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This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule...

Island Echo always welcomes letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor - 18th June 2023 "Yesterday afternoon (17th June), Mitten Road, Bembridge was turned into...

The future of an Isle of Wight High Street shoe shop has been unveiled, more than a year after it closed. Shoe Zone in Ryde shut in March 2022 and has remained vacant ever since and permission had already been...

The Conservative candidate for East Wight has been announced as Councillor Joe Robertson, beating off competition from 3 other candidates to face the public at the next General Election. Robertson - who lives with his wife and children in St...

The Isle of Wight Council is inviting comments on a draft Housing Affordability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), with a view to formally adopting it to use in planning decision making. The draft Housing Affordability SPD updates what information needs to...

‘Under-utilised space’ at an Isle of Wight Sixth Form college, in the centre of Newport, could be turned into parking. Part of the former playground of Nodehill Middle School — now the Island VI Form — could be used to...

East Cowes GP surgery has responded to an increase in demand for their services and challenges in recruiting nurses for the practice by creating an innovative partnership with the community nursing team at Isle of Wight NHS Trust. In a...

HRH Anne, Princess Royal, will return to the Island next month to attend 2 events in Cowes. Her 1st visit will be to attend the Royal Ocean Racing Club's 50th Edition of the Fastnet Race Dinner held on 21st July...

The inbred slur made against Isle of Wight residents is nothing new: 153 years ago, a magistrate aired the 'general opinion' that the cause of the increase of lunacy on the Island was the number of families intermarrying. The magistrate...

Isle of Wight midwife Kirsty Arnold has been named as one of this year’s top 10 birth workers worldwide and is in the final to reach 'Birth Worker of the Year' after being nominated by Ryde mum, Charlotte Pugmire. Charlotte...