THE names of some medicines are to be simplified to make them easier to swallow for patients and professionals. A programme of action, to include north Hampshire and the rest of the country, has been announced by the Department of Health, and as a result
A WOMAN whose hearing was dramatically improved by a new procedure at Basingstoke hospital has donated thousands of pounds so that others can find out if they might benefit too. Kym Turvey, 40, is one of only a handful of people in the region to have
ONE of Hampshire's biggest business success stories continues to break financial records. Public sector contract specialist Serco, which employs 34,000 people world-wide, said it was entering this year with a record £10.3 billion order book as it posted
SOLENT STARS 67 - WARE REBELS 96 Solent Stars were unable to rise to the occasion on their visit to Ware Rebels at the University of Hertfordshire. A miserable first half performance condemned them to a defeat which will making the Championship Play-Offs
The 2004 rowing season got underway in Southampton last Saturday when 86 crews took to the River Itchen for the Southampton River and Small Boats Head of the River Race. Dogged by bad weather in recent years, the organising committee's decision to bring
Spring is in the air, especially for anglers in John Skeggs' Lymington-based boat Tomkat. Some 15 smoothhound were landed from the vessel in the space of a week with the real highlight a 23lb 8oz blonde ray. James Langford from Sandown on the Isle of
It was the nightmare every parent dreads - when their daughter didn't return home from a night out they were frantic and called police... The abduction of Hannah Foster occurred as she walked home from a night out with friends on Friday, March 14, 2003
THE DAILY Echo's challenge to Southampton youngsters to pull on their soccer boots in memory of a talented teenage soccer player has prompted an unexpected response. We urged city sports fans to take part in a tribute tournament for Hampshire footballer
Director of football David Malone fears double-chasing Winchester City could become victims of their own success. The FA Vase semi-finalists will be asking the Sydenhams Wessex League to relieve them of their fixtures burden as games pile up ahead of
Lulu, The Anvil, Basingstoke CELEBRATING 40 years in the fickle world of pop music is really something to Shout about. So it was fitting that pop diva Lulu chose Kool and the Gang's Celebration to launch into her Greatest Hits Tour. The diminutive pop
A TEENAGER has spoken of how he was attacked in a Fareham supermarket after challenging a man who jumped the queue ahead of him. The 19-year-old from Portchester, who has asked not to be named, was standing in line at Somerfield store in West Street,
TEAM Solent sprinter Melanie Purkiss suffered disappointment at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest. Purkiss, pictured above, Carey Marshall (Edinburgh Southern Harriers), Liz Fairs (Trafford AC) and Jenny Meadows (Wigan & District AC) ran
SOUTHAMPTON is sending a high-ranking delegation to the largest annual gathering of cruise line owners, operators and suppliers in the world to strengthen and underline the port's reputation as one Europe's leading hubs for the multi-million industry.
Saints season tickets holders now have a chance to snap up the last few hundred tickets for next Sunday's derby match against Pompey at Fratton Park. The initial tickets were available in the form of a ballot to all those who had attended four or more
RESIDENTS in the Kempshott area of Basingstoke are being urged to be vigilant following a series of garage break-ins and burglaries. Seven garages in Holy Barn Close, Derwent Road, Coniston Road and Homesteads Road were targeted overnight last Monday
A FORMER local authority house in Popley had six viewings in 24 hours after selling agents Keel Barrett detailed the upgrading of the interior of the property to potential buyers. The end-of-terrace house in Pitcairn Close is on the market a £159,950
A MODERN house in a village that dates back to medieval times can be bought for those hunting for property at around £385,000. That is the price guide for a family-sized house in North Waltham, which is being sold through the Basingstoke office of Knight
A REFURBISHED home in Chineham is selling through estate agents Chequers with a price guide of £300,000. The detached house is in the cul-de-sac of Kimber Close (pictured top left) and is a four-bedroomed design in which the en suite shower room and family
Six days ago Allison and David Hartley revealed their four sons were suffering from a life-threatening genetic disorder. By the weekend over 1,000 people had come forward offering to help... When the Hartley family decided to go public with their heartache
UNION leaders have called for bosses at a strike hit Hampshire aircraft factory to get round the table for immediate pay talks. The plea came yesterday as about 900 workers at Hamble's Aerostructures staged the first in a series of 24 hour strikes. Picket
MORE than 1,300 staff at the Southampton headquarters of Skandia are toasting dramatically improved profits. The financial services company, which sponsors the world-famous Cowes Week sailing regatta, saw operating profits rise by a staggering 77 per
AARON Cook's hopes of being sold to Salisbury City have been raised and then dashed. The Bashley skipper came away from Saturday's 2-0 home win over Erith & Belvedere believing the Foresters' chairman Mike Smith was ready to do a deal with their Dr
ALRESFORD youngsters are poised to finally achieve their dream of having a skateboard park. Winchester civic chiefs have agreed to release £41,869 towards the project, meaning construction could be started shortly and completed as soon as July. Alresford
A POACHER who "tickled" two large sea trout in the Beaulieu River has been fined £100 by New Forest magistrates. The court at Lyndhurst heard that Shane Wells, of Boothby Close, Eling, waded into the river and caught the fish with his bare hands - a method
VANDALS who broke into a Guide hut in the New Forest left it looking as if it had been hit by a snowstorm. Hooligans grabbed a dry powder fire extinguisher and sprayed the contents all over the interior of the wooden building, which had just been redecorated
SOUTHAMPTON school bosses were left in no doubt about parents' anger at plans to close Moorlands Infant School as they queued up to attack the idea at a public meeting. There was standing room only in the Kesteven Way school's hall as more than 100 parents
THIS was the moment two suspected car thieves received a rude awakening. It was a freezing Monday morning at 7.25am when police from Southampton's vehicle investigation unit struck. After a brisk rap on the door, the four officers went inside the terraced
IF YOU'RE not too familiar with the music of Mali, now's your chance to get better acquainted. Singer-songwriter Rokia Traore will be performing at Lighthouse, Poole, on Thursday. Rokia comes from an area where professional musicians are often confined
List of runners and finishing times: 1 SHARP Stephen, Belgrave Harriers, 14.31 2 RAIDI Hassan, Belgrave Harriers, 14.49 3 PLUMMER Simon, Southampton RC, 14.57 4 WICKS Phil, Windsor Slough Eton & HAC, 15.01 5 JONES Louis, Crawley AC, 15.13 6 PHILLIPS
The rebirth of the Hampshire AA Road Relay Championships is little more than a week away - and it's not too late to enter. The event is back after a gap of about 14 years and has stirred up plenty of interest county-wide with the likes of Winchester &
Southampton Cargo Handling (SCH), the largest service providers to the shipping industry in the city's docks, is forging unique links with the major German port of Bremerhaven. A team from SCH has been across to Germany on a fact-finding mission to see
IT seems we can't get enough of life on the ocean wave these days as the UK goes cruise-crazy . . . and Southampton is anchored firmly in the middle of all the action. More than half a million people now cross the quayside every year in in the city as
PROWLERS, distraction burglaries and anti-social behaviour at a Basingstoke sheltered housing scheme have forced an increase in security. Elderly residents at Townsend Close, Brookvale, have been targeted over the last year and now Kingfisher Housing
A DETACHED house in the country town of Whitchurch has been priced at £389,950 by Halifax Property Services. The house is in Kings Walk, where it backs on to Berehill Woods, and its garden has a raised patio, greenhouse and timber shed. There are two
A TRADITIONAL semi-detached house within walking distance of Basingstoke town centre is selling through Savoy Estates at £249,995 after being completely refurbished. The sitting area of the reception room centres on a Victorian-style cast-iron fireplace
Hampshire mother and businesswoman Juliette Holme has triumphed over setbacks that have brought sleepless nights. She tells KATE THOMPSON about life after a media frenzy and a new network for women... WHEN JULIETTE Holme's former partner Terry Holt decided
THERE aren't many men who would opt to give up their high-flying career to become a childminder - but Andy Cotton is no ordinary man. He happily admits he prefers the company of children to adults and likes nothing better than having the excuse to play
Having a sick child in the family brings terrible pressure for parents - but often siblings get forgotten. Diane Pratt talks to KATE THOMPSON about her very special club... EVERY girl who belongs to the Hope Club has one important thing in common. They
Director of football David Malone fears double-chasing Winchester City could become victims of their own success. The FA Vase semi-finalists will be asking the Sydenhams Wessex League to relieve them of their fixtures burden as games pile up ahead of
AARON Cook's hopes of being sold to Salisbury City have been raised and then dashed. The Bashley skipper came away from Saturday's 2-0 home win over Erith & Belvedere believing the Foresters' chairman Mike Smith was ready to do a deal with their Dr
ANOTHER four carved works of art created in Warsash will shortly be taking pride of place in Windsor Castle. Royal sculptor Ian Brennan has just finished work on the quartet of creations, taking the number of royal commissions he has done to 70. The latest
TWO teenagers were rescued last night after becoming stranded up a 60ft tree. Three volunteers from the Hampshire Technical Rescue Unit were called to the aid of the boys, aged about 14, after a passer-by spotted them in a tree in Silver Birches, Bursledon
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 25; Chikuma Reefer, refrigerat, 0630, 104; Black Prince, cruise ship, 0700, 101;; Cetam Victoriae, ro/ro, 0730, 203; Euro Melody, container, 0800, Con Term; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0800, 201; Hyundai Liberty
ONE-AND-A-HALF million people are obese and 90 teenage girls get pregnant each week in the South East region. And every day, 50 people die of smoking-related illness. In an attempt to tackle public health problems in the South East and the rest of the
THE new edition of Hampshire Business South Magazine is out now. The fiercely independent magazine is the only one of its type on the south coast regarding scope and size - and it is written in a style that appeals to both the factory floor worker and
THE new edition of Hampshire Business South Magazine is out now. The fiercely independent magazine is the only one of its type on the south coast regarding scope and size - and it is written in a style that appeals to both the factory floor worker and
SOCCER star David Beckham is a big-spending customer of a Hampshire firm that chauffeurs millionaires across the world in private jets. Bookajet, based at Hanger 2 at Southampton Airport, is seeing business take off with a new surge of client activity
CORPORATE finance experts in Southampton have masterminded one of the south's biggest ever deals - the £61m sale of retail giant Robert Dyas. Clive Hatchard and Andrea Errington of Tenon Corporate Finance in Southampton negotiated the multi-million pound
ANTELOPE Racing Team's failure to attract any of its own members for its first race of the season - a ten-mile time trial on the potentially fast Swallowfield Bypass course south of Reading - was overshadowed by an outstanding performance from Andover
A TERRIFIED teenager was kidnapped and dumped eight miles away by three thugs who attacked him on a Winchester street. The youth was beaten unconscious and thrown into the boot of a car before being left in a remote lay-by. The 17-year-old, who has not
A BASINGSTOKE school for pupils with behavioural difficulties is facing the threat of closure because it has been unable to get out of special measures. On Tuesday, March 9, Hampshire education chief Cllr Don Allen will be asked to open a consultation
A TALE of rival families fighting for control of a future London comes to the Theatre Royal Winchester next week. Pilot Theatre Company return to Winchester with their latest show, an adaptation of controversial children's author Melvin Burgess's novel
Six days ago Allison and David Hartley revealed their four sons were suffering from a life-threatening genetic disorder. By the weekend over 1,000 people had come forward offering to help... When the Hartley family decided to go public with their heartache
THE FAMILY of a father and son who died in a Hampshire boating accident have spoken for the first time. Relatives have paid tribute to David Knipe, 62, of Dore Avenue, Portchester and his 38-year-old son Robert after the double tragedy at Langstone Harbour
HE'S no fan of Manchester United or Real Madrid and likes his music a bit heavier than the songs produced by the Spice Girls. But Britain's most famous celebrity couple, Posh and Becks, have just gone shooting up in the estimation of avid Saints fan David
HAMPSHIRE detectives have launched an appeal for a missing man to get in touch with his family. Electrician, Paul Bundy, 39, pictured above, left his home in Senlac Road in Romsey at 5.30pm on Sunday without telling his family where he was going. They
THOUSANDS of council tax payers across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will begin receiving their new bills this week. Householders across the county and in cities such as Southampton and Winchester will be liable to pay the increased bills from April
A LINGERIE company is to scour Southampton to find the next Jordan. Internet-based Naughtybits&bobs.com is looking for six wannabe models to represent it at promotional events across the UK. The six will be selected from regional winners who will
CUSTOMERS in Fareham gave their support when a campaign to stop call centre jobs being transferred to India came to town yesterday. The national campaign to draw attention to plans by Lloyds TSB to move jobs overseas stopped off just a few miles from
Belgrave Harriers' athletes dominated in the men's Solent 5K road race as places one and two helped them scoop team honours. Stephen Sharp raced to victory over the fast, flat course around Southampton in 14 minutes 31 seconds, followed by teammate Hassan
List of runners and finishing times: 1 CRICKMORE Kelly, Windsor Slough Eton, 18.08 2 THORNE Claire, Team Solent, 18.54 3 POWELL Rosie, Belgrave Harriers, 19.13 4 CLEWS Valerie (W35,1st), Aldershot & Dist, 19.18 5 ROSS Jan (W45,1st), Winchester AC,
CAMPAIGNING pensioners in Chandler's Ford are taking their bid for a fair crack of the whip to their MP. Two 75-year-olds are spearheading a move they hope will establish a walk-in centre in the central Fryern area of the town. Iris Thomas, of Craven
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build hundreds of new homes on a prized woodland site near Chandler's Ford could be left on the shelf for another two years. There was a public outcry from Valley Park residents after developer Phillip Scott lodged an outline planning
After completing half of her world cruise, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines' 28,492- ton vessel Black Watch is now on her way back to Southampton. Black Watch was spotted in Melbourne, Australia, by Round the Port reader Andrew Mackinnon, moored alongside Station
ONE little lady is making a big impact on litter in the Cranbourne area of Basingstoke. At four foot nine inches tall, Olive Wigley is only petite in stature. However, her efforts in clearing up rubbish near her home in Radford Gardens, Cranbourne, Basingstoke
ALTHOUGH not due to be completed until the end of March, two apartments on the Rialto development of apartments at Victory Hill in Basingstoke town centre are already being resold. The neighbouring homes are on the first floor in the same block of the
AN EXTENDED semi-detached house offers five-bedroomed accommodation as it sells through haart estate agents at £315,000. The house has a location in Portacre Rise, Basingstoke, and both reception rooms have sliding doors to a patio that stretches across
A DETACHED house built by Westbury Homes during 2000 is being resold with a price guide of £475,000. The five-bedroomed home is on the market with estate agents Dreweatt Neate and has a cul-de-sac location in Farriers Close, in the village of Bramley.
