Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Monday 4th March – Friday 8th March 2024 • Lynsey Lee, 39, of Creek Gardens, Wootton Bridge pleaded guilty to drink driving (71) and driving without insurance. She was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £120 and ordered to ...

Scott Lawson (Ryde A - Division 1 runners up) In the final week of matches in Division 1 of the Winter League, Ryde A took 2nd place in the League despite their 7-3 defeat to Ryde B.  Another Ryde team, ...

Have you ever heard the music trapped in a coat hanger? If you had been at Clare Murphy’s storytelling performance of UniVerse at Quay Arts recently, you would have heard it. It was just one of the delightful engaging moments ...

Disruptive roadworks on Lake Hill are set to overrun into the middle of next week - but the road will fully reopen for the weekend. Island Roads has announced that they are doing 'additional improvement work' on the main road ...

Newchurch Male Voice Choir is to hold a concert, Songs of the Sea, in support of the Sandown/Shanklin Independent Lifeboat this weekend. The event, starting at 19:30 this Saturday (16th March), is to be held at Sandown's Christ Church on ...

A new exhibition and incredible window displays are about to emerge at Independent Arts Creative Hub in Newport High Street. The arts for wellbeing charity is well known for its creative displays at the former retail unit, which showcase the ...

The RSPCA has received almost 13,000 reports about animals found severely injured, trapped, mutilated, choked or even dead from carelessly discarded litter over the past 4 years, with a total of 45 of them from the Isle of Wight. The ...

A new event will bring the dancefloor to the daytime at Newport-based nightclub Fever.  The event, dubbed 'Sunday Skool', will offer an afternoon clubbing experience for people who miss the party vibe but no longer want to dance ‘till dawn. ...

Collision investigators have spent the night examining the scene of a serious crash in Havenstreet in which a man suffered potentially life-threatening injuries, with a 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of drug driving and causing serious injury by careless driving. ...

Plans are back on the table for an extra care housing development at the site of a former residential care home in Newport. It has been nearly 2 years since proposals came forward to demolish the derelict Polars on Staplers ...