Newport IW convincingly beat AFC Aldermaston at Beatrice Avenue this afternoon (Saturday) to go 6th in Wessex Division 1. The game began with a presentation to Newport co-manager Joe Butcher to ...

27 Isle of Wight football teams – 10 in the Hampshire Trophy and 17 in the Hampshire Vase – will compete in cup competitions this afternoon (Saturday). In Harwoods Division 1, 5 teams ...

An Isle of Wight tanning business is celebrating the opening of its second salon, opening the doors on Ryde High Street. Total Tanning has been a stalwart of Newport’s St James’ Street for ...

The Hurricanes put 11 tries past the Trojans at the Fairway last Saturday (26th October). It didn’t take long for the hosts to get the opening score of the game and begin to rectify some of the ...

Work is underway on a new community-led housing project in Ryde — one of the first of its kind on the Island. The innovative development will offer a mix of studio and 1-bedroom flats, available ...

A new study from The University of Manchester has revealed a severe level of microplastic pollution within the Medina Estuary here on the Isle of Wight. An alarming level of microplastic fragments ...

Ventnor – who travelled with just 16 players – put on an exceptional display in Hampshire Counties 3 at Overton on Saturday 26th October. After a stuttering performance against Romsey the ...

Maureen Sullivan is a regular contributor to Island Echo’s coverage of the Arts on the Isle of Wight. Maureen has been actively involved in the Island’s amateur dramatics scene for several ...

The NHS vaccination programme to protect vulnerable people in the South East from a potential ‘tripledemic’ of COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is off to a strong start.

Cowes captain John McKie scored a 1st half hat trick in half-an-hour as the Yachtsmen put 5 goals past Laverstock & Ford this afternoon (Saturday). The Yachtsmen have now taken 13 points out of a ...

Chief Executive of Mountbatten, Nigel Hartley MBE, has announced he will retire in October 2025 after spending over a decade with the hospice organisation. Nigel joined Mountbatten in 2015, in the ...

A public inquiry into a controversial, appealed planning application for a mixed use development at Fort Victoria near in Yarmouth is taking place this week. Hosted at County Hall, the inquiry ...