ALAN MEW could be excused for letting his heart rule his head when he plays in the Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic on April 3. It was in his homeland of Tobago over 30 years ago that Mew, pictured, launched his career as a professional golfer. And
Gosport hot shot Neil Scammell could be out for the rest of the season after damaging ankle ligaments in a 1-1 draw at Cowes Sports. Forty-goal Scammell hobbled off ten minutes into the second half, when Mick Marsh's side were trailing to a 29th-minute
In a performance that beggared belief, Gosport & Fareham missed the chance to head London Division Two South by going down in desperate fashion 27-10 to a highly charged Wimbledon outfit. The result leaves the peninsular side still in second, but
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hual Oceania, ro/ro, 0200, 40; Autoracer, ro/ro, 0600, 201 link; P&O Nedlloyd Houtman, container, 0630, 206; Vigo Stone, container, 0930, 108; Hyundai Federal, container, 1815, 205; Vasiliy Malov, general, TBA, 107; Pongo
Eastleigh assistant manager David Hughes missed a gilt-edged late chance in a goalless draw at home to Lymington & New Milton. Former Saint Hughes came on as an 80th-minute substitute but headed over a Phil Warner cross from two yards with two minutes
From goalscorer to goalkeeper, Pete Moore has been a jack of all trades on the pitch for Brockenhurst this season. The surprise is that the 46-year-old grandfather of three is supposed to be the team manager! With first-choice number one Ollie Rastall
STUTTERING promotion chasers Bashley will be hoping to rid themselves of the curse of Kent at Chatham Town tomorrow night. For the second week running, Barry Blankley's men had a fruitless journey to the Garden of England, crashing 1-0 on Saturday at
Blackfield & Langley were crushed 5-0 at home by Fareham Town - chairman Ian Hoare's first game in a caretaker manager role. Hoare revealed that he will be looking after the first team with long-serving defender Simon Eagle while he looks for a replacement
PAST British Best All-Rounder champion Michael Hutchinson (Team MDT Giant), now the holder of four national titles, made a successful third racing visit to Hampshire this month, completing a weekend double. Everyone expected the London-based Ulster man
SCHOOLchildren watched on in horror yesterday as a 12-year-old classmate was fatally injured after being hit by a car as she tried to cross a busy Hampshire road. The accident happened as Linzi Wright attempted to cross Ringwood Road in the New Forest
A FAMILY today hit out at the criminal justice system after two youths who turned their friend into a fireball in a so-called prank were spared a custodial sentence by a judge. Lee White suffered horrific face and chest burns and is permanently scarred
YOBS caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage and the closure of a New Forest school after breaking in and turning two taps on. Ceilings collapsed, computers were swamped with water and carpets soaked following the attack at Hardley School. A police
SOUTHAMPTON firm CyphaWare is set to use government funding to develop what is believed to be the world's first software-only complete encryption solution for digital audiovisual media. CyphaWare based at Ocean Village has won the Smart Award to develop
Two of the biggest names in marina design and construction, Hampshire-based Walcon Marine and SF Marinas from Sweden, have signed an agency agreement enabling Walcon Marine to sell SF Marinas' products in England, Scotland and Wales. Founded in 1984 SF
Saturday Night Fever - The Mayflower, Southampton JOHN Travolta was pretty nimble on his feet, but Stephane Anelli makes him look like a lumbering novice. Arms whirling, hips thrusting, legs doing things they surely weren't meant to, the South-ampton
TRADERS in Southampton have spoken of their fury after discovering a council-owned CCTV installation they thought would deter vandals actually had no camera in it. Burglars smashed their way into Something Special flower shop in Woolston, causing £1,600
A SOUTHAMPTON man has revealed the heartfelt gratitude to the city felt by Indian villagers devastated by an earthquake. Harkishan Mehta, 56, took part in a poignant ceremony at a school in Anjar, being rebuilt with help from cash raised by a Daily Echo-backed
POLAR adventurer Andrew Cooney, pictured, the youngest person ever to have walked to the South Pole, will be at Southampton Institute on Thursday, April 3 to give a public lecture about his amazing achievement. The lecture will touch upon all aspects
Up to 2,000 people have bought tickets for tomorrow's Southern Media Careers Information Day at The Guildhall in Southampton. The action-packed event, being supported by media celebrities from across the south, starts at 10.30am and finishes at 5.15pm
ONE Saints fan is prepared to go to desperate lengths to get hold of tickets to watch Southampton play Watford in the FA Cup semi-final. Martin Tyrrell, 24, has declared he would be prepared to clean the toilet of anyone with a spare ticket for a week
SOUTHAMPTON Running Sisters are an all-women affiliated running club based in the city. This year they are celebrating their tenth anniversary. An annual beginners' course to introduce women to running will be based at Southampton Municipal Golf Course
A SHORTAGE of retained firefighters in Droxford has prompted a recruitment drive by fire chiefs. Hampshire fire chiefs say they only have half the number of retained staff needed to man the Union Lane fire station. Assistant Divisional Officer Les Agate
Coventry Godiva AC's Glynn Tromans won the B&Q Eastleigh 10K with blistering pace in ideal conditions on Sunday. The classy athlete left more than 1,000 runners in his wake as he charged around the town in an amazing 28 minutes and 39 seconds - arriving
LIKE a phoenix rising from the ashes, a Chandler's Ford school will soon have cutting-edge facilities after a disastrous fire ripped through it causing more than £1m of damage. Thornden School was badly damaged in the blaze, which destroyed six classrooms
FAIR Oak villagers living near a trouble hot spot may be asked to house crime-busting closed circuit television equipment in a bid to crack down on young hooligans. Parish councillors heard how the Dean Road play area had become a haven for yobs. Pleading
LITTLE Stevie Wonder and Jimmy Osmond cracked the charts at a tender age. . .but they were making popstar wannabes even younger at a singing competition in Asda's Chandler's Ford hypermarket. Four-year-old Fabrice Ali-Fogarty from Allbrook, near Eastleigh
A new trade in Southampton docks is making a major contribution in cutting down on the number of heavy trucks using the UK's road network and is also boosting the country's recycling industry. The first shipment of ground bottle-glass material, totalling
There is a new look to the Associated British Ports (ABP) management team in Southampton docks with the promotion of Ray Facey, the retirement of Patrick Bowyer and the appointment of Bruce Dawes. Mr Facey, commercial manager in the port, has been promoted
South Winchester professional Richard Adams and amateur partner Mike Rescorle have won the Alliance Bowl, one of the oldest trophies in Hampshire golf. With a score of plus seven at North Hants, including two twos from Rescorle, the South Winchester pair
Hampshire professional gofers James Ablett and Jon Le Roux were on the receiving end of an astonishing comeback in the semi-finals of the Sunningdale Foursomes last weekend. Alresford left hander Ablett and Worldham Park professional Le Roux were four
Champions of Sport Memorabilia are to sponsor the first-ever match between Hampshire's top amateur and professional golfers. The contest will see the cream of the county's golfers come face to face in a ten-a-side singles match at Blackmoor on Sunday,
Blackfield & Langley were crushed 5-0 at home by Fareham Town - chairman Ian Hoare's first game in a caretaker manager role. Hoare revealed that he will be looking after the first team with long-serving defender Simon Eagle while he looks for a replacement
Charlie Van der Gucht reckons he is bowling better than ever - after winter net sessions with members of the Australian Test squad. Left arm spinner Van Der Gucht broke both his legs after being hit by a London taxi in July 2001 but his remarkable recovery
Australia's win in the World Cup final, though unsurprising, served to underline their status as the best side in the world and to accentuate the gulf that they have opened between them and the rest. The two best teams of the tournament were rightly contesting
Eastleigh assistant manager David Hughes missed a gilt-edged late chance in a goalless draw at home to Lymington & New Milton. Former Saint Hughes came on as an 80th-minute substitute but headed over a Phil Warner cross from two yards with two minutes
Ben Dawkins from Dibden Purlieu is the latest youngster to make an impact on the local angling scene. The 12-year-old, was on his first-ever trip afloat - on the Keyhaven-based boat Dulcet T skippered by Ron Bundy - when he caught a cracking end-of-season
THE TRUSTEES of a Hampshire MP who died in a blaze at his stately home have applied for planning permission to rebuild it. Michael Colvin MP, who represented the Romsey constituency, and his wife Nichola died in the fire which destroyed their home, Tangley
A new highly armed, super fast anti-terrorist craft, sure to cause a wave of interest from countries in the war-torn Gulf region, has been unveiled by Southampton shipbuilders, Vosper Thornycroft (VT). Designed to be operated by undercover special forces
More than 10,000 passengers are expected to be carried on flights linking Southampton and Cork in Ireland during the summer period. Airline Aer Arann Express has also announced that from May 12 until October 25 the service will be a direct flight between
DROXFORD-based Bosmere Products is finding the right climate for its garden products in northern Europe and has just shipped an order to Sweden after signing up with an export programme run by Trade Partners UK. The company joined other potential exporters
BUSINESS leaders in the south joined forces recently as part of the Tenon Forum - an independent think-tank made up of leading entrepreneurs from the UK's small and medium-sized business community. Chandler's Ford-based Tenon hosted the local forum with
Hysteria, Salisbury Playhouse IT'S hard enough getting theatre audiences to laugh, let alone take on board the finer points of psychoanalysis. Astonishingly, Terry Johnson manages both to great effect in his farce-cum-Open University lecture Hysteria.
TWO men spotted near the scene where Southampton student Hannah Foster was abducted have now been eliminated from inquiries, police said today. In another new twist to the inquiry detectives have revealed there was a sexual motive behind the teenager's
A FRIEND of murdered Southampton student Hannah Foster today paid a poignant tribute to the teenager's brilliant mind and caring nature. Leanne Murdoch, 18, said the gifted A-level student - who was kidnapped just yards from her Portswood home - had been
A FAMILY today hit out at the criminal justice system after two youths who turned their friend into a fireball in a so-called prank were spared a custodial sentence by a judge. Lee White suffered horrific face and chest burns and is permanently scarred
BOKA Halat are a multi-cultural band who will be bringing their diverse talents to Forest Arts Centre, New Milton on Saturday. Their name means "mutual inspiration" and they were formed by Roger Watson and Musa Mboob to explore Gambian rhythm and English
Hamble ASSC prepared for tomorrow night's clash at home to Eastleigh with a 2-0 win at Downton. Louie Langdown scored a first-half penalty after Jamie Hill had been upended and then Steve Whitcher reacted first to seal the points midway through the second
PORTCHESTER has been earmarked as top priority for a skate park after a report revealed it was a hotspot for vandalism and anti- social behaviour by youths. In the report to Fareham's leisure overview panel officers have ranked the ward as most in need
PINK daffodils and blue tulips are not just a figment of the imagination. The colourful blooms imported from Holland are proving a big hit at one plant nursery in Shedfield. Garden enthusiast Janet Adams wanted to do something slightly more unusual when
STUDENTS from across Hampshire were in the dock when a mock trial competition was staged in Fareham. Youngsters studying law from colleges across the county had the chance to put their theory into practice as they acted out a trial complete with magistrates
UNION officials met politicians to agree joint tactics in their battle to convince a European inquiry that 300 Hampshire Pirelli workers lost their jobs unfairly. Eastleigh MP David Chidgey and Hampshire MEP Chris Huhne, both Lib Dems, met with Colin
Commercial ships chartered by the Ministry of Defence to carry equipment to the Gulf region have a supply of books on board for crews thanks to Southampton's Mission to Seafarers. The master of one vessel telephoned the Reverend Michael Williams, the
Saints boss Gordon Strachan admitted that Sven Goran Eriksson's decision to leave James Beattie out of the England squad has left him "scratching his head". Eriksson stunned Saints fans on Sunday night when he dropped Beattie, the Premiership's leading
