In Port Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Maveric, refrigerat, 0700, 104; Tancred, vehicle carrier, 0730, 34/35; Stuttgart Express, container, 0800, 206; Autopremier, vehicle carrier, 1530, 202; Pride of Le Havre, ferry, 1600, No 7 dry dock; Asian
Travel Pound Australia 2.46 dollars Austria 22.18 schillings Belgium 65.03 francs Canada 2.27 dollars Cyprus 0.92 pounds Denmark 12.09 kroner France 10.50 francs Germany 3.15 marks Greece 536.37 drachma Holland 3.55 guilders Ireland 1.27 punts Italy 3,121
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 years ago A salvage operation was under way following the crash-landing of a flying boat in Southampton Water. None of the 11 people on the City
A CADILLAC Eldorado convertible is top prize at a '70s fun night to raise cash for a Hampshire maternity ward. Staff at The Cocked Hat in Gosport are raffling the 1973 classic US car to raise money for the Blake maternity ward at the Gosport War Memorial
Read Pat's remarkable story on pages 28-29 of tonignt's Daily Echo. SHE is the angel grandmother of the slums! Hampshire's Patricia Barnes is risking her life to bring hope to children in the Philippines. She has left the safe haven of Totton to live
Wimbledon may be some way off but it was still in the thoughts of Hampshire's Nick Weal as he hit winning form in Southampton. And coach Vince Gregory was impressed enough as Weal won the latest Girobank Tour event at the Hampshire Tennis & Health
IT'S celebration time at Palmerston after the Fareham club qualified for the national stages of the English Women's Indoor BA championships. Their rink of Jill Cook (lead), Barbara Hall (two), Lynn Grinaway and skip Joyce Bradlaugh won a tense zone final
MILLENNIUM mums in the South are set to receive a free book from the NSPCC. The aim is that Baby's First Year - being distributed this week - is to be given to parents of all babies born in the new millennium. The initiative, which reaches out to families
A FRIEND of mine recounts a wonderful tale of her grandmother going to a cinema and a lady in the row in front of her, resplendent in hat with feathers, refusing to move her headwear. The problem of obscured vision was quickly solved by Gran whisking
BANK branch closures have benefited the South Coast-based Portman Building Society which is pouring several million pounds into enhancing its high street presence. Portman has bucked the trend of banks and converters to close branches and last year the
FRAUDSTERS who try to trick Southampton shop staff with fake credit cards had better watch out. Police are cracking down on the problem before the city's £270 million West Quay shopping complex opens in the autumn. Officers are urging city centre traders
WALKING on the roof of the world is a dream that will finally come true for Patric Parker when he sets out on a punishing trek through the Himalayas. But gaining a place on the sponsored week-long hike in the foothills of Mount Everest represents a remarkable
WINCHESTER is set to be a friendlier place for cyclists partly thanks to the efforts of bike enthusiasts. The city council is developing a plan which could see dozens of improvements for cyclists across the city. The volunteers have cycled miles across
AN ATTEMPT to find a way out of Whiteley's continuing traffic problems was due to begin today with transport chiefs putting the area under the microscope. One of four options due to be considered by Winchester City Council Planning Committee (development
ANTI-GRAFFITI campaigners in a Hampshire town plagued by vandals are celebrating a clean sweep after taking on the spray-can hooligans targeting their main shopping centre. Hedge End councillor Sheila Coslett-Derby and her helpers have been on alert for
MOTORISTS in Southampton are facing a huge hike in car parking charges across the city. In some car parks charges will rise by as much as 100 per cent from April. And for the first time the principle of charging on a Sunday is to be agreed - as civic
A NEW Forest council could soon be on its way to a new home, with members set to make their minds up on the possibility of moving their offices. New Milton Town Council and New Forest District Council have been involved in discussions with the Swaythling
BOURNEMOUTH defender Eddie Howe returned to full action yesterday and announced himself ready for first-team action. And that is almost certain to start a tug-of-war with Pompey boss Tony Pulis at one end of the rope. Howe played the full 90 minutes for
Mark Hughes is as keen as any of the Saints fans to know Glenn Hoddle's first line-up for Saturday's home game against West Ham. There is a huge buzz of anticipation throughout the city for a match which the club could have sold out twice over. Supporters
Another new day ticket fishery to appear on the scene is Jonathan Birch's Long House Fishery at Teffont near Wilton, Salisbury. Birch took the site over in October and has spent the last four months stocking and sorting the lakes out to turn it into a
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 years ago A salvage operation was under way following the crash-landing of a flying boat in Southampton Water. None of the 11 people on the City
YOU'VE got to speculate to accumulate. And tiny tycoons at a Stubbington school have done just that - speculating on "fantasy" shares to accumulate first prize in a local competition. Business students at Crofton Secondary School, Marks Road, won £200
CHARITY begins at home - and now voluntary organisations throughout a Hampshire borough are set to benefit from cash awards from a money- spinning charity shop. Eastleigh Community Services - an independent voluntary organisation set up to improve the
IT is one of the most magnificent medieval sights in Hampshire - yet it has been hidden from public view for three years. Restorers at Winchester Cathedral have painstakingly cleaned the intricate ribs, fields and bosses of the 535ft long nave - the second
FORD Motor Company, which employs 1,854 people at the Ford Transit factory at Sway-thling, Southampton, is set to launch a cost-cutting plan in Europe. A further announcement, expected later today, will involve plant closures and overhaul of supplier
