LYMINGTON & New Milton boss Graham Kemp has vowed to return the glory days to Fawcett's Field after swooping to sign five of the Jewson Wessex League's hottest properties. Kemp has taken advantage of the recent managerial uncertainty at New Forest
Jimmy Cook praised his side for a good all-round performance after Hampshire ended the second day against Kent with their first championship victory of the season in sight. James Hamblin set the tone by adding 38 to his overnight 12 in just 28 balls before
Havant are aiming to make it an unlucky 13 for BAT Sports in tomorrow's clash of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League heavyweights at Southern Gardens, 1pm. BAT swept to the championship on the strength of 11 successive 'time' and 50-over matches
AROUND 5,000 homes and businesses in West End were plunged into darkness when a cable fault developed at an electricity substation at Townhill Park in the city. The fault developed at around 8.44pm cutting off the power supply to 5,121 Southern Electric
THIS year's Race for Life in Basingstoke is aiming to be the biggest yet, with 6,000 women expected to take part. Entries have already been received from more than 2,000 ladies and girls eager to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. Together they are aiming
THESE intrepid pals from Hartley Wintney are pictured as they prepared for a night-time half marathon - dressed in their bras. The Playtex Moonwalk took place at midnight last night when 10,000 ladies and men completed a bra-clad power-walk beginning
A TEENAGE thief who threatened to kill a young woman after she spotted him shoplifting has been jailed for seven months. Peter Harris, of Upton Crescent, Oakridge, Basingstoke, pleaded guilty to intimidating 16-year-old Kate Broad, who saw him steal a
A mother-of-two whose husband is dying of leukaemia has made a final appeal to Gazette readers to help save his life. Susanne Gray's 37-year-old husband Duncan, of Juniper Close, Chineham has only one chance of survival - a bone marrow transplant. Over
A MOTHER who kept her children at home after she was banned from a Basingstoke school risks being reported to education welfare watchdogs. Joanne Griffiths was banned from entering the grounds of Beech Down Primary School in Brighton Hill after she regularly
THE season's curtain raiser in the Solent, the Barclays Marine Finance Warsash Spring Series, may have given a strong indicator to the medal winners for the summer following a closely-fought contest which involved 250 boats and 2,000 competitors. In the
Today's Principal Arrivings: Saga Rose, cruise ship, 0600, 38/9; MOL Advantage, container, 1100, 206; Braemar, cruise ship, 1130, 105; Emily C, general, 1200, 47; Autocarrier, ro/ro, 1230, 201 link; Kvitnes, bulk, 1230, 109; Biunga Raya Satu, container
AFC Aldermaston A and Nine Saxons clash in the final of the Supplementary B Cup final at Water End tomorrow (4.15pm). Although one would feel Nine Saxons as Basingstoke B Cup winners after their memorable 4-2 extra time victory over the division two Champions
BASINGSTOKE won the plate again as seven districts contested the Hampshire District Knock-Out competition at Basingstoke Sports Centre. The home team of Peter Seward, Tim Cooper, James Bevis, Alison Parker, Heather Prior and Alison Foy progressed after
BASINGSTOKE and North Hants' leading wicket-taker last season, Charl Willoughby, will not be returning this season. The South African, the joint top wicket-taker in the Home Counties league last season, dislocated his shoulder while playing for Western
Eastleigh will be gunning for JWL honours next season under ambitious, new manager Paul Doswell. Their latest signing is central midfielder Steve Thorpe, who has just left Sheffield Wednesday after three years, having captained The Owls' youth side. Gosport
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is the national governing body for all forms of sailing, windsurfing, and powerboat racing. Sailing is the most successful Olympic sport in this country and Great Britain is the world's top Olympic sailing nation.
A grant from the RYA has enabled Ross Clark (18) from Winchester with his crew Richard Deyes (18) to compete against world class sailors at the recent Eurocat Regatta. In France, the Hobie catamaran is a very popular boat and the Eurocat, held in Carnac
FROM the rough to the smooth! Lymington is to get a new public golf course after a local farmer won his fight to turn three fallow fields on his land into a community asset. Brian Goodall from Walhamp-ton, near Lymington, is celebrating victory after
Me and My Girl, Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society - The Point, Eastleigh FIRST performed in 1937, this musical comedy tells the story of a cockney, Bill Snibson, who is the missing heir to the Hareford estate, Hampshire. It tells of his arrival with
Cunard, one of the greatest names in British shipping history, is looking for help from Daily Echo readers to help launch the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen. When the 150,000-ton megaliner, Queen Mary 2 leaves Southampton on her maiden
Southampton Guildhall, May 14 ALL About Eve are best known for their 1988 acoustic top ten hit, Martha's Harbour - and for forgetting the words to it on Top of the Pops. Despite earning a permanent place in the rogues' gallery of live TV cock-ups, the
Isle of Wight hammer thrower Andy Frost heads for the Hampshire AA Championships at Portsmouth's Mountbatten Centre this weekend with the Commonwealth Games qualifying distance already in the bag. The 21-year-old has got Manchester firmly in his sights
PEER through the window of a classroom at Eastleigh College and you might think it has been taken over by teachers' pets. But these particular pets are playing a frontline educational role in helping to breed life skills as well as enabling students to
Neal McDonald produced another strong performance in the seventh leg of the Volvo Ocean Race to increase his chances of an eventual podium place for Assa Abloy. The Hamble skipper, heading a crew that includes Lymington's Jason Carrington, arrived second
Finishing dates and times: 1 illbruck - Finished 09 MAY at 13:44 GMT 2 ASSA ABLOY - Finished 09 MAY at 16:39 GMT 3 Tyco - Finished 09 MAY at 17:19 GMT 4 SEB - Finished 09 MAY at 18:53 GMT 5 Amer Sports One - Finished 09 MAY at 19:04 GMT 6 News Corporation
AMERICAN Pie goes to university in first-time director Dewey Nicks' kooky extension of the gross-out teen comedy. Jason Schwartzman, in his first role since the inspired Rushmore, stars as Ethan, a geeky student who finds out that three fellow students
Sam Dawson (Penn) is a mentally challenged single father who works part-time at a coffee shop to take care of his highly intelligent young daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning). Next door neighbour Annie (Dianne Wiest) offers help and support, and occasionally
JUSTIN ROSE has a lot of ground to make up is he is to win his first professional tournament on home soil this week. The 21-year-old Hampshire golfer went into the Benson and Hedges Open yesterday on the back of his third victory of the season, in the
James Hamblin kick-started a potentially match-winning day's cricket by pinch-hitting - at number 10! Hamblin got the Hampshire innings off to a blistering start in the first three Benson and Hedges Cup group games, only to see his good work go to waste
BASINGSTOKE MP Andrew Hunter has been getting to grips with a graffiti blasting machine which is putting the bite on the neighbourhood blight. The MP joined concerned residents from the Community Action Group of Old Basing and Lychpit, who called a meeting
A FATHER has threatened to chain himself to a towbar after he and his daughter were threatened with eviction from their mobile home. A Hart District Council planning meeting decided to give Gerry Kimber, 49, of Stapely Down Farm, Odiham, until August
BEREAVED families in Tadley have been told that they must remove excessive tributes to loved ones in the town's cemetery or they will be taken away and given to charity. The threat, issued by Tadley Town Council, has angered residents with relatives interred
CHARLOTTE Farmer is more than five years away from driving on public roads - but she is hoping to make a name for herself in the summer sport of grass-track racing. The 11-year-old from Winklebury, Basingstoke, is already in her second season of racing
BASINGSTOKE competition artistic girls' squad had their most successful month ever, with all the gymnasts passing their Hampshire Grades at Basingstoke and the Southern Region Grades at Dibden Purlieu. Rebecca Curtis-Harris, eight, became county champion
RAY PAVESI turned in an excellent all round performance, to help Basingstoke and North Hants to victory over Uxbridge by 83 runs on Saturday. The all-rounder top scored in the home's innings with 57 and then took 4-10 in the Uxbridge innings. Basingstoke
WITH the loss of several key players, Hook and Newnham Basics' new captain Keith Lovelock is under no illusion that his side will do well to better last season's fourth place finish in the Southern Premier division three. Big-hitting South African Janusz
THE OLYMPIC dreams of top rhythmic gymnast Caroline Jackson are under threat if she is unable to find herself a sponsor. The 16-year-old from Lychpit finishes her A-levels next summer and then will take a year out to concentrate on her dream of a place
LYMINGTON & New Milton boss Graham Kemp has vowed to return the glory days to Fawcett's Field after swooping to sign five of the Jewson Wessex League's hottest properties. Kemp has taken advantage of the recent managerial uncertainty at New Forest
PLANNERS in the New Forest have approved a scheme that aims to ease the growing shortage of care home places for the elderly. Woodlands House in Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh, has been given planning permission to add another six bedrooms in a bid to remain
CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for a new church hall in the graveyard at Hordle have won assurances that the sale of the existing Hordle Memorial Hall has been suspended. The church had been planning to sell the Memorial Hall for housing and developers had
Cunard, one of the greatest names in British shipping history, is looking for help from Daily Echo readers to help launch the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen. When the 150,000-ton megaliner, Queen Mary 2 leaves Southampton on her maiden
Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke, Until June 1. TO SOME people, summer means burnt sausages, hosepipe bans and the fear of malevolent insect life. To others though, it's the smell of new-mown grass and the thump of leather on willow. The supposedly relaxing
Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham, May 16 AT A remote mining outpost in the desert of western Australia, everyone has one thing in common - thirst. It is the late 19th century and a genius engineer arrives with a fantastic vision of creating an oasis, only
THE full programme for next month's Homelands dance music festival near Winchester has been revealed. Two more acts, Erol Alkan and Fallacy and Fusion, were added to the list yesterday, completing the set for the 17-hour event, which is expected to attract
The Southern Daily Echo has teamed up with the Bristol Marriott City Centre Hotel and the Ashton Gate Stadium to offer readers the chance to win a two night stay at the four-star hotel and tickets to see some of your favourite top bands for free. The
Juan Martin, Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, May 16 Never mind Ricky Martin - when it comes to hot Spanish passion, Juan's your man. Juan Martin is one of the most acclaimed Spanish guitarists in the world, and brings his flair for flamenco to
Barbara Dickson, The Anvil, Basingstoke IN RECENT years, Barbara Dickson has become better known as an actress and West End leading lady, with TV appearances in dramas like Band of Gold and starring roles in musicals such as Blood Brothers and Spend,
The Brook, Southampton, May 16 - 18 IT MAY not have the flash and dazzle of the Eurovision Song Contest, but, if you're a member of a local band, the Emergenza Battle of the Bands is every bit as exciting. From Thursday at The Brook, you can see the second
A VERDICT of death due to natural causes has been recorded on a millionairess whose body was exhumed after her family raised concerns that she may have died from a drug overdose. Coroner John Matthews recorded his verdict at an Isle of Wight inquest after
SOUTHAMPTON'S new roll-on/roll-off shipping service connecting the port with northern Spain has begun operation. Employed on the route between Southampton and Santander is the Norwegian-flagged, 10,171-tonne Cet-am Victoriae with a service speed of more
AMERICAN Pie goes to university in first-time director Dewey Nicks' kooky extension of the gross-out teen comedy. Jason Schwartzman, in his first role since the inspired Rushmore, stars as Ethan, a geeky student who finds out that three fellow students
