YOUNG, growing businesses and start-ups in the South and South East are set to benefit from a strong support system under plans by the South East England Development Agency. Proposals for a network of enterprise hubs in Hampshire and other parts of the
IT WAS a phone call that could have tempted someone less wary to part with their hard-earned savings. Disabled pensioner Beryl Ilsley was phoned by a woman, apparently with an American accent, offering her a cheap sunshine holiday in the USA. The stroke
THREE barmaids whose best friend has cancer are to shave off their hair in a show of solidarity - and to raise money for a cancer unit. Jo-Anne Burrows, Bridie Martin and Ann Press have agreed to lose their locks at the hands of a local hairdresser. Their
Southampton residents are to be hit with a council tax rise of more than double inflation in April, the Daily Echo can reveal. The council is due to agree a 6.3 per cent increase to bills in a bid to funding essential services for the city's elderly and
PURBROOK school showed the rest of Hampshire how it should be done when they cleaned up at a county Junior Volleyball Tournament. The destination for the trophies in both the girls and the boys finals was never in doubt as Havant's Purbrook A beat Purbrook
Kendal Cavalier takes the next step on the path towards the Grand National when he runs at Newcastle tomorrow. The Hampshire-trained ten-year-old, who revels in heavy ground, will be using the marathon Tote Northern National Chase - run over four miles
As Ellen Macarthur prepares for her first voyage in Kingfisher, another yachtsman who started his professional career in Southampton, Pete Goss, is putting the finishing touches to his giant catamaran at a yard in Devon. The scaffolding surrounding Team
It was a day of celebration and tears for Solent yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur who, only hours ago in Auckland, saw her brand new racing boat Kingfisher launched under a splash of fireworks and a sea of champagne. The remarkable 23-year-old from Cowes claimed
Nicola Perry is riding on the crest of a wave. For the former Eastleigh College student is setting sail on a career that will take her to the sun-kissed shores of the Caribbean. Nicola, 21, has fulfilled a dream by becoming an assistant cruise director
In Port Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Arroyofrio Uno, ro-ro, 0400, 30; Roman Bay, refrigerat, 1045, 104; pelayo, container, AM, Con Term; Kitano, container, 1200, 204; Montlhery, ro-ro, 1500, 201. Today's principal Southampton sailings: Estoril
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A Hampshire teenager was killed when she was the victim of a hit-and-run driver who sped off to torch the car in a remote field. Student Emma Holley, 18, had been had been heading for a bus stop just yards from her home when a red Volkswagen Golf ploughed
A BRAVE pub couple leapt into action after seeing a police officer being attacked outside their Southampton premises. Licensee Damien Thompson, 27, stepped in after seeing a police officer being scratched and bitten in the struggle outside The Fleming
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 YEARS AGOVic Feather, TUC assistant general secretary, was addressing a meeting of the Southampton Sav-ings Committee's industrial sub-committee.
A YEAR ago Alex Walster was working in a chicken factory. Today he diagnoses life-threatening diseases such as meningitis, cancer and HIV in humans - and earns a staggering £2,000 a year less. It is a desperate state of affairs which will concern all
CHIVALRY is alive and well in Southampton! Ask Margaret Tayan an epileptic who was taken ill while out shopping. She was rescued by a mystery stranger and now that she has recovered she wants to thank her Good Samaritan personally. Margaret, a mother
A JUBILANT Southampton woman is today celebrating scooping £1,500 in the Daily Echo's Find The Ball competition. The cash prize could not have come at a better time, for Greta McNeill has just undergone her first session of chemotherapy. Greta burst into
PROTESTERS have des-cended on a Fareham pig farm currently under investigation by Hamp-shire animal welfare officers to highlight their campaign to improve conditions at the site. Animal rights groups from Fareham, Gosport and Portsmouth gathered near
ROBIN SMITH has two words to say to sum up Shane Warne's feelings about coming to Hampshire this summer. "He's delighted and excited," enthused the Hampshire captain, who admits he still has to pinch himself at times to be convinced he will be the county
HE'S a 27 stone, 6ft 7in tall monster who has just hit Southampton. World wrestling champion Earthquake is in town and as I found out, he means business. The former World Wrestling Federation (WWF) tag team champion, with his ex-partner Typhoon, has fought
A CAR park which attracts an estimated 1,000 dog owners per day to the edge of the New Forest is set to close for up to two months for tree felling operations. Barriers went up this week at the Dibden Inclosure car park, 300 yards to the west of the Heath
