Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

There will be plenty of opportunity for family activities at 2 Island museums during February half-term. Visitors to the Museum of Island History will be invited to create and curate their own paper pop-up museum, featuring some of the museum’s ...

Peter Roberts, Ollie shipman and Greg Shaw are to take on the 66-mile circular route around the Isle of Wight in aid of Sport Parkinson's in May. So far, they have raised £1,323 of their £1,600 target. Starting and finishing ...

Mountbatten Isle of Wight is inviting locals to join a live Q&A event as the Island’s hospice gathers your Mountbatten stories as part of an ongoing public engagement exercise called 'Your Thoughts Count'. Mountbatten wants to build a picture of ...

The Environment Agency is holding a series of community information events about the Shanklin and Yaverland Coastal Defence Schemes, which will help better protect over 500 homes and businesses from coastal erosion and flooding. The current coastal defences are deteriorating, ...

A crash between a car and motorcycle at Blackwater is causing significant delays heading in and out of Newport this morning (Friday). Police, paramedics and firefighters are all on scene at the junction of Blackwater Road and Blackwater Hollow, having ...

Disgraced police officer Tia Johnson-Warne has been sacked by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary after her drunken advances towards male colleagues on a boozy work night out. The 'sexually provocative' female PC - who used to work for cross-Solent ...

6 lorries in Island Roads’ new fleet of gritters are now proudly bearing new names chosen by children from Isle of Wight primary schools, including 'Vanilla Ice', 'Sleetwood Mac' and 'Sir Grit-A-Lot'. The PFI contractor asked 6 primaries from across ...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (7th February 2025) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 27 £100.00 14630 £100.00 4712 £100.00 12642 £100.00 557 £100.00 5429 £100.00 6674 £100.00 5468 £100.00 7845 £100.00 12242 £100.00 17841

The Isle of Wight Council is set to spend another £35,000 on Floating Bridge No.6 as its onboard generators have 'reached the end of their working life' - just 8 years after the vessel entered service. As part of the ...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.  They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the ...