Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

The Isle of Wight’s much-loved Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is back this Summer - and it’s bigger, brighter and bolder than ever before. From arts and crafts to horse riding, football to theatre skills, this year’s line-up is ...

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club (RVYC) will celebrate its 180th anniversary this weekend (28th and 29th June) at its Fishbourne clubhouse, honouring nearly 2 centuries of maritime heritage. Founded on 24th May 1845 - Queen Victoria’s birthday - the RVYC ...

2 men from Ryde remain in custody on suspicion of drug offences after being stopped by Police in Ashey last night (Wednesday). It was at 21:00 that officers conducted a stop check on a Peugeot 208 on Ashey Road, pulling ...

A controversial bid to build a carport and storage space on the edge of an Isle of Wight village has been rejected for the second time. Planners refused Jonathan Knight’s revised application for a single-storey outbuilding forming a store and ...

A closed Cowes pub with ‘no realistic future’ in the current economic climate could be turned into a 6-bedroom, multi-generational family home. Jacqueline Hunt has lodged a proposal with County Hall to convert the former Kingston Arms pub at 176 ...

The Beef & Berry Shop in Shorwell, which began as a Christmas pop-up before becoming a beloved local food outlet, has announced it will close its doors for good on Sunday (29th June). The local store, based at Stone Place ...

The Isle of Wight's 2 Wessex Premier League representatives, East Cowes Victoria and Cowes Sports, have been drawn against each other in the first round of the Wessex League Cup. The game will take place at Beatrice Avenue, with the ...

The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has begun recruiting patients for the Spinal Immobilisation Study (SIS), a multi-site randomised clinical trial being jointly run between Imperial College London and Warwick University. The Spinal Immobilisation Study aims to evaluate if a ...

Early bird tickets for Isle of Wight Festival 2026 are now on sale, with Islanders able to grab their weekend passes for just £187.35. Just days after the success of this year’s event, which saw the likes of Sting, Sterophonics ...

Island Roads' work on the controversial Ryde Transport Interchange has won a coveted highways industry award. The project scooped the Creating Better Places Award at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation Annual Awards Ceremony at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel ...