Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Members of the deaf and hearing-impaired community across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight can now contact Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary for non-emergency matters using a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter - thanks to the introduction of a ...

Newport’s Wessex League Cup run came to an end last night (Tuesday) in the 2nd round with a 5-2 defeat away to Wessex Division 1 outfit United Services Portsmouth at HMS Temeraire. It was the Portsmouth outfit who progressed after ...

The fifth annual Zoe’s Law Ball has raised an incredible £9,166.20 for Mountbatten Hospice, marking the fifth anniversary of Zoe Panayi’s passing and continuing the charity’s mission to raise awareness of melanoma and change the law in memory of Zoe. ...

Residents in an area of Cowes are without water this morning (Wednesday). Several Island Echo readers in the Baring Road, Crossfield Avenue and Ward Avenue area have reported having no running water. Others have said that contacting the Southern Water ...

A 13-bed care home for adults with learning disabilities or mental health needs could replace a former Isle of Wight hotel. Kelly Pointing of the Call on Me care provider submitted a change of use application to the Isle of ...

Southern Water has confirmed that the hosepipe ban across the Isle of Wight will continue, with no clear end date in sight, despite recent rainfall and improvements in water saving. Customers across the Isle of Wight and Hampshire have collectively ...

Every gambler remembers their first good roll at a craps table. It’s fast, tense, and unforgettable. That same adrenaline rush is now back, but in an entirely new format. Online craps has found its footing, blending the excitement of real-world ...

Monday 22nd September – Friday 26th September 2025 • Nicholas John Fleming, 72, of Gladices Lane, Chale Green, Ventnor – Admitted cultivating 23 cannabis plants and driving with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his blood above the legal limit. He was fined £200, ...

38-year-old Dean Clack, who 'recklessly' put pressure on a toddler's neck, causing a haemorrhage in her eye, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Clack, of Avenue Road in Freshwater, learnt his fate when he appeared for sentencing at the ...

Well-known Isle of Wight boatbuilder Island RIBs has gone into liquidation, although its brand and production are set to continue under new ownership following the sale of the company’s assets. It has been confirmed that Stewart Goldsmith and Michael Fortune ...