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Isle of Wight residents are being reminded that rubbish and recycling collections will not be affected over the May Day Bank Holiday. The Isle of Wight Council has confirmed there will be no changes to your waste/recycling collection service for...

Bare Nailscessity, Hidden Beauty and Canvas10 Nails have all announced that they have been shortlisted as finalists in the UK Hair and Beauty Awards. The UK Hair and Beauty Awards community come together each year to celebrate the hair and...

The Bus Stop Cafe in Branstone is to close at the end of the month, it has been announced. Those behind the unusual stop-off at Holliers Farm, serving homemade food and cakes on a yellow double decker bus, have said...

Polling station at Wootton Community Centre Just 16.4% of Islanders voted to choose who will be the next Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire & Isle of Wight on polling day yesterday (Thursday). The turnout of 18,179 - from an...

The Isle of Wight Council has been invited to talk about housing at the Government’s next Islands Forum, which will take place on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales next week (7th-8th May).   Topics such as tackling housing shortages and...

The count to find out who will be the next Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Hampshire & Isle of Wight is underway this morning (Friday). Ballot boxes from across the Island are being opened and counted at Medina Leisure...

The Isle of Wight Council has decided to change the way it makes decisions by moving to a committee style of governance system. At an extraordinary meeting of the Full Council on Wednesday, it was agreed the council’s current leader...

Retired couple Michael and Christine Cooper have been displaced from their Nicholas Close bungalow in Brading for some 18 months, with a date on when they can return still unknown. It was back in November 2023 that Island Echo visited...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (3rd May 2024) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 10374 £100.00 12405 £100.00 3740 £100.00 13836 £100.00 3691 £100.00 14326 £100.00 4719 £100.00 13614 £100.00 12965 £100.00 16148 £100.00 3296...

Island Roads is preparing to deliver an intensive programme of highway improvement works across the Island during May, which includes a cheaper alternative to resurfacing called 'surface dressing'. The programme of surface dressing is designed to both increase skid resistance...