Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Ryde Neighbourhood Board has doubled its community grants fund to £200,000 after receiving strong interest from organisations seeking to deliver projects across the town.

Pupils from 3 Isle of Wight primary schools marked the end of their primary education in style with a glamorous leavers' prom organised by the children themselves.

Cowes Library is joining the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Cowes Week with 2 special events.

BREAKING: 2 people thrown into the water after their boat capsized have been rescued after spending some 5 hours floating in the sea off the Isle of Wight.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service continues to lose more on-call firefighters each year than it can recruit, prompting fresh concerns.

The Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce has announced that CEO Rob Johnson will be stepping down from his role later this year.

Newport Carnival will return this Saturday (1st August), bringing colour, music and entertainment to the streets of Newport.

A 63-year-old East Cowes man has pleaded guilty to drink driving, which resulted in a 2-vehicle crash, telling the court: "I'm an adult, I knew what I was doing". 

More than 100,000 seagrass seeds have been collected from underwater meadows in the Solent...

A roadworker's cry for help was followed by horror on a Niton hillside when he was crushed beneath an 8-ton steam roller on 30th July 1926 - 100 years ago today.