RAIL passengers will soon be seeing the results of a £3 million interior refurbishment of trains on the main line through Southampton to London and Bournemouth. The 24-strong fleet of Wessex Electric trains is undergoing a revamp by operator South West
THIEVES with an eye for luxury items made off with thousands of expensive lighters following a transport depot raid at Eastleigh. Now police are hoping the public will be able to provide vital information which could trap the lorry raiders. Officers are
THE REGION ground to a halt as expected this morning as millions of people stopped work to get a glimpse of the eclipse. Sadly, thick cloud cover prevented a full view of the spectacle. But in some places, Southampton and Winchester, thousands of people
THE fate of Solent Coastguard rescue centre looks set to be sealed tomorrow after 19 months of uncertainty. John Prescott is expected to make a statement about whether he will go ahead with plans to move its operations room elsewhere as part of a wider
ON a sunny Saturday morning, this Kings Worthy playground should be filled with happy, laughing children. But parents visiting the playground in Pound Road will no longer let their children play there without checking it first. Last month a syringe was
IT'S a different pecking order in the natural world to the one in cricket where it's still possible for a Robin to bring down Eagles. Rockin' Robin Smith rolled back the years with a match-winning unbeaten 97 to lead his side to a pulsating three-wicket
IT'S A big weekend for the Popperwell family from Hedge End with teenage brothers Ben and Marc taking part in the British Schoolboy Motorcycle Association finals at Culham near Abingdon. The boys have come through four qualifying rounds, staged by the
MONDAY saw the launch of the Over-50s Festival in earnest with a number of events taking place but the highlight was the official opening at Southampton Guildhall. The festival was officially opened by the Mayor of Southampton, councillor Derek Burke.
WHILE other pets occupy themselves with a host of playthings, Frankie the ferret is quite hung-up on the one toy that really sets his bells ringing. Indeed lodgers at Patricia Othen's Hampshire guest-house have had to get used to ferreting around whenever
OUR picture shows the anonymous-looking bungalows where a family came to enjoy a holiday in the tranquillity of the Isle of Wight. The peace and quiet of Freshwater attracts thousands of visitors a year. But, for one 14-year-old girl staying with her
A TOP Southampton academic has won funding of more than £160,000 to carry out pioneering research into organ donation. Dr Sheila Payne from the University of Southampton will join forces with colleagues in Surrey to conduct the study over the next three
A POPULAR Hampshire landmark has been put up for sale reluctantly by the family who owns it. The Clock Tower in Shore Road, Warsash, is currently under offer for a sum in the region of £120,000. The five-storey building, part home and part-office, stands
TWO of the most powerful cannons in the world have been shipped into Hampshire. But these are no ordinary cannons and they don't fire shells. They are foam cannons and they have been added to the huge range of fire-fighting equipment held at Fawley Refinery
SHIPPING lines are already queuing up to try to outbid each other to become the first oper-ators at the planned controversial Dibden Bay container terminal on Southampton Water, the Daily Echo can reveal. The news comes as Associated British Ports, owner
SOUTHAMPTON City Council bosses have revealed details of more than £2million of proposed cuts in social services. The controversial measures were disclosed after the cash-strapped local authority made the widely welcomed decision not to close two council-run
SAINTS boss Dave Jones is weighing up a possible Norwegian double.He has enquired about Coventry midfielder Trond Egil Soltvedt and Molde utility man Jo Tessem., Soltvedt, 32, is thought to be available for around half the £600,000 paid to Rosenborg two
SPEEDWAY in Southampton is almost a forgotten sport and for the younger generation its existence to many of them is unknown. But for those who can remember those shale-shifting days at the Banister Court Stadium, there is a determination that the sport
YES, we do have bananas! In fact, Southampton will soon have thousands of tons of the yellow fruit piling up on its dockside every year. Southampton is now the banana capital of Great Britain after the arrival of the first Fyffes Group ship in Southampton
