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  • Fairy magic

    According to local author Cassandra Eason, the New Forest is a haven for fairies - so how much do you believe? VICKI GREEN reports Do you believe in fairies? You may scoff at the very notion, but, according to Cassandra Eason, an author and psychic expert

  • The best of Best

    Blessed by George Best with Roy Collins is published by Ebury Press, priced £17.99. George Best is listing his blessings - workwise he is busier than ever as a football pundit and he has the solid support of his young wife Alex. These are not the haverings

  • Top ten books

    A run-down of the top-ten hardback and paperback books... HARDBACK 1 - Happy Days with the Naked Chef - Jamie Oliver 2 - 1966 and All That - Geoff Hurst 3 - Simple Soul and Other Stories - Catherine Cookson 4 - Leap of Faith - Danielle Steele 5 - Nigella

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivings: Montlhery, roro, 0600, 105; Sibirskiy 2131, general cargo, 0600, 107; Tanabata, car carrier, 0630, 34/5; P&O Nedlloyd Kowloon, container, 0700, 206; Sundream, cruise ship, 0700, 38/9; Jingu Maru, car carrier, 0730, 40;

  • SCHOOLS TO SCRAP RELIGION

    RELIGIOUS education is to be scrapped in a number of Hampshire's secondary schools because of the spiralling teacher shortage. School heads have told education bosses that they cannot teach the subject because they simply do not have the staff qualified

  • Serial drink-driver sent to jail for crashing van

    A SERIAL drink-driver from Southampton who crashed a van while four times the legal limit has been jailed. Christopher Fearnley, 30, of St James House, Orchard Lane, was sentenced to three months in prison after admitting driving with excess alcohol.

  • A degree closer to university status

    SOUTHAMPTON Institute is one step closer to becoming a university. The institute - the biggest college in the UK - could be just a year away from being able to award degrees in its own right. It is a major feather in the institute's cap, and would boost

  • Port will be a huge boost says expert

    One of the south's leading business experts says the planned container port at Dibden Bay will lead to a huge boost to local trade and a growth in jobs. Backing for the proposed world-class Dibden Terminal on Southampton Water has come from commercial

  • Tag technology will nail young villains

    CRIMEBUSTERS in Hampshire have welcomed plans for a new crackdown on the county's worst young offenders using tagging technology. Persistent troublemakers as young as ten are to be electronically tagged as part of the scheme being trialled in Fareham,

  • Star Craig's in orbit

    FANTASTIC! That's what Craig David's producer, Mark Hill, said when the Daily Echo broke the news to him of the Southampton superstar's Mobo Award win. Singing sensation David scooped the best UK act award at the ceremony, which honours music of black

  • Experiencing the HiLife

    A life-changing event, uniting the people and churches of Southampton is how the HiLife Festival - which hits the city this week - has been described. PAUL EDDY looks at the events planned and how they will benefit the city and its residents... A LIFE-changing

  • St Mary's killing: man arrested

    HAMPSHIRE detectives are quizzing a 20-year-old man in connection with the murder of Devon Adamson. Mr Adamson, 23, pictured, died at the Royal South Hants Hospital in Southampton after staggering through the city's streets, bleeding from a stab wound

  • I want action on train safety

    QUESTIONS are to be raised at Westminster following revelations in the Daily Echo about safety concerns centring on the south's overcrowded trains. Romsey MP Sandra Gidley is tabling a question in the House of Commons about the controversial issue after

  • PCs get new best pals

    HAMPSHIRE'S policemen have got a new best friend. They may be smaller than the traditional German shepherd, but when it comes to power, strength, loyalty and confrontational ability, Belgian shepherd dogs are paws in front of the rest. So far Hampshire

  • Nurse jailed over benefits fiddle

    A BENEFIT cheat is today beginning a six-month prison sentence for fiddling £33,000. Mother-of-two Amanda West let the Benefits Agency think she was an out-of- work single mum when in fact she was living with her husband and working as a nurse. The 32

  • The business of helping mothers

    GIVING birth should be a joyous occasion in any woman's life, but for new mums in war-ravaged Kosovo it can be a testing experience. Conditions are primitive and baby clothes, toys, blankets and sanitary items are hard to come by. But a group of Southampton

  • Doctors warn over brain bug

    DOCTORS have issued fresh warnings about meningitis after Hampshire student Jonathan McMillan became the latest victim of the deadly brain bug. As reported in the Daily Echo yesterday, the 21-year-old, of Park Close, Brockenhurst, was studying for a masters

  • GRAY IS BUOYED BY HIS MISSION TO ARGENTINA

    SAINTS BOSS Stuart Gray cut a bleary-eyed figure after a marathon midweek scouting mission that took him to Argentina. But he'll be wide awake enough to be knocking at chairman Rupert Lowe's door to get the purse strings loosened. Gray took advantage

  • International stage beckons for St Mary's

    The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium will be put proudly on display tomorrow to more than 100 million people. The friendly between Japan and Nigeria is being screened live in both countries and Saints are determined to put on a good show. It is the

  • Lowe over moon to stage game at St Mary's

    Saints chairman Rupert Lowe is delighted that Southampton has been selected as the venue and believes it is a feather in the cap for the city and the stadium. He said: "The fact they have chosen to play at the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium makes

  • England ecstasy

    SAINT Wayne Bridge played a vital part in helping England Under-21s reach the last 16 of the European Championships last night - but only after surviving a nerve-jangling second 45 minutes against the Greeks at Ewood Park. And Jermain Defoe, who was on