DEFENSIVE rock Rob Marshall is not about to join the player exodus from Eastleigh. Although Marshall confided concerns about his future after the league defeat by Welling two weeks ago, he is fit and ready for tomorrow's huge FA Cup date at home to Havante
JAMES Taylor knows more than most what to expect when Basingstoke Town travel to Bognor Regis in the FA Cup tomorrow. It was only three weeks ago that the towering marksman last played at Nyewood Lane with Eastleigh - a 2-0 defeat in the Conference South
HAMBLE ASSC boss Danny Bowers is praying Winchester City will have an off-day at Follands Park tomorrow - but deep down he fears the title favourites' lean spell has already been and gone. Since hitting a dodgy patch of three straight defeats - two of
BUSINESSS leaders have welcomed news that a historic marine safety company is weighing up a move to Southampton, bringing 400 jobs to the city. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Daily Echo, Lloyd's Register has announced that it may move its
London Division Four South-West rugby returns to Stoneham Lane tomorrow but Trojans will not have a more daunting reintroduction than taking on title favourites Dorking. The Surrey side, fresh from a crushing 80-0 win over Ventnor in the Powergen Junior
MOVES to close a popular filling station and garage at North Baddesley and replace it with three bungalows could face an uphill struggle at Tuesday's meeting of Test Valley Borough Council's Southern area planning committee. The application, by Nutbeem
THE countdown is under way for the third of four Romsey brothers to have a bone marrow transplant at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. Nathan Hartley, 11, whose brothers Joshua, 13, and Daniel, nine, had transplants last year, was taken to the hospital
ROMSEY'S police chief has declared all-out war on the town's drunken yobs. Trouble-making drunks face a night behind bars says Inspector Peter Funnell in his latest clampdown on rowdy behaviour. His tough stance comes after yobs attacked a pub and a fish
DON'T so much as sniff when the police drugs dogs are about. Pupils at Kings' School in Winchester were given a demonstration of the canines' powerful sense of smell yesterday. Dog handler PC Neil Bell went into the city's largest school to talk to pupils
HAMPSHIRE'S top politician is refusing to say why he has resigned from the organisation set up to run the New Forest National Park. County council leader Ken Thornber, pictured, has not even told other members of the New Forest National Park Authority
HE trained at the London College of Music. He has a wonderful bass baritone voice. Yet local amateur operatic singer David Jupp from Southampton will be silent in his next show for Romsey-based RAODS - even though it is all about opera singers! Quartet
WOMEN Are From Venus, an evening of Indian dance from Nina Rajarani Dance Creations, comes to Lighthouse, Poole, on Wednesday. There are two pieces - Shringara, a solo created for Nina and four musicians, and Shukra, which reflects the personification
HEALTH services are today reeling from yet another body blow. Plans to close hospital beds in favour of community care have been labelled a mockery after the announcement that the very jobs expected to take up the vital role will also be axed. Today the
GOING to extreme lengths, Lloyds TSB staff in Southampton tested the limits of their endurance in a bid to raise money for charity. Taking on a bush tucker-style challenge at the High Street branch, manager Ed Bell gave a stomach-churning display as he
SCORES of walkers congregated in Southampton's Hoglands Park for a tour of the city to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. The Memory Walk is a nationwide fundraising initiative for the charity. Walkers took a circular stroll through the city's parks
SOUTHAMPTON will have a Christmas lights display to be proud of according to city bosses who are calling on local businesses to put the sparkle into the festive season. A £50,000 pledge to fund the Christmas display this year was rubber-stamped at a meeting
A WOMAN was taken to hospital by ambulance after a fire in a Southampton flat in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters were called to the blaze, in Staplehurst Close, Newtown, at 1.15am. By the time they arrived the flat was well alight. The woman
THIS week's lucky winner of a cash prize in the Daily Echo's fantastic Find the Ball competition is Mr A Ives. Mr Ives scooped the runner-up prize of £1,300. Don't forget to buy your copy of the Daily Echo tomorrow to stand a chance of winning the jackpot
IT'S lights, camera and - finally - action on a new four-screen cinema for Andover. Councillors have unanimously green-lighted an ASDA supermarket and Curzon Cinemas planning application for Anton Mill Road, the town's biggest development in recent years
APPLESHAW granddad Ken Donnelly has proved that there's life after major heart surgery by walking eight miles for charity. Just nine months after a double heart bypass operation, Ken left his sick bed far behind to complete a sponsored walk and raise
HRH Prince Michael of Kent was at The Museum of Army Flying on Monday to support the museum's fundraising efforts. During his visit to the Middle Wallop museum the prince attended a cocktail party and beating the retreat. Next year the Army Air Corps
A NATIVE of Hampshire is the newly appointed Curator of Ando-ver Museum and the Museum of the Iron Age. Jenny Stevens was born in Gosport and attended local scho-ols followed by Sixth Form College. In 1989 she attended Reading Univer-sity where she obtained
SOME of the world's biggest and most prestigious brass bands will join together for the Southampton International Massed Military Band Spectacular on Monday at the city's Guildhall. The concert will feature bands from England, America, Poland, Germany
NEARLY 200 people took part in a parade at Chilbolton Airfield in Stonefield Park in remembrance of those in the airborne forces who gave their lives during the Second World War. Every year war veterans gather to commemorate those who left from Chilbolton
HUNDREDS of pubs across the country are closing but in Everleigh The Crown Hotel has reopened after more than a year. The former landlord was granted planning permission for the grade II listed Crown Hotel to be converted into five houses. The decision
ONE of the UK's best power metal bands, DragonForce, play the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth on Monday, 8pm. Glaswegian rockers Mendeed support. Tickets £9. Tel: 023 9286 3911
LUDGERSHALL butcher Alan Gardner has returned from the regional sausage oscars with a handful of gold awards for his products. At the South West Regional Roadshow and Product Evaluation Event for Butchers, organised by the British Pig Executive (BPEX)
ENHAM'S Fit for Fun sports-taster event, held at The Depot in Charlton was a huge success, with around 30 disabled and elderly people from the Andover area thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to try out a variety of sports. A thrilling demonstration by
SPANISH guitarist Richard Smith gives a matinee concert at Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, on Wednesday, 2pm. Blending classical, Latin American and flamenco, Richard will play favourites such as Malaguena, Rodrigo's Aranjeuz Theme and the Moonlight Sonata
THE Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra gives a concert at Salsibury City Hall on Wednesday with conductor Baldur Bronnimann. The soloist in Bruch's Violin Concerto No 2 will be Ning Kam, and the programme also includes Schubert's Symphony No 8 (the 'Unfinished
CIVIC bosses have pledged to increase pressure on airlines at Southampton International Airport to control noise and pollution generated by future expansion. Members of Southampton City Council thrashed out the issue at a meeting and resolved to put greater
Saints boss Harry Redknapp has lifted the lid on the conversation that led to his FA charge. Redknapp has until October 4 to respond to the charge of using abusive and/or insulting words following his sending off from the touchline during last Sunday's
GAMBLING is a matter of nerve and luck. Writer-director Guy Ritchie certainly has a nerve, daring to get behind a film camera after the horrors of Snatch and Swept Away. His luck stinks too and it's not going to change with Revolver, a frankly impenetrable
This fourth gore-smeared instalment of George A. Romero's horror series, which began in 1968 with the seminal Night Of The Living Dead, has a plodding plot and a handful of shocks that are well signposted.
1. CRASH (15) Employing a tightly woven, multi-layered narrative, Crash draws parallels between characters of different faiths, backgrounds and classes who find themselves trapped in contemporary Los Angeles CHARLIE AND THE 2. CHOCOLATE FACTORY (PG) With
Meeting a side who currently mid-table in Southampton Senior 1, Hampshire League Mottisfont received an early shock when they found themselves two goals behind after the opening half-hour. However, they comfortably erased the deficit and due to conceding
FA AFC Totton look set to 'go West' tomorrow as they plot the FA Cup second qualifying round downfall of Paulton Rovers at Testwood Park. Striker Paul West cut a brooding figure on the bench last Saturday when he was left out of the starting eleven for
John Crawley backed captain Shane Warne after being denied the highest individual score in Hampshire's history. Crawley scored a dazzling 311 not out from421 balls as Hampshire amassed an all-time club record 714-5 against champions Nottinghamshire at
A front row crisis is threatening to derail Fareham Heathens' Hampshire 1 promotion hopes when they go to Sandown & Shanklin. The problems were so severe that skipper Niall Allardice has even considered forfeiting the game but the fear of losing two
ROMSEY and District Society chiefs say it's important the town doesn't become a dormitory for south Hampshire cities. The warning comes as people are urged by Hampshire County Council and other bodies to make their views known on southern Test Valley's
A CRUMBLING Hampshire prison is a "national disgrace" which should be bulldozed, an MP has claimed. Mark Oaten said that the Victorian jail in Winchester - his constituency - should be torn down and the land sold for housing. Profits should be used to
SOUTHAMPTON playwright Graham Macfarlane, who runs the Universal Taxi Theatre Company, brings his new production Beat Freak to The Talking Heads after a three-week run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Beat Freak is an auto-biographical piece
HULL Truck Theatre Company presents Cooking With Elvis, a hilarious new comedy from Lee Hall, at the Theatre Royal, Winchester, from Tuesday until next Saturday. When an amateur Elvis impersonator is paralysed in a car crash, his wife and daughter are
ROMSEY Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presents Quartet at the Plaza Theatre, Romsey, from Tuesday until to October 1. Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred are in a home for retired opera singers. Each year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate
NEVER MIND the size of his ears, this little bat is feeling a bit down in the mouth after being found sick and weary in a Southampton garden. The long-eared bat, which has a wing-span of just 25cm, weighs the same as a 50p coin and has ears nearly two-thirds
AN overturned lorry caused misery for early morning commuters today after it crashed on the M271 in Southampton. It is the latest in a string of accidents involving lorries along the stretch of road and has provoked concern from local residents who have
WHEN Erin Kirley was born her proud parents had no idea she was anything other than a normal healthy baby. However, just three months ago the 18-month-old tot was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis - the UK's most common life-threatening disease. Now mum
THE Tidworth area could undergo a Scandi-navian transformation and turn into a Finnish village in 2012 as it becomes a training base for an Olympic team - most likely from Fin-land. Although the idea is in an embryonic stage the key elements are already
ANDOVER police are investigating the theft of valuable antiques and paintings from a house on the outskirts of King's Somborne. Burglars got into the isolated property by forcing a ground floor window between 9am and 7.45pm on 10 September, and made off
THE Magic of Judy Garland, a tribute show to the legendary star, is at Ferneham Hall in Fareham on Thursday, 8pm. Tickets £12.50. Box office: 01329 231942.
RAGGA nu-metalists Skindred, fronted by legendary Dubwar vocalist Benji, bring their devilish mix of punk, metal and reggae to Southampton's Nexus club on Wednesday. Tel: 023 8023 8024.
THE 'woefully inadequate' public transport between Andover and Winchester can only get worse if a Sunday bus service is axed, a leading Lib/Dem councillor fears. The Andover-Winchester-Basingstoke Sunday service is one of 26 across Hampshire to be cut
A £1m project enabling residents to reclaim their local streets has been unveiled. The Portchester Home Zone project has been years in the planning, but now Hampshire County Council has made it a reality. Improvements for the three roads involved will
A HAMPSHIRE school which was plagued by vandalism has finally been able to restore its playground after a crime-free summer. Staff at St Francis Special School in Fareham dreaded arriving at work earlier this year for fear of the destructive chaos awaiting
Harry Redknapp has condemned reports that he is prepared to walk out on Saints as "absolute rubbish." The Saints boss says he is being "driven mad" by the constant speculation over his future and also that of Sir Clive Woodward. There have been countless
Exponents of military tactics will always advocate knowing your enemy before engaging them in battle but even Romsey could not have expected, from their own limited research of Saturday's Powergen Junior Vase opponents Bec Old Boys, the strength of the
Romsey missed the opportunity to leapfrog Locks Heath when the visitors, who are now second in the table, beat them in a match in which the scoreline didn't reflect the way the game went. "It's very disappointing to lose a game like that," admitted manager
STOCKBRIDGE were on the wrong end of a four-goal drubbing on Saturday against a team who had twice conceded six during the previous week. With the late withdrawal of goalkeeper Dave Witcher due to injury, manager Keith Curtis was forced to call in the
LYMINGTON & New Milton are considering sneaking off to Hastings United tomorrow without chairman John Mills. Mills has missed the last couple of games and, by coincidence, his absence has coincided with Linnets' first two league wins of the season
The name JP Crawley is now firmly etched into the history of Hampshire Cricket. Crawley has the THREE highest post-War scores by a Hampshire batsman following his monumental 311 not out, which helped the county amass their highest ever total against 2005
IN an irregular feature the Andover Advertiser will be highlighting a safety issue for older people in Mid Hampshire PCT's Safe, Well and Warm Winter Campaign. This week we focus on bogus callers, cold callers or distraction burglary. THE advice from
ROMSEY'S hard-pressed bed and breakfast industry could soon be given a much-needed boost. Although the Test Valley's tourist industry has been rising in recent years, many potential overnight visitors to the town have to go elsewhere to find a bed. And
A WEST Tytherley man has been arrested in a European-wide crackdown on child pornography. Officers from Hampshire police's paedophile unit raided the 44-year-old man's home at 7am on Wednesday and took away computer equipment believed to have been used
ROMSEY'S graffiti vandals have sunk to a new low with senseless and obscene daubings on one of the town's religious landmarks. The problem began when one idiot sprayed his pathetic 'trademark' in blue paint around the base of the memorial cross on the
GRAB your Stetsons, the greatest show in the Wild West is coming to Southampton. Annie Get Your Gun opens at The Mayflower on Monday for a week-long run at the city's premier theatre. This dazzling new version of Irving Berlin's timeless and enchanting
HARPER Lee's timeless classic To Kill a Mockingbird is at the Salisbury Playhouse until October 1. Six-year old Scout and her brother Jem face a long summer with nothing but the games they invent. But when their lawyer father, Atticus, takes on the case
RELIGIOUS leaders at Romsey Abbey have blasted vandals who have twice daubed graffiti over a stone cross in consecrated grounds. In the past month the centuries-old cross has twice been daubed with obscene signs and language scrawled in blue and white
SHOPPERS will now have a more limited choice when it comes to spending a penny in Andover town centre - because the borough council wants to save its pennies. The death knell has sounded for three tardis-style toilets in the town - at Borden Gate, the
NOEL Davies talks to KT Tunstall ahead of her sell-out gig at the Guildhall in Southampton. THE thought of working in a nine-to-five job sends a shiver down KT Tunstall's spine. Taking a long sip of coffee she ponders a life that could have been without
THE latest NME tour arrives at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth on Sunday, 8.30pm, headlined by London new age punksters The Rakes. Club NME also showcases the deliciously brilliant Louis XIV plus Five O'Clock Heros and Filthy Dukes. The Rakes release
THE Syd Lawrence Orchestra brings the big swing hits of Glen Miller to The Anvil in Basingstoke on Saturday, 7.45pm. Tickets £16. Box office: 01256 844244.
DEVELOPMENT of a multiplex cinema in Eastleigh and the take-over of a town centre supermarket has prompted civic chiefs to provide a new taxi rank for an experimental period. The six-car rank will be in Mitchell Road near the town's Swan covered shopping
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the visionary Japanese film maker who enthralled us with Princess Mononoke and the Oscar-winning Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle is a magical animated feature. Christian Bale, Billy Crystal and Lauren Bacall are among the
