GARETH MOON was over the moon after winning the final of the Marshall Rolfe Toyota Club Angling Challenge fished on Stoneham Lakes at the weekend. Heavy overnight rain saw weights lower than expected. Despite many anglers taking good bags of fish in practice
A 75-YEAR-OLD war heroine has said she would rather die than be treated again at Southampton General Hospital after spending 12 hours on a trolley in A&E waiting for a bed. Sarah Reece-Hamilton - a diabetic with a history of heart trouble - was taken
GOVERNMENT staff planning a public inquiry into a major port development on the shores of Southampton Water have given authorities fighting the scheme seven days to come up with a venue. As exclusively reported in the Daily Echo yesterday, provisional
A SCHOOLGIRL with cerebral palsy has taken up drumming and hopes to follow in the footsteps of her hero, the former drummer of rock band Nirvana. Laura Browning, 16, has found that having lessons at Clive's Pop Music School at Totton College has helped
THREE weeks into the new youth football season sponsored by the Andover-based HSA Healthcare three teams are still on maxium points in the under-14 division and there was also a heartening first win for Barry Andrews' Stockbridge side, who have the luxury
TABLE-TOPPERS Ludgershall Sports dropped their first points of the season the season in the NHL with a 0-0 draw at Tadley, Stockbridge Res came out on top by the odd goal in seven, Broughton Res crushed local rivals Andover New Street 'A' 6-2 and Southampton
DENNIS Heagren, one of the few men to have captained both the Andover footbal and cricket club teams, has died after a long illness. He was aged 75. Dennis was captain of Herbie Chittenden's famed Andover football team that reached the first round proper
Andover 1, Bashley 1 CFL sponsored Andover were bankrolled by Bashley after the Dr Marten's League (DML) outfit forced a replay with a late equaliser in last Saturday's money-spinning FA Cup second qualifying round tie at The Portway. Watched by a shirt-sleeved
Today's Principal Arrivings: Mignon, vehicle carrier, 0700, 34/35; Atlantik Frigo, refrigerat, 0715, 101W; Prince No.1, vehicle carrier, 0730, 40; Oued Ziz, container, 0800, 206E; Gerd Sibum, container, 1000, 207E; Magula, general, TBA, 33. Today's Principal
TRANSPORT group Stagecoach is counting the cost of the US terrorist crisis as its New York coach business faced up to major disruption. Stagecoach, which operates South West Train services in Hampshire, and owns Hampshire Bus, said the crisis came during
A 75-YEAR-OLD war heroine has said she would rather die than be treated again at Southampton General Hospital after spending 12 hours on a trolley in A&E waiting for a bed. Sarah Reece-Hamilton - a diabetic with a history of heart trouble - was taken
AN ISLE of Wight man - described by a judge as "very dangerous" - has been given an extra six months until his parole board hearing after admitting the attempted murder of a fellow prisoner while awaiting trial. Christopher Thomas, 25, formerly of Prospect
EYESORE neighbourhoods across Southampton will be spruced up, thanks to a £179,000 lottery windfall. The city's Environment Centre is today celebrating the bumper grant awarded by the Community Fund. It will pay for the centre's Shannon Project, which
A SOUTHAMPTON judge is considering writing to the Home Secretary to press for tougher powers to punish dangerous drivers. Under present guidelines, judges are restricted to a maximum sentence of two years' imprisonment. But now David Griffiths has spoken
PROTESTERS have pulled out of their battle to have a planning approval at Chilworth Science Park overthrown by a High Court judge. The move comes after a judge refused Chilworth Residents' Committee's request for a judicial review into Test Valley council's
THREE wheelchair-bound women had to borrow coats and cover themselves in thermal wrapping after a thief broke open swimming pool lockers and stole their clothes, shoes, money and other personal possessions. One woman was in tears. "She has been burgled
AT an age when most people are content to sit back, play a game of bingo or a hand of whist, octogenarian Andoverian Fred Lacy has been proving that computing is not simply the territory of the young. For Fred has just completed the European Computer
A NEW Forest Bikeathon, raising money for the Leukaemia Research Fund and remembering Andrew Collins who worked for the Andover Advertiser, attracted nearly 150 riders on Sunday. Andrew was a well-known Andover sportsman who lost his life to leukaemia
ROMSEY MP Sandra Gidley paid a visit to a farm in her constituency to hear at first hand of the problems facing the agricultural industry. She met up with Geoff Butler who, as managing director of Bossington Farms in Houghton, has been a link between
FOR a pop star to maintain a following, you'd imagine the occasional chart hit was pretty essential. But it isn't always the case. Look at Gene Pitney, for example. The Sixties crooner, forever fixed in the public imagination as the over-wrought warbler
ANDOVER firefighters swapped pales of water for piles of cash on Saturday when they asked shoppers and pub-goers for donations towards the New York Firefighters' Fund. Station officer Robin Furniss said his men were 'well pleased' with the donations from
BUSINESS leaders who gather at the Red House Hotel in Cholderton on Wednesday at 7pm will be given a briefing on how future developments may affect their businesses in and around Tidworth. Key personnel from local authorities, the MoD and Tid-worth Development
ANOTHER milestone in Abbotts Ann's fight to get a new shop in the village was passed on Wednesday when residents took over the running of the existing store. Sub postmaster and mistress Jane and Tony Storer from The Beehive in Goodworth Clatford handed
WORRIES about the likelihood of more flooding on the River Bourne this winter has prompted Kennet District Council to offer Tidworth 1,000 sandbags and 20 tons of sand. The only problem is how the sand can be stored and distributed if last year's problems
THE deprivation being experienced in some areas of Andover is showing itself in another survey - on health issues. The report on the status of the health of the population was commissioned by Mid Hampshire Primary Care Trust, (PCT) which serves a population
VANDALS have damaged vases left in tribute to dead loved ones by grieving family members at Titchfield Cemetery. Eight memorials were thrown around, leaving flowers scattered across the Posbrook Lane graveyard and chipping the vases they had been left
WAYNE BRIDGE today told former boss Glenn Hoddle not to waste his time trying to take him to White Hart Lane. After controversially luring away Dean Richards, Spurs have now been linked with a possible move for the emerging England under-21 international
TAHAR EL KHALEJ today hit back at Dion Dublin and again insisted: "I'm no cheat!" Dublin was sent off for a head-butt in Aston Villa's recent 3-1 win over Saints, but has had his red card rescinded by the FA after referee Steve Dunn studied video replays
Portsmouth Reserves confidently powered their way to another fine win last night when goals from Steve Lovell and Chris Clark were enough to sweep aside a resilient Cheltenham side 2-0. The victory keeps Pompey at the top of the Combination League table
ARMED police were called in after a man with a shotgun held up a convenience store in Gosport. The man walked into a One-Stop shop on Beauchamp Avenue at 9.25pm yesterday brandishing the gun and demanded cash from the till. He escaped on foot before the
CIVIC chiefs are calling for talks to reintroduce a bus service for the Chalvington Road area of Chandler's Ford which was axed after traffic calming measures were introduced. Bus operators told Eastleigh council that speed humps in the road were damaging
VERNHAM Labels went top of the ADSL for the first time after they beat Barton Stacey 4-2 at the weekend in a scrappy encounter at Saxons Fields. Perry Cocking's Labels side now head the table on goal difference after four games after Fred Druce suffered
Downton 3, Whitchurch Utd 0 WHITCHURCH parted company with coach Brian Jewry after last Saturday's Jewson Wessex League (JWL) basement clash with Downton and to complete an afternoon of woe for John Mas and Graham Knight's side they had skipper Gary Shaughnessy
Bashley 0, Andover 2 CFL sponsored Andover booked their next round in the FA Cup with a remarkable performance in Tuesday night's second qualifying round replay. Jubilant Lions manager Ken Cuningham Brown said that he thought Bashley would carry on from
HAMPSHIRE go into Sunday's Liberty Trophy warm-up match against Oxfordshire minus four regular skips. Assistant team manager Graham Standley (Longmeadow) and Peter Ward (Atherley) are both in Belfast for the rearranged British Isles International Series
YOUNG bookworms at a Hedge End school have been recording medal-winning performances. During their summer holidays 38 pupils at Shamblehurst Primary School took part in Hampshire Library's Reading Carnival. They had to read six books and be able to talk
EVERYTHING fell perfectly into place when Southampton's taxi drivers provided children from the city's special schools with a special day out at Paultons Park, with Saints' soccer stars providing a helping hand. The weather at the family leisure park
SOUTHAMPTON-based Griffon Hovercraft has fought off stiff competition to win a contract to build a high-speed crash-rescue hovercraft for the new airport in Seoul, Korea thanks to support from Trade Partners UK. The deal was agreed after the Koreans saw
EVERYTHING fell perfectly into place when Southampton's taxi drivers provided children from the city's special schools with a special day out at Paultons Park, with Saints' soccer stars providing a helping hand. The weather at the family leisure park
GOVERNMENT staff planning a public inquiry into a major port development on the shores of Southampton Water have given authorities fighting the scheme seven days to come up with a venue. As exclusively reported in the Daily Echo yesterday, provisional
PASSENGER numbers at Southampton Airport dropped by 2.2 per cent last month compared with September 2000 in the wake of the terrorist attacks, which has prompted the present crisis, on New York's World Trade Centre last month. Numbers also plummeted by
MORE racists in Southampton are being exposed, thanks to a pioneering scheme involving a supermarket. The city's racial harassment figures show a marked increase in people coming forward to report cases. Community leaders have warned though that many
VULNERABLE refugees are being left hungry in Southampton. According to campaigners, a voucher scheme intended to provide food and clothes for asylum seekers in Hampshire is failing to deliver. People championing the plight of immigrants in the south say
AN angry mother has described her horror at seeing a tortured pheasant strung up on the railings outside Blenheim Hall, Andover, as she walked her children to school. The group were on their way to Knights Enham juniors on Tuesday morning when they were
PUPILS at Longparish Primary School took a step back in time during a visit to Whitchurch Silk Mill. The youngsters enjoyed a Victorian morning as part of a new programme which allows them to find out what it was like to work in the silk mill during the
AN archaeological dig at Fullerton has yielded up one of the very few Roman water mills to be discovered in this country. The find, on the banks of the River Anton, was described as 'very, very exciting' by Professor Barry Cunliffe who directed the two
CRICKLADE College underwent 'a massive refurbishment' in the summer, say the college authorities. There have been big changes to the foyer, refectory and common room. Changes are immediately apparent in the foyer of the building which has been modernised
ANDOVER'S MP Sir George Young is giving strong support to a bid by Test Valley Borough Council for Lottery funds for a £1.3 million network of centres for the young. The intention is to establish Healthy Living Centres throughout Test Valley, including
VITAL intensive care facilities for premature babies at Winchester's Royal Hants County Hospital could be downgraded under major new centralisation plans. Extremely sick babies in the special baby care unit could be cared for in a centralised, maternity
KEITH Thompson was at work in Wilton when the terrible events of 11 September unfolded and he realised the life of his younger brother Ian was in danger. "When somebody said that a jet has flown into a tower I rang his mobile. "But there was no answer
VILLAGERS worried about road safety in King's Som-borne have had their last say on plans by Hampshire County Council to take action on the main A3057. The final public meeting on proposed traffic calming measures was held following a three-year campaign
WHEN Luke Sheridan-Oliver is on the working end of a camera the world is a black and white canvas - and he prefers it that way. He does use colour film but states: "I love black and white and if all anyone wanted was colour photographs I would advise
ANDOVER Round Tablers have handed the carnival back to the town because of a lack of support. Chairman Jim Toole, who had the unpleasant task this year of cancelling the street event just days before it was due to be held, said: "Apathy one, Round Table
AN INDOOR football academy that will be the largest in the south and produce budding David Beckhams is set to kick into action at Eastleigh. The £500,000 showpiece soccer centre of excellence will create 51 jobs and it is hoped to have it up and running
