A TOTTON youth club branded noisy by its neighbours is to stay put - for the time being at least. Totton and Eling Town Council has received several complaints from families living near the popular Junction Road Centre. The former church hall is open
JAMES BEATTIE faces a race against time to recover from a hideous foot injury to play in Saturday's sell-out AXA FA Cup clash at home to Sheffield Wednesday. It has been revealed that the in-form striker severed a vein in his right foot during Saturday's
JERMAIN Defoe has had to put his celebrations on ice after it was discovered he had only equalled a post-War Football League goalscoring record. The Cherries hotshot hit the target at Cambridge on Tuesday and thought he'd beaten John Aldridge and Kevin
SALISBURY City are in crisis today after the bombshell news that chairman Ray McEnhill will no longer foot the bill for the club's financial losses. Whites' directors - including managing director/team manager Geoff Butler and secretary Sean Gallagher
Easton & Martyr Worthy are marching relentlessly towards yet another Winchester & District Indoor League championship crown. They won their sixth successive match - and opened up a 23-point gap at the top - by beating Swanmore by 70 runs at River
POLICE chiefs are to ensure face-to-face meetings between their officers and residents continue after the planned closure of a Hampshire village base. The county constabulary has taken the first steps to maintain a concrete presence in Eastleigh's southern
THIEVES who ransacked a house to steal a collection of German beer mugs, jewellery and an antique table stole the household car to transport them. The brazen intruders broke into the house on Foster Road, Gosport, between 9am and 11.30am on Tuesday and
A HAMPSHIRE dentist jailed for cheating the NHS out of £12,000 has been struck off. Hilary White was found guilty of serious professional misconduct at a General Dental Council hearing. She was jailed for four months last February after pleading guilty
THE DOORS are to remain shut at the Chandler's Ford supermarket where asbestos was discovered until the beginning of March. Bosses at Safeway say the extended closure is simply part of the ongoing refurbishment of the Winchester Road store, which was
OVER 150 horses are entered for the nine races at the Royal Artillery meeting at Larkhill near Amesbury on Saturday (11.30am start). Proceedings get under way with the unique King's Troop RHA Members race. With an entry of eight horses, they are more
JULIA WRIGHT was Hampshire's survivor in the first round of the Girobank Tour event at the Hampshire Tennis & Health Club, West End, yesterday. Hampshire's Gemma Vaughan lost 6-4 6-3 against Lucy Brooks and Debbie Hale went down 7-5 6-3 against Camilla
Palmerston are doubly represented in the Area 32 quarter-finals of the English Indoor BA Pairs Championship. Neil O'Donovan and Russell Gadd face Arun duo Anthony Ball and Robert Armstrong, while Eric Brierley and Eric Hopgood tackle Tom Campbell and
MOVES to introduce a 20mph zone on Hedge End's Wildern Lane have been backed by members of Eastleigh Borough Council local area committee. Speeds on the road running by Wildern and Shamblehurst schools have already been kept down by the use of various
LINDEN Homes Winchester men relied on club coach Ashley Read to snatch the fifth and deciding tie to gain a narrow win against Abshot. The two Hampshire League sides were well matched down through the order of players, Winchester's Tim Vail winning with
THE cream of British taekwondo will be in Eastleigh this weekend as the preliminary selection for the Great Britain national team is held at Fleming Park Leisure Centre. Starting at 9am in three rings the competition is open to all athletes in Great Britain
THE local new Forest Polo club, who hole an annual three-day August Tournament are on the lookout for a sponsor. While the emphasis on the event is fun the sport is fast, furious and competitive. Anyone who can help can call the l New Forest Polo Club
THIS delightful family of long-tailed tits was pictured by Daily Echo photographer John Luthwaite feeding on a bird table in a Romsey garden. Increasingly these small-bodied birds have become garden creatures due to the milder winters of recent years.
FEARS have lifted over the future of the accident and emergency department at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. There were concerns that the closer ties between Winchester and Southampton hospitals would lead to the unit closing. Winchester
THE end has come for a Winchester building that has brought entertainment and enjoyment to many of the city's youngsters. King Alfred Youth Activity Centre sold its Middle Brook Street base for £1 million to Fastnet Homes, which is going to develop the
ONE OF the South's leading human resources consultancy firms has expanded its sales team. Firstpeople, based in Fareham, has appointed Sophia Oberoi as business development manager in a direct response to growing demand for their services. Sophia has
SOUTH Coast-based Binary Media has landed a prestigious contract to re-vamp Bournemouth Tourism's website. Heading off competition from other web design and media solutions agencies across the region, the Bournemouth company, which was established in
THE SILENT but appealing Sooty will be delighting young and not-so-young alike when he appears at The Mayflower next month. The enduringly popular puppet returns to the Southampton theatre at the start of the half-term holiday on February 19 in a new
The Secret Rapture by David Hare is a play that compares contrasting personal values while commenting on the morals of a particular era in society, at the same time it's a moving story that will have you weeping buckets. "It's essentially about the relationship
DETECTIVES hunting three robbers, who lifted a 92-year-old woman off the bed in which she was sleeping so they could search for money under her mattress, say the raid could be one of a series. As reported in later editions of the Daily Echo yesterday,
Meet Langley Manor's striking Under-11 line-up. Their terrific threesome of Luke Morley, James Elmore and Ben Yates have netted a staggering 77 goals between them in just ten games of a rain-interrupted Southampton Tyro League season so far. Manager's
PROSPECTIVE Tory party candidate Richard Gueterbock will be getting on his bike to take his political campaign to the streets of Southampton. The Southampton Test candidate has bought a blue bike to weave through the traffic in the run-up to the next
REACH for your kilt, grab your poetry book and head for Southampton Common tonight for a Burns Night to remember. Landlord at the Cowherds pub, Gary Thomasson, is gearing up to give a warm welcome to customers on the birthday of the famous Scottish bard
AS the spirit of Australia Day wells up Down Under, Southampton's own Aussie watering hole is offering to help frosty Brits join the party. The Walkabout Inn is even holding its party a day early, on January 25, because Australia is about ten hours ahead
A LONG-AWAITED scheme which aims to help young people start out in life with a secure roof over their heads will move a step forward this week if members of Test Valley Borough Council's executive committee follow their officer's recommendation. Don Whiteley
DISABLED motorist from Andover is blasting the actions of a private parking operator for not recognising a disabled parking badge and issuing him with a ticket. John Devine from Admirals Way was given a warning notice after parking in a disabled bay at
AN association with Andover Fire Station that stretches back more than 40 years came to an end when Jock Jenkins retired. Mr Jenkins has been the station cleaner since 1984 but in the 1950s and 60s he was a retained fireman in Andover. During his years
'DESPICABLE' is the word a grandmother used to describe the airgun-wielding thug who maimed her mild mannered grandson. The attack happened on Monday evening as her 14-year-old grandson, who lacks confidence and attends a special school, was walking home
THE long and winding road which Dick Whittington took to reach fame and fortune in London is explored in Broughton village hall tonight and tomorrow. Local actress and scriptwriter Alexa Romanes provided the plot for over 40 Broughtonians, aged seven
SUPERMODEL turned chart sensation Caprice returns next month with the release of her second single, Once Around The Sun, and a hotly anticipated Southampton date. Caprice will be at Brannigans in the High Street on February 13 as part of a nationwide
A LONG-AWAITED renovation scheme to revamp Andover's Upper High Street has been given the go-ahead by Test Valley Borough Council's powerful executive committee. Work on the scheme, which will cost a quarter of a million pounds, is expected to begin soon
CONTROVERSIAL neg-otiations to enable Test Valley Borough Council to buy the prestigious Hampshire Golf Course on the outskirts of Goodworth Clatford have ended because a price could not be agreed for the recently developed 18 hole course. Chief executive
LINDEN Homes Winchester men relied on club coach Ashley Read to snatch the fifth and deciding tie to gain a narrow win against Abshot. The two Hampshire League sides were well matched down through the order of players, Winchester's Tim Vail winning with
ONE of Hampshire's biggest yachting centres is in danger of becoming a silted-up backwater within the next ten years. Lymington Harbour Commissioners warned that there is a real danger of a sandbar building up across the mouth of the Lymington River,
RANGERS working on a project to restore a precious heathland habitat in the hope that there will be fire without smoke in the last phase of their project. After felling trees from 14.8 acres of land, located in Dibden Inclosure, near Dibden Purlieu to
THE FORESTRY Commission's chief keeper has admitted that a cull of more than a third of the New Forest's fallow deer population is currently taking place. Martin Noble said that marksmen would be killing 762 fallow deer from an estimated 1,903 strong
A DRAMATIC rise in the level of vandalism is costing so much that routine maintenance is being delayed. A report to Fareham Borough Council's planning and transportation committee revealed there have been 49 acts of vandalism to council property since
DETECTIVES hunting three robbers, who lifted a 92-year-old woman off the bed in which she was sleeping so they could search for money under her mattress, say the raid could be one of a series. As reported in later editions of the Daily Echo yesterday,
All the films on general release across Hampshire this week - reviewed and rated... 102 DALMATIONS (U):** Glen Close and Gerard Depardieu in Disney's sequel - Odeon, Southampton; UGC Cinema, Ocean Village, Southampton. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (18):** Thelma
NOW here's a thing. I like a good weepie as much as the next mum... But it has to be good. And, for the most part, Pay It Forward is excellent. An interesting premise, superb performances from the three lead actors and a slightly offbeat feel accentuated
Saints are eyeing up ex- Manchester United star Jordi Cruyff as a possible replacement for Hassan Kachloul, who has turned down the offer of a new deal at The Dell. Cruyff almost joined Southampton on a Bosman free transfer in the summer but opted to
Hassan Kachloul's wage demands may be too hot for Saints to handle, but how does the Moroccan's ask compare to what other top sportsmen earn? Alessandro del Piero is Europe's (and by definition, the world's) highest paid player, reputed to be pulling
Hassan Kachloul is waiting to see if Tottenham firm up their reported interest after he turned down two clubs in one day. Having rejected Saints' final offer on a new two-year deal at The Dell, the Moroccan also declined a move to Ipswich, who are believed
CONCERNS continue over the disappearance of a stolen piece of medical equipment containing lethal radiation. Police have renewed their appeal for information concerning the whereabouts of the organ monitoring equipment after experts yesterday confirmed
LOCAL history fanatics in West End will be able show off their hobby with the help of a new slide projector being part-funded by Eastleigh Borough Council. West End Local History Society is to receive a £250 grant from the council's local area committee
Wimborne Team Mega Bait produced a superb show in the final round of the Hants, Wilts & Dorset Winter League on the Pewsey stretch of the Kennet and Avon canal to rob Eastleigh of the runners-up spot. Wimborne's last-ditch effort earned them a place
HAMPSHIRE school pupils have been to Russia, the United States, Sweden and a host of other countries - via the airwaves. The science club at Applemore College near Hythe has marked the centenary of Marconi's famous first radio message from the Isle of
Justin Rose today attempted to carry on where he left off last week in the first round of the South African Open. The 20-year-old, runner-up at Houghton in the Alfred Dunhill Championship in his first European PGA event of the year, moved over from Johannesburg
BEING widowed can be a lonely time as Pat Mason of Totton found out when she lost her husband three years ago. Pat, who is disabled, couldn't find any local support groups. After putting a personal advert in the Daily Echo in late 1999 she began to receive
Pompey striker Lee Mills is well ahead of schedule in recovering from his serious knee injury to begin his challenge for a first team spot at Fratton. The 30-year-old record Blues' signing had his first outing on Tuesday when the reserves met their counterparts
Derek Hawkins weekly look at the Youth Football Scene. Hythe & Dibden were just wild about Chris Wilding last Sunday as they clinched the Southampton Tyro League Under-14 Division 3 championship in some style. Sensational super sub Wilding came off
Harting maintained their slim prospects of catching undefeated Purbrook in the South East Hants Indoor League championship race with a maximum-point victory over Fareham & Crofton. But despite their comfortable 23-run win over Fareham, Harting acknowledge
Burridge left-hander Ben Lillis hit a career-best 152 playing for Melville in a Western Australia A Grade cricket match against Joondalup in Perth. Lillis, 20, played a key role as Melville - coached by former Hampshire opener Paul Terry - won their first
SINGING legend Edmund Hockridge is coming to Hampshire to help celebrate a special anniversary. The former West End musical star will lead the first birthday celebrations at retirement home Canberra Court, Jellicoe Avenue, Gosport. The golden-voiced singer
STORE wars have broken out between retail giants over a controversial Waitrose development to be built in Chandler's Ford. Bosses at Safeway have launched a bid to halt plans to develop a rival superstore in Fryern Hill. But the company's chiefs, who
Today's Principal Arrivings: Faust, vehicle carrier, 0100, 34/35; OOCL Chicago, container, 0300, 207; Hual Trailer, vehicle carrier, 0700, 40; Pacific Breeze, vehicle carrier, 0830, 38; Bass, container, 0930, 205E; Magic, refrigerat, 1100, 104; Auto Atlas
THE cream of British taekwondo will be in Eastleigh this weekend as the preliminary selection for the Great Britain national team is held at Fleming Park Leisure Centre. Starting at 9am in three rings the competition is open to all athletes in Great Britain
VANDALS caused havoc at sports fields and pavilions in Hedge End over the Christmas holiday, town councillors have been told. Worst hit was the Taplin pavilion where all down pipes were destroyed, all emergency lighting broken and a window was smashed
SNOWS As' Graham Pointer gave winning return to action in the Kings Volvo Southampton Table Tennis League. Pointer returned from a two month break because of a shoulder injury by winning his three singles against a struggling Alpha B team in their Premier
Four Mid Hants players have been called up to the England squad for the European Championships. All four girls play their netball at Weston Park. Nicky Jordan has been picked for the Open squad, while Gemma Cornwall and Hayley Costick have been selected
DETECTIVES in Winchester are today hoping for a breakthrough in the hunt for a gang of bank robbers. Last night, a reconstruction of the raid on the city's Bristol and West Bank was shown on the BBC's Crimewatch programme. Four men escaped in a blue BMW
FURIOUS residents have been hit by a sewage flood for the third time this month. A burst pipe left dirty water flowing down the road and into a nearby river at Alresford, near Winchester. Thousands of pounds of damage was caused to three cottages in The
MANUFACTURERS are more optimistic about their export markets than they have been for a year, according to new figures. But the survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) warned the Bank of England not to take this as a signal to keep interest
ACTOR George Baker, best known for his TV role as Inspector Wexford, has been announced as the special guest at this year's Daily Echo Curtain Call Awards. The respected actor will be handing out the gongs at the latest annual ceremony, which recognises
YOU CAN always lay your hands on custard - that's the easy part. But 50 young actors? If you're a Hollywood producer with a big budget and the contacts to match, it's not a problem. But for the producers of a new amateur version of the classic splatter-gun
A NOSTALGIC look back through an amateur theatre group's first decade of shows is being put on this weekend. Southampton's CityBus Roving Amateur Players will be performing scenes from pantos of Christmas past to raise cash for the Winchester Heart Support
DETECTIVES were today hunting four teenage robbers who attacked a schoolboy outside a busy Southampton shopping centre. Police said the gang stripped the 15-year-old of his jacket and stole £15 cash from the pockets, before punching and kicking him in
It has been six months since Stephen Goble vanished without warning and now his heartbroken parents, Colin and Christabel, are desperate for information which can shed light on the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. The only clues to the 33-
Hythe & Dibden were just wild about Chris Wilding last Sunday as they clinched the Southampton Tyro League Under-14 Division 3 championship in some style. Sensational super sub Wilding came off the bench at half-time and scored a staggering eight
TEST Valley Borough Council is inviting comments from residents on ways to improve untidy corners of the borough. The council has £100,000 to spend each year on the improvements, which can be anywhere - except on privately owned land - and can take any
VIGO Infant School is £1,320 better off thanks to the captain of Andover Golf Club. Richard Swallow donated the sum to the school, as well as an equal amount to the Andover and District Age Concern, as they were his nominated charities for his captaincy
WORK will start at the end of the month to replant the avenue of trees along the well-known Ladies Walk in Andover. The original trees were planted in 1863 to commemorate the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandria of Denmark. Some have
JULIA WRIGHT was Hampshire's survivor in the first round of the Girobank Tour event at the Hampshire Tennis & Health Club, West End, yesterday. Hampshire's Gemma Vaughan lost 6-4 6-3 against Lucy Brooks and Debbie Hale went down 7-5 6-3 against Camilla
What do you do if you've had a number one hit at the age of 14, been top of the bill with The Beatles as your support act and spent seventeen years touring with jazz legend Humphrey Lyttleton? You modestly admit you are blessed and you put your thanks
A MAJOR new country house is to be built at Ashley, near King's Somborne. Permission for the 14,000 sq ft building was turned down by Test Valley planners but an appeal against the decision has been upheld. It was a landmark appeal, said Robert Adam,
FIVE Great Danes have discovered what must be one of the most dog-friendly pub in Hampshire. Proprietors of The Cricketers in Tangley, Ed Simpson and Verity Ashley - dog owners themselves - make room for the gentle giants as they accompany George and
A LONG-awaited renovation scheme to revamp Andover's Upper High Street has been given the go-ahead by Test Valley Borough Council's powerful executive committee. Work on the scheme, which will cost a quarter of a million pounds, is expected to begin soon
BLUES legend Bob Pearce has just started his 40th year singing for a living, but there are still mountains to be climbed. In Switzerland, to be precise. "I'm off to the Hotel Kreuz and Post for three gigs next month," said Bob. "It's the first time I've
NEW Forest West MP Desmond Swayne has been appointed to the opposition front bench team by Tory leader William Hague Mr Swayne will speak on health matters. In response to the appointment, Mr Swayne said it was 'a tremendous honour' to be invited by Mr
ROAD safety campaigners have expressed anger and alarm at the speed of traffic using one of the busiest routes in the New Forest. Now special signs are to be installed in Gosport Lane, Lyndhurst, in a bid to persuade drivers to stop flouting the 30mph
EMMA Davies could find one of Team Solent's new members breathing down her neck in the Norwich Union AAA Indoor Championships and World Trials this weekend. Andover's Commonwealth Games 800 metres semi-finalist will need to beware the threat of Lorraine
EASTLEIGH'S future sporting life has been given a major lift with a new deal that should pave the way for more money being invested in the town's Fleming Park Leisure Centre. The council has entered into a 20-year management agreement for the provision
THE local new Forest Polo club, who hole an annual three-day August Tournament are on the lookout for a sponsor. While the emphasis on the event is fun the sport is fast, furious and competitive. Anyone who can help can call the New Forest Polo Club press
SCARCELY can one movie have cast a light so brightly on the darker areas of organised crime.Of course The Godfather showed, in nostalgic awe, the rise of an older generation of gangster. But Steven Soderbergh's latest film dissects and coolly explains
If you were to assume that a film in which Ray Winstone is cast as a villain and Ian McShane as a dodgy geezer is full of cliches and heeds few surprises, you'd only be partly right. Yes, the plot is formulaic; Retired robber Gal (Winstone) lives the
JAMES BEATTIE faces a race against time to recover from a hideous foot injury to play in Saturday's sell-out AXA FA Cup clash at home to Sheffield Wednesday. It has been revealed that the in-form striker severed a vein in his right foot during Saturday's
SAINTS CHAIRMAN Rupert Lowe is not prepared to risk putting the club in hock by bowing to what he feels are excessive wage demands from players. The club are now resigned to losing midfielder Hassan Kachloul after turning down his new contract demands
Saints have plenty of food for thought as they aim to cater for every taste at the Friends Provident St Marys Stadium. A red and white army marches on its stomach so the club are keen to ensure they offer the right kind of refreshment facilities at their
ROAD safety campaigners have expressed anger and alarm at the speed of traffic using one of the busiest routes in the New Forest. Now special signs are to be installed in Gosport Lane, Lyndhurst, in a bid to persuade drivers to stop flouting the 30mph
