Fourteen-year-old Sam Deathe from Southampton really had the tongues wagging after a sortie to the West Sands section at Selsey with his former England international dad Steve. With smoothhound the target the youngster latched into a huge specimen which
THE players' balcony, which for more than 100 years was a feature of Hampshire's old Northlands Road ground in Southampton, has been preserved and re-erected at Hinton Admiral Cricket Club on the borders of the New Forest. The balcony was removed from
LOCAL tennis player Paul Hand will be renewing his acquaintance with the hallowed courts of Wimbledon this year - in the men's over-35 doubles. Wins for two successive years in the British National doubles has prompted Wimbledon to give Hand, who was
SPORTS CENTRE and Eastleigh Rail maintained the pace at the head of the Southampton and District BA Championship 1 with 7-1 victories. Sports Centre ended promoted Pirelli's run of encouraging results by returning from the Cablemen with a 85-63 success
MANUFACTURING giant British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced it will cut almost 50 jobs as demand continues to fall at the Southampton factory. All of the job cuts will be made from the factory floor, where the firm employs some 600 production staff
SHE'S THE monster warship on which one man spends all his time filling up the soft drinks vending machines. USS Enterprise - the longest aircraft carrier in the world - dropped anchor off Spithead yesterday morning to begin a four-day visit. Her 5,200
THIS is the first special edition of the Southern Daily Echo that is for readers on the Isle of Wight. For some time residents on the Island have been asking for increased coverage of their own events in the Echo - the south coast's top regional daily
LUDGERSHALL Parish Council heard how sleep deprivation caused by noisy, low-flying tankers from Boscombe Down could have a negative impact on health in the area. Dr Tony Grieg, who is a member of the council, told his colleagues that research conducted
A most flamboyant rock group of three decades is honoured in a tribute show at the Anvil, Basingstoke, on Friday. Magic will be celebrating the music rather than the image of the famous quartet, including in the show all the best-known Queen hits like
CHILDREN'S author Ernest Henry visited Andover Library recently to meet with children in the 'Stories from the Web' club. Mr Henry spent the afternoon reading some of his limericks to the youngsters and discussed some of the activities they had been involved
Saints look set to stretch their managerial hunt into next week despite the speculation linking them with Harry Redknapp. The former Cherries and West Ham boss has had informal talks with chairman Rupert Lowe as confirmed in Monday's Echo. That has seen
Hansford's Dave Parvin followed up his success in last week's match on the lower lake at Broadlands with victory this week in a Polemania qualifier on the match lake. Fishing on peg 15, Parvin caught carp and bream to 4-0 on the pole and pellet. He fished
Hampshire were very thankful to three of their more experienced players as they reached 310-7 by the end of the first day's play against Middlesex at Southgate. Former England Test star Robin Smith, now 37, Zimbabwean Neil Johnson and wicketkeeper Adrian
KATIE Smith from Alton and Lizzie Murray from Stockbridge won the qualifiers of the Prevac PRO Potential International Dressage Horse at Wellington Riding, Heckfield, Hook. Smith and her four-year-old horse, Keystone Weltkaizer, and Murray and her five-year-old
LONGPARISH continued this season's good form in Hants West One with a hard fought five-wickets win against a Southampton Travellers last Saturday (reports Ken Ball). Indian all-rounder Anand Doshi was again the difference between the two sides after notching
FINE but windy weather was the order of the day for Andover Golf Club's Saturday June Medal and as a result the standard scratch score for the event was once again level par 70. However, the conditions did not seem to bother Mike Power in the as he won
MISSING Southampton schoolgirl Rachel New is on the run with the 43-year-old father of her best friend, it has been revealed. Now her distraught parents have pleaded with her come home after receiving a letter from father of seven Andy Long saying he
CHILDREN'S author Ernest Henry visited Andover Library recently to meet with children in the 'Stories from the Web' club. Mr Henry spent the afternoon reading some of his limericks to the youngsters and discussed some of the activities they had been involved
Ventnor have lost their 100 per cent points record - but they are still clear at the top of Hampshire League, County Division 1 ! The Islanders swept to a fifth straight win, whipping Penton by nine wickets, but the fact they lost a wicket meant that,
Today's Principal Arrivings: Autoline, ro-ro, due, 105; Jumbo Spirit, general cargo, 0300, Cowes; Repubblica di Amalfi, ro-ro, 0430, 7 dry dock; Oriana, cruise ship, 0530, 106; Boheme, ro-ro, 0630, 34/5; Newton, cable ship, 0700, Marchwood; Cervantes,
A GROUP of local small-business owners have been given an insight into solving the age-old problem of how to find more time to work on their businesses rather than in them. The members of Business To Business Eastleigh, an inter-trading and networking
COSMIC West End musical Return to the Forbidden Planet will be touching down at the Mayflower this autumn. The camp extravaganza, which mixes Fifties sci-fi, classic rock'n'roll and misquotes from Shakespeare, is packed with stellar tunes, including Good
SHAMED Hampshire County Council leader Freddie Emery-Wallis today faces jail after being found guilty of child sex charges. The former leader of Hampshire county council will learn his fate tomorrow when he is sentenced after being found guilty on five
POLICE are today stepping up the hunt for an acid attacker who caused horrific burns to a Southampton barber. Andy Sinclair, 51, was rushed to hospital on Tuesday afternoon following the incident at his shop in Victoria Road, Woolston. He was treated
THE Rotary Club of Andover has presented a £3,000 cheque to Kids Church to help support its work of caring for the most needy children in the Alamein and St Mary's wards. The club, which has chosen the theme of supporting disadvantaged children in the
It's make-your-mind-up time for Hassan Kachloul who now looks certain to quit Saints. Although the club increased the final offer set by former manager Glenn Hoddle, the Moroccan is likely to exercise his freedom on contract. He has already had informal
