RESIDENTS in a sleepy Hampshire hamlet have been subjected to 14 years of abuse by neighbours, a court has heard. Homeowners in Sprat's Down in the New Forest claim they have been terrorised by Ann and Keith Gillingham since the couple moved in during
A HAMPSHIRE pub is celebrating after being named the third best community pub in the country. The Gamekeeper at Woodlands won £1,500 for its chosen charities and was also picked from 500 entries as the best community pub in Hampshire. Sharon Comley, landlady
TONY Blair has received an average of four letters per week about plans to close Royal Hospital Haslar since the proposal was announced, he revealed. He was asked in a written Parliamentary question by Peter Viggers, MP for Gosport, how many letters he
SCREAMING Lord Sutch has been found dead just weeks before he was due to star in a Southampton benefit night for fellow Sixties star Heinz Burt, who has motor neurone disease. The 58-year-old Monster Raving Loony Party leader was discovered hanging at
IT WASN'T quite the hefty pay-back time Hampshire had planned as they gave Leicestershire a taste of the medicine they had been forced to swallow. By the end of a second day of a match in which the wicket is easing all the time, it was Leicestershire
LYMINGTON II, last year's Hampshire Cricket League triple tie specialists, are up to their old tricks again. They rounded off last summer's County Division 1 programme by tying three successive matches - and on Saturday did it again with their visit to
KEN MONKOU has quit The Dell and is now on the look-out for a new club. The Dutch defender has rejected Saints' final offer of a one-year contract and is now ready to move on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling. Everton, Bradford and Watford have
HAMPSHIRE PGA are losing one of their top talents when John Lovell jets off next month to try and qualify for the United States Nike Tour. He reminded the county of his rich talent with a 3 and 2 victory over Mike Wheeler in the Hampshire PGA Matchplay
A HAMPSHIRE father and son could be among the first people in Britain to own one of the coveted new Star Wars figures. For David Nutley is set to join dozens of other fans as they converge on Southampton's Toys R Us store at midnight tonight to snap up
WINCHESTER students are receiving careers advice for the tough decisions they face before leaving college next year. Peter Symonds' College is holding its annual higher education and employment conference this week to assist 1,000 students find the right
SAINTS manager Dave Jones today said he is going through hell after being arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of child abuse. Speaking to the Daily Echo he said: "There is plenty I want to say but I can't at the moment. This is a big
THE government has given the green light for Johnston Press to take over Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers. Competition and Consumer Affairs Minister Kim Howells ruled that takeover proposals for PSN by three newspaper publishers, Johnston Press,
BARRATT'S housebuilding operation in Hampshire and Dorset is going from strength to strength - so much so that the company has outgrown its original offices at Chandler's Ford and is completing a move to a new home in the town. "We are right on target
SOUTH COAST fruit and vegetable importer Fyffes is ready to go on a major shopping spree with up to £400 million to spend on expanding its empire. Chief executive David McCann said the group was looking at smaller European companies to add to its Dublin-based
AN ELDERLY war veteran left "imprisoned" in his home after vandals wrecked his only means of transport is to be given back his freedom. The Royal British Legion has stepped forward to repair 80-year-old Ron Cookson's electric wheelchair, which was left
POLICE investigating an horrific glassing of a teenage girl today released a video still of an Asian man. Detectives appealed for himt to come forward to help their inquiries into the brawl at The Standing Order pub in Southampton High Street. During
YOUNG and old have been bridging the generation gap at Chandler's Ford to create a first in the modern history books. The 6th Chandler's Ford Brownies have joined forces with elderly residents at Challoner House, a Westminster Health care home, to create
A BEAUTIFUL coastal walk at Titchfield has now been completed. Hampshire County council has now acquired 75 acres of water meadows, to be known as Posbrook Meadows, to complete the walk along the River Meon to the sea. The purchase means the council now
SOUTHAMPTON'S new £10 million swimming and diving complex opened to the public this morning after five years in the making. VIPS attended a laser and diving show spectacular for the official opening yesterday, but the ordinary swimmer could only start
D-DAY is approaching for bus drivers at Fareham company First Provincial. They have just one day to decide whether to risk losing their jobs over controversial new contracts. The company, owned by First Group, has told drivers they will get the sack if
THREE local anglers prodcued a fine performance in the Home International Boat Championships held out from Langstone to help the five-man England team win for the fifth consecutive year. Ray Barron, a 37-year-old financial consultant from the Waterside
PORTSMOUTH'S Mountbatten Centre has been a happy hunting ground for New Forest Park Judo Club. After collecting ten golds, two silvers and two bronze from the Hampshire Closed Championships in March, the club struck gold at the Hampshire Inter-Club Championships
FIVE lucky Daily Echo readers are in with a chance of getting hold of a free copy of the official Star Wars magazine. The first five people who buy a Star Wars product from The Forbidden Planet store, in Eats Street, Southampton, who produce a copy of
A FIREMAN arrived at his retirement party in style in the cab of "Boris" - a 1930s engine - with a crew in full ceremonial uniform. Leading Firefighter Malvyn Brown, 51, was picked up from his home at Longfield Road, Winnall, and taken to the North Walls
