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Oakfield FC - based at Slade Road in Ryde - are set to return to Harwoods Division 2 and Combination 2 football for the 2024/25 season. This season, the Ryde club dropped out of Isle of Wight Division 2 after ...

A Medina High School reunion for pupils who attended between 1980 and 1983 was held at The Castle Inn in Newport on Saturday (1st June). Those present at the reunion included TV producer Dominic Minghella, BBC Radio's Graham White and ...

(L-R) First XV POTY Lewy Morton with Jewy Jones Ventnor Rugby Club celebrated the 2023-24 season recently, handing out awards to players and staff alike. The awards were handed out at the annual Summer Ball and Awards Evening event held ...

Wight Tri members enjoyed success on the mainland and closer to home over the weekend. 3 members of Wight Tri took on the half Ironman distance event at the Cotswold 113 Triathlon on Sunday 2nd June. Set in the Heart ...

The only surviving seaworthy craft from the Falklands war will make the short trip across the Solent from Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to feature at Isle of Wight Armed Forces Day later this month. Foxtrot 8 (F8) is best known for ...

Island Echo always welcomes letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor – 1st June 2024 "Firstly congratulations to the Committee of The Ryde Business Association ...

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Red Funnel's now former Red Jet 4 was spotted in sunnier climes on its way to its new home in South Korea last week. Islander Rob Wetherick spotted the distinctive red and white hi-speed vessel on board the 193-metre cargo ...

Work is to begin shortly to rebuild and resurface a section of the Newport to Sandown cycle track which has become prone to flooding over the past few years. The work by Island Roads will improve 660 metres of the ...

A fundraiser has been launched to support Island man Lester Donovan, who has been told he has just 2 months left to live. Back at the start of May, Lester was suddenly taken ill after suffering from a suspected stroke. ...