Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Islanders are being urged to ‘be prepared’ as Saturday night’s tide is set to be high, prompting a flood alert to be issued for the Isle of Wight coast. The Environment Agency says that the high tide at 22:30 will ...

Phoenix Choir is to perform at Aspire in Ryde this month in a fundraising concert for the popular community hub. Next Saturday (13th April), the choir will visit what, back in 2012, was Holy Trinity Church and is now Aspire ...

Solent Cruises will celebrating the maiden arrival of the new Cunard Queen Anne cruise ship into Southampton on Saturday 27th April. The cruise ship will be part of the welcoming flotilla into the Solent and up Southampton water. The Cunard ...

Wightlink is to operate a revised timetable on its Yarmouth-Lymington service tomorrow (Sunday) due to staff shortages. It's said that the absence of an essential crew member means a revised timetable will be in force. All affected customers have been ...

Getting married, holding a funeral or being cremated on the Isle of Wight has just got more expensive. The Isle of Wight Council has increased the prices of its registrar services as well as cremations, burials and memorials, by roughly ...

Cowes Sports will be looking to get back to winning ways this afternoon (Saturday) when they welcome Laverstock and Ford to Westwood Park. Interestingly, the Yachtsmen's last victory came away at Laverstock & Ford on 19th March when goals from ...

An 18-year-old man from Newport and an 18-year-old man from Sandown have both been arrested following a crash in Whitwell back in February, in which a 9-year-old boy sustained serious injuries. As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services were ...

Residents of Ryde who were hit by floods in October last year are yet to receive a penny from the Government's Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant Scheme, as it seems all the suitably qualified surveyors are based on the mainland. ...

An Isle of Wight couple who were ordered to leave their holiday home after using it as a permanent residence have submitted another bid to stay there for a further 2 years - or until they can sell it, whichever ...

A man from Ryde has been arrested on suspicion of committing numerous offences including possession of an imitation firearm and possession of an offensive weapon following a Police pursuit in Newport earlier this afternoon (Friday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle ...