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The Isle of Wight Council is offering free off-street parking in all its long-stay car parks in support of Small Business Saturday to support local businesses. All long stay car parks run by the council will be free of charge...

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual has today (Tuesday) published a Code for Countryside Roads to tackle the tragic and disproportionate loss of life on the UK’s rural roads. NFU Mutual and its campaign partners launched the Code for Countryside Roads...

A Cowes man, whose refusal to leave his house resulted in Armed Police being deployed, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Ben Hayman, 45, of Arctic Road in Cowes, appeared before Magistrates last week (29th November) having previously admitted...

The Island Echo team is celebrating this month having reached a new milestone of 50,000 articles published. It was on 19th May 2012 that our incredible story began when Island Echo went live for the very first time. In the...

HMS Implacable - which had survived the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 - was scuttled by an explosive charge off the Isle of Wight on 2nd December 1949. The 154-year-old-warship was towed by a fireboat to a spot 5 miles...

A vehicle was seized after an alleged unaccompanied learner driver was stopped by Police in Newport last week. Officers spotted the vehicle driving in a 'questionable manner' at around 05:00 in what Police described as 'the dead of night'. When...

A group of students from Sandown's The Bay CE Secondary School are one step closer to publishing a cookbook filled with recipes from a host of local businesses. Consisting of Christopher, Laura, Hollie and Scarlett from Year 9, and Jamie...

GKN Aerospace, the largest private employer on the Isle of Wight, is once again recruiting apprentices for its sites based in East Cowes as part of its commitment to developing the workforce of the future. In recent years GKN Aerospace...

Entries for the IW Chamber Business Awards 2025, the Island’s most prestigious awards ceremony, are now open. Has your business had a brilliant year? Do you have a story to celebrate? It may be worth considering entering the IW Chamber...

Jewson, one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants has announced it plans to open a new 'Branch of the Future' in Newport, Isle of Wight.  The company finalised a deal earlier this week, agreeing to purchase the land at the...