Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Wightlink has announced that its Fastcat service to and from the Isle of Wight won’t run at all today (Sunday), as repairs are taking longer than expected.

Home owners could face up to a £60 increase in their energy bill, with those on standard variable tariffs particularly encouraged to review their options.

Cowes Sports were unable to halt the Wessex Premier Division’s early pacesetters at Cams Alders Stadium yesterday (Saturday afternoon).

Plans for illuminated signage at a new banking hub in the heart of Cowes have been given the go-ahead after an earlier proposal was refused over conservation concerns.

MISSING PERSON: Police have named 69-year-old Gayelynn Matthews as the missing woman at the centre of a major search and rescue operation in Bembridge.

Around 200 open water swimmers are expected to descend on Sandown Bay this weekend for the 72nd Annual Pier2Pier Sea Swim

BREAKING: A major search and rescue operation was launched overnight when clothing belonging to a missing person was located on an Isle of Wight beach.

The planned demolition of the Newport school has prompted a warning from County Hall regarding a ‘highly controversial’ planthat may block off access to a recreation ground.

For generations, schoolchildren have changed the 'P' on Apse Heath's village sign into an 'R', but the village itself was built on clay.

Newport swept aside experienced opposition in dreadful conditions to record an emphatic 3rd successive away victory at Hedge End Rangers this afternoon (Saturday).