Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

The Isle of Wight has proudly earned its spot as one of the Top 10 Best Islands in the UK in the highly esteemed Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Choice Awards 2024. This recognition comes directly from the magazine’s global readers, ...

A new NHS Trust, bringing together community, mental health and learning disability services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, has launched today (Tuesday) aimed at improving services for local patients. The creation of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare ...

Wightlink has had to cancel 2 of its late night Fastcat sailings tomorrow night (Wednesday) due to essential maintenance on the boarding ramp at Portsmouth Harbour. The 22:45 sailing from Portsmouth Harbour and the 23:10 sailing from Ryde Pier Head ...

East Cowes Victoria and Newport IW FC have both won Wessex League awards for the month of September. Vics won the Division 1 Club of the Month award. Last month, the Beatrice Avenue boys were undefeated in 6 games, winning ...

Students from 14 Isle of Wight schools learnt more about the 'oceans of opportunities' - on both land and sea - at the annual Maritime Careers Fair last week (Thursday), hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron Foundation. Several Island companies ...

The annual Battle of the Sexes at Westridge Golf Club was played on Saturday (28th September) - a fun day of golf which saw the men victorious. This weekend also saw the conclusion of Westridge's summer knock-out competitions. The first ...

Members of the Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Racing Team racing team were in action again on the mainland at the weekend. Oli Nolan and Finley Manser-Grundy travelled to Prospect Park, Reading to compete in the 3rd Round of the Wessex CX ...

A 15-year-old boy from Ryde was arrested in Sandown late yesterday afternoon (Monday) after crashing a stolen car into another vehicle and fleeing the scene. Police were called to the junction of The Fairway and Station Approach at just before ...

The Friends of St Mary’s Hospital have funded a £119 light projector to be installed in the ultrasound rooms within the diagnostic imaging department at St Mary’s Hospital. The mood light projection goes onto the ceiling and provides a welcomed ...

Sports, arts and environmental organisations across the Isle of Wight are being invited to apply for assistance with cross-Solent travel through Wightlink’s sponsorship scheme – Wightlink in the Community. The window for applications has opened today (Tuesday). The ferry company ...