A GROUP of Southampton police workers are preparing to take down their particulars for a charity marathon to raise cash for breast cancer research. The women from Shirley police station are bravely going to bare nearly all for the Playtex Moonwalk from
A SENIOR Southampton church leader has told his flock to ignore liberal theologians who attack fundamental Christianity, and instead, to speak out with confidence in their faith and the Bible into a "politically correct" world. Writing in In Touch, the
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 Years Ago An "Aintree Special" aircraft took off from Southampton Airport carrying a party of racing enthusiasts to Liverpool for the Grand National
TRADERS on an historic market in Southampton are today waiting anxiously to hear if a private market operator has stepped in to take over their pitches. The deadline for bidding for the tender to run Kingsland Market ran out yesterday, and last night
ENVIRONMENT boss Paul Russell took to his bike to show off new road markings on Southampton streets that will make life easier and safer for cyclists. The advanced stop lines have been painted at junctions across the city to allow cyclists to position
CHELSEA 1 SAINTS 1 A soft own goal by Dean Richards cost Saints a win at Chelsea after Jo Tessem had put them in front. Tessem fired in from 20 yards on 68 minuites with Southampton's first serious attempt on goal of the game and it looked enough to beat
Full time results from the top clubs in the south Chelsea 1 Southampton 1 Portsmouth 4 Swindon 1 Bournemouth 2 Wycombe 0 Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
Both Fareham Nomads and Romsey & Totton had plenty to celebrate on the final weekend of the championships - in each case thanks to two outstanding performances. Rebecca Newman and Hannah Clegg were the undoubted stars of Nomads' weekend, but for Romsey
Oddbins expert Mark France has the perfect wine for nutty dishes Grigio La Casona (£3.99) from Veneto in north-east Italy has a fresh lively character with its hints of lemon and mango. Refreshingly low in alcohol at 11.5 per cent, pair it with the pistachio
He's Britain's brightest young athletics star and will have the hopes of the nation pinned on him as the country's brightest medal prospect at the Olympic Games this autumn. But Iwan Thomas is not just setting his sights on gold. AFTER a year out due
THE future of an inner-city Southampton school is set to be decided next week. A new statutory body, the Southampton Schools' Organisation Committee (SSOC), will meet on Thursday to decide whether plans to close Northam infant and junior schools should
IT HAS no central heating, no bathroom and no double glazing. And to spend a penny you even have to skip to an outside loo. But a price tag of about £155,000 for so few creature comforts has not put off prospective purchasers keen on snapping up a property
CHURCH treasurers should carefully weigh up the pros and cons of this week's Budget statement before encouraging church members to give under Gift Aid. So says, Peter Green, a Christchurch-based chartered accountant who advises many churches across the
A TIGHT-knit community is rallying round a Hampshire teacher diagnosed with terminal cancer to raise thousands of pounds for his family holidays and alternative treatments. Father-of-two Simon Stanley, 37, was devastated when he was told he had inoperable
HAMPSHIRE mum Sally Bateman has gone to great lengths to help her only son, Calum, by entering the London Marathon. For when fitness instructor Sally, of Fair Oak, dons the colours of the British Scoliosis Research Fund for next month's run it'll have
PHILEAS Fogg spent 80 days circumnavigating the globe using a wide variety of transport - Tony Sinclair and David Hughes have the same time, but just one set of wheels. The intrepid duo from Burley in the New Forest are competing in this year's Round
HOUSING bosses have backed a package of reforms to help the stressed-out residents of a crowded Hampshire estate. As reported in the Echo last week, tenants with large families on Bursledon's Pilands housing estate claim their social housing landlords
GLENN HODDLE is aiming to get a little bit Foxy once Saints Premiership status is sealed. While the former England coach's number one priority is to keep Saints in the top flight, Hoddle has already started to think on a longer-term basis. And, while
Solent Stars' slim hopes of retaining their national basketball league Division 1 title duisappeared in a flash in a stormy 80-93 defeat by Worthing Thunder. And the setback may well have cost them even their chance of second place. Having lost by 12
Hampshire's synchronised swimmers collected a proud haul of medals at this year's National Championships - but it was so nearly even better. Kerry Hussey (Rushmoor Royals) took bronze in the technical solo event - on her way to fourth place overall. It
Sandi Jones, Saturday 6-9am BBC Radio Solent 96.1FM What thing have you always wanted to do, but never had the chance See the Taj Mahal by moonlight. What is the most expensive present you have ever bought for somebody else Opal earrings from Australia
From the estate village of Faccombe this walk climbs up to the North Hampshire Ridgeway, with spectacular views, and then descends to Ashmansworth. It is a walk of wide open countryside, with secretive copses and evidence everywhere of careful husbandry
