Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

BREAKING: A 2-car crash in the rain is causing delays on the main road between Sandown and Newport this morning (Friday).

A pair of Isle of Wight pharmacies are extending their core contracted opening hours until later in the evening to help improve access to pharmacy services. 

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (16th October) are…

The Isle of Wight is facing a growing care quality crisis, with around a quarter of registered care homes now rated inadequate or requiring improvement.

Island Roads will undertake a series of night-time road improvement works on busy main roads during October and November.

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.

A much-loved cat could be put to sleep after being run over on Carisbrooke Road, with an urgent fundraising appeal launched to help cover the £6,050 cost of saving his life.

Full-contact kickboxing is set to return to the Isle of Wight later this month, with local athletes preparing to take on fighters travelling from as far afield as France for the second instalment of Unleashed Fight Night.

Islanders are being encouraged to double-check they are using the official Blue Badge application service after reports of people being directed to unofficial websites through internet search results.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks’ (SSEN) team of arborists on the Isle of Wight is helping animals at the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary.