Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

A redundant farm barn near Gunville will be used by a vehicle repairs and MOT business. The council has granted the Reads Farm Partnership planning consent for a change of use of an agricultural barn at Reads Farm to the ...

West Wight Sports and Community Centre is once again in the running for a £5,000 Movement for Good grant - and they’re calling on the Isle of Wight community to help bring the funding home. The Centre, based in Freshwater, ...

Just weeks after launching its first-ever Dragon Boat Race, Wessex Cancer Support is celebrating a huge wave of support with all team spaces for the event now officially sold out. Sponsored by Rouse, WH Brading, and Biscoes Solicitors, the fundraiser, ...

Police swooped on a Mercedes with a suspected impaired driver at the wheel in Newport late last night (Saturday), uncovering a terrifying spiked weapon inside the vehicle. The dramatic stop took place on the Fairlee Road link road coming off ...

A number of Islanders will be ordained as deacons and priests in a special ceremony at Portsmouth Cathedral later this month. Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Jonathan Frost, will ordain a total of 28 individuals on 28th June. Nathan ...

John Keats - whose poems and letters remain some of the most popular and analysed in English literature - penned some of his greatest works right here on the Isle of Wight. Although Keats' wanderings included numerous picturesque localities on ...

With an increasingly hectic lifestyle, many individuals in the UK are interested in finding more natural remedies for easing tension. One such remedy is CBD oil, which is a viable go-to for its wellness benefits. Why Increasing Numbers Of Brits ...

Police investigating a serious assault that took place on Sea Street in Newport last month have arrested a third man. The latest suspect to be detained is a 24-year-old man from Ryde, who was arrested at the end of May ...

Mountbatten Isle of Wight has released a film urging Islanders to write or email in support of their local hospice, as it faces NHS cash cuts of £1.4million in 2026/7. From this Autumn, £600,000 is to be withdrawn from Mountbatten ...

This year, Sky presents the Isle of Wight Festival is celebrating 10 years of its partnership with This Feeling as they continue to break new artists at the iconic festival. At this year’s festival, This Feeling stage will host 45 new acts (plus 2 ...