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The scheme to improve Ryde's transport interchange has reached an important milestone today (Tuesday), with Southern Vectis buses now able to use the new station. The bus station area has been extensively remodelled as part of the interchange project which...

A major refurbishment of the Isle of Wight Council's West Wight reablement centre is set to get underway this month. The revamp represents a £1.8million investment by the Local Authority into vital short-term reablement support and respite for Island residents...

A new approach to planning enforcement will go before Isle of Wight Cabinet members this week. They will consider adopting a new planning enforcement strategy designed to make best use of the council's severely limited resources and increased workloads. Under...

UKSA has announced that it has received sponsorship from WightFibre to fund Year 6 children to undertake its Test the Water programme until 2026. The funds will enable all Year 6 Island children to participate in a free half-day watersports...

Several new traffic arrangements are being put in place to help ensure Walk the Wight participants are kept safe while disruption to motorists is minimised. For the past few months, Island Roads staff have been working with Walk the Wight...

Another Isle of Wight council has joined in with ‘No Mow May’. It is part of a national campaign to support biodiversity and wildlife, in which we are asked to let grass grow longer, to provide food for insects and bees....

Budding gardeners and green-fingered enthusiasts are invited to enter their pride and joy to Wight In Bloom this year. With greater emphasis placed on the benefits of being outside and the mental health gains from gardening, more and more of...

Worries about highway safety have been raised ahead of the next phase of refurbishment work at an Isle of Wight hotel. New owner, A2K Leisure, has proposed an alfresco dining area at the Albion Hotel in Freshwater Bay — but...

Monday 24th April – Friday 28th April 2023 • Jaedan Adam Burrows, 19, of Cooper Road in Newport pleaded guilty to speeding. He was handed 3 points on his licence, fined £66 and ordered to pay a £34 surcharge. •...

In the 1st part of our new series on Isle of Wight place names, Island Echo examines the derivation of the obvious and not-so-obvious names of the 8 Isle of Wight towns and that of the Isle of Wight itself....