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Waterside Pool in Ryde has completed a £300,000 refurbishment project, transforming its outdated changing rooms after 6 months of extensive improvement works. The community facility secured Government funding through the Community Ownership Fund and combined it with its own reserves...

Plans have been submitted to create a new 8-bed ward at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport, aimed at improving post-surgical recovery facilities. A full planning application has been lodged by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust to demolish the existing...

40-year-old Prince Francis will appear in the Crown Court next month charged with intentional strangulation, engaging in controlling behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Mr Francis, now of South Street in Eastbourne but originally from India, appeared before the...

Just months after local drivers quit over pay concerns and parcels reportedly piled up undelivered, courier firm Evri has announced the creation of 'hundreds' of new self-employed roles across the Isle of Wight. Back in May, Island Echo reported significant...

Wightlink's ‘exorbitant dynamic pricing’ has been criticised at a parish council meeting for ‘hurting residents’ and ‘impacting local businesses’. Freshwater Parish Council (FPC) this week passed Councillor Warren Whyte’s motion requesting an update from Wightlink on the steps it is...

Healthwatch Isle of Wight has published its findings following unannounced visits to 4 residential care homes for people with learning disabilities across the Island. The visits took place in May and June 2025 as part of Healthwatch’s statutory role in...

Patients with learning disabilities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are now receiving improved healthcare thanks to dedicated Learning Disability Care Coordinators at GP practices. The coordinators work directly with patients and their families to ensure they receive the...

Plans to convert a former Isle of Wight care home into a 21-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) have been withdrawn following mounting criticism. Joubert Properties’ application to convert the former Ward House Nursing Home on Ventnor’s Alpine Road has...

The future of the Southampton Daisy Bus - a vital transport lifeline for Isle of Wight cancer patients - is at risk and could cease to exist within the next 2 weeks, prompting a joint campaign by Island Echo and...

After more than 4 years of hard work by Isle of Wight communities, volunteers and ambulance staff, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has been named the first ambulance service in the UK to achieve 100% of their registered defibrillators...