Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

For the second year in a row, the Red Arrows - the Royal Air Force’s iconic aerobatic display team - will not be performing in the skies above the Isle of Wight. The 2024 event calendar has been confirmed with ...

Cross-Solent operator Red Funnel has said that it is keen to replace its 'ageing' vehicle ferries with greener and more customer-friendly ships. No exact date for a fleet replacement has been given, but ongoing issues on all 3 of Red ...

The decision has been made to replace the troubled Cowes Floating Bridge, just 7 years after entering service. Although purchased for £3.5million back in 2017, it is thought that Floating Bridge 6 has cost millions more over the past 7 ...

Queensgate Foundation Primary School in East Cowes wants to take a green energy step forward — by installing solar panels. In new plans, Queensgate, located on Beatrice Avenue, could see 235 solar panels installed on its roof. The plans have ...

There will be gallybaggers aplenty when the Chillerton & Gatcombe Scarecrow Festival returns between 25th May and 1st June 2024. Islanders are invited to explore the vast array of scarecrows created by villagers and put on display in their gardens ...

A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 15 years for coercive controlling behaviour and raping a 25-year-old woman at an address in Gosport. Connor Richard Barnes, of no fixed abode but previously of Fort Mews in Sandown, appeared at Portsmouth ...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has welcomed a Government decision to put more child benefit into the pockets of middle-earning families. At present, workers have to pay a High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) if they, or their partner, ...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to the outskirts of Merstone this afternoon (Thursday) in response to an ongoing medical emergency in the area. Having left their Thruxton base at around 14:20, the green and ...

Concerns have been raised by councillors about proposals to spend another £350,000 on the Floating Bridge service between East Cowes and Cowes - with a decision set to be made tonight. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Isle of ...

Ryde Carnival has announced its 2024 Carnival poster commission.  The poster commissions were funded through Ryde HAZ’s (Heritage Action Zone) cultural project: Waving the Flag. Following the success of the 2022 and 2023 posters, Ryde Carnival is once again looking ...