Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

The Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, has revealed that over 25 projects are to benefit from her £500,000 cash injection designed to further tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The half a million pound ...

With Euro 2024 approaching its conclusion, attention once again turns to the Premier League—England’s most prestigious competition. The 2024/25 season looks intriguing, with new managers and players arriving at both ends of the table, making Premier League betting just as ...

4 people were thrown into the water when their dinghy capsized at Freshwater Bay this evening (Sunday), which prompted the launch of an independent lifeboat.  Solent Coastguard paged the volunteer crew of Freshwater Independent Lifeboat at 18:26 following reports of ...

No less than 17 properties on the Island are being auctioned later this month. They are among 165 lots across southern England which feature in Clive Emson Auctioneers’ 5th auction of the year. Rob Marchant, a regional director and auctioneer ...

Wightlink has announced the successful Isle of Wight community organisations that will receive grants to help the Island to make progress towards meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The ferry company has been challenging groups to innovate, improve and ...

Sight for Wight’s Short Story Writing Competition is back for 2024 following the success of last year’s event, with celebrities once again set to record the winning entries. This is the 15th year of the competition, originally started by Sight ...

Preparations are nearly complete for Ascend – thought to be the first-ever youth-led arts festival on the Isle of Wight – which will take place at the Broadway Centre, Sandown next week. A teenage Battle of the Bands will take ...

A yacht that collided with the chains of the Cowes Floating Bridge led to the launch of a lifeboat early this morning (Sunday). At around 06:00, a 38ft French yacht’s prow caught on a chain on the east side of ...

In the 4th edition of former Isle of Wight tourist attractions, Island Echo examines The Isle of Wight Rare Breeds and Waterfowl Park in St Lawrence, which was once home to 1 of the most comprehensive collections of rare breeds ...

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car that pulled out in front of him on Middle Road. Police and paramedics were called to the B3399 Middle Road at Tapnell just minutes after arriving on ...