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With the Summer holidays finally here - although the weather isn't exactly summery - here's what's coming up in the world of local theatre in August... Curtain Call Creative bring new-for-summer weekly showings of the well-known and loved musical ‘Joseph...

Amazon World has revealed a bright new future as a registered charity, with the aim of growing and developing the popular zoo for future generations as the Amazon Rainforest Conservation Centre. For the last 32 years, Amazon World Zoo Park...

A 27-year-old man who stole Red Bull, coffee and steaks from a Sandown supermarket so he and his pregnant partner could 'survive' has been handed a conditional discharge. William Morriss, of West Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to 2 counts...

2 busy roads in Ryde are to close for more than 10 weeks to enable Network Rail to replace 2 bridge decks that cross over Island Line. As exclusively reported by Island Echo last February, the bridges at both Rink...

Britain's Most Notorious Inmate - Charles Bronson - has had 4 spells of imprisonment on the Isle of Wight between incarceration in the UK's most fearsome high-security prisons and psychiatric hospitals. Bronson was born Michael Gordon Peterson in Luton on...

A Newport woman who kicked a fire extinguisher off the wall before throwing it down a set of stairs is to be sentenced in September. Mazie Bailey, 21, of Atkinson Drive in Newport, admitted criminal damage and common assault when...

Pupils at St Helens Primary School are to benefit from improvements to their specially-created library bus - thanks to a financial boost from Southern Vectis. The bus operator donated one of its buses to the school in 2017. It was...

The refurbishment of Ryde Pier was declared the winner of the Industrial category at the Painting and Decorating Association’s 2024 Premier Trophy Awards. Nationwide contractor Jack Tighe Ltd - based in North Lincolnshire - were presented with the accolade at...

An Islander who stole a vape from a shop in Ryde has been ordered to pay the business £90 in compensation. Matthew Lewendon, 53, of no fixed abode, admitted theft from a shop when he appeared at the Isle of...

Ventnor Comic Jazz Band stopping by whilst participating in Newport Carnival. It's a new dawn at The Prince of Wales pub in Newport, following its takeover by Island man Steve Wheatley. Steve, a born-and-bred Newport boy, lived on the Island...