Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Police are on the hunt for the driver of a Citroen who fled the scene following a lengthy and ‘dangerous’ pursuit through Newport which resulted in a crash this morning (Sunday). Officers spotted a red Citroen C3 recorded as having ...

Sandown's Stuart McDonald led the field home in the annual Dash & Splash fun run last weekend (28th July). The annual event is held between Shanklin Rowing Club and Sandown Sailing Club, in support of Island charity Aspire. Sandown Mayor ...

Cowes-based Yokogawa Marex has recently welcomed 2 student interns for the summer, offering invaluable industry experience to university students while gaining fresh insights and perspectives. Alvaro Vicente Tarrago is studying for an MEng in Electronic and General Engineering at King’s ...

This year’s Isle of Wight Literary Festival will be supporting the Island’s talented authors. A new section of the festival, called Write on Wight, will shine a light on published authors from the Isle of Wight. Festival organisers are offering ...

Patients on the Isle of Wight can now receive outpatient appointment letters digitally, thanks to the launch of a new patient engagement portal. Isle of Wight NHS Trust joins 82 other trusts across the country offering a patient engagement portal ...

Island Echo examines the numerous watering holes of the once bustling Brading, past and present. Brading gives the impression of being a small, sleepy, landlocked town. But at one time - up until the end of the 17th century - ...

An emergency call handler is crowdfunding after an incident at work left them with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) The call handler - who wishes to remain anonymous and has not disclosed what service she works for - began suffering ...

Cowes Sports have drawn away to Laverstock & Ford in the extra preliminary round of the Emirates FA Cup this afternoon (Saturday) after conceding a late goal. The Island's sole Wessex League representatives experienced ferry difficulties, but their request to ...

The on-call crew at Freshwater Fire Station will soon be welcoming recruit George Crockford to their team. Having completed his initial training course this week, George is soon set to meet with his new crew members at the Audley Court-based ...

Reports of a person waving a samurai sword in the air led to a large Police response - which included scores of Armed Police Officers - descending on Oakfield last night (Friday). Police were called just after 20:00 to a ...