Fiona Griffiths talks to Jane Hamilton-Parker about her life as a medium and what affect it has on her STANDING in Marks & Spencer, trying to decide what make-up to buy, Jane Hamilton-Parker didn't particularly want to be bothered by a two-year-old
How did a Yorkshire man who fought alongside Australians in the killing fields of Vietnam end up in a homeless hostel in Southampton? FIONA GRIFFITHS met Dave Goodall THERE are no photos Dave Goodall can show me of himself as a 22-year-old soldier in
Ron Wain and his family took a caravan holiday in south east Cornwall - and found the Eden Project one hot attraction - literally... "BUBBLES!" Well, actually, son, no. They're referred to as biomes, or the eighth wonder of the world, but call 'em what
An unbeaten 135 from Robin Weston helped Middlesex to 380 all out in reply to Hampshire's 404 on the third day of the CricInfo Championship Division Two game at Southgate. But Hampshire still finished the day with a 85-run lead after openers Giles White
THE Daily Echo Poetry and Short Story competition gives readers the chance to see their work in print alongside local and nationally recognised writers. This summer the Daily Echo will be producing a literature supplement, containing work by Andrew Motion
PETER KEMP has quit after nine years as Hampshire's chairman of selectors. His departure follows Hampshire's Middleton Cup defeat by Oxfordshire last weekend but he stressed his decision had "absolutely nothing to do with that result." Although the retired
Teenager, Amalia King, is fighting to free a man on Death Row in America from the shadow of the electric chair. Following the execution, by lethal injection, of Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh, Amalia (17) a Peter Symonds' student, has appealed
Winchester City Council is cracking down on motorists who refuse to pay parking fines. Nearly £100,000 is outstanding and the council has instructed bailiffs to recover the debts from non-payers. "We are making a major effort to get the fines paid," said
New homes in Winchester city centre should not have on-site parking, say planning consultants. The recommendation is in a report on the city's conservation area strategy, presented at a public meeting in the Guildhall. Consultants say that parking has
A DOCK worker who had both his legs amputated after being hit by a 16.5-tonne ship section has received £725,000 damages in a High Court settlement condemned by his family as hopelessly inadequate. Reginald Whitmarsh, 50, was injured in the accident in
THE PUBLIC face of Hampshire motoring organisation the AA has spoken of her shock at receiving a series of disturbing letters from a fan. Media spokeswoman Rebecca Rees, 31, who has appeared numerous times in the Daily Echo and on regional radio and TV
YACHTING heroine Ellen MacArthur has become an MBE. Ellen, who re-wrote the record books when she became the fastest woman ever to sail round the globe this year, receives the award for her outstanding contribution to British sport. Aged just 24, the
CHILDREN'S welfare groups today condemned the nine-month prison sentence handed out to the shamed former Hampshire County Council leader Freddie Emery-Wallis for child abuse as being too lenient. They also called on the Queen to strip him of his CBE.
LOOKING back over the years it seems that the second half of June is the time when the city of Southampton comes into its own as far as weather records go. As far back as 1893, the city was setting temperature records and it is for great heat that the
Saints groundsman Dave Roberts is preparing for a pitch battle with the club's new manager - whoever he may be. The move to the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, pictured above, is sure to create a conflict of interests in the run-up to the new season
Ron Wain and his family took a caravan holiday in south east Cornwall - and found the Eden Project one hot attraction - literally... "BUBBLES!" Well, actually, son, no. They're referred to as biomes, or the eighth wonder of the world, but call 'em what
Today we launch the Daily Echo Poetry and Short Story Competition. To help inspire entrants we are publishing Fluffy by local writer Adrian Harris... "Got 'em." "Thanks Love." He didn't look up from the kitchen table, his attention fully on the roll-up
Today's Principal Arrivings: Royal Princess, cruise ship, 0400, 106; le Castellet, vehicle carrier, 0500, 201 link; P&O Nedlloyd Kowloon, container, 0530, 207; Jingu Maru, vehicle carrier, 0600, 34/35; Autocarrier, vehicle carrier, 0700, 201/2; Ketty
In his new role as Lib-Dem cabinet office spokesman, Winchester MP, Mark Oaten, will be up against pull-no-punches John Prescott--and he's relishing the challenge. He says he's delighted to have the chance to take on the deputy PM, now best known for
Taking a different approach to fund-raising is Winchester taxi-driver, Steve Humphries, who will be walking backwards around the city for a deserving cause. He is hoping to help charity cyclist, Wendy Smith (34), from Winnall, who, despite being diagnosed
Winchester Guildhall was taken over by the Hampshire branch of the Institute of Directors on General Election night when more than 250 members and guests met there for its annual dinner. But there were no politics on the menu... Instead, guest speaker
THE SOUTHAMPTON schoolgirl who ran away with her best friend's dad has been taken into protective custody after being traced to a hotel in Cornwall. Rachel New, 16, who vanished from her Southampton home last week with 43-year-old Andy Long, is being
A TEENAGE driver who killed four people while travelling home to Hampshire from a rave is suffering from chronic depressive symptoms, a court was told. Charlotte Frankham, 19, was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years behind bars for causing the
USS Enterprise is one of the world's mightiest aircraft carriers. But Echo chief feature writer Ali Kefford says there are sinister undercurrents in the floating city of hi-tech weaponry... REMEMBER that bit in the film Top Gun when Tom Cruise saves the
