CHANDLER’S Ford Snooker Club now has its very own page 3 girl. Hampshire golden girl Suzie Opacic featured in Tuesday’s Echo after winning her fight to overturn the ‘no women’ rule in two of Southampton’s social clubs’ snooker rooms. It was quite a
CHANDLER’S Ford Snooker Club now has its very own page 3 girl. Hampshire golden girl Suzie Opacic featured in Tuesday’s Echo after winning her fight to overturn the ‘no women’ rule in two of Southampton’s social clubs’ snooker rooms. It was quite a
Saints got off the mark with their first win of season against Stoke at St Mary's this afternoon. They suffered an early setback but rallied to take a 3-2 win and the three points to set their season back on course. George Burley made two changes
A MAN who conned £1,000 out of an unsuspecting elderly Hampshire resident is being hunted by police. The 80-year-old woman handed over the cash after being approached near to her home, in Duttons Road, Romsey. She was walking along nearby Princes Road
SOUTHAMPTON health bosses have sent out a reminder that accident and emergency departments are not always the answer to people's health problems. With Bank Holiday in full swing, Southampton City Primary Care Trust wants people with minor injuries, aches
A seven year-old Titchfield girl, who has just learned to swim, has saved her pal from drowning. It was during a family trip to the seaside which nearly turned to tragedy. Kieran Martin, aged four, from Fareham, slipped off rocks and fell into the
HOW spooky is Hampshire? That's what a group of paranormal investigators is hoping to find out. The UK Paranormal Research Society (UKPRS), which is based in Hampshire, is launching a new project to find out more about the haunted locations of the county
BURGLARS disturbed the occupants of a Hampshire home twice in one night as they made off with a "substantial" haul from the property. The residents of the house, in West End Road, Hedge End, were awoken at 1am and again at 5am on Thursday morning. On
Sven-Goran Eriksson has no regrets about pitching Theo Walcott into the frenzy of an England World Cup campaign. The pair are due to come face-to-face today for the first time since England were dumped out at the quarter-final stage by Portugal last
Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has claimed the moral high ground following the spat at Pittodrie last Sunday which leaves him threatened with a 10-match ban. The former Saints boss was dismissed by referee Charlie Richmond after an argument with a
Saints legend Matt Le Tissier has joined Sir Alex Ferguson in calling into the question the role of agents in the modern game. Manchester United manager Ferguson has been vocal in his criticism of Gabriel Heinze's representatives after the Argentina
QPR striker Ray Jones has been killed in a car crash. Jones, who was due to celebrate his 19th birthday on Tuesday, died following the accident in London last night which also killed two other people. A youth product at Loftus Road, Jones was a
The family fun day arrangements are underway and further deatils will follow soon. I have decided the best time to do this would be in May next year so loads of time to enlist the help and support of some locals who would like to contribute to a great
The family fun day arrangements are underway and further deatils will follow soon. I have decided the best time to do this would be in May next year so loads of time to enlist the help and support of some locals who would like to contribute to a great
THOUSANDS of illegally parked cars in Southamp-ton will be clamped or towed away under controvesial plans for crackdown on drivers in the city. But today the proposal was condemned by motoring organisations as "out of step" with Government policy. Tory
A BUILDER was taken to hospital after falling from a historic Romsey building undergoing renovation. The man, in his late forties, was working on the third floor of The White Horse Hotel, in Market Place, when he slipped from a ladder and fell into the
IN July I attended the open meeting to look at the proposed layout of the new Adanac Park at Nursling. I was surprised how far reaching the changes were going to be and wonder if people living in Lower Brownhill Road realise it will affect them. As the
I WOULD like to respond to the recent comments made by Councillor David Harrison and G E Doling about AFC Totton's application for a new stadium at Little Testwood Farm, Calmore. Cllr Harrison stresses that open space would be lost as a result of these
EASTLEIGH Council is hell-bent on confiscating allotment sites for house building. I went to the Woodside Allotments open day and what a splendid sight it was to see all these plots of homegrown produce! I'm hopeless at gardening but I could appreciate
A RECENT Polish visitor to Southampton inquired as to the whereabouts of the last resting place of Benny Hill. This was the main place that she really wanted to see in the city. Perhaps the family of Benny Hill in cooperation with the city council and
R KINGSWELL (Letters, August 15) made a heroic defence of the behaviour of Titanic's officers. What a shame that the argument was somewhat weakened by getting the captain's name wrong, calling him John Smith. It should have been Edward John Smith. DAVE
I WAS interested to read the article about the magnolia tree at Exbury Gardens (Daily Echo, August 18). I, too, have a magnolia in my garden and it is 20 years old. For the past five years it has been flowering three times a year and it is flowering
POOR Ryan Newell, chairman of UKIP, obviously got the wrong end of the stick when he read what I wrote (In My View, August 14). He is so anxious to make his point regarding the Lib Dems that he has clearly missed out the issue that I was making of the
HOW I agree with the letter from Rushington Resident (August 16). Totton has lost a lot of its character, along with many small shops during the last few years. The death knell was putting a large supermarket in the town centre. There are now many things
DESPITE the protests of animal welfare societies and environmental protection agencies, Christian charities are still making gifts of farmed animals to the impoverished communities around the world. Goats, donkeys, cows and even alpacas are given. If
FRIENDS of a Hampshire man killed in a collision with a lorry on a Southampton road have been paying tribute to 'one of the most popular men you could ever meet'. Shannon 'Shaggy' Passingham died after he collided with the articulated lorry on Western
MOTORISTS are facing yet more traffic misery today with thousands taking to Hampshire roads for a Bank Holiday getaway. The promise of warm weather and a long weekend sparked traffic jams on Hampshire roads from Friday morning with road chiefs warning
FAMOUS footballers will be riding into Southampton's Harley Davidson dealership this Sunday to raise money for Guatemalan children. The event will see Chelsea soccer stars including former Winchester resident Wayne Bridge and England star Shaun Wright-Philips
A GROCERY shop that has been serving the people of the New Forest for 110 years is up for sale for more than £1.5 million. As well as buying Burley Stores, which includes a recently refurbished and extended restaurant and the goodwill that goes with
CLUB managers have got enough pressure, as has been pointed out with the farcical situation at Spurs, writes Lawrie McMenemy in his Daily Echo column today. After losing the first two games, a delegation from the boardroom apparently popped over to
KENWYNE Jones has been condemned for showing a "contemptuous" attitude towards Saints and their supporters. The Trinidadian striker yesterday dropped a double bombshell on the eve of today's home Championship clash against Stoke. Not only did he
WAYNE THOMAS has revealed the nerves will be jangling ahead of his Saints home debut at St Mary's today. The experienced centre half confessed to nerves before making his first appearance following a £1m move from Burnley at Norwich last week. He
