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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...

A letter urging ‘immediate safety measures’ be implemented on a busy road in Northwood, as a ‘matter of urgency’, has been sent to the Isle of Wight Council. Northwood Parish Council has written to County Hall leader Phil Jordan on...

Joe Robertson MP has this week met with the Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security to discuss what plans the new Labour Government has to improve cross-Solent travel services for Isle of Wight residents.  While the discussions were cordial, Joe...

A convicted sex offender who 'gave in to temptation' by plugging a USB stick full of indecent child images into his laptop, is to be sentenced at the Isle of Wight Crown Court next year. Derek Bayton, 63, of Dodnor...

Police are conducting investigations after responding to reports of a burglary at a high-end car dealership in Cowes, during which it is thought offenders were trying to steal car parts. It was just gone 20:00 on Monday evening (9th December)...