Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

A 27-year-old man who stole Red Bull, coffee and steaks from a Sandown supermarket so he and his pregnant partner could 'survive' has been handed a conditional discharge. William Morriss, of West Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to 2 counts ...

Police have cordoned off a fire-hit home in Binstead as they launch an investigation into a suspected late-night arson attack. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service was called to Sherbourne Avenue at around 23:45 last night (Sunday) ...

2 busy roads in Ryde are to close for more than 10 weeks to enable Network Rail to replace 2 bridge decks that cross over Island Line. As exclusively reported by Island Echo last February, the bridges at both Rink ...

Britain's Most Notorious Inmate - Charles Bronson - has had 4 spells of imprisonment on the Isle of Wight between incarceration in the UK's most fearsome high-security prisons and psychiatric hospitals. Bronson was born Michael Gordon Peterson in Luton on ...

A Newport woman who kicked a fire extinguisher off the wall before throwing it down a set of stairs is to be sentenced in September. Mazie Bailey, 21, of Atkinson Drive in Newport, admitted criminal damage and common assault when ...

Ventnor will host its first-ever Pirate Festival from Wednesday 14th August to Saturday 17th August 2024, coinciding with Ventnor Carnival. The picturesque seaside town will be transformed into a haven for pirates young and old, and promises a treasure trove ...

A small group of Ryde Harriers recently ventured up to North Wales to take part in the International Snowdon Fell Race (Ras yr Wyddfa). Fell races are run over rugged and extreme terrain, over hills and dales, and in this ...

Local community defibrillator champion, Steve Read, has seen his latest project unveiled by High Sheriff Graham Biss BEM and Lake Parish Council Chair, Paul Brading, outside the Shanklin County Ground Clubhouse. The defib has been installed as part of Shanklin ...

A cow is running free on Cowleaze Hill between Shanklin and Ventnor this lunchtime (Sunday). Police are responding to the potential hazard to motorists on the main road connecting Shanklin and Ventnor. 2 units are on scene with officers working ...

Leading national builders’ merchant Jewson has donated £5,000 towards Freshwater's new lifeboat. Jewson has partnered with the Freshwater Independent Lifeboat (FILB) Service to fund an Atlantic 85 lifeboat, which was revealed and officially named ‘The Jillian Scott’ at an event ...