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The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has welcomed the announcement made by the Home Office on the 7% pay rise for police officers in England and Wales. PCC Donna Jones has said: “This pay...

Traffic orders that will pave the way for plans to revitalise and enhance Newport High Street were approved by senior Isle of Wight councillors earlier this week. The Newport High Street Heritage Action Zone improvement scheme aims to attract more...

Monday 3rd July – Friday 7th July 2023 • Szymon Wrazidlo, 36, of Barton Road in Newport, was found guilty of assaulting an emergency worker, assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm, assault by beating, 2x criminal damage...

Royal Mail has slashed the opening hours for their Ryde sorting office again. As previously reported by Island Echo back in August 2022, Royal Mail reduced opening hours at the Nicholson Road site from 50 hours a week to 30....

A 15-month project to completely transform the road layout around the transport interchange on Ryde Esplanade has been completed, but the overall scheme is a long way from completion. It was originally said that the roadworks, which began in April...

After years of ups and down, the Isle of Wight Council has made the final decision to close Chillerton and Rookley Primary School on 31st December. Cabinet last night (Thursday) decided to publish a public notice ratifying the amalgamation of...

A much-loved Isle of Wight seaside attraction looks set to reopen this Summer but questions remain about what will happen in the long-term. The future of Browns Golf Course on Culver Parade, Sandown has been up in the air for...

More than 60 exhibiting businesses and hundreds of visitors took part in IW Chamber’s Business Expo on Wednesday (12th July), held at Ryde School. The business networking event has been hailed as a huge success, with a record number of...

Island Echo always welcome letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. This letter comes following the announcement that the newly built ticket office at Ryde Esplanade is to close,...

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in East Cowes has been rated as 'requires improvement' following an inspection by Ofsted. A rigorous inspection carried out at the start of June found that the school is 'good' in almost all ratings, apart...