Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Chronic underfunding of the Ministry of Justice is undermining the entire criminal justice system and putting public safety at risk - that's according to the Police and Crime Commissioners for Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the Thames Valley. Calls ...

Britten-Norman has announced that its CEO, William Hynett OBE, is to step down after 20 years at the helm as the company enters a new era. William will be transitioning from his executive responsibilities to take up the role of ...

In May, the “Dynamo” stadium named after Valerii Lobanovskyi in Kyiv hosted the charity auction “Buy a lot from the Legends of Ukrainian Sports so that orphans have a football field.” The event aimed to raise funds for the construction of ...

A late night fire has broken out at a rural cottage near the village of Havenstreet tonight (Wednesday), resulting in 2 people being rushed to hospital. It was at around 23:00 that Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue ...

A motorcycle crash on a rural West Wight road has seen the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance scrambled to the Isle of Wight tonight (Wednesday). Police have closed Brook Road between Chessell and Brook as a result of ...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule ...

Prisoners at HMP Isle of Wight are injuring and torturing birds, with the latest incident resulting in a gull having its feathers plucked and a Nazi swastika drawn on its head. It was on Friday last week (6th June) that ...

Newport Conservative Club is to close its doors for the final time on Sunday (15th June), its committee has announced. This is the second Conservative Club to shut down in the West Wight constituency after the East Cowes closed its ...

A councillor who voted against 4 land asset sales passed by an Isle of Wight Council committee last week has lamented an 'opportunity for Islanders lost, forever'. The Empowering Islanders group’s Councillor Chris Jarman was the sole opponent on the ...

The Isle of Wight Council’s Adult and Community Learning (ACL) service has been praised in a newly published Ofsted inspection, which awarded the service an overall rating of ‘Good’. The inspection highlighted strong performance across the board, with the quality of education, ...