The second round of the Winter League Series held at Lymington's Highcliffe venue produced a win for Glen Smith with a whiting and a turbot totalling 2lb 15.25oz - the turbot, which was the event's heaviest fish, weighed 2lb 7.75oz. Others: 2 Mark Jones
SAINTS have lost almost £750,000 over the legal fiasco which saw former manager Dave Jones suffer an 18-month horror ordeal, wrongly accused of child abuse. Jones was dramatically cleared on all 14 counts at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday when the case
A MAN who reversed straight into another car and just drove off thought he had only hit a bollard. School administrator Michael Hilton, 63, of Orchardlea, Swanmore, told Fareham magistrates he had no idea he had damaged the BMW. He was fined £300 and
A NEW bus service for the Knightwood area of Chandler's Ford - set to swing into operation on Monday - has been heralded as good news for locals. County councillor Alan Dowden said up until now the area west of Knightwood Road had not had any buses at
It is a must for all Saints fans. Match of the Millennium, penned by the Echo's Bob Brunskell, and a group of Southampton Football Club historians is the perfect Christmas gift THERE are few things nicer than a happy memory to warm up a cold winter's
Ex-British Davis Cup player Chris Wilkinson makes his Honda Challenge debut as a doubles entrant when the tournament returns to the Royal Albert Hall this week. The 30-year-old from Fair Oak never failed to produce his best form in front of the London
ANDY SEMMENS was the 'Mini Marvel' of Gurston Down's 2000 Hill Climb season. During the hotly-contested championship campaign, regulars at the popular old Wiltshire hill climb venue warmed to the Southampton driver's record-breaking performances behind
ATHERLEY A's hopes of winning Group H in the Famous Grouse Four Nations Classic all but vanished in a 15-0 thrashing by the "auld enemy" Victory. "We are bitterly disappointed but all credit to Victory - they had the edge on the day. Now we have got to
A TEN-year dream to build a unique technology centre in Win-chester for thousands of Hampshire schoolchildren is finally becoming a reality. Work is now under way on the development of the prestigious science park at Morn Hill and a special visit to the
A MAJOR conference on the future of the countryside attracted more than 100 delegates in Winchester today. Farmers, politicians, education leaders and government agencies thrashed out the government's new Rural White Paper at Sparsholt College. Delegates
FESTIVE fun for all the family will be on offer when a Christmas Farmers' Market rolls into Winchester this weekend. Pitches have been booked for 80 stalls which will be packed with locally produced yuletide goodies such as free-range turkeys, cakes,
PACKAGING designed and made by the Hampshire company Kevin Clarke & Company has helped the Scottish butcher Simon Howie scoop major awards in a food innovation competition. The butcher adopted the Hampshire company's packaging for a new series of
SOUTH COAST-based Kiwi Design is on course to exceed its turnover target of £3.5 million this year following its biggest monthly order book ever. New contracts include major refurbishment work for a group of local solictors, three car showroom refurbishments
Today's shipping movements around Southampton docks... Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Celtic King, container, 0030, 205W; Autoline, ro-ro, 0030, 105; Scottish Star, refrigerat, 0800, 101W; Sea Crusader, ro-ro, 1030, Marchwood; Charles Darwin,
IT WAS the kiss that signaled the end of a nightmare. Former Saints boss Dave Jones hugged and kissed his wife Ann after emerging from Liverpool Crown Court an innocent man. For a year-and-a-half, the Jones family had lived under the shadow of the child
FAREHAM thrashed City of Portsmouth 5-1 to move into joint top spot in the South Premier Hockey League. It was Fareham's fourth successive win - a sequence of victories that has lifted them alongside undefeated Wimbledon at the top. Both clubs have 20
PLANS for a trip to Africa for students from a New Forest college been abandoned - because of the risk from the deadly Ebola virus. Brockenhurst College performing arts department worked for months to try to set up a tour of their new musical in the central
THE INCREASING problem of under-age drinking in Fareham is being tackled by shocking parents into taking action. Youngsters caught by police drinking alcohol in public places are having their details taken and letters sent to their parents telling where
PARTS of Eastleigh town centre are facing the bulldozers as civic chiefs plan to beef up shopping attractions in the face of competition from developments such as Southamp-ton's multi-million-pound West-Quay. The idea is to promote redevelopment aimed
THE INCREASING problem of under-age drinking in Fareham is being tackled by shocking parents into taking action. Youngsters caught by police drinking alcohol in public places are having their details taken and letters sent to their parents telling where
Neil Shaw (Wesley Snipes) is an elite American operative with the counter-terrorist branch of the United Nations. He works above and beyond the law (as far as the US government is concerned, he doesn't exist), exposing the dirty tricks and espionage of
SAINTS players today expressed delight at their former boss David Jones being totally exonerated. Many of the squad have been in touch with Jones leading up to the case. Jones himself has declared he wants to get back into football again, even if it means
Like Sweet & Lowdown on release earlier this year, Small Time Crooks is a broadly comic affair reminiscent of Woody Allen's early films. In it he plays against type as Ray Winkler, a none-too-bright thief who leads a gang of likewise underachieving
BUSINESS is really taking off for Waterside company Blondecell, which has won a contract to build gondolas for airships. Its first 20ft gondola is being polished-up by engineer Laurie Waugh (pictured) ready for its trip north to be united with a 200ft
MARTIN YOUNG gets the president's vote as Hampshire's most improved golfer of the year - and that's something of a rarity for a 29-year-old. It has been the young players such as Justin Rose, David Porter and Darren Henley who have made the most rapid
Tonight's scheduled Women's South West Counties Championship showdown between Hampshire and Wiltshire has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Whitchurch United. The county Football Association will be praying for drier weather on Saturday (2pm
A SAILOR from HMS Invincible has been charged with trying to kill his wife. Barry Riley, 40, of Pound Close, Gosport, appeared at Fareham magistrates' court yesterday charged with attempted murder. The alleged offence took place last Friday. He was granted
NINA MARSHALL flicks through a book of photographs that chronicles the changing face of Southampton in the 20th century THE changing face of Southampton from the sailing of Titanic to the building of WestQuay is revealed in a new book. Photographs from
THE E factors appear to have Group I of the Famous Grouse Four Nations Classic at their mercy. Despite Atherley B scoring a 15-0 maximum against hapless Honiton, the power struggle rests between East Dorset A and Exonia who both have 100 per cent records
Stammering can be a debilitating affliction but there is a revolutionary programme that has helped many people. NADINE BATEMAN spoke to a musician whose life it has changed Talking is something most of us take for granted, like walking and eating we do
FIONA GRIFFITHS meets a reflexologist who specialises in using traditional Hopi ear candles to treat patients HAVING a burning candle placed inside your ear sounds more like a form of torture than a relaxing and beneficial therapy. But, providing you
Southampton GP STEPHEN HAYES attempts to explain why doctors can make mistakes A recent Channel 4 TV series took a long, hard look at this important question. Sad stories were told about patients who had suffered through poor doctoring. Lawyers and journalists
STAFF at a Hampshire charity are devastated after a minibus that was used to take pensioners on outings was stolen, stripped and dumped. The Red Cross van was taken from Great Well Drive, Romsey, before being abandoned in a field on the edge of town.
WINCHESTER residents have an opportunity to air their views on a £150,000 plan to boost safety measures on a busy city road. An exhibition on the proposed improvement scheme at the junction of Stockbridge Road, Stoney Lane and Dean Lane is to be staged
It could be likened to selling coals to Newcastle, but a small Hampshire-based software, consultancy and training company, Nimbus Partners, is celebrating winning a major contract to supply one of its products to Cisco Systems. Cisco Systems is one of
A NEW call for action to control a lethal weed, which claims the lives of ponies, has been made in the New Forest. Colonel Peter Sweet told a meeting of the New Forest Committee at Lyndhurst, that the year 2000 was the worst ever in terms of the amount
SOUTHAMPTON Running Club's men successfully lifted themselves to the top of the Hampshire Road Race League by getting 20 finishers home in the Great South Run at Southsea. The club's international three and five-kilometre track specialist Rod Finch made
Cinema programme for Odeon, Leisureworld, Southampton - Mon 4th Dec to Thurs 7th Dec. Odeon Filmline: 0870 5050007 Booking fee. National call rate applies.
HOW do you follow a cracking story? With another one? No, if a story is that good it can easily stand telling again. 102 Dalmations makes no, ahem, bones about retreading the steps of the original story. Having got the (relatively) faithful version out
It is a must for all Saints fans. Match of the Millennium, penned by the Echo's Bob Brunskell, and a group of Southampton Football Club historians is the perfect Christmas gift THERE are few things nicer than a happy memory to warm up a cold winter's
ALL creatures great and small took centre stage at a Hampshire primary school, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a children's classic. Pupils from The King's Primary School, West End, put on a show-stopping version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
