YOU COULD never describe Deborah Lewis as a victim of cancer. Right from the start, when the tumour was first discovered in her breast, the Southampton mother of two refused to be overwhelmed. And it is her positive outlook that helped her get through
RYMAN 1 new boys Lymington & New Milton have glimpsed a chink of light at the end of their dark, injury-plagued tunnel. Central midfielders James Ford and Chris Smith, pictured right, took their first steps along the comeback trail in Saturday's 2
SHAUN UDAL might be 36, but he's not flag-ging! The Hampshire Cricket star is pictured celebrating his shock call-up for England's winter tour of India next month. Udal has never played Test cricket before and won the last of his 10 one-day caps over
A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of one of Southampton's major retailers and its 21 staff. Littlewoods' Southampton branch looks destined to close after being bought out by cut-price fashion giant Primark. Shopworkers union Usdaw claims the Above
SHOPPERS stepped back into the early 19th century when dancers in period costume entertained passers-by in Winchester. Regency-era dancers performed historical dances as part of Austenmania, a city-wide celebration of Jane Austen's life and literature
COULD you Bee-friend a child? New Forest-based children's charity Honeypot is launching a new scheme to enhance the lives of disadvantaged children. Bee-Friending is aimed at couples and families who wish to give a child some practical help by taking
POLICE seized tens of thousands of pounds' worth of property in a series of raids on the homes of suspected "career criminals" across Hampshire. Officers used new powers to target people thought to be funding their lavish lifestyles from the proceeds
HAVE Christmas on me. That is the last message going out to his friends and former work colleagues from electricity engineer Frank Moynham. Frank died peacefully at home at the age of 92. He had not long returned from a six-week stay in hospital where
IT is one of Hampshire's greatest rivers but parts are so overgrown you can barely see the water and in others discarded motorcycles and bikes are commonplace. Further upstream, paths that have been trodden for centuries are slipping away, leaving muddy
STAFF at a Hampshire leisure centre are gearing up for a month of fundraising for Breast Cancer Care. Staff at Fareham Leisure Centre, pictured above, are asking members to take to their bikes throughout October in a bid to clock up 50 sponsored miles
UNION members in Southampton are on a collision course with city leaders after voting overwhelmingly to ballot for industrial action over controversial plans to privatise key council services. Scores of council workers backed a boycott of the proposals
THE HARD of hearing in two Hampshire towns are having to wait more than 18 months for a hearing aid on the NHS. The British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (BSHAA) says patients in Lymington and Basingstoke are facing a delay of up to 77 weeks compared
THIRTY members of the public took part in a massive clean-up operation at one of the New Forest's most popular beaches. The volunteers, who travelled from as far as Whitchurch, helped to remove litter and debris along the coastline at Milford on Sea during
MEMBERS of Solent Lions are looking for a clockwork train set to use in fundraising activities. The club has been raising cash for 30 years and recently held its annual duck race event with 2,250 plastic ducks on the River Itchen. To contact Solent Lions
A NEW Fareham-based charity is looking for people who need their dogs walked. The Light of the World Trust is currently setting up a base in Hampshire and is looking for both pensioners and disabled people who struggle to care for their pets , as well
EIGHT legal eagles from White & Bowker's Chandler's Ford office climbed the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales to complete the Three Peaks Challenge in 23 hours and 52 minutes. Their charity effort netted £2,093 for Treetops Children's
Theo Walcott will become the youngest player to start a match for Saints if he plays at Mansfield tonight. The 16-year-old, pictured, is expected to be given his chance in a wide midfield role at Field Mill as Harry Redknapp gives his youngsters a chance
GOSPORT Borough marksman Jamie Laidlaw has booked his ticket to the FA Cup final next spring after landing the FA's player-of-the-round award. The 28-year-old hotshot polled 44 per cent of the 7,363 votes cast on TheFA.com after firing the Privett Park
Shane Warne is expected to be fit to face Nottinghamshire in the final championship game of the season, which starts at the Rose Bowl tomorrow (10.30am). The Hampshire captain suffered an adductor strain in his right thigh during the win against Glamorgan
THESE were the scenes as up to 150 top businessmen and women gathered for the Daily Echo-backed Hampshire Business Awards. They wined and dined at historic Southwick House at HMS Dryad, near Portsmouth, before the award ceremony got underway in earnest
WESSEX Heartbeat wants to give YOU £50. In a reversal of the normal course of events, the cardiac centre charity has thousands to dish out to enterprising entrepreneurs who it hopes will return the cash several times over. They are looking for Hampshire's
Steve Simpson landed one of the best bass of the week while fishing from his own small boat in the western Solent. The Waterside angler used a whole mackerel as bait in the western Solent catch the 10lb 1oz fish. Simpson, pictured, presented the mackerel
THIEVES stole a handbag from a car in a Winchester college car park. The theft took place at Peter Symonds College on Monday afternoon after a woman left her bag in the car and forgot to lock the passenger door. Items taken included £26 in cash and several
A CONTROVERSIAL planning application to squeeze 12 luxury homes on a site where two properties currently stand has attracted 127 letters of objection. Residents in Lymington were outraged when developers destroyed a number of mature trees in their street
GRAFITTI artists, fly-tippers and under-age drinkers across the New Forest and Gosport could all be caught on camera as a result of a new crime-busting initiative. Closed-circuit TV is the latest weapon to be used by the county council's Accredited Community
HAMPSHIRE police chiefs have been asked which force they would like to merge with to create a new regional super-constabulary. Home Secretary Charles Clarke yesterday told them that he agreed with a report which found that forces with fewer than 4,000
RESIDENTS from Fareham claim they have been lumped with a fortnightly rubbish collection without being given the resources to cope. The controversial new collection started for 45,329 households this week - but some residents have not been given the larger
EASTLEIGH'S Swan shopping centre has thrown its weight behind the Macmillan Miles Challenge to help raise money for people living with cancer. The event on Sunday, October 9 challenges local people to find sponsorship for completing a mile route around
Saints boss Harry Redknapp will find out by the end of this week if he is to face an FA disrepute charge for his sending off from the touchline on Sunday. Redknapp was incensed over a string of decisions by referee Nigel Miller, pictured with the Saints
