Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Briddlesford Road is to remain closed for the foreseeable future as utility company SGN works to fix a gas leak - just 12 months after spending £1.1million upgrading pipes in the area. The busy route between Wootton and Arreton was ...

A quarry in Shorwell is looking to expand its sand extraction operations by creating a new one — at a space sometimes used by motorcyclists. Haslett Farm has been extracting sand from the Shorwell countryside for decades but could run ...

A total of 6 Red Jet sailings have been cancelled tomorrow morning (Wednesday). The 06:40, 07:50 and 09:00 from Cowes and the 06:05, 07:15 and 08:25 from Southampton have been cancelled. Crew availability is being blamed as the reason for ...

Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones is looking for volunteers on the Isle of Wight to make visits to check on the human rights and welfare of those held in custody at Newport. Independent Custody Visitors make unannounced visits to ...

The Wave 105 brand is to disappear after some 25 years, as the South Coast radio station announces it is to become Greatest Hits Radio. Wave 105 began broadcasting from the Chillerton Down mast on 14th June 1998, reaching across ...

Havenstreet and Ashey Parish Council has installed a new defibrillator at Ashey Road Garage, following the installation of a similar amenity outside Havenstreet Community Centre. The new publicly accessible defib - or PAD for short - is an asset to ...

Goddards Brewery - in collaboration with Boojum&Snark - is inviting guests to an exclusive event honouring women's empowerment and achievement. The vision of 2 life-long friends - Julie Jones-Evans and Tracy Mikich - Boojum&Snark is a cultural regeneration project on ...

A 38-year-old man from Ryde has been arrested following an early-morning break-in at a local addiction rehabilitation centre. Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at around 05:30 on Sunday (25th February) following reports of a break-in ...

The Arts Society Isle of Wight will be presenting the latest lecture of its season on the Dutch Modern Art Movement on Tuesday 5th March at 14:00, at Northwood House in Cowes. The turn of the 20th century was rich ...

Building 41, the Island’s first business hub, has reached a significant milestone - it's 1st birthday! New stats show the wealth of activities that Building 41 has facilitated, including over 200 meetings, 87 co-working memberships, almost 100 day bookings, several ...