A CAMPAIGNING housewife who won support from bosses at Fawley Refinery has been presented with a special award after being traced through an appeal in the Daily Echo. Kerryann Brierley contacted top brass at Esso Petroleum over the instructions that were
TWO goals in the last 20 minutes settled Lymington & New Milton nerves as they returned to winning ways at the top of the Jewson Wessex League with a battling 2-0 victory over Moneyfields at Fawcett Fields. Following last week's reverse at Totton,
MIKE PANOPOULOS found a window of opportunity opening up and squirmed his way through to hand Pompey player-manager Steve Claridge with another bonus. The Aussie-Greek winger followed a path trodden by Scott Hiley to return to first-team action in Tuesday
A HAVEN for badgers and other wildlife is under threat from a plan to build a caf, claim seaside villagers. The scheme to build a 30-seater caf on the beach car park at Hill Head, near Lee-On-Solent, into a mini Blackpool, say protesters. Residents are
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of antiques have been stolen in a smash and grab raid at a Gosport antique shop. Silverware and a chandelier were taken after the front window of Village Antiques was smashed. It was raided at 12.15am this today. Four white males
CAMPAIGNERS have all but given up their fight to prevent an 18th century coastal fort from conversion into luxury flats. More than 1,000 people signed a petition calling for a plan to convert Fort Gilkicker, on Stokes Bay, Gosport, to be refused. But
A HAMPSHIRE dad has decided to mark the milestone of turning 40 by hitting the road for charity - on the other side of the Atlantic. When Hamble's Ian Whitcher takes part in his first marathon run formore than 15 years this Sunday, it will be thousands
Old Blues I 24pts Andover I 10pts HSA sponsored Andover 1st XV returned from London last Saturday empty handed after a disappointing display saw them drop from third to sixth place in London League Three (SW). In the first quarter Andover were pinned
A 69th-minute Ricky Fernandez goal shot Eastleigh through to the second round of the Russell Cotes Cup with a 1-0 win at Fareham last night. Fareham's ex-England winger Mark Chamberlain forced a superb tip-over from Adam Gage in the first half, but Town's
OPENNESS and accountability are among the core themes of the annual report just published by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), which marks the successful completion of the agency's first 18 months of operations. The report looks back
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NEWCOMERS Headley and Ludgershall are blazing a trail for the others to follow and are in first and second places respectively at the top of the NHL, Winchester Castle Res slipped at Ludgershall Sports and drop a place to joint third with New Street '
Whitchurch 0, Hamble 1 Whitchurch managed yet again to throw away a match they should have won after gifting the opposition the JWL points with the softest of goals for the second game in succession at Longmeadow last Saturday (reports Derek Hack). John
Andover 1 Fareham 0 CFL sponsored Andover grounded out another victory in the JWL last Saturday in what was probably their most competitive game of the season so far thanks to an early strike with hitman Andy Forbes notching his 13th goal of the campaign
THE Daily Echo today launches "Bus Watch" - a new drive to give you a voice on Southampton's controversial bus service. Angry passengers have bombarded the Daily Echo with complaints since First Southampton bus company gave its routes an overhaul. Commuters
For 15 months residents on a Hampshire estate have put up with the misery of sleepless nights and itchy bites from bedbugs - after eight insecticide sprays by Southamp-ton City Council failed to rid them of the problem. Tracey Ward, 27, is now demanding
HALF of Southampton was brought to a halt yesterday as contractors began pulling up manhole covers, close to another set of major roadworks. The work on Millbrook Road began about 10.15am and continued all day, causing huge tailbacks between WestQuay
VILLAGERS in Broughton turned out in force at the weekend to witness the unveiling of three works of art for the village. The sculptures - a millennium project funded by Test Valley Borough Council - were unveiled by Test Valley Mayor Cllr Tony Hope.
THE quarter-finals of a national inter-club tennis tournament will feature a team from the Hampshire Tennis & Health Club. The AT Kearney Inter-Club Challenge is for players who have not played for their county team for at least five years. It features
DRAG-HUNTING enthusiasts in the New Forest have been accused of turning the current trials into a potential free-for-all. The Verderers and the Forestry Commission have attacked a poster that encourages riders to take part in the controversial experiment
SOME of the original members of the "Chain Gang" made tracks for the Eastleigh Railway Institute for a trip down memory lane. They were among the town's teenagers - many of them from the local railway works - who rolled up their sleeves and built their
AN EASTLEIGH heart went out to Scotland as it bade farewell to its First Minister Donald Dewar. It came from leading Labour councillor Marilyn Birks who has fond memories of when Mr Dewar joined her on the Eastleigh by- election trail. She said: "As Scotland
ATTEMPTS are still being made to keep Eastleigh's first "Walk to School Bus" on route despite a conductor crisis. The lollipop lady who shepherds the daily convoy across one of the busiest roads in Chandler's Ford retires tomorrow. With no replacement
A MYSTERY missile hurled off a motorway bridge at Eastleigh smashed the windscreen of an ambulance while it was taking a patient between hospitals. Today police described the incident as a "stupid act" which could have led to a major accident and a fatality
BILLY ELLIOT (15): A miner's son discovers he has a talent for ballet dancing - UGC Cinema, Ocean Village, Southampton; The Screen, Winchester; Odeon, Southampton. O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? (12): Set in Mississippi in the late 1930s - Odeon, Southampton
THE next generation of Saints fans are to get a sneak preview of the club's new stadium - and improve their schoolwork at the same time. Up to 7,000 pupils in the city will be given special tours of the £32m Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium. The visits
A 69th-minute Ricky Fernandez goal shot Eastleigh through to the second round of the Russell Cotes Cup with a 1-0 win at Fareham last night. Fareham's ex-England winger Mark Chamberlain forced a superb tip-over from Adam Gage in the first half, but Town's
EASTLEIGH Match Group put in a superb performance in the second round of the Hants, Wilts & Dorset Winter League on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Marlborough. They bagged an impressive 102.5 section points, which included an incredible five section
AN explosive session at Hurst Castle has produced one of the heaviest shore-caught bass of the season for 13-year-old Ryan Mapes from Milford-on-Sea. Landing the huge 13lb 1oz specimen was no fluke for the youngster who attends Tyneham School at Christchurch
A TEENAGER escaped serious injury yesterday after her car crashed down an embankment and flipped on to its roof. The 19-year-old woman had just driven over a railway bridge at Jones Lane, Hythe, when her Renault Prima went out of control. It crashed through
HAMPSHIRE'S top three players must again face the golfing version of the Spanish inquisition. Justin Rose, Matt Blackey and Steve Richardson are resigned to returning to the European PGA Tour School on the Costa del Sol next month after failing to get
DEAN RICHARDS is posing a big problem for Saints boss Glenn Hoddle in the run-up to Monday's Dell clash with Manchester City. His troublesome Achilles injury is refusing to heal and the big defender is already a doubt for the televised clash. But Jo Tessem
ST MARY Bourne Cricket Club presented their annual awards when they recently held an end-of-season presentation evening at the George Inn. Club secretary Dave Macey was presented with an engraved pen to commemorate his 25 years with the village club and
EXCELLENCE in action greeted a government minister when she visited a centre helping improve early years childcare. Minister for employment and equal opportunities Margaret Hodge toured the Haven Early Excellence Centre in Gosport with mayor Aleck Hayward
EASTLEIGH Match Group put in a superb performance in the second round of the Hants, Wilts & Dorset Winter League on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Marlborough. They bagged an impressive 102.5 section points, which included an incredible five section
TEAM manager Peter Kemp will abide by the decision to keep Atherley as Hampshire's Middleton Cup venue - even if it means a revolt by some of his players. Although the Atherley green has had its problems over the past two summers, Hampshire's general
EASTLEIGH Match Group put in a superb performance in the second round of the Hants, Wilts & Dorset Winter League on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Marlborough. They bagged an impressive 102.5 section points, which included an incredible five section
A 69th-minute Ricky Fernandez goal shot Eastleigh through to the second round of the Russell Cotes Cup with a 1-0 win at Fareham last night. Fareham's ex-England winger Mark Chamberlain forced a superb tip-over from Adam Gage in the first half, but Town's
PETROL thieves struck at Hedge End's Nelson Business Park, siphoning £40 of fuel from a Mercedes lorry.
WINCHESTER planners have outlined the gaps between villages they want to see preserved. The city council is drawing up its new local plan which will help guide planning decisions over the next decade. The gaps are seen as vital ways of keeping settlements
VINTAGE evenings at a Hampshire supermarket have helped a school to log on to the latest state of the art technology. Two wine evenings produced a bumper cheque of £271.50p for Shepherd's Down School at Compton, near Winchester. Around 80 wine buffs attended
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a fire in the bedroom of a house in a village near Winchester. Three tenders were called to the Meadows in Itchen Abbas. They found a first-floor bedroom well alight and four firefighters had to wear breathing apparatus to extinguish
A NEW restaurant will create around 50 jobs in Winchester from next month. Managers have launched a recruitment drive to fill the full and part-time positions that will be created with the arrival of Loch Fyne Restaurants. The company has acquired the
PARENTS of a Winchester student electrocuted near the city's railway station have launched a campaign to improve safety on the tracks. The inquest in Winchester heard yesterday that Yasha Mozaffari, 21, died instantly when he touched the live rail below
A HAMPSHIRE village is set to receive £2,000 towards the cost of re-hanging its church's six bells. The £21,000 millennium project at Kings Somborne, near Winchester, has ended up with a £5,000 shortfall. This is despite fundraising and a £1,000 contribution
YOU may be surprised to learn that Andover has an active roller hockey club, The Hawks, playing regularly at the ALC. In fact, it has been running for more than 15 years and some of the senior players have been involved since the club was formed. The
HAMBLE SAC: A large boat fixture held off the Nab Tower produced a good mixed haul comprising of thorneback rays, cod, spurdogs, pout, whiting, tope, spotted rays and dogfish. Colin Searles won the event with 59 points, included in his catch was a 9lb
Whitchurch 0, Hamble 1 Whitchurch managed yet again to throw away a match they should have won after gifting the opposition the JWL points with the softest of goals for the second game in succession at Longmeadow last Saturday (reports Derek Hack). John
Andover 1 Fareham 0 CFL sponsored Andover grounded out another victory in the JWL last Saturday in what was probably their most competitive game of the season so far thanks to an early strike with hitman Andy Forbes notching his 13th goal of the campaign
AN INQUIRY was under way today after a man died in a speedboat crash on the River Itchen at Southampton. The tragedy happened when two high-powered boats collided with each other near the Northam Bridge late last night. One man, aged 25, escaped with
SOUTHAMPTON'S council tax payers look set to be charged up to five per cent more for services in the city next year. An average band D household can expect its council tax bills to rise by just under £35 in 2001 if the predicted increase goes ahead. Financial
EXCELLENCE in action greeted a government minister when she visited a centre helping improve early years childcare. Minister for employment and equal opportunities Margaret Hodge toured the Haven Early Excellence Centre in Gosport with mayor Aleck Hayward
SOUTHAMPTON'S Queen Mary 2, the biggest and most expensive liner in the history of shipping, will include unique passenger facilities, the Daily Echo can reveal. QM2, with a staggering price-tag of half a billion pounds, is due to set sail from Southampton
HORSE owners have been warned to be on their guard after would-be thieves tried to snatch two prized animals from a Hampshire field. A two-year-old pony called Whisper, and a nine-year-old shire horse called Pam, were found wandering in a paddock near
POLICE are hunting a gang of thugs who attacked a man in the toilets at Southampton Magistrates' Court. The group of four pounced on the victim in the men's toilets at lunchtime. Southampton Central crimedesk spokeswoman Helen Ward said police were keen
THE next generation of Saints fans are to get a sneak preview of the club's new stadium - and improve their schoolwork at the same time. Up to 7,000 pupils in the city will be given special tours of the £32m Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium. The visits
A MAJOR new lecture series is to be inaugurated at Southampton University this month, when the first IBM Hursley Lecture takes place at Highfield campus. The first lecture in the series, sponsored by IBM UK Labora-tories at Hursley Park, will be given
THE quarter-finals of a national inter-club tennis tournament will feature a team from the Hampshire Tennis & Health Club. The AT Kearney Inter-Club Challenge is for players who have not played for their county team for at least five years. It features
YOUNGSTERS on King Arthur's Way and surrounds now have a new youth centre at Blenheim Hall, thanks to Test Valley Borough Council listening to what theywant. The centre offers a place to meet, find advice and information and enjoy activities such as pool
MERLIN the cat may have used up one of his nine lives when he was hit by a car but he could have lost the rest had it not been for a kindly passer-by. The one-year-old moggie was lucky to escape with just a broken tooth and a few gashes when he was hit
INTERNATIONALLY renowned horsewoman Lucinda Green has joined protesters upset over the sudden closure of the well-known and long established riding school at Penton Mewsey. Mrs Betty Skelton, now 91 and another famous name in the riding world, started
OLYMPIC judo silver medallist Kate Howey has made a special visit to the Twinings factory. The company, which makes speciality teas, has been supporting Kate for the last seven years with a car and petrol so that she can get to training sessions and competitions
FRONTLINE organisations are preparing a joint approach in a bid to prevent disaster if people start stockpiling petrol before the second threatened fuel blockade. The Government has been given until 13 November to meet the demands of the protesters who
THE new draft boundary for the New Forest National Park is published by the Countryside Agency today (Thursday) at a special launch event in Lymington. This marks the beginning of a special public consultation period, during which all residents of the
POLICE were today hunting ramraiders who stole perfume worth up to £3,000 from a shop on the edge of the New Forest. At least two men targeted the Ringwood branch of Boots shortly after 1.30am. They drove a Red Astra car through the front window of the
RAM-raiders stole hair-dryers and bottles of perfume from a chemist shop on the edge of the New Forest today. At least two men targeted the Ringwood branch of Boots shortly after 1.30am. They drove a red Astra car through the front window of the store
NEW MILTON SFC: A roving shore fixture was dominated by pout and silver eels with Colin Mapstone running out a clear winner with 5lb 11.50oz. Others: 2 Richard Vine 4lb 12.50oz, 3 Bruce Samber 2lb 14oz, 4 Alan Preston 1lb 11oz, 5 Ian Day 1lb 10.50oz,
THIS is the face of a ruddy-faced robber who held up a village sub-post office at gunpoint. Police are hunting this man after a shotgun was brandished at a cashier in the shop section of Meonstoke sub-post office, Corhampton, in the Meon Valley. The man
PEOPLE living just on the outside of a planned massive port development in Southampton Water could still find themselves on the inside of noise, disturbance and traffic congestion, it was claimed. The third of this week's four public protest meetings
A HAVEN for badgers and other wildlife is under threat from a plan to build a caf, claim seaside villagers. The scheme to build a 30-seater caf on the beach car park at Hill Head, near Lee-On-Solent, into a mini Blackpool, say protesters. Residents are
EASTLEIGH MP David Chidgey presented Hampshire mum Sue Cooke with a framed photograph capturing the moment he met her soldier son Shaun Martin during visit to wartorn Kosovo. Mr Chidgey met Shaun and other soldiers from his constituency who were serving
THE EMOTIONAL pain felt by Christine Close since her husband was killed by a schizophrenic has steadily worsened. She passes sleepless nights pacing round her kitchen. She has shied away from social gatherings. But the widow has consistently compaigned
ST MARY Bourne Cricket Club presented their annual awards when they recently held an end-of-season presentation evening at the George Inn. Club secretary Dave Macey was presented with an engraved pen to commemorate his 25 years with the village club and
