Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) landed on a green space in Cowes this lunchtime (Sunday) following a medical emergency in the North Wight. Flying doctors were requested at around 12:00 this morning and were first seen ...

With the donations received at a recent concert by the Newchurch Male Voice Choir and the young soloist Will Kent, the sum of £500 was presented to Brian Harris, Chair of The Museum of Ryde by Bob Cooper, Vice Chair ...

Yarmouth RNLI were involved in a major search operation in the Solent last night (Saturday) after several red flares were seen near Hurst Castle. HM Coastguard received multiple reports of red flares being seen at Hurst Castle just before 22:00 ...

Positive progress is being made within children's services on the Isle of Wight, according to a new report published by Ofsted earlier this week (Thursday). The report follows a 'focused visit' last month, which examined the council's arrangements for children ...

Cross-Solent travel continues to be disrupted this morning (Sunday) with Storm Darragh showing no signs of letting up. Currently, Red Funnel services between East Cowes and Southampton - which were suspended for the majority of yesterday - remain suspended until ...

Wroxall Station was at the heart of village life for the 100 years it was in operation - from 1866 to 1966. The development of Wroxall owed much to the railway. Many of the houses in the main street were ...

Storm Darragh is continuing to wreak havoc across the Island this evening (Saturday) with more than 800 properties in Godshill, Sandford, Whiteley Bank and Upper Hyde currently without power. It's been a day of strong winds and heavy rain here ...

The last keepers at The Needles were evacuated from the lighthouse on 8th December 1994, bringing an end to 136 years of manned operation. On that day, the weather almost succeeded to keep the lighthouse keepers in situ as furious storms ...

Isle of Wight East MP Joe Robertson visited postal workers at Sandown Delivery Office on Monday to find out more about what it takes to deliver letters and parcels in the peak Christmas period. Christmas is Royal Mail’s busiest period, ...

Christmas has come early for 4 Isle of Wight community centres after they received a share of Southern Water's £30,000 regional Community Fund.  A trio of venues in Ryde - Garfield Road’s Methodist Church, Guildford Road’s St Helens Community Centre ...