SOUTHAMPTON City College catering students cooked up a storm in a challenge based on TV's Ready, Steady, Cook. Students visited a local butcher, cheese factory and organic vegetable farm to select the ingredients from which to produce a top dish. The
SOUTHAMPTON City College catering students cooked up a storm in a challenge based on TV's Ready, Steady, Cook. Students visited a local butcher, cheese factory and organic vegetable farm to select the ingredients from which to produce a top dish. The
Second-to-bottom Downton are looking anxiously over their shoulders at revitalised Whitchurch United, who have drawn level on points with the Wiltshire club thanks to two straight wins. After beating Downton 4-1 on Saturday, Jim Macey's side pulled off
Fareham coach Nigel Cook can be excused feeling a tad confused these days because, quite frankly, he's no idea from one South Premier League match to the next exactly what he's going to get from his team! The Bath Lane club's record of seven wins and
HAMPSHIRE Cricket captain Shane Warne made an impressive return to international cricket with the ball today, taking a five-for on the third day of the Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle. Having made useful lower order runs in Australia's insufficient
Today's Principal Arrivals: Humboldt Rex, refrigerat, 0030, 104; Sunrana, bulk, 0030, 107/8; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25; Don Juan, vehicle, 0700, 40/41; Pride of Le Havre, ferry, 0930, No 7 Dry Dock; P&O Nedlloyd Magellan, container, 1100, 207; Conmix
The King Edward VI School Under-12 Netball team has successfully defended the Ballard Prep School Championship held in New Milton. Last year's team went through the tournament unbeaten and although one of the group stage matches was lost, the team had
SOLENT Stars' senior women won a thrilling National Trophy final against Ellesmere Port Panthers at the Jesse Boots Wildcats Arena in Nottingham, 62-59. They did it the hard way, however, getting into foul trouble inside the first four minutes, but Ellesmere
The search for the killer of Hannah Foster switched to Southampton sandwich delivery driver Maninder Pal Singh Kohli... HE was a nondescript man, delivering sandwiches for a living to support his wife and two young children. There was nothing particularly
When John and Barbara return home after an evening out with their friends Trevor and Jenny, they discover their house has been burgled and their privacy invaded. This is a clever play by Eric Chappell combining comedy, drama and a few surprises. This
A MAN critically injured as he crossed a busy Southampton road remained fighting for his life in hospital today. Christopher Beech suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a red MG ZS car in Dorset Street two weeks ago. The 34-year-old was
PLANS to re-shape parks in Southampton will be unveiled by city leisure bosses next week. Residents in and around Millbrook are being invited to attend a series of public consultation exhibitions to see how Mansel Park and Green Park will be changed in
A SOUTHAMPTON dog lover is celebrating after judges decided he had the pick of the pooches at this year's Crufts. Gordon Cutts, of Thornhill, scooped three awards at the world-famous dog show after months of meticulous preparation. Five of his Newfoundland
UNSCRUPULOUS landlords who fleece tenants out of thousands of pounds by refusing to return deposits could be tackled under plans drafted by a Southampton MP. Alan Whitehead wants deposits paid by people who rent homes, including thousands of Southampton
OUTLAWED, socially shunned and banned from scores of public buildings. This could be the lonely future for thousands of Hampshire smokers if radical plans to give local authorities power to ban cigarettes go through government. As national No Smoking
A TEENAGER sparked a security alert at Fareham Magistrates' Court after he told guards he was carrying a shotgun. The drama unfolded when a 14-year-old was stopped by two security men after he set off a walk-through metal detector at the entrance of the
HE HAS been part of the gang for 35 years. Now David Harden has decided to make his final curtain call after notching up a record by appearing in all 18 productions since the curtain first went up on the Eastleigh Gang Show in 1969. He took his final
Paul Sturrock has identified his first target - to get Saints safe. The new St Mary's boss wants to see his side quickly pick up the necessary points to guarantee their Premiership survival so he can then start building for next season. With Saints currently
A NEW production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel spins onto the stage at the New Victoria Theatre, in Woking, this month, starring Brookside's Sam Kane. Kane, who has also been in Coronation Street, stars as the handsome, loveable rogue Billy Bigelow
IT has a unique place in Hampshire's maritime history - and last week a rare example of the Rev Berthon's collapsible boat came home. The Rev Edward Berthon was a vicar of Romsey for 32 years in the 19th century - he was also an inventor in the best Victorian
Results and pictures from the Basingstoke Six-A-Side Tournament. See today's Daily Echo for a free 12-page supplement with pictures of all the boys and girls teams who took up the challenge at the Six-A-Side Football Tournament in Basingstoke.
Bashley did everything but score in last night's frustrating 0-0 draw against Stamford at the Recreation Ground. The Foresters desperately needed victory to keep in with a shout of Premier Division football, but they didn't get the reward their pressure
Wimborne Town boss Paul Arnold watched his team pull eight points clear at the roof of the Sydenhams Wessex League last night - and then insisted that title talk is non-existent at The Cuthbury. The Mapgies twice lost the lead at Andover as brace man
Two Hampshire football teams are this year looking to succeed where Saints just failed - by bringing home the FA Cup. In the FA National Schools Cup for girls, the champions of Hampshire, Sholing School, are just two matches away from the regional final
A GROUP of cricketers celebrated winning a cash boost with a training session at the hallowed Rose Bowl cricket ground. Training for members of Fair Oak Cricket Club is to be stepped up a gear thanks to the £4,980 Awards for All National Lottery grant
THESE are some of the dental health insurance staff who help provide products and services to 1.2 million patients and 6,500-plus dentists in the UK. Denplan, a leading payment plan provider and part of the AXA group, employs 384 people at its Winchester
A HI-TECH company in the south has been bought by its management for an undisclosed figure. Milmega designs, makes and distributes solid state high-power microwave amplifier systems to a wide range of markets on an international scale. The systems are
Jensen Motorsport from Eastleigh have recruited one of the UK's brightest single-seater talents for their first assault on the British GT Championship. Formula Palmer Audi front-runner Ryan Hooker will drive the team's stunning Corvette C5 alongside Dominic
A GROUP of teenage basketball players who recently stormed the Southampton league is hoping for another win in a forthcoming countywide tournament. Members of the under-16s team at Eastleigh's 700-pupil Alderman Quilley School won the league after beating
A GROUP of cricketers celebrated winning a cash boost with a training session at the hallowed Rose Bowl cricket ground. Training for members of Fair Oak Cricket Club is to be stepped up a gear thanks to the £4,980 Awards for All National Lottery grant
Southampton girls will be breaking open the celebratory champagne if they get a promotion-clinching South League Division 1 win at Woking on Saturday. With goal difference heavily stacked in their favour, a draw will be enough to clinch the runners-up
THE mother of a teenager beaten up and kidnapped from a Winchester street has spoken of her son's terrifying ordeal. The 17-year-old was attacked and knocked unconscious during the assault, before being bundled into the boot of a car, driven 15 miles
YOUNGSTERS at a school in Twyford have stepped back in time as part of a living history project aimed at showing them life in Victorian Britain. The Year 1 and 2 pupils from Twyford Primary School didn't know what had hit them when they spent a day in
A NEW Forest school that looked set to escape closure could be axed after all, the Daily Echo can reveal. Hampshire's education boss, Don Allen, yesterday refused to rubber-stamp proposals to save Manor Infant School in Teachers Way, Holbury. Councillor
MINDLESS vandals have smashed up equipment used by a New Forest charity to save lives at sea. Thoughtless thugs attacked a tractor which is used to tow Solent Inshore Rescue's boat to the water's edge. Every window was broken in the raid leaving the vehicle's
THEY stubbed out smoking for good just over a week ago - but business at one Hampshire pub is booming as a result. Owners Brian and Andrea Morrison called time on cigarettes at the beginning of the month, banning "the dreaded weed" from the bar, restaurant
The second weekend of the Southampton Festival of Music and Drama saw almost 300 entries in the piano sections performing for professional adjudicators. The festival, which has taken place almost every year since 1926, gives amateur performers a chance
A HEROIN addict from Fareham has been forced to pay just £9.50 after admitting a reign of terror over the local railway network. Unemployed Benjamin Shawyer, 22, of Kings Road Night Shelter, pleaded guilty at Fareham Magistrates Court to a catalogue of
THEY'RE coming back. Just over a year after drivers thought they had seen the last of the cones on main routes into Southampton, motorists face another six months of potential hold-ups on one of the city's main transport arteries. A £1.26m maintenance
FORMER pupils from the class of 1950 at St Mary's College, Bitterne Park, Southampton are being invited to reminisce over the last 50 years with old classmates from across the country. Many people have already accepted the invitation to the second annual
THOUSANDS of Westlife fans are still set to see their favourite boy band play in Hampshire this summer - but without star Bryan McFadden. Pop fans had feared the news of Bryan's departure from the chart-topping Irish sensations, announced at a press conference
A LEAKING oil pipe at a golf course has cost owners £5,000 after it was found to have polluted a lake. The Whitbread Group that owns The Meon Valley Golf and Country Club near Shedfield pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court to causing oil to
EASTLEIGH'S new allotment gardens have become a target for vandals - even before the first seed is sown. The site in Chestnut Avenue is providing an alternative for those forced to quit their plots to make way for a multi-million-pound housing development
AS PART of the Basingstoke and District Football League's centenary celebration they will be holding a six-a-side competition at the War Memorial Park on Sunday, June 6. In the heyday of the Basingstoke Carnival there was always a six-a-side tournament
