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After a year in limbo, plans for a new supermarket giant to set up store on an Isle of Wight high street could be a step closer. It comes as plans for Tesco to install signage at the former Laura...

Goddards Brewery has submitted a planning application seeking to extend the time it can serve food and drink until, from 16:00 to 23:00, 7 days a week. As previously reported by Island Echo, Goddards opened the doors of their new premises in...

Stotesbury's - believed to be the Isle of Wight's oldest fish & chip shop - is under new ownership. The famous chippy, which was established nearly 130 years ago, has been taken over by its former chef, Danny Ditton. Danny...

Professor John Milne World-famous scientist John 'Earthquake' Milne - who invented the seismograph - died in Newport on 31st July 1913. Milne was born in Liverpool in 1850 and was educated at King's College London and the Royal School of...

A by-election for the Isle of Wight Council ward of Wootton Bridge next month will be the first election where voters will be required to show photo ID. Due to the national introduction of voter ID requirements, registered voters heading...

A vegan restaurant in Ryde is set to close its doors at the start of September, less than 3 years after opening. Craft and Grind No.9, located on the Esplanade, has announced that the doors will close for the last...

Conservationists from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (HIWWT) have announced that the Reddish Buff Moth (Acosmetia Caliginosa), a rare moth species which is only found on the Island, has been recorded for the 1st time in 4 years....

South Western Railway has confirmed Island Line services will continue during strike action this week, between 31st July and 5th August. An hourly service will run between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin until 5th August. The rail provider has advised...

A new study by the Shared Data Unit and BBC Wales has looked into the extent of the social care crisis in the UK, but the Isle of Wight Council has refused to provide any data. More than a decade...

A Ryde man has been fined £120 after Police found cocaine following a search of his home back in April. Joseph Gulliver, 40, of Harding Road in Ryde pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug (Class A) when he...