STEVE GEORGE, the skipper of the Mudeford-based boat Black Jack, has enjoyed a casino-like roll recently. Huge conger and specimen black bream have been making the news during the past week with the best bream, which weighed 4lb 14oz after it had been
ALL eyes will be on Hordle Cliff and Hurst Castle this weekend where the Lymington club stage their Spring Open shore competition on Saturday evening with fishing from 7pm to midnight. With a £200 top prize on offer, the event looks set to attract a good
JUSTIN Rose produced arguably his best performance on the European Tour to date, finishing third in the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open behind Colin Montgomerie and world number one Tiger Woods. Rose had been three behind at the start and after driving into water
ROY ROBINSON describes Richard Bland as "a great golfer trying to get out." It's a well-informed comment from one of tournament golf's most experienced and discerning of caddies. Robinson used to carry the bag for former Ryder Cup ace Costantino Rocca
BOTLEY PARK are the new Windell Winter League champions - but Hamptworth ran them close in the six-team seniors golfing competition. Only four points separated the two sides after the clubs had played each other home and away. The league format sees teams
HAMPSHIRE SECONDS kicked off their One-Day Trophy campaign with an incredible 109-victory over Glamorgan on the nursery ground of the Rose Bowl yesterday. After 45 minutes' play it didn't look as though Hampshire would even make it to treble figures as
PORTSMOUTH insist they are on course to move to a new stadium despite reports they have failed in a bid for one potential site. The club hope to leave Fratton Park within two years and plan to make a statement on the issue next month. Chief executive
BASINGSTOKE launched its own Community Legal Service partnership on Friday to provide help for people with legal problems. Solicitors, legal advice providers and funders signed up to the partnership at Basingstoke civic offices. "The broad aim of the
THE SUN came out on cue for the Richard Aldworth balloon launch to mark the graduation of this year's high-flying fifth formers on Wednesday. The balloons, labelled with the pupils' names, were released at 2pm with the 15 and 16-year-olds cheering them
A SPATE of burglaries in Oakley, South Ham, Buckskin and Kempshott are being investigated by a special Basingstoke police unit. Last weekend six houses were reported burgled in Basingstoke - two in Oakley, in Oak Close and Hill Road, three in South Ham
A SPECTACULAR outdoor festival is set to be held in Basingstoke this summer. The 17-day Basingstoke Festival, which begins on July 26, will feature music, dance, theatre, fireworks and lots more besides. Organised by Basingstoke council and Festival Place
AFTER their double defeat during week one, Totton and Eling went to the other extreme with two handsome victories in the New Forest League. Their Division 3 side - promoted last season - overcame Brockenhurst 7-1 (67-56) while their Division 5 outfit
Head Chef at The Grapevine Bistro, David Bennett created the dish for the Hampshire Food Festival - Hampshire Pasta with Watercress and Basil Pesto, with flour sourced from Botley Mills in Botley and watercress from The Test Valley. David launched this
ONYX is setting the standard for composting after its composting site at Fareham was officially declared one of the best in the entire country. The Pro-Grow production facility is one of only six sites to be recognised by the Waste and Resources Action
THREE Hampshire men were being quizzed today following a national police crackdown on Internet paedophiles. The three were among more than 30 people arrested as part of Operation Ore, which targeted computer users accessing pay-per-view websites based
IT was a simple gold band that meant so much. Evelyn Whitlock's wedding ring had been a treasured reminder of her wartime wedding in 1940. The 82-year-old widow was devastated when the cherished piece of jewellery was stolen in a burglary at her Southampton
AGUSTIN DELGADO has played down injury fears on the eve of the World Cup, insisting a training knock picked up in Japan on Sunday evening was "nothing serious". The Southampton striker picked up the injury to his ankle at the Ecuador training camp in
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SILVER eels and pouting completely dominated during the first heat of the Wessex Division of the National Federation of Sea Anglers Champion of Champions shore competition held at Eastney, where 12 anglers qualified for the semi-finals. John Brown, representing
JON BARNES chalked up his second win in three years in the Barton-on-Sea Pro-Am, the tournament which marks the start of the Hampshire PGA season. The former Barton amateur, above, who is now an assistant professional at Sandford Springs, shot a four-under-par
MARTIN Le Mesurier is eyeing number one spot in the Matchroom Sport PGA EuroPro Tour order of merit after a fine start to the new season. The golfer from the Brokenhurst Manor Club, who just missed out on a slot in the European Tour's Final Tour School
JAMES KNIGHT made a triumphant return to the amateur ranks, winning both his foursomes and singles matches to help Hampshire beat Dorset 8-3 in the first of their South East Counties League matches at Yeovil. The Sandford Springs golfer turned professional
VICTORIA School has booked itself a date at the home of cricket when they will compete in the national finals of a table cricket tournament at Lord's. However, it was at the Rose Bowl where Victoria saw off the challenge of The Lord Treloar School 2-1
HOOK village fete zipped along after being opened by Richard Noble, the Greywell man behind the last successful attempt on the World land-speed record. A funfair and a host of stalls run by local groups combined well with entertainment, which included
A DISABLED Tadley councillor has said he is appalled that a local museum was not able to provide him with a scooter - even though it has three sitting idle in its stores. Cllr David Leeks, who has suffered mobility problems since contracting polio as
Today's Principal Arrivings: Autosky, ro/ro, 1200, 201 link; Texas, ro/ro, 1200, 43; Bosporus, general, 1400, 107; P&O Nedlloyd Rotterdam, container, 1630, 207; Bonn Express, container, 2200, 204/5. Today's Principal Sailings: Celtic King, container
NINE companies from across the county have been named as finalists in the Daily Echo's Hampshire Business Awards 2002. Finalists in each of the three award categories - the KPMG Company of the Year, the Bond Pearce Business Innovation Award and the Hampshire
SARISBURY Theatre Company is appealing for amateur groups to get their act together - one act, that is. The group has just announced the second Sarisbury Green Drama Festival. The one-act drama festival, which was launched last year to great success,
A HAMPSHIRE schoolboy has been hailed a hero after saving the life of a man who had plunged from Southampton's Itchen Bridge. Keen rower Richard Newman, 13, is being recommended for a police bravery award following a dramatic river rescue. Currently out
POLICE were today due to carry out a major search of the River Hamble in the hunt for missing teenager Daniel Nolan. A diving team from Sussex police, the Hampshire marine unit and plane, Hampshire police dogs and a specialist dog from Lancashire were
RELATIVES, family friends, classmates and teachers paid their last respects at the funeral of brave Hampshire youngster Jamie Stubbs yesterday. The nine-year-old, of Studland Road, Millbrook, who would have been ten yesterday, died on Saturday, May 11
UP to £12m of NHS cash is lost each year by patients who do not bother to turn up for GP appointments, the Daily Echo can reveal today. Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, an average of 600,000 people fail to keep appointments with their local doctors
SHE'S hooked on the monarchy. Gosport pensioner Pat Brown thinks nothing of camping out on the streets of London in the hope of catching a glimpse of her favourite royals. So it's no surprise that she's been planning how to celebrate the Queen's Golden
A NINE-year-old girl was so touched by the story of brain-damaged Southampton father-of-three Wayne Howard she sold her own toys to help him. Caring Heather Ghanouni, of Alfred Street, Southampton, organised a table-top sale at St Mary's Church where
LIKE barbecues, bees and day trips to the beach, music festivals have become an essential part of summer. And one of the coolest festivals around just has to be Homelands. Homelands takes place on June 1 at the Matterley Bowl, near Winchester, and features
SOUTHAMPTON Docks is on course for a record-breaking total of cruise ships calls next year as more and more vessels head for the port. The latest set of announcements by shipping lines strengthens even further the city's tight grip on the UK cruising
KLEBER CHALA has been scouring the shops for books and tapes to teach him how to speak Scottish and so fit in with his new club! The Ecuador international admitted that he has found life tough, but joked: "The bad points were having to learn English very
