Hampshire's Junior Boys' Tour goes from strength to strength with 13 events planned for 2004, peaking with the County Youths and Boys Championship at Corhampton in August. There are order of merit sections for both handicap and scratch players. Junior
HAMPSHIRE heroes Winchester City need to succeed where Wessex rivals Gosport Borough failed if they are to continue their march to FA Vase glory. Neil Hards's cup favourites have been handed a two-legged semi-final against Screwfix Western League high-flyers
Havant & Waterlooville secretary Trevor Brock has saluted striker James Taylor for fighting through the pain barrier to help try and pull the club out of a potentially disastrous slump. The Woolston-based marksman - golden boot winner for the Dr Martens
A HAMPSHIRE initiative that has been a launching pad for scores of local businesses is getting a euro cash injection worth £842,000. More than 140 local businesses have signed up to Eastleigh Entrepreneurs since it took off less than three years ago.
ONE of Hampshire's oldest construction companies has undergone a corporate image makeover for its 50th birthday. Pictured here with some of the Vear Group's new brochures is receptionist Karen Heavens at its headquarters in Chandler's Ford, near Eastleigh
CONSTRUCTION company Bluestone, which has local offices in Standard Way, Fareham, contributed to another strong set of full-year results by parent company Morgan Sindall, the construction brands group. MS, which operates a national network of fit-out,
IN-FORM Lymington & New Milton reeled off a magnificent seventh straight victory, but Linnets manager Ian Robinson didn't rate their 1-0 home win against fourth-placed AFC Newbury. "I'm naturally very pleased with the win today but I didn't think
BAT's topsy-turvy campaign continues. After beating Eastleigh in the Russell Cotes Cup in midweek, they returned to earth with a bump and a 2-0 defeat away at Christchurch. A superb delivery by James Bailey-Pearce enabled Tom Hughes to head the home side
Second-to-bottom club Downton are clawing themselves towards safety after two second-half goals earned them a surprise 2-0 victory over Thatcham Town at Wick Lane. The Wiltshire side took a 47th-minute lead through Matt Guy, who pounced after Adam Newman's
The sea angling arena is always full of surprises as Chris Ellis, a shipwright from Lymington, found out during a Lymington & District SFC Shingle Bank League fixture staged at Milford. Ellis was expected to catch a few doggies and the occasional
A FIERCE political row is set to erupt in Winchester over the council tax, the cost of parking and councillors' allowances. The Tories are proposing to cut the rise in council tax - to be paid for by slashing payments to councillors and increasing parking
A WINCHESTER country pub could close after the owners won a planning appeal to turn it into a home. Ray and Christine Sutherden appealed when city council planners rejected their application to convert the Shearers Arms in Owslebury. The Shearers Arms
A WINCHESTER pub has shaken off its tired image to become a venue perfectly suited for city slickers. The Albion, next to Winchester's train station, has been given a complete revamp by new management determined to appeal to a sophisticated clientele.
CONTROVERSIAL plans to turn New Milton into Hampshire's newest market town have been given the go-ahead. New Milton Town Council has received consent to hold a Wednesday market in Station Road for a six-month trial period, starting in April. The application
Jane and Graham Turner have a 15-year-old son who is an alcoholic. His behaviour over the past few years has torn all their lives apart. Today, they tell their story to Kate Thompson... THERE have been times when Jane Turner has stayed on late at work
When the Cat's Away, St Cross Drama Group, St Faith's Hall, St Cross, Winchester BASED on the sitcom George and Mildred, this little play is surprisingly better known in the United States. This was comedy of the Carry On variety, full of negligees and
Oliver Twist, Sarisbury Theatre Co. & Sarisbury Youth Theatre Co., Sarisbury Community Centre DICKENS'S character-laden books seem tailored for staging, but his episodic style rarely works. This version, halfway between Oliver! and straight adaptation
SOUTHAMPTON'S feuding councillors have been told to sort themselves out or John Prescott will end up running the city. The city's leaders are just 24 hours from a vital meeting to set the council tax and if they do not do it tomorrow the government could
A FATHER and son died in a boating accident while using their dinghy to check their fishing boat was secure, it has emerged. Police yesterday named the pair as David Knipe, 62, of Dore Avenue, Portchester, and Robert Knipe, 38, from York Terrace, Hilsea
FOR eight months they were a family ripped apart. Jenny and Simon Head may have been man and wife in name but since July they have been living like a courting couple. While Jenny Head and the couple's two young children lived with her mum, doting dad
MORE than 500 asylum seekers are living in Southampton, according to newly-released figures. Official statistics show the city has become home to 565 refugees - the highest number in the south-east outside London. Latest Home Office figures, from December
A HUGE block of flats that could transform central Southampton could be approved by city planners today. The multi-million-pound scheme would see a 16-storey block of flats - dubbed Mayflower Plaza - built on the existing car park near Commercial Road
A PIONEERING new scheme in Southampton which aims to provide young people with activities outside normal school hours begins this week. City leisure chiefs are offering free, supervised leisure activities including sport, music and other activities for
ISLE of Wight group The Bees are creating a buzz in music circles again with a UK tour and a new single announced. The band received a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2002 for their debut album, Sunshine Hit Me, which was recorded in a garden shed in
GAMBLERS across Fareham are being targetted in an elaborate betting scam, police have warned. Police are warning residents who like a flutter to be on their guard against a company that offers "risk free" bets. One man - who does not wish to be named
THE mother of missing Portchester hiker Jeffery Moore has written to 130 Italian monasteries in an attempt to trace her son. Anxious Marion Moore hopes each monastery will display a poster she has made up in four languages appealing for information. It
List of runners and finishing times: 1 PLUMMER Simon, Southampton RC, 31.53 2 TREES Mike (M40,1st), Team Concept, 32.40 3 BATCHELOR Richard, Aldershot Farnham & District AC, 33.17 4 ROBERTS Dai (M40,2nd), Royal Navy AC, 33.30 5 PERRY Jason, Winchester
List of runners and finishing times: 1 McCALLUM Michaela (W35,1st), Winchester & District AC, 35.08 2 BAYLEY Abigail, Weymouth St Paul's Harr's, 38.22 3 SHEPHERD Debbie (W40,1st), 40.31 4 MORRIS Judy (W45,1st), City of Portsmouth AC, 41.00 5 RUSHTON
THREE new residents-only parking zones are to be introduced in Eastleigh town centre in a bid to give priority to locals. With a massive expansion of house building in central Eastleigh, the borough council is planning to introduce residents-only parking
A multi-million-pound housing paradise for senior citizens at Chandler's Ford could become a reality within two years. By just stepping out of their front door residents would be able to work out in their own fitness suite and dine out in their own licensed
One of the most influential names in the global containership industry is urging the construction of dockside terminals such as the controversial plans for Dibden Bay on Southampton Water. Ted Wang, managing director of OOCL (Europe), one of the port's
SAINTS fans are standing firm in rejecting Glenn Hoddle as their possible next manager. On Saturday, the Daily Echo conducted the biggest randomly selected poll yet of fans regarding what is potentially the most controversial move in the club's history
FORMER Saints boss Gordon Strachan has been linked with a sensational return to management - at Spurs! The Scot quit St Mary's 11 days ago after announcing in January he would be leaving when his contract expired in May. Saints chairman Rupert Lowe said
REFURBISHMENT and a dcor using contemporary colours brings some modern style to old-style Basingstoke. But there's still plenty of character in the George Street mid-terraced cottage which is in the town's popular residential area of Brookvale, where
ONCE upon a time there were two accountants who wrote books in their spare time... and it all ended happily ever after when they were published. Authors Ed Wicke and Roger Barnard work for the Basingstoke office of accountants and business advisers Tenon
GALLANT Gosport were hit by an amazing triple penalty blast as they went down 3-0 at Bideford in a bizarre quarter-final clash, which was decided by three second-half spot kicks. Bideford's Mike Southgate scored with all three penalties and Borough's
Fareham Town clamber into the top six after they notched up an impressive 3-0 success at Hamble ASSC, who had won their previous five matches. "It was a very good performance against an improving Hamble side. That's six points from our last two games
Today's Principal Arrivals: Prestige Ace, roro, 0030, 202; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 25; Black Prince, passenger, 0700, 101; OOCL Long Beach, container, 0-730, 207; Autosun, roro, am, 105; St Barbara, roro, 1930, 201; Asian Vision, roro, 2100, 43; Hyundai
A CONSTRUCTION boss in Hampshire has been forced to recruit builders from as far away as Poland because of red tape and a skills shortage, it emerged today. Patrick Trant, the well-known chairman of Totton-based Trant Construction, told fellow business
EXCITING new facilities that will aid technological advances were opened by government science minister Lord Sainsbury at a high profile opening in Southampton University. The new Nanotechnology Centre that cost about £2m to fund and more than a year-and-a-half
TRIMLINE, the Southampton marine outfitters, is well known for its work on some of the world's top cruise ships, but recently it has been making life more comfortable for England's world champion rugby team. The company clinched the contract to upgrade
ENTRIES for the 20th B&Q Eastleigh 10k Road Race on Sunday, March 21 have closed three weeks earlier than expected. The popular race this year combines the South of England Championships with the inter-area competition and will be sure to provide
PAUL Doswell believes Eastleigh's Eastern Division title hopes are dead and buried after Saturday's 2-1 reverse at Fisher Athletic. Their eighth league defeat of the season leaves them 13 points adrift of leaders Tonbridge Angels with 14 games to play
Bashley slumped to their second straight defeat, going down 1-0 at Banbury. The turning point came on 75 minutes when experienced defender Andy Darnton was penalised for handball and Ady Fuller scored from the spot. It might have been worse but former
Another manager who thought that his side probably didn't deserve to pick up all three points was Brockenhurst boss Graham Kemp, following their 1-0 verdict at Bournemouth Poppies. "A draw would have been a fair result," summed up Kemp. "I felt that they
Bemerton Heath Harlequins recorded a comfortable 3-1 victory over Blackfield & Langley at Western Way. Paul Palmer nodded in Billy Baker's cross to put Harlequins in front on 15 minutes and they doubled their advantage before half-time when Darren
HAMPSHIRE'S top cop was today being told not to cut the number of police in the New Forest town that needs them the most. Civic chiefs were making the plea at a meeting with Chief Constable Paul Kernaghan, who wants to merge the Lymington and New Milton
THE FORDINGBRIDGE Show is on the move in 2005 from Godshill to the town's riverside recreation ground. But hundreds of equestrian enthusiasts will be disappointed that from this year the popular horse show element will be dropped. The show's move from
A charity working in war-ravaged Kosovo is making a plea for help that will be contained in banana boxes . . . LIFE in a country recovering from the ravages of war can prove just as desperate as trying to survive in the midst of conflict. With little
SOUTHAMPTON'S feuding councillors have been told to sort themselves out or John Prescott will end up running the city. The city's leaders are just 24 hours from a vital meeting to set the council tax and if they do not do it tomorrow the government could
AT 68 Bernie Bennett thought he had hung up his marathon running shoes for good. But after the Bishopstoke First Responders helped four of his friends during the past 12 months, he is set to line up in April's London Marathon to raise cash for the dedicated
SHE COOKS and cleans for you, looks after you when you're down and is always there to help you out. Mums are really special and deserve to be made to feel that way - which is why the Daily Echo is offering younger readers the chance to reward their mums
With Winchester City in Vase action, leaders Wimborne Town stretched their advantage at the summit to eight points with a 5-0 napping of Alton Town at Anstey Road. Guy Dipper crossed for Paul Roast to shoot the Magpies into a second-minute lead, Darren
LOCAL resident Michaela McCallum produced a performance of the highest quality to win the 2004 Winchester 10k Road Race. McCallum, second Briton behind Paul Radcliffe in last year's London Marathon, propelled herself into the UK top ten with a winning
VICTORIOUS manager Neil Hards has warned clubs to get real over their offers for Andy Forbes after watching his 24-year-old goal machine score twice as favourites Winchester City powered into semi-finals of the FA Vase. Truth to tell, Saturday's all-Wessex
BRIT Award winner Lemar has announced that he is coming to Bournemouth. The Fame Academy star, who won Best Urban Act at the recent Brits ceremony, will be performing at Bournemouth International Centre in May. Although Lemar didn't win Fame Academy,
Fareham Town clamber into the top six after they notched up an impressive 3-0 success at Hamble ASSC, who had won their previous five matches. "It was a very good performance against an improving Hamble side. That's six points from our last two games
UP-and-coming pole vault ace Ashley Swain produced his second biggest clearance ever finishing sixth in the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix at Birmingham. Although the lad from Rownhams didn't quite scale the 5.50 heights that had won him the AAA Indoor
LOCAL resident Michaela McCallum produced a performance of the highest quality to win the 2004 Winchester 10k Road Race. McCallum, second Briton behind Paul Radcliffe in last year's London Marathon, propelled herself into the UK top ten with a winning
IT IS PANTO time at Eastleigh's Concorde Club and once again the script is being penned by one of its famous members. Entertainer Richard Digance has written and appeared in many of the legendary annual Concorde pantomimes which have raised several thousands
Southampton based Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS), the specialist service provider for the UK's multi-million-pound cruise industry, is to handle the world's latest luxury ship, the 90,000-ton Jewel of the Seas, when the vessel makes her worldwide
ONE of the world's biggest cruise companies is to officially name its latest luxury vessel, the 90,090-ton Jewel of the Seas, in Southampton when the ship makes it global debut in the port this May. Shipping line Royal Caribbean International's decision
THE world's oldest ocean-going passenger ship is sailing into Southampton docks in April, with 320 evangelists from 45 countries on board to help spread the gospel across the city. Built in 1914, it is only two years younger than Titanic! MV Doulos is
THE opposition among fans to Glenn Hoddle's reinstatement as manager remains substantial - despite the lack of major organised protests at Saturday's 3-3 draw with Everton. There were a number of anti-Hoddle banners and placards on display, but the St
Steve Wigley has insisted not wanting to become the next full-time Saints boss is not because of a lack of ambition on his part. Wigley, pictured above, who has been put in temporary charge of the team while the club find a successor for Gordon Strachan
GENO Washington has the best laugh I have ever heard. A crazy, loud booming noise which, at first, you fear is going to continue indefinitely, it nonetheless is the perfect accompaniment to his entertaining persona. A bonafide soul legend who will celeb-rate
A PERIOD semi-detached home bought by London buyers about seven years ago is back on the market with a price guide of £325,000. The Winchester Street home in the village of Overton was built in the early 20th century and retains such period features as
A TERRACE of old cottage-style homes in Basingstoke has one for sale priced at £164,950 through estate agents haart. The mid-terrace home is on the edge of the town centre in Flaxfield Road and has three-bedroomed accommodation. Wood laminate flooring
NEIGHBOURS in mid-terrace houses in one of Basingstoke's old residential town centre roads got together to build attractive timber garden rooms across the back of both properties. One of those homes in Lower Brook Street is now selling through estate
A DETACHED bungalow has come to the market for updating, but also provides the opportunity to extend upward and outwards as it is built on a large plot. The bungalow was constructed by Simms builders in about 1960 and its location in Merriatt Close, Basingstoke
A MID-TERRACE cottage in the centre of the village of Overton is listed and dates back to the mid-17th century. The thatched cottage stands in a terrace in Winchester Street and was extended and modernised during the 1980s. The beamed home is selling
A DOUBLE-FRONTED house in a terrace of classical homes built by Hampshire Heritage Developments was only completed last year. Now it is back on the market with agents Lane Fox with a price guide of £475,000 for a property described as an "elegant town
