Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

A Sandown woman who ploughed into a stationary motorcycle, having failed to apply the brakes to her car, has been handed a 12-month driving ban. Lauren Beaumont, of St John’s Road, appeared before magistrates on Friday morning (1st March) charged ...

Island Echo always welcome letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor – 29th February 2024 "We love our Island and never want to move, but ...

A walker has been rescued by Coastguards after falling in a remote spot on St Boniface Down in Ventnor earlier this afternoon (Saturday).  Ventnor and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Teams were mobilised to the highest point of the Isle of Wight ...

People who own a second home on the Isle of Wight will pay more in Council Tax from April 2025, it has been confirmed. Meanwhile, those who own empty properties will pay more from April this year. Exemptions are being ...

Primary school pupil Drew Newton bagged a 1st place finish at the 2024 Portsmouth Music Festival last week. Competing in the Vocal & Musical Theatre category, Drew - a student at Wroxall Primary School - came 1st in the Classical ...

To mark the bicentenary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, the Isle of Wight RNLI Lifeboat Board is inviting entries from all the Island schools to build a mini lifeboat. The competition serves as a valuable team-building exercise, and also ...

The cost of sending a letter to or from the Isle of Wight is about to go up again, as Royal Mail announces it is to increase the cost of 1st and 2nd Class stamps. From 2nd April 2024, a ...

Red Funnel has announced that it will reinstate night-time crossings on its East Cowes-Southampton route, which were previously removed to accommodate works taking place at its East Cowes Ferry Terminal. Effective from today (Saturday), the following previously removed vehicle ferry ...

All Wessex League are games subject to pitch inspections this Saturday (2nd March). UPDATE (09:00): Newport IW v Andover Town is OFF In the only Wessex League fixture to be played on the Isle of Wight, 16th-placed Newport will hope ...

Disgraced former town councillor Thomas Hanley has been handed a suspended prison sentence and a near 3-year driving ban after crashing his car whilst more than 4x the drink-drive limit. It was on 30th December last year that Police were ...