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The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery big Winter draw (13th December 2024) is... Amount (£) Number £10,000.00 6813

"I can't give everyone everything they want all the time, it's a job of balancing competing demands" - that's from Wightlink's new Chief Executive, Katy Taylor, who has sat down for her first interview with Island Echo this week answering questions...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.  They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is demonstrating its commitment to tackling shoplifting and organised retail crime as part of a national crackdown. This follows the Pegasus Partnership initiative, which has so far resulted in 93 arrests, including a case...

Following multiple failed expansion bids, Luccombe Manor has been granted approval for 3 new bedrooms providing high end accommodation with garden access. Luccombe Manor Country House Hotel, on the edge of Shanklin Old Village, wants to create 2 standard rooms...

Powered Now, the leading provider of job management software for tradespeople, has won not 1 but 2 prestigious awards in the electrical market. The company's job management software was named a 'Top Product' by Professional Electrician & Installer magazine. The...

Island Echo always welcomes letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor – 11th December 2024 "Forgive me for perhaps stating the obvious, but I wondered...

Clive Emson Auctioneers has been named Residential Auction Service of the Year in The Negotiator Awards 2024, held in London’s Mayfair. Now in its 16th year, the awards are the UK’s leading independent awards programme for estate and letting agents,...

Isle of Wight Council leader Phil Jordan and his 7 other ruling Alliance administration cabinet colleagues look set to vote on recommendations to close  Arreton St Georges CE, Brading CE, Cowes, Godshill, Oakfield CE and Wroxall primary schools tonight (Thursday)....

Isle of Wight businesses are celebrating following a successful night at the annual Tourism South East Beautiful South Awards. Tuesday night's ceremony at the Grand Hotel in Brighton saw tourism businesses from across the South East vying for the much...