Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Morgan Foord The Eagles Ladies continued their rich form with a 3-0 win over Bursledon at the GKN Sports Ground in East Cowes on Sunday. The Island side started brightly with an opening goal from Abi Joyce to fire the ...

The Island's only traditional male voice choir is seeking a pianist to accompany the choir at its weekly practices and at the concerts it undertakes across the Island during the year. Newchurch Male Voice choir practice in the village hall ...

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill after a woman was threatened in Ryde this morning (Monday). Multiple Police vehicles were seen rushing to the seaside town shortly after 08:00 when Hampshire & Isle ...

Busy Bee Garden Centre is offering a £1,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of a thief who stole numerous gas cylinders last Thursday. As previously reported by Island Echo, between 02:00 and 03:00 on 1st February, a ...

Transatlantic rowers Xavier Baker, Paul Berry and Chris Mannion are now back home on the Isle of Wight, after an overnight flight to Gatwick Airport and a Wightlink FastCat from Portsmouth to Ryde Pier. The trio of friends rowed 3,000 ...

The Isle of Wight Festival has announced even more acts for this year's 4-day event including Jessie J, Natalie Imbruglia, The Pretenders, Johnny Marr, Feeder, S Club, Tom Meighan, Cian Ducrot, Caity Baser and Wunderhorse. These new additions to the 2024 ...

Wightlink will be operating a revised timetable on its Fishbourne-Portsmouth route on Wednesday and Thursday, due to essential maintenance on the link span at Fishbourne. The work is part of the cross-Solent operator's continuing facilities renewal programme, and to ensure that ...

Farmers on the Isle of Wight are being warned by the NFU following a rise in cases of Schmallenberg virus (SBV). A viral disease, that affects all ruminants - such as sheep, cattle goats and deer - a rise in ...

Police are continuing to 'look for opportunities in and around Newport' when it comes to the future of the county town's Police station, but have ruled out a joint station with the fire service. It has been confirmed this week ...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts are in attendance at Seagrove Bay in Seaview tonight (Sunday) amid fears a piece of historic ordnance has been discovered. A member of the public alerted Island Echo to the potentially explosive find at around ...