Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Wightlink Cycle Race Team members travelled to Goodwood last week (Tuesday 10th June) to compete in the RCR Fatcreations Goodwood Races 4-Up TTT. The Mixed category quartet, comprised of Nick Earley, Jack Grundy, Charis Jones and Richard Nembhard took a ...

Wightlink Warriors have announced their intention to stage a 7-meeting season of speedway between July and September at Smallbrook Stadium. There will be 4-team speedway meetings to include the Vince Mapley Memorial, and the Steve Piper Memorial meetings, plus the ...

Members of the Newchurch Male Voice Choir were first in line for homemade cakes and drinks after delivering a Sunday afternoon concert at Holy Cross Church in Binstead. The concert, held in support of church funds, featured a wide range ...

An outdoor range belonging to a ‘long-established’ Isle of Wight shooting club could be upgraded with a works scheme. The Shanklin Rifle and Pistol Club (SRPC) lodged an application with council planners to build a new building with external firing ...

Motorists are experiencing heavy delays through Brading this morning (Wednesday) following a 2-vehicle crash.  Emergency service personnel from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were first called to the scene on New Road ...

The driver and passenger of a Range Rover had to climb out through the boot of their vehicle after becoming wedged between a lorry and a hedge near Godshill earlier this morning (Wednesday). Emergency services were called to Whitwell Road ...

The 32nd edition of the Transatlantic Race will chart a 3,000-mile course from Newport, Rhode Island to Cowes here on the Isle of Wight, celebrating over 150 years of racing tradition. Organised by the New York Yacht Club and the ...

A block of flats on the Isle of Wight were among the many lots to go under the hammer in the latest Cive Emson auction. Let at £42,840 per annum, the 6x 2-bedroom flats at Kingswood, Coronation Road, Cowes were ...

Artificial intelligence experts at the University of Southampton are working with the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary to develop machine learning for donkey identification. The technology will enable visitors to the sanctuary to use an app to identify individual donkeys, ...

Local MPs, business leaders and community figures condemned the soaring costs, unreliability and lack of accountability of the Isle of Wight's ferry services during the Island Echo/IW Observer State of the Island Debate. The ferry companies faced a barrage of ...