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An area of Lake has become ‘ramshackle’ and a ‘sprawl’ and doesn’t have the necessary planning permissions, the Isle of Wight Council has said. Through its planning enforcement notice, the Isle of Wight Council is alleging in the last 10...

Appley Steps in Shanklin are to be permanently closed as it has been deemed repairs to the coastal path route are 'unviable', with changes also proposed further down the coast in Luccombe. Last week, Natural England submitted a modification to...

Work is underway at the new Screwfix store that is set to open up in Lake, but no date for an official opening has yet been announced. As previously reported by Island Echo, earlier in the year, Screwfix unveiled plans...

Sir Oswald Mosley A meeting of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists was held in the Western Esplanade Gardens in Ryde on 13th August 1934. Earlier that day, 'the Blackshirts' had paraded around the town and attempted to hand out...

the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones says she’s delighted to announce a number of successful funding applications that will target rural crime across Hampshire and the Isle of...

In the 4th edition of Isle of Wight cinemas, Island Echo takes a nostalgic look back at the 4 cinemas that once graced the streets of Cowes and East Cowes. There have been no cinemas in either Cowes and East Cowes...

Food hygiene inspectors on the Isle of Wight have been busy rating hotels, restaurants, shops and food trucks in the last couple of months. Each eatery or food-producing business on the Island is awarded a score of 0-5, based on...

Mottistone Manor, one of the Isle of Wight’s most prestigious manor houses once home to Barons, Sirs and MPs, could soon open its doors to the public for the first time. Located in the idyllic village of Mottistone near the...

The national press reported on a Polio outbreak on the Isle of Wight with 26 confirmed cases in the late Summer of 1950. 11 of the cases were in Newport. 2 victims of the disease were confined to iron lungs....

2 Exmoor ponies are getting their teeth stuck into vital conservation work on the Isle of Wight. Logan and Luther are the first 2 grazers to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust’s rewilding project at Wilder Little Duxmore. Their...