Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Polling station at Wootton Community Centre Just 16.4% of Islanders voted to choose who will be the next Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire & Isle of Wight on polling day yesterday (Thursday). The turnout of 18,179 - from an ...

4 of the Isle of Wight Panther Kickboxing Team recently travelled to Birmingham to compete at the Kickboxing GB British Championships 2024, winning 2 golds, a silver and a bronze medal. Sali Buci came home with a bronze medal losing ...

Much-loved teacher Lesley Walters, who has taught generations of Island schoolchildren, has retired from The Bay CE School after 36 years. She joined Sandown High School in 1988 as a PE teacher, before then becoming the Head of PE and ...

Cowes Sports v Shanklin Captain John McKie scored a hat-trick as Cowes Sports comfortably beat Shanklin in the Gold Cup semi final at Beatrice Avenue yesterday evening (Thursday). The Yachtsmen will meet Newport in the final of the competition on ...

The volunteer crew of Cowes RNLI lifeboat went to the rescue of a man whose plan for a short sea trip came to a sudden halt last night (Thursday). As a result of engine trouble, the lone skipper's RIB began to ...

The Isle of Wight Council has been invited to talk about housing at the Government’s next Islands Forum, which will take place on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales next week (7th-8th May).   Topics such as tackling housing shortages and ...

The count to find out who will be the next Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Hampshire & Isle of Wight is underway this morning (Friday). Ballot boxes from across the Island are being opened and counted at Medina Leisure ...

The Isle of Wight Council has decided to change the way it makes decisions by moving to a committee style of governance system. At an extraordinary meeting of the Full Council on Wednesday, it was agreed the council’s current leader ...

Retired couple Michael and Christine Cooper have been displaced from their Nicholas Close bungalow in Brading for some 18 months, with a date on when they can return still unknown. It was back in November 2023 that Island Echo visited ...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (3rd May 2024) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 10374 £100.00 12405 £100.00 3740 £100.00 13836 £100.00 3691 £100.00 14326 £100.00 4719 £100.00 13614 £100.00 12965 £100.00 16148 £100.00 3296 ...