TEA-TIME tailbacks on an already congested stretch of Hampshire would increase if a new dock is built between Hythe and Marchwood, a public inquiry has heard. Commuters who live along the eastern edge of the New Forest already have a slow crawl home along
THE threat of an extra 4,700 vehicles a day on the country lanes of Marchwood and Dibden is being analysed at the long-running public inquiry into plans to build a £750m container port at Dibden Bay. As the hearing at Southampton Docks reached Day 64,
LECKFORD'S batting frailties were once again exposed in last Saturday's 40-run defeat at the hands of Bashley (Rydal) 2nd XI in Southern Premier Division Three. Leckford's groundsman John Wood worked wonders throughout the morning to get the ground match
FRUSTRATED Longparish rally driver Justin Dale lost the lead in the Pirelli British Rally Championship after he crashed on the second day of 120-mile Scottish Rally in Dumfries at the weekend. The Peugeot works' driver, who was leading in the Super 1600
THE deal is done - Paul Wilkinson is the new owner of Andover FC. The 36-year-old managing director of Andover's main sponsors Corporate Freight Logistics (CFL), Wilkinson completed the financial wranglings with previous owner Ken Cunningham Brown just
Today's Principal Arrivals: OOCL Chicago, container, 0330, 207; Prinsendam, cruise ship, 0530, 38/9; CMA CGM Berlioz, container, 0600, 206; Carmen, ro-ro, 1030, 34/5; Tamesis, ro-ro, am, 43; Platinum Bay, ro-ro, 1530, 40; Nordstrand, general cargo, 1630
MANAGER John Plomer has applied a little fine tuning to the Hampshire side for their next Middleton Cup match. For the fixture against Oxfordshire at Banbury on June 22 he brings in Bournemouth's Darren Clark as lead in Paul May's rink. Dean Morgan, who
FLEMING PARK moved four points clear at the top of Championship 1 in the Southampton and District BA League with a 6-2 (81-65) victory over Sports Centre. Sports Centre started the season as title favourites but have done little to justify that tag, Roy
Nicky Jones is brought into the team for Hampshire's tussle with Sussex in the Top Four Championship on Sunday (11.30). Jones, of Boscombe Cliff, plays at two after county boss John Plomer was forced to make a change because Dean Morgan (Boscombe Cliff
This dramatic areial picture of a previous start shows just how busy it can get off Cowes. Check out our coverage of this years race on Sailsolent and in the Daily Echo.
More than 1,600 yachts, including several household names, are expected to take part in this year's Round-The-Island Race on Saturday, June 22. This year the race, 55 miles around the Isle of Wight westwards from Cowes, will start a little later than
THE Solent Rising Stars youth basketball programme has been celebrating its best ever season. The under-15, under-18 and under-20 men's teams all reached the national Final Four competition and the under-16 women's team became national champions in their
AN area where steam trains used to puff their way across the New Forest is now becoming a popular beauty spot. Forestry Commission workers have been restoring the old Silver Sands Bridge over the disused track which once carried rail traffic on its route
HAMPSHIRE-based manufacturer of marine safety equipment McMurdo has won a prestigious award from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (Rospa). The company has been awarded a Rospa Occupational Health and Safety Award 2002. The awards are
TEST Valley Mayor Tony Gentle and his wife Rita were among those treated to an exhibition of competition entries demonstrating what golden oldies can achieve in golden jubilee year. The competition was organised by Age Concern to highlight the skills
MOORE Hall Playschool, held at the Harris Hall in Andover, had hours of fun at an early jubilee party. More than 40 children attended the party, played games and enjoyed lunch. The youngsters, aged two years nine months and older, even produced their
THE public inquiry into the plans for Andover High Street will take place in Andover Guildhall on Tuesday starting at 10am. The inquiry is into a proposal made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to authorise the extinguishment of vehicular rights
Jane MacDonald, The Mayflower Jane MacDonald made a sparkling appearance at the Mayflower Theatre to a nostalgic crowd of fans. Jane shot to fame as the charismatic character in the popular BBC docu-soap The Cruise and has now been singing for more than
KIND-hearted Ludgershall businessman Ray Cutting has presented the elderly Andover victim of a mugging with a bouquet of flowers and £50 to replace the cash stolen in the attack. Mrs Dorothy Goffe, aged 81, who lives in Vigo Road with her daughter, Mrs
THE actions of an off-duty policeman have been praised, after he tackled a raging bull on the rampage through the quiet Penton villages. Bruno, a 22-month-old bull first escaped from a field at the back of The Bell, Harvester at Weyhill on Saturday morning
A RESIDENTIAL care home housing 27 people is to close following a decision taken by Test Valley Borough Council to refuse permission for the home to expand. Little Dean Nursing Home in Stockbridge, part of Brookvale Homes Ltd, is the village's biggest
ANDOVER solicitor Gordon Maidment has described Test Valley Borough Council's new computer system as 'a complete louse-up' after lengthy delays in its provisions of searches. Searches are an integral part of the house selling process and Mr Maidment,
THE Kimpton School PTA raised £4,000 at their summer fete which will help fund a major landscaping project. Despite sporadic downpours, the sun shone long enough for the school children to demonstrate their dancing ability, which included a traditional
The Isle of Wight fire service has said it has learned useful lessons from a major coach crash at Ventnor last month. Chief fire officer Richard Hards is to give a full report on the handling of the incident to councillors next Monday. A group of 29 coach
POLICE seized 284 suspected cannabis plants after raiding a house in Hill Head yesterday. A team of 11 officers and one forensic expert swooped on the house in Solent Road, a quiet residential street just after 10.30am. The plants were discovered in the
SHE'S brought happiness to millions. But there's one smiling face singing star Jane McDonald loves to see more than any other. The performer has become real friends with an eight-year-old super fan who never misses a concert when Jane is touring on the
SHE was Southampton's best loved ship, a legend that was the nation's pride both in war and peace. Cunard's Queen Mary symbolised Great Britain's marine heritage as she powered her way backwards and forwards across the Atlantic on the traditional crossing
POLICE are hunting two men after a 20-year-old woman was struck in the face in Eastleigh town centre. The victim had accidentally bumped into two men who were walking slowly in front of her. One of the men turned round and struck her in the face, causing
The fourth race of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Double Handed Series started at Coronation on the evening of Friday 31 May. The destination for previous cross channel races in this series has always been Cherbourg, but this year the race committee
HANSFORD's Chalkie White ran away with the sixth round of The Nigel Turner/ Thompsons Financial Planning Sunday Series on Longbridge. He booked his spot for the match at the last minute, replacing Toyota's Dave Higgins and looked far from on top form
BASHLEY have put an early spoke into the wheels of new Newport manager Richie Reynolds. One of Reynolds's top priorities on taking over at St George's Park this week was to ensure that Port's three out-of-contract players - Adam Barsdell, Dave Wakefield
Hampshire'S Will Kendall led the fightback against Somerset with an unbeaten 70 to keep his side in contention after a rain-affected day in Bath. Kendall held his side together with Somerset threatening to cut loose after both captain Robin Smith and
Four local cricket clubs have been heavily penalised by the Southern Electric Premier and Hampshire Leagues for fielding unregistered overseas players in matches this season. Premier League duo Hambledon and Hook & Newnham Basics lost all the points
EASTLEIGH civic chiefs are being recommended to give the green light to plans to turn Netley's former village police station into homes. Hampshire Constabulary is asking the borough council for permission to change the use and extend the building in New
LOTTERY loot is set to give Hamble's ageing Memorial Hall a new lease of life and turn it into a modern community focal point. News of a £108,271 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund has delighted the hall's management committee, which has been
PROTESTERS failed to block a controversial waterfront development in Warsash - after no-one turned up to speak against the plan. Residents' leaders claim their group was unaware the crunch meeting about proposals to build four luxury town houses on the
LONGPARISH batsman Paul White got amongst the runs in last week's Winchester Evening League game away to Ropley by blasting an unbeaten 88 - his best score yet for the village club (reports Ken Ball). The 'Parish, batting first on a good wicket, lost
WITH all of the Andover club's matches washed out by last weekend's bad weather, it gives one a chance to reflect on the town club's fine start to the season in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League. Roger Miller's Powells sponsored team sit at the
FORMER Andover New Street Youth player Daniel Lewis took his first major step towards becoming a full time professional when he recently signed a three-year contract with London club Queens Park Rangers - just days after recovering from a broken leg!
TENNIS players from 14 different countries took part in the 2002 Eastleigh Open Junior Tournament. The high-quality field attracted a large number of spectators and the only thing that went wrong in the tournament, held on the courts of Hampshire Tennis
THE Woolston rink of Mick Milne, Gary Milne, Alan Smith and Dave Hughdie - county kings last year - are out of this season's Hampshire fours championship. They fell 21-19 to Mick Barrett, Roger Cattle, Bernie Love and Jim Barrett of Eastleigh Rail in
BASHLEY have put an early spoke into the wheels of new Newport manager Richie Reynolds. One of Reynolds's top priorities on taking over at St George's Park this week was to ensure that Port's three out-of-contract players - Adam Barsdell, Dave Wakefield
UP TO £3.3m is set to be pumped into the battle against flooding which became the scourge of scores of homes in the Avon Valley two years ago. Plans have been drawn up by the Environment Agency for three separate schemes in the worst-hit parts of the
THE main motorway network into the New Forest ground to a halt today after a five-vehicle crash. Commuters faced rush-hour chaos this morning when police closed the M27 westbound for two hours after a serious smash in the roadworks. Tailbacks stretched
THE government's compulsory code of conduct for parish councillors has claimed another New Forest scalp. Lyndhurst councillor Tony Herbert has resigned after revealing that the majority of his fellow councillors had failed to declare all their local interests
SOUTHAMPTON'S Queen Mary 2 - the biggest and most expensive liner in the history of shipping - is set to leave the city's port for her maiden voyage on January 12, 2004. The massive vessel, which has a price tag of half a billion pounds, is due to set
Russ Berrie, founder and chairman of the gift company bearing his name, flew in from his American base to formally open the firm's new £15m European headquarters at Hounsdown, Totton, yesterday. His European company moved this week just four miles, having
THE Andover mother of a 12-year-old cyclist who died after a road accident has made an emotional plea for other riders to wear cycle helmets. John Hanson schoolboy Troy Parker died in the intensive care unit of Southampton General Hospital eight days
A COMMUNITY link programme launched by DLO Andover is uncovering some hidden talents among staff while proving to be an excellent team-building exercise. With about 1,700 people working for the DLO it is Andover's biggest employer and it is keen to put
PUPILS from Whitchurch Primary School have been creating their own animals and enclosures following a visit to Marwell Zoological Park. The 88 youngsters from years three and four visited the Conservation Education Centre and then went round the park
ANDOVER police are hunting a man who indecently assaulted a young boy and attempted to abduct him and his brother while they were playing on the King Arthur's Way estate. The children, aged four and six were in the park at the bottom of Camelot Close
SOLDIERS from the Tidworth based 1st Battalion The Staff-ordshire Regiment are hoping for a entry in the Guinness Book of Records after cooking the world's biggest oatcake at Mooltan Barracks. Cooking the giant cake took place in a specially built frying
THE SNAP (Say No And Phone) disco, which was due to be held at Andover Leisure Centre tomorrow at 7pm, has been cancelled on health and safety grounds due to insufficient staffing levels for the event.
ARTISTS throughout Test Valley have been welcoming a huge number of visitors to studios and exhibitions during the first week of Open Art 2002. The initiative continues until Sunday with one of the last events being an exhibition in Andover Guildhall
PLANS to hold a re-scheduled public meeting on the proposed rehabilitation 'halfway' house for Harrow Way, Andover, have been put back to allow developers more time to finalise details. It was hoped the follow-up meeting to an initial public forum held
TESTWAY Housing is getting a corporate makeover which means its property services vehicles will all eventually be bright blue. The repairs workforce use the vans and trucks when undertaking maintenance. Five new vehicles sporting the new livery, including
THE highlight of Overton Primary School's summer fete was a Civil War re-enactment between the Winchester Regiment and the Fairfax Battalia. They performed two drill displays along with a skirmish to mark the end of the event, which was held to raise
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 10 dwellings on an acre of recreation land in Ludgershall has been backed by planning officials at Kennet District Council. The planners have recommended that the proposal to build the 10 semi-detached dwellings on part of
CHANGING Faces, an Isle of Wight scheme encouraging people with extra support needs to give their time and skills to the community, has helped a talented illustrator take up a new post with Quay Arts at Newport. Phil Procter, 31, previously a volunteer
COMMUTERS faced huge tailbacks of more than five miles when police closed the M27 this morning after a three-vehicle smash in the roadworks. One car, a van and a pickup truck travelling eastbound ended up in the westbound contraflow system outside Rownhams
ORGANISERS of Gosport's 20th anniversary commemoration of the ending of the Falklands War want as many people as possible to turn up on Sunday June 16. Gosport council is urging visitors to allow extra time for travelling because of all the extra security
THEY came to the Isle of Wight from all over the country, many too young to have memories of the era when the Island was synonymous with major rock concerts. Most, if not all, had heard of the famous Isle of Wight Festival at Afton, Freshwater in 1970
It was a miserable day all round for Winchester & District in the Southern Men's League Division 1 at Woking. Not only it pour with rain for most of the afternoon, but the trackless club produced their poorest display since 1999 to wind up a below-par
IT WAS LITERALLY snail's pace as two giant ovens - one of the biggest convoys ever to hit Eastleigh - crawled through the town. The massive cargo - the size of an Eastleigh terraced house - towered over the street scene as it set off from the Pirelli
POLICE hunting a knifeman who slashed a taxi driver with a four-inch blade today appealed for information which could track down the thug. The attack happened in the Winchester Road area of Chandler's Ford after the Asian cabby had picked up two white
In past years the Folkboat National Championships (Folkboat Week) have been held at Yarmouth Isle of Wight, and have been decided from a series of races over a six day period. Having in mind the large upsurge in interest in Folkboats mostly based at Lymington
