EX-SAINT Jon Gittens believes his fresh-legged Fareham side is among the fittest in the Jewson Wessex League. Mick Marsh, his opposite number at Gosport, would surely go along with that after watching his title-pushing Borough side comprehensively outrun
TOTTON boss Ian Robinson was left "bitterly disappointed" after watching his side slip to a 1-0 home defeat against Thatcham Town. A late Davies winner condemned Totton to defeat and left Robinson admitting: "I don't have a magic answer to the problem
PHIL McDONALD ended a barren run in front of goal with a hat-trick as Cowes Sports romped to a 3-0 success at luckless Brockenhurst. McDonald had entered the match having failed to find the back of the net since a goal against Downton way back in August
Eastleigh extended their lead at the top of the table thanks to Phil Warner's first goal for the club - but Blackfield & Langley made it difficult. Right-back Warner sidefooted home the only goal of the afternoon on 51 minutes with the aid of a deflection
WHEN Mark Dennis took up the managerial reins at Fleet Town just over three months ago his friends in high places strongly advised him against it. But though the ex-Saint appears to be turning things round at Calthorpe Park along with co-manager Adi Aymes
Vosper Thornycroft hammered 12 goals past bottom of the table Fawley - including nine in the second half. Dave Diaper's side took 22 minutes to take the lead through Andy Turner and strike pair Mike Spinney and Gary Male added the first of their hauls
Nursling returned to the top of the table by virtue of a 2-0 win at struggling OT's despite a battling performance from the scholars. Goals from Darren Shiels and a Mark Richardson effort that struck both the bar and post before crossing the line split
TANKER drivers at Hamble's giant BP Oil Terminal have imposed their own speed limit along a half-mile stretch of Hamble Lane - dubbed the busiest B road in Britain. On average there are about 200 petrol tanker movements a day up and down the road and
A CORONER is to investigate the response time of an ambulance crew following an inquest into the death of a driver involved in a road crash accident. At a Basingstoke inquest, north Hampshire coroner Andrew Bradley heard evidence from a first-aider who
A MEMBER of the European Parliament had a look around Basingstoke's new shopping centre last week and, not surprisingly, decided it was a good thing. Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat MEP for the South East since 1999, also met with local party members, including
HAMPSHIRE'S Chief Constable is being taken to task by the county council over his force's failure to investigate frauds against the authority. Cllr Patrick Pierce, chairman of the county's standards committee, is to write to Paul Kernaghan, expressing
OLD Basing residents have the chance to win hundreds of pounds and, at the same time, help local Scouts and Guides achieve their goal of building a new headquarters. In an effort to raise more than £150,000, the Old Basing Scouts and Guides have started
HAMPSHIRE firefighters are to be balloted on whether to strike in protest at the sacking of Basingstoke fireman Simon Green. Fire Brigades Union (FBU) general secretary Andy Gilchrist told Hampshire FBU members on Thursday that all eyes were on Hampshire
SHOPMOBILITY has a brand-new golden scooter to offer its customers. The charity's latest acquisition has been sprayed gold and decked out with logos to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. During the Jubilee Year, more than £2,000 was raised when 30 members
HAMPSHIRE County Council leader Ken Thornber has complained that the Liberal Democrat candidate in Thursday's Basingstoke north west by-election is "maligning" the Conservative-controlled county council in his campaign literature. The accusation about
Today's Principal Arrivals: Peninsular Bay, container, 0800, 206; Humber, general, AM, 47; APL Ireland, container, 1330, 205; Pride of Cherbourg, ferry, 1330, No 7 Dry Dock; Celtic King, container, 2330, 203W; Nordsee, container, PM, 204W; Stadum, general
ERNIE Howe was furious with his Basingstoke Town side after they were meekly swept aside 4-2 by Andover at the quarter-final stage of the Hampshire Cup. Last Tuesday night's defeat ended Town's one remaining chance of silverware this season. Worse was
JUSTIN Rose completed the first month of his 2003 season with a mixed showing in the Dimension Data tournament in South Africa. Rose shot rounds of 69, 73, 76 and 68 to end up tied for 21st place in the Sunshine Tour event. He began his challenge at the
Ventnor 6 - IOW 25 Less than two years ago, merger talks between these two Island clubs almost reached completion before a revolt from the backgrounds of the respective outfits scuppered the plan. Given their current league positions, it would have saved
Only the craziest mathematical equation can stop Isle of Wight from being crowned Hampshire Division 2 champions after Fawley succumbed to a shock 10-7 defeat at basement-dwellers Portcastrians, which has brought them back into view of the chasing pack
TOTTON boss Ian Robinson was left "bitterly disappointed" after watching his side slip to a 1-0 home defeat against Thatcham Town. A late Davies winner condemned Totton to defeat and left Robinson admitting: "I don't have a magic answer to the problem
Eastleigh extended their lead at the top of the table thanks to Phil Warner's first goal for the club - but Blackfield & Langley made it difficult. Right-back Warner sidefooted home the only goal of the afternoon on 51 minutes with the aid of a deflection
IT wasn't so much the 117-105 defeat by reigning champions Teesside Mohawks that hurt Solent Stars yesterday - it was the paltry turnout of 152 at Fleming Park to see arguably the best side in the league. Because of Mohawks' involvement in the National
Teenage England hockey star Alex Danson needed medical treatment after being taken ill during Trojans 5-1 EHA Women's Cup victory over Epsom at Havant yesterday. Play was held up for ten minutes midway through the second-half after Danson, 17, collapsed
TOTTON has made a formal protest to Southampton over road works that are causing gridlock and damaging the town's economy. Furious councillors say repairs to Redbridge Road, Millbrook, should be carried out at night to end the traffic chaos that has hit
GREENPEACE activists were today planning legal action after police raided their Rainbow Warrior ship and removed it from its blockade of Marchwood Military Port. More than 20 officers from the Hampshire and Ministry of Defence forces boarded the ship
A PRANK that went wrong left a Hampshire college student with serious head injuries. The 18-year-old victim fractured his skull in two places after falling off the bonnet of a car driven by a close friend at Totton College. He was taken to Southampton
LONG delays at Test Valley Borough Council in carrying out local searches for home buyers are now a thing of the past. The council says its land charges service is now back on track after hundreds of house buyers and estate agents in Romsey were hit by
IT'S INTERNATIONAL and almost unpronounceable but the baccalaureate has emerged as a serious contender to replace the long-established A-level. But down in the New Forest, the course is already up and running and garnering ever more supporters. Rocked
BRITISH American Tobacco's operations business at Regent's Park, Southampton has been named supplier of the year by one of its major customers in the Far East. The award, from BAT Taiwan, singles out the Southampton factory along with another at Darlington
A LION dance opened the Chinese New Year celebrations at a Southampton school. Pupils at Bellemore School, Bellemore Road, Shirley, took part in the event, which is traditionally a 15-day celebration in China. Southampton's deputy mayor Parvin Damani
IT'S a mountain of vinyl that is growing every day - thanks to music-loving Daily Echo readers. The Portswood Music Store has been swamped with charity donations of music since it launched a campaign for more stock last month, but bosses are urging readers
SHE doesn't know it, but she owes him her life. Little Amy McGailey was saved by firefighter Robert Cole in the aftermath of an arson attack last year. Now the Daily Echo has reunited the youngster with her rescuer as it was announced he had been awarded
GREENPEACE activists were today planning legal action after police raided their Rainbow Warrior ship and removed it from its blockade of Marchwood Military Port. More than 20 officers from the Hampshire and Ministry of Defence forces boarded the ship
FOUR years ago their plight dominated the news headlines and our thoughts. We felt compassion and sorrow for the people of Kosovo in the former Yugoslavia, where hundreds of thousands were killed in a ruthless campaign of "ethnic cleansing". Many thousands
MUSIC-loving youngsters at a Southampton school discovered the sounds and moves of South Asian dance and music during a workshop. The day-long event at Fairisle Infant and Nursery School was run by Kala The Arts, which promotes Indian culture through
ART lovers have a new piece of work to marvel at when they visit a Southampton art gallery. Michelle Aburrow painted an abstract landscape straight on to the wall of the A Space gallery in Old Northam Road, St Mary's. Gallery bosses wanted to leave the
JAMES BEATTIE should be receiving a welcome phone call from the FA over the next few days. The Saints striker is regarded as a near certainty to be included in the England squad for the friendly international against Australia at Upton Park on February
SOUTHAMPTON music fans may remember a local band who always provided good sounds and a fun atmosphere - La Cucina. The Latin supremos, who broke up a couple of years ago, are getting together for a one-off reunion gig at the city's Maple Leaf Club at
Hamble boss Larry Clay said he was "gutted" after Steve McNulty's 90th-minute decider had given Andover a 2-1 success. "It was a good end-to end-match," he said. "I thought we were worth a point, but their second goal was on the cards because they really
HUNDREDS of angry Isle of Wight residents are expected to pack into Newport's Medina Theatre tonight in a mass meeting to protest against plans to move accident and emergency services from the Island to the mainland. Health bosses are set to be grilled
IS THIS what it has come to? That was the cry from 200 people as they queued for 100 places that were opened up on the books of the only NHS dentist accepting new patients in Fareham and Gosport. For one morning only the doors of the Whiteley Dental Surgery
AFTER years of speculation the Ministry of Defence has revealed it plans to sell off Fort Southwick to the highest bidder. The MoD has confirmed they have no frther use for the site that has been left vacant for several years. A spokesman for Defence
EXPLOSION!, the museum of naval firepower in Gosport, has teamed up with Portsmouth Dockyards to stage a unique tour of the two attractions. The theme of the tour is to show the gunpowder trail from supply to action across the world- famous naval harbour
MUM of two Judy Johnson had always dreamed of sampling the magical atmosphere of the circus ring - and she did not have to go far to fulfil her ambition. For 43-year-old Judy from Chandler's Ford is the front of house manager at Eastleigh's Fleming Park
Pompey won their first game of 2003 with the help of some Thierry Henry-like Va Va Voom and a sports psychologist. Yakubu Ayegbeni provided the Va Va Voom - he put Harry Redknapp's side on their way with a blistering run and finish after just four minutes
SUBSTITUTE Russell James blasted a late, late leveller that denied BAT a Wessex League victory at Downton. Home boss Mitch Blake threw James into the fray in place of Mark Harding, and was rewarded with time running out. That was when James rifled a 30
Portland striker James Reeve scored two second half goals at Christchurch in a match reduced to ten a side. Christchurch utility man John Grace and Portland's Andy Mason were both sent off in the second half to the anger of both managers. Christchurch
HAVANT & Waterlooville co-manager Mick Jenkins will have his fingers tightly crossed for a home tie when the draw for the last 16 of the FA Trophy is made today. After two previous victories on the road, the Hawks came safely through their magical
FAREHAM 3 - GOSPORT 0 EX-SAINT Jon Gittens believes his fresh-legged Fareham side is among the fittest in the Jewson Wessex League. Mick Marsh, his opposite number at Gosport, would surely go along with that after watching his title-pushing Borough side
LUTON Town are poised to join the chase for Basingstoke Town striker Craig McAllister. The 21-year-old former Eastleigh striker has returned to the Camrose Ground after a week's trial at Queen's Park Rangers but, as of last night, manager Ernie Howe had
AN ARMY reservist has quit his job and is embarking on a peacekeeping mission to Bosnia. John Botting, 25, of Zinnia Close, Kempshott, Basingstoke, who is heading for Banyaluka in May, had to decide whether to ask his employers of seven years to keep
HAMPSHIRE'S Chief Constable is being taken to task by the county council over his force's failure to investigate frauds against the authority. Cllr Patrick Pierce, chairman of the county's standards committee, is to write to Paul Kernaghan, expressing
THE employees of a Basingstoke firm have set a new world record - for the longest Chinese whisper. More than 300 staff at Computer 2000 Distribution successfully conveyed the message "You could win a Mini tonight" from the first employee to the last at
AN accident during Army manoeuvres has left a Basingstoke NHS worker plagued by pain and limb-numbness, the High Court has been told. However, Sally Fawdry, a 30-year-old capacity manager at Basingstoke hospital, saw her bid to gain £500,000 in compensation
ELLEN MacArthur and her Kingfisher2 crew clocked up their best 24-hour run - 535 nautical miles - competing in the Jules Verne race at the weekend. And she admitted her shock on hearing the news of the space shuttle disaster. "The whole world feels a
ALEX Garlick is the new junior number one table tennis player in Hampshire. The 16-year-old from Basingstoke has just won the Hampshire under-18 title. He defeated existing county number two Dave Woodacre 11-3, 7-11, 12-10, 11-5 in a semi-final, to set
HAMPSHIRE spin-king Shaun Udal officially opened the new £2million Queen Mary's Sports Centre in Basingstoke - despite almost missing the engagement due to a nasty bout of food poisoning. County cricket's leading spin wicket-taker left his sick-bed to
NEW Inn and Hook, Basingstoke's two representatives in the Hampshire Junior A Cup, won through to the last four on Saturday. Both teams now hope they can remain apart until the final. New Inn 4 Mottisfont 2 At Brighton Hill, New Inn got off to the start
Basingstoke Bison 4 Guildford Flames 2 TWO goals in the first two minutes of the second period proved to be the difference between the sides as the Guildford Flames won in Basingstoke in another all-action derby game on Saturday. The home side welcomed
Basingstoke Town 0 Kingstonian 1 ERNIE Howe's side were left to rue a catalogue of missed chances after dominating the majority of their encounter against Kingstonian. Failure to convert - particularly in the first half - meant the Camrose Blues fell
Eastleigh extended their lead at the top of the table thanks to Phil Warner's first goal for the club - but Blackfield & Langley made it difficult. Right-back Warner sidefooted home the only goal of the afternoon on 51 minutes with the aid of a deflection
Big cat fever has been gripping the south with a number of sightings of the elusive animal. Duncan Eaton reports... IT WAS like any normal Saturday morning. People were relaxing after the stresses of the working week by taking a stroll through an idyllic
STATISTICS are everywhere in football but, when it comes to the crunch, all that really matters is the final score. No matter how much possession you have or how far you run, more often than not, if the team you're playing are more clinical than you,
The scoreline read Southampton 15 Petersfield 13 but whether the city side actually deserved what may be a crucial two-point boost to their London Division 4 South-West survival hopes is worth debating. The comments of a Petersfield member: "How on earth
Guernsey's unbeaten home record of over 18 months remains intact after they closed the gap on Romsey at the head of Hampshire Division 1 with a 19-6 win to avenge a reverse seven days previously. Romsey registered just two Guy Patterson penalties as the
The London Division 2 South title race was virtually reduced to a three-team battle as Portsmouth literally threw away a golden opportunity to keep their chances alive. Crass indiscipline left them far too much to do to beat leaders Worthing. Having crushed
Hampshire Under-20s began their defence of the County Championship title with an ultimately convincing 34-13 win over Middlesex despite trailing 13-0 after the opening half hour. It looked like Hampshire were still on the coach as the hosts ran in two
PHIL McDONALD ended a barren run in front of goal with a hat-trick as Cowes Sports romped to a 3-0 success at luckless Brockenhurst. McDonald had entered the match having failed to find the back of the net since a goal against Downton way back in August
Vosper Thornycroft hammered 12 goals past bottom of the table Fawley - including nine in the second half. Dave Diaper's side took 22 minutes to take the lead through Andy Turner and strike pair Mike Spinney and Gary Male added the first of their hauls
Hampshire's judo golden girl, Kate Howey from Andover, marked her return to form with a bronze medal in the Moscow Super A Tournament - the first of the Olympic qualification events for Athens 2004. Howey scored an emphatic victoyr over her first opponent
MATTHEW Le Tissier will be Guest of Honour this week for the official opening of Hampshire's state of the art badminton headquarters in Winchester. The Saints legend, who will be Patron of the Westgate Badminton Centre, will perform the opening at 3pm
SOLENT Blue Line is investing more than £1 million in new buses with plans for 12 new vehicles to serve the Eastleigh area. The company has also announced plans to introduce a new distinctive colour scheme to modernise the image of public transport. Managing
DAVID Benson has a lot to thank Kenneth Williams for. A career, for starters. For the past six years, the talented actor has received rave reviews and endless demand for his one-man show Think No Evil Of Us, based on the life of the eccentric Carry On
YOUNG dancers from Southampton's Roynon Dance Centre help pay tribute to the stars of the tap dancing world at the Nuffield Theatre later this month. Turn on the Taps stars variety performer Johnny Tudor, whose previous successes at the Nuffield include
IT'S INTERNATIONAL and al-most unpronounceable but the baccalaureate has emerged as a serious contender to replace the long-established A-level. But down in the New Forest, the course is already up and running and garnering ever more supporters. Rocked
IS THIS what it has come to? That was the cry from 200 people as they queued for 100 places that were opened up on the books of the only NHS dentist accepting new patients in Fareham and Gosport. For one morning only the doors of the Whiteley Dental Surgery
VOSPER Thornycroft bosses have unveiled the relocation package they say will set them back £1.7m - but union chiefs insist it is not enough. Hundreds of staff will walk-out tomorrow as part of an ongoing strike against the proposals offered for the move
IT'S INTERNATIONAL and almost unpronounceable but the baccalaureate has emerged as a serious contender to replace the long-established A-level. But down in the New Forest, the course is already up and running and garnering ever more supporters. Rocked
ONE of the star turns of last year's Cambridge Folk Festival make their debut at Southampton's Turner Sims Concert Hall on February 6. Six-piece French-Canadian band La Volee d'Castors play a variety of musical instruments, including accordions, bhodran
BOATBUILDING apprentices in Fareham will have hands on experience in the art of traditional restoration after a yacht was bought for them to practise their skills on. The 43-ft wooden ocean racer named Fandango will help train marine apprentices at ITE's
A FUN-packed paradise is to be created for teenagers on the edge of Eastleigh town centre at a cost of £730,000. Councillors have given their backing to a blueprint for Project Free-space, which will include a skateboard park, multi-use sports facility
STARS helped raise nearly £7,000 for an Eastleigh charity that helps local families under stress. The glittering auction in aid of Home-Start Eastleigh was held at the Hilton Hotel, Chilworth, with Matt Le Tissier, Lawrie McMenemy, Richard Digance and
Jo Tessem believes Saints were robbed their chance against Manchester United after being denied what looked a clear penalty. They were trailing 2-0 when the Norwegian got in behind the United defence on 32 minutes and looked sure to finish off a Chris
The double swoop for Michael Svensson and Antti Niemi caused Saints to make a loss of £3.5m for the first half of the financial year. The accounts, released to the Stock Exchange this morning, show the club reporting a deficit of £3,573,000 for the six
DANNY Higginbotham watched Saints lose to former club Manchester United - but remained hugely impressed with his new team-mates. The defender was introduced to a delighted St Mary's crowd prior to Saturday's match along with fellow transfer deadline day
