Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Maritime UK Solent has appointed former Wightlink boss Keith Greenfield to its board as a non-executive director. Keith has recently retired from Wightlink after 9 years as CEO. During this time, he was instrumental in establishing a reputation for the ...

Masterpieces by such great artists as Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Manet, Monet, Vermeer and Rembrandt will be on show at a forthcoming exhibition at Carisbrooke Priory. If original, the collection would be worth many hundreds of millions of ...

Shanklin Ladies beat Wight Eagles at Cowes Enterprise College to reach the semi finals of the Hampshire Invitational Cup at Cowes Enterprise College on Sunday (24th November). The game was due to be played at the County Ground but a ...

Head on down to St Catherine's Church on Saturday 14th December for the 2024 St Catherine's School Christmas Market.  Don't miss out on meeting the special guests, including Spiderman, Elsa, and the beloved Grinch, who will be greeting visitors in ...

Graphics students from Cowes Enterprise College have been working hard on designing creative illustrations for a book of short stories written by young authors from the Isle of Wight. The initiative is a follow-up to the 2024 Children’s Story Festival ...

Ryde Rowing Club held its Annual Presentation of Awards with over 70 members and guests in attendance at their Appley Park Clubhouse on Saturday (23rd November 2024). After the newly elected Club Captain Paddy Kearney had welcomed everyone the Event ...

A second human bone has been discovered following a recent search of King's Quay near Wootton, Police have confirmed. As exclusively revealed by Island Echo, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and HM Coastguard descended on the secluded quay on ...

The Isle of Wight Council leader says he cannot guarantee that council-owned sites listed for sale will be sold for social housing purposes, despite calls to do so from an opposition councillor. Although admitting housing is his ‘number one priority’, ...

4,650 Islanders have joined 1.8million other people in signing a petition calling for a General Election, in protest of 'two-tier Keir's' Government. The petition, started by a disgruntled pub landlord, states that the current Labour Government has gone back on ...

The Isle of Wight Council has failed to prosecute a single rogue landlord over the past 5 years, despite the local authority receiving more than 1,100 complaints. Data collected from councils across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by Public ...