ALTON based full service marketing communications company Binsted Group plc has appointed Gary Cowley as Business Development Manager. His responsibilities include promoting and overseeing the Group's forthcoming Food Packer and Bottle and Packer Road
KEVIN PIETERSEN booked Hampshire a C & G Trophy showdown at National League champions Glamorgan by bludgeoning his first limited-overs half-century for the county against Shropshire. After scores of five, nine and three in his first three one-day
COMPETITION for a lucrative slice of Hampshire's airwaves is hotting up, with Melody 106 the latest to put its name into the hat. Melody is the brainchild of an experienced radio team bidding for the new FM Solent radio licence and aims to appeal to 40
A PROPERTY services business with a major Southampton presence has revealed its intention to float on the Aim junior exchange. Inspace hopes to raise £30m from the move and to achieve a market capitalisation of £86m. The social housing repair and maintenance
ASSISTANT boss David Hughes has paid his Eastleigh troops the ultimate compliment after last night's 2-0 win over Braintree left them a tantalising 90 minutes away from the Conference South. The former Saints midfielder's planned comeback failed to materialise
BASKETBALL legend Alan Cunningham has stood down as head coach of Solent Stars because of work commitments. The former Harlem Globetrotter will be replaced by Steve Chant, who Cunningham himself recommended as his successor. Chant has also been made a
Andover's Antoinette McKeowen will take on one of the equestrian world's greatest challenges this weekend, when she competes at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire. The event is one of just a handful of top four star three-day
Andover 2 Micheldever 0 North Hants Senior Cup Final. LIONS finished off a highly successful end of season run in on Tuesday by retaining the North Hants Senior Cup, beating Micheldever 2-0. Having won three home league games in a week to complete exactly
Stockbridge 0 Brading Town 1 STOCKBRIDGE signed off their 2004-5 campaign with a low-key home defeat against a Brading side who, in the words of manager Barry Andrews, 'seemed to want it more.' It is true to say that Stocks have had little to play for
The Powells sponsored Andover CC first team were due to start their ECB Premier League season at Hursley Park last Saturday, but a sodden outfield put paid to the opener. Roger Miller was disappointed, but reflected on what might have been. "It would
IT was cancelled last year and organisers were worried it would never be held again, but the Winchester Folk Festival is back just in time to celebrate its 30th birthday. The long-term fixture in the city's social calendar was cancelled in 2004 because
DRAMA teachers from 15 secondary schools in and around Winchester will be given the opportunity to participate in workshops with the Royal Shakespeare Company on May 26 as part of a unique event to promote arts-education initiatives across the UK. The
Andover Tennis Club's summer season got off to an excellent start recently with their opening tennis tournament, a mixed doubles handicapped event. The Wingfield Trophy, named after one of the original founders of the modern game of tennis, was first
TOP marks! Inspectors from Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) have praised a New Forest school for being very good across the curriculum. They found that standards at Blackfield Junior School were above average in nearly all subjects, including
THE summer sight of cricketers in their whites returned to the Paultons estate in Ower, after an absence of more than 40 years. It was in 1958 that the last game of cricket was played on the old pitch, long before the site was transformed into the Paultons
VILLAGERS in the New Forest have voted overwhelmingly in favour of plans to build a new community centre. The largest survey ever carried out by Community Action Hampshire (CAH) has revealed that the majority of Milford on Sea residents support the proposed
THE spotlight this week is on the four firms shortlisted for the final in the Denplan Business Excellence through People category of the Winchester Business Excellence Awards. Hotel Du Vin: Winchester's Hotel Du Vin is the first in a chain of seven offering
NORTON Manor, at Sutton Scotney, near Winchester, is in new ownership. It has been bought by Leeds-based Quintessential Hotels who, having paid £8.75m for it, say they will now spend another £7.5m on transforming the hotel, conference and management training
WISH you were here? Southampton's parks, ocean liners and historic monuments are being depicted on postcards designed by children in a city-wide competition. The youngsters are being asked to design a picture postcard showing what they love about Southampton
A SKATEBOARD and BMX group in Southampton is looking for comments and suggestions for an indoor skatepark in the city. South Coast Parks wants to provide a year-round haven for skaters and BMX riders. Organiser Tom Barnett said: "Countless outdoor parks
A HUNT has been launched for a mentally ill patient who has vanished from a psychiatric unit for the second time in two months. Faysal Diiriye, 33, has been missing from the Department of Psychiatry in Southampton for nine days. Police, who were made
AN HISTORIC aircraft, which was due to take part in Southampton's VE Day celebrations, has been forced out of the event because of soaring insurance costs. The Sally B - the last flying B-17 bomber in Europe - will now no longer take to the skies over
MARCH on and roar for the Saints. Support for the club has to be even more amazing this week in the run-up to Saturday's crucial relegation match. In the last away game of the season, Harry Redknapp's lads need a win against fellow strugglers Crystal
A UNION leader who was infamously involved in a brawl at a barbecue has swapped bartering for bartending in a new career as a Southampton pub owner. Shaun Brady was sacked from his job as general secretary of the train drivers' union Aslef last year,
TOMORROW is the deadline for petitions backing the Echo's campaign to save the Hythe Ferry. This week another organisation, The National Piers Society, backed the crusade to protect the vital link between the Waterside and Southampton. The pier provides
A SOUTHAMPTON charity that sends disabled and able-bodied people to sea together has celebrated a milestone. The Jubilee Sailing Trust welcomed its 25,000th crew member back to shore as occupational therapist Ryan Stamper returned from his first trip
THE Wessex League promotion saga took another bizarre twist yesterday when Winchester City were informed that they won't be involved in a play-off game this Saturday after all. Despite finalising arrangements for their trip to Hertfordshire, Winchester's
LEGEND has it they only play three chords, but who cares? Status Quo rock and they're coming to the newly refurbished Bournemouth International Centre on December 16 as part of a stunning line-up of concerts at the venue. Other confirmed concerts to mark
THE 21st Alton ten-mile road race is on course for a record entry. Action gets under way from Lord Mayor Trelar School, Holybourne at 10.30am this Sunday. Organised by Alton Runners and Alton Lions and supported by Charters of Alton, this year's event
THE popular local charity Southampton MENCAP is raising funds with a series of jazz and blues sessions at the The Swan, in Portsmouth Road, Woolston. Revellers will be able to enjoy a meal and great music for just £8, with all the profits going to the
The Knot Garden, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden THE Knot Garden - which is coming to The Anvil, Basingstoke, on May 10 - packed out Covent Garden's Royal Opera House on its London premiere. Written in 1969, Michael Tippett's surrealistic and avant-garde
Upham 4, Fair Oak 0 A SUPERB second half display enabled Upham to take the Trophyman Cup at Follands Park, Hamble, on Wednesday night. The first half was fairly even with few chances at either end. Upham's Stuart Creese came close with a header after
Michaela's setting the pace! INTERNATIONAL runner Michaela McCallum is passing on her love of running to schoolchildren at an after-school running club at Winchester's Western Primary School. She was also asked to set the pace for the British girls running
A DREAM home has turned into the house from hell for a Hampshire couple after planners ordered its demolition - for being six feet out of place. Builder Gary Jackson and his partner Erica Siers had hoped to move into Bumble Cottage in Newtown near Wickham
A POPULAR Hampshire maternity unit forced to close down because it was a fire risk will reopen on Monday. Health chiefs have spent a month having fire safety measures at Blackbrook Birth Centre in Fareham upgraded after it failed a routine check. Work
VISITORS to Fareham's Fort Nelson this Sunday can join in with the VE Day 60th anniversary celebrations with a 1940s-style variety show. They will have the chance to wave the flag and join in with wartime songs such as We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs
TEAM Southampton's Sian Scott defied wind and rain to smash the British Universities Sports Association 400 metres hurdles record in Glasgow. The 21-year-old Todd Bennett-coached athlete recorded a personal best 58.16 seconds, qualifying her to compete
TEAM Southampton demonstrated that they will be a force to be reckoned with this summer after dominating their opening Southern Women's League Division 2 match at Southampton Sports Centre. The new club, formed after a merger between Southampton City
IT'S all change at Southampton docks owners Associated British Ports. Southampton assistant port manager Matthew Kennerley, 38, is stepping up to fill the vacant shoes left by new city port boss Doug Morrison at his former post in Hull and Goole. Matthew
THE last White Star Line vessel will be auctioned off this year. Ageing SS Nomadic and her sister ship Traffic were built in 1911 for use as tenders to the Olympic and Titanic. But for years the Nomadic has been rotting away in Le Havre, France. Now it
IAIN DOWIE has today revealed just how close he came to forming a managerial team with Saints boss Harry Redknapp. The duo square-off at Selhurst Park on Saturday for what could easily be a 'winner takes all' relegation showdown. And the Crystal Palace
TOMORROW is the deadline for petitions backing the Echo's campaign to save the Hythe Ferry. This week another organisation, The National Piers Society, backed the crusade to protect the vital link between the Waterside and Southampton. The pier provides
THE JOB Scene Roadshow presented by the Southern Daily Echo and Power FM, opens its doors at the Southampton Guildhall on Thursday, May 19. This free entry recruitment, careers, education and training extravaganza is open until late to allow those who
SOUTHAMPTON has won a £350,000 European grant to provide job skills training for the city's unemployed. The money, from the European Social Fund, will help up to 75 people develop their skills and secure employment in a range of occupations including
THE Southampton office of property experts Savills has brought four new people to its corporate consultancy team. Matthew Leonard-Williams has joined as an associate and in his new role will be responsible for the management of a number of major marina
ASSISTANT boss David Hughes has paid his Eastleigh troops the ultimate compliment after last night's 2-0 win over Braintree left them a tantalising 90 minutes away from the Conference South. The former Saints midfielder's planned comeback failed to materialise
THE Wessex League promotion saga took another bizarre twist yesterday when Winchester City were informed that they won't be involved in a play-off game this Saturday after all. Despite finalising arrangements for their trip to Hertfordshire, Winchester's
DANNY Bowers has turned down the chance to succeed his good friend Andy Leader as manager of BAT. The 31-year-old will remain loyal to Hamble ASSC even though there is now a strong possibility that they will be relegated to the Sydenhams Wessex League
MICHAEL BROWN has challenged his Hampshire teammates to delay Andrew Strauss's return to form. Opening batsman Brown is preparing to play against his former Middlesex teammates for the first time since his move from Lord's to the Rose Bowl at the end
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, roro, 0545, 30; Thomson Celebration, passenger, 0600, 101; Maersk Teal, roro, 0630, 34/35; Asian Sun, roro, 0730, 43; CMA CGM Mozart, container, 0930, 207; Hual Traveller, roro, 1130, 40; Grande Anniversa, roro,
SCORES of staff at two leading business advice companies in Southampton were briefed yesterday about a bolt-from-the-blue merger. As reported in later editions of the Daily Echo yesterday, the local offices of Numerica and smaller competitor BDO Stoy
THOUSANDS of Hampshire employees of computer giant IBM are waiting today to hear where the axe will fall in a round of extensive job cuts. IBM, known as Big Blue, has revealed plans to cut up to 13,000 posts, mostly from its European operations where
UP TO 16 jobs are to be cut at the Southern Daily Echo in Southampton. Newsquest, which publishes the newspaper along with 300 other titles across the UK, is looking for voluntary redundancies. Up to eight posts will be lost in the editorial department
EASTLEIGH'S proud march into the Ryman Premier play-off final has convinced manager Paul Doswell he at last has a team worthy of the big occasion. Although the club have made magnficent strides during Doswell's three-year reign, last night's 2-0 win over
FOLLOWING the Martyn Sekjer shock, Hampshire team manager Rod Rosier has received some heartening news for the Middleton Cup campaign. Bill Ward - a former Warwickshire skip and a Hampshire Liberty Trophy regular - has decided to play outdoors for the
DANNY GOODE has continued the impressive start to his professional career, clocking up a fourth straight points victory. The New Milton boxer was fighting on a show in Dagenham and used his trademark strength to good effect against the more experienced
ABSHOT Squash have bounced back into the top division of the Hampshire Premier League after winning Division One by a 17-point margin, with a total of 283 points. The team were controversially relegated last season after dropping points following a dispute
Andover 4 Cowes Sports 1 IT CAN only be assumed that there has only ever been one Charm School in Cowes and that it was almost certainly bombed during the last war. For having welcomed Andover's contingent with the all the hostility they could muster
PLANS for a new £4m library and learning centre in Winchester have taken a further step forward. Planning bosses at Hampshire County Council approved the scheme at a meeting of the council's regulatory committee. The centre will comprise the existing
In 2003 Longparish Cricket Club and Barker Son and Isherwood, Solicitors (BSI) joined forces to grow youth cricket participation in the area. The success of the partnership in the last two years can be measured in the establishment of a LCC colts section
ANDOVER Modern Triathlon Club came home laden with silver after a very successful Regional Triathlon Championships. Seven of the squad became regional champions, with six best shoots, five best runs and four best swims, and numerous personal bests. The
THE new chairman of a New Forest football club is staying silent on whether his team will move to a new ground. Dave Stansbridge of Brockenhurst Football Club is refusing to say whether he will abandon the Grigg Lane site or stay put. Members are upbeat
In 1906 the nation found itself facing a dilemma as a General Election was called on the day designated for the FA Cup first round - with Saints playing Pompey! But as DAVE JUSON reports, politicians have always known how to exploit a situation... T oday's
DRAMA teachers from 15 secondary schools in and around Winchester will be given the opportunity to participate in workshops with the Royal Shakespeare Company on May 26 as part of a unique event to promote arts-education initiatives across the UK. The
DETECTIVES in Southampton are quizzing the driver of a Mercedes that ploughed into St Mary's fire station in St Mary's Road yesterday afternoon. Thousands of pounds of damage was caused to the fire station when the luxury car smashed into a maintenance
HE'S Hampshire's very own superdog. In just a few months a young English springer spaniel will graduate top of his class and become a search-and-rescue specialist - the first of his kind in the county. Barney, affectionately known among co-workers as
US Portsmouth 1, Alresford Town 2 ALRESFORD finished the season on a winning note despite being able to muster only a bare eleven for the trip to Burnaby Road. Their captain, Gary Frost, played the whole of the game with an injury to his right foot and
Vittoria victorious at Grantham EASTON-based event rider Vittoria Panizzon was in fine form at the Belton Park one day event, staged recently at Grantham in Lincolnshire. The University student, at Bristol in her final year of a Biology degree, topped
AN 18th century former farmhouse in Portchester is sporting a new plaque showing its historical importance. The Portchester Society nominated Murrills House in East Street for the accolade, which was funded by the Millennium 'Awards For All' project.
ILLEGAL fly-tipping cost Eastleigh Borough Council £30,000 in the last financial year. A leading councillor has labelled the indiscriminate dumping as a "major problem". Speaking at a full meeting of the borough council, executive Cabinet member for infrastructure
It was a heartbreak moment when Sue Dixon decided to give up her cherished allotment. For Sue, pictured above, who is registered blind, has just enough sight to make out the bright colours of the flowers she had nurtured at her South Street plot. But
A COMPANY has been fined £10,000 after strong gas smells got up the noses of residents living near a landfill site at Fair Oak. SITA Southern Limited appeared before Southampton Magistrates' Court and were also ordered to pay £1,500 costs. The company
