Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

465 homes and businesses are without power in the St Lawrence area this afternoon (Thursday) due to an underground network fault. Supply was lost in the PO38 1 region at 14:15 - and it's not expected to be restored until ...

St Catherine’s School and College, which supports students with speech, language and communication needs, is celebrating its latest Ofsted inspection. Following a joint 3-day Ofsted inspection in January, the special needs school and college, which supports day and residential students ...

The Isle of Wight Council, with its waste partner Thalia Waste Management, is supporting the UK’s biggest annual food waste reduction campaign.   Food Waste Action Week 2024 runs until Sunday (24th March) with Islanders being encouraged to 'Choose What ...

Residents disgruntled by the state of the roads in Lake have taken action - by planting flowers to highlight the size of a growing pothole. With Spring truly beginning to shine, Ranleigh Road - off Lake Hill - has been ...

Red Funnel's Red Jet 4 will not return to service on the hi-speed West Cowes-Southampton route, with the company blaming a drop in passenger numbers and growing maintenance costs for the decision. Earlier today Island Echo reported that Red Funnel ...

Following many months of hard work by the Wight Aviation Museum volunteers, the museum re-opened to public visitors on Saturday (16th March). To help celebrate the opening weekend the team gave a guided tour to the Isle of Wight High ...

A car has overturned onto its roof blocking the main road between Godshill and Whitwell this lunchtime (Thursday). Police are en-route to the incident on Whitwell Road, between the junctions of Sheepwash Lane and Southford Lane. The silver hatchback - ...

Nearly 40 young riders rode a route around the streets of central Newport, to campaign for children and young people to be able to travel safely and independently by bike last Saturday (16th March). The youngest independent cyclist was just ...

Last night's Isle of Wight Council meeting ended with shouting and calls that an ‘undemocratic vote’ was taking place — after a meeting went on every so slightly past 21:00. As part of the Isle of Wight Council’s constitution, a ...

There are just days left to vote for the Isle of Wight as winner of a national competition. The Isle of Wight Ramblers, representing the volunteer walk leaders of the multi-award winning Isle of Wight Walking Festival, are shortlisted in ...