David Prutton has left Saints for Nottingham Forest. The 25-year-old midfielder has joined his former club initially until the end of the season when his Saints contract expires. Prutton moved to St Mary's for £2.5m from Forest on the final day
I WAS delighted that someone at the council made the decision to provide us with an ice rink. It was tiny but it was cute. It was ice and it was nice. You can clamour for glamour but I prefer sweet and simple. I want to thank those who helped to provide
A WELL known regional curry entrepreneur is set to open his latest restaurant in Southampton this Thursday. Abdul Tarafder, pictured, is opening his second Rim Jhim restaurant in Hampshire at Canute Road next to Ocean Village. The opening follows last
FIRST there was telephone dating, then there was speed dating and now, thanks to a trio of Hampshire businessmen, there's motorway dating. In a bid to develop a social networking website to rival Net giants MySpace and Friends Reunited, the New Forest
DEVELOPER Orchard Homes is hoping to build a third apartment complex in Winchester Road, Southampton after the first two were quickly snapped up by eager buyers. The company has applied for planning permission for a site at 236 Winchester Road after
SPARSHOLT College near Winchester enjoyed another successful lambing weekend. Some 1,800 visitors visited the college to see the annual sign that spring is on its way. The college's 320 ewes are expected to give birth to some 600 lambs over the next
THANK you to all those kind people who attended the Mountbatten Players' pantomime - Alladin at The Point on January 10 to 13, and so generously donated to the Countess Mountbatten House Hospice. This money will enable us to provide many additional benefits
THEY had stars in their eyes as they stepped onto a stage at Fareham. It was like a scene out of TV's X Factor as 26 Girl Guides from Hampshire East County sang their hearts out for the ultimate prize - to sing live at the Big Gig concert in Sheffield
THE head teacher of Romsey Primary School has welcomed council bosses' final approval of a new £2.9m building complete with wind turbine. Nick Hutson said: "It is going to completely transform the school and it will be very exciting to have a wind turbine
THE PEOPLE of Fareham will be fortunate enough to have one of the lowest council tax demands in the county when bills start falling through their letterboxes in April. Council finance chiefs will meet later this week to give the provisional go-ahead
A PROPOSAL aimed at easing parking shortages at a new £36m hospital is likely to be derailed, the Daily Echo can reveal. A new report is expected to conclude that a former railway station next to the Lymington New Forest Hospital should not be re-opened
DOZENS of recruits at an Army training base in Hampshire have been treated for a highly infectious gastric flu. The Army Training Regiment site at Sir John Moore Barracks in Winchester has seen scores of cases of the unknown bug since last week. Of
HAMPSHIRE Autistic Society's annual race night returns on Friday, February 23 at Hedge End CIU Club, Bursledon Road. Tickets cost £10 each and include a ploughman's supper. Contact Gemma on 01489 880881, extension 208, for bookings and sponsorship opportunities
I WONDER what born and bred Londoner Alex Wright (Letters, January 20) would say about the laser display in his hometown, or at Greenwich Observatory? Perhaps it would be useful for the council to obtain and publish in the Daily Echo a full report from
IN response to the Daily Echo's article about the recent crew meeting at Toronto Court and the now attendance of Millbrook residents. As a tenant and business owner in Millbrook I never knew of such a meeting. Mrs Jarrett is wrong in saying the meeting
A MAN in his fishing boat has described how he saw an explosion which rocked a Southampton boatyard killing a young worker. Eyewitness Dale Murphy told Winchester Crown Court how he had seen the craft burning as he passed by. Krisztian Takacs, 26, suffered
SOUTHAMPTON has won the right to build a Las Vegas-style casino bringing hundreds of jobs and regeneration to the city. Ambitious plans for a revamp of waterfront around Mayflower Park are now on the cards as part of the development of a "large casino
WE can all now feel optimistic Southampton was named one of 40 councils across the country to receive extra Labour Government funding to fight antisocial behaviour (Daily Echo, Janaury 23). Cllr Liz Mizon, Cabinet member for communities, said "We will
I AM 83 and have lived here for nearly 60 years. I am absolutely amazed that anyone in their right senses would want to pollute the night sky over such a large area. So many people love the stars and the moon. It is restful and peaceful to look up and
IF members of the city council wish to consult and value the opinions of the public on any given project, they should first be careful to supply us with enough detail and information to enable us to make up our minds sensibly. The hot topic of the moment
I FEEL that William Stewart (Letters, January 23) looks at world affairs with tunnel vision when describing our friendship with America as an unholy alliance. Where this country would be today without the Americans God alone knows. He should realise
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Montreal Express, container, 0215, 206; Autoline, roro, 0700, 201; Grand Benelux, roro, 0930, 105; Asian Emperor, roro, 1130, 34/35; Buxstar, container, pm, 204 Today's principal Southampton sailings: Patriot
CALIM A Nel (Letters, January 15) says that there is a need for English people to be members of an English parliament. This parliament should be situated somewhere like Nottingham. Wessex (Our Home) believes that Wessexers, too, should be members of
AT last we see the real face of Tony Blair, behind the fixed dental smile lies the face of a man who cannot accept defeat. He knew months ago his time was up, the people had made it very clear after the Iraqi war, but not for him the humble admission
IT has wowed audiences wherever it has taken to the road - including the Edinburgh Festival - with its powerful message against anti-social behaviour. However, the writers and cast of the acclaimed play Bang Out of Order were left bitterly disappointed
THE NUMBER of patients contracting the superbug MRSA has been dramatically reduced at a Southampton hospital. Figures for November and December last year show that the number of patients with MRSA at Southampton General Hospital was 50 per cent lower
ENRAGED residents have vowed to use the council's dawdling over a decision on the controversial travellers' site to galvanise support. As exclusively revealed in yesterday's Daily Echo, Southampton City Council's ruling Liberal Democrats have put off
DAVID Prutton could be on the way back to Nottingham Forest for £250,000 - almost four years to the day since arriving from the same club for TEN times that amount. The 25-year-old Saints midfielder moved to St Mary's for £2.5m on the final day of
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has refused to deny he has had a bid for Saints teenage sensation Gareth Bale accepted - and that he will give the player and his family "all the time in the world" to make up his mind on the proposed move. Sources close
Saints will have Rudi Skacel back for tomorrow's crucial visit of Sheffield Wednesday. The Czech midfielder has been sorely missed over the last four games after being sidelined by a troublesome achilles injury. Saints boss George Burley has been
WORSHIPPERS at a Southampton Church of England parish have raised £1,000 to cover the rent bill of an Iranian family seeking asylum. Church leaders organised the collection after a Sunday service to help blind husband Khalil, 62, and wife Lisa Khameneh
FAREHAM will have one of the lowest council tax demands in the county from April. Finance chiefs will meet this week to give the provisional go-ahead to a rise of three per cent. It would mean the average Band D household will be asked to find an additional
POLICE on the Isle of Wight have named the teenage girl who was killed in a head-on car crash. Sixteen-year-old Pascha Burgoyne died after the Volkswagen Polo she was travelling in collided with a BMW at Boulder, in Yarmouth. The teenager, a front seat
A HAMPSHIRE woman ordered to pay £70,000 compensation after duping an elderly man in a charity scam, says she cannot meet the deadline for payment. Brenda Ford-Sagers, 63, and her husband, Robert, were both originally jailed for three years after admitting
POLICE are treating an attack on a man in Southampton as racially motivated. The 55-year-old was walking along Palm Road towards Coxford Drove in the Aldermoor area of Southampton, when he was assaulted by a group of youths. Officers investigating the
A PROPOSAL aimed at easing parking shortages at a new £36m hospital is likely to be derailed, the Daily Echo can reveal. A new report is expected to conclude that a former railway station next to the Lymington New Forest Hospital should not be re-opened
