Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Island Echo welcomes Sally Sykes, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and founder of Cala Medical Aesthetics in Newport, as a new regular skincare columnist. With an NHS nursing background and specialist aesthetics training, Sally will share practical advice on skincare, skin ...

The cost of a first on-street residential permit has increased by £32 since the scheme was introduced 23 years ago in 2003.

Islanders are being reminded that there is just a week left to nominate their sporting heroes for the 2026 Isle of Wight Sports Achievement Awards.

A memorable evening of laughter, learning and a little parliamentary purr-suasion saw young Islanders discover democracy in action at County Hall.

Binstead & COB claimed their first league victory of the season at Northwood St Johns in a fixture overshadowed by tragedy earlier this year.

In autumn 2025, 4.1 in every 100 children of school age on the Isle of Wight were home educated, against 1.5 across England, according to Department for Education figures. More than four in ten of those Island children were in ...

The board will scrutinise the Isle of Wight Council's progress on improving services, identifying risks and ensuring that planned changes deliver better outcomes for Island residents.

Newport moved into the Wessex Division One promotion play-off places with a hard-earned away victory yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 31st October).

Before creating Winnie the Pooh, Alan Alexander Milne came to Osborne House to recover from the physical and mental toll of the Great War...

Across Mexico, hundreds of fuel station permit applications are stuck with the federal regulator. And many belong to stations that are already built. Nothing can be sold until the permit arrives. Óscar Liévano Moreno, a Chiapas fuel operator and the ...