Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Final team places remain for the Beat the Heat charity quiz night at Ryde Castle on 5th March, as organisers Heartbeat prepare for another evening of fundraising on the Isle of Wight.

BREAKING: A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with injuries after a collision in central Ryde - which closed a main through road for a time.

Leading councillors from across the chamber have had their say on fair funding for the Isle of Wight. The leader of the Isle of Wight Council has asked the government to ‘urgently’ enter discussions with County Hall regarding ‘unique financial ...

Local firm Island Windows has teamed up with REHAU Recycling at PVCR to recycle old polymer frames and reduce landfill waste.

Binstead Primary School welcomed a familiar face recently when the chair of the Isle of Wight Council, Councillor Ian Dore, returned to his old school to speak with Year 4 pupils about climate change.

Islanders are invited to St Mary’s Hospital next week for a special Armed Forces celebration event featuring 100-year-old WWII veteran Alec Penstone.

Euan St John Biggs struck a superb hat-trick as the Yachtsmen powered to an emphatic victory against Bembridge & Vectis on the 4G at Cowes Enterprise College yesterday.

Dinosaur Isle may still be completing its exciting programme of renovations, but families can look forward to a packed and prehistoric‑themed February half‑term as the museum takes its activities out into the community.

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is supporting biodiversity and developing green spaces with Wight Nature Fund and Havenstreet and Ashey Parish Council, by planting a new heritage orchard in their overflow car park at Havenstreet, thanks to funding from ...

In our Isle of Wight Pubs series, Island Echo takes a closer look at St Helens - a village whose pubs grew around the Green, the tide and footfall.