Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Folk rock veterans Lindisfarne are heading back to the Isle of Wight with a performance at Newport’s Medina Theatre next month (4th April). The ever-popular band, fronted by co-founder Rod Clements, are back touring an extensive repertoire of world-renowned songs ...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) was scrambled to The Bay this afternoon (Friday) in response to an ongoing medical emergency. Flying doctors were first scrambled from their Thruxton base at around 15:40, quickly making their way ...

The sale of the former Yarmouth Primary School site to a charity will now go ahead, with development plans including a maritime museum and climate change hub. County Hall’s deputy leader, Councillor Ian Stephens, has approved the detailed terms of ...

Are you seeking a new opportunity for 2025? Applications are now open to become a RNLI face-to-face fundraiser here on the Isle of Wight. Face-to-face fundraisers help the RNLI reach thousands of people every year, sharing important water safety messages ...

A team of Sixth Form students from Cowes Enterprise College have won the Isle of Wight Resilience Challenge in an action-packed 2-day event. Working against the clock, students tackled a series of real-world challenges and presented their well-thought-out plan to ...

Vecta House Care Home in Newport has brought joy and cherished memories to resident Madge, a former Girlguiding Brown Owl by fulfilling her heartfelt wish to relive her days as a Brownie Leader at Wroxall. After moving to Vecta House ...

Wightlink Cycle Race Team members Charis Jones and Alfie Haydon were in action on the mainland last weekend. On Saturday, Charis travelled to Liton in Somerset to compete in the Royal Navy Cup Women’s National B race. Charis was up ...

Joe Robertson, MP for Isle of Wight East, hosted a roundtable discussion with students at Ryde Academy earlier this week to talk about safer phones. A bill is being introduced to Parliament this week which aims to protect children and ...

Isle of Wight families can start thinking about planning holidays for next year as the proposed school term dates for the 2026/27 academic year have been revealed. It is proposed that children will head back to school on Wednesday 2nd ...

Wildheart Animal Sanctuary has submitted a planning application to build a new 2,000sqft multifunction facility - complete with a rooftop viewing terrace - overlooking a new bear enclosure. The focus of the application is to provide a new habitat for ...