Today's arrivals and sailings Today's principal arrivals: Aurora, cruise ship, 0530, 106; P&O Nedlloyd Southampton, container, 0600, 207; Tristan, ro-ro, 0630, 34/35; Ketty Brovig, container, 0730, 206W; Celtic Monarch, container, 1830, 204E; Autofreighter
SAINTS star Stuart Ripley sprang into front-line action when he heard about the plight of a five-year-old Eastleigh youngster struck down with a debilitating and incurable illness. Thanks to efforts by the flying winger and a frantic race against time
CURIOSITY, gossip and intrigue abounded in Southampton exactly 50 years ago and at the centre of it all was the 14,300-ton liner, Batory, considered by many to have been the most controversial vessel ever to use the docks. The Iron Curtain ship was always
A MANHUNT is under way today for a bogus antiques dealer who duped a frail pensioner. Lee Smith vanished halfway through his trial at Southampton Crown Court this week - but was convicted in his absence yesterday. Jurors took nearly two-and-a-half-hours
GORGEOUS grinning baby Thomas Smithers is top of the tots. He has seen off the challenge of a record 1,092 little angels to be crowned the overall winner of the Daily Echo's Baby of the Year competition, sponsored again by The Marlands Shopping Centre
THE death of an alcoholic loner found with serious burns at a Southampton flat is to remain a mystery. An inquest heard how a murder investigation was launched after Bernie Finn, pictured, died in Southampton General Hospital hours after the blaze at
Hampshire's Ian Eames has picked up a European title in only his second event on the circuit. The former county youth player teamed up with Cambridgeshire's Matthew Chapman to win the Norway Open Pairs title. On the way to the crown they beat the number
Half time results from the top clubs in the South DERBY 1 - SAINTS 2 PORTSMOUTH 0 - GRIMSBY 0 BOURNEMOUTH 0 - CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1 Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
DERBY Supersub Deon Burton denied Saints a winning start to the new season as Glenn Hoddle's men let slip a two-goal lead. The former Pompey striker was left free to slot home within two minutes of coming off the bench at the start of the second half
Uwe Rosler is going into unchartered territory with Saints at Derby today. Not only has he never played against the Rams, but he has never gone into a new campaign without scoring in pre-season. The German striker has been desperately unlucky, doing everything
ANDY BEAL posted a leaderboard-topping 69 in the West of Ireland Open yesterday, then urged his favourite football team - Southampton - to keep up the good work over the weekend. The Salisbury golfer follows Saints with a passion born when his dad used
Over 6,500 youngsters aged between 13-15, representing 52 teams from across the country, are competing during the BAA Millennium Youth Games in Southampton. Agony turned to ecstasy for Southampton's Emma Kesby .The 13-year-old Redbridge schoolgirl was
Celebrity chef James Martin talks to Fiona Griffiths about his life, his career - and why he is very glad he's still a bachelor I PRESS the front door buzzer and push it open to see a tall young man with shoulder-length dark-brown hair, wearing baggy
Japanese influences are increasingly being copied in British gardens. PAT HOLT visited some of the South Coast's finest JAPANESE gardens are said to be tranquil places where people can contemplate nature. This idea has such a strong appeal in our crowded
SOUTHAMPTON mayor Peter Wakeford on Wednesday unveiled a stone sculpture designed by a nine-year-old and created by children. He took part in the ceremony at the Zoe Braithwaite Play centre, in Fraser Close, Lordshill. He commended the sculpture, designed
ELEVEN years after being pulled back from the brink of death, young Stuart King is fighting fit - and he is about to prove it. Born with major heart problems, he had been under the knife for two bouts of open-heart surgery by the time he was just 16 months
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 Years Ago Householders in Southampton were urged to save newspaper, as there was a severe shortage of waste paper. "Housewives can help by tying
SOUTHAMPTON'S rush-hour traffic jams are the worst in the country outside London. The city's motorists spend nearly half their rush-hour journeys crawling along at less than 10 miles per hour, according to a government survey of congestion in England's
THREE months ago, in the middle of the South Atlantic, HMS Southampton was rolling around in a huge winter swell, with rain lashing her decks. In the midst of ashen, sea-sick faces, a rating announced he had counted how much of the deployment was left
Full time results from the top clubs in the South DERBY: 2 - SAINTS: 2 PORTSMOUTH: 1 - GRIMSBY: 1 BOURNEMOUTH: 1 - CAMBRIDGE UNITED: 1 Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
SOUTHAMPTON'S Antelope Racing Team, once the strongest time-trialing club on the South Coast but now reduced to little more than a handful of members, relies on the support of clubs in the Bournemouth area for an inaugural race it organises in Dorset
A living icon, talks to ALI KEFFORD about her days as a news anchorwoman, equality for women in journalism, Come Dancing and that famous routine that revealed her own talents as a dancer WHEN Angela Rippon publicly revealed her pins for the first time
FIONA GRIFFITHS goes down on the farm to meet a Totton couple who have seen their business grow from a small seedling into a remarkable success story DRIVING through the rusty farm gate, past the sign with peeling paint and up the bumpy dirt track, complete
This is a walk with everything: fine views, beautiful downland and woods, and a splendid pub. Tiny Finchdean is a delight. Hidden away in a tranquil valley, a cluster of homely houses and cottages surround a small green shaded by trees and bright with
