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Gloom fell over the Christmas festivities at Fort Victoria near Yarmouth following a tragic accident on 23rd December 1889. 24-year-old sapper Andrew Templar of the 22nd Company Royal Engineers - stationed at Fort Vic - fell to his death while ...

Police on the Isle of Wight are understood to have launched an investigation into an alleged sexual offence, which has led to a male being hospitalised this afternoon (Saturday). A large number of officers swarmed Fort Street in Sandown at ...

Access to the remembrance area at the Isle of Wight Crematorium is currently limited due to the closure of a bridge within the grounds. The Isle of Wight Council took to its official Facebook page to break the news earlier ...

Do you need to visit the pharmacy over the festive period? If so here are the opening times for the facility in your local area... Those who need to use the services listed below are advised to contact the pharmacy ...

Island Echo dives into the news headlines from 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 90, 100 and 120 years ago, including a pair of identical twins from Brading who both broke their legs in the same PE lesson in December 1973. ...

The doctors, dispatchers, pilots and paramedics at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance will continue to respond to the most severely ill and injured people in the region this Christmas. Last December, the charity responded to 193 potentially life-saving ...

Can East Cowes Vics banish the spectre of previous Boxing Day defeats against Newport at Beatrice Avenue? The East Cowes side have never finished above Newport in the Wessex League. The last time Vics beat Newport in a league fixture ...

We would like to wish all of our readers, advertisers and supporters a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Between now and Tuesday 2nd January 2024 you may see less news from us than normal. This is to allow ...

A Newport man who stole several hundreds of pounds worth of meat from Sainsbury's has been ordered to pay compensation to the national supermarket chain. Ian Wathen, 42, of Barton Road in Newport, pleaded guilty to 2x theft from a ...

Wightlink has been forced to suspend its Yarmouth-Lymington ferry service for the remainder of the day due to what is being called a ‘catastrophic engine failure’ on board Wight Sky. The cross-Solent operator says that it has cancelled all further ...