SOUTHAMPTON Docks bosses today hit back after having yet another blow dealt to their plans for a £500m container port at Dibden Bay. They were left smarting last year when the Countryside Agency, which is masterminding the national park plans, included
HAMPSHIRE coach Jimmy Cook is pinning his hopes on the side's two-day humbling by Sussex being "a blip" and not "a train crash" as they look to pick themselves up from the floor. Cook was still trying to put a positive spin on Hampshire's first Cricinfo
LYMINGTON have rewritten the Southern Electric Premier League record books for the second consecutive week. Just seven days after Australian Brian Clemow thumped a record-breaking 213 not out against Cove, Lymington piled up the highest-ever Southern
A TEAM of dragon boat racers from Hamble took the plunge at the weekend as scores of novices tried out their newly-repaired vessel. The chance to take to the water as part of a dragon boat crew was one of the wet and wild attractions on offer at Hamble
THE MASSIVE influx of new residents to Gosport means many are unable to find a local GP, it has emerged. Gosport council has received complaints from residents saying they cannot register with a GP within three or four miles of their homes. The problem
Today's Principal Arrivings: Victoria, cruise ship, 0600, 106; Arroyofrio Uno, ro-ro, 0600, 201 link; Hyundai Admiral, container, 0900, 205; APL France, container, 1130, 206; Ville de Virgo, container, 2200, 207. Today's Principal Sailings: Porto Express
FORMER British number one, Chris Wilkinson, the Southampton player who reached the third round of Wimbledon four times, was at Centre Court yesterday. He gives his verdict on Tim Henman's defeat to Goran Ivanisevic which denied Britain their first Wimbledon
THE BBC's weather presenter, Dorcas Henry, was on hand to open Glebians Tennis Club's new clubhouse in Southampton. A year ago, the wooden clubhouse pavilion, which was built in 1927, was destroyed by fire. Henry paid tribute to the generosity shown by
SPARKS flew as the driver of the day blazed a fiery trail thrilling the crowds at yesterday's ninth Goodwood Festival of Speed. Competitors included drivers from half of the world's Formula One teams, as well as legends spanning the decades. But the ace
KEN MARSH has shone out like a diamond amid the wreckage of Hampshire's Middleton Cup season. Some eyes were raised when at the age of 72 the Hants Police skip was recalled but he has fully justified his place. On Saturday, he completed a unique record
IT'S BEEN 80 years since the first carnival hit the streets of Hedge End. And at the weekend there were no signs of residents' enthusiasm waning for the popular party parade. Saturday's grand procession marked the end of a week of fun-packed events aimed
DANNY GREWCOCK roared out a defiant message last night as the British Lions limped into Sydney following their record 35-14 second Test mauling by world champions Australia. Not only did the tourists take a serious second-half beating, they also saw four
SOUTHAMPTON lad David Butterworth jets off to Rhodes tomorrow with the England men's under-20 basketball team. The Thames Valley Tiger has been named in a 12-strong squad to face Greece, Yugoslavia, Georgia, Portugal and Germany in a hectic schedule of
OUR World was the theme set to test the creativity of those taking part in the Fair Oak carnival procession. And locals rose to the challenge with a host of colourful costumes and wacky ideas to make the tour around the village streets a spectacle for
SALISBURY-based Halyard (Marine and Industrial), top manufacturer of silencer and noise reduction systems for the marine industry, has scored a massive 16 per cent increase in business. This increases the company's turnover to £2.6m, its highest ever
A POLICE inquiry was under way today after a 13-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted on Southampton Common. Detectives at Shirley CID said the victim was attacked some time before 10.15pm last night but details remained unclear
STAFF at a trendy New Forest fashion store were taken aback when they got an unexpected visit from Sir Paul McCartney. The former Beatle popped into the Lymington store, Elliotts, with his girlfriend Heather Mills, who used to live at King's Somborne,
KATHARINE Streatfield and Robert Tobin lived up to expectations by striking gold at the English Schools' Track & Field Championships at Exeter. Streatfield, the Peter Symonds College triple jumper, weaved her magic with a fifth-round leap of 12.05
MORE than 150 sportsmen and women from the Isle of Wight took part in the opening ceremony of the Island Games last night. The competitors representing the Island have travelled to the Isle of Man, hosts for the ninth Island Games. The opening ceremony
FOUR employees at a Hampshire bakery have been suspended amid allegations they stripped a teenage worker and taped him to a chair during a birthday prank. An investigation has been launched by bosses at Eastleigh's Manor Bakeries, which makes Mr Kipling
A PIG farmer who kept his animals in poor conditions without enough straw or shelter has succeeded in overturning two out of five court convictions for causing them suffering. Albert Pointer, 50, of Fairfield Avenue, Fareham, has since sold his Hampshire
A HAMPSHIRE couple has launched a campaign to get a traffic calming scheme in a busy Eastleigh road altered because they claim the measures are dangerous. The move by Adrian and Kim Cotton of Hamilton Road, Bishopstoke, follows a recent accident which
A NEW Forest shopkeeper says he is going to sue the local council after a flash flood caused hundreds of pounds of damage to his business. Gregory O'Mallow, owner of gift shop Burning Desire, blamed his problems on the recently-completed £800,000 revamp
THE 64-year-old woman who suffered 50 per cent burns in a massive blaze at her West End home was today named as Maureen Quigley. She is left fighting for her life following the fire which wrecked her semi-detached bungalow in Brookside Way in the early
PEOPLE sandbagged their homes last night after a burst water main turned a Hythe street into a river. The burst occurred at the top of South Street, sending thousands of gallons of water down a hill towards houses in Shore Road. One woman, who asked not
SOUTHAMPTON Spitfires have made a solid start to their defence of the Masterclass Seniors Club Classic four and six-man team championships. The six-man team of Peter Price, Howard Moxon, David Buckett, Peter Thompson, Patrick Burke and Jim Hayball beat
TOOLS worth £40,000 have been stolen from the South Hants Industrial Estate at Totton. The thieves are thought to have used a vehicle to take a large number of snap-on tools from Renault Trucks. Many of the tools have the name Harry or the initials SB
Portsmouth RN youth team are looking for new players for next season. The club runs two under-18 sides in the Hampshire Youth League and an under-16 team in the Southampton Youth League. Training has re-started at Eastney Barracks in Portsmouth every
JASON LEWRY claimed career-best match figures of 13-79 as Sussex sent neighbours Hampshire crashing to their first championship defeat of the season by an innings and 13 runs at Hove on Saturday. The left-arm swing bowler from Worthing grabbed a hat-trick
Iain Griffiths and teenager David Wheeler hit centuries as New Milton piled up a massive 352-5 before defeating Southern Electric Premier League Division 3 strugglers United Services by 139 runs at Burnaby Road. Griffiths (123) and Wheeler (100), with
BASHLEY (Rydal) beat Hythe & Dibden by seven runs to retain the New Forest Cricket Association's Edmund de Rothschild Challenge Trophy. In the final held at Langley Manor, Bashley reached 128-5 after Dave Lewis (34) shared in stands of 44 for the
A DRUNKEN man terrorised people by waving a knife at them as he rampaged through a Hampshire town in a misguided bid to reunite his estranged mother and father, a court was told. Gary Hall terrified groups of children, a cyclist, motorists and a mother
A FISHERMAN trawling the Solent got the catch of the day - a 7ft-long mine. A Solent Coastguard spokeswoman said the man, who was fishing alone aboard Determination discovered the mine in his net about 6pm on Saturday off Browndown, near Gosport. The
AFTER Tim Henman had lost, you sensed that this year's Wimbledon was over. Never mind that there were both the men's and ladies' singles finals to come. Everyone on Centre Court seemed so flat and dejected. What they needed now was an inspiring ladies
SOUTHAMPTON Institute student Ben North, originally from Bratton near Devizes in Wiltshire, lives a fascinating double life as a racing driver in the National Mobile Windscreens Formula Ford championships. He is about to start a year-long placement before
ANOTHER weekend and another crock of national medals for Southampton's Diving Academy. A team of 11 divers travelled to Cambridge for the ASA National intermediate championships - a stepping-stone for those who haven't yet rated high in the national age-group
ROMSEY firefighters battled for three hours to extinguish a blaze at plant hire company Belbins in the town. The fire started early on Saturday and involved three containers and a portable building.
LIFE insurer Friends Provident's shares were priced at the low end of expectations - at 225p - when it floated on the London Stock Exchange today. That means members' windfalls will be worth between £450 and about £11,000 depending on the size of their
A SCHOOLGIRL was recovering in hospital today after being abducted and sexually assaulted on Southampton Common. The 13-year-old rang 999 after waking up under bushes near Burgess Road last night. Detectives were hoping to gain a clearer picture today
UNION representatives today denied rumours that strike action by postal workers would spread to the Southampton area. After several one-day-walkouts by staff at the Fareham sorting office and plans for a ballot for strike action by Portsmouth workers
WITH the wave of a wand, Saints' new £32m stadium has hopefully been rid of evil spirits. Nick Illingworth, of Southampton FC Independent Supporters' Club, cast a magic spell on the ground to ward off a cunning plot by arch rivals Pompey. Saints' fans
SOUTHAMPTON Docks bosses today hit back after having yet another blow dealt to their plans for a £500m container port at Dibden Bay. They were left smarting last year when the Countryside Agency, which is masterminding the national park plans, included
A PENSIONER injured in the Second World War has become the first person to commemorate fellow Hampshire veterans in a new community garden. Frank Southwell, 79, has suffered hearing loss since an accident while he was loading shells into gun barrels as
NEARLY £2m has been given to Southampton council to provide better basic services in deprived areas of the city. The so-called neighbourhood renewal fund is given by the government on a year-by-year basis and the cash windfall of £1.93m will run for the
USERS of a Hampshire community centre once threatened with closure have celebrated its 20th anniversary thanks to a little help from the Daily Echo. At the end of last year, the future looked bleak for Southampton's Lordswood Community Centre as the number
OPERA fans in the south will be delighted to hear that the Welsh National Opera (WNO) will be making two return visits to The Mayflower next year. The acclaimed company, renowned for its lavish traditional productions, is already a regular at the Southampton
MAYFLOWER Park is set to be the south's prime venue for live music later this month, with the annual Southampton Festival of Live Music. The event, organised by the Southampton branch of the Musicians' Union in conjunction with Southampton City Council
IWAN THOMAS could afford a quiet chuckle as he pulled out his best time for three years in Saturday's British Athletics League Division 1 match at Windsor's Thames Valley Athletics Stadium. Not only did his 45.77second run smash the league record but
A POLICE investigation is under way today after an elderly man was killed and his wife injured when they were hit by a car on a Hampshire road. Fredrick Cooper and his wife are believed to have been struck by a F-registration blue Renault 5 car. The 71
THOUSANDS of residents and businesses in Fareham will again be hit by another wave of strike action by postal staff today. It is the latest of four one-day-walkouts by staff at the Newgate Lane sorting office, and post will again remain undelivered across
It was fun down on the farm for these children who made the most of the summer fair at the KIDS centre in Fareham. The charity that supports disabled children and their families in Hampshire staged this year's event with a farmyard theme. Even the side
Stuart Gray may be an unknown quantity now - but not for long! Former Saints boss Glenn Hoddle believes his successor will quickly win over the doubters once they realise how much he has to offer. Hoddle can identify with the initial feeling of unease
TODAY will be D-Day for Saints £4million bid for Derby midfielder Rory Delap. The Republic of Ireland international has spent the weekend mulling over a move that would smash Saints transfer record and although Saints have not given Delap any deadline
