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The final plank of Wightlink’s new pedestrian walkway - linking the FastCat terminal at Ryde Pier Head with Ryde Esplanade - has been laid, with the new walkway set to open within weeks. Wightlink’s Head of Port Operations Dean Murphy...

A former Isle of Wight primary school building will be put up for sale in the coming days, but a community effort has unveiled its bid to save it for the town. The Isle of Wight Council has agreed to...

All 5 people who were arrested by Police as a result of an incident that occurred in Binstead last week (1st June) have been bailed. As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services rushed to Ringwood Road at 05:30 on Thursday morning...

Grants of up to £3,000 are now available to help organisations deliver initiatives that support families, children and young people living on the Isle of Wight. The Early Help Community Capacity Building Grant is available to local groups, clubs and...

Around 40,000 bees swarmed the Wightlink entrance at Ryde Pier Head yesterday (Sunday) in search of a new home. Luckily, a local beekeeper was quickly on the scene to help out and the bees have now successfully been rehomed in...

The Isle of Wight Council and its valued partner, Carers IW, is celebrating National Carers Week with the launch of a new carers strategy. The strategy has been developed to support the 19,000 unpaid carers on the Island. An unpaid...

Will you continue to be a reduce, reuse, recycle force for good and make a difference to our planet? That’s the message behind the Isle of Wight Council’s recycling superhero campaign. The Isle of Wight is already an Island of...

South Coast Leisure - owners of Newport IW FC's former St George's Park ground - have claimed progress in creating a new 'state-of-the-art' facility for the County Town club at Whippingham. The new stadium will apparently be hosting football games...

An Isle of Wight nursery has been branded with an ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted rating after inspectors said there were ‘significant weaknesses’ in safeguarding, which ‘compromised children’s well-being’. YMCA Nursery Newport, has, however, disputed the report and said it lodged a complaint...

An affordable housing development could be a step closer on the Isle of Wight – on the site of a former primary school. It comes as the Isle of Wight Council agreed to dispose of land at Berry Hill in Lake,...