THERE was no happy return for Steve Richardson to the Spanish course where his career took off. Eleven years ago a bright-eyed youngster from Lee-on-Solent won the Girona Open at Pals - beating Colin Montgomerie and Darren Clarke amongst others - to launch
REDBRIDGE Under-16s moved into the County semi-final stage and strengthened their hopes of a run in the national competition when they won their away tie against John Hanson School, Andover. It looked plain sailing for the Southampton school when they
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hual Trapeze, ro/ro, 0530, 40; NYK Castor, container, 0715, 207; St Barbara, ro/ro, 0830, 105; Gran Bretagna, vehicle carrier, 1000, 201; Don Carlos, ro/ro, AM, 43; Hual Triton, ro/ro, AM, 202; CMA CGM Verlaine, container,
Justin Dale's big break in the World Rally Championship ended in dramatic fashion with a huge accident on stage two of the Network Q Rally of Great Britain yesterday. The Stockbridge-based driver - runner-up in this season's British Rally Championship
Hampshire players Andy Jenkins and Jane Monaghan won the singles trophies at the renowned Mill Rythe spring festival on Hayling Island. The event is Hampshire's holiday camp weekend and Jenkins beat Berkshire's Clive Tate in the semi-final before defeating
SOUTHAMPTON'S largest youth sports organisation is facing closure - despite currently enjoying a period of unprecedented success. The Southampton Amateur Gymnastics Club boasts a membership of more than 700, but could find itself homeless within months
THE Russian Army once struck fear into the heart of the western world. Nowadays, though, it's their artistic rather than military prowess that's bringing them to our attention. The Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, which comes to Southampton Guildhall
Communicating Doors: Lee Players, Crofton Community Centre, Stubbington Alan Ayckbourn's superb script keeps the audience guessing in this comedy which mixes murder and time-travel. Corrupt businessman Mark Welles (Mark Burns) is responsible for the deaths
POLICE today mounted a round-the-clock guard over the the body of moors murderer Myra Hindley. The woman who came to personify evil for many, died yesterday at the West Suffolk hospital at Bury St Edmunds following respiratory failure . Hospital sources
THE south was ravaged by stormy weather last night causing flooding problems and road accidents across the region. Thunder, lightning and pouring rain made it a very busy night for firefighters returning from the picket line, ambulance staff and police
AN UNUSUAL exhibition is being staged in Southampton allowing visitors to get to grips with human building blocks. The blocks in question are bones - and thousands of them. The exhibition, called Absolutely Fibulas, has been designed as a non-gruesome
The Daily Echo's Chief Features writer Ali Kefford reports on how the sailors of our own HMS Southampton stole the show at a special wreath-laying ceremony in Bulgaria... THE BRITISH sailors simply stole the show. When 12 of HMS Southampton's youngest
A tramp, whose age was a bad guess, had pale blue eyes of twenty-twenty, and was joined by knotted umbilical to a lean black dog, a doggerel dog. Their knife-edge bodies sliced the bitter wind in the season of goodwill as each step along the precinct
POLICE have recovered the motorbike they believe was used by the gunman who terrorised a Portchester family in their home. The red and white Yamaha motorbike was found in Connaught Lane, Paulsgrove, yesterday. The vehicle was reported stolen from Dunstable
Full-time scores from the top clubs in the South NEWCASTLE 2 - SOUTHAMPTON 1 PORTSMOUTH 3 - STOKE 0 BOURNEMOUTH 2 - DONCASTER 1 CLICK THE REPORTS LINK TO READ ABOUT THE ACTION FROM THE SAINTS GAME.
MP Roger Godsiff has called on football supporters right across the country to keep lobbying those in power in an attempt to get the debate on safe standing re-opened in Parliament. The MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook had a bill drawn up earlier this year
PAT HOLT gives an insight to the collectors and explorers who help bring beautiful flowers to these shores from the four corners of the Earth... THESE days, we can choose from such a vast range of plants to fill our homes and gardens that it's hard to
Neil Taylor recorded one of the best bowling performances in the New Forest Indoor Cricket League's history to enable Bashley (Rydal) to beat Burley by four wickets in a Division 1 encounter at Lymington Sports Centre. Les Browning (26) and Paul Yates
James Beattie gave Saints the dream start at Newcastle today but they came away with nothing as the Geordies hit back either side of half time to win 2-1. Beattie's sixth goal in six games was an absolute belter and came after just 60 seconds. Brett Ormerod
Geoff Greenfield, a cycling icon in the Southampton area since moving to the city to work in the docks half a century ago, has died. A member of Crabwood CC for nearly 50 years, and a founder member of the English Schools Cycling Association, Greenfield
A SOUTHAMPTON school has denied allegations made by a man carrying out a community punishment order that he saw children taking drugs on the premises. Roger Dorrington, who was convicted in May this year of assaulting a man who had been supplying his
Much Ado About Nothing, The Point, Eastleigh TREMOR Cordis is gradually building its reputation as one of the most accessible producers of Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing is no exception and although traditionalists might recoil in horror at the sight
ARMED police swooped on a Southampton hotel as the finale to the city's biggest drugs crackdown. Six people were arrested and a large amount of heroin was seized during the operation at the Ibis off West Quay Road. The late-night raid came after police
AN ELDERLY widow who kept her late husband's wallet by her side as a cherished reminder has been targeted by conmen who tricked their way into her Southampton flat. The frail 85-year-old, who uses a walking frame, had kept the wallet topped up with money
THOUSANDS of Hampshire people joined celebrities as the annual Children in Need extravaganza raised millions of pounds for charity. There was no end to the crazy fundraising stunts staged across the county yesterday by individuals, businesses and schools
A SOUTHAMPTON school has denied allegations made by a man carrying out a community punishment order that he saw children taking drugs on the premises. Roger Dorrington, who was convicted in May this year of assaulting a man who had been supplying his
The cows were posing for a photograph when they left off eating. I herded them out of their vacancy, mud slapping at their heels. The day was Christmas cold, burning red in the west; birds, going home, silhouettes The one tree for a mile looked petrified
This year I have just a single gift for you and it's in this box that isn't very big. I need to warn you though, it's not the book you were hinting for, and it's not a cashmere sweater that would look great and keep you warm. It's not a fancier hat to
THREE young women were injured when a car and a double decker bus collided in Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, early today. The accident happened shortly after midnight as the off-service, empty Solent Blue Line bus was returning to its depot. All three injured
A GROUP of budding movie directors saw the world premiere of their film at the Odeon cinema at Leisure World, Southampton. Once Upon A Time - A Funked Up Fairytale was written, acted and directed by pupils from Crestwood Community School, Eastleigh. The
Gordon Strachan has warned his Saints players to be wary of the threat of Craig Bellamy - a man he knew was going to be a star. Strachan, who signed Bellamy from Norwich during his time in charge of Coventry, comes face-to-face with the Welsh striker
