FIRE SERVICE REFLECTS ON 20 YEARS OF ANIMAL RESCUES
From snakes, swans and horses to bottle-nosed whales, dolphins and badgers, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (HIWFRS) is marking 20 years of helping animals who find themselves in tricky situations. April 2024 marks the 20th anniversary ...
Read moreDetailsSEAVIEW CUTTLEFISH AMONGST ISLAND BIOSPHERE IMAGES IN FINLAND EXHIBITION
4 Isle of Wight photographers have had their work featured in an exhibition celebrating a Finnish UNESCO Biosphere Reserve's 30th anniversary and connections with Biosphere Reserves like the Isle of Wight all over the world. A cuttlefish from Seaview, taken ...
Read moreDetailsINVESTIGATION LAUNCHED FOLLOWING ALLEGED ANIMAL ABUSE INCIDENT IN THE WEST WIGHT
An investigation has been launched following an act of alleged animal abuse at a beauty-spot in the West Wight earlier this week. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary received a report that on the afternoon of Wednesday 3rd April, a ...
Read moreDetailsA CHANCE TO HEAR THE SELDOM HEARD STORY OF THE ISLAND’S VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS
Retired army Colonel Patrick Crowley will be presenting a talk about the fascinating history of volunteer servicemen on the Isle of Wight at Drill Hall Road in Newport on Friday 12th April. Last year saw the publication of Patrick's book ...
Read moreDetailsSTUDENTS SCOOP INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AT THE MAYFLOWER
A group of talented students from Curtain Call Creative, the Island’s triple-threat performing arts academy, have secured a prestigious performance opportunity at the renowned Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. Selected to take part in the Summer Youth Programme production of Bugsy ...
Read moreDetailsMAN ARRESTED DURING ARMED RESPONSE INCIDENT IN COWES BAILED
A man arrested on suspicion of threatening a person with an offensive weapon during an incident that saw armed police deployed to Cowes earlier this week (Monday) has been bailed until July. As exclusively reported by Island Echo, a large ...
Read moreDetailsHIGH-SCORING MATCH ENJOYED BY MANY AS ISLE OF WIGHT RFC CONTINUE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
Isle of Wight RFC continued its centenary celebrations with a specially convened match between a Club XV and an IWRFC President's invitational XV. The occasion and glorious sunshine drew a huge crowd to Wootton Rec, who were treated to a ...
Read moreDetailsCASH AWARDS TO SUCCESSFUL STUDENT TEAMS AT LATEST PITCH TO THE PANEL
The latest round of 'Pitch To The Panel' as part of the Young Enterprise programme, delivered by Ed-WISE on the Isle of Wight, was a great success. The competition sees student teams launch and trade as a genuine business for ...
Read moreDetailsHEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE CONCLUDE INVESTIGATION AFTER LYNNBOTTOM WORKER CRUSHED
An investigation into an accident at Lynnbottom Tip last September, which saw a worker crushed, is not being taken any further by the Health and Safety Executive, it has been confirmed to Island Echo. It was on the morning of ...
Read moreDetailsTRIAL DATE SET FOR NEWPORT WOMAN WHO DENIES RYDE ASSAULT
A mother from Newport - who has denied assaulting another woman outside a dance studio in Ryde - will see her case go to trial later this year. 35-year-old Harriet Martin, of Home Meade, denied assault by beating when she ...
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