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Wightlink has announced it’s working together with the Newport-based advertising agency Solent to offer a complete package of advertising to Island hotels...

The Isle of Wight Council has appointed an organisation to assist with the management of the Highways PFI contract on a short term basis until key vacancies...

Hovertravel have today (Thursday) announced a new free smartphone application (iPhone available immediately with Android to follow in February) which now...

SURVEY: Island Roads is inviting residents to give their feedback through its annual customer survey as the company ends its second year of a seven year...

The Isle of Wight Council has approved plans to continue providing support to some of the Island’s most vulnerable residents via its Local Council Tax Support...

An Isle of Wight man who’s been travelling with Red Funnel for 50 years has had a party thrown in his honour. Derek Hunt, 75 and from Rookley, has been...

A record number of 21 awards have been announced by the RNLI to fund-raisers and operational staff on the Island who have given voluntary service at guilds...

A total of 29 motorists were caught using their mobile phones at the wheel during a Hampshire Constabulary crackdown across the Isle of Wight last month...

A two-month consultation is being proposed on plans to increase the amount the council charges service users for the Wightcare community alarm and telecare...

Police are appealing for information after two push bikes were stolen from a property in Ryde last month. The two bicycles were taken from a property in Castle...

Island Echo is this week celebrating a fantastic start to 2015 having reached two huge milestones during the month of January, as the Island’s news...

The Isle of Wight Council has this afternoon (Monday) confirmed its plans to focus resources on four key priority areas in its finalised budget proposals for...

The Isle of Wight Council is welcoming queries, comments and challenges that are beginning to come in as part of the recently launched consultation on school...

South Boats IOW, the UK’s foremost manufacturer of class-leading Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSV), has secured a major £6m new vessel order from offshore...

Isle of Wight Scout Danielle Marriott has recently been awarded her Young Leader belt, the highest award a Young Leader can achieve. Young Leaders are Explorer...

An inquest has this week heard that being over twice the drink-drive limit resulted in the death of a Binstead man last June. As first reported by Island Echo...