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A pair of family villas will be built on Cowes seafront replacing a run-down ‘eyesore’. The council has given consent to Hamlet Court Regeneration Ltd to redevelop Hamlet Court on Cowes Esplanade after the application received 68 letters of support...

The Isle of Wight Council is working to streamline its online resources to make it easier for families to find information about support services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The Local Offer is...

Controversial plans for 3 new houses on the edge of the West Wight village of Freshwater have been rejected by the Isle of Wight Council following 130 objections. County Hall said GL Developments IOW Ltd’s application to build 3 self-build...

The Mountbatten Group, which delivers end-of-life care on the Isle of Wight, in Southampton and across large parts of Hampshire, has welcomed broadcaster, presenter, author and gardener, Alan Titchmarsh, CBE, as its patron. Alan succeeds former Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle...

You will have guessed... this was Island Echo's April Fools Day article for 2025! Islanders could soon be greeted by new signs as they enter different parts of the Isle of Wight, with proposals unveiled to divide the Island into...

A proposal to build 9 houses on the site of Harrison Contractor's yard in Ryde has been given the go ahead, with the Island firm set to move to Smallbrook. County Hall gave consent to Mr Harrison of Harrison Contractors...

You will have guessed... this was an Island Echo's April Fools Day article for 2025, supplied by Ryde Town Council! Ryde Town Council has announced a bold, dynamic, slippery strategy to increase tourism in the town out of the usual...

Isle of Wight band The Pill are among the latest acts announced for one of the UK’s biggest music festivals. The punk duo will take to the stage at Latitude Festival in Suffolk this July. They join a lineup that...

A ‘high-quality’ 4-bedroom house could be built on ‘undeveloped land’ off a main thoroughfare in Northwood. Jennifer Porter and Gerry Shaw applied to County Hall to build a self-build chalet bungalow with a new vehicle access in a former garden...

A lot of working people are 'just not able to cover their living costs', the manager of an Isle of Wight energy charity told Shanklin Town Council last week. In an update on fuel and food poverty at Falcon Cross...