A HAMPSHIRE head teacher has quit her post in the run-up to the release of an inspection report on her inner-city school. Val Down, who has been head at Hightown Primary School in Southampton for ten years, has stepped down following a period of sick
SOUTHAMPTON is on 24-hour standby to take in hundreds of Kosovan refugees. The Daily Echo broke the news on Saturday that flights bringing refugees into Britain were to be dramatically stepped up shortly from weekly to daily - and that Southampton has
SAINTS bosses will hear this week whether they can finally go ahead with their plans to build a new Dell - just 24 hours before their relegation crunch match at Wimbledon. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was given the final say on the planning application
DEREK WARWICK believes an emerging Hampshire racing star can follow him into the Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship - and Rob Collard endorsed the expert's view with another podium finish at Thruxton on Monday. By Collard's standard third in
NEW signings Paul Berry, Ben Green and Maurice Hicks helped Team Solent B usher in the new season on a winning note in the Southern Men's League Division 1. Sprinter Green, formerly of Haslemere Border, clicked instantly into gear at Southampton Sports
TWO trainee accountants with Southampton-based business advisors Horwath Warner Marsh have been awarded top marks by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Both Beth Thornton, 26, from Lords-wood, Southampton, and Catherine Brook, 22, from Portswood,
TV GARDEN celebrity Charlie Dimmock swapped her spade for a hose last night in an attempt to attract more people to become fire-fighters. Charlie, from BBC's Ground Force, donned the firefighters' kit at Romsey's fire station in Alma Road. The station
A MOVING ceremony reduced inmates and staff to tears at Winchester Prison as they bid farewell to their Salvation Army minister Charles Edney. Songs, including Blowing in the Wind and Streets of London, sung by women prisoners, proved a fitting tribute
A HAMPSHIRE school is appealing urgently for a white knight to safe-guard its plans for a prestigious arts and conference centre. The proposed venue is estimated to cost at least £500,000 but fundraisers say they are only looking for a £25,000 lifeline
A MAJOR millennium project in the New Forest has been given the go-ahead - just weeks after the scheme looked doomed. The Millennium Commission has approved plans to convert a redundant tin church at Shepherds Road, Bartley, into a thriving community
EASTLEIGH'S Fleming Park Leisure Centre will have a Crucible feel to it tonight as two snooker legends grace a packed stage for the Embassy Snooker Classic (7.30). Jimmy White (right) and Steve Davis (left) battle it out over seven frames in a repeat
MATTHEW LE TISSIER believes he has found his perfect match - and now he is looking to play one! After getting engaged to Home and Away actress Emily Symons, the Saints star is looking to crown a perfect month by firing the club towards safety at Wimbledon
Hayley Costick, a 17-year-old from West End studying at Barton Peveril College, has been called up to the England Under-17 netball squad to tour the Cook Islands in July and August. She collected her first cap in Cardiff last month alongside Weston Park
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