. People joining the cruise on the Cowes-based...

ARTISTS are being invited to put forward designs for a recently announced public artwork celebrating the life of a famous former Island resident. In the autumn, a new piece of artwork consisting of three enamel panels will be placed on...

THE Island’s MP Andrew Turner yesterday supported an attempt to introduce a Bill calling for Halal and Kosher meat to be clearly labelled at the point of sale. Early last year Mr Turner wrote to Island supermarkets asking whether they sold...

THE Isle of Wight Council is set to consult with residents on major plans to improve and expand the provision of special educational needs and alternative education on the Island. The plans are detailed in a delegated decision report to...

Sophie Dawes (Waxworks museum) Impoverished St Helens fisherman's daughter Sophie Dawes - who became the mistress of wealthy French aristocrat Duc de Bourbon and inherited a considerable fortune - passed away on this day in 1840. The life of this...

Jabez Balfour Island Echo examines the colourful career of Jabez Spencer Balfour, whose Liberator company enclosed Brading Haven before he fled to Argentina and was imprisoned in Parkhurst for a multi-million pound fraud. Did you know that the man who...

Island Echo examines the 4 current licensed premises in Yarmouth - the settlement with the highest density of pubs per person in the whole of the Isle of Wight. The population of Yarmouth (according to the 2011 census) is just...

Mew Langton - probably the Isle of Wight's most famous brewery - had 144 pubs dotted around the Isle of Wight at its zenith, around 1 for every 1,000 inhabitants. It has even been claimed that Mew Langton produced the...