ONE of the South's most prestigious nautical training centres is to be sold off. Warsash Maritime Centre is to be brought by the Navy's training partner, Flagship Training Ltd. A statement issued by the Southampton Institute, the centre's present owners
TV wildlife presenter Chris Packham kicked off Southampton's Festival of the Oceans yesterday. The naturalist, who lives in Netley, was at the waterfront Mayflower Park to officially launch the three-day event. The festival, which is part-funded by the
COLOURFUL costumes and fantastic floats are ready to take to Southampton's streets to revel in this year's carnival extravaganza. Dozens of people have been putting the finishing touches to their entries in time for today's big street parade. Nearly 30
A PARROT is safely back on its perch today - after being saved by her feathered friend in an alleged bird-napping attempt. Oliver came to the rescue of Amber while she was allegedly being stuffed into a bag. His squawks brought staff running in - and
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 Years Ago The 14th Parachute (Territorial) battalion, 5th Royal Hampshires flew out of Southampton airport for an exercise on Jersey. Southampton
SKANDIA Life Cowes Week makes the biggest splash ever as the world-famous yachting regatta, billed as The Greatest Show On Water, sets sail on the Solent today. A record number of yachts, thousands of visitors from around the globe, big-name personalities
WINCHESTER Jail is set for a summer of discontent as prison officers fight plans to cut staffing by nearly 20 per cent. They have been outraged by a consultants' report which proposes to reduce the number of officers from 183 to 158, the Daily Echo can
FOR THE past 28 years, John Doyle has had just one growing concern on his mind. The Hampshire father-of-two has spent over a quarter of a century proving that when it comes to letting his hair down he's head and shoulders above the rest. Back in the early
Ice House have secured the June Daily Echo/Trophyman Team of the Month award. Winning honours across the board in the Mixed League and clinching second place earned them the award. Ian Meyer said "We're absolutely chuffed at this award. "It's as much
HAMPSHIRE cricket fans can kill two birds with one stone at The County Ground tomorrow. Not only is there National League action against Essex to whet their appetite but members and non-members can get their hands on tickets for the big August 12 NatWest
Darren Mew's swim of a lifetime for the GB 100m breaststroke title - and a seat on the plane to the Sydney Olympics - was just one of several good omens for British swimming at the Olympic trials in Sheffield. With a number of finals to come as the finals
Interior designer Jayne Stamp conjures up some ideas for eating al fresco during the summer WITH the weather being as unpredictable as it is, when the sun shines make a dash for it and enjoy the great outdoors. What better way to do that than to eat al
LADY Elizabeth Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born on August 4, 1900, the ninth child and fourth daughter of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, a descendant of Robert the Bruce. She grew up in Glamis Castle, near Dundee, Scotland, which was built on the
Kingsley is now a large village with a scattering of attractive old cottages, but once it was a tiny huddle of huts in a clearing in the Royal Forest of Woolmer. This was a forest in the medieval sense, a large area of wild country with open heaths, marshes
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save an ailing Southampton community centre from closure. Butts Road Community Centre, Sholing, will be forced to close unless it receives a facelift costing about £150,000. The centre, which is used everyday as a nursery
PUB-goers in the South could be served up round-the-clock drinking under controversial new plans. Bars would be allowed to stay open 24 hours a day after the radical overhaul of alcohol restrictions. Now licensing bosses in Southampton have given the
HIS invention was one of the most desirable objects in the home of any fashion-conscious couple in the swinging sixties. But now, the man who invented the lava lamp - one of the symbols of the decade of love - and who has campaigned tirelessly to promote
Dan Petrescu has turned down the chance to resurrect his Premiership career with Saints. Chairman Rupert Lowe agreed a fee of £800,000 with Chelsea for the Romanian wing-back who then failed to settle personal terms. Hoddle moved for the versatile right-sided
Richard Jackson visits the garden Sir Winston Churchill created On my travels around the South East of England I am fortunate enough to see a lot of people's gardens. They range from small, yet stylish, courtyards which are little more than the size of
THE chairman of governors at a Southampton school has resigned over its bid to become an elite centre for technology. Sholing Girls School is preparing an application to the government for technology school status, meaning it would get £470,000 over three
Introducing the next phase of the Daily Echo's authoritative profile of the economy of the South. You've seen our comprehensive, daily Business South pages, you know our informative Business South pink pages every Tuesday, and now, in association with
ONE hundred years ago when the cycle was the fastest vehicle on the road and racing still in its infancy the individual time trial became the most popular form of competition. It has remained so in this country throughout the 20th century but numbers
LITTLE Caspa was one of three cats abandoned in a shed when their owner moved house. She was heavily pregnant, but sadly due to the stress of being dumped, her kittens were stillborn. Now she is fully-recovered and spayed and Susan Smith of Nine Lives
