MOUNTBATTEN School old boy Chris Draper and his sailing partner Simon Hiscocks left the opposition floundering in their wake when they won the 49-er dinghy class at the World Championships in Cadiz last week. Chris and Simon were so far ahead of the field
ONLY a matter of weeks ago Barry Blankley and Fraser Quirke were working side by side as manager and assistant manager of Bashley. Tomorrow they will be in 'enemy' camps when Blankley's new charges AFC Totton entertain Gosport Borough in the first round
HIGH-QUALITY staff throughout Basingstoke hospital have helped to improve results for a ground-breaking unit dedicated to operating on a rare cancer. Patients with cancer of the appendix - pseudomyxoma peritonei - are sent to the unit from all over the
Team talks at two clubs separated by just three miles across the River Test will be very similar tomorrow afternoon in London Divisions Three and Four South-West. For Tottonians and Romsey, both bottom of their respective leagues and facing games against
A TALENTED young footballer died in a road crash as he cycled home from watching a match at his Southampton school. Chris Garner, 13, suffered massive head injuries when his bike was in collision with a car in Woodmill Lane, Bitterne Park, at 5.10pm
A RADICAL shake-up of schooling in Southampton moves a stage further next week. More than 600 pupil places at three of the city's secondary schools may be lost if far-reaching plans by city education bosses are given the go-ahead. At Woodlands Community
A HAMPSHIRE teenager killed himself after getting into debt. Tragic Andrew Green took a cocktail of powerful painkillers after running up debts of several hundred pounds on credit cards, catalogues and mobile phone bills, an inquest heard. The 19-year-old
TWO of Southampton's most ancient ceremonies are due to take place next week. Beating the Bounds, where civic leaders mark out the boundaries of Southampton and Court Leet where citizens can bring their concerns to the attention of city bosses - will
A HAMPSHIRE asylum seeker was set on fire in a mystery gangland-style attack that left him with horrific burns. Police have launched an attempted murder inquiry after the 27-year-old Iranian was ambushed in a New Forest lane and doused with petrol. He
A £2,000 reward has been put up to find the killers who drowned a cocker spaniel in a Hampshire river. Daily Echo readers were so horrified when we revealed how the dog has been drowned in the River Test after having a 10kg weight tied to its lead that
A HAMPSHIRE man has hit out at Southampton's health authority for restricting the human rights of renal patients after he successfully donated a kidney to his ex-wife. As reported in the Daily Echo last month, Brian Munson donated one of his kidneys to
FANS hoping to catch a special concert at West End by Southampton's international singing superstar Craig David are being warned by police to stay away. Soul sensation Craig, pictured, is due to give a live performance at the Hampshire Rose Bowl in West
IT has been home to Queen Victoria and the American Navy - now the owner of a Southampton hotel is attempting to capture its colourful history in a book. Gaie Sully, the owner of The Star Hotel in the High Street, Southampton, has been researching the
A CONSTANTLY changing image may be a prerequisite of pop stardom for most performers - but not in the case of Chrissie Hynde. Nearly 25 years after first taking the UK charts by storm, the Pretenders frontwoman looks and sounds almost exactly the same
FANS of Kinesis may be hoping for another white T-shirt freebie when they catch the group on their UK tour this week. At a recent hometown show, the Bolton-bred rockers offered free entry to anyone wearing the rock fashion staple. Unfortunately for cash-strapped
STEPHEN FRY'S feature film directorial debut is an inventive adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 1920s novel Vile Bodies. Destitute writer Adam Symes (Stephen Campbell Moore) struggles to eke out a meagre living in London between the world wars. He is several
BAD Boys II, the explosive sequel to the smash hit 1995 action comedy, reunites director Michael Bay and leading men Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for more high octane thrills and spills. Size definitely matters to Bay and his team - the action set-pieces
A KEY pioneer of 1920s Soviet cinema, alongside the likes of Eistenstein, Pudovkin and Vertov, Alexander Dovzhenko drew much of his inspiration from the people, culture and landscape of his native Ukraine. Made in 1930, Earth is the final part of the
WRITTEN, edited and shot by German director Thomas Riedelsheimer, with a score by Fred Frith, Rivers and Tides is an extraordinary journey into the world and mind of sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. The Scottish artist uses materials from nature to make site-specific
Teddy Sheringham has insisted suggestions that Pompey's Premiership boat will now sink fast after being holed by successive defeats against Blackburn and Birmingham are well wide of the mark. And the veteran striker believed he and front-line partner
Saints legend Lawrie McMenemy has been invited by the FA to act as an ambassador for England in Turkey next week. The former Dell boss and Daily Echo columnist will join ex-Leicester City manager Gordon Milne, who was in charge of three Turkish clubs,
Southampton-born Billy Taylor was officially being unveiled as Hampshire's first signing of the close-season at the Rose Bowl this morning. The Daily Echo revealed on Wednesday that the seamer was likely to sign for his home county after asking to be
A TADLEY pilot has landed himself a place in history as he is to fly the last ever Concorde flight from London to New York later this month. Captain Adrian Thompson, of Church Road, will take off from Heathrow airport on Thursday, October 23, for the
SIX - that's how many pupils have joined Basingstoke's doomed Beech Down Primary School for its final year. However, while the arson-hit school has been earmarked for the axe, the youngsters are guaranteed an excellent start to their education, according
COMMUNITY leaders from all walks of life gathered at Milestones museum to celebrate the launch of a major awards scheme that will put the spotlight on the great people, places and initiatives in the town and borough of Basingstoke. The A Place to be Proud
HAMPSHIRE residents are likely to see their council tax bill rise by between six and seven per cent next year in a budget which would see no cuts in services but leave little room for improvements either. In an exclusive interview with The Gazette, Cllr
Today's Principal Arrivals: CMA CGM Debussy, container carrier, 0430, 206; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0530, 201 Link; Hual Triumph, ro/ro, 0530, 40; Aurora, cruise liner, 0630, 106; Autosky, ro/ro, 0930, 46; NYK Castor, container carrier, 1100, 206; St Elmo
AS UNLIKELY as it may sound the Hampshire village of Titchfield could soon become a firm favourite on the celebrity circuit after plans for an exclusive members' club were unveiled. Already lined up to pay the residents of the village a visit is glamour
STILL best remembered for his 1967 hit Let the Heartaches Begin, British blues star Long John Baldry is currently giving his rich, fruity voice an airing on the British Legends of Rhythm & Blues Tour, which also starring Mungo Jerry and Zoot Money
THIS TIME last season Saints were in the Premiership relegation zone. They had only picked up seven points from eight matches, winning just once in the process. Striker James Beattie hadn't managed to score a single goal and boss Gordon Strachan was considering
WHERE does 'amusing parody' stop and 'irritatingly exaggerated copy start'. Somewhere in the middle of this 60s-style sex comedy. The biggest question that this film begs is 'why?'. Why did anyone feel that the kind of films that made Doris Day a star
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 9 October. AMERICAN PIE: THE WEDDING (15) Teen comedy of the gross-out variety. Jim and Michelle are getting married but Jim's friend Stifler looks in danger of ruining the preparations and the big day. BAD
