Bournemouth came within touching distance of winning the Southern Electric Contracting Cup at the Hampshire Rose Bowl last night - only to blow their chances in a bizarre finale. When Adam Voges and Richard Scott took Bournemouth to 75-0 at the start
THOUGHTS will turn to the tragic loss of bright young footballer Nick Read when BAT host Bashley in a friendly double-header at Southern Gardens tomorrow evening. The former Bash youth skipper and son of the Tobaccomen's assistant boss, Mick, was killed
Today's Principal Arrivals: Mark C, cargo, 0200, 36S; Texas, ro/ro, 0530, 43; Hual Trooper, ro/ro, 2230, 40; Cap Finisterre, carrier, 2300, 205. Today's Principal Sailings: APL Coral, container carrier, 0030, 206; OOCL Fidelity, container carrier, AM,
MORE than 500 workers at a rail depot are anxiously watching developments involving their debt-laden employer. French heavy engineering group Alstom, which owns the rolling stock maintenance works in Campbell Road, Eastleigh, is on the financial edge.
TOP performing companies across the south are being urged to apply now for the 2004 Queen's Awards for Enterprise - and small entrepreneurs have as much chance as the region's industrial giants to win the UK's highest accolade for outstanding business
THAT awkward area in the middle of your back will remain out of reach of the soap no longer thanks to the design talent of a Southampton Institute lecturer. Faculty of technology tutor Gordon Brand has completed product design work on the BodyBaster,
NIGHT-RIDER Rob Collard is in confident mood going into rounds 13 and 14 of the British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton on Saturday. The Hampshire driver leads the Independants Cup section in his Vauxhall Astra Coupe and revels in night racing.
Basingstoke motor racer Sam Hancock was well satisfied with his Formula 3000 debut at Hockenheim last Saturday. Despite just about an hour behind the wheel of the Supernova Jordan Junior Team car, Hancock managed to finish in the top dozen. He qualified
Shane Kelly parked up his Formula Renault racing car at Eastleigh's Swan Centre recently in another bid to launch his motor racing career. The Eastleigh youngster came out of the Silverstone Racing School with flying colours and marked is F3000 racing
Eastleigh's scheduled friendly against Team Bath is off on Friday night because the West County club have too many injuries. Paul Doswell's men - home to Netley Central in the Eastleigh Borough Cup tonight (7.30) - will instead travel to Lymington &
FORMER Eastbourne Rover James Dear upset the form book in West Sussex. Now racing for In Gear RT, Dear stopped Steve Walkling (VC St Raphael Waite Contracts) repeating last year's win in the Charlie Janman Memorial 50 by the narrowest of margins. Mark
THERE were some superb examples of coastal rowing during the Bournemouth Regatta due to changing sea conditions. Novice sculling finalists Gregg Whitehouse (Southampton) and James Foad (Itchen Imperial) were both pushed out of their boats due to the waves
A WINCHESTER school is one of the first in Hampshire to catch on to an exciting new educational game. Compton's All Saints' Church of England Primary School is taking part in 'Geocaching', which uses hand-held global positioning system satellite receivers
ON Southampton's Mountbatten Way flyover the orange cones inspire seething resentment and irritation in drivers queuing through roadworks which have been in place for an amazing 31 months. But in the weird world of the Internet, cones have achieved something
A HAMPSHIRE couple are celebrating after learning they have a chance to stay together. Jackie and Bulent Yalcin feared they would be forced thousands of miles apart by government officials who wanted the Turkish 26-year-old, known as Billy, kicked out
MASCOT Tickles the Tiger joined city VIPs to re-open Southampton's Bitterne Leisure Centre after a £100,000 refurbishment. The Dean Road centre now has some of the most up-to-date keep-fit equipment in the city and residents are being invited to try it
There were fireworks at Winchester City last night where Neil Hards's Sydenhams Wessex new boys outgunned Southern League Newport IoW 2-1 in a friendly. City finished the first half reduced to ten men after big striker Ian Mancey had been ordered to leave
FOR Jo Stevens, the entertainment is the most important part of Cowes Week. The unsigned singer-songwriter is taking part in a showcase of hot new British talent being presented by London's Kashmir Klub at Cowes Yacht Haven tomorrow night. With a reputation
IT WAS the warmth of the masthead light that saved him from certain death, apparently. James Grinter, pictured above far left, had clambered up the masthead of the stricken passenger steam ship Hilda as she tore apart on rocks in a winter storm. Just
A BID to build a community facility to accommodate some of Fareham's volunteer groups has been thrown out by the borough council as unworkable. Councillor Roger Price appealed to Fareham's Executive Committee to investigate the possibility of housing
POLICE are trying to find out why someone abandoned their fishing tackle on the Isle of Wight in a bid to rule out fears the owner may have fallen into the sea. The tackle, consisting of weights and hooks, was left on the Red Funnel pontoon at West Cowes
THE NEW man at the helm of Cowes Yacht Haven has been working flat out to ensure things run smoothly during Skandia Cowes Week. Steve Cole has been manager at the marina - the nerve centre for both yachting and social aspects of the week - for the past
Team Solent's Kieren Kelly took sixth place in the shot put at the European Youth Olympics in Paris. The English Schools' champion from Lower Bemerton, Salisbury, weighed in with a terrific effort of 17.30 metres - a personal best with the five-kilogram
Basingstoke & Mid Hants 400 metres man Robert Tobin got back to winning ways in the Norwich Union Under-23 International at Ashford. Against the pick of the young French crop, the 19-year-old Southampton University student, pictured above, came home
Hampshire's European under-23 5,000 metres champion Chris Thompson has turned down selection for the Great Britain team for the 22nd World University Games in Korea later this month. The Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete will be replaced in the
HUNDREDS of workers at one of Eastleigh's major employers are on tenterhooks as their company fights for survival. French engineering giant Alstom, which owns the town's highly-regarded railways works, is struggling with billions of pounds of debt. The
Saints boss Gordon Strachan says the signing of Neil McCann is vital in the rebuilding of the left-hand side following the departure of Wayne Bridge. Strachan had been chasing Glasgow Rangers winger McCann for four years, firstly during his time at Coventry
SALISBURY City will know later today if they have won the battle to sign coveted marksman Matt Tubbs. The former Cherries youth team striker featured for Whites in Monday's 2-1 friendly defeat by Bristol City, but Salisbury face fierce competition for
Dimitri Mascarenhas starred with bat and ball as the Hampshire Hawks maintained their promotion charge - despite a Hove floodlight failure. Mascarenhas, the National League's leading wicket taker, smashed 20 from 11 balls at number six before ripping
There were fireworks at Winchester City last night where Neil Hards's Sydenhams Wessex new boys outgunned Southern League Newport IoW 2-1 in a friendly. City finished the first half reduced to ten men after big striker Ian Mancey had been ordered to leave
John Crawley paid tribute to Dimitri Mascarenhas after the Hampshire Hawks seamer bowled his side to a second National League win in two days. Mascarenhas's 4-24 against the Sussex Sharks took his National League wickets tally to a personal best 26 for
HAVANT & Waterlooville have done an amazing about-turn by releasing summer capture Norman Sylla and signing former AFC Bournemouth frontman Chukki Eribenne instead. The Hawks, who entertain a Southampton XI in a pre-season friendly tomorrow night
TROUBLEMAKERS in the Botley area caused havoc - when they painted the town white. The hooligans trailed paint from tins of emulsion stolen from a skip in Winchester Street around various roads. A parked vehicle in Holmesland Walk was also daubed with
THOUGHTS will turn to the tragic loss of bright young footballer Nick Read when BAT host Bashley in a friendly double-header at Southern Gardens tomorrow evening. The former Bash youth skipper and son of the Tobaccomen's assistant boss, Mick, was killed
ANXIOUS residents are waiting with bated breath for the decision over a controversial mobile phone mast in Winchester. The government's Planning Inspectorate is next week due to announce its decision over Orange's plans for a mast in Byron Avenue. However
ONE of Hampshire's top tourist attractions is on full alert amid fears that a devastating plant disease has taken root in Britain. Staff at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest are keeping a daily look-out for signs of phytophthora ramorum, which has reached
A TEENAGER died in a Hampshire lake when he got into difficulties while swimming with friends. Christopher Jones, 17, started to struggle as he made his way back to the bank as he and a friend tried to cool off in yesterday's sizzling temperatures. The
A HAMPSHIRE teenager drowned in a pond when he got into difficulties while swimming with friends. The 17-year-old started to struggle as he made his way back to the bank as the youngsters tried to cool off in yesterday's sizzling temperatures. The boy
TEMPERATURES will soar to 34C (93F) in Hampshire today as people brace themselves for what could be one of the hottest days in history. The scorching temperatures have prompted hospitals bosses across the region to renew their warning to people not to
ONE of Southampton's most exclusive leisure clubs has been ordered to get in shape after breaching planning regulations. Bosses at David Lloyd Leisure Centre have been served with an enforcement notice to remove mud banks and floodlights after putting
HOORAY, hooray - the Cheeky Girls are coming to Southampton. The 20-year-old Transylvanian twins, who took the pop charts by storm after appearing on TV talent show Popstars: The Rivals, will be stopping off at Woolworths in Above Bar Street to chat with
THERE are just a few days left to cast your vote for the Daily Echo's Child of the Year competition 2003. Voting for your favourite tot couldn't be easier. The Echo can offer readers three different ways of registering their vote - by post, phone or text
IT IS the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle. Staring solemnly at the camera are the six survivors from the wreck of a steamship that had struck rocks in a snowstorm just a few miles from the safety of the French port of St Malo. SS Hilda had been on a
Hamble ASSC played three 30 minute periods against AFC Bournemouth's Under-19s to combat the uncomfortably high temperatures at Follands Park. The Cherries' youngsters triumphed 2-0, but Hamble boss Larry Clay - a former Bournemouth youth development
VANDALS and litter louts could face on-the-spot fines as part of tough new crackdown by Fareham Council on anti-social behaviour. Under the zero-tolerance proposals fly-tippers, inconsiderate dog owners and people who abandon cars in the town could also
TEAM Solent chairman Mike Smith is calling on track and field's top brass to hold a fixture congress before club athletics dies on its feet. As the south coast club took another ominous step towards relegation to Division 4 of the British Men's League
KELLY Sotherton's dream of joining Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis at the World Championships in Paris later this month has ended in tears. The 26-year-old Isle of Wight girl suffered three fouls in the long jump in the Bern Open Championships
VANDALS smashed the windows of a school minibus just weeks after the launch of a new scheme to clamp down on antisocial behaviour. The yobs broke three windows and the windscreen of the Crestwood Community School bus in the Eastleigh North area, which
