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Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely slammed the Isle of Wight Council’s handling of school place planning in Parliament yesterday (Monday), with the Education Minister confirming that the Government has concerns over education on the Isle of Wight. During Education...

Engineers on the Isle of Wight aiming to hold the tide back have brought the past forward after the dramatic discovery of dinosaur footprints on the beach. Large fossils dating back 125 million years were found on Yaverland seafront during...

A Conservative Councillor has resigned from the Isle of Wight Council after 6 years. The resignation of Gary Peace means a new representative will be required for Ventnor and St Lawrence and that could mean a by-election. Mr Peace was...

A Ryde man hanged himself in woodland near Binstead after taking a cocktail of drugs and alcohol, an inquest has heard. 43-year-old Maurice Reginald Hammond, of Arthur Street in Ryde, was found in woodland to the rear of Ryde House...

A software issue, which caused Floating Bridge 6 to be out of action for a month, cost the Isle of Wight Council more than £100,000 in repairs and lost income. As first reported by Island Echo, the Cowes to East...

Supporters of trans activist Sarah Jane Baker - who is currently imprisoned in HMP Isle of Wight - descended on Newport on Saturday (21st October) in protest of her incarceration.  Baker was assigned male at birth and convicted of kidnap...

The scores are on the doors for more Isle of Wight restaurants, cafes and hotels as they are inspected on food hygiene standards. Isle of Wight Council officers rate food-producing or storing businesses on how hygienic facilities and conditions are...

2 Dutch treasure ships - the Campen and the Vliegende Draek - were lost in a storm off the Needles on 23rd October 1627. The 2 luckless ships had been part of the Dutch East India Company's autumn convoy that...

Wessex Cancer Support are looking for 15 adrenaline junkies to join their team taking on a 10,000ft skydive next year. Those taking part will not only get the chance to take in the breath-taking views of the Island from above...

Marine scientists from the University of Portsmouth have been underneath Wightlink’s historic Ryde Pier to place new habitats on the 200-year-old structure.  The students swam beneath Ryde Pier Head close to the FastCat terminal and securely fixed three ‘BioHuts’ to...