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  • Dinghy sailors who ignored warnings rescued

    MEMBERS of Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS) went to the aid of two "irresponsible" dinghy sailors who went out in dangerous conditions at the weekend, although their race was called off because of the weather. Race officials had cancelled

  • Don't spend our cash next door

    PLANS to spend over £100,000 of one parish's money on a cycleway in the parish next door have been knocked off course. Hampshire county councillors were asked to approve putting a £129,000 contribution from developers in Fawley towards a new cycle route

  • Heroic Rose finishes second

    JUSTIN ROSE yesterday proved his Open championship heroics were not a flash in the pan after narrowly missing out on his maiden European Tour victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The Hampshire youngster carded a final round 69 to finish 20-under-par

  • Pompey 2 - Wimbledon 1

    STEVE CLARIDGE is jokingly thinking of putting up an exclusion zone inside the penalty area for Nigel Quashie. Early in the second half on Saturday, the Portsmouth midfielder missed a peach of a chance inside the six-yard box - Wimbledon goalkeeper Kelvin

  • Robinson hits hat-trick to crush champs

    Hampshire League DEFENDING champions Amesbury Town were torn apart by one of the Hampshire League's brightest newcomers last Saturday. Striker Adam Robinson, snapped up by East Cowes Vics from Island League side Binstead late last year, scored a second-half

  • Holders lose out after extra-time battle

    SFA Senior Cup Holders AC Delco went out of the Southampton FA Senior Cup despite a plucky performance against Hampshire Premier Division side Hythe & Dibden, who ended 3-1 winners after extra-time. The match was goalless after 90 minutes, but an

  • Tremlett puts England in strong position in Test

    HAMPSHIRE'S Chris Tremlett impressed with both bat and ball as England's under-19s took control of the second Test with India in Chennai. England, one down in the three-match series, resumed the second day on 286-3 but failed to make the progress with

  • Warne eyes return to Hampshire fold

    SHANE WARNE has admitted he wants to return to play for Hampshire next summer. The Australian Test wicket record holder was Hampshire's top wicket taker last summer, and although the Ashes tour means he is not available this summer, it was no secret Hampshire

  • Joyriders on the prowl in town

    JOYRIDERS stole a motorbike and a scooter from outside two houses in Gosport in the latest spate of two-wheeled thefts. The black Vespa and the Honda 550 CBX were chained up on Mariners Way and Santiago Road, respectively, on Friday night. Thieves sawed

  • Fireman: Ordeal was absolute hell

    NINETEEN months of absolute hell. That's how Basingstoke firefighter Simon Green describes his suspension from the Hampshire fire brigade for trying to organise a union meeting that never took place. The ordeal for 40-year-old Mr Green began when he went

  • Injured man still 'in bad shape'

    A 21-YEAR-OLD man injured in an accident on the Worting Road last week is back in Basingstoke hospital. On Thursday Sam Morris, of Tweedsmuir Close, Buckskin, was well enough to return to Basingstoke from Southampton hospital's specialist neurological

  • Accident was the likely cause of man's death

    A POLICE probe into the death of a man found in the street with head injuries is pointing towards them being caused by accident. The investigation was sparked by an anonymous telephone call to The Gazette last Wednesday when the caller claimed that 51

  • Euro-test send-off

    A TILT at the European ice dance title this week was polished up by final coaching in Basingstoke. Local coach Alan Abretti, the man who choreographed the Robbie Williams skating video, was called in, along with his former Holiday On Ice partner, Karen

  • As driver slept...

    THIEVES made off with more than £1,600 worth of furniture from the back of a lorry at Hedge End while the driver was asleep in the cab. Police said the raid happened between 7am and 7.15am while the driver was waiting in a car park at Charles Watts Way

  • New health initiative is the passport to success

    A HEALTH "passport" has been given to every child aged six or seven in Southampton in a novel project mounted by Norwich Union Healthcare and the city council. Children's illnesses and medical treatments will be recorded in the passports as well as their

  • Trojans lose ground at the top

    FARNBOROUGH moved even further ahead at the top of Hampshire 1 following their 32-17 victory over Petersfield and with Trojans, their nearest rivals, left kicking their heels. Trojans' match at Hamble had to be postponed because there were still large

  • Basingstoke slip even further on day off

    Basingstoke's National League 3 South game at Weston-Super-Mare was postponed, as were the majority of the matches in this league and the upper London regional ones. However, inactivity failed to prevent Basingstoke slipping to second from bottom in the

  • NEW! SPORT ON MONDAY

    Today the Southern Daily Echo is proud to launch Sport on Monday - a new 12 page supplement. It is packed with the best analysis, comment and pictures on the Saints - the South's only Premiership side. It also includes an extensive look at the Premiership

  • TWO KILLED IN M-WAY CAR SMASH

    TWO drivers died when a car went the wrong way along two Hampshire motorways and smashed head-on into a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction. The driver of a third vehicle which was in collision with the wreckage was rushed to Southampton General

  • Taking action

    ROMSEY MP Sandra Gidley has assembled an action team to respond to residents' problems. The Liberal Democrat said the team had already visited people door-to-door as well as dropped surveys in letterboxes to discover what people wanted done in their area

  • MP's views on hunting

    ROMSEY MP Sandra Gidley has spoken out against hunting with dogs as the House of Commons voted in favour of banning the sport on Wednesday. She said she had always been very conscious that she did not like hunting but had had to think long and hard about

  • Good Samaritan deed is cover for theft

    DON'T trust anyone. Those are the wise words of a 71-year-old Landford woman who was robbed of jewellery worth several thousand pounds while acting as a Good Samaritan. All Jean Cox's family heirlooms and cheque books were stolen in the distraction theft

  • ANIMAL TEST LAB FEARS

    CAMPAIGNERS against a Hampshire animal testing company moving to their village fear it could become a target for animal rights protesters. Wickham Laboratories has sparked a protest against its plan to move from Wickham, near Fareham, to Upham, near Winchester

  • Stores sign up for a safer city centre

    TRAINING sessions to combat crime are helping to make Winchester city centre one of the safest places to shop. Over the past year dozens of retailers have been taking part in the "ShopWatch" scheme under special partnership arrangements made between the

  • £2 million sports centre to benefit the community

    WORK on a £2 million state-of-the-art badminton centre of excellence is set to start at a Winchester school in the summer. Building chiefs, who have finalised a design brief for the scheme at Westgate Secondary School, are planning to put the project

  • Moving forward

    A LARGE Hampshire junior school has been praised for making very significant improvements in its work. Inspectors pointed to very good management of the school and the excellent leadership of headteacher Rhod Porch, senior staff and governors in their

  • Pupils in line for safer school route

    A SAFE walk to school could be just round the corner for hundreds of pupils on an Eastleigh campus, Hampshire's highway bosses say. A much-needed pedestrian crossing to be installed outside Wyvern Community School and Fair Oak Junior and Infant Schools

  • Hi-tech supply via e-business

    EEF SOUTH'S World Class Performance (WCP) Unit and South-East regional Business Links have been awarded funding from SEEDA (the South East England Development Agency) to help hi-tech engineering businesses embrace the concept of e-business. Bringing together

  • Internet key for InterRegs

    TECHNICAL publisher InterRegs is spearheading the latest in online initiatives with the launch of a new Internet-based regulations service for the motoring industry. The Fareham-based firm is already well-known for its CD-Rom updates for the car manufacturing

  • Trash bang wallop - it's showtime!

    REMEMBER those school lessons in which an over-enthusiastic teacher would encourage you to bash away at a dustbin lid, some empty beer bottles and a couple of feet of perished rubber tubing in the hope of producing an exciting new aural experience? In

  • Reveller critically ill after assault

    A MAN was fighting for his life today after being beaten up at a taxi rank outside Southampton's busy Leisureworld complex. Andrew Heath, 29, from the Lordshill area, underwent emergency surgery at Southampton General Hospital after suffering severe head

  • TWO KILLED IN M-WAY CAR SMASH

    TWO drivers died when a car went the wrong way along two Hampshire motorways and smashed head-on into a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction. The driver of a third vehicle which was in collision with the wreckage was rushed to Southampton General

  • Teacher numbers just don't add up

    TEACHER shortages in Southampton have been spelt out by city council education bosses. Labour leader June Bridle has revealed the extent of recruitment difficulties in Southampton. She explained that: * Six schools were short of maths teachers. * Five

  • Firefighters win their case

    HAMPSHIRE Fire Service unfairly robbed three firemen of their union rights, a tribunal decided. Southampton firefighter Richard Carrington and two colleagues emerged victorious after the employment tribunal found they were prevented from carrying out

  • Crash car sought

    A DRIVER, whose car wrecked the front of a long-established bakery, is sought by police at Lymington. Thousands of pounds' worth of damage was inflicted on Jennings bakers' shop, either very late on Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday morning

  • Benefit cheats to cough up £425,000

    FRAUD-BUSTERS in the New Forest are piling up hundreds of thousands of pounds in their battle to crack down on benefit fiddlers. A new report on New Forest District Council's benefit fraud team has revealed that it clawed back a record £400,000 last year

  • 1,500 years' living in tapestry show

    THE HISTORY of a Hampshire community for more than 1,500 years will go on display at a museum - thanks to the local people's efforts. The Titchfield Tapestries took two years to produce, and they illustrate the history of the village from Saxon times

  • Off-licence in move uproar

    RESIDENTS have failed to stop plans for a new off-licence in a village that already has three others. Portsmouth magistrates granted a licence for H J Pharmacy to move its adjoining off-licence from Titchfield to Bridge Road in Park Gate. One hundred

  • Equipment appeal by youth centre

    A HAMPSHIRE youth centre working to bring young people off the streets and help them achieve their dreams is in desperate need of equipment. The Genesis youth centre in Locks Heath opened more than three years ago and offers youngsters a place to relax

  • Tiger burns bright to slay the dragon

    CROUCHING Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Glenn Hoddle and George Graham, combatants and duellists not only on the pitch, but also in the press room. A duel, many would have you believe, for the hearts, minds and souls of the Followers of the Cockerel. The Chosen

  • Fears after lethal monitor vanishes

    AN URGENT hunt is on to find a stolen piece of medical equipment containing lethal radiation. Police fear for the health of anyone handling the organ monitoring equipment and say it poses a major risk to pregnant women and their unborn children. The BLA

  • National Park aim for power station

    THINGS are looking up for Hampshire's tallest building. Fawley Power Station has stood sentinel at the mouth of Southampton Water for 30 years. But the energy-generating colossus - whose 202-metre chimney dwarfs Salisbury Cathedral spire - was crippled

  • Port visit to help Dibden decision

    A FACT-FINDING trip will be taken this week so decision-makers can get a better idea of the impact a massive new container terminal is likely to have on the shores of Southampton Water. The delegates will be going to the huge container terminal at Felixstowe

  • Slow down, this one's a cracker

    SOME of the biggest loads ever to travel on Hampshire roads have successfully completed the final leg of their journey to a £70 million modernisation project at Fawley Refinery Five massive transporters - three on Saturday and two yesterday - took the

  • Freemasons aid special needs group

    A TOTTON special needs playgroup has £1,000 in the kitty to help with their running costs - thanks to fundraising freemasons. Totton Opportunity Group applied to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Masonic Charity for help after reading a Daily Echo story

  • Totton 0 - Chippenham 2

    FA Carlsberg Vase IAN Robinson never ventures out to watch Southern League football but he has a sneaking suspicion that Chippenham Town will not look out of place if they achieve their goal of Dr Martens status next season. For the second year running

  • TRACTOR PULL FOR KACHLOUL

    HASSAN KACHLOUL was today bracing himself for the news which could herald his departure from The Dell. Saints have pledged to make him a new contract offer within the next 24 hours but if it does not go close to what he wants then the midfielder will

  • Tower blocks put sundial in shade

    THE accuracy of a 21st century sundial in Hampshire has been left in the shade - by tower blocks that obstruct the all-important sunshine. Walkers parading and enjoying the impressive multi-million-pound improvements to Gosport waterfront have noticed

  • Russia visit has Daine leaping with joy

    YOUNG Gosport gymnast Daine Evans is going places after cartwheeling to early successes in a promising career. Daine 12, a pupil of Brune Park School, Gosport, who trains six days a week at the Dynamo Club in Hedge End, has been invited to take part in

  • New traffic lights

    WORK to replace old traffic lights at a busy Gosport junction may take eight weeks and cost £60,000. New lights and supporting poles at the junction of Forton Road, the Crossways and Lees Lane will be replaced in the scheme, which will see the lights

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivings: Takamine, vehicle carrier, 0600, 34/35; Autostar, vehicle carrier, 0800, 43; Cottica, refrigerat, 1100, 102; Pyalma, general, 1130, 107; APL Almandine, container, 1400, 205; Cap Polonio, container, 1400, 204; Sir Geraint,

  • Blaze of Glory as Bison burn league leaders

    Basingstoke Bison 5, Coventry Blaze 2 THE BASINGSTOKE Bison kept their season on fire as they beat visiting league leaders Coventry Blaze on Saturday. The gap between the sides at the top of the table is now just one point with the Bison due to travel

  • Under-14s break netball duck

    Hampshire North under-14 A 37, North Bucks 27 NETBALL: THE COUNTY under-14 A side achieved their first win of the season in a match they controlled from start to finish. Hampshire North took the initiative in the early stages and led 12-6 at the end of

  • Hospital death rates surveyed

    HAMPSHIRE hospitals have average mortality rates, according to The Sunday Times Good Hospital Guide. Winchester and Eastleigh Health-care NHS Trust, which has 32 doctors per 100 beds, ranked seventh in the league of low death rates out of 27 hospitals

  • SOLENT STARS 103 - MANCHESTER MAGIC 109

    OPTIMISM is back in fashion for Solent Stars despite the pain of a tenth straight defeat in the National Basketball League Conference. The scoreline may have been the wrong one from an Eastleigh point of view, but nobody could complain about a lack of

  • MacArthur pushes on as leader slows

    ELLEN MacArthur is closing fast on Vendee Glove leader Michel Desjoyeaux (PRB). Since the beginning of the week Desjoyeaux, who had a 640 miles lead over MacArthur at Cape Horn, is fighting against the calms of an anticyclone moving north up the Atlantic

  • More housing choice proposed

    TENANTS in public housing across the Test Valley could be offered more choice in housing if the borough council is selected for a new government pilot scheme. The government will choose between ten and 20 councils to be part of the scheme and has set

  • Museum to open soon

    IN A few weeks' time, Romsey Heritage and Visitor Centre will be ready to greet visitors. Work is nearing completion on the new centre in Church Street, where scenes from the past have been painstakingly created. Guided tours of the centre will start

  • Call for mayor's resignation

    A FORMER Romsey councillor has called on the town mayor--John Burgess--to resign. Norman Hurst clashed with the mayor during public question time at Tuesday's meeting of Romsey Town Council. His verbal attack on the town's first citizen took everyone

  • SMEs join up for e-revolution

    BT DIRECTOR Nigel Hedges joined representatives from Southampton's small and medium size businesses when they took the opportunity to learn how to join the e-business revolution. He said he was extremely impressed by the enthusiasm and desire to learn

  • Roger in final

    SOUTHAMPTON-based Roger Francis of training firm Inn Dispensable has been named as a finalist in the National Innkeeping Training Awards. Bidding for the title of National Trainer of the Year Mr Francis is one of three finalists in the awards which are

  • Joining up

    LYMINGTON-based Greenham Marine and Regis Electronics have joined forces and are now trading as Greenham Regis Marine Electronics. As part of the move the new company will have offices in Lymington and Southampton with new, purpose-built premises in Shamrock

  • Swedish deal

    THE transport group which involves Eastleigh-based Alstom has clinched a 300 million euro deal to supply trains to Sweden. Starting this year, Alstom will deliver 113 cars to help to renew rolling stock around Lake Malaren, west of Stockholm.

  • Port visit to help Dibden decision

    A FACT-FINDING trip will be taken this week so decision-makers can get a better idea of the impact a massive new container terminal is likely to have on the shores of Southampton Water. The delegates will be going to the huge container terminal at Felixstowe

  • Nose-ring assailant hunted

    A THUG with a nose-ring was being hunted by police today following an attack on a middle-aged man in Southampton last night. The 52-year-old man suffered severe facial injuries after being set upon in Bitterne Road East, Bitterne. Det Sgt Howard Kiley

  • Union support for tobacco jobs

    A LEADING union official will visit Southampton today to show his support for British American Tobacco workers, whose jobs are under threat. Roger Lyons, general secretary of the Manufacturing Science and Finance union which represents skilled and professional

  • City gets another MP as Daniel is voted into youth parliament

    SOUTHAMPTON'S first-ever junior MP was selected among the full pomp of a formal election to represent the city in Britain's new Youth Parliament. Daniel Fitzhenry, a pupil at St George Boys' School, was chosen by an electoral college of some 200 pupils

  • Railway group to steam into a new platform

    A MAJOR exhibitor is quitting Southampton Guildhall after 25 years because of the cost of using the city centre on Sundays. Next month's exhibition at the venue will be the last for the Solent Model Railway Group, which has decided to move its annual

  • Hair's art coiffure at the local salon

    AN ARTIST is proving he's a cut above the rest by adding a splash of colour to an Eastleigh hairdressing salon. Southampton-based Andrew Gay has chosen Simon Upson Hairdressers as a gallery with a difference for his latest expressionist works. Customers

  • Charity call to dive into the big swim

    STAFF at a Southampton swimming pool want people to make a splash for cancer charities. Shirley pool in Kentish Road is one of 500 swimming pools across the UK to take part in this year's BT Swimathon from March 19-25. With more than 40,000 people taking

  • Fresh tone on music season

    A NEW season springs into action at Southampton's Turner Sims Concert Hall next week, with a refreshing selection of classical, world and jazz music. Concert hall manager Kevin Appleby has concentrated on new acts at the venue, and has organised a programme

  • Bog bales branded a danger to ponies

    VETERAN New Forest commoner Ralph Hayward is backing claims that a Forestry Commission scheme is putting ponies' lives at risk. Mr Hayward, chairman of Denny Lodge Parish Council, has joined agister John Booth in condemning the restoration of Forest bogs

  • ANIMAL TEST LAB FEARS

    CAMPAIGNERS against a Hampshire animal testing company moving to their village fear it could become a target for animal rights protesters. Wickham Laboratories has sparked a protest against its plan to move from Wickham, near Fareham, to Upham, near Winchester

  • Rapid response mum saves daughters in fire

    A MOTHER was praised today for her quick thinking when she roused her sleeping children and rushed them to safety during a bedroom fire. The woman evacuated her two daughters when smoke began filling the upstairs of her Hampshire maisonette at about 4am

  • Flagship potential on site of dispute

    CIVIC chiefs are being recommended to approve a housing scheme on the site of an old public house, which could evolve into a flagship of national importance. Eastleigh Housing Association is asking for permission to build 15 flats in a three-storey terraced

  • Housing bid fails to get green light at meeting

    FAREHAM planners last night voted unanimously to defer a decision over an 80-home development proposed for a county council-owned site in Southampton Road, Park Gate. An officer from the county council's estates department made a deputation to the committee

  • Crashes cause rush-hour chaos

    TWO separate rush-hour accidents brought traffic to a standstill on the M27 between Segensworth and Bursledon yesterday. A four-vehicle crash on the westbound carriageway near Junction 9 at 7.50am caused major hold-ups in both directions. A second smash

  • Beattie was Brescia target

    RUPERT LOWE has slapped down Brescia who have made a tentative and cheeky enquiry for in-form striker James Beattie. The Italian side, who have missed out on Tottenham's Les Ferdinand, were reported to have tabled a £2 million offer but the Southampton

  • Families evacuated as cottages catch fire

    TWO families had to be evacuated from their homes after fire broke out in a 19th century cottage. The blaze started in the chimney of the 161-year-old cottage and quickly spread through to the cottage next door, causing a large hole in the roof. Joy Booth

  • Pensioner warns of doorstep scam

    ELDERLY residents in a Hampshire village are being warned to be on their guard against doorstep conmen. West End councillor Alec Chalk is urging locals to give all door-to-door salesmen short shrift in a bid to reduce the chances of falling victim to