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West Wight continued their challenge for top spot in Harwoods Division 1 by putting 5 goals past Northwood St Johns at the Isle of Wight Community Club on Saturday (13th April). After a poor quality opening half-an-hour of football, West ...

In a meeting with officers from the Isle of Wight Council, the Isle of Wight Care Partnership - a group representing local care providers - discussed the Council's newly proposed fee uplift for care services. Despite the Council's proposal to ...

In the second edition of Isle of Wight Middle Schools, Island Echo examines Somerton - which had the distinction of being the first middle school built on the Isle of Wight. Somerton Middle School was located close to the current ...

The gruesome discovery of suspected human remains on a beach in Bembridge led to Police sealing off the area last night (Saturday). Officers rushed to Forelands Beach, close to Bembridge Coast Hotel, at around 20:00 amid fears human remains had ...

A man arrested on suspicion of murdering a Cowes mother has been released with no further action to be taken - but he remains under investigation for controlling or coercive behaviour. It was earlier today (Saturday) that Island Echo reported ...

Wessex Premier side Cowes Sports, along with Division 1 Newport and East Cowes Vics, all lost on their travels to North Island opposition this afternoon (Saturday). The Yachtsmen journeyed to 2nd-placed Stoneham for their penultimate game of the season, losing ...

Following calls from Island residents, the Island’s MP Bob Seely has raised the lack of drop-off and collection points for Evri parcels on the Island with the mainland-based delivery company. Mr Seely has written to Hermes Parcelnet Ltd, which oversees ...

Amazon World has announced, with an extremely heavy heart, that Bow, the male ocelot, has died. Bow's health is said to have rapidly deteriorated last weekend, which led to a trip to the vets on Monday to allow for further ...

Darren Seward, who was brought up on the Island and now lives in Cowes, has been appointed an agent and partner at NFU Mutual New Forest, Isle of Wight & Bournemouth agency. The agency has grown over the last 3 ...

‘Mindless’ vandalism to a near 100-year-old listed building in Ryde is being investigated by Police. Last night (Friday), persons unknown caused damage to the railings on the top of Ryde’s Pavilion building - which has only recently been refurbished. The ...