Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

This spring, leading wildlife conservation charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for volunteers across the UK - including here on the Isle of Wight - to take part in its popular annual Living with Mammals survey, in ...

Photo: KThomsonPost / CC BY-SA 4.0 Local station Vectis Radio has announced the list of finalists for the 2024 community awards. This year's iteration is only the second year of the awards and the ceremony, sponsored by the Waterfront Bar ...

The winner of a new poster competition will see their artwork displayed on buses and trains across the Isle of Wight. Launched earlier this week by the Isle of Wight Council in partnership with Southern Vectis and the Isle of ...

Paris is known for many things, and beauty is one of these. Hundreds of thousands of beauty experts and patients flock to the city every year to enhance their knowledge of skin care services. There are lots of dermatology centers ...

East Cowes' Community Spirited Café is celebrating following the news that they have been registered as a charity. It’s taken the best part of a year to get the community group - based on Vectis Road - to be accepted ...

£86,000 is to be spent on refurbishing office space at Seaclose in Newport to establish a dedicated Coroners' Court for the Isle of Wight, in a bid to reduce one of the worst inquest backlogs in the country. The troubles ...

12-year-old Noah Gartell from Yarmouth is continuing to make a name for himself as a top snooker talent. Noah was in action last weekend in not 1 but 2 tournaments, firstly competing in the 2nd stage of the EPSB PowerGlide ...

A crash involving 3 vehicles on the southbound carriageway of Medina Way in Newport is causing traffic delays this morning (Wednesday). The incident, which occurred shortly before 08:40, has taken place on the approach to the Fairlee Link Road. Traffic ...

The former Yarmouth Primary School site could be sold off and made into a marine heritage centre, with a popular local attraction moving in. Yarmouth Primary School has been empty for more than a year after pupils moved down the road to Freshwater. ...

Over 12,000 Islanders have responded to a recent survey on the services provided by GP practices across the Isle of Wight - with 93% of all responses being positive. Representatives from the Island's 3 Primary Care Networks - as well ...