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The Isle of Wight is looking like a more desirable destination for staycations in 2024, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. A new poll of 2,000 UK travellers by the holiday letting agency found Cornwall to be the top staycation destination...

An explosion at a property in Brading is being treated as an accident but specialist fire investigators haven't been able to examine the scene of the fatal incident over fears of a building collapse. It was on 1st December that...

Religious buildings across the Isle of Wight have received a £113,000 share of £42million in public funding ahead of this year’s festive celebrations, as the Government continues its support for the conservation of listed places of worship across the country. ...

An investigation has been launched by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch after 2 workers were injured on Island Line last month. During the early hours of Wednesday 22nd November, a road-rail vehicle (RRV) collided with a hand trolley which had...

The best beers in the South East of England have been revealed with the announcement of this year’s SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2023 – and the Island's Wight Knuckle Brewery has been crowned a winner. The SIBA Bottle & Can...

A Newport man found in possession of 285 Xanax tablets has been fined £40 by the courts. Harry Turnbull, 31, of Pyle Street in Newport, admitted possessing a Class C controlled drug when he appeared at the Isle of Wight...

Just 1 bundle of joy was welcomed into the world at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight on Christmas Day this year - a baby boy called Solomon. The 1st and only baby to arrive on the labour...

Island Echo takes a look at Isle of Wight Christmas traditions, some of which have survived to the present day... The 'Wold Hark': the Isle of Wight Christmas Carol What would Christmas be without Christ? The Isle of Wight was...

For 4 decades - from 1861 to 1901 - Queen Victoria spent her Christmases at Osborne House here on the Isle of Wight - and they were luxurious and elaborate, to say the least. Christmases at Osborne were on another...

In this week's edition of Isle of Wight Railways, Island Echo examines the 7 railway tunnels of the Isle of Wight. Did you know that a total of 7 railway tunnels were built on the Isle of Wight between 1862...