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SOCCER-MAD children at a school in Fareham are getting a kick-start to a new football scheme. Heathfield Special School is being helped along to the tune of £3,500 from the Millennium Festival Awards Board. The cash comes from a range of charities, including
THIS is the cache of 100 deadly weapons seized by Southampton police in only 11 weeks. Among the shocking collection are carving knives, swords, axes, screwdrivers, knuckle-dusters, meat cleavers, hammers and lethal martial arts equipment. Most of the
TOTTON Dialysis Unit has received a £1,100 boost from a man whose son lost a seven-year battle against kidney disease. Melvyn Hall, of Langley, presented the unit with a cheque on behalf of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Masonic Freemasons. Mr Hall is a
ELDERLY residents and staff are celebrating a £600,000 investment package to make life more comfortable at two care homes in Winchester. The improvements to Cornerways, at Kings Worthy and Westholme, in Harestock, are to be carried out by Hampshire County
WINCHESTER civic chiefs are refusing to publicly discuss a crucial report on the future of Bushfield Camp. The city council last year hired consultants to produce a feasibility study into transforming the redundant army base into a sports centre and park
Glenn Hoddle has played and managed at the highest level but he admits he will feel a special tingle of excitement at The Dell tomorrow. The ground will be buzzing for the clash against West Ham, a fixture the club could have sold out twice over such
Struggling Salisbury, who have scraped just one from the last 18 available Dr Martens Premier points, are considering a job-swap for Tyronne Bowers and Martin Shepherd at high-riding Bath. "I may push Tyronne up front and move Martin into the middle of
PROFESSIONAL boxing for George Smith (pictured) promises to be a family affair. Light-heavyweight Smith is the latest to turn pro with Jack Bishop's stable but when he walks into the gym he sees familiar faces. Joe Brame, who also recently signed pro
SURPRISES were unearthed at an antiques roadshow with a difference in Southampton. Jemima Brown was stunned to discover a vase she used as a store for her paintbrushes was "worth a bob or two". Mrs Brown, 95, of Inkerman Road, Woolston, picked up the
SHIPPING giant P&O - one of the port of Southampton's major customers - is set for a huge shake-up with the announcement it is to establish a separate cruise operation. The city has long been the base for P&O Cruises' growing fleet of luxury ships
In Port Today's Southampton arrivals: Inka Dede, container, 0200, Con Term; Estoril, vehicle carrier, 0800, 201 link; Sir Percival, military, 0800, Marchwood; Asian Eempire, vehicle carrier, 0930, 43/44; Sea Centurion, ro-ro, 1000, Marchwood; Pelayo,
A NEW home is under construction near Fareham for a special pair of newlyweds. The new nest box is being installed at Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve in the hope that a pair of barn owls will take up residence. The move is a bid by reserve staff
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 YEARS AGO America's second biggest ship, the 30,000-ton Washington, with 600 passengers, was damaged in winds of 60 mph in Southampton Docks. The
THE South is at the heart of a health funding crisis that has left Britain with some of the worst cancer survival rates in the western world, research has revealed. A new study at Southampton University will show Britain spends less on health than most
MUM-of-four Jeanette Carter has taken to the streets as one of the first recruits of the Daily Echo's Lolly Alert campaign. The chronic shortage of crossing patrols across the county was putting children's lives at risk prompting the Daily Echo to step
A PUBLIC meeting has been called to discuss controversial plans for a new incinerator on the Waterside. The Environment Agency will outline a proposal by Onyx (Hampshire) Ltd to build a £30m energy-from-waste plant at Marchwood Industrial Park. Agency
DON'T TRY and tell Tony Pulis that Pompey may be facing Huddersfield at a good time. The Terriers may be without a trio that have provided 37 goals this season, but Pulis warns: "They have got good players and they're a good side. "They might have sold
The Louis Vuitton final to decide the America's Cup challenger to the Kiwis has proved compelling entertainment for spectators in the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland. Yesterday's racing was cancelled due to a lack of wind, leaving no change to the 3-3 scoreline
EASTLEIGH mayor Jane Welsh saluted seven talented youngsters from the borough when she presented grants on behalf of The Arts and Youth Trust for Eastleigh. The young singers, dancers, musicians and actors had gathered in the mayor's parlour to receive
THE LIFE on the ocean wave is set to take South-ampton by storm this summer when the annual carnival hits the streets. Organisers of the street extravaganza are predicting that this year's parade will be even bigger and better than last year. More than
IT HAS lain unappreciated and gathering dust in the basement of a Southampton museum for nearly a century. But now the discovery of a rare Egyptian statue, believed to depict the pharaoh Taharqa, could spark a major international dispute similar to the
IT could have coated a million crumpets, or moistened a skip-full of Madeira cakes. But the fate of more than 4,000 packs of Anchor best butter was to form a mould-breaking work of art. A wall of butter has been built at the Artsway gallery in the New
