Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Isle of Wight: Jewel of the South returns to our TV screens tonight (Thursday) with another brand new episode. This week, Bembridge's The Best Dressed Crab is awash with customers as the Summer season is in full flow. Local fisherman ...

Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council has agreed on a precept increase for 2024-25 of 5.1% - and has confirmed that it will be pulling out of the 1-hour free parking scheme pilot. The increased budget, described as a 'steady state ...

A Police sergeant has called for CCTV to be installed on the beach at Ryde after public toilets there were 'completely obliterated' last month. The damage was condemned as vandalism by Ryde Town Council and led to the closure of ...

Southampton manager Russell Martin has insisted his high-flying team will not allow their upcoming FA Cup tie at Liverpool to derail their promotion push. Saints’ 3-0 victory over Watford in a fourth-round replay on Tuesday secured a glamour trip to ...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule ...

Draft proposals for the 2024/25 Budget have been revealed by the Alliance administration, with £2.75million of savings being sought and a 4.99% Council Tax hike planned. There are no shock plans in this year's budget. In fact, a pleasant surprise ...

The inaugural edition of the Isle of Wight Chess Congress is heading to Ryde this April, it has been announced. The event, which is to take place at Ryde Castle Hotel between Friday 19th and Sunday 21st April 2024, will ...

The Isle of Wight's MP has thrown his support behind Mountbatten to secure a better funding deal from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB) – the body responsible for giving NHS money to the hospice. Mountbatten ...

Isle of Wight restaurants, takeaways and cafes are among the businesses which have been visited by food hygiene inspectors since Christmas. The Isle of Wight Council’s environmental health officers have been visiting businesses to see if they are meeting the ...

A 30-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving following a crash outside a primary school in the West Wight. Police were called to reports of a 2-car crash at the junction of Weston Lane and Summers Lane ...