Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

The body of a man in his 40s has been discovered amongst the wreckage of a cottage in Brighstone - alongside his 3 dogs - following a blaze in the village earlier this week. As first reported by Island Echo, crews ...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has complained about Wightlink and Red Funnel services to the Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper MP. In a letter to Mr Harper, the Island’s MP set out why he believes access to ...

Vectis Whites Under-8s won the SCI tournament at the weekend and were handed their trophy by England legend Stuart Pearce. The Whites topped their group, winning 6 games and losing 1.  They then went on to beat West Wight 1 ...

Coastguard Rescue Officers from Bembridge were mobilised after 2 unattended and ill-equipped vessels ran aground near Ryde Pier last night (Wednesday). At around 16:00, Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team  (CRT) were called to investigate a report of an unattended vessel aground ...

Ventnor Exchange has unveiled a new nomadic venue for the Isle of Wight, following £225,000 award from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme. The funding will bring to fruition Ventnor Exchange’s much dreamt about ambition to commission a big top ...

Ash Brett heads home West Wight comfortably beat a young Shanklin side at Camp Road on Wednesday evening to go 3 points clear of W&B at the top of Harwoods Division 1, with just 1 game of the season remaining. ...

No arrests have been made or injuries reported following a large emergency service response to an address in Newport this morning (Thursday). Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at just before 09:30 following reports of a domestic incident ...

A local Tesco store has teamed up with leading suppliers to tackle hygiene poverty. Tesco has again joined forces with its suppliers of well-known household brands such as Radox, Sure, Bodyform and Aquafresh to help distribute millions of personal care ...

East Cowes Fire Station is to close imminently, Isle of Wight Councillor Karl Love has been told. Councillor Karl Love has told Island Echo that he was told of the closure yesterday (Wednesday) and understands that there are plans to ...

A chair for the Ryde Town Board has been appointed in what is set to be an exciting period of growth and transformation for the town. The newly appointed chair, Steven Holbrook, has hit the ground running to establish a ...