Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

A body has been recovered from the sea at Freshwater Bay, Police have confirmed. The news marks a tragic end to a search and rescue operation that was launched to locate a person reported to be in the water at ...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution is partnering with YES Energy Solutions to provide free advice designed to help customers reduce their energy bills over Winter. The YES Advice Line is available to customers across the distribution network operator’s ...

A multi-agency search and rescue operation has been launched to locate a person reported to be in the water off Freshwater Bay this morning (Thursday). HM Coastguard is coordinating the response to the ongoing incident, which began at around 09:35. ...

Blackjack is a popular game both offline and on, and is available to play in multiple forms at Playfinacasino Australia. There are numerous strategies employed by players to try and be more successful during their gaming. One of these is ...

The Isle of Wight is looking like a more desirable destination for staycations in 2024, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. A new poll of 2,000 UK travellers by the holiday letting agency found Cornwall to be the top staycation destination ...

An explosion at a property in Brading is being treated as an accident but specialist fire investigators haven't been able to examine the scene of the fatal incident over fears of a building collapse. It was on 1st December that ...

Police have launched an investigation following a serious assault inside the walls of HMP Isle of Wight - believed to be on a prison officer. The incident is said to have taken place at the Albany site on Friday evening ...

The lives of lifeboat volunteers were put in potential danger in some of the ‘worst conditions ever seen’ earlier this afternoon (Wednesday) when a suspected hoax caller reported that a vessel was sinking near to the Nab Tower.  Solent Coastguard ...

Religious buildings across the Isle of Wight have received a £113,000 share of £42million in public funding ahead of this year’s festive celebrations, as the Government continues its support for the conservation of listed places of worship across the country.  ...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) has provided over £250,000 of vital funding to nearly 30 local charities tackling poverty across the Isle of Wight this year. The need for financial support through charity funding couldn’t be greater, ...