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A yachtsman who died after a Solent-based yacht capsized in the English Channel has been named by police. Jamie Richard Butcher died after the Hooligan V rolled in the early hours of Saturday after losing its keel near the south Devon coast. Mr Butcher

THE Asics Watford Half Marathon hardly strikes you as one of the most glamorous races in the UK. I must admit I drove to Hertfordshire on Sunday morning for this latest race in my running challenge thinking I could have chosen a more exotic location for

CIVIC leaders have been accused of slashing services to win votes in May local elections with the lowest ever council tax rise in Southampton City Council's history. The ruling Liberal Democrats have put forward budget plans for a 3.5 per cent council

CHILDRENS SERVICES AND LEARNING PORTFOLIO Less use of agencies to place children in foster care (use of in-house council service) Saving: £110,000 Terminate contract for bed at Swanwick Lodge secure unit. Saving: £75,000 More use of in-house

Salisbury City will be back on the road again in the FA Trophy quarter-finals. Nick Holmes's men - 2-0 winners at Kettering on Saturday - travel to the winners of tomorrow night's (Tuesday's) all-Conference National replay between Stevenage Borough

OPPOSITION leaders and unions have condemned the budget proposals. Tory deputy leader Councillor Royston Smith, said: "They have allowed the worst possible scenario to be put out in public then come back a few months later and made it a better pill to

THERE WAS an air of despondency around St Mary's on Saturday night, a feeling that a chance had slipped away. But, in truth, this defeat to Derby, painful as it was, will NOT be the result that will really hurt Saints in the final analysis if they don't

VOLUNTEERS who played a vital role at the old Lymington Hospital have been given a big thank you. About 15 former League of Friends stalwarts attended a tea party held in their honour at the new Lymington New Forest Hospital at Ampress Park. The women

THE developer of a £100m scheme that will transform Winchester city centre has revamped the scheme in response to criticism of its original plan. Thornfield Properties wants to build homes, offices, shops, a doctors' surgery and a new bus station between

CIVIC chiefs in Fareham were set to agree their new Vision for the Community plan later today tackling everything from leisure services to homelessness. The plan has been drawn up in response to the government's white paper on creating "strong and prosperous

AN informal afternoon of creativity, chat and tea is being held at the Crafts from the Past workshop at Explosion!, Gosport's Museum of Naval Firepower at Priddy's Hard. The next workshop will take place on Thursday, from 2pm to 4pm, where you can learn

POLICE are on the hunt for thieves who stole nearly £100,000 worth of agricultural equipment and tools in two raids in Wickham and Knowle. Raiders broke into Wickham Golf Club in Titchfield Lane and stole a trailer, lawnmower and power tools worth more

THE PRESENTER of a hit archaeological television programme will be giving a lecture in Winchester. Professor Mick Aston, from Channel 4's programme Time Team, will be giving a talk about 15 years of archaeology and television at the University of Winchester

A HAMPSHIRE man was jailed today for hatching an Internet plot with two other paedophiles to rape two young sisters. Greeting card salesman David Beavan, 42, who claimed he was just a vigilante gathering evidence against child sex offenders, was convicted

A WOMAN was taken to hospital with minor injuries today after a bomb exploded at a central London office. Scotland Yard said the female employee of Capita in Victoria Street was hurt when the suspect package blew up. The main road outside the building

INVESTIGATIONS were today continuing into a sailing tragedy that claimed the life of a crew member on a Solent-based yacht. The sailor died after the boat capsized in the English Channel. Four other crew members were airlifted to hospital from the Hooligan

PICTURE the scene - a herd of New Forest ponies trotting through fields of heather as the glorious winter sunshine beats down. It is a classic image of Hampshire - and it could be a winning picture in the Daily Echo's new wildlife photography competition

A SOUTHAMPTON charity is more than £800 better off thanks to a donation from a city building society. Southampton City and Region Action to Combat Hardship (SCRATCH) says that tools bought with the money given to them by Leeds Building Society will enable

PERHAPS Home Secretary John Reid's problem with overcrowded prisons could be solved if he got tough and deported the hundreds of illegal asylum seekers held in specially built holding centres costing the British taxpayers thousands of pounds. These are

WE WERE disgusted to see on TV the opening of the Beijing branch of Tesco. Surely as a British firm ihould not go outside British standards of what not to stock, not pander to notoriously bad Chinese treatment of animals. The store had live baby turtles

A GIRLS' football team is all kitted-up and ready to Bend it Like Beckham after being bought their own kit. Previously the girls from Romsey School only had their PE kit to play in, while the boys' teams all had smart strips, until Housebuilder Bargate

THE soar-away success of Southampton Airport has continued after passengers voted it as one of the best in the country. Readers of independent travel magazine Wanderlust placed the airport as third most popular in the UK - beating the likes of Heathrow

WHILE the Lib Dems neglect our roads and pavements, and our community facilities are being demolished with the Lib Dems failing to crack down on antisocial behaviour, and the lack of good quality youth facilities, only Labour are fighting the issues and

RE your article "Residents show their respect er not!" I live up the other end of the estate and we got no notification whatsoever of this meeting at Toronto Court. I have lived here for 15 years, has it been happy? No, because of the local yobs that

YES I suppose you could class UKIP as a party of protesters (Letters, January 27). But isn't it a blessing that there are some who have the insight to see the abyss into which this country is slowly but very surely sinking? Our laws have become farcical

I have been following the cased of the Khamenehs with much concern. It is unthinkable to send anyone to possible torture and death, especially this mother and father who are both blind. Years ago we rescued and helped people who would be otherwise sent

THE Khamenehs should be sent back, along with many other illegal immigrants. What did the family come here for in the first place? A blind mother and father with chronic lung problems, on a six month visa. Given a house paid for by the Home Office,

WE must remember, hard though it is, that councillors represent the electorate and sometimes need to mind-read. V Randall of Sholing will appreciate the efforts of those councillors who question the extremely doubtful benefits of a large casino. Many

I am writing on behalf of myself and my family to say a special thank you to all the staff on Willow Ward at Moorgreen Hospital who cared for my grandmother, Gwen Grimes. This ward has a very special, caring team who made my grandmother feel very safe

Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Maersk Mytilini, container, pm, 207; OOCL Montreal, container, pm, 206; Today's principal sailings: Grande Scandinavia, ro/ro, 0830, 202; CMA CGM Verlaine, container, 1030, 206; HC Freya, General Cargo,

CRACKED pavements, graffiti, dirty benches and piles of litter - it's hardly a fitting look for England's ancient capital. Now a group of residents have formed a pressure group to force the councils to take action. The Shabby Winchester Group argues

TWO more goals from top scorer Matt Tubbs sent Salisbury into the quarter-finals of the FA Trophy for the second successive season. The City striker, pictured above, netted in each half as Nick Holmes' troops stunned Ron Atkinson's Kettering in the

Jason Dodd wasn't in the least surprised that his so-called struggling' Eastleigh side came good with an impressive 3-0 victory at Lewes. "We'd been due to turn someone over and this result was a culmination of all the hard work the lads have been

Claus Lundekvam is urging his Saints side not to blow a great chance of getting promoted. The Saints skipper believes that the club will NEVER have a better chance of making it back to the Premiership than they do this season. But after the weekend

George Burley admitted his side's defeat against Derby was "a real blow". But the manager is still insisting Saints CAN win promotion this season. Saints slipped to only their second home defeat of 2006/07 as leaders Derby secured a 1-0 win thanks

Matthew Oakley is backing Saints to win promotion this season despite putting a dent in their chances at the weekend. Oakley faced Saints for the first time since leaving the club for Derby last summer when his contract expired following a decade of

MEMBERS of the Friends of Southampton General Hospital have a new eye-catching website after winning a Daily Echo competition. The website giveaway was run on behalf of Southampton based LMA Marketing and Advertising with the aim of increasing the profile

IT has already led to a Hollywood blockbuster, seen hundreds of valuable mementoes auctioned off and spawned a legion of enthusiasts worldwide. The sinking of the Titanic, when it hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland during its maiden voyage

A HAMPSHIRE mother-of-two hanged herself at a mental health unit one month after voluntarily admitting herself, an inquest heard. Angela Hedge, 40, pictured, who had a long history of mental illness, became a patient at Woodhaven mental health