Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Cowes Harbour Commission, in partnership with the Corporation of Trinity House, is offering a fully sponsored Merchant Navy cadetship. This programme aims to provide a life-changing opportunity for a young person from the local Cowes area to take the next ...

Wessex Cancer Support wants you to Jump Around at its first 90s-themed Boogie Bingo event at GG’s bar and restaurant in Newport on Friday 11th April.     Get Jiggy with your bingo lingo and be a Dancing Queen (17) as you Hit ...

Gritters will be out across the local road network during the early hours of tomorrow morning (Wednesday) as a cold night is in store for the Isle of Wight. Sub-zero road surface temperatures are forecast overnight, which has led to ...

A display has been installed by St Mary's Church in Brading showcasing 150 hearts drawn and coloured by pupils of the local, under-threat primary school. The church continues to support its Primary School, which has been earmarked for closure by ...

The Isle of Wight Marlins Masters Open Swim Meet will take place at Medina this Saturday (8th February) from 13:45. Masters swimmers from across the Island will be competing against swimmers from the Home Counties. The afternoon's competition includes events ...

Isle of Wight were agonisingly close to their first win since September in a pulsating Counties 2 encounter against Havant at Wootton Rec. Given the respective league campaigns of the 2 sides, visitors Havant were strong favourites to take the ...

Charities and community-led organisations are once again being invited to bid for grant support from Island Roads’ Isle of Wight Foundation. Each year since 2014, the foundation – comprising the companies behind Island Roads – has awarded grants of between ...

A Sandown man was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods as he got off the Wightlink car ferry in Fishbourne at the weekend. It was at around 14:30 on Sunday afternoon (2nd February) that officers swooped on a vehicle ...

Isle of Wight cyclist Harrison Hendy has joined the GB Cycling Team’s National Talent Pathway for road and track endurance racing, a pathway that could lead to Olympic glory. The 15-year-old from Arreton is one of 18 boys to be ...

A historic Weeping Beech tree, located in Newport’s Church Litten, is to be cut down amid safety concerns. The existing Weeping Beech tree, now over 120 years old, has been deemed no longer structurally safe. In recent months, the tree ...