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VOTERS HEAR FROM ISLE OF WIGHT WEST CANDIDATES AT LIVELY HUSTINGS EVENT
All 6 candidates vying to become MP for Isle of Wight West faced intense questioning in front of a crowd of 300 voters at the Island Echo / IW Observer General Election hustings in Newport yesterday evening (Wednesday). Residents from across the...
Read moreDetailsHEADLINE AUTHORS ANNOUNCED AS 2024 ISLE OF WIGHT LITERARY FESTIVAL LAUNCHED
Top literary names from television, politics, history and the world of food and drink - such as Gyles Brandreth and Susie Dent - and are among the headline authors who will be appearing at the 2024 Isle of Wight Literary...
Read moreDetailsCOACH DESTROYS TRAFFIC LIGHT IN RYDE LEADING TO CLOSURE OF CROSSING
Island Roads have had to remove a severely damage traffic light from a busy crossing in Ryde after it was struck by a coach. The incident occurred earlier this week on Pellhurst Road, at the traffic light-controlled junction with Queens...
Read moreDetailsPLATFORM ONE AND WIGHT NOIZE WINNER TO EMBARK ON ISLAND-WIDE SCHOOL TOUR
Platform One will be capitalising on the excitement created by the Isle of Wight Festival and transferring that to local school children across a 10-date tour, performing in some 20 Island primary schools. ‘On The Road’ will see recent Wight...
Read moreDetailsNORWAY’S BISHOP VARDEN TO VISIT QUARR ABBEY FOR A SERIES OF EVENTS
Bishop Erik Varden will be visiting Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight later this month for a series of events. Erik Varden is a monk and bishop, born in Norway in 1974. In 2002, after 10 years at the...
Read moreDetailsVITAL DETAILS OF LOCAL TRAFFIC PLAN FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL CONFIRMED
The local authority has issued details of this year's Isle of Wight Festival traffic plan, with confirmation that Fairlee Road will become one-way from lunchtime next Wednesday. As usual, the main route for festival traffic from the East Cowes Red...
Read moreDetailsGREEN DAY TO ROCK SEACLOSE PARK AND BRING FESTIVAL TO A CLOSE
In a UK Festival Exclusive, American rock heroes Green Day will close this year's Isle of Wight Festival Main Stage on the Sunday night. The five-time Grammy Award winners and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose vastly praised...
Read moreDetails‘SAME GREAT TEAM’ EMPHASISES ESPLANADE DESPITE NEW NAME
New name, same great team - that's the message from Esplanade in Cowes which is now known as Van Mossel Esplanade. As first reported by Island Echo last week, the Isle of Wight car dealership has changed its name to...
Read moreDetailsBUSINESS LEADERS GIVE RARE GLIMPSE INTO THEIR ‘ONE THING’ AT TOP SEMINAR
'Just One Thing' was the topic of discussion at last night's business seminar delivered by respected mentor and speaker, Dale Howarth, which gave a rare glimpse into the ‘one thing’ that has profoundly influenced successful business leaders. Dale's free, bi-annual...
Read moreDetailsTRIBUTES PAID TO ISLAND SOLICITOR AND SPORTSMAN IAN HEAL
Well-known Isle of Wight solicitor and sportsman, Ian Heal, has died aged 50 following a battle with bowel cancer. The son of John and Christine Heal, Ian was born and raised on the Island and attended Chillerton Primary, Newport CE...
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