Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

2 new crime novels written by 2 exceptional local authors - Anna Britton and Sarah Lawton - are set to be released in September. The 2 authors will talk about their newly published novels - Drowning Tide and Close To ...

Red Squirrel Property Shop Ltd - based in Newport - have been given a Gold Award for Estate Agents Masters for the 2nd year in succession in the Best Estate Agent Guide Awards - the only award that agents don’t ...

Customers, community groups and other interested parties are being given the chance to explore how Southern Water plans to keep taps and rivers flowing across the region for years to come when a public consultation opens later this week. The ...

The team at the Island Riding Centre are mourning the loss of the much-loved pony 'GG', who was tragically killed after being struck by lightning during yesterday's stormy downpours. Diners at GG's Bar and Restaurant have been thanked for their ...

A man who was seen to enter the sea during the middle of the night - and not return - was rushed to hospital during the early hours of this morning (Monday) following a search and rescue operation to find ...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) is launching its biggest-ever fundraising appeal, Operation Airbase - Save Time, Save Lives, to raise £3.6million for a brand new airbase and charity headquarters in Southampton. The charity has already raised ...

Just days after Island Echo published a story about the Isle of Wight being home to the largest amount of teenage tearaways, the Area Commander for Isle of Wight Police has said that much of the issues involving young people ...

Members of Ryde based strength and conditioning gym, CrossFit Incursion, performed 60,000 burpees on Saturday, 3rd August in an effort to raise vital funds for the Mountbatten Hospice., Isle of Wight. Around 70 hearty revellers hit the sand of Appley ...

Up to 50mm of rainfall fell on the Newport area earlier today (Sunday), local meteorologists have confirmed. Town centre shops were forced to close as rain water cascaded in, Coppins Bridge was underwater and fire crews were mobilised to a ...

The High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight, Graham Biss, presented 8 long-serving members of Isle of Wight Search and Rescue with their Kings Coronation Medals on 22nd August 2024. The King Charles III Coronation Medal are commemorative medals created ...