Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

The driver of a Peugeot is being tended to by paramedics after smashing into a parked car and rolling their vehicle onto its side on Pan Estate in Newport tonight (Thursday). Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are ...

35-year-old Thomas Hayden faces a minimum 3-year driving ban after being caught drug driving for the second time in under 3 years - with more than 16x the limit of Benzoylecgonine - a cocaine metabolite - in his system. Hayden, ...

The newly incorporated Isle of Wight Sea Pool Company has launched its new website and funding campaign this week, as well as artist impressions of how the tidal pool at Yaverland could look. The website www.isleofwightseapool.org.uk outlines, in detail, everything important ...

The Isle of Wight Council has apologised to those behind plans for a new solar farm near Wootton after the local authority's mistakes saw approved planning permission quashed. As previously reported by Island Echo, Sunny Oaks Renewable Energy Park Limited’s ...

Islanders will once again gather at Newport War Memorial for a service of Remembrance this coming Remembrance Sunday, starting at 10:45.  His Majesty’s representative, Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Susie Sheldon, the Island's High Sheriff Graham Biss DL and council chair, Councillor Karl ...

Wight Eagles Ladies have set up an all-Island Quarter Final tie against Shanklin Ladies after they put 3 past City Ladies in the Invitation Cup over the weekend.  The game started brightly with the Eagles keeping possession and pushing the ...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust Charity is holding their first ever Santa Dash this year, so it is time to get into the Christmas spirit and raise funds for your local hospital. Taking place on Sunday 15th December, the event ...

The casino industry has long been synonymous with wealth, excitement, and entertainment, drawing millions of visitors each year and generating billions in revenue. No matter how tough the times are, people always seem to have an insatiable hunger for gambling. ...

Isle of Wight RFC held the latest of its centenary celebrations at the Lakeside Hotel in Wootton, with the hosting of its 100th anniversary ball. Expertly organised over a period of over 2 years by a dedicated sub-committee, led by ...

Yarmouth RNLI crews were tasked by HM Coastguard to the reports of a person in the water located west of Hurst Castle Spit being carried offshore after being unable to successfully recover back into their kayak. Just after 12:45 on ...