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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...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

There will be no splashing at Ryde's children's water park again this Summer as the once-popular attraction is set to remain closed for the third season in a row.  The Isaac Haywards play area, opened in the early 2000s in...

The former Waxworks building in Brading, a historic landmark building, has been sold at auction for £185,000. The commercial investment at 46-48 High Street - known as Rectory Mansion - was among 149 lots listed across southern England by Clive...