AN inventor from Cliddesden has won an award for a technological brainchild that could save the NHS millions of pounds. James Jackson, 41, of Woods Lane, beat off hundreds of entries in the Medical Futures Innovation awards for his Smart Sensor, a small
DEVELOPERS look set to be allowed to build three blocks of flats in the grounds of an historic Basingstoke mansion - despite more than 40 letters of objection from nearby residents. Today, the borough council's development control committee will be urged
FORMER church envoy and Beirut hostage, Terry Waite, was in Basingstoke on Thursday, backing plans to help homeless people. As president of Emmaus UK, he called on local councillors and business people to help set up a community to provide accommodation
STREET parties were the order of the day for many residents as the Basingstoke borough was swept along on a sea of patriotic pride. Union flags and the flag of St George were in evidence across the area as local people celebrated the Golden Jubilee weekend
THE FATHER of a man wanted for questioning over a brutal murder in Basingstoke has urged his son to contact the police. Former Basingstoke councillor Peter Markham, 55, of Berewyk Close, Hatch Warren, has said he cannot believe his son Richard (pictured
BASINGSTOKE MP Andrew Hunter has backed the battle to save Beech Down Primary School by adding his voice to calls for education bosses to review the controversial decision to close it. The MP has asked the local education authority to "reconsider as a
BASINGSTOKE paid the price for sending weakened judo teams to the Hampshire Area Team challenge at Portsmouth. At the Mountbatten Centre, the six teams represented Portsmouth, Southampton and Basingstoke and many of the fighters had represented Hampshire
BASINGSTOKE Town player-of-the-year Jason Bristow was the special guest at the Basingstoke League annnual presentation night at the Basingstoke Irish Centre. He presented trophies to the Saturday and Sunday league winners and runners-up and also represented
BASINGSTOKE and North Hants crashed out of one of the major knock-out competitions at the first hurdle on Sunday when they lost by 40 runs at Lordswood in Kent. In the absence of Lee Nurse, playing for Berkshire against Cornwall in a three-day match at
BASINGSTOKE and North Hants, once with one of the most feared batting line-ups in regional cricket, were humbled again on Saturday when they lost by 154 runs at home to Reading. The victory at May's Bounty gave Reading their first win of the Home Counties
MAN O'MYSTERY put the dampeners on what turned out to be a miserable night for jockey Richard Hughes at Newbury last Wednesday. Hughes' mount Chianti lost out by the narrow margin of a head in the Rundle and Co Conditions Stakes. Hughes, earlier disqualified
FORGET world number one Tiger Woods - the only professional golfer with four tour wins in the world this year is Justin Rose. The biggest pay-day of his four-year professional career came on Sunday when he won by a single shot in the Victor Chandler British
The Solent Rising Stars youth basketball programme celebrated its best ever season with a gathering of over 300 players, parents, friends and supporters at Southampton University. Special guests were Ken Butcher (President of the English Schools Basketball
IT WAS the weekend for the south to party as hundreds of thousands of people indulged in Golden Jubilee celebrations. Streets were awash with a sea of colourful bunting and village halls, parks and open spaces were packed with partygoers enjoying the
SOUTHAMPTON'S Mayflower Park was awash with colour and noise for four days during the city's Golden Jubilee Jamboree. Up to 100,000 people were estimated to have passed through the event, sampling the party atmosphere before the festivities drew to a
Thousands of people across the Eastleigh area celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee in style. The signpost marking King's Way Gardens in Chandler's Ford was changed to Queen's Day Gardens as hundreds of residents took over the street for an all-day party
CHARITY groups at New Milton teamed up to stage a bumper 15-hour Golden Jubilee Fiesta. The fun, organised by the Lions Club, Rotary Club and Round Table, began at the recreation ground at 7.30am and ended 15 hours later with a fireworks spectacular at
ARCHERS at Sway spent Sunday morning doing what England's footballers would love to have done - they spent 90 minutes hitting the target. Sway Bowmen decided to stage their Winchcombe Trophy contest as their Golden Jubilee event for the village, with
SOUTHAMPTON gave a soaring send off to the Golden Jubilee celebrations yesterday. Hundreds of balloons were released outside the city's WestQuay shopping centre for a Daily Echo balloon race to mark the occasion. It was launched by Daily Echo managing
THE DEEP rumble of mechanical thunder filled Romsey's ancient Cornmarket as a jubilee procession of Harley Davidson motorcycles toured the Test Valley. Mayor of Test Valley Tony Gentle and mayoress Rita Gentle strapped on their helmets and grabbed some
THERE may have been just one reason for the weekend's Golden Jubilee celebrations. But revellers across the south used their imagination to come up with dozens of different ways to mark the Queen's 50 years on the throne. One mother used a Golden Jubilee
Today we have produced a special edition of the Southern Daily Echo to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. With parties already under way, and with the nation preparing to celebrate 50 years in its history, it is fitting that this paper, which has chronicled
Gilt-edged and adorned with paintings, the Lilliput Coronation Coach is every inch a regal carriage. Despite being only 6ft high there is little doubt the ornate carriage is big on royal pedigree. The miniature coronation coach has graced the lawns of
PEOPLE in Test Valley are gearing up for partying to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Romsey's senior citizens will be getting the celebrations off to a fun start with a party on Friday at Age Concern in Linden Road. On Sunday, Romsey churches are organising
HOW life has changed for Andy Chase since he and his brother were schoolboys staring into an Daily Echo photographer's camera at a Silver Jubilee street party in West End. Now Andy, 33, is all grown up and he has posed for our camera again - and 25 years
A WINCHESTER academic has been granted the honour of writing a hymn to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Professor June Boyce-Tillman was commissioned by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and her hymn is due to be widely sung over forthcoming
GOLDEN celebrations are always memorable. As I write, the country is gearing up for one of the most special celebrations in many years. During all the celebrations, I am reminded of the fact that the Queen is head of the Commonwealth, which includes over
FAREHAM residents had an early opportunity to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee with a weekend of events to commemorate the occasion. Civic party organisers couldn't wait to string up the bunting in the town centre for the two-day celebration a week
Full events guide to London's Golden Jubilee celebrations SATURDAY JUNE 1: 8.00pm Classical concert at Buckingham Palace. SUNDAY JUNE 2: Jubilee church services throughout the country. MONDAY JUNE 3: AM - The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh undertake
NOISE rather than silence will be golden in one Southampton city centre park over a four-day period in June. Mayflower Park will attract tens of thousands of revellers during a right royal knees-up between Saturday, June 1 and Tuesday, June 4 to mark
IT WAS in response to a plea from Prince Charles to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee that a pioneering activities centre for the disabled was built at Bursledon. Since then, the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Activities Centre for the Disabled, in the
THE Isle of Wight branches of the Royal British Legion are to stage a special military tattoo at Carisbrooke Castle on June 2 to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Ex-service groups, cadet forces and other organisations will be taking part in the
THE Queen received a scroll containing the congratulations of Southampton people to mark her Silver Jubilee year. Various events took place throughout Hampshire during 1977, including a Grand Jubilee Fair in Eastleigh and Southampton's Jubilee parade.
TALENTED teenagers Vickie Rayment and Andrea Ware will be performing before an audience of hundreds of thousands of people this summer. The 16-year-olds will be among scores of young people from across the country forming a gospel choir at the Golden
IT IS more than 40 years ago that Canberra, one of the most revolutionary ships of her time, left Southampton on her maiden voyage. In June 1961 crowds gathered along the waterfront to wish bon voyage to the P&O ship that was later to be always known
WHEN it comes to food, my partner is incredibly fussy. He will only eat chips smothered in ketchup, sausages that have been left to go cold and as far as vegetables are concerned, peas and carrots are his limit. So whenever we eat out it tends to be Italian
GOVERNORS have vowed to appeal against the decision to close Beech Down Primary School. The board of governors held a meeting on Thursday following the ruling by Cllr Don Allen, Hampshire County Council's executive member for education. Chairman of the
THE majority of railway bridges carrying minor roads in Hampshire have inadequate safety fences and substandard parapets, and the cost of improving their safety could run into millions of pounds. That is the conclusion of a report to be presented to county
PARISH councillors in Chineham fear "social ghettos" will be created if detailed plans for a huge new 336-home development get the go-ahead. Borough councillors will today consider applications from Belwinch Homes Ltd for two phases of the Binfields development
Southampton-based Marina Developments is seeking nominations for five young people from around the UK to experience a week's sailing adventure on a sail training ship. The MDL Sail Training Awards are given annually to the most deserving and inspirational
Today's Principal Arrivals: Caronia, passenger, 0630, 38/9; Green Karmoy, refrigerat, 0630, 104; Autoprestige, roro, 0730, 25 link; Goodwood, vehicle, 0730, 203; St Elmo, roro, 1030, 105; CCNI Angol, container, 1100, 204; OOCL Thailand, container, am,
TOTALLY Tennis was the venue last week for the North Hampshire heat of the British Schools Tennis Association (BSTA) competition run by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Lawn Tennis Association. The competition was held as part of the LTA's mini-tennis
ST JOHN'S B team were the winners of a primary schools six-a-side soccer competition organised by students from Queen Mary's College. Seven local primary schools sent two Years 5 and 6 teams each and all the A and B teams were split into two groups. St
A team of six divers from Southampton Diving Academy brought back a total of 12 medals from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) Junior and Senior National Championships in Sheffield over the Jubilee weekend. The group bagged three gold, six silver
A TWO-WEEK taster of working life proves to be an enjoyable and valuable experience for school children every year. But it is getting harder and harder to arrange because of a lack of companies in Basingstoke prepared to offer pupils a placement. Only
SOUTHAMPTON International Airport went on emergency alert yesterday after a British Airways plane with 31 people on board turned back with engine problems. The Jetstream 41 aircraft had taken off from Southampton for Belfast at 3.30pm but returned to
A new community marked the Queen's Golden Jubilee with all the traditional trimmings. It was a chance for the people of Keats Close, one of Whiteley's newest roads, to cement old friendships and forge new ones. Organiser Paul Hunter said: "There is already
HUNDREDS of people turned out to Fordingbridge's Golden Jubilee Family Fun Day at the town's recreation ground. One of the highlights of the colourful event on Monday was the fancy dress raft race along the River Avon by the sports field. Up to ten teams
A BURNING beacon of light shone out from the top of Toot Hill near North Baddesley on Bank Holiday Monday. The huge beacon was one of a chain of hundreds stretching from Lands End to John o' Groats which were lit to mark the start of the Queen's Golden
IT WAS the party the cynics said would never happen. But despite the wet weather thousands took to the streets of Hampshire yesterday to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Tons of bangers, gallons of booze and miles of bunting turned towns and cities
IT'S TIME to party! Hundreds of thousands of people in south Hampshire took to the streets, parks and open spaces as Jubilee time approached. Not since the Queen's Silver Jubilee 25 years ago have so many people enjoyed a carnival atmosphere, and with
SOUTHAMPTON'S Golden Jubilee celebrations start today when a four-day fun-filled extravaganza kicks off at Mayflower Park and a unique exhibition opens in the city. The party in the park features music, market stalls, a beer festival and dancing, and
SHE was dubbed the queen of consumer journalism by millions of fans. Now former That's Life star Esther Rantzen has paid tribute to a real royal - by helping a Hampshire school to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Netley Marsh Infant School decided
SHE'S hooked on the monarchy. Gosport pensioner Pat Brown thinks nothing of camping out on the streets of London in the hope of catching a glimpse of her favourite royals. So it's no surprise that she's been planning how to celebrate the Queen's Golden
THIEVES have ruined Golden Jubilee celebrations for a group of pensioners - by stealing their decorations. Residents at a Southampton sheltered housing project were left deeply upset after the bunting and flags managers had put up were stolen. Intruders
A LUCKY Southampton family has won a VIP trip to London's Golden Jubilee celebrations thanks to the Daily Echo. Retired bank clerk Ruth Pearce, 55, entered our competition to win a free golden ticket for four to the events in London on June 3 and 4. Her
WITH the sun shining brightly and crowds of thousands cheering from Southampton docks, the Queen boarded Britannia at the start of her annual holiday to the Western Isles of Scotland. The Queen, together with Princess Margaret and her children Viscount
