Will Kendall, Hampshire captain Shane Warne's deputy this summer, is spreading the cricket gospel in West Africa with Lawrie Prittipaul and Giles White. Hampshire vice captain Kendall, pictured left, is captaining a 15-man MCC party in Sierra Leone and
Hythe paid the price for travelling to Portsmouth Fury with a heavily depleted squad in the Solent Intermediate Basketball Cup first round. Fury quickly built up a 13-0 lead and then Hythe's Rob De'Ath had the dubious distinction of scoring consecutively
Generating electricity is not a business you immediately associate with Eastleigh. But one of the fastest-growing new units at the council-operated business centre is about to produce huge amounts of renewable energy by harnessing the wind. Wessex Windpower
HAMPSHIRE businesswoman Avril Owton has joined the national board of the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs. Avril, who is the owner of The Cloud Hotel, Brockenhurst, is now one of 12 board members of the not-for-profit professional organisation
HAMPSHIRE police have turned their back on the opportunity to provide two "key worker" homes for police personnel at Netley's former village police station in New Road. Now a senior Eastleigh councillor has slammed the constabulary for turning down a
FLOOD warnings are back on rivers across Hampshire after another 48 hours of heavy rain. Environment Agency experts have reissued flood warnings on the River Blackwater at Cadnam, the Lower Itchen from Twyford to Woodmill, the Upper Test, and the Eastern
HERE at the Daily Echo we pride ourselves on giving you the best coverage of Southampton FC that is possible. Just take a look at the special 12-page souvenir pull-out suppliment in tonight's Daily Echo. Thanks to the club's great form since early October
Bit by bit, section by section, Southampton's new ocean monarch, Cunard's massive 150,000-ton Queen Mary 2, the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen, is gradually taking shape ready for her arrival in the city next December. The highly complex
Southampton-based marine outfitters, Trimline had a hectic end to 2002 and a busy start to this year undertaking wide-ranging work on cruise ships and cross-Channel ferries. Company craftsmen played a pivotal role in the 18-day refit at Lloydwerft in
David Holman made a dramatic debut in Hampshire golf when he and amateur partner Kevin Taylor won the first Alliance meeting of the year at Hockley. The new trainee professional at Dummer teamed up with Petersfield clubman Taylor to win the Zambra Trophy
Eastleigh have completed the signing of former Saint Phil Warner but have a striker crisis ahead of tonight's Hampshire Senior Cup tie at favourites Aldershot. Centre back Warner, 23, has signed a three-year contract but is unavailable for tonight's quarter-final
Six-year-old Joe Chamberlain showed how it should be done in the annual flounder open held around the Lymington & Pennington sea wall, landing a cracking specimen that tipped the scales down to 2lb 14.75oz. The event turned out to be a classic for
A familiar sight on Southampton Water for years, the US Army tugs have now been sold off to a local company and put up for sale again. Crane Engineering, based at South Hampshire Industrial Park, Calmore, international dealers in marine equipment, finally
OPERATIONS were cancelled and some ten child patients were moved to different wards after water seepage caused part of Southampton General Hospital to be evacuated. Ward G4 of the child health surgical unit, on G-level of the hospital, had to be closed
VISITORS to Marwell Zoo near Winchester are being enchanted by the latest baby additions to the collections of endangered animals. Seven months after arriving at the zoo, a group of Dorcas gazelles has produced a number of offspring. Three calves have
ANDOVER expect a 300-plus crowd at the Portway Stadium for their Hampshire Senior Cup quarter-final with Basingstoke tonight - and a fair percentage could be Nationwide League scouts with their eyes on Stoke's hot strike property Craig McAllister. Stoke
JOHN Robson is back in football in a temporary post with Salisbury City. The Dr Martens Eastern Division leaders have got him on board for three weeks to replace holidaying assistant manager/ coach Tommy Killick. Robson has plenty of irons in the fire
Amid the fast-rising floodwaters and frost and ice of the past three months, there lies a regular footballing oasis out on the Waterside. No matter how much it buckets down, no matter how much the wind blows and no matter how deep the penetrating frost
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0130, 201 link; Autoracer, ro/ro, 0700, 203; Ilona G, general, AM, 106/7; Janina, general, 1200, 102/3; Tai Shan, vehicle carrier, 1230, 34/35; St Barbara, ro/ro, 1330, 105. Today's Principal Sailings:
A NEW clunk-click campaign is to be launched in the New Forest next month as road safety experts try to tackle rising child-accident statistics in the district. The seat belt drive has been spurred by figures just released, showing that for under-16s,
Developers and investors have used a government-sponsored workshop to call on ministers to move regeneration up the political agenda. Gordon Hood, head of regeneration at King Sturge, said: "The private sector was generally upbeat about the way England's
Homebuyers will have a second chance to buy homes at Surrey Point in Winchester Road Southampton when the next phase of the development is launched this month. The Orchard Homes development, featuring luxury apartments with the latest high-quality fittings
Romsey-based technical PR consultancy Black & White continues to expand with a move to new, larger offices. Still based in Romsey, the agency which offers PR and marketing support services to IT and engineering companies in the UK, Europe and the
Bit by bit, section by section, Southampton's new ocean monarch, Cunard's massive 150,000-ton Queen Mary 2, the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen, is gradually taking shape ready for her arrival in the city next December. The highly complex
Hampshire law firm Blake Lapthorn has played an instrumental part in the £30m acquisition by Chelton (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cobham) of the land platforms communications business Blackburn from BAE Systems. The LPC business, based in Blackburn,
CLUBBERS could be given lollipops as they leave Southampton nightspots in a new bid to tackle street violence. The quirky idea is designed to cut late-night attacks as thousands of people pour out of pubs and clubs in the early hours. Licensees could
EMERGENCY crews have a new weapon to help protect people during today's planned 24-hour fire strike. Firefighters across the county were set to walk out at 9am in the latest drive for better pay. In Southampton, cover has been boosted with the arrival
RESIDENTS on a Southampton estate say lives are being put at risk because their battle for road safety measures has been ignored. The Northam Estate residents say motorists are constantly flouting turning restrictions at a busy crossroads. They are calling
THE MYSTERIES of ancient Egypt are to be revealed at Southampton's Archaeology Museum this month when a free exhibition of artefacts collected by Hampshire's "Indiana Joneses" over the past two centuries are put on display. "Out of Egypt" features animal
MEMBERS of a kids' soccer league have promised a disabled Hedge End boy that they will make his dream of swimming with dolphins come true. It is the final goal for Joshua Howard to tick off on a wish list that has seen him meet Father Christmas in Lapland
SOUTHAMPTON MP and Police Minister John Denham has called on people in Southampton to help detectives in their fight against young thugs. Mr Denham's plea follows a spate of attacks on buses in Millbrook last year as well as trouble from youngsters in
A DEVOTED dog who protects his ageing canine companion has earned himself the top award in a national competition. Ryley, a five-year-old golden retriever owned by Carol Cheyne of West Totton, has gained the title of Wafcol Hero Dog for the way he looks
CHILDREN across Southampton are celebrating this week after getting a £222,000 cash boost to upgrade play areas across the city. Pupils from Bitterne Manor Primary School joined in the celebrations after hearing news of the massive cash injection which
THE B&Q Eastleigh 10K Road Race is growing in national popularity. Entries have winged in from as far afield as Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex among the first 400 forms submitted for this year's event on Sunday, March 23. Now in its 20th year
SEVERAL New Forest Juniors swapped their blue and white vests for the green and white of the New Forest Schools' team at the annual Hampshire Schools' Cross-Country Championships on the Isle of Wight. Noadswood pupil Hayley Pointer achieved their best
FANS' hero Francis Benali could make a popular return to first-team action in the FA Cup on Saturday. Saints' regular left-back Wayne Bridge is still limping after suffering a calf strain during Saturday's 1-0 defeat by Liverpool and is waiting on the
A familiar sight on Southampton Water for years, the US Army tugs have now been sold off to a local company and put up for sale again. Crane Engineering, based at South Hampshire Industrial Park, Calmore, international dealers in marine equipment, finally
AN old friend of Southampton might just be coming back home again if an ambitious project now being launched in the city is eventually successful. More than a quarter of a century ago the port said a sad farewell to the lavender liner, Windsor Castle,
