Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

One-actor show - Frankenstein (On a Budget - is heading to Quay Arts next week. Having toured the UK since early September, the show is heading to Quay Arts on Thursday 7th November. This one-actor show involves some dodgy backdrops, ...

24-year-old Finlay Bakewell has been charged with 2 offences and will appear before Magistrates later today (Thursday) following an incident involving Armed Police in East Cowes yesterday. Bakewell, of no fixed abode, has been charged with possession of a knife ...

The takeover of a dental practice in Freshwater by a new provider remains on track, despite the NHS still waiting on approval from a health and care watchdog. Multi award-winning and family-run Denbigh House is scheduled to provide Freshwater residents ...

A refused barn conversion application described as a ‘visual encroachment’ by the Isle of Wight National Landscape has been appealed. Shaun Clark lodged an appeal over his stalled bid to convert a disused, timber stable building to the north west ...

The Isle of Wight Council has killed plans to open up a drone corridor between the mainland and Mornington Car Park in Cowes. As previously reported by Island Echo, commercial drones were all set to whizz across the Solent as ...

The Bishop of Portsmouth has urged council leaders to pause plans to close 6 Isle of Wight schools, in order to reconsider other solutions. The Rt Rev Jonathan Frost has submitted his response to proposals by the Isle of Wight ...

The Isle of Wight Council has approved over £1million in cost-of-living support this week. Councillor Debbie Andre, cabinet member for adult social care and public health, gave the go-ahead to a package of funding worth £1,131,576.08 on Monday. The Isle ...

The Isle of Wight, known for its charming coastal towns, stunning scenery, and relaxing ambience, might not be the first destination that springs to mind for a casino adventure. But if you look a bit closer, you'll discover that this beautiful ...

2 men from Ryde have been arrested as part of a Police investigation into thefts from an Isle of Wight business by its own employees. Officers attended addresses in Castle Street and Nelson Street in Ryde this morning (Wednesday) and ...

2 veteran amateur boxers have gone toe to toe some 62 years after their first encounter - and it’s all thanks to a chance meeting in a Wellow bus shelter. In 1962, 18-year-old George East travelled with his Portsmouth Amateur ...