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The owner of an Isle of Wight holiday let is celebrating after winning a national award. Owner Holly scooped the top prize in the Best in South Coast England and Isle of Wight category for her 2-bedroom apartment, Bishops Retreat,...

In the 2nd in our series of Isle of Wight Sporting Legends, Island Echo examines the life of rugby star Sam Perry. Professor Sam Perry was a truly remarkable man: an eminent scientist, England rugby international and 3 times escapee...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that they have launched an investigation after a Reynolds & Read worker was crushed in an incident at Duxmore Quarry earlier this month. As previously reported by Island Echo, on the morning...

Mystery remains as to exactly how a Honda Jazz came to rest upside down in a hedge on the outskirts of St Helens earlier this week. Island Echo understands that the road traffic collision - on Carpenters Road - occurred...

Planning permission has been granted to transform Riverway House in Newport into a new GP surgery, marking a positive step forward for the long term and sustainable delivery of local healthcare on the Isle of Wight. The facility, operated by...

With funding from the National Lottery’s Power to Change fund, Wight Community Energy has supplied Isle of Wight Libraries with thermal cameras so Island households can identify cold spots and find energy-saving solutions. Starting from Monday 3rd February, you can...

The case against an East Cowes man accused of exposing himself on numerous occasions has been withdrawn after fears were raised about his fitness to plea. 67-year-old Henry Rann, of Kings Road, first appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates...

Heritage Action Zone funding from Historic England has given Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council’s Shaping Newport project the opportunity to install additional maps of Newport around the town at various entry points. The funding was used to install five more...

The case of a man who allegedly attacked his own father, causing him a cut to his head, will go to trial. Kelvin Ouvry, 27, care of Mill Square, Wootton appeared before Portsmouth Magistrates Court earlier this week (Monday 20th...

Islanders who received treatment for cancer during April, May and June 2024 are being invited to share their experience in a National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (NCPES).   ​The survey asks for feedback from cancer patients (16 years and over), to inform...