Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Island Roads will undertake a major project to replace the entire deck of Yarmouth Bridge in the Autumn, with the main road between Yarmouth and Freshwater to be closed for around 2 months. It will be the first time the ...

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A Shanklin teenager has admitted several counts of possessing and distributing indecent images of children. Jamie O'Neil, 19, of Culver Road, admitted 3x possession of a photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child and 3x distribute an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child when ...

A jet skier who forced the Red Funnel ferry to take evasive action after steering across its path has become the first to be cautioned by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) under a new water safety law.  The offence ...

The Isle of Wight Meat Company has been forced to recall all of its popular Biltong products, with customers being warned they are unsafe to eat. The Food Standards Agency is advising that the products have been produced without the relevant ...

The final league table from 1994 A whole 30 years on from their 'invincible season', the Binstead Youth Class of 1994 is to play a reunion-friendly game this coming weekend (Sunday 28th July). During the 1994 season, the Under 10s ...

A motorcyclist is being tended to by paramedics after a road traffic incident on the main road into East Cowes. It's understood the Vespa-type scooter has been involved in a collision with a car on Whippingham Road, causing minor injuries ...

Shanklin Voluntary Youth & Community Centre, in partnership with Shanklin Football Club, are celebrating after being presented the prestigious Green Flag Award for maintaining locations around Shanklin. The Island’s High Sheriff Graham Biss BEM DL and Lake Parish Chair Paul ...

Ventnor & District Local History Society’s latest publication, 'Bonchurch in 99 Old Postcards' - the follow-up to last year’s popular 'Ventnor in 99 Old Postcards' - has just been published. It covers such topics as Bonchurch Beach, the Old Church, ...

A duo of intrepid cyclists - Neil Laughton and Rolf Woodward from the London Penny Farthing Club - cycled across the Isle of Wight on their penny farthing bicycles dressed as bears – as part of the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary's ...