Meetings with the Finance Director about the possibility of the Trust appointing a new Professional Fund-Raiser to make the best possible use of future charitable giving to our General Hospital. This was viewed with caution by the heads of the charities
Meetings with the Finance Director about the possibility of the Trust appointing a new Professional Fund-Raiser to make the best possible use of future charitable giving to our General Hospital. This was viewed with caution by the heads of the charities
Sunday 30th October06 The Friends had a very interesting meeting with Keith Dowell and Mark Maffey from the Trust outlining the future for E and F levels West Wing at the SGH. F level is the area that we are expanding with the Trust to provide a new modern
Sunday 30th October06 The Friends had a very interesting meeting with Keith Dowell and Mark Maffey from the Trust outlining the future for E and F levels West Wing at the SGH. F level is the area that we are expanding with the Trust to provide a new modern
14th October 2006 Hello Again The Friends held their AGM on Wednesday at midday. Very few turned up but we did have an interesting meeting. The day started SO badly for Margaret, (Hon: Secretary) and I. We had to re-do the Agenda at 10am and Margaret
14th October 2006 Hello Again The Friends held their AGM on Wednesday at midday. Very few turned up but we did have an interesting meeting. The day started SO badly for Margaret, (Hon: Secretary) and I. We had to re-do the Agenda at 10am and Margaret
Hello, my name is Sallyanne Hurst and I am Chairman of the Friends of Southampton General Hospital. I was born and educated in Winchester followed by Southampton University Department of Aeronautics. I lived in Bridport for 2 years, followed by 20 years
Hello, my name is Sallyanne Hurst and I am Chairman of the Friends of Southampton General Hospital. I was born and educated in Winchester followed by Southampton University Department of Aeronautics. I lived in Bridport for 2 years, followed by 20 years
WINCHESTER boss Steve Moss is sweating on injuries to ALL his main strikers ahead of tomorrow's FA Trophy second qualifying round tie at Northwood. Remarkably, Jamie Musselwhite (hamstring), Ian Mancey (pelvic area) and Mark Gamble (dead leg) all picked
BRITISH-BUILT cars are still tops for long-term reliability and affordability, according to a poll just published. The UK-manufactured Honda Accord and Honda Civic models finished first and second in a reliability supertest conducted by What Car? magazine
TELEVISION presenter and "king of the slide" Tiff Needell has been delighted to accept a call-up to co-host this year's live action motor show MPH06 alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May. The show, that opened last week at Birmingham's NEC, runs until
Chris Fell from Salisbury has been crowned the south-west's greatest car lover. He now goes through to the national final of the first-ever "Love Your Car Awards", a nationwide search being run by BP Ultimate fuels to find the people who go to the greatest
ONE OF the world's greatest quartets are to appear at the Turner Sims concert hall for one night only. The Takcs Quartet consisting of Edward Dusinberre and Karoly Schranz on violin, Geraldine Walther on viola and Andras Fejer on cello, have garnered
Packed with magic and mystery, Alice's adventures in Wonderland are sensationally brought to life in this wondrous show from the English National Ballet. Alice follows the White Rabbit into an enchanting and sometimes sinister world of adventure, meeting
WITH opening night just a few days away, Waterside Musical Society is putting the final touches to the world premiere production of the new musical, Act Your Age, which opens at the Waterside Theatre, Holbury on Wednesday. The musical is set in the failing
IN their long history the Chesil Theatre, Winchester, has never performed one of the classic plays of the 20th century - An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley. Next February that omission will be remedied when Nicky Pink and John Wakeman direct their
IN the mood for some Blues? Head to The Three Tuns in Romsey. The venue in Middle Bridge Street is playing host to the Riverside Blues Band on Monday (Nov 6). Admission free.
MOZART'S beautiful Requiem is the main item on the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's programme at Lighthouse, Poole, on Wednesday (November 8). The soloists are Ingela Bohlin (soprano), Anna Stephany (alto), Edgaras Montvidas (tenor) and Neal Davies (bass
SACHA Baron Cohen's hysterical journey into America's heartland, in the guise of his fictitious Khazakstani television reporter, could justifiably stake a claim as the most uproariously and hysterically funny film of the year. There are moments in
Saw III has little to distinguish it from its predecessors; Tobin Bell is confined to his character's deathbed, forcing Shawnee Smith to shoulder more of the Machiavellian meddling than she can carry. The body count is sufficiently high to satiate the
Sixty Six is a charming coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the 1966 World Cup. Screenwriters Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor score a hat trick of laughs and tears with the touching human drama. Young star Gregg Sulkin is stunning.
SACHA Baron Cohen's hysterical journey into America's heartland, in the guise of his fictitious Khazakstani television reporter, could justifiably stake a claim as the most uproariously and hysterically funny film of the year. There are moments in
Little Children paints a beautifully detailed portrait of fear and self-loathing in American suburbia. Kate Winslet should be one of next year's five hopefuls for her stunning portrayal here of a lonely wife, clinging forlornly onto the one glimmer of
A new breakwater for The Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS) in Cowes has won the British Construction Industry Small Civil Engineering Project Award at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London last week. The breakwater was built by Ringwood-based
JAMES Pullen is happy to have made Eastleigh his latest club - even though he lives in Essex! The 24-year-old former Ipswich Town shot-stopper made an impressive debut for Eastleigh last weekend. He managed to keep what was only the club's second league
HAMWORTHY United chairman Bruce Scammell has rubbished suggestions that manager Phil Simkin, below, is under pressure. The Hammers are languishing in the lower reaches of the Sydenhams Premier and desperately need a home win over fellow strugglers Ringwood
AFC Totton could leap into pole position in the Sydenhams Wessex League Premier tomorrow. The formbook suggests they should beat visiting Alton - second placed Totton are one of only two unbeaten teams in the top flight while rock bottom Alton are the
Ellingham & Ringwood's trip to US Portsmouth won't be plain sailing this weekend. The Forest club are certainly not as good on their travels as they are at home. Portsmouth now have a full squad to choose from and will be stern opposition. Southampton
TEENAGE motocross star Jono Parker-Davies has been left devastated by a £15,000 break-in that may have cost him a trophy. Jono is a leading member of Ringwood Adult and Youth Motocross Club and was lying second in the senior championships when the thieves
MORE than 2,500 people have signed petitions in a bid to preserve the character of picturesque towns and villages in the New Forest. One of the petitions was presented to members of New Forest District Council, which has been criticised for allowing
Anti-dog fouling signs have been put up in Winchester with a design by a local schoolgirl. Children in Highcliffe were asked to submit a design to the city council. Local residents were concerned at the level of dog fouling in the area and a reluctance
WATERSIDE Tennis Club has launched a new coaching scheme and will be holding free taster sessions tomorrow. One-hour sessions for children aged seven to ten years, teenagers and adults will start at 9am, 10am and 11am respectively. The club is based
Hampshire residents are being urged to support a charity in its bid to win £50,000 to build a sensory garden for the blind and visually impaired in Southampton. Southampton Society for the Blind is going head-to-head with seven other finalists across
OLDER workers are being offered the chance to learn new skills for free in Southampton. City-based charity The Wheatsheaf Trust has launched a series of new courses for people over 50 who are jobless or threatened with unemployment and want to retrain
IT WOULD be one of the most radical changes to transport policy ever seen in Southampton. But controversial plans to charge drivers on one of the busiest routes into the city have been met with derision from motoring groups, politicians and traders.
A SOUTHAMPTON University employee will be reaching new heights by taking on Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. A year and a half since the start of his campaign, Students' Services data analyst Gareth Jones, right, will be swapping his shirt and
A Country park is now producing its own fence posts from its felled trees. The move is due to having a portable saw mill at West End's Itchen Valley Country Park. In previous years felled trees had to be transported to timber merchants. But this autumn
AGENTS Goadsby's Winchester office have sold freehold industrial premises known as Wessenden in Prospect Road, Alresford, to a local investor. Goadsby acted for the vendors, WPP Group, achieving a price well in excess of the guide of £295,000. The purchaser
THE NEW era at Southampton Container Terminals officially began with the commissioning of a £1.7m new harbour crane yesterday. The 100 tonne crane on berth 203, which can lift the equivalent of 1,250 large plasma TVs, is the port's first specialist provision
Today's principal Southampton arrivals Aegean Breeze, roro, 0430, 202; Kiwi Auckland, roro, 0700, 38/9; CMA CGM Balzac, container, 0900, 206; Galicia, vehicle, 1230, 105; OOCL Qingdao, container, 1716, 206; MOL Progress, container, 1900, SCT; Philapdelphia
THE Andrea Adams Trust has organised an anti-bullying day on November 7. They can be contacted on 01273 704900. Unfortunately one of the key campaigners against bullying died early this year. Tim Fields, who had been awarded a doctorate by Southampton
NOW that the Formula One motor racing season is over, readers may care to draw parallels with the politics of Europe. While amateur drivers in Britain, between the wars, were devising motor sports, the blueprint for the European state was being elaborated
The freighters and the tankers Rest in Bedford Bay. All have their sailing orders And plan to sail this day. Fort Anne, Baron Elgin, Zaanland, Ganymedes and Coracero Set sail for dear old England. The crews all know the score. Galley boys and
I WOULD like to comment on the article Faith Leaders Promote Interaction (daily Echo, October 23). My letter is not designed to provoke trouble. I choose to love Muslims, to love them sincerely, and this love provokes me to say that although there may
Each year thousands of people across the UK are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases such as leukaemia and other blood disorders. More than 1,000 of these patients currently require a transplant of healthy bone marrow from an unrelated donor as their
ONE week after the wet and windy Great South Run, I'm still recovering. So much happened in one ten-mile race that I totally forgot to write about the nipple rash. How embarrassing, but another time! Straight after the race I headed home from Portsmouth
FOUR Southampton schools are set to close in a major overhaul of the city's secondary education system. Millbrook, Oaklands, Grove Park and Woolston could all shut under the latest proposals put forward by education bosses. In their place, two new schools
IT'S the news every West End resident and south-coast based cricket fan wanted to hear - the Rose Bowl's plan to cope with massive congestion on roads around the arena. Earlier this year, organisers came in for strong criticism over traffic problems
SKIPPER Claus Lundekvam has revealed how George Burley has been preaching composure' through the club's bad run. Saints ended a dismal run of five losses in six league and cup games in midweek against Wolves. Lundekvam, writing in today's exclusive
The deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board believes the Rose Bowl will grace Test cricket. Former Surrey chairman Mike Soper yesterday confirmed that the ECB will reveal whether the Rose Bowl has been successful in its latest application
Chris Makin has warned his Saints teammates against complacency ahead of the visit of Hull. The victory against Wolves on Wednesday was a massive relief after four defeats in five Championship outings. Now Saints have an opportunity to make the
Kenwyne Jones and Bradley Wright-Phillips will get another chance to prove they should be Saints' first choice strike pairing. After a goal each in their first league start together against Wolves on Wednesday, Saints boss George Burley looks set to
A SOUTHAMPTON University employee will be reaching new heights by taking on Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. A year and a half since the start of his campaign, Students' Services data analyst Gareth Jones will be swapping his shirt and shoes
Get ready for a firework extravaganza that will set Southampton's skyline ablaze with colour as Mayflower Park stages its annual Daily Echo firework festivities tomorrow. Thousands of people are expected to pull on their woolly hats and scarves and flock
WINCHESTER health workers have been receiving letters about redundancies. The Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust is sending out scores of letters that will alert staff their jobs are threatened. A spokesman said the figure would be far
ASHES to ashes! Dust to dust! And by the way, just drop me off at the Oxfam shop when I cast off this mortal coil. That is what happen recently when one Oxfam store manageress discovered an innocuous wooden casket among a pile of charity donations. Inside
WORK on a multi-million pound leisure complex for Eastleigh town centre could get under way in the new year. Planners have given the go-ahead for changes to the original plan, which was given the green light last year. The £25m scheme, based around
MORE than 2,500 people have signed petitions in a bid to preserve the character of picturesque towns and villages in the New Forest. One of the petitions was presented to members of New Forest District Council, which has been criticised for allowing
