Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Louis Sheasby and Carter Horrix of Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club represented Great Britain last Saturday in the annual match against France at Lery-Poses, near Rouen, striking gold in a brilliant race. The French double caught the boys off the start, ...

Multiple emergency services are responding to a serious road traffic collision between a coach and a car at Whippingham this afternoon (Monday). Police, fire crews and paramedics have all been called to Whippingham Road, near the junction with East Cowes ...

Apollo Theatre in Newport is to stage 'Around the World in 80 Days' from Tuesday 16th to Saturday 20th July. Stuck for somewhere exotic to go this summer? Or perhaps you can't get away this year?  The Apollo Players can ...

Emmie Archer has become the first member of the 4th Sandown Brownies to gain the Brownies' Golden Award. She has been a Brownie with 4th Sandown Brownies from the age of 7 and is now 10 years old. Before becoming ...

18 teams took to the fairways for Shanklin & Sandown's annual Joint Captains’ Am-Am competition on Sunday 7th July. From a shotgun start, this fun competition allowed teams to buy and play a ‘Joker’ on a certain hole, which doubled ...

High speed, fast track motorcycle action returns to Smallbrook Stadium on Thursday after a 2-week break when the Wightlink Warriors take on The Kent Kings. The Wightlink Warriors are forced into a change as Chad Wirtzfeld is still out injured ...

Red Funnel says that its vehicle ferry service will remain suspended for 'much of today' due to an ongoing technical issue with the linkspan at East Cowes. As previously reported by Island Echo, all sailings to and from East Cowes ...

A yellow weather warning for heavy rain has been issued for the Isle of Wight today (Monday) with up to 30mm of rainfall possible. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that once the morning rain clears the Island will see ...

e-Scooter and e-Bike operator, Voi, is encouraging riders to take its online safety training - with the next ones taking place on Tuesday 23rd July 2024. The free riding skills webinars are running throughout 2024 to help people use e-Scooters ...

Richard Quigley MP has said that the situation with Red Funnel is 'unacceptable' and that Wightlink appearing to 'cash in' on the issue doesn't help the Island one bit. The damning words come following a suspension of all vehicle ferry ...