As former president of CBS Records, Walter Yetnikoff helped develop the careers of some of the greatest music stars of our time, from Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson to Barbra Streisand and Bruce Springsteen. The power he wielded within the music industry
A TEENAGER has had a toe amputated after it was nearly sliced off in an accident. Doctors are now battling to save two more of Paul Baker's toes following the horrific incident at Ford's Transit factory in Swaythling, Southampton. Mr Baker, 19, was only
SOUTHAMPTON youngsters joined tens of thousands of children nationwide in a bid to smash the world record for the biggest poetry recital in history. More than 200 children from Wordsworth Infant School in Shirley recited the famous poem Daffodils by Wordsworth
His grisly thrillers contain such realistic stomach-churning gory detail that you feel Boris Starling must have come into contact with a few cadavers in his time. Yet the 34-year-old author who rose to fame with Messiah, a serial killer chiller adapted
This week's best-selling hardbacks supplied by Waterstone's for week ending 20 March. 1 (2) Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach To Punctuation by Lynne Truss 2 (1) The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time (Adult edition) by Mark
This week's best-selling paperbacks supplied by Waterstone's for week ending 20 March. 1 (1) The Star Of The Sea by Joseph O'Connor 2 (3) The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3 (2) Starter For Ten by David Nicholls 4 (5) The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Today's Principal Arrivals: Nedlloyd Asia, container carrier, 0130, 205; NYK Sirius, container carrier, 0500, 207; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 25; Cosa, general cargo, 0730, 36S; Turandot, vehicle carrier, 1430, 34/35; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 1500, 201 link
A YOUNG carpenter jailed for killing a man with a single punch is today behind bars again for carrying out a vicious attack on a Hampshire boatyard worker. Oliver Cozens, 22, punched and kicked Michael Jasper, breaking his jaw in two places and leaving
FERRY bosses have praised the eight-month jail sentence handed down to the captain of a dredger that smashed into Hythe Pier. Andrew Bartlett was navigating the Donald Redford when it collided with the pier, destroying a 50ft section of the structure
WE'RE ready for you. That was the police message to hooligans planning to wreck this weekend's south coast derby between Southampton and Portsmouth. Officers in charge of the policing operation at Fratton Park tomorrow say they are confident enough measures
A NEW warehouse is set to rise from the ashes of a towering inferno which dominated the Eastleigh skyline last year. If borough council planning bosses give plans the green light the building will bring jobs. Fire destroyed the 67,000 sq ft Import Services
"WE DESPERATELY need your help to fill 1,000 more banana boxes." The fervent message from Hope and Aid Direct volunteers has become much more urgent. Yesterday's Daily Echo reported that so far the number of boxes to be collected was right on target.
A SOUTHAMPTON Christian charity is appealing for help to re-build a vital railway in the Congo. Five years of civil war in Eastern Congo has left an estimated 3.3 million people dead, mainly through malnutrition. But despite recent security improvements
