Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

With hundreds of online casinos now available to UK players, choosing one that feels both safe and genuinely enjoyable can quickly become a challenge. While many people still gravitate toward big-name brands, there is growing interest in smaller, more niche ...

The owner of Ada Mediterranean Kitchen in Ryde is looking to transform a former jeweller's into a bistro-style restaurant, if plans are approved. Sinan Keskin has made a planning application to the Isle of Wight Council for a change of ...

There is significant disruption for those travelling into Cowes as a result of a crash involving 2 cars at Vittlefields Cross - on the diversion route between Newport and Cowes. Police have closed Forest Road in both directions between Whitehouse ...

Plans have been submitted for investigative works at the Grade I listed Osborne House in East Cowes - the former Royal residence of Queen Victoria - in a bid to address long-standing structural concerns affecting part of the historic building’s cornice. ...

Southern Vectis is mourning the loss of its managing director, Andrew Wickham MBE, who has died following a long illness. His passing has prompted an outpouring of sorrow across the transport industry and here on the Isle of Wight, where ...

UPDATE MONDAY - Tomorrow’s event has been postponed due to forecast weather. Alex Barton, IWCB has said: “After much consideration we have made the decision to postpone the beach cricket tournament tomorrow. “With rain and strong wind forecasted throughout the ...

A new plan to restore wildlife and protect habitats on the Isle of Wight has been launched this month, with national praise and formal government approval. The Isle of Wight Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) is just the fourth to ...

The Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society (RIWAS) welcomed over 300 children from 11 Island primary schools to the County Showground last Tuesday (20th May) for a hands-on Education Day ahead of this year’s Royal Isle of Wight County Show.  ...

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is set to officially open the Orkney 2025 International Island Games - an event that will see over 250 athletes from the Isle of Wight compete across 13 different sports. The Opening Ceremony will take ...

Reports of a man breaking into a van in broad daylight have led to an arrest in Ventnor this lunchtime (Sunday). Police were deployed to the seaside town at just before 11:00 this morning when force control received a report ...