AN ELDERLY Hampshire woman died in a road smash because she crossed a dual carriageway too slowly, an inquest heard. Helen Jordan, 78, was travelling on the A31 Alresford road when her Vauxhall Nova was involved in a side-on collision with a Porsche at
AS THE Daily Echo exclusively revealed a few weeks ago, the new Disney cruise-liner is on course for Southampton. In true Disney fashion, the arrival of the 85,000tonne Disney Wonder will be marked with a series of grand celebrations as she makes her
CHEEKY chappie Scott Harris can now get his knickers in a twist - thanks to the Daily Echo. The 22-year-old geography graduate has been given ten new pairs of pants from Top Shop after they read how his last lot was pinched from the washing line. We featured
A NEW Forest pony was left to suffer excruciating pain for at least three days after being hit by an uncaring motorist. The mare, with a foal by her side, was eventually found by agister Peter Rix just off the B3080 road from Bramshaw to Woodfalls near
TWO OF Britain's long-standing men's tennis stars have particular reason to soak up the Wimbledon atmosphere - even if it is on Court 19 today. Yesterday's singles hero Danny Sapsford and Southampton's Chris Wilkinson were scheduled to play a men's doubles
HAMPSHIRE Cricket Board eventually bowed to the inevitable - but not before putting up a fine performance against Glamorgan in the Nat-West third round at The County Ground. It was a giantkilling act too many as they went down by 68 runs after claiming
BOURNEMOUTH and Bashley (Rydal) are set to stage a re-enactment of last season's final in the Southern League's second Europa Knockout Cup semi-final next Thursday. The pair will meet at Chapel Gate, with undefeated Southern League leaders Bashley bent
FIRE engines and police dogs, CID officers and St John Ambulance staff converged on a Lymington school - but not for an alert. The emergency services were there to inspire career ambitions in Year 8 pupils at Priestlands School. More than 130 children
ROWDY youngsters are making life hell for residents living near Hedge End Town Council's Rodaway pavilion and playing fields at Heathhouse Lane. Councillors are so fed up with the catalogue of complaints and damage that they are calling for a public meeting
WORK has begun on the second phase of new sports and community facilities at a Winchester School. Kings' School has received a £1.1 million National Lottery grant to fund the building of a new teaching block and community building which will include club
PUPILS at a Southampton school have turned to yellow to be green in a bid to help the environment. Children at Sholing Infant School have collected 1,000 copies of the Yellow Pages telephone directory as part of a recycling project. Seven and eight-year-olds
A DRAMATIC crash brought motorway chaos to thousands of rush-hour motorists today when a lorry plunged off a bridge on the M3. The driver of a 17-tonne lorry had an amazing escape when his vehicle flew more than 30 yards through the air. The newspaper
HAMPSHIRE County Council's indecision over where to put Whiteley Way is causing sleepless nights and days of heartache for two Curbridge families. The Horrell and Watt families live metres away from each other in Ridge Farm Lane. Deer wander into their
EDUCATION chiefs across the South had mixed fortunes today in the first ever national league tables comparing the spending of local education authorities. The controversial "naming and shaming" list brought criticism from education secretary David Blunkett
LOCAL anglers figured well during the Wessex Spring Pegged Open held at Cogdon where Bret Colborn carried off the £150 top prize with a small plaice and bream weighing 1lb 10.5oz while Lymington's Malcolm Stote collected £145 after beaching a 1lb 5.5oz
FIRST-class counties are always on a hiding to nothing but Hampshire produced as professional a performance as possible to put the Kent Cricket Board firmly in their place by 130 runs at Canterbury yesterday. Hampshire's total of 262-7 might not have
SAINTS could have an immediate reunion with Ken Monkou on the opening day of the new Premiership season. Dave Jones' team travel to Coventry City on Saturday, August 7, ending an eight-year sequence of first-day home fixtures. And with out-of-contract
HAMPSHIRE expected a tough match against Berkshire in the second of their County Women's Golf Championship Sub Divisional qualifying matches at Hadley Wood - and they got one. Berks, bristling with stars including top England player Lisa Meredith, fought
IT'S THE dress that would certainly make your skin crawl. Hampshire art student Clara Griffin has ditched the traditional taffeta and silk of dress making. Instead, the materials used by the 24-year-old in her showpiece gown reads more like the cast list
