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5 new projects across the South East celebrating working-class histories are being funded by Historic England's Everyday Heritage grants programme in 2025, including a project right here on the Isle of Wight. These projects will explore the story of education ...

529 athletes lined up along Ryde Esplanade to compete in the Ryde 10m race on Sunday (2nd February), organised and staged by Ryde Harriers. Ryde 10m is part of the Hampshire Road Race League, which features 12 races - and ...

"When I saw that The Niton Playbox were preparing a new show, I wondered how on earth they were going to follow the amazing Smile, which they staged last year"... Maureen Sullivan reviews the wartime drama Run Rabbit Run at ...

A campsite off in the village of Calbourne could be transformed into ‘upmarket and high-end’ glamping accommodation. Mike and Sean Fursse-Smith have applied to the Isle of Wight Council for planning permission to build self-contained glamping pods utilising 3 shipping ...

East Cowes Victoria were knocked out of the Wessex League Cup by AFC Portchester at the quarter final stage of the competition yesterday evening (Tuesday). The Victorians went into the game on the back of 7 straight league wins and ...

Cowes Enterprise College is one of England's most improved schools for Progress 8 outcomes among disadvantaged students, new data from the Department for Education reveals. Ranking in the top 150 out of over 6,000 state secondary schools in the UK, ...

Enthusiasm to clinch 'as many seats as possible' in the next Isle of Wight local election was evident at a packed Reform UK meeting in Newport on Saturday, bolstered by the party's growing popularity in national polls. Supporters from across ...

Timber groynes at Lake and Colwell Bay are set to be restored as part of a major Isle of Wight Council scheme to strengthen coastal defences. 10 groynes at Lake Cliffs, between Small Hope Beach and Littlestairs Steps, and 6 ...

You’ve played hundreds of CS matches, collected a stash of cases, and unlocked some of them. Your loadout is ready, so you have a surplus to get rid of. You could do so at the Community Market… but perhaps you’re ...

20-year-old Ryan Loveday, from Kent, has been charged with numerous child sex offences after allegedly meeting an underage girl in Ryde at the weekend. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police swooped on the Travelodge off Lind Street on Sunday ...