EASTLEIGH'S secret weapon for tonight's Ryman Premier Division play-off semi-final has worked closely with Hampshire Cricket legend Robin Smith and current Australian Test star Matthew Hayden. Eastleigh host Braintree Town at the Sparshatts Stadium (7.30pm
LYMINGTON & New Milton are lodging an appeal with the FA about the ground-grading farce that threatens to cost them promotion from the Sydenhams Wessex League. The New Forest club are fuming that the official who carried out Sunday's second inspection
FROM 320 teams that started the competition down to last 28, the 14th Daily Echo Hampshire Primary Schools Soccer Challenge was more popular than ever with the finalists competing for the love of the game at the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium. In
CHAIRMAN of selectors David Graveney has revealed how the sensational emergence of Kevin Pietersen on the England international scene has only added to his problems in this Ashes summer. While many cricketing pundits could probably pick five of England's
BASHLEY-RYDAL'S Kevin Nash grabbed the Gold Award as Wiltshire came within nine runs of causing a major Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy first-round upset against Kent at chilly South Wilts yesterday. Nash took 4-46, including the wicket of England's
THE smell of the grease paint and the roar of the crowd. There was a time when Southampton had both in abundance. Names such as the New Theatre Royal and Opera House, the Grand, the Palace and the Hippodrome, formerly the Prince of Wales were at one time
For those in Laundry Road, Southampton, it was a day they would never forget, a time to celebrate the end of the Second World War in Europe. Tomorrow the Daily Echo publishes a special free 48-page commemorative supplement that recalls the events of 1945
BEING born in the workhouse was a tough start in life for any youngster towards the end of 19th century Southampton. Joseph Henry Hurst came into the world on September 5, 1887 while his mother, Fanny, was living in the workhouse that once stood in St
STORES at a borough shopping centre should clean up their act, according to a prominent borough councillor. Cllr Martin Biermann, a Chineham borough councillor, is furious at the number of plastic shopping bags that are littering the area. Hundreds of
Today's Principal Arrivals: Sardinia, cargo, 1430, 107; Hudson Leader, ro/ro, 1630, 34/35; Clonmore, container, 1730, 204; Autofreighter, ro/ro, PM, 201 Today's Principal Sailings: Nagato Reefer, refrigerated vessel, 1200, 104; Bay Trader, cargo, 1200
SAINTS sponsor insurance giant Friends Provident said an increase in business from independent financial advisers had helped it boost UK sales by a fifth. The rise helped to lift first quarter total UK sales to £88 million from £74 million beforehand
ROMSEY printer and copier supplier Allied Office Machines has sponsored Winchester Rugby Football Club's mini section for 2005. Club chief executive, Paul Beckett, said: "Support from interested local businesses is vital for the development of rugby at
DAN EAVES may have been the hero of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton on Sunday with a hat-trick of wins - but he was a villain in the eyes of Hampshire hopeful Rob Collard. The man from Hook was setting himself up for his best
A GEARBOX failure denied New Forest's Justin Keen a possible podium finish in the famous Spa 1,000 kilometre race in Belgium. Keen put the Lister LMP 900 fifth on the grid after a gutsy performance in wet qualifying, then looked on hopefully as teammate
FATHER and son Jim and Steven White gunned their Mini to four top-ten finishes in the season's first hill climb event at Gurston Down. They were second and fourth in the first of the 1400cc Modprod Saloon Car races and followed up with third and seventh
EASTLEIGH'S secret weapon for tonight's Ryman Premier Division play-off semi-final has worked closely with Hampshire Cricket legend Robin Smith and current Australian Test star Matthew Hayden. Eastleigh host Braintree Town at the Sparshatts Stadium (7.30pm
TROJANS lost their discipline - and the chance to win the Hampshire Hockey Association Cup - as they crashed 3-2 to City of Portsmouth in front of a bumper Sports Centre cup final crowd. Ahead through Paul Hilton midway through the first half, they conceded
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to preserve the character of their Winchester street have suffered a setback. A planning inspector has ruled that a developer can demolish a house in Chilbolton Avenue and build 13 homes at number 55. Colten Developments wants to
POLICE have renewed their appeal for witnesses after a father-of-five was killed in a road collision in Fawley. Michael Teague, 53, was cycling along Fawley Road towards Calshot when he was hit by a white Mercedes Sprinter van travelling in the same direction
TV STAR Fred Dinenage will be hosting an evening of anecdotes and tales alongside Saints legend Lawrie McMenemy and popular singer Karen Noble at Fareham's Ferneham Hall on Sunday. Billed as Television, Sex and Football, Fred and Lawrie - two of the south's
WHEN we were younger, my sister and I were obsessed with TV show Fame. So, as you can imagine, it was with much anticipation that I went along to Fame the Musical, which is currently on a national tour. If you're expecting to recognise character's names
HERE was yet another cracking good evening in The Studio at the Lighthouse. Rani Moorthy's one-woman show used curry as a vehicle to transport us around the world. We visited Malaysia during the race riots of the 60s, a Bangladeshi village, the restaurant
SCHOOLS in Hampshire are to share a £1.5m cash windfall to encourage more pupils to walk, cycle or use public transport to and from school. County council bosses have distributed the funds as part of the Safer Routes to School initiative. Among the schools
A LOOPHOLE in the electoral system could allow thousands of students in Southampton to vote twice in the general election - raising once again the spectre of electoral fraud. Students are given the option to vote both at their home address - and at their
New orest East Brian Dash Liberal Democrat Katy Davies UK Independence Party Julian Lewis Conservative Stephen Roberts Labour New Forest West Janice Hurne Labour Murari Kaushik Liberal Democrat Brian Lawrence UK Independence Party Janet Richards Green
DAVID Malone is angling at ANOTHER return to Winchester City after a brief spell as a director of Ryman Premier outfit Salisbury. The Sydenhams Wessex League club have called an extraordinary general meeting next Friday (May 13), at which Malone is highly
THE funeral of a popular Hampshire head teacher who died from cancer will be held on Friday. Two services are to be held in memory of Mark Roe, pictured, of Brookfield Community School because of the number of mourners expected. Mr Roe's family and education
IT has taken nearly 14 weeks but, at last, residents of Witt Road in Fair Oak are smiling. Work has finally started on repairing a huge hole in the residential road which has had many householders tearing their hair out in frustration. Local resident
SAINTS fans are keeping the faith - with season-ticket sales only partially affected by the threat of relegation. With the deadline now up for those wishing to take the discounted 'early-bird' option for 2005/06, Saints have more than 10,000 renewals
May is Missing Person's Awareness month and those who have lost touch with loved ones are being urged to seek help from the Salvation Army... WHEN HAMPSHIRE grandmother Jackie Cornish decided to trace her step-sister after 35 years apart, she had no idea
Mum-of-three Ingrid Dowse has a part-time office job and runs three Slimming World groups - but after losing just over four stones in nine months, she has more than enough energy to cope... WITH three children, a part-time job, active hobbies and three
DAVID Malone is angling at ANOTHER return to Winchester City after a brief spell as a director of Ryman Premier outfit Salisbury. The Sydenhams Wessex League club have called an extraordinary general meeting next Friday (May 13), at which Malone is highly
THEY might be SAS members, but their skills are far from military. For the past 120 years members of the Southampton Art Society (SAS) have been out with their drawing pads, canvases, paints and easels capturing the scenes in and around the city, an activity
INSET: Cyril Scott wears his medals with pride. Echo picture by Malcolm Nethersole. Order no: rad482cc Today Hampshire Heritage is devoted to the memories of a remarkable old soldier. Keith Hamilton met the Hampshire pensioner they call the Tin Man...
A COUPLE who cheated injury when a car crashed into a first-floor bedroom of their house have told how they also escaped a gas leak. Joyce Harman, 62, of Rainbow Close, Old Basing, who was asleep in the adjacent bedroom with her husband, Joe, when the
A FESTIVAL of visual arts will be taking centre stage in Basingstoke when it goes on show this month. The Sightlines event is now in its eighth year, and will include displays by professional and amateur artists across the borough. The event, organised
COMMUTERS faced chaos on Friday morning after two separate crashes on the A339 closed a busy section of the road. Drivers were left stranded in traffic jams when a two-car collision on the A339 near Stantons Farm, near Headley, happened at about 7.30am
STORES at a borough shopping centre should clean up their act, according to a prominent borough councillor. Cllr Martin Biermann, a Chineham borough councillor, is furious at the number of plastic shopping bags that are littering the area. Hundreds of
LYMINGTON & New Milton are lodging an appeal with the FA about the ground-grading farce that threatens to cost them promotion from the Sydenhams Wessex League. The New Forest club are fuming that the official who carried out Sunday's second inspection
RED DEER SAC members sampled rod-bending action on a mid-Channel sortie. They recorded hefty bass, turbot and brill on Lymington-based boat Sundance II, skippered by Roger Bayzand, writes chris clark. Dave Havers landed a 7lb 12oz brill, then pulled aboard
A WATERSIDE school will be closed for a second day today after vandals went on the rampage and smashed 48 windows. Staff at Wildground Junior School in Dibden Purlieu had hoped that they would be able to reopen today but the huge amount of broken glass
BASINGSTOKE and Deane Borough Council has launched a new website for jobhunters. It is aimed at giving people who are thinking of going back to work or want to learn something new, get a new job or change career, all the information they need at the click
THE victim of a horrific stabbing attack in the New Forest has defied doctor's orders by discharging himself from hospital. The local man aged 25 was knifed repeatedly in the stomach during a street brawl in Pennington near Lymington on Sunday morning
PENSIONER Reg Baylis has become the latest victim of thieves who are targeting a Hampshire cemetery. Precious keepsakes have been stolen from the grave of his wife Eileen, who died last year just two weeks after she was diagnosed with cancer. Mr Baylis
AGONY aunt Claire Rayner gave the Lib Dem campaign a boost in Hampshire yesterday, as the election countdown began in earnest. The former self-confessed "Labour luvvy" switched allegiance to the Liberal Democrats over Tony Blair's refusal to introduce
COMPUTER bosses at Southampton City Council are aiming to spend nearly £300,000 over the next two years to upgrade the authority's IT systems. Spending of £145,000 this year and £145,000 in 2006/7 on renewing and consolidating servers on the city's computer
REFUGEES are being given a helping hand to find training and work in Southampton, thanks to a new programme called Brites Plus. The initiative, run by the Wheatsheaf Trust, helps people from black and ethnic minority communities to improve their English
TWO political parties have been accused of not playing by the rules in their distribution of election material across two Hampshire constituencies. Eastleigh's Liberal Democrat candidate Chris Huhne has been accused of using his European Parliament-funded
ONE of the world's major cruise ship owners has now begun operating from the port of Southampton. It further strengthens the city's position as the UK's premier port for the international maritime business. Royal Caribbean International has brought cruise
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman was grabbed by man as he drove up alongside her as she walked along a Southampton street. The 20-year-old victim was walking along Park Walk when a beige-coloured car drove up. The man inside tried to start
I'M a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here star Uri Geller is backing the Daily Echo's Staying Up with Harry and Jim campaign. And he says all Harry Redknapp has to do to get the Saints celebrities out of the relegation mire is to pick up the phone and call
SCHOOLS in Hampshire are to share a £1.5m cash windfall to encourage more pupils to walk, cycle or use public transport to and from school. County council bosses have distributed the funds as part of the Safer Routes to School initiative. Among the schools
REFUGEES are being given a helping hand to find training and work in Southampton, thanks to a new programme called Brites Plus. The initiative, run by the Wheatsheaf Trust, helps people from black and ethnic minority communities to improve their English
DISCOUNT home store Wilkinson is opening a new 10,000 sq ft store in the former Sainsbury's building in Shirley, Southampton. The family-owned company will open the shop in Park Street in August, with more than 80 new jobs currently being advertised.
New Forest East Brian Dash Liberal Democrat Katy Davies UK Independence Party Julian Lewis Conservative Stephen Roberts Labour New Forest West Janice Hurne Labour Murari Kaushik Liberal Democrat Brian Lawrence UK Independence Party Janet Richards Green
TOP Brit-rock band Rooster can't keep away from the south! The band will play the Guildhall in Southampton on October 24 as part of a mammoth 13-date UK tour. And it will be their fourth gig in the area this year following their two sell-out dates at
A PUBLIC meeting has failed to quell fears about a police shake-up. About 80 people packed into Jubilee Hall in Bishop's Waltham to hear what changes are on the cards for the Meon Valley after growing concerns over the past few years about the way the
A HAMPSHIRE scout group is praying that vandals will not wreck work on creating a community garden which is being backed by Whitehall cash. In the past hundreds of pounds worth of damage has been caused by vandals who have targeted the 14th Eastleigh
ARTISTIC Eastleigh students are starring in a national showcase in support of endangered wildlife. Paintings by ten students from Crestwood College for Business and Enterprise have been selected for display with 190 pieces of art from schools across the
ONE of the world's major cruise ship owners has now begun operating from the port of Southampton. It further strengthens the city's position as the UK's premier port for the international maritime business. Royal Caribbean International has brought cruise
SAINTS fans have abandoned plans to wear fancy dress to Selhurst Park on Saturday - due to the critical nature of the club's final away Premiership game of 2004/05. It has been tradition in recent years for fans travelling to the final away game of a
IT COULD be a dream come true for anyone who hates parking or worries about pedestrians stepping out in front of them while at the wheel. Cars that automatically avoid other vehicles, pedestrians and obstacles could be a step closer, thanks to a project
VOLKSWAGEN'S most recent (fifth) generation Passat has always pitched itself as a car at the refined end of the mid-size saloon sector, far removed from volume offerings from the likes of Ford and Vauxhall. The formula has been largely successful, but
