Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

The RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat Centre will hold its special bicentenary open day in celebration of the RNLI’s 200th anniversary on Sunday 26th May. Between 10:30 and 15:00, RNLI volunteers will carry out guided tours of the state-of-the-art factory in Clarence ...

Rebel Marine, a leading provider of marine services based in Fishbourne, have recently invested in not 1, but 2 state-of-the-art electric tracked machines. In a first for the Isle of Wight, Rebel Marine can now offer for marine and land-based ...

A cyclist has been injured in a collision with a car on a busy roundabout in Newport this lunchtime (Tuesday). The incident occurred at around 12:00 where Riverway and Hunnycross Way meet one another and has seen a cyclist - ...

Sandown & Shanklin Rugby Football Club secured promotion to the Counties 1 Hampshire League following a hard-fought away win at Winchester RFC over the weekend. The side travelled to Winchester RFC with their destiny in their own hands, knowing that ...

Crew members from Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat (SSILB) will be busy in The Bay - but not on the water – working to repair further damage to their onshore facilities. Adverse weather has once again damaged the boathouse door. ...

The Environment Agency (EA) has issued a further update warning of flooding in areas of the North Wight this lunchtime (Tuesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, extreme tidal flooding hit areas across the Island - including Cowes, East Cowes, ...

Almost 400 customers in Sandown, Brading and Adgestone are without power this morning (Tuesday). The outage was first reported at around 08:20 with an engineer from Scottish and Southern Electricity Network en route to the area. It is understood that ...

4 candidates are vying for your vote in the forthcoming Police & Crime Commissioner election. Polls will open at 07:00 on Thursday 2nd May to find the region's next commissioner, who will be in office until 2028. Votes can be ...

Consultations have been launched about changes to roads in Ryde, Newport, Seaview and East Cowes. At Well Street in Ryde the proposal is for 1-hour limited waiting parking bays during the day in front of the new dentist/nursery. The proposal ...

Homeowners are battling Mother Nature as flood water surges in from the coast during what is thought to be the highest tide ever recorded. Cowes High Street is underwater this morning (Tuesday), as are many other parts of the coastal ...