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The newly incorporated Isle of Wight Sea Pool Company has launched its new website and funding campaign this week, as well as artist impressions of how the tidal pool at Yaverland could look. The website www.isleofwightseapool.org.uk outlines, in detail, everything important...

The Isle of Wight Council has apologised to those behind plans for a new solar farm near Wootton after the local authority's mistakes saw approved planning permission quashed. As previously reported by Island Echo, Sunny Oaks Renewable Energy Park Limited’s...

Islanders will once again gather at Newport War Memorial for a service of Remembrance this coming Remembrance Sunday, starting at 10:45.  His Majesty’s representative, Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Susie Sheldon, the Island's High Sheriff Graham Biss DL and council chair, Councillor Karl...

Yarmouth RNLI crews were tasked by HM Coastguard to the reports of a person in the water located west of Hurst Castle Spit being carried offshore after being unable to successfully recover back into their kayak. Just after 12:45 on...

Calbourne-based IFPL has announced that it has secured an order from Finnair to install its Cobalt Spectrum LED mood lighting on the airline's Embraer fleet. The Cobalt Spectrum LED mood lighting system enhances the overall passenger experience by providing customisable...

A slew of Isle of Wight businesses are shortlisted for recognition in the South East’s largest celebration of tourism, the Beautiful South Awards. Recognising some of the best tourism businesses on the Isle of Wight alongside Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire,...

A proposed 127-housing unit development next to Camp Road in Freshwater has been rejected by the Isle of Wight Council. 7 members of County Hall’s Planning Committee voted to refuse permission for Tallulah Estates Ltd’s proposal – a heavily criticised...

The former Ladbrokes premises in Sandown was among the Isle of Wight lots to go under the hammer at the latest Clive Emson auction. Previously let at £17,000 per annum, a 2,300 sq ft commercial unit at 55 High Street,...

23-year-old Oliver Short faces a potential custodial sentence after pleading guilty to causing serious injury by careless driving following a double motorcycle crash between Niton and Chale back in the Summer. It was on 17th July that Police were called...

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is saying a fond farewell to one of its locomotives, which is going to a new home near Northampton. The 1918 Barclay 0 6 0 T locomotive 'Ajax' is to leave the railway at...