Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

A Carisbrooke couple have lost more than 16-and-a-half stone between them after a life-threatening health scare prompted a major lifestyle overhaul.

Isle of Wight property specialist Charlie Panayi is set to host a public event in Newport next week, offering insight into the sweeping changes due to arrive under the Renters Reform Bill in 2026.

Just weeks remain to sign up for the eagerly anticipated Beat the Heat quiz night.

Isle of Wight athletes recorded a string of strong individual results at the Hampshire Cross Country Championships at Fairthorne Manor on Saturday (4th January).

A Newport-based author has released a new novel that explores post-pandemic Britain through the lives of a close-knit group of friends.

4 babies were welcomed into the world at St Mary’s Hospital on New Year’s Day, it has been confirmed.

The Big Wight Beach Clean is set to return this weekend, with volunteers encouraged to join the effort at Grange Chine on Saturday (10th January) from 09:00.

Temperatures plunged to as low as -8.3c across the Isle of Wight overnight, with Shalfleet recording the coldest conditions in what is believed to be the most severe freeze since 2018.

Freezing temperatures failed to deter 21 hardy athletes who took part in Wight Tri’s East Cowes winter duathlon on Sunday morning (4th January).

BREAKING: Emergency services were called to an icy country lane earlier this morning (Tuesday) following a crash.