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EMILY SETS OUT INTENT TO ‘SECURE POSITIVE CHANGE’ ON EVE OF ELECTION
As campaigning closes in the 2024 General Election, Labour’s Emily Brothers has set out her ‘intent to secure positive change’ should she become the first Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight East. She said: “Isle of Wight East is...
Read moreDetailsMEET THE CANDIDATES: SARAH MORRIS AND IAN PICKERING – REFORM UK
Island Echo has spoken with Reform UK candidates Sarah Morris (Isle of Wight East) and Ian Pickering (Isle of Wight West) to ask why Island voters should trust them with their votes in the General Election on 4th July... This...
Read moreDetailsBARONESS BENNETT JOINS LOCALS IN RALLYING BEHIND GREEN’S VIX LOWTHION
Dozens of Islanders rallied behind the Isle of Wight Green Party campaign in Isle of Wight East yesterday (Tuesday) with a large gathering in Ryde to welcome Green Party peer Baroness Natalie Bennett. On the eve of the election, with...
Read moreDetailsNEWPORT MINSTER CONCERT IN AID OF DEMENTIA SUFFERERS AND THEIR CARERS
The Phoenix Choir will be performing in the recently renovated Newport Minster in aid of the Minster’s new community project for those living with dementia and their carers on Saturday 13th July. The Phoenix Choir will be singing from their...
Read moreDetailsFRAUDULENTLY ADDING TRAMADOL TO PRESCRIPTION LANDS NEWPORT MUM IN COURT
A 28-year-old mum-of-3 who fraudulently added a strong painkiller to her prescription has been handed a conditional discharge at court. Jessie Walker, of Pyle Street in Newport, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court last Tuesday (26th June) charged...
Read moreDetailsDON’T FORGET YOUR PHOTO ID WHEN YOU CAST YOUR VOTE TOMORROW
Due to the national introduction of voter ID requirements, registered voters heading to polling stations across the Island tomorrow (4th July) will need to take some form of photo ID. Upon your arrival at your local polling station, you will...
Read moreDetailsNEW PENNYFEATHERS PLANS EMERGE INCLUDING 830 HOMES AND SUPERMARKET
830 new homes, a new supermarket, a national chain hotel and a care home could be built in Ryde under new plans being put forward by those behind Pennyfeathers. For the past 17 years there has been talk of developing...
Read moreDetailsGUNVILLE RESIDENTS ‘FURIOUS’ WITH COUNCIL OVER LACK OF ACTION ON FLOODING PREVENTION
Gunville residents say they are furious about the lack of action they have seen from the Isle of Wight Council in preventing future flooding to homes in the area. In October 2023, residents in Arthur Moody Drive, Broadwood Lane, Forest...
Read moreDetailsPLACE YOUR BETS – WHO WILL WIN THE ISLE OF WIGHT CONSTITUENCIES?
As polling day fast approaches, Island Echo examines the latest betting odds and polling predictions in the new constituencies of Isle of Wight East and Isle of Wight West. As far as anything in politics is known, nationally Labour seems...
Read moreDetailsWHOOPS! WHITE LINES INCORRECTLY PAINTED FOR OVER A MILE ON BRAND NEW SURFACE
Island Roads have been left red-faced after its contractors painted new white lines on Middle Road in the wrong place - for over a mile. Middle Road was recently given a fresh new surface when Island Roads carried out its...
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