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Ice hockey was the premier sport on the Isle of Wight for 25 years, but it all came to a sad end in 2016. We usually associate the sport of ice hockey with a colder climate, with teams from Eastern...

The free car parking offered to motorists in short-stay car parks in the Isle of Wight’s county town will stop at the end of the month. It comes as funding has run out for the free parking pilot which saw...

A pony was chased off Appley Beach and onto a main road after being rushed and attacked by a greyhound in Ryde yesterday morning (Saturday). Donna Skeldon from Ryde was riding 12-year-old Georgia along Appley Beach on Saturday morning when...

Credit - Christopher Jackson Works on the brand-new kiosk at the FastCat terminal on Ryde Pier have been completed. The new-look facilities feature wooden panelling on the exterior and a slate-style roof, offering a more contemporary look than what stood...

An Isle of Wight woman and a Guernsey woman discovered their husband had been bigamously married for 15 years at an inquest into his death on 18th February 1934. The inquest was held to ascertain the cause of death of...

A new watertight door is needed at the Isle of Wight’s iconic Needles Lighthouse. Trinity House — the official lighthouse authority in England — has put the plans forward as part of modernisation works for the 165-year-old lighthouse. The Needles Lighthouse has...

Public toilets at a popular Isle of Wight beach could be replaced by state-of-the-art but pay-to-use facilities. Currently, the toilets at Yaverland, in the public car park are free. In new plans from Sandown Town Council, approved at its meeting...

The Isle of Wight Council's Trading Standards team is understood to have seized more than 400 vapes from shops across the Island - but the local authority is remaining tight-lipped about the situation. Island Echo is told that during the...

The skatepark at Niton Recreation Ground in the South Wight has been vandalised this week. Members of the Niton Community first noticed that the facilities off Allotment Road had been targeted on Friday morning (16th February). It seems that those...

A near 5% council tax increase is a step closer for Isle of Wight residents. It comes as the Isle of Wight Council’s cabinet executive approved the authority’s spending plans for the upcoming financial year last night (Thursday). The potential...