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FaT Samba - a West Wight-based samba band - is on the lookout for new members to join their 'small but mighty' group. The group - formed back in 2004 and long established not just in the West Wight but...

2023 proved to be a fantastic year for the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, despite the backdrop of a challenging year for the Island’s tourism sector, with the Havenstreet attraction welcoming a record-breaking 130,000 visitors across the year. The Railway...

Southern Water is shining the spotlight on its team of apprentices working hard to embark upon a new career in the water industry., including 17-year-old Alfie. Alfie is currently Southern Water’s youngest apprentice and is learning his trade as a...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely and Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Donna Jones have raised concerns with Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, about the rise in electively home-educated (EHE) students on the Island. Bob and Donna have sought clarification of...

A ‘proactive’ programme has been approved to tackle a backlog of food hygiene inspections on the Isle of Wight. It comes after the issue was raised by the Isle of Wight Council’s internal auditor. The backlog included more than 200 food serving, making or...

Criminals across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will soon be left feeling crushed as officers step up the fight against those causing misery in our neighbourhoods on e-scooters and e-motorcycles. Officers now have the power to start crushing e-scooters...

Over 60 people turned out in protest of the ongoing situation at Harbour Farm in Bembridge on Sunday, standing together in solidarity in front of the locked gates of the Environment Agency’s land off Embankment Road. The protesters all held...

Isle of Wight band Wet Leg have picked up another Grammy Award in Los Angeles - this time for 'Best Remixed Recording'. Wet Leg won the award for their track Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix) - originally recorded by Depeche...

Medina Theatre was the venue for the Visit Isle of Wight (VIOW) Visitor Economy Conference last week, with speakers and delegates welcomed by host David Curtis-Brignell MBE. Host, David, began by pointing out that visitors to the Island were not...

Busy Bee Garden Centre is offering a £1,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of a thief who stole numerous gas cylinders last Thursday. As previously reported by Island Echo, between 02:00 and 03:00 on 1st February, a...