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The Prince Consort building in Ryde, formerly known as the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, is heading to auction with a guide price of £400,000+. 12 property lots on the Island are poised to go under the hammer this month and...

Although parking charges have been frozen for Isle of Wight residents, tourists are not so lucky with the price of an All Island Tourist Permit increasing next month. New figures show an All Island Tourist Permit will cost between 6...

A newly-elected councillor has said that Ventnor is now a town of '8,000 people now clinging to a rock' following last week's public meeting on the future of Leeson Road. Councillor Ed Blake has said it is frustrating that Ventnor...

53-year-old Marcus Webb, who took a whizz in his car's passenger footwell whilst struggling to stand upright, has been handed a suspended prison sentence and been banned from the roads for 3 years. Marcus Webb, of Carlton Road in Ryde,...

St Helens Blue Star were a force to be reckoned with in Island football for almost 140 years. Island Echo takes an in-depth look at the former club with exclusive photos... The village club are believed to have been formed...

Any organisation that manages to reach its 200th anniversary must be doing something right and on Monday (4th March), the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) reaches that milestone. It was formed 2 centuries ago due to the visionary zeal of...

Funding for vulnerable Islanders has been reinstated - just a month after it was taken away. The £50,000 ‘Exceptional Hardship Fund’ was scrapped by the Isle of Wight Council in January, to increase the discount on council tax bills for...

More than £4million has been spent on the new sea defences at Ventnor Eastern Cliffs - but the project is running behind schedule and won't be completed until May, with disruption continuing into June. It was in November 2022 that...

A Sandown woman who ploughed into a stationary motorcycle, having failed to apply the brakes to her car, has been handed a 12-month driving ban. Lauren Beaumont, of St John’s Road, appeared before magistrates on Friday morning (1st March) charged...

Island Echo always welcome letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor – 29th February 2024 "We love our Island and never want to move, but...