HAMPSHIRE Cricket legend Derek Shackleton died today at his Dorset home. He was 83. Right arm seam bowler Shackleton played a remarkable 21 seasons for Hampshire and seven Tests for England. He took more than 100 wickets in 20 consecutive summers
Please ensure that all matches at Wide Lane kick off at the designated times this week as we must vacate the ground by 1:30 pm. If we fail to do this we will be required to start our games earlier for our remaining matches this season.
Saints have been boosted by the returns from injury of Jason Euell and Nathan Dyer ahead of Saturday's trip to Sheffield United. Midfielder Euell has missed Saints' last two games, against Colchester and Barnsley, after suffering an ankle injury against
Paul Collingwood is confident England's emerging one-day side have the capabilities to rise to one of the biggest challenges of their careers in their limited overs series against Sri Lanka. No England side have ever won a series on this island and
England are likely to face a Sri Lanka side without prolific off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for the forthcoming five-match one-day series. The 35-year-old spinner has been recovering from a bicep injury he sustained while on duty for Lancashire earlier
A SECRET report has been drawn up into the finances of a Hampshire school to find out whether taxpayers' money was wasted, the Daily Echo can reveal. Investigators looked into more than £50,000 worth of services commissioned by Quilley School from a
Lancashire were robbed of their first county cricket championship title outright in more than 70 years by unlucky coin tosses and wet weather, academics claimed today. The Red Rose county fell agonisingly short of securing the top spot after they failed
THE cosmic threat of Doctor Who's nemesis - the Dalek - will be unleashed on the streets of Romsey on Saturday. A full-sized Dalek will be patrolling the streets of the town centre, collecting money for local charity The XLP Research Trust. Those who
A GROUP of residents has vowed to turn vigilantes after vandals caused thousands of pounds of damage to their community. Totton residents decided on the action after three hooded youngsters smashed car wing mirrors, scratched a car and pushed over a
CHARITY boxes containing cash raised for Hampshire ex-servicemen have been stolen at one of the south coast's biggest events. Volunteers from the Royal British Legion had been collecting at the Southampton Boat Show for the past ten days after being
"TO say there is nothing for them to do in Southampton is ridiculous". That was the response of members of the Southampton public to the suggestion that there is not enough community work for unpaid workers to do. Following the claim during a hearing
DETECTIVES investigating claims by a teenager that she was raped days before she fell to her death off a motorway bridge today arrested a man on suspicion of rape. A team of officers carried out an early morning raid at the home of the 29-year-old man
DRIVERS were today warned of fake car parking tickets being issued demanding payments of up to £100. Gosport Borough Council and Hampshire Police have launched an investigation after the bogus tickets were placed on vehicles parked in Gosport town centre
THE housebuilder behind two of Southampton's flagship city centre flat developments has revealed new homes sales dropped by up to ten per cent in the week after the Northern Rock crisis. Barratt Developments has blamed Northern Rock's woes on a direct
P HINTON (Letters, September 19) asked about milk bottle tops. I give them back to my milkman. W WELLS, Southampton.
LINDEN Homes proposed relocation of AFC Totton to Little Testwood Farm had already hit problems, when in mid-2006 a Mr Collett of White Young Green Planning made contact with English Nature (now Natural England) about a proposed development at AFC Totton
I READ with interest Linda Greenslade's letter regarding logistics of university funding (September 22). Now my blood pressure has returned to below boiling point I would like to respond. I have been a single parent since my son and daughter were lucky
I CAN assure Mrs D Rich-ards (Letters, September 15), that the last tram ran in Southampton was on December 31, 1949. The reason I know this was that I was on the last tram to run from Shirley depot to the floating bridge late in the evening of December
Today's principal arrivals: Autoline, roro, 0230, 201; Thomson Spirit, passenger, 0600, 101; Grande Europa, vehicle, 1230, 102; Autostar, roro, 1815, 30; Maersk Stralsund, container, 1900, 206 Today's principal sailings: Don Quijote, vehicle
PENSIONS giant Skandia is to ditch its traditional blue branding in favour of the green of its new South African owner. The Southampton based firm was taken over by Old Mutual, Africa's biggest life insurer, for £2.9 billion in 2005. The new logo, pictured
HOW could we live without our shops at Highfield? With the excellent service and wonderful selection of goods in the Highfield Post Office and newsagent shop. What are we to do without them? They are the only shops in the Highfield area. It would be a
HURRAH to Lord Dray-son - a Government minister guilty of voicing common sense (Daily Echo, September 21). My first somewhat cynical reaction to the suggestion that non-commercial pleasure boat skippers should be subject to drink-drive regulations made
BEFORE Colin Smith, the chairman of Totton Tories, accuses the Lib Dems again of saying anything just to make political mischief, he should look in the mirror (Letters, Septem-ber 17). Here in Chandler's Ford the front page headline on their latest leaflet
I WAS unfortunate to have another wasps' nest come back this year to my attic. The job was done from inside my bedroom with the iron rod pushed out of my window and along the guttering. It took only ten minutes, including a conversation about the disgusting
TWO teenage girls who were missing from their homes in Gosport have been found safe and well. Christina Bell, 14, has been missing since September 15 and Elizabeth Englefield, also 14, has been missing since September 25. Today police revealed they
A PENSIONER had a remarkable escape when he woke to find his lounge was on fire in the early hours of today. The 83-year-old phoned 999 and made a quick exit as the flames threatened to engulf the ground floor of the house in Nightingale Avenue on Eastleigh's
HEALTH chiefs are set to scrap maternity services in Fareham. They say a series of "drop-in sessions" revealed the public backing their preferred option to leave the 10-bed Blackbrook unit closed. The revelation comes ahead of a full public meeting
THREE top officers at Hampshire County Council face disciplinary action for failing to put a £1.2m IT contract out to tender. Investigators say public money was paid to consultants to set up Hantsdirect, its new call centre, in breach of local government
Yorkshire have completed the signing of Pakistan bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan on a two-year deal. The 29-year-old was a key part of the Sussex side who won this season's LV County Championship but was told he could leave Hove due to next year's ruling
EX-Saints striker Leon Best was among the Coventry City heroes that dumped Manchester United out of the Carling Cup last night. Best played almost the entire 90 minutes as the Championship club bounced back from last weekend's 4-1 loss at Ipswich to
Former Saints star Peter Crouch wants FIFA to come clean over whether he is a target for over-zealous referees at international level. The now-retired Graham Poll recently revealed his fellow officials were instructed to pay close attention to the
Peter Moores has challenged England to continue their development as a one-day side by overcoming some of the harshest conditions in cricket to challenge Sri Lanka in their five-match series. England's victory over India in the NatWest Series a fortnight
Hampshire seamer Billy Taylor has been offered a one-year one-day contract for 2008. Greg Lamb, Tom Burrows, David Griffiths and David Balcombe have also been offered new deals. That means the only player to be leaving the Rose Bowl this year is
A LIST of new sites that will be used for future mineral extraction and landfill was due to be approved for consultation today. About 6m tonnes of sand and gravel is likely to be dug up in the New Forest and a further 3.7m tonnes extracted in south Hampshire
SHAMED Solent fisherman Graham Butler has quit his post with Lymington Harbour Commissioners. His resignation comes after he was fined £40,000 at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court earlier this month when he admitted 16 specimen charges of failing to complete
THE parents of Hampshire schoolgirl Rosemary Edwards say they will never know why she decided to take her own life. David and Jennifer Edwards are still trying to come to terms with the suicide of their 15-year-old daughter, who was found hanged in dense
SAINTS are aiming to prevent being hit by a triple curse of the ex-player' syndrome in the next week. Starting with Saturday's trip to Sheffield United, Saints face three of their former strikers in eight crucial days. After coming up against James
EASTLEIGH have sounded out their former coach Mark Blake about a return to the Silverlake Stadium following the departure of Phil Handford after just three months in the job. Director of football David Malone has confirmed that Blake is one of "three
Saints' struggles to hold on to a lead have been underlined by a new set of statistics. Since the start of the 2004/05 relegation season Saints have taken the lead in 73 league matches - and failed to finish with three points on 31 occasions, losing
From the Nic Pothas column in today's Daily Echo... I've been asked how I would sum up Hampshire's season in a few words. Yes, it was disappointing in a way because we didn't win any trophies, but it was probably frustrating more than anything.
HAMPSHIRE'S sorrow at losing three of their triumphant Liberty Trophy team has been softened by the return of two England bowlers and the arrival of a top-quality skip from outside the county but who needs little introduction. When manager Derek Collins
A TRIO of tap dancing youngsters are hoping the future holds great success. The girls are part of the Mavis Daniels dance school in Woolston, Southampton. Georgina Moorman, Harriet Gregan and Rosie Slade have been dancing since they could walk and now
AROUND 200 cyclists will descend on Southampton for the second time in a month tomorrow to take part in a charity riding event. The Tour Pour la Mer follows stage 1 of the Tour of Britain, which finished in Hoglands Park on September 10. The 100-mile
TAXI bosses in Southampton have admitted they botched a proposed 45 per cent fare hike. Just weeks after backing a controversial new fare table which provoked a backlash from many drivers, trade representatives yesterday persuaded councillors to bin
SAINTS legend Lawrie McMenemy and Pompey goalkeeper David James joined forces at Heathrow to wave goodbye to Britain's Special Olympics squad yesterday. McMenemy is the chairman of the Great Britain Special Olympics organisation while James is a Special
Lucien Mettomo was the hero for Saints Reserves on his debut last night, scoring an 87th-minute winner against the team who pipped them to the Pontin's Combination Central Division title last season. Mettomo headed home a Lloyd James free-kick to complete
