Southampton mother of three Denise Hallett was so moved by the images of disaster caused by the Boxing Day tsunami that she decided to take action. She tells Kate Thompson about her plans... WHEN Denise Hallett told her ten-year-old son David she planned
PLAGUED with hot flushes and sleepless nights, Carol White's life had become a misery. By mid-afternoon she would be exhausted and irritable. But like many women going through the menopause, Carol was wary about traditional treatment. Concerned about
SOUTHAMPTON mother of two Kerry Deacon has turned her back on a boring office job to pursue a more caring career. Fed-up with a mundane job, Kerry decided to make the switch last November and she says she absolutely loves her new job. "I'm working as
JUSTIN Rose made a massive gain of ten places during Sunday's final round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in California. The Englishman, who has blown hot and cold so far this season, continued in the same vein - dropping down the leaderboard after his
DEJAN Stefanovic has urged the FA not to take any action against Calum Davenport - despite claiming he was the victim of an alleged headbutted by the Saints defender. Davenport, on loan from Spurs, made no contact with Stefanovic but the Pompey man believes
MANAGER-of-the-moment Downton's Jeff Softley would love nothing better than to ram Darren Crooks's words back down his throat by slaying another Sydenhams Wessex League giant at Wick Lane tonight. Just three days after pulling off the coup of the season
GOSPORT Borough boss Mick Marsh has praised Sydenhams Wessex League title rivals Winchester City for their help in smoothing over the transfers of midfielder Kevin Brewster and defender Dave Goss to Privett Park. After Winchester's shock 4-3 defeat at
Today's Principal Arrivals: Grus, vehicle, 0330, 43; Lembitu, roro, 0530, 30; Shanghai Express, container, 0600, 207; Wellington Star, refrigerated, 0645, 104; Otello, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; Pride of Canterbury, roro, 0800, no7 dry dock; Autofreighter,
OIL giant ExxonMobil - the parent company of Esso-run Fawley oil refinery - made a record profit of £13.4 billion last year. The firm's revenues hit a record £158.3 billion as worries over disruption to oil supplies in Iraq, Nigeria and Russia lifted
SAINTS sponsor Friends Provident has unveiled an impressive performance of its own, with new life and pensions sales hitting a record of £434m for 2004. The Salisbury based insurer, which has also paid for naming rights to Saints stadium, is bullish about
A LEADING business pressure group says time is running out for firms in Hampshire wanting to query their new rateable property valuations - on which their business rates bill will be calculated. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) started sending out the
THE winners of last year's Hampshire Business Awards enjoyed one of their rewards for gaining a place in the awards' hall of fame recently, with a day's sailing off the county's coast. The three companies - BAA Southampton Airport, Hamble-based hi-tech
SOUTHAMPTON sports fans can look forward to a bumper Sunday of action this week, with top-class boxing following Saints' crucial Premiership match against Everton. The football kicks off at St Mary's at 2pm, with a top-class bill of professional boxing
OIL giant ExxonMobil - the parent company of Esso-run Fawley oil refinery - made a record profit of £13.4 billion last year. The firm's revenues hit a record £158.3 billion as worries over disruption to oil supplies in Iraq, Nigeria and Russia lifted
THE WATER Babies is a fairy tale and, like all good stories, has goodies and baddies, plus a large portion of moralising. Charles Kingsley wrote the story to highlight the cruel way that young boys were forced to become chimney sweeps. If they resisted
HAMPSHIRE fire bosses have revealed that the cause of a blaze at Marchwood Waste Transfer Station is likely never to be known. Assistant divisional officer Steve Quinn, responsible for post-incident community safety, told the Daily Echo that the fire
PERFORMANCE players from the full-time and elite squads at Totally Tennis, and their parents, have been learning about nutrition. What you eat can influence sporting excellence, and fitness instructor and nutrition expert Mark Adams delivered a two-hour
A BUS operator is laying on extra late-night buses to cater for clubbers returning from Southampton to Winchester. The new services by Solent Blue Line follow the success of a pilot scheme on the company's Bluestar routes between Southampton and Winchester
SUMPTUOUS sandwiches created by a trio of young chefs at a Southampton school have earned top prizes in a national competition. Freemantle Cnurch of England Infant School pupils Ramoan Stirling,6, Izzie Curtis, 5, and Destiny Abram, 7, all walked away
Old Albanians 10pts, Basingstoke 24 OLD Albanians may have a superb set-up, but it was their London one visitors Basingstoke who turned on the style on Saturday. A determined performance saw the FX-backed side record their third league win on the bounce
DANIEL Bedingfield says he would love to do a duet with Southampton R 'n' B superstar Craig David. But fans should not get too excited because Daniel does not think it will happen for another three or four years. The star was speaking to the Daily Echo
ONE of Hampshire's leading ferry and holiday firms has dismissed speculation that it is for sale. Wightlink, which employs 600 people and runs cross-Solent services between Lymington and Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, was today trying to find out where
SOUTHAMPTON Running Club's Kaye Harwood led the women's assault on the annual Romsey 5 Road Race which attracted a field of almost 550 runners. Harwood set a winning time of 29 minutes 27 seconds to finish 25th in the overall standings and her pace was
A MAJOR development of up to 765 homes is set to provide two brand new schools for Hedge End, the Daily Echo can reveal. A new primary school had always been part of the huge new development of 69 acres of land at Dowds Farm. Now it has emerged that the
KEEP our free street parking please! That is the call from people in Eastleigh amid fears that the town centre's main shopping streets could become pay and display zones. Eastleigh Council has sent out a questionnaire to residents, retailers and businesses
EASTLEIGH Community Services has won a slice of a new £13m government fund to help local pensioners secure the benefits they are entitled to. ECS - an independent voluntary organisation set up to improve the quality of life for borough residents - was
A CRUISE liner once part of a historic attempt to create peace between North and South Korea is to be a familiar sight on Southampton Water. Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has announced an agreement to purchase the 837-cabin cruise ship Grand Latino from Spain's
ONE of the south's most famous ferry and holiday firms is on course for a £250m sell-off, it emerged today. Wightlink, which employs 600 people and is Britain's largest independent ferry operator, has appointed upmarket investment broker Goldman Sachs
FOR the entire morning that I know I'm going to interview legendary classical guitarist John Williams, I can't get Cavatina out of my head. It was his playing on this track, used in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter, which brought him to the attention
WHEN an actor spends two-and-a-half years in the same production, you can be pretty sure he loves the show. Cavin Cornwall has been playing Billy Flynn in Chicago for 30 months and it's now part of his life. The other part is his wife, who is also his
WHEN five-year-old Josh described his mum Tina Walsh as 'chubby' she dissolved into tears - but resolved to do something about her weight problem. Her little lad was devastated to make his mum cry but his words were to prove a turning point in Tina's
Basingstoke Bison 0, Nottingham Panthers 3 LADY luck was nowhere to be seen on Saturday night as the Bison hit the post four times in their defeat by Nottingham. Bison general manager and head coach Mark Bernard said: "It was just one of those nights
HAMPSHIRE'S golfers have until Friday to guarantee purchase of a ticket for this year's annual dinner, which is being held at St Mary's Stadium on Friday, February 25. Tickets for the 55th annual dinner, which is being sponsored by HA Fox Limited, can
FORMER Hampshire cricketer Michael Clarke has been named as Australia's cricketer of the year. The 23-year-old, pictured above, was awarded the prestigious Allan Border medal and just missed out on the one-day player of the year award, which went to Andrew
HAMPSHIRE staff of bust department store chain Allders are to be spared the axe for the time being. Allders collapsed into administration last week with debts of £150m but administrators Kroll have said they are not anticipating any job losses at the
FINDING staff - and getting them around on our clogged roads - are two burning issues affecting the growth of the south's lucrative office market. The warnings, including the prediction of London-like congestion charging in Southampton and Portsmouth,
SOLENT STARS 70 (17, 36, 54) - READING ROCKETS 89 (23, 36, 66) SOLENT STARS' three-match winning streak was halted 89-70 by Reading Rockets in front of their biggest crowd of the season at Fleming Park. It proved a frustrating night for coach Alan Cunningham
JOHN BROWN from Southampton was laughing all the way to the bank after he carried off the £500 top prize at the Ford Sports Charity open at Weston Shore - plus £252 in pools for landing the heaviest fish. Brown, pitted against 275 other anglers, drew
SECRET plans have been drawn up to sell Winchester fire station and move to a site at Winnall, the Daily Echo can reveal. Hampshire's fire service wants to sell its city centre base in North Walls and relocate to its workshops in Easton Lane within two
PATIENTS at a Winchester hospital are worried there will not be enough parking spaces when a £6m treatment centre opens. The treatment centre, which is behind schedule, is being built at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Romsey Road. A Patient and
A PUBLIC meeting will be held at Hythe after a pensioner was killed crossing a notoriously busy road. The meeting will discuss calls for a crossing to be provided on the A326, which divides Hythe and Dibden Purlieu from the New Forest. Gates in a roadside
COUNCIL tax payers in Southampton could face an increase of almost five per cent in their bills from April. The 4.89 per cent rise would mean the cost of council tax on an average Band D property would rise from £1,016.77 to £1,066.52. Any increase has
ROAD safety engineers are due to visit the site where teenage friends Lewis Grundy and Jamie Gosney died in a moped accident to see if any improvements can be made. Members of Hampshire County Council's safety engineering team will carry out an assessment
A KEY crusader for older people's rights has thrown her weight behind the Daily Echo campaign to protect Hampshire's elderly. Sandra Gidley, Romsey MP and Liberal Democrat spokesperson for older people, highlighted the different ways in which elderly
DISPERSAL orders set up to combat antisocial behaviour in Southampton have been so successful that police have applied to use them for another six months. The orders were introduced in three areas of the city in July last year, giving police the power
TRIBUTES have today been paid to a teenager who plunged to his death from a Hampshire bridge. Staff at Bitterne Park School and Taunton's College spoke of their shock and sadness at the loss of Jack Swallow, a "successful student who was very well liked
JIM DIXON is pleased the momentum created by his team's recent winning run has ensured they are now looking down on Sutton and Epsom and Old Colfeians. They were the two London one sides keeping 'Stoke in the relegation zone, despite the recent successes
DELAYS will support the Manic Street Preachers on their UK tour after being personally asked by the Welsh band to be their support act. The Manics wanted the Southampton band to support them on their 2004 arena tour, but they could not due to clashing
ONE of the south's most famous ferry and holiday firms is on course for a £250m sell-off, it emerged today. Wightlink, which employs 600 people and is Britain's largest independent ferry operator, has appointed upmarket investment broker Goldman Sachs
A DRIVER died in an accident involving two cars on a major Meon Valley road last night. The 75-year-old man was killed when his white Vauxhall Corsa collided with a Peugeot 306 coming in the opposite direction on the A32 at Droxford. Firefighters were
EXTRA police powers to deal with youths terrorising Portchester residents and shopkeepers were due to come into force tonight. From midnight, officers will be able to move on groups harassing or alarming locals, in a bid to combat anti-social behaviour
A BRAVE boy's love of theatre is living on in his schoolmates. Memories of 15-year-old Luke Fellows, who spent most of his life battling a debilitating heart condition, prompted his parents to sponsor a special drama workshop. Hilary and Stephen Fellows
TEAM Southampton achieved three top-ten team finishes at the Southern Cross-Country Championships at London's Parliament Hill Fields. The under-15 boys came home ninth with lead runner Scott Legg again performing well to place 14th individually. The rest
ONE of Hampshire's leading ferry and holiday firms has dismissed speculation that it is for sale. Wightlink, which employs 600 people and runs cross-Solent services between Lymington and Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, was today trying to find out where
THIS Princess P67 was just one of 13 boats loaded on to the Thebeland at Southampton docks en route for the Miami Boat Show. The huge event is an annual showcase for the south's boat builders and Eastleigh freight forwarders Peters & May were tasked
NEW signings Henri Camara and Olivier Bernard will go straight into the squad to face Birmingham tomorrow after Saints boss Harry Redknapp yesterday finalised his players for the big relegation scrap. In a frantic January transfer window deadline day,
JIM SMITH admits Saints' home FA Cup fifth round tie against Brentford or Hartlepool is a great draw. The Division One clubs meet in a fourth round replay a week Saturday and the winners will face Saints at St Mary's on the weekend of February 19. Saints
KEVIN PHILLIPS has been ruled out of tomorrow's crucial Premiership clash with Birmingham. The striker had hoped to return from his ankle ligament injury, but will now be targeting Sunday's clash with Everton at St Mary's. Nigel Quashie, though, is still
