Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

The occupants of a small hatchback have miraculously avoided death or serious injury after their car was crushed by a tree as Storm Darragh hit last night (Friday). The incident occurred just off the A3054/Bouldnor Road at around 23:00 last ...

Several sailors with boats that are often seen racing off Cowes are amongst those honoured at this year's prizegiving of the Royal Ocean Racing Club. (RORC). RORC members and guests from across Europe and beyond gathered in London for the ...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is on the cusp of hitting £1 million towards its Operation Airbase appeal by Christmas, having raised £860,00 in just 12 weeks.     The charity needs to raise £3.6 million to convert and equip ...

The Isle of Wight Conservatives have unveiled their first wave of candidates to stand in the 2025 Isle of Wight local elections.  Phase 1 of the candidate selection process is now complete, with candidates officially confirmed to contest their respective ...

For the latest, scroll to the most recent update at the bottom of this article Stormy weather hitting the Isle of Wight and other parts of the country is causing disruption to cross-Solent travel today (Saturday), with further issues anticipated. ...

Storm Darragh has forced the postponement of all Isle of Wight Wessex League games this afternoon. It is also unlikely that any Hampshire Cup games featuring cross-Solent travel will be played. 4 Isle of Wight teams - W&B, Brading Town, ...

Diggers have moved in as work to create a new builders merchant at St George's in Newport gets underway  It was earlier this week that news broke that builders merchant Jewson had finalised the contract to purchase a parcel of ...

Photos have revealed just how big a WWII bomb - which caused significant Hovertravel disruption when it was discovered in Southsea earlier this week - actually was. As previously reported by Island Echo, at around 09:30, contractors carrying out sea ...

Police and paramedics have rushed to a crash between a car and a lorry on a roundabout on the outskirts of Wootton this evening (Friday). Emergency service personnel were called to the scene at Wootton Common Crossroads at around 17:00, ...

Cross-Solent travel operator Wightlink has warned of possible disruption to its services this weekend as Storm Darragh prepares to batter the Island.  Darragh - named by the Met Office - is set to bring with him strong winds and heavy ...