Ryman Premier Division outfit Salisbury City have appointed former Winchester City supremo David Malone as a director of the club. A statement issued last night read: "The directors of Salisbury City Football Club are pleased to announce that David Malone
COLIN KENNA is back in the ring tonight - just 13 days after his victorious comeback. The Lordshill heavyweight will appear in front of his adoring Dublin fans, in the city of his birth. Kenna, left, sold £3,500 of tickets in just four hours for his big
IT'S OFFICIAL - Southampton Diving Academy is the tops. Thanks to the efforts of Olympic star Peter Waterfield, the SDA scooped the title of 'top senior club in the country' at the British Championships in Sheffield. As reported in the Daily Echo on Monday
HAMPSHIRE'S hockey Olympian, Rob Moore, is one of a number of national players waiting to hear whether they can continue training full-time, writes Keiron Fox. Sport England, the body that invests in sport at all levels, has reaffirmed its policy of supporting
IT was meant to be a poignant farewell for her loving great granddad. Florist Helena Kerr had helped to create four colourful floral displays in memory of 92-year-old Ted Rowat. But just hours after the funeral of the retired school caretaker, thieves
WHEN delicatessen owner Philip Harris decided to call time on his Hampshire shop, little did he realise what a hornets' nest he would stir up. Having run the award-winning Hampshire Delicatessen & Grocers for more than three years, he decided the
A CONTROVERSIAL councillor is set to quit after the Daily Echo highlighted that she had moved 80 miles from the area she represents. Caroline Watts has pledged to send her resignation letter to Winchester City Council chiefs next week, we can reveal.
DRIVERS on a Hampshire motorway are set to get the latest traffic information thanks to new electronic overhead signs. Six new overhead information signs are to be put up between junction seven at Hedge End and junction eight at Bursledon as part of a
COUNCIL staff staged a protest outside Southampton Civic Centre as part of a nationwide demonstration against government plans to raise the retirement age for civil servants. About 50 staff gathered as part of a day of action organised by the public sector
SAINTS fans are demanding that chairman Rupert Lowe comes clean over whether he is paying for his legal action against two newspapers out of his own pocket or from club funds. Mr Lowe has issued writs against the publishers of The Times and The Evening
STUDENT radio Surge is going FM from this weekend. From Saturday morning householders will be able to tune into 87.7FM to catch up on the latest happenings at Southampton University. Station manager Matt Treacy explained that it was a golden opportunity
EASTLEIGH & District Junior AC kept the pressure on the leading clubs in the Wessex Cross-Country League at Poole. Katie Shipp came an excellent sixth for under-13 girls, supported by Bethany Woodhouse 17th, Sophie Jones 26th, Rebecca King 27th and
THE picture above was taken under two years ago but may already have the nostalgia buffs among you all moisty-eyed. The eleven men lining up at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium were those entrusted by Gordon Strachan to bring the FA Cup back to Southampton
Today's Principal Arrivals: : Nedlloyd Asia, container, 0500, 205; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Takara, vehicle, 0700, 34/35; Grand pace, roro, 1030, 43; NYK Antares, container, 1400, 207; CMA CGM Puccini, container, 2100, 208 Today's Principal Sailings
SOLENT Stars' junior men pulled off a tremendous display to beat arguably the nation's top side, Manchester Magic, in the semi-finals of the Sureshot Under-18 Men's Cup at Hamble Sports College. The nailbiting 78-77 triumph books them a final showdown
London may be teetering on the edge of relegation but they showed plenty of fight at home to Hampshire who were forced to hold on for a draw in their British Inter-County Premiership clash. But the match produced more excitment than a draw may suggest
FOX-hunters were due to be out in force across Hampshire today staging their first official events since their bloodsport was outlawed. Enthusiasts were expected to gather in the New Forest and near Winchester in defiance of the ban on hunting with hounds
A WHEELCHAIR stolen from a disabled boy has been found dumped at a school. Friends of Thomas Whiley's parents found the wheelchair in the grounds of Mansbridge Primary School in Southampton. Mum and dad Tracey, 39, and Robert, 51, a warehouse operative
TWO speed cameras along one of Southampton's busiest routes will be switched on by the end of this month. For months motorists have been slowing down to pass the two fixed cameras on the A33 between Kingsway and Evans Street - but they have not been in
WINCHESTER & District's Rachel Townend and Natalie Coveney rolled back the years to finish first and second senior women in the fifth and final Hampshire Cross-Country League fixture at Wimborne. During the season Townend chalked up a magnificent
Arsenal created a new record last Monday with a full house of foreign players in their 16-man squad against Crystal Palace. My first reaction echoed that of most English managers - this can't be right. I had to temper that slightly when reminded that,
SAINTS let slip a two-goal advantage as First Division Brentford forced an FA Cup fifth round replay with a 2-2 draw at St Mary's this afternoon. Henri Camara put Saints 2-0 ahead, but goals from Isaiah Rankin and Sam Sodje mean Saints now face an unwanted
