DOZENS of recruits at an Army training base in Hampshire have been treated for a highly infectious gastric flu. The Army Training Regiment site at Sir John Moore Barracks in Winchester have seen scores of cases of the unknown bug since last week. Of
PARENTS have been given just weeks to find alternative childcare after an activity centre and creche in South-ampton announced with-out warning that it is to close. Up to 40 children are thought to be affected while ten members of staff will be made
IT'S been dubbed the Oscars of the South. More than 370 guests from the theatrical world came together at Southampton's St Mary's Stadium for the glittering Daily Echo Curtain Call Awards 2006. The event celebrates the very best in local amateur dramatics
AN IRANIAN family battling deportation to their homeland have been handed a £650 rental bill after the Home Office cut off their funding. Blind husband and wife Khalil, 62, and Lisa Khameneh, 49, and their 18-year-old daughter Ariana, from Southampton
CLICK HERE TO ORDER A PRINT Best Newcomer: Jonathon Morley as Le Chevalier Danceney, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, RAODS. Sylvia Warren as Laura in Lark Rise to Candleford, Southampton University Players. Dave Simmons as Barnaby Tucker in
David Prutton is on the verge of leaving Saints. George Burley has today given the 25-year-old midfielder permission to speak to "one or two" clubs and assuming Prutton agrees personal terms he will be sold before the end of the transfer window.
Chelsea were handed a kind home draw in the last 16 of the FA Cup, against either Blackpool or Norwich. Jose Mourinho's side, who knocked out Nottingham Forest in the fourth round, will face lower-league opposition again. Manchester United are
A SOUTHAMPTON boat owner was responsible for the death of employee who died in a catastrophic blaze at a city boatyard, a court heard today. Krisztian Takacs was smelting lead inside a half-built yacht belonging to Philip Wyman, 61, at Smith's Quay boatyard
A SOUTHAMPTON pub has found a new lease of life thanks to a £250,000 refurbishment by owner Admiral Taverns. The Shirley Hotel in Shirley High Street has been renamed The Manor and modernised in a major revamp which has included the installation of a
HAMPSHIRE healthcare group SPS Wellbeing has been sold to the rival Jelf Group for £10m. Some of the 70 staff of Ringwood based SPS are to be given a stake in the Jelf Group, which now collects £125m worth of healthcare premiums a year. An insurance
Today's arrivals: Grande Europa, vehicle, 1130, 201; City of Lutece, roro, 1200, 201/2; APL Ireland, container, 1330, 207; Mogami Reefer, refrigerated, 1600, 104; CP Navigator, container, 1900, 205; Patriot, vehicle, 2000, 40; Texas, roro, 2030, 34
ONE of Britain's best known jazz musicians George Melly, who collapsed on stage last week, will still be playing to his army of fans at Eastleigh. The jazz veteran, pictured above, had been performing with Digby Fairweather's Half Dozen at the Old Market
A DJ crashed his car into the front of Southampton Football Club's radio station because he didn't want to miss his early shift the following day, a court heard. Robert Flood turned the airwaves blue at The Saint radio station by managing to get on air
THEY came in their hundreds and queued for hours - all in the hope of making their big break as the next musical superstar. Children from across the south descended on Southampton for the first round of auditions for the smash hit musical Chitty Chitty
I understand that the proposed encampment for travellers at Swaythling would be on the site of a previous rubbish tip, creating the possibility of financial compensation claims in respect of injury to health from sundry noxious gases and asbestos residues
I see our government has finally paid off the debts we owed to Canada and the United States from the Second World War. I can't help wondering how much per year we paid -an enormous sum I imagine. Will the government be using this money to good use, or
WHILE shopping in Asda in Southampton city centre on January 15 I stopped to look at the pizzas. As I did this I felt someone push past me. It wasn't until I got to the checkouts that I noticed my purse had been stolen. I panicked and went to member
The painting by Bridget Riley is not clever or particularly skilful. The design looks like one suitable for bathroom curtains. I can see within it colourful flames and that is quite attractive but for Southampton City Council to pay out £250,000 for
John Reid's splitting of the Home Office will change very little the efficiency, effectiveness and low result orientation of this government department and where the government are also using this simply as a smokescreen to their inadequacies. Having
FURTHER to the controversy regarding Southampton City Council's proposal to project four green laser beams from the Civic Centre Clock Tower, I suggest that a single laser beam spanning Southampton Water would be more in keeping with the city's maritime
LABOUR'S Don Thomas (Letter, January 17) is correct in pointing out that the Liberal Democrats favour the right to vote being given to convicted prisoners. What he does not say is that this extremely bad idea is actively being considered by the Labour
IT is outrageous and wicked to treat a grieving family in such a shocking way (Daily Echo, January 17. It appears that the inefficient Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority only recognises celebrities or well-known personalities. Give these good
LABOUR MP Frank Field proposes restricting immigration. Further he would remove freedom of movement for workers within the EU. His argument is that this country is too overcrowded. This is particularly true of Wessex. Wessex (Our Home) would also consider
IT has been hailed as both an "imaginative beacon" that will put Southampton on the map and branded as "light pollution" that would be "an infringement of personal liberty" for nearby residents. As city councillors delay plans for the Southampton Laser
FORMER Australian Test batsman Matthew Elliott has told England's selectors: Chris Tremlett should lead your attack at the World Cup! "Chris Tremlett is probably the best young quick bowler that I have seen in county cricket," said the man who has
Eastleigh boss Jason Dodd went with a more attack-minded formation at Thurrock on Saturday. Yet when the Spitfires finally scored in a frustrating 1-1 basement draw, it came via the penalty spot with the third-to-bottom Essex hosts down to ten men.
Hurt manager Ian Robinson made a hasty exit after watching his Lymington & New Milton side taught a painful lesson in passion and desire. Winchester City put their New Year's blues behind them with a thoroughly deserved 3-0 victory courtesy of 16-year-old
George Burley believes his young side will learn from their FA Cup defeat at Manchester City. Saints crashed out 3-1 in the fourth round at the City of Manchester stadium as they were outclassed by their Premiership opponents. But there was no disgrace
Kelvin Davis quickly switched his attentions to a vital few days in the Championship for Saints after their FA Cup exit. His side went down 3-1 to Manchester City, despite a few outstanding saves, but now face Sheffield Wednesday and Derby at St Mary's
SIR Alex Ferguson sent two members of his coaching staff to check out Gareth Bale as the race to land the Saints starlet hots up. The Manchester United manager has claimed that Spurs are in pole position to land the £10m teenager, who played for Saints
IT'S not really fair to judge Saints' Premiership credentials on the evidence of one game, but there are certainly pointers. An FA Cup tie is always going to be a one off, hence why lower league teams can become giant killers for a day and then go back
THOUSANDS of children across Hampshire are being educated in schools without a head teacher, new figures reveal. There are currently 40 unfilled posts across Hampshire's primary and secondary schools with a national recruitment crisis to blame. The
MORE than 30,000 naval personal a year are set to benefit from a massive new multi-million pound dining hall being built in Hampshire at Europe's largest navy training centre. The new facility is being built at HMS Collingwood in Fareham after military
AN INTREPID group is aiming to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of ovarian cancer in memory of a Hampshire woman. The tough challenge should also see them set a world record for the most women at the top of Kilimanjaro at one time. The expedition
UNION representatives at Royal Mail in Southampton are calling on their regional counterparts for support in the case of a sacked postie. Steve Race was dismissed for his sickness record while he lay in a hospital bed recovering from thestroke he suffered
THREE runners have got their sights set on Rome for their mission to raise thousands of pounds for a Hampshire charity. Jerry Dugdale, a trustee of The XLP Research Trust, is travelling to the Italian capital with two others in March to take part in
FIRE chiefs have issued a warning to motorists after a week of 33 road traffic collisions in Hampshire involving three fatalities. The accidents resulted in 25 casualties, 13 of which had to be cut free from their vehicles by Hampshire Fire and Rescue
OOOH, what a week it has been. Seven days ago, I ran in York at the Brass Monkey Half Marathon. It was a good race but not a great race. But what struck me afterwards was how everyone was describing in awestruck tones as how this was the best half marathon
