Golfers in the Salisbury area could be in with a chance of playing on one of the world's top courses when the UK's largest amateur golf tournament - the Bass Ale Golfing Pub of the Year - tees off at Salisbury and South Wiltshire Golf club in Netherhampton
Lee-on-the-Solent club professional Rob Edwards won the Hampshire PGA's Myrtle Beach Pro-Am last weekend with a ten-under-par 72-hole score of 278. Edwards, who put himself well on the way to victory by firing 69s in the first and second rounds, finished
Despite Pompey's apparently unstoppable drive to the Premiership, skipper Paul Merson was still taking nothing for granted ahead of tonight's visit to Wimbledon. The former England star pointed to the 'Wolves experience' last season as a cautionary tale
A HAMPSHIRE woman is preparing to set sail on her high seas adventure of a lifetime. Margaret Gordon, 49, of Long Lane, Bursledon, has sailed the Solent since her school days and is thrilled to be heading much further afield on a transatlantic passage
A VAST ARRAY of silverware was handed out during Shirley Sea Fishing Club's annual presentation evening - but the biggest cheer came when Tony Johnson collected a giant wooden spoon. Johnson, popular landlord of the Ice House at Shirley Warren, won as
A CUTTING edge business which ran aground capital raising has been saved thanks to help from a creative receiver and an injection of cash from an entrepreneur who recognised that the business was unique. Salisbury-based Paterson Consulting was established
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after she became trapped in a lift during a blaze at a Southampton factory this morning. Fire crews were called to Rank Hovis at Solent Mills in Western Docks at 5am after machinery caught alight on the first floor of the
SOUTHAMPTON detectives are hunting for two teenage thugs who robbed a youngster after shooting him with a paintball gun. Their terrified 13-year-old victim was forced to hand over £15 by the robbers after they shot him with the gun outside the Hypervalue
A SOUTHAMPTON study to improve the diagnosis of cancers has received £45,000 funding from the Leukaemia Research Fund. A team of researchers, from the city's university are working at Southampton General Hospital and focusing on a type of cancer called
THESE cheerleaders are backing their heroes to really give them something to shout about. The Saintettes - the team's very own pom-pom girls who help get the crowd warmed up before every home tie - have donned the Daily Echo's red wigs as the club bids
THE marriage of Southampton MP John Denham is officially over. The junior government minister, who has been apart from his wife Ruth Dixon for some time, was granted a decree nisi at the city's county court. His petition for divorce was number eleven
As an ME sufferer, Roselyn Journeaux was sick of being told there was nothing doctors could do to ease her pain. Now cured of her condition, she has set up her own clinic and uses her alternative remedies to treat stress, weight loss and numerous other
LOOKING something like an arctic wasteland, the car park behind Southampton's Mayflower Theatre was transformed when its latest show left town. For the past week audiences have been entranced by the Russian Ice Stars performing The Nutcracker and Sensational
A BRAVE and kind-hearted Fareham grandmother has won a national "neighbour from heaven" award. Despite facing a battle with cancer, nothing is too much trouble for June Smith, 71, a widow, of Cort Way. Every week she shops for her 73-year-old sister and
COLD hands and painful falls will be things of the past at a Durley riding school from now on. Quob Stables in Durley Brook Road has just opened its new £130,000 indoor riding arena - one of the largest in the south. Owner Beth Davies said: "It's much
FRESH hope has been given to Eastleigh's movie-starved film buffs with news that civic chiefs are to continue working to bring cinema and other commercial leisure facilities to the town. More than three years ago movie giant Warner was given the all-clear
IT'S only been officially open for a year - but nearly 1,000 young people aged 13 to 25 have passed through the doors of Eastleigh's Lincs Centre. That figure could rocket as the information and advice centre which forms part of the former Town Hall in
GORDON STRACHAN will be urging his players to stick to their game-plan in the FA Cup quarter final on Sunday - despite slight difficulties with their big-match preparations. Drainage problems with the training ground at Marchwood had prompted the squad
Work has now started on transforming 101 berth in Southampton's Western Docks into the UK's latest cruise passenger terminal. Even before construction has got fully into its stride the first vessel has been booked in to use the new dockside facility next
Men who want to lose weight no longer have to steel themselves to walk into a slimming class dominated by women. As the organiser of Hampshire's first men-only slimming club, Andrew Platt wants to encourage some of the county's 407,000 overweight men
Justin Rose is abandoning the European Tour - until May at least. The lure of the United States and being closer to coach David Leadbetter means that the Hampshire player won't be seen in these parts again until he competes in the Benson and Hedges International
Gary Stubbington celebrated his recent move to Hockley with a winning performance in the Hampshire Alliance's annual February meeting at Hayling Golf Club. The cold easterly wind made for arctic temperatures but on a course in superb condition, he and
Milan Mandaric is relishing the prospect of two south coast derbies with Saints next season. Serb billionaire Mandaric, pictured above, has revealed that he would be free to stand down as Pompey chairman when he fulfils his promise of delivering Premiership
WINCHESTER City boss Neil Hards has called for his predecessor John Robson to stop having a dig at the Hampshire League leaders. Just when the shockwaves of Robson's sacking at the City Ground were beginning to die down, the issue has been stirred up
Hampshire director of cricket Tim Tremlett has confirmed that the county has considered asking either of the Waugh twins to replace Shane Warne next season. Steve and Mark Waugh, 37, were immediately linked with Hampshire after Warne confirmed that he
Down Under with Iain Brunnschweiler - A Hampshire cricketer's winter in Australia. I thought we had finally done it. I thought we had beaten the Aussies in a one-day match for the first time this century - but it wasn't to be as the antipodeans snuck
Today's Principal Arrivals: Maersk Norfolk, container, 0400, 207; Donington, roro, 0600, 201 link; Autoracer, roro, 0630, 203; Kassel, roro, 0730, 43; Takasago, roro, 0730, 34/5; Platinum Ray, roro, 0930, 40; P&O Nedlloyd Maseille, container, 1100
PRINCE Philip and the Princess Royal are to be asked to help bring the prestigious America's Cup competition back to the Solent. Moves to bring the famous trophy back to Cowes - where the competition began in 1851 - stepped up a gear yesterday after a
A NEW FOREST man who has just scooped almost £100,000 on the Lotto has insisted he will not be giving up the day job. Martin Parkes, 28, bought his lucky ticket at the Londis shop in Brockenhurst where he works. He landed five balls and the bonus ball
FURIOUS councillors have warned that Ringwood faces "disaster" if planners decide to drop long-awaited proposals for a major new distributor road on the outskirts of the town. The town council is protesting against New Forest District Council's intention
A SERIES of walks is being staged at the Hampshire location which is at the centre of a legal tug-of-war. Totton's Testwood Lakes site, which supplies Southampton, is being turned into a huge nature reserve by Southern Water and the Hampshire and Isle
A GROUP of public-spirited youngsters have spent their half-term holiday clearing up a glass and rubble-strewn space near their Totton homes. The open space in the Wetherby Gardens area looks idyllic. It now has a neat and tidy asphalt surface and when
SOUTHAMPTON'S WestQuay has gained recognition at a prestigious shopping centre award ceremony. The Purple Apple awards, run by the British Council of Shopping Centres, recognise the efforts made by marketing managers to promote their centres through advertising
INCREASINGLY complex VAT rules and regulations may be hated by most companies but for the Hampshire-based VAT Consultancy it spells a greater need for its services. The Alresford-based firm was set up in 1991 by John Crawford after he was made redundant
LOCAL inventors are being given the chance to turn their ideas into reality with the launch of Innovention 2003. The competition and exhibition will showcase the region's budding entrepreneurs and the winners could be dipping into a prize pool in excess
British Gas is recruiting at the Southern Daily Echo Job Scene Roadshow taking place at The Guildhall, Southampton on May 22, because they consider the one-day recruitment and training event an 'excellent recruitment forum'. The major national employer
Noises Off, The Mayflower, Southampton THEATREGOERS are normally split straight down the middle where farce is concerned. There are those who just can't stand it and think anyone who likes it must be in need of urgent medical intervention; and there are
PRINCE Philip and the Princess Royal are to be asked to help bring the prestigious America's Cup competition back to the Solent. Moves to bring the famous trophy back to Cowes - where the competition began in 1851 - stepped up a gear yesterday after a
BUDDING Jamie Olivers from a Southampton school had a flipping good time at the city's top hotel to mark Shrove Tuesday. Of course pukka pancakes were the main dish of the day and the young diners watched a head chef from the Grand Harbour DeVere flambing
PRINCE Philip and the Princess Royal are to be asked to help bring the prestigious America's Cup competition back to the Solent. Moves to bring the famous trophy back to Cowes - where the competition began in 1851 - stepped up a gear yesterday after a
AN ADVERTISING worker off for months with stress after being e-mailed pornographic pictures by her boss has won her case for sexual discrimination and harassment. Sarah Sadler was sent more than 14 images over a two-day period by Cliff Palmer. She also
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save Fareham Community Centre from closure are hoping to win a last-ditch reprieve. Fareham council's leisure overview panel will quiz executive leader Councillor Sean Woodward about the future of the Queen's Road meeting place
HUNDREDS of elderly and disabled Hampshire people have been left housebound after vandals ran amok smashing a fleet of charity-run minibuses. The yobs went on a wrecking spree - smashing windscreens, windows and doors of eight vehicles belonging to the
Foreign crews needing to use medical and emergency services while in port will now be given an extra helping hand in Southampton. A special phrase book in English and 11 other languages has been produced to assist overseas seafarers in explaining personal
