Svetoslav Todorov is set to start his first Pompey match in ten months against Liverpool at Anfield tonight. Striker Todorov has not played for Harry Redknapp's team since scoring a hat-trick in the final game of Pompey's Division One title-winning campaign
BAT boss Andy Leader admitted they were beaten by a better side as his old club Christchurch booked their place in the Russell Cotes Cup final at Southern Gardens last night. Although the 3-2 scoreline looked close, there was no doubt in either manager's
Lymington & New Milton manager Ian Robinson couldn't help but hark back to John Bailey's first-leg dismissal after watching Farnborough Town book their ticket to St Mary's last night in the Hampshire Senior Cup semi-final. The Linnets acquitted themselves
Newport IoW celebrated coming out of receivership by chalking up their first league win in over three months. Last night's 1-0 home result over Burnham secured their first three-point haul in the DML Eastern Division since beating Ashford Town back on
Hampshire Cricket are to play the ECB Southern Electric Premier League in two 20-over warm-up matches this summer, immediately before their Twenty20 Cup challenge begins against Essex at Chelmsford on July 2. The games will be played on consecutive midweek
Cockspur Rum has entered into a three-year agreement with the ECB to sponsor the National Club Championship, in which ten local cricket clubs will be involved this summer. Over 330 of England, Wales and Scotland's finest club sides will compete for the
The Southern Electric Premier League is to climax the coming cricket season with 'top four' Australian-style Grand Finals. The leading four clubs in the overall ECB Premier Division 1 table at the end of August will go head-to-head in 50-overs-a-side
Gosport kept their slim promotion hopes alive with a 2-1 result at Portland. Trailing to a first-half Mark Carter goal, they hit back when Luke Middleton headed in a cross by substitute Darren Robson and then Karl Lis unleashed a screamer. Robson, skipper
The International cricketing all-stars from the Lashings World XI are set to play three separate Sunday afternoon matches against local ECB Southern Electric Premier League sides this summer. Their first match in the area is against South Wilts at Lower
GOSPORT Borough's faint flickering hopes of making any impression on the runaway top two of Wimborne and Winchester City were surely extinguished by AFC Newbury at Faraday Road on Saturday. Manager Mick Marsh watched in horror as his team surrendered
GIANT advertising banners hung from flats on the new Victory Hill development have been removed after Basingstoke council ruled they were illegal. The two-storey-high banners were draped from the sides of the unfinished blocks of flats on the site. Property
TRAIN services between Hook and Basingstoke should be improved thanks to a £700,000 investment by Network Rail. Engineers worked round the clock to renew almost 1km of track and laid 1,509 sleepers and over 3,200 tonnes of ballast in the process. The
IRATE residents of Kingsmill Road and adjacent closes are in touch with me again about the dreadful school traffic problems which they experience twice daily. Two years have passed since they first took their problems to the borough council and the police
Today's Principal Arrivals: Breklum, general, 0030, 102/3; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25; Scan Arctic, ro/ro, 0530, 102; Curitiba, ro/ro, 0630, 40/41; NYK Aphrodite, container, 0700, 207; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0800, 201 link; Velazquez, ro/ro, 0930, 203
VT GROUP, the Hampshire shipbuilder formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft, today said it had set aside £15m to cover asbestosis and other work-related claims after the insurer providing cover went into administration. Asbestosis is caused by toxic asbestos
INVENTORS have realised how best to stop a bus - make the bust stop post bigger and brighter. The EX-O system is based on an aluminium post on which bus companies can hang extra timetables, reflective flags and other information. Hampshire County Council
Winchester City have managed to narrow the gap on Sydenhams Wessex League leaders Wimborne to five points without harming their FA Vase prospects. Of the side expected to play against Bideford this Saturday, only two - Gary Green and Lloyd Webber - were
The red mist descended at Fisher where Bashley had goalkeeper David Elm sent off in a 3-1 defeat. With Richard Gillespie going close, the Foresters were showing signs in the second half that they could cancel Leroy Huggins's 41st-minute opener for Fisher
Brockenhurst move back into ninth spot in the table following their 2-0 victory at neighbours BAT. "It's a great result and a thoroughly deserved one. I thought that we defended very well and restricted them to just a few chances," smiled Brock player
SOUTHAMPTON boxer Colin Kenna has been granted another crack at the Southern Area heavyweight title. The British Boxing Board of Control confirmed yesterday that Kenna would fight Brixton's Keith Long for a championship belt which has recently been vacated
HAMPSHIRE Road Club stood by their decision to allow Rowan Horner (VC St Raphael) to win their "Hardriders" time trial despite the fact he started three minutes late without imposing a time penalty. If a three-minute penalty had been added, it would have
SOUTHAMPTON side Fleming Park got as far as the under-12s semi-final in a junior tournament held by the Home James club. A nervous-looking Park side were beaten by Essex Open, who went on to beat Star in the final. Fleming had looked good earlier in the
A TOP Winchester festival has been axed from the city's social calendar this year due to a lack of community support. A question mark now hangs over the future of the popular Winchester Folk Festival which has been running for almost 30 years and attracts
A WINCHESTER soldier displayed steely determination when she skied to victory despite nursing a broken nose and fractured skull. Anna Downton, pictured, from Otterbourne, bravely decided to compete in a top cross-country competition after sustaining her
A £23m scheme to refurbish thousands of council homes across Southampton has been given the green light by city housing bosses. Thousands of tenants across the city will receive letters from housing bosses in the next few months telling them when work
THE family of a Somalian man who was beaten up by a gang in front of his son, have appealed for his attackers to turn themselves in. Mohamed Samatar was left with a fractured skull after being attacked in the street by a mob of young men believed to be
HE'S Hampshire's top striker but now James Beattie is hoping to score in the fashion world. The Saints hero has swapped his famous red and white strip for a casual catwalk look. For the Premiership star has become the latest face in Burton's 'Best of
A GROUP of Greenpeace activists convicted yesterday of trespass and criminal damage during an anti-war protest at Marchwood military port say they are confident they have grounds for appeal. As reported in later editions of the Daily Echo, the 14 protesters
A HAMPSHIRE classic car enthusiast has lost his one-man crusade to get rid of the country's speed cameras. Retired company director Idris Francis believed he had a cast-iron case when he refused to sign a police prosecution notice after his Jaguar was
Zero 7, Guildhall, Southampton MELLOW UK soul outfit Zero 7 brought their trademark sound to Southampton Guildhall last night. A packed house enjoyed a set heavy on tunes from the group's latest album When It Falls, complete with a sprinkling of much-loved
FOLK singer Christine Collister brings her haunting tones to The Anvil, Basingstoke, next month. The acclaimed singer, who sings in a range of styles from soul and blues to pop and jazz, will be performing a lunchtime session in The Foyer on Sunday, April
Downton boss Mitch Blake was in defiant mood despite seeing his team slip to the bottom of the SWL table following their 2-1 defeat to ten-man Alton Town at Anstey Road. "We've been in this situation before and we are all confident that we can get ourselves
THE rebirth of the Hampshire AA Road Relay Championships was blighted by stormy weather on Southampton Common. Fierce winds and heavy rain took its toll in the event, which was being reintroduced to the county calendar after an absence of 14 years. The
IT IS that time of year for dads, lads and granddads to put on their running shoes and raise vital money for cancer research. The Alberto-Culver Run 4 Fun takes place at Down Grange on Wednesday, May 5, starting at 7.30pm - and males of all ages can enter
SCOTTISH Dance Theatre (SDT) return to The Corn Exchange Newbury, next Wednesday with two brand-new pieces from internationally-acclaimed choreographers. "Tracks", by Didy Veldman from Holland, is a raw, quirky dance about belonging - in groups, in public
Svetoslav Todorov is set to start his first Pompey match in ten months against Liverpool at Anfield tonight. Striker Todorov, pictured below, has not played for Harry Redknapp's team since scoring a hat-trick in the final game of Pompey's Division One
Winchester City have managed to narrow the gap on Sydenhams Wessex League leaders Wimborne to five points without harming their FA Vase prospects. Of the side expected to play against Bideford this Saturday, only two - Gary Green and Lloyd Webber - were
SOUTHERN Premier League cricket chiefs have made their list of punishments for indiscipline public for the first time. The Daily Echo today prints the SPL's 'code of conduct' which league chairman Alan Bundy insists is NOT too harsh. But we ask the question
BOROUGH councillors have rejected an offer by a major mobile telephone company to set up a special radio wave-monitoring project in the area. The offer was made to the environment overview committee when the council's policy on siting mobile phone masts
INVENTORS have realised how best to stop a bus - make the bust stop post bigger and brighter. The EX-O system is based on an aluminium post on which bus companies can hang extra timetables, reflective flags and other information. Hampshire County Coun-cil
BAT boss Andy Leader admitted they were beaten by a better side as his old club Christchurch booked their place in the Russell Cotes Cup final at Southern Gardens last night. Although the 3-2 scoreline looked close, there was no doubt in either manager's
Lymington & New Milton manager Ian Robinson couldn't help but hark back to John Bailey's first-leg dismissal after watching Farnborough Town book their ticket to St Mary's last night in the Hampshire Senior Cup semi-final. The Linnets acquitted themselves
One win from the season's last two matches will put Trojans back in the top flight of English women's hockey. They were relegated from the EHA Premier League without a win at the end of last season. But they nudged ever closer to a return with a 4-2 win
GARY HUNT and Chris Mears both won two medals as Southampton Diving Academy finished third overall in the prestigious Armada Cup event in Plymouth. Hunt took gold on highboard in a very strong field including current senior international Billy Jones from
WINCHESTER civic chiefs will conduct a ten-week consultation with the public over their draft Community Strategy published this week. It aims to improve the quality of life for the 100,000-plus people who live in the Winchester district that stretches
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Hampshire mother of two who was killed by a train after walking out of a mental health clinic. Jane Goodin, 42, of Worthy Road, New Milton, suffered from depression and was receiving treatment at the Woodhaven unit near Totton
IT chugs through Peckham with smoke belching from the exhaust and looks as if it could conk out at any minute. But the three-wheel van from Only Fools and Horses has somehow managed to travel as far as the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. Del Boy's yellow
LAST weekend saw the final round of classes in this year's Southampton Festival of Music and Drama, with amateur performers of all ages being assessed by professional adjudicators in guitar, percussion, speech and drama, and strings classes. More than
THE SPANISH community of Southampton is expected to gather at a special service in the city to remember the victims who died in the Madrid bombing. With a high number of Spaniards living in the city, local priests have organised the event to enable them
TENS of thousands more jobs - but no homes for workers. An environment dogged by floods and the threat of urban sprawl. Gridlocked roads, congestion charging and a transport system heading into breakdown. This is the 20-year forecast for south Hampshire
A MASSIVE police operation will swing into action once again as the south coast soccer derby moves to Portsmouth. It will be the first time Southampton and Portsmouth football clubs have clashed at Pompey's ground since the Blues' promotion to the Premiership
THE DAILY Echo's bid to ease poverty in Hampshire has received a boost from the police force. Scores of officers at police stations in Southampton have pledged to collect food tins, tea and coffee for the city's Basic Bank, which dishes out food parcels
A STOP and search scheme is being launched in a bid to clamp down on the theft of horseboxes and trailers. The initiative involves owners sticking a high visibility yellow logo on the side of their trailer and vehicle which means they are happy for police
CAN it really be ten years since Supergrass first cheered up the British singles charts with their anthems to youthful energy? Apparently so, because the still annoyingly young-looking trio have just announced a new tour to celebrate their first decade
Winchester City have managed to narrow the gap on Sydenhams Wessex League leaders Wimborne to five points without harming their FA Vase prospects. Of the side expected to play against Bideford this Saturday, only two - Gary Green and Lloyd Webber - were
Winchester City's prolific marksman Andy Forbes says he would gladly trade his mountain of goals for full fitness. The 24-year-old scoring sensation is increasingly concerned about the nagging calf injury which has plagued him all season and admits: "
A moment of madness has threatened Gary Green's chances of signing off a distinguished non-League career with an appearance in the FA Vase final. The 40-year-old Winchester City midfielder is staring down the barrel of a 35-day ban after being sent off
A PLUMBER who falsely claimed he was a member of a reputable trade association has been fined £450. Michael Reed claimed to be a member of the Institute of Plumbing in three editions of Thomson Local Directories covering Fareham and Portsmouth. Fareham
A BUSINESSMAN who has set his heart on building a £2.6m home in Titchfield based on the Sydney Opera House is drawing up smaller plans. A planning inspector has told Richard Jones that he must go back to the drawing board if he wants to turn his dream
DETAILS of a scheme to provide Eastleigh with a multiplex cinema and revolutionise town centre leisure facilities are set to be revealed within the next two months. Cordwell Leisure Developments - the firm chosen to breathe new life into the town centre
IT could be full steam ahead for a scheme to boost a railway attraction at Eastleigh, which attracts visitors from around the world. But the project will be away from the mainline. The mini-railway at Eastleigh's Lakeside Country Park could be spreading
THE eyes of everyone at St Mary's were firmly trained on three players last night. A month ago virtually nobody in Southampton would have cared, let alone taken an interest, in seeing Paul Dickov, Frank Sinclair and Keith Gillespie playing for Leicester
Paul Sturrock continued the task of assessing his entire squad as he watched from the stands as Saints reserves defeated Leicester 3-1 at St Mary's last night. No less than seven players who have featured in the first team this season were on show with
DAVE Willets, the West End star of the most renowned musicals of our time, will perform a selection of his favourite songs at The Anvil next month. Featuring in top shows such as Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
A COMIC tale of trolls, goblins and unlikely heroes from Peter Skellern promises musical entertainment for the whole family at the Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre in Guildford. Trolls, which runs from Thursday, March 25, until Saturday, March 27, is set in
