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Popular Shanklin-based restaurant Thai Mukda has announced that it is to close indefinitely. The family who runs the eatery of High Street in the town said they had to make the 'biggest' decision, taking to Facebook to share the news...

Ofsted inspectors have highlighted areas that a 'good’ Isle of Wight pupil referral unit - the Island Learning Centre in Newport - could improve. It follows an inspection of the Island Learning Centre (ILC) by the government’s education watchdog. This...

Parkdean Resorts, which operates 4 holiday parks on the Isle of Wight, has secured an unprecedented back-to-back hat-trick of Gold Awards at the British Travel Awards.   Parkdean Resorts operates 66 holiday parks across the UK, including Thorness Bay, Nodes Point,...

Familiar faces in a new Island charity are to collaborate with Connect4Communities in offering essential support this winter. Lisa Beaney and Norman Arnold, representing Green Isle of Wight CIC, will be delivering in-home advice on energy reduction and maintaining warmth...

The University of Portsmouth celebrated with Isle of Wight SME business leaders who have completed the university’s ‘Business Boost’ and ‘Help to Grow: Management Course’. Those present at the event at Quay Arts Centre in Newport, were joined on Tuesday...

A 'positive learning culture' permeates throughout an Isle of Wight primary school which has kept its ‘good’ Ofsted rating. Pupil’s personal development at Carisbrooke Church of England Primary School was also ‘exceptional’ and ‘outstanding’, the education watchdog said after it...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary will once again be targeting drink and drug drivers this December as part of the annual Operation Holly crackdown. There will be increased patrols and enforcement activity on our roads over the whole month...

An investigation into a 43-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of kidnap back in August has been dropped, Police have confirmed. Police were called just before 18:45 on 23rd August to a report that a woman had been forced...

Light up the Wight, the Isle of Wight's official Christmas lights map and competition, brought to you by Island Echo and sponsored by Southern Vectis, is back for 2023! Hundreds of families are expected to jump in their cars –...

A busy dental practice in Ryde has announced that it will be slashing its NHS services as the lead dentist will no longer be treating NHS patients from February next year, sparking fears of where thousands of locals will go...