MOBILE phone group One2One and Virgin are set to link up in a £100 million-plus joint venture to be based in Wiltshire to sell Virgin-branded cellphones. The companies said the 50/50 deal, called Virgin Mobile, would become Britain's fifth mobile brand
THE health gap between the rich and the poor in Southampton and South West Hampshire is wider than at any point in the last 20 years, according to a new report. The 1999 Public Health Report states that although the region is affluent compared with many
HAMPSHIRE internet firm TownPages is telling the world about Winchester. The Alton-based company ran a competition on its website which attracted interest from America. Nine couples from the USA won a weekend break in Winchester after answering questions
AN INTREPID pensioner from Hampshire is taking part in an expedition to one of the remotest villages in the world. Mary Stewart, who is nearly 70, is taking part in The Kota Mama II expedition covering Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. The aim of the three-phase
SOUTHAMPTON'S over fifties are queuing up to log on to an initiative which takes the bite out of getting to grips with computers. They are able to learn the basics of a PC and surf the Internet at a special computer teach-in at the city's reference library
FIRE crews and paramedics were involved in a tortuous rescue operation in Southampton yesterday when a workman fell 30ft inside an American ship. The man, who works for city-based welding specialists Stephens and Stuart, sustained head injuries when he
PLANS for a new theatre and community arts centre in Totton could hold the key to rejuvenating a derelict site in the west of the town. As reported in the Echo, owners of the Hanger Farm site in West Totton have tried for the last five years to find a
EASTLEIGH is bidding to become a shining light for other councils throughout the country when it comes to community safety and dealing with rubbish. Members of the borough's policy and review committee will be told tonight that Eastleigh has made two
CRICKET'S biggest star is reported to be on the verge of moving to play for Hampshire. The county cricket club is currently in talks about signing Shane Warne - regarded as the world's greatest spin bowler. Preliminary discussions have already taken place
SAINTS fans should have brought their special protective glasses to block out the painful sight of their team being totally eclipsed by a dazzling young Leeds side. After the shining start at Coventry, this first home game was almost as eagerly anticipated
DAVE JONES today hopes to bolster his midfield by completing the £300,000 signing of Trond Egil Soltvedt from Coventry. Saints have agreed to pay the Sky Blues half the fee forked out to Rosenborg just over two years ago. The 32-year-old had a medical
AT the turn of the year Iwan Thomas was dreaming of winning gold in Seville. Now the prospect of visiting the jewel of southern Spain has taken on nightmarish proportions for Southampton's injured European and Commonwealth 400 metres champion. Thomas
GET out your garlic bulbs - vampires are coming to town. Fareham's Ashcroft Arts Centre is staging video workshops based on the cult TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Those on the week-long courses will have access to high-tech equipment and create
A HAMPSHIRE scout group will return home triumphant after helping to clinch the UK's bid to host the Centennial World Scout Jamboree in 2007. The group: the 13th Itchen North (Hampshire) set off two weeks ago on their jamboree mission to South Africa.
SOUTHAMPTON ship repair and conversion firm A&P has clinched a lucrative contract in the face of tough overseas competition. The shipyard in the city's Western Docks is reluctant to give details about the work but it is expected the company will announce
THIS is the face of a teenager who carried out a potentially deadly petrol attack on a Southampton pub. Detectives released the computer-generated image today in a bid to catch the youth who put lives at risk at Weston's Sun Inn. Witnesses saw a bare-chested
HAMPSHIRE'S coastguard rescue centre has been saved today after Hampshire peer Lord Donaldson told deputy prime minister John Prescott it should not be merged with another station. Lord Donaldson of Lymington recommended it should remain in its present
MORE than 30 jobs look set to be created after Test Valley planning councillors gave the go-ahead for a new research and development complex at Chilworth Research Park beside the M27. The centre at the Southampton University-owned research park will focus
