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Island Echo always welcomes letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. This letter is in response to the one-way diversion between Newport and Cowes, which has been causing significant...

The Isle of Wight Council is set to build its own housing for the first time in many years, thanks to a £500,000 grant from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.  The funding, awarded under the trust's Veterans’ Capital Housing...

Wight Vets has applied for planning permission to turn the former British Red Cross HQ building in Newport into a new veterinary surgery. The firm’s application includes ‘minor external alterations’ to the existing premises at Hunnycross Way, as well as...

The owners of the iconic but decaying Ventnor Winter Gardens have been formally ordered to carry out urgent repairs to the site by the Isle of Wight Council, following mounting public pressure. The Hambrough Group, which purchased the landmark venue...

A new riverside restaurant will be coming to a local mental health and wellbeing centre, as part of a scheme to give the site a ‘multi-faceted’ use. County Hall has accepted the Isorropia Foundation’s plans for a restaurant and shop...

High Sheriff, Jacque Gazzard, rediscovered the joy of flying, albeit virtually, when she visited the Wight Aviation Museum recently. Former pilot Jacque, admitted "it is at least 25 years since I did some flying!" as she climbed into the cockpit...

Plans to transform 2 barns on a farm south of the Isle of Wight’s largest town into 3 homes have been withdrawn following local opposition. Eric and Claire Smillie withdrew their prior approval application to convert 2 barns at Whitefield...

The replica of the historic ship Nao Santa María will be docking at Trinity Landing in Cowes next week, offering visitors the chance to step aboard and explore a vessel that brings the story of the discovery of America to...

Island Roads is thanking road users, businesses and residents at the end of an intensive programme of road improvement work. The 3-week programme of surface dressing has now finished, subject to some final sweeping, snagging and road marking and road...

The Medina Railway Tavern in Newport could soon receive a facelift, under plans submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. Punch Pubs Ltd has lodged a listed building consent application with County Hall for a works scheme to improve the...