Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

A pair of Southampton men have been charged and given dates to appear before the courts following a burglary at The Co-op in Sandown earlier this week (Thursday). As first reported by Island Echo, officers were deployed to the High Street in ...

Plans are underway for the return of the Admiral's Cup Regatta to Cowes in 2025 with an Advisory Committee set up to steer the event forward. Admiral's Cup events were based in Cowes from 1957 to 1999 when a decline ...

Local weather forecaster IW Met Service have issued a weather warning for heavy rain set to move in tomorrow (Sunday) morning. It is predicted that a heavy band of rain will hit the Island between 04:00 and 10:00. Around 20mm ...

Police say they have recovered what they believe to be some of the money stolen from the Co-Op in Sandown on Thursday night following the arrest of 2 men in East Cowes. As first reported by Island Echo, officers were deployed to ...

A joint Police and Fire investigation is underway to establish how a large fire broke out at the derelict Parkbury Hotel in Sandown in the early hours of this morning (Saturday). As first reported by Island Echo, a total of ...

Some residents of East Cowes have awoken this morning (Saturday) to find their cars unlocked and the doors wide open.  Many residents in the Osborne Road area of the North Wight town have been ‘targeted’ overnight. It is believed the ...

Public toilets at a popular Isle of Wight beach could be replaced by state-of-the-art but pay-to-use facilities. Currently, the toilets at Yaverland, in the public car park are free. In new plans from Sandown Town Council, approved at its meeting ...

Cowes travel to 2nd-from-bottom Christchurch today (Saturday), hoping to remain 5th in the Wessex Premier in the 4th playoff position. On Tuesday, the Yachtsmen finally advanced to the playoff places by beating Lymington Town 3-1 at Westwood Park. However, just ...

Firefighters are tackling a large blaze at the derelict Parkbury Hotel in Sandown this morning (Saturday). 6 pumping appliances from stations across the Island, an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Command Unit are all on scene at Broadway, where ...

Former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, paid a visit to Ryde today (Friday) where she met local business people and even got behind the bar at Yelfs Hotel. Top of the agenda during today's visit was the future opportunities for Ryde ...