IT'S CELEBRATION time today for the van builders at Ford's Swaythling plant as the five millionth Transit rolls off the production line - but yesterday it was party time for the 1,440 staff, pensioners and their families at Southampton. Three cavalcades
LICENCE application: The Licensing Act 2003 requires the Millennium Village Hall to advertise its licence application in the terms described as follows: The Trustees of Cliddesden Millennium Village Hall (registered charity 257526) applied on July 4,
STRAWBERRY and cream teas event: Held at Tower Hill Farm, in June, was a success, and both All Saints Church and Dummer Village Hall received handsome donations to their funds. Not only were there lovely teas but also stalls, games and fun in abundance
HATCH Warren fun lunch: Is on Saturday, July 23, on the community centre fields, at 11am. There will be plenty for the family including entertainment for the children, stalls, fairground rides and face painting. There will also be a bouncy slide, boxing
TIME Team: Join the local Time Team on Saturdays and Sundays in August. The Heritage Association is having a series of training digs on Bronze Age sites at Tidgrove, some of which are designated as family learning events. Contact Janet Boyd on 297610
PLAYSCHEMES: There will be a number of playschemes during the school holidays. These are: July 25 to August 5, 2pm to 3.55pm, at Oakley Junior School; from August 8 to 12, 10am to noon, at St John's Centre; August 15 to 19, 10am to noon, at St Leonard's
ACTIVITIES: The summer holidays are nearly here, and you may need to prepare your timetable to include all the fun things you want to do. There are loads of free activities for you to get involved with in the first week, including dance sessions from
BRIGHT colours, good food and hundreds of smiling faces - it could only be Fareham's Annual Gala Day. Every year the event grows in size and popularity and, judging by the party atmosphere that enveloped the town at the weekend, this was the best one
THIS is the new £20m store that Asda shoppers could soon be checking into in the not too distant future. The Daily Echo can for the first time reveal how the new store in Chandler's Ford will look when the south's first out-of-town hypermarket is swept
A STATE-of-the-art youth centre, which will cost more than £500,000, could be opening its doors at Fair Oak in April. Two years ago Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott cleared the way for the controversial development on the Brookfield estate. Local residents
Sir.-If you run a pub, club, restaurant, takeaway or supermarket, or you conduct "licensable activities", you should by now know that your 20-plus pages of forms, to renew your licence, have to be submitted by August 6. If you haven't applied by August
Bournemouth enjoyed the upper hand in their drawn match with Portsmouth and are now only 11 points behind BAT Sports at the top of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League. They posted a challenging 262 at Chapel Gate, but ran out of time and were unable
Sir.-I write to compliment Robert Brown on his Trafalgar history piece. Mr Brown must have diligently undertaken research to enable him to write about such an interesting episode in our history. In today's world of instant messaging, radio, phone, e-mail
Sir.-At a time when we are remembering the events of the Second World War, I was touched to receive an e-mail from friends in Germany, following the London bombings last Thursday. Hoping that members of our family living in London were okay, they said
Hursley Park's all too familiar batting frailties added up to a seven-wicket defeat by defending ECB Southern Electric Premier League champions South Wilts at The Quarters. Dia-Morgan Rushbrook (3-33) rushed out Hursley Park's top three and left Adrian
Hampshire Hawks suffered a controversial ONE-wicket win against the Nottinghamshire Outlaws - after suffering a six-run penalty because of a slow over rate. After failing to bowl their 45 overs in the allocated two hours and 50 minutes, umpires Nigel
TODD Bennett is a proud coach today after two of his young charges, Robert Tobin and Sian Scott, picked up medals at the weekend's European Under-23 Championships in Erfurt, Germany. As expected, Tobin, Europe's fastest senior man this season with a 45.01
Andover have capitalised on the unrest at Wessex League rivals AFC Newbury by taking Dave Asker and Sam Rae back to the Portway Stadium. Although Newbury chairman Steve Hartley is confident of getting the club back on an even keel after a recent raid
New Portsmouth striker Collins Mbesuma could have angered manager Alain Perrin by claiming he already has his sights set on a move to Manchester United. Mbesuma only last week joined Pompey on a three-year deal - subject to a work permit- after spurning
BASINGSTOKE tennis stars Alex Bogdanovic and Josh Goodall completed a winning double at the Nottingham Challenger event last weekend. Bogdanovic won the singles crown, while Goodall teamed up with Martin Lee to take the doubles title. For Bogdanovic it
BRITISH netminder Dan Green is the latest addition to the Basingstoke Bison for the coming campaign, having joined this week from the Bracknell Bees. He will fill the back-up goalie role at the club - a position he held at last season's British National
X-RAY films will soon be replaced with digital images that will be stored on an electronic archive system at Basingstoke hospital. Bringing the X-ray system into the 21st century is going to cost £9.8million. Digital X-rays and images from CT and MRI
NEW figures show a drop in the number of patients who have contracted the potentially-deadly MRSA superbug at Basingstoke hospital. Figures released on Monday, as part of a nationwide survey, show the number of cases in 2002-2003 was down to 20 from a
A NORTH Hampshire MP got on his bike to help raise awareness of the importance of exercise in reducing the risk of cancer. Sir George Young attended a launch of Reduce the Risk - Cancer Research UK's new campaign - which aims to teach people how five
A HAMPSHIRE Ambulance paramedic achieved a landmark first for the service when he gave a life-saving injection to a heart attack victim. Mike Burrows administered the blood-clot busting drug to 58-year-old grandfather Tony Nightingale at his home last
HEALTH bosses are not planning to apply for Basingstoke to become one of the next foundation hospitals - despite being invited to as it is a three-star organisation. The hospital had planned to apply for foundation status again for April 2006, after bosses
HEART care in the Hart region has received a boost with the purchase of a piece of portable equipment that can spot disease early on. The £56,000 cardiac echo system, which has been bought by the Blackwater Valley and Hart Primary Care Trust, will be
A CONSULTANT from Basingstoke hospital is travelling to Africa to join a group of volunteers who will bring medical treatment to some of the world's poorest people. Dr Keith Thomson, a consultant anaesthetist, will provide his services for charity Mercy
STAFF at Basingstoke hospital are being quizzed on what they think of their working lives. In the second national NHS staff survey, 800 employees at the hospital are being asked about work-life balance, job satisfaction, violence, and health and safety
EMERGENCY treatment of patients at Basingstoke hospital has speeded up so much that, by December, 98 per cent will be seen, discharged or given a bed within four hours. A meeting of hospital staff at The ARK medical facility heard how progress towards
HEART care services at Basingstoke hospital are set for a boost after a trail-blazing deal between trust bosses and the Ministry of Defence. Bosses at the hospital this week said yes to the three-year appointment of a third heart specialist, who is currently
BASINGSTOKE hospital has unlocked a £100,000 cash pot after hitting accident and emergency waiting time targets. The cash has been awarded after 95 per cent of accident and emergency patients were seen, treated and discharged or admitted within the national
SCHOOLS in Basingstoke are to take part in a new Government scheme launched to teach children and parents about the benefits of a healthy lunch. The Healthy Lunchbox scheme, which aims to make packed lunches more interesting, varied, cost-effective and
X-RAY films will soon be replaced with digital images that will be stored on an electronic archive system at Basingstoke hospital. Bringing the X-ray system into the 21st century is going to cost £9.8million. Digital X-rays and images from CT and MRI
THE father of Saints starlet Theo Walcott has saluted Harry Redknapp for refusing to wrap the 16-year-old in a protective blanket of publicity. Redknapp stunned Don Walcott this week when he not only took his son on tour with Saints' senior professionals
LITTLE OLIVIA Gallienne became the symbol of Southampton's sweltering Race for Life 2005. The tiny tot, who was diagnosed with leukaemia at just five weeks of age, was carried over the finish line by her proud mum Katie flanked by her five-year-old daughter
POTTERMANIA swept through Hampshire over the weekend as the eagerly-awaited sixth book in the series chronicling the adventures of the young wizard was unveiled. At precisely one minute past midnight, bookstores across the county began selling copies
DOZENS of organisations from across Hampshire took part in the annual Southampton Mela Festival, celebrating Asian culture. The event was organised by Art Asia, a community group which promotes Asian culture in the south. The nine-hour festival featured
A HAMPSHIRE pre-school has received a top award for the "excellent" service it provides. Testwood Pre-school based at Testwood Baptist Church, Totton, was presented with the Pre-school Learning Alliance's national accreditation certificate by New Forest
PLANS for a giant IKEA furniture store in Southampton are still on the table, it has been revealed. The Daily Echo understands that city chiefs are still holding top level discussions with bosses from the popular Swedish store in a final attempt to persuade
A CHARITY formed by the family of Southampton motorbike crash victim Wayne Howard is celebrating getting its first corporate sponsor. Vanilla Gourmet Catering, based in Hamble, has agreed to sponsor the Wayne Howard Trust and has created a new relish
HAMPSHIRE businesses have been awarded more than £46,000 by the county council to help pay for measures that encourage staff to leave their cars at home. Executive councillor for the environment, Tim Knight, approving the business travel plan funding,
DO you remember the catchy theme tune to '70s TV programme, Van Der Valk, or the music for schools programmes, Finding Out; Living and Growing or The Messengers? They are just a few of 30 original sound recordings that you can hear on Winchester Hospital
THE final lessons were being taught this week at a Winchester prep school which is closing after 90 years. Nethercliffe School, in Hatherley Road, Fulflood, closed yesterday (Thursday), following a decision by the board in February. Head teacher, Gordon
A BRONZE-AGE ring, unearthed in a field at Crawley, near Winchester, and thought to be around 3,000 years old, was declared treasure by coroner, Simon Burge, at an inquest on Wednesday. A valuation committee will now decide its value and how much its
STAFF and parents of patients are urging health chiefs not to cut children's services at Winchester's Royal Hampshire County Hospital. Around 70 people attended a meeting there to discuss the treatment available for youngsters following the Hampshire
FIRMS across the south are being preyed on by confidence tricksters using the Internet, it emerged today. The scam is currently operating under the name 'The Internet Domain Registration Office'. It involves a domain name registrar calling a business
THESE commuters have £2 extra a day in their pockets thanks to their green travel credentials. CW Fellowes, a business and tax advice firm at Chandler's Ford employing 45 staff, has been encouraging employees away from car dependency. Instead, a number
Today's Principal Arrivals: APL Ireland, container, 1130, 205; Philipp, container, 1530, 207; St Angelo, ro/ro, 2230, 102; Fehn Moon, cargo, 2359, Princes Wharf Today's Principal Sailings: Transgard, ro/ro, container, 1400, 201; Anke, cargo, 1600, 102
SCORES of Winchester residents have demanded action to end what they claim is the growing and potentially dangerous nuisance from a neighbouring laundry. Around 60 Hyde residents attended a public meeting on Wednesday to call on the city council to stop
THE Hampshire father who enlisted the help of Fame Academy voice coaches to learn to sing to his injured daughter and villagers who helped her recover will have his story screened on TV later this week. Danny Corp and the rest of the Corp family, from
A CAMPAIGN asking Daily Echo readers to donate their old mobile phones to raise money for carers has been hailed a success. So far about £5,200 has been raised from the campaign in conjunction with BBC Radio Solent for their Ring Around Carers network
A DISABLED Southampton man has arrived back after his first trip offshore - just six months after his left leg was amputated above the knee. John Ballard spent six days on the tall ship Lord Nelson after regulars at Woolston's Swan Inn clubbed together
COMPUTER courses for adults: There are still places available on computer courses at The Hurst Community College in Brimpton Road. For further information, contact The Hurst adult learning office on 0118 9812918. BAUGHURST Parish Council: The next meeting
PARISH council: Meets on Monday, at 7.30pm, in the village hall. Members of the public are welcome, and the agenda includes a 10-minute session when you are permitted to speak. NATIONAL Women's Register: The next meeting of this busy group will take place
SUMMER play schemes: These are the dates of play schemes in Brighton Hill, organised by the Play Council. July 25 to 29, from 10am to noon, at Chalk Ridge Primary School; August 1 to 5, 10am to noon, at Manor Field Infant School; August 8 to 12 and August
AGE Concern: For the third year running, a Summertime Music Hall is being staged in aid of the Basingstoke branch of this charity on Saturday, July 30, at 7.30pm, in the Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke. Helen Watson, along with other guests from West End
THE Good Companions: Is a group for the more mature residents of Chineham, with a different theme each week that is determined by the attendees. It meets at Four Lanes Community Centre on the third Tuesday of each month and the next meeting is on Tuesday
NEW home: The first local police officers should soon be moving into their new home in Dickson House in London Road. This will not only be the new beat office but will also provide accommodation for a number of local voluntary organisations under the
"THREE Cheers for Mrs Butler": Kempshott Junior School's Years 5 and 6 put on a production on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 5 and 6. Well done to all the children, and also to teachers Mrs Briggs, Mr Chaudhry, Mrs Bondsfield, Mrs Wolinski and Miss Simms
Oakley PLAYSCHEMES: There will be a number of playschemes during the school holidays. These are: July 25 to August 5, 2pm to 3.55pm, at Oakley Junior School; from August 8 to 12, 10am to noon, at St John's Centre; August 15 to 19, 10am to noon, at St
OAKRIDGE Festival: Well done to all involved with the festival. The event was a complete success and I do hope everyone enjoyed themselves. If anyone has any ideas for next year, let us know. Also, a big thank you to Top Notch hair salon, for its great
SUMMER festival: It all went fantastically well. The vicar's barbecue was a roaring success with about 60 people in attendance. They sold out of cakes at the church flower festival. There were crowds at the river side for the duck race. Above all, the
PAMBER Scout Group: Can you help? This thriving Scout group needs a new leader for September. The group meets on Thursdays, between 7pm and 9pm, at the Den, in Pelican Road, Pamber Heath. The Den has been refurbished recently and the lads are full of
MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of a capsized, burnt-out boat in the Solent early today. Police have launched an investigation after the rigid inflatable boat was found by Solent Coastguard after hitting a yacht moored in Cowes harbour on the Isle of
PUBLIC notice - Licensing Act 2003, Premises Licence Application: Notice is hereby given that an application was made to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for a Premises Licence under the above act on July 11, 2005, by Sherfield-on-Loddon Village
DIG supper: Get your tickets for the supper on July 25, at 7.45pm, in the village hall, from Valerie on 0118 9700349. CHILDREN'S activity day: At the Methodist Church on Saturday, July 30, from 10am to 4pm. Contact Kathy on 0118 9701234 for more details
SUMMERTIME fun spread through the New Forest this weekend as crowds flocked to festivals staged in the region. Former Grand Prix commentator Murray Walker came out of retirement to get the first ever Fordingbridge Festival off to a roaring start. Mr Walker
LIBRARY events: Storytime at the library for under-fives is on Wednesday, at 10.15am; under-sevens on Wednesday, July 27, at 10.15am. A free introduction to the internet course is on Tuesday, from 2pm to 4pm. Booking is essential. SANDS: Last Saturday's
Sir.-I visited the War Memorial Park on Sunday for the VE Day and VJ Day commemoration. It was a really lovely event, with everyone enjoying themselves. The service of remembrance was very moving and I thought The Salvation Army band played very well,
Sir.-In the recent correspondence about traffic speed on the A30 in Old Basing and neighbouring villages, I've seen many suggestions for tinkering with the problem but none that I feel will really get a grip on it. The A30 is a throw-back to the pre-motorway
PANTOMIME fever was high in Basingstoke when medical staff and firefighters took to the stage to perform a charity show (pictured above). Staff from Basingstoke hospital, North Hampshire Primary Care Trust (NHPCT), Parklands, The Hampshire Clinic and
HEALTH chiefs have warned that new out-of-hours healthcare arrangements for north Hampshire are not designed for people to ask for repeat prescriptions or test results. At the start of the month, responsibility for out-of-hours healthcare in north Hampshire
A NEW computer suite in Basingstoke is set to help brain-injured patients with their recovery and recuperation. The specially-designed room at Headway Place was officially opened last Saturday, and will be used by patients at the rehabilitation centre
PEOPLE in Hampshire who called 999 because of a life-threatening situation were less likely to see an ambulance turn up within eight minutes than in other areas of the country, according to yearly figures. Under Government guidelines, three-quarters of
BOSSES at Basingstoke hospital are facing their biggest-ever financial challenge as they bid to save a total of £11million before next April. The daunting figure, made up of a £7.2million saving the hospital must make itself to break even and £3.8million
BASINGSTOKE hospital's Sterile Services Unit has undergone a £3million refurbishment. Work to modernise the facility, which deals with the decontamination of surgical equipment so that it can be reused, lasted two years, and hospital bosses say the unit
AS WE all try to maintain healthy active lifestyles, sports medicine is becoming an increasingly important care technique. Sports medicine is the medical care of illness, utilising exercise programmes and also the medical care of problems, injuries and
THE annual tradition of summer fetes was alive and kicking across the borough recently. Several communities came together to hold their fetes, all of which were boosted by strong local support through a top turnout. Snakes and reptiles were the main attraction
THE forces' wartime sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn was one of the first to see the centrepiece to a monument which will commemorate the heroes of the Battle of Britain. Dame Vera was joined by Lord Tebbit, chairman of the Battle of Britain Monument Committee
A SUSPECTED drug den that was blighting a Basingstoke neighbourhood has been shut down and boarded up by police in a landmark action in the town. Officers used a "closure order", sanctioned by the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003, for the first time to
THE father of Saints starlet Theo Walcott has saluted Harry Redknapp for refusing to wrap the 16-year-old in a protective blanket of publicity. Redknapp stunned Don Walcott this week when he not only took his son on tour with Saints' senior professionals
"Phew, what a scorcher!" That was the reaction of Southampton Race for Life co-ordinator Karina Morgan as she watched the city's 10,000 entrants complete the 5km course in blistering temperatures. It was 23 degrees centigrade in the shade - and a heck
PROUD to be helping to lead off the runners was breast cancer survivor Penny Drake from Southampton. At just 23 years of age when she was first diagnosed, Penny is one of the youngest women in the country to have developed the disease. She went through
SOUTHAMPTON'S highways bosses could face a challenge in the Euro-pean Courts if they decide to call a halt to a multi-million-pound deal with an overseas firm to repair the city's crumbling roads. Any delay would also "seriously jeopardise" the council's
PLANNING chiefs have unexpectedly turned down an application for outside decking at the Jolly Miller pub in Miller Drive, Fareham. Members of Fareham's Planning Committee refused to allow the extension of the outside area after ward councillor Pamela
IT WAS a fine autumn day in September 1955 when five-year-old Betsy Jones walked through the school gates for her first day at Mansel Infant School, Millbrook. Built to serve a rapidly-expanding population on the Millbrook Estate, the school buildings
THE Hampshire Ambassadors enjoyed a taste of military history in Winchester when they visited Serle's House and the Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum. Following a presentation by Peter Davies, senior historic buildings architect at Hampshire County Council
POLICE have described an incident in which a man tried to persuade a teenager into his car as "worrying". Officers have stepped up patrols because they are keen to track down the man following the incident at Waverley Drive, South Wonston, Winchester,
WINCHESTER University says 95 per cent of the teacher-education students who left it last year are now working in the classroom. The figures were compiled for the annual return to the Teacher Training Agency. With the national average currently standing
FOR one family in particular, it really was a "one-in-a-million" visit to the Watercress Line. Darren Powell, his wife, Nina, son, Hugh, 3, baby daughter, Lorna, and his mother, Gillian, suddenly found themselves treated like VIPs as staff waved them
IT was all smiles when the Queen met veterans in Winchester this week to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the raising of The King's Royal Rifle Corps at St Cross. Amid tightened security in the wake of the London bombings, more than 1,000 people joined
SCORES of angry demonstrators greeted members of the South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) when they arrived in Winchester for a meeting on Wednesday. Bearing placards and distributing leaflets, more than 30 protesters made their disapproval known
A MUM has been commended by police for her quick-thinking actions which saved the life of a toddler who had fallen into a river. Alexandra Farrall, from South Wonston, was out walking in Nuns Walk, Winchester, with her young daughter Tia, on April 21,
ANTI-mast campaigners have pledged to carry on the fight despite seeing a 12ft pole put up in Byron Avenue this week. Following a five-year campaign to stop it going up in the Winchester street, objectors stood powerless as the mast was put in place on
