Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

BREAKING: Technical issues have led to cancellations on both Red Funnel’s vehicle ferry and hi-speed Red Jet services this morning (New Year’s Eve).

In the long memory of Islanders, few winters have been as stark or as formative as the great freeze of 1962–63.

This is your round-up of some of the latest court cases heard between 15th-26th December...

The Isle of Wight Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee has suspended the premises licence for The Holliers Hotel in Shanklin, after the hotel was raided by Police and more than 250 cannabis plants were seized.

Apex Competition is bringing back its biggest headline prize, offering a life-changing £100,000 cash, tax-free, for just £2.

BREAKING: A multi-agency rescue operation is underway to free at least 2 people stuck in the mud at Compton this evening (Tuesday).

Blanche Coules Thornycroft, the Isle of Wight’s trailblazing woman naval engineer and marine designer, died in Bembridge on 30th December 1950 - 75 years ago today.

A cold blast is set to hit the South over the next few days – possibly bringing frost and ice, raising the risk of leaks, burst pipes and expensive repairs. 

MISSING PERSON: Police are asking for the public's help in locating 18-year-old Tristan Spragg, who has gone missing in Newport.

BREAKING: A 63-year-old man has been arrested as a local cyclist fights for his life in hospital after allegedly being hit by a van in Newport yesterday afternoon (Monday).