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ACCESS TO VENTNOR SEVERED FURTHER FOLLOWING CLOSURE OF ANOTHER MAIN ROUTE INTO SEASIDE TOWN
Access into the seaside town of Ventnor has been made more difficult following the immediate closure of a section of Newport Road today (Monday). Island Roads has confirmed that Southern Water has informed them of the need to close a...
Read moreDetailsVISIT ISLE OF WIGHT ANNOUNCES NEW VISITOR ECONOMY CONFERENCE FOR 2024
Isle of Wight businesses are being asked to ‘save the date’ in 2024 for a visitor economy tourism conference organised by the Island’s destination marketing organisation, Visit Isle of Wight. The Visit Isle of Wight Visitor Economy Conference will be...
Read moreDetailsLOCAL BUSINESS WIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS ASSISTS WITH FIRE SERVICE TRAINING
Wight Building Materials recently teamed up with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service to assist in potentially life-saving training. The aggregates business provided an old truck which was used by fire crews to practice techniques to remove...
Read moreDetailsRED FUNNEL INVITES ISLANDERS TO VOTE FOR ITS NEXT CHARITY OF THE YEAR
The public vote for Red Funnel's 2024 Charity of the Year is now open. Three charities have been shortlisted by Red Funnel following an internal review and staff vote. Making the shortlist: The Isle of Wight Food Bank Isle of...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL REJECTS PLANS FOR FORMER CARE HOME OVER SHORTAGE OF CARE BEDS
The transformation of a former Isle of Wight residential home into flats has been rejected by the council, due to a shortage of care beds on the Island. It’s despite the building’s owner saying too much work was needed to...
Read moreDetailsGREEN GARDEN WASTE SERVICE COSTS COULD INCREASE TO MORE THAN £100 A YEAR
The cost of the Isle of Wight Council’s Green Garden Waste collection service could increase to more than £100 a year. Fees could rise 6.25% from April next year to cover inflationary costs, the authority has said, if the go-ahead...
Read moreDetailsROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES IN NEWPORT AND OUTSKIRTS OF RYDE TO GET UNDERWAY FROM TODAY
Isle of Wight residents are being advised of 2 road improvement projects that are to get underway today (Monday 11th December). Stroudwood Road on the outskirts of Ryde and Drill Hall Road in Newport are both being improved by Island...
Read moreDetailsNAZI EXECUTION OF QUARR ABBEY MONK JACQUES KERRSEMAKERS WAS REPORTED 80 YEARS AGO
Father Jacques Kerssmakers The Catholic Herald reported the execution by the Nazis of Quarr Abbey monk Jacques Kerrsemakers in the Netherlands on 10th December 1943. Jacques was born on December 16th 1896 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He expressed his desire to...
Read moreDetails“I BELIEVE THAT EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE…”
Island Echo always welcomes letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor - 7th December 2023 "I believe that every eligible voter should be able to...
Read moreDetailsCHANGE MINIMAL IN THE WAY MENTAL HEALTH PROVISION IS DELIVERED ON THE ISLAND
There will be ‘no big bang change’ in the way mental health provision is delivered on the Island when services merge with the mainland next year, health bosses have said. It comes as the new Hampshire and Isle of Wight...
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