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Fly-tipping across the Isle of Wight continues to soar with a near 15% rise in the number of reported cases in just 2 years - but the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) believes these figures only tell a fraction...

34-year-old Louis Dauncey has been banned from driving for 17 months after being caught test driving a car he was looking to buy whilst drunk, driving without a licence and driving without insurance. The Isle of Wight Magistrates Court heard...

A man arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent following an incident at an address in Shanklin in October last year is to face no further action, Police have confirmed. As first reported by Island Echo, officers attended...

Nearly £9million of extra funding is heading towards Isle of Wight schools. It comes as the Isle of Wight Council approves how funding from the Department for Education (DfE) will be distributed across schools. Overall, the Government has allocated more...

The region's Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, is inviting the public to have their say in her latest Q&A session with the Chief Constable Scott Chilton. Commissioner’s Oversight of Policing Services (COPS) will be live-streamed across 3 Facebook pages...

‘Bedroom Farce’ is to open at the Apollo Theatre in Newport on 2nd February.  Trevor and Susannah, whose marriage is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest: 3 couples whose own relationships are tenuous at best....

A new football club that encourages men who are overweight or living with obesity to get fit and adopt a healthy lifestyle is launching in Cowes. This follows a programme in Sandown which helped local men lose a combined total...

Edison's Electrical is to shut up shop in Gray's Walk, Newport after 2-and-a-half years there, but the business will continue to trade online. The shop, which sells a wide range of electrical products, has suffered several leaks leading to the...

A pair of Isle of Wight Councillors and a Surfers against Sewage (SAS) representative are to present a motion to the Isle of Wight Council this evening (Wednesday). Councillors Michael Lilley and Sarah Redrup (Liberal Democrats) have been working over...

48-year-old Richard Sullivan has been remanded in custody and warned he faces more than 2 years in prison following his latest conviction for stealing £475 of gin and vodka from Waitrose. Sullivan, currently of Yelfs Hotel in Ryde, pleaded guilty...