Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Little more than a month after being released from prison, prolific local thief Daniel Kilshaw is to spend the next 8 weeks behind bars. Kilshaw, 42, of Howard House on Barton Road in Newport, admitted 2x theft from a shop ...

Fears of a fire at Ryde School this evening (Tuesday) saw fire crews from Newport, Ryde and Sandown called to the seaside town. Several appliances - including the Aerial Ladder Platform from Newport - rushed to the educational facility on ...

Vandals have yet again forced the closure of the gentlemen's toilets at the Eastern Gardens in Ryde. 2 large holes were smashed in the tiles surrounding the toilets. This is the 2nd time in less than a year that the ...

Newport town centre restaurant Charter Lounge - based in St Thomas' Square - has shut its doors for good after being in business for just 3 months. The restaurant has apparently closed due to 'issues with kitchen equipment'. The eatery ...

Southern Vectis is throwing its support behind Mountbatten Isle of Wight, by naming the charity as its official good cause for 2024 and 2025. The local bus operator will spend the next 2 years raising funds and awareness to help ...

A 2-vehicle crash in the centre of Newport is causing traffic delays this afternoon (Tuesday). The incident has occurred on the junction with Lugley Street and St James' Street. Island Echo understands that emergency service personnel were called to the ...

Wightlink Wight-Mountain team members Allan Cook, Ewan Cook, Nick Earley and Alfie Haydon travelled to Eelmore Plain near Aldershot to compete in the Gorrick Brass Monkey Winter Series 2 ‘New Year Hangover’ on Sunday (7th January). This was a new ...

James Graham's hit play 'Dear England' is coming to Apollo Theatre in Newport on 25th January. The Apollo Theatre is now a National Theatre Live venue: the best theatre from London and the West End is coming to the well-loved ...

The town and parish councils of Lake, Sandown and Shanklin, in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, have formally launched the Bay Area Place Plan at a public meeting in Sandown. The 98-page report comprises 3 main sections: principles ...

Ventnor 1sts suffered a 80-point thrashing in North Hampshire at the hands of Andover 2nds on Saturday (6th January). Ventnor started this game the brighter through good work from the kick-off by George Collett, Joe Coghlan and Callum Martin that ...