Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Bus passengers are being invited to have their say on Southern Vectis services across the Isle of Wight, with a month’s free travel up for grabs.

The improvements are being delivered using Department for Transport funding secured by the Isle of Wight Council as part of the A3056 Safer Roads Fund.

BREAKING: Hundreds of properties are without water supply in Wootton, with the local primary school forced to close.

A dazzling crystal-filled rock described as the best geode seen by an Isle of Wight fossil hunter in 43 years of collecting has been discovered at Brook Bay.

Islanders are being encouraged to make gardens and outdoor spaces more resilient to drought by planting trees and shrubs such as holly, ivy and buckthorn.

Customer reward programmes are a long-lived and important part of the trading environment. The earliest forms of these date back to ancient Egypt, evolving over the millennia to meet new opportunities and needs. Today, loyalty programmes are most famous and common ...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court.

The reoffending occured just 57 days after he was handed a suspended sentence for similar offences...

Pumpkin picking will return to the West Wight countryside next month, with Westover Farm Pumpkins opening its gates for a 4th year of autumn family fun - including new late-opening sessions.

The Battle of Britain ended Hitler's hopes of invading mainland Britain, but one military historian believes it turned the Isle of Wight into Germany's next potential target.