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Award-winning Slimming World consultants on the Isle of Wight say slimming groups remain vital, despite the rising popularity of weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro. Kim Street and Hayley Perry, who were recently recognised at the Slimming...

In a new regular feature on Island Echo, Charlie Panayi, CEO of Red Squirrel Property Shop, gives an update on the Isle of Wight’s property market… When is the best time to sell? This is one of the most common questions...

HMS Cavalier - the only surviving Royal Navy destroyer from World War II - was built by J Samuel White at the mouth of the River Medina, here on the Isle of Wight. HMS Cavalier was 1 of 2 C...

A Newport man who called his mum and threatened to 'batter the s**t out of her', is to be sentenced in November. Alex Graham, 27, of Horsebridge Hill in Newport, admitted 2x send by public communication network an offensive/indecent/obscene/menacing message/...

2 new apartments will be created in a historic 3-storey building on Ryde seafront, it has been confirmed. Ian Fern’s proposed works at Ryde’s Prince Consort at 19 St Thomas Street, including a refurbishment of its lower ground floor offices,...

Plans to turn Ryde's former HSBC bank into 5 flats have been knocked back by Isle of Wight planners, due to ‘insufficient’ submitted information and heritage concerns. Listed building consent and a planning application for a conversion of office space...

A school-based programme which helps young people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight avoid being exploited or drawn into knife crime has been extended, thanks to a funding boost of more than £73,000 from Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna...

A Newport-based manufacturing firm is facing prosecution over an alleged health and safety incident involving one of its employees. A J Wells & Sons, based on Bishops Way in Newport, is accused of a single charge of employer fail to...

Joe Robertson MP has called on Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service to retain Bembridge Fire Station, rather than place it up for sale. Mr Robertson wrote to the service earlier this month following consultation with local...

“We demand that rocks on our roads are removed in seven days” - that is what a newly launched petition from a 'very angry Ventnor' is calling for. James Milburn’s 38 Degrees appeal, which has gathered over 150 signatures since...