Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

After spending 7 months in hospital fighting for her life with Crohn’s disease, Gina Lawrence is taking on the Isle of Wight Coastal Path this September to raise money for Southampton Hospitals Charity. Following major bowel surgery in October 2024, ...

A man was found with serious injuries after Police received reports of a large group, armed with weapons, fighting on the outskirts of Newport last night (Saturday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was called to Staplers Road at 22:10 ...

2 martyred Catholic priests - Blessed William Marsden and Blessed Robert Anderton - were commemorated at St Thomas of Canterbury church on Tuesday (29th April). Blessed William Marsden together with Blessed Robert Anderton were executed for their Catholic Faith at ...

A garden fence was flattened - and a motorcycle damaged - when a Fiat 500 mounted the pavement on a quiet cul-de-sac in Gunville yesterday evening (Saturday). Police were called at 19:10 to reports that a car had collided with ...

An 8-year-old boy has escaped injury following a crash in Ryde involving a vehicle suspected to have been stolen by a drink driver. Earlier this afternoon (Sunday), emergency services were called to Warwick Street in central Ryde when a Mercedes-Benz ...

It’s May already – soon be summer! Still some late spring shows to enjoy though…. Curtain Call Creative are busy this month with not one but two shows. First, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE-Day, ‘Last Night at the ...

5 Police vehicles rushed to Cowes when reports were received of a disturbance at an address last night (Saturday), which led to the arrest of a 34-year-old man. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was alerted at 20:00 to an ...

A driver is being taken to hospital after suffering what is thought to be a medical episode at the wheel of his car, with the vehicle careering into a garden wall in central Ryde.  Police and paramedics are in attendance ...

Isle of Wight resident and retired Lancaster University professor, Colin Ockleford, has been awarded the prestigious Harold Ellis Prize by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for his exceptional work as a basic sciences examiner. Professor Ockleford, who lives ...

Red Funnel’s longstanding Job Seekers Travel Scheme has been extended to support those on the mainland searching for jobs across the Isle of Wight, helping businesses on the Island to attract talent further afield. In collaboration with Jobcentre Plus, the ...