Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

There's a reason the car deck fills up on Friday afternoons. Life on the Isle of Wight is brilliant, but it doesn’t come without its sacrifices. The things that aren’t on the island are a part of the appeal, but ...

Unit 105-106 Newport High Street used to be a Thorntons. Then it was a Warren James. Then, from April 2022, it was nothing - an empty shopfront between Poundland and Specsavers, shutters down, gathering dust. When a new business finally ...

In May 2026, Isle of Wight East MP Joe Robertson stood up in the House of Commons and told Parliament that a single return car crossing of the Solent can cost up to £511. Five miles of water, £511. The ...

Most people's understanding of the criminal justice system comes from television, not experience. That's usually a good thing, until the day it isn't, and someone finds themselves navigating a real criminal matter armed only with half-remembered courtroom drama. The trouble ...

BREAKING: Flying medics from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have touched down in Ryde tonight (Sunday).

A 32-year-old Ryde man who took and crashed his girlfriend's car into several parked vehicles, was dunk at the time a court has heard.

Tia is now giving one lucky person the chance to win her latest creation through a nationwide raffle...

A row over public ‘mud-slinging’ and ‘nasty’ comments has erupted at St Helens Parish Council.

Yarmouth's new pier was officially opened on 19th July 1876, creating what once was a vital transport link across the Solent that survives to this day.

Isle of Wight East MP Joe Robertson MP has welcomed the news that the Government has blocked plans by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to remove remuneration payments from Coastguard Rescue Officers (CROs).