Isle of Wight, England News

Vampire Weekend have joined the line-up at the Isle of Wight festival. The US indie band join Calvin Harris, Spandau Ballet and Friendly Fires on the bill at the three-day festival in June, which already includes Jay-Z, The Strokes, Blondie, Pink and Orbital.

THE number of swine flu cases across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has dropped this month according to health bosses.

FIREFIGHTERS spent around four hours tackling a fire on the Isle of Wight this morning caused by a woodburning stove.

EIGHTIES pop icons Spandau Ballet are the latest act to be confirmed for the 2010 Isle of Wight Festival .

SOUTHAMPTON secondary schools are among the worst performing in the country, it can be revealed today.

FRED Dinenage maybe the avuncular face of regional TV news but back in the 1980s he was in prison with the Krays.

Isle of Wight Council leader Cllr David Pugh, centre, with the winning candidates in the election for Isle of Wight Youth Council and youth MP.

Isle of Wight was not chosen as the site for a national Cold War museum, but county officials believe the decision is a blessing in disguise.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an indecent assault on the Isle of Wight.

Young men can participate in an interactive game that has been launched by Hampshire Police as part of an anti-rape campaign over Christmas and New Year.

Sixteen-year-old Kaleb Wilson was a shy new student at Smithfield High School. He had just moved to Virginia and was starting the ninth grade - but that all changed one day in September as he rode the bus back home.

A SCOUT group in the New Forest will be able to protect its hut from break-ins and vandalism thanks to a grant from the Daily Echo.

POPULAR girlband The Saturdays, rising soul singer Paloma Faith and Manchester bands Doves and James are the latest to join the line-up for next summera s Isle of Wight Festival .

Hampshire MP calls for an end to selling booze at - pocket-money prices' 10:37am Tuesday 15th December 2009 By Andy Tate MORE than 1,000 children in the south were caught abusing alcohol in a five-year period, latest official figures show.

A GROUP of Hampshire residents concerned about the environmental impact of new ferries on the Isle of Wight crossing took their case to the High Court today.

Loading... 1 of 2 A restored mural of Capt. John Smith and crew trading with the Warraskoyack Indians in Burwell's Bay, Isle of Wight Co., brightens up the public area of the Smithfield Post Office, It was one of 1200 commissioned by the federal government during the FDR New Deal era and between 27-29 in Virginia.

THE Islanda s MP, Andrew Turner, has backed calls to give tenants the right to decide whether rent is paid directly to their landlords.

THE Danish wind turbine firm that axed 427 workers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight earlier this year is to get A 10m taxpayersa cash, it has emerged.

EMPLOYEES of small firms in the south who suffer from mental health problems are to benefit from a dedicated advice line.

An iceberg nearly 87 square miles in size and weighing 200 billion tonnes is drifting towards Australia.