Tag: island echo
PERCY ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
Last year, while competing for European Club Championship in Slovenia, Nick Percy, Bonchurch’s own talented athlete, strained his hand when ...
SWIMMER GOES FOR COLDEST SWIM OF THE YEAR
Anna Wardley will be acquainting herself with the waters of the Solent ahead of her Round the Island Swim in ...
THREE HELD HOSTAGE AFTER PIRATE SEIGE
Cowes-based Carisbrooke Shipping have revealed that three crew members are being held hostage after pirates boarded their vessel in the ...
CROSSINGS SET FOR DROPPED KERBS
A programme of work to install dropped kerb crossing points at eleven locations across the Island is underway. The work ...
LOCAL HMV SAVED FROM AXE
HMV in Newport has survived the axe after administrators confirmed that the store will not be closing as part of ...
RTC CAUSES LOCAL DIVERSIONS
A RTC involving a Ford Transit van has caused the main Sandown-Newport road to be closed this lunchtime resulting in local ...
FIRE CREWS TACKLE CAR BLAZE
Fire crews from Sandown are currently tackling a car blaze on The Downs Road, near to Knighton Shute. It is ...
NEWPORT SNT ON THE BEAT IN SAINSBURYS
Customers shopping at Sainsbury’s in Newport will soon have the chance to meet the Newport Safer Neighbourhoods team. Officers and ...
ROADWORKS TO CAUSE MAJOR DISRUPTION
Four weeks of road works on the outskirts of Newport are likely to cause major traffic disruption. Both Staplers Road ...
WELLOW WIND FARM TO BE DISCUSSED
THE proposed wind farm at Wellow is to be discussed next week at a meeting in Cowes. The Isle of ...
TOP STORIES THIS WEEK
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DRIVER FLEES CRASH AFTER CAREERING 100FT INTO UNDERGROWTH
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DOUBLE ARREST AFTER PICK UP TRUCK SMASHES INTO EXOTIC PLANT
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PICK-UP TRUCK ROLLS IN SATURDAY NIGHT SMASH ON RYDE ESPLANADE
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NEWPORT MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT ON WOMAN IN HER 60S
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HOUR-LONG FERRY DELAYS AFTER WIGHTLINK VESSEL DIVERTED TO SOLENT SEARCH
TOP STORIES THIS WEEK
-
DRIVER FLEES CRASH AFTER CAREERING 100FT INTO UNDERGROWTH
-
DOUBLE ARREST AFTER PICK UP TRUCK SMASHES INTO EXOTIC PLANT
-
PICK-UP TRUCK ROLLS IN SATURDAY NIGHT SMASH ON RYDE ESPLANADE
-
NEWPORT MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT ON WOMAN IN HER 60S
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HOUR-LONG FERRY DELAYS AFTER WIGHTLINK VESSEL DIVERTED TO SOLENT SEARCH

























































































