Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Local business Solent Beds and Furniture is to move into its brand new Newport Town Centre premises next week. Located on High Street, Newport in what was the old Pound Stretcher store and before that Courts, the new premises will ...

Islander Sian Grove was nominated and shortlisted for the ‘Young Farmer of the Year’ category, at the recent National Young Farmers Achiever Awards. The awards ceremony took place on Saturday 2nd November at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham. Sian ...

Medina Marching Band will present The Isle Of Wight Festival of Remembrance 2024 at Christ the King College on Friday (8th November) at 19:30.  The event will feature performances from Medina Marching Band and The IOW Highland Pipes and Drums. ...

Hats Off to Sandown, a free exhibition of extraordinary headwear created by artists and the community, is heading to Quay Arts in Newport this weekend. The exhibition celebrates the success of Sandown Carnival’s project to revive the tradition of hat-wearing ...

Grants from the Girlguiding Adventure Fund were made available so that local guides could get out into the great outdoors. After obtaining one of these grants, which covers the costs of travel and entrance fees, leaders of Girlguiding Isle of ...

Local web and design studio, Brightbulb, has launched their annual charity event in support of the Wight Brainy Bunch. The beloved Mince Pie Marathon returns to spread festive cheer—and delicious mince pies—across the Island to both businesses and residents. Over ...

Conservative Party members on the Isle of Wight have reacted following North Essex MP Kemi Badenoch's victory in the political party's leadership race over the weekend. The former business secretary was declared the new Conservative Party leader on Saturday (2nd ...

All 4 raccoons that escaped from Amazon World near Newchurch at the tail end of last week have been found and are now safely back in their enclosures. It was during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday) that the ...

All 3 men who burgled the Co-op store on Shanklin's Landguard Road back in February have avoided prison. As first reported by Island Echo, it was on the evening of Sunday 25th February that Police were called following reports of ...

A contentious application for a renewable energy park near Wootton has been resubmitted to the Isle of Wight Council. Sunny Oaks Renewable Energy Park Limited’s revised proposal comprises a collection of ground mounted solar panels and a Battery Energy Storage ...