Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Wightlink’s Ryde Pier will be the place to snap up perfect Christmas presents next month. Unique Isle of Wight gifts and seasonal items from Christmas cards to candles, jewellery, natural skincare products and even local fudge will be on sale, ...

Sandown's The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary has announced that they have been named as finalists in this year’s Beautiful South Awards, which celebrate excellence in the tourism sector for Southeast England. The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary is a finalist in the Large ...

With just under one month to go until Christmas Day, Red Funnel has confirmed it will be the only ferry operator crossing the Solent on 25th December. Red Funnel will once again be offering 2 departures from each side via ...

All 3 Isle of Wight Wessex League clubs cross the Solent to face North Island opposition today (Saturday). Wessex Premier Cowes Sports make the journey to Dorset to face newly promoted Hamworthy Recreation. The Yachtsmen are currently 13th in their ...

More than 600 homes are without power in the Shanklin area tonight (Friday) owing to a fault on the electricity network. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) says that a total of 64 postcode areas in the vicinity of Shanklin ...

An elderly Isle of Wight man will face no further action in relation to the death of a woman in Wootton earlier this year as Police are no longer treating her death as murder. It was on 9th September that ...

35 years after being separated into individual shops, a prominent building in Ryde is to be amalgamated as French Franks eyes up an expansion of its popular deli. The property at the top of Union Street, in St Thomas' Square, ...

A former farmhouse 'plagued by trespassers and vandals' looks set to be demolished by those behind the Pennyfeathers scheme in Ryde. Smallbrook Developments Limited has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for planning permission to demolish the Prestwood Grange ...

The draft Island Planning Strategy has taken another step forward with the recent appointment of 2 planning inspectors. This follows the submission of the draft plan and its supporting evidence base to the Government last month. Inspectors David Spencer and ...

A special 'Lights of Love' service is to be held at the Isle of Wight Crematorium chapel for families and friends to remember loved ones they have lost. The service, organised by the Isle of Wight Council’s bereavement team, will ...