WHEN it comes to safe driving these Eastleigh travelling salesmen are streets ahead. The Permabond Adhesives staff drove off competition from eight other finalists including Hampshire Constabulary and Merseyside Ambulance Service to pick up the national
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A HOST of new names have signed up to Southampton's multi-million pound shopping centre. The West Quay shopping complex has announced 14 new stores who will be on board when the centre opens it doors to the public this September. The list is dominated
A PIRATE radio station broadcasting to ethnic minority communities has been banned from the airwaves over fears it could put lives at risk. Radio signals for emergency services could have been affected by broadcasting by city-based People's Choice Radio
IT MEASURES just one metre long, has a 50cc engine and 10in wheels. However, Southampton trading standards officer Lucas Marshall will be riding the pint-sized motorbike across the highways of Europe to raise cash for cancer sufferers. Stood next to a
WINCHESTER traveller John Pilkington survived a hair-raising encounter in Peru when he was mistaken for a terrorist. He was threatened with machetes and nearly shot when villagers surrounded his tent on a mountainside in the Andes. John, a former Hampshire
A PIONEERING study into brain functions to find a treatment for Alzheimer's disease is being launched this month. The unique project has received funding by medical charity Hope after it received £79,000 from PPP Healthcare Medical Trust towards research
HAMPSHIRE'S most exclusive council houses have been opened in the New Forest. The attractive cottage-style homes have been built in the centre of Beaulieu - arguably the most picturesque village in the district where such homes sell on the open market
POMPEY manager Tony Pulis is pinning his hopes on keeper Russell Hoult spearheading a trident of deadline-day signings to prod his side's last push towards towards safety. But, while Pulis is keen to tie up three new men today, Sammy Igoe could be heading
KEVIN DAVIES' double against Aston Villa on Saturday may have done the striker's confidence a power of good but it wasn't enough to catapult him into the Carling Opta Team of the Week. But Dwight Yorke goes straight into the Attackers Index - based on
Teenage Southampton diving star Peter Waterfield is already staking his claim for a place among the greats. At the FINA international grand prix in Sheffield, he and partner Leon Taylor stunned the seemingly unbeatable Chinese with their victory and recorded
MATHS enthusiasts at a Hampshire school are pitting their wits against their European counterparts. Three bright sparks from Bishop's Waltham who attend Swanmore Secondary School have won a place in a prestigious international competition. Toby Bedford
HAMPSHIRE churchgoers are looking to raise the strong foundation of support needed for a new £625,000 community centre. Supporters of Hedge End's St John the Evangelist church are set to build their way to success with their Buy a Brick appeal for the
EASTLEIGH youngsters studying leisure and tourism hit the sporting trail to help boost a local charity's millennium appeal. The Barton Peveril students came up with the idea of a fund raising netball tournament, and their efforts resulted in more than
In Port Today's arrivals: Le Castellet, ro-ro, 0530, 201 link; Euklid, general, 0600, 107; Maersk Wave, ro-ro, 0730, 34/35; Thornburg, general, 0830, 106/7; Music, refrigerat, AM, 104; Guilio Verne, cable, 1200, 101E; Hual Trident, vehicle carrier, 1730
JUST the sight of a tiny money spider was once enough to send cold shivers down Chris Higman's spine. But now she has gone to incredible lengths to conquer a lifetime's fear of creepy-crawlies. For the 48-year-old Eastleigh mum, of Beaulieu Road, Boyatt
A GOSPORT trouble spot is set to get a new weapon in the fight against crime, it was announced today. Civic chiefs say closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs) for one vandalism-plagued area of the town are likely to be in operation by July. Borough
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 Years Ago Alec Bennett Garage in Portswood had just taken delivery of the new model Hillman Minx Magni-ficent costing £395. "New plus-power engine
HAMPSHIRE Tories have rallied round county council chairman Freddie Emery-Wallis, following his arrest for an alleged offence which took place more than 30 years ago. As reported in later editions of the Daily Echo yesterday, Mr Emery-Wallis, 72, was
Saints are running the rule over Chelsea midfielder Paul Hughes ahead of today's transfer deadline. The 23-year-old former England Schools international is available on a Bosman free transfer at the end of the season and would like to link up once again
LONGMEADOW Indoor Bowls Club's Graham Standley did his club proud when he finished runner-up in the Warner Holidays Champion of Champions finals. The competition is for club champions and Standley had to win the Whitchurch club's title and get through
LARS Gunnestad rolled back the years by marking his Poole comeback with a thrilling 12-point match-winning haul against the Eagles. The nifty Norwegian, dropped by Poole mid-season in 1998, roared to three heat wins - one paid behind Gary Havelock - from
PRIME Minister Tony Blair was impressed. Microsoft computer boss Bill Gates said it was the best he had ever seen. But although praise has been heaped on Hampshire County Council's 600,000-page Internet website, it has few fans on Brockenhurst Parish
HAMPSHIRE villagers concerned for the safety of their children are calling for a new play scheme to be introduced into a "forgotten" part of Bursledon. Residents of Peewit Hill fear it is only a matter of time before one of their children has an accident
IT WAS the question on the tip of everyone's tongue. Would pop sensation Natalie Appleton make a grand entrance on the arm of boyfriend Jonny Lee Miller, the star of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park But fans of the chart-topping girl band All Saints waiting
A CONTROVERSIAL "box" at the theatre has finally been craned out of its former position alongside Eastleigh's dance and arts centre, The Point. Eight months ago the borough council's Eastleigh local area committee voted to bring the curtain down on a
