Latest Isle of Wight News from Island Echo

Nearly 30 team members and local volunteers recently took part in the Marine Conservation Society’s annual Great British Beach Clean, organised by Landguard, Lower Hyde, and Nodes Point Holiday Parks. Held between September 20th - 29th, the nationwide event saw ...

Vectis Corps of Drums Marching Band took part in Shaftesbury carnival at the end of September. The band parade involved competing against other bands from the local area for a variety of trophies. This included a 12-minute performance for the ...

Young children will be able to hear the wonderful tales of Mojo the friendly robot, for the first time, this weekend (Saturday 19th October). At 11:00 Medina Bookshop in Cowes will be covering the floor in cushions ready for an ...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trus are formally supporting The SAS Collective to improve the careers of specialty, specialists and associate specialist (SAS) doctors and dentists, who are vital in the local medical workforce. The ...

9 students from The Bay CE School in Sandown recently enjoyed a VIP trip to Portsmouth, including a 2-hour tour of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and a visit to Henry VIII’s flagship The Mary Rose. The ...

Cowes Enterprise College, part of Ormiston Academies Trust, has been again awarded the prestigious Optimus Education Wellbeing Award in recognition of its support for wellbeing.  The academy has been awarded the prestigious accolade for another 3 years, underscoring the academy's ...

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast, as this morning's (Thursday's) tide is expected to be higher than normal. Due to unsettled weather with light Westerly Force 3 winds, tide table values are ...

Isle of Wight’s first away game of the rugby season ended in defeat at Millbrook. The game was much closer than the final score line suggests, the Isle of Wight having their fair share of the play but unable to ...

Specialist medics from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have touched down in Lake this morning (Thursday) in response to a medical emergency at an address in the local vicinity. The yellow and green helicopter has landed in ...

55-year-old Jason Warren, who crashed his car into a wall and then failed to provide a specimen for analysis, has been banned from the roads for 22 months. Warren, of Grange Road in East Cowes, appeared at the Isle of ...