Carer Tony Camp-Bell has been helping to shape future Labour Party policy. He tells Kate Thompson about his 'Big Conversation with Tony Blair'... FOR THE past 19 years, Tony Camp-Bell has cared for his wife Sue after she was cruelly struck down by Multiple
THREE new high-profile patrons are pledging their support for the Southampton based Ribbons HIV Support Centre. Actor Mark McGann and his wife, Caroline Guinness, are pledging their support, along with the Mayor of Southampton, Councillor Parvin Damani
BY 2020, depression will be the greatest burden of illness after heart disease. Hampshire mum Alexandra Massey battled with the condition for five years. She tells KATE THOMPSON how she finally came through to write a new self-help book for others like
Havant & Waterlooville's reserves last night wrecked Winchester City's hopes of a quartet of silverware. Two days after collecting the Sydenhams Wessex championship trophy, the FA Vase finalists were dumped out of the Russell Cotes Cup semi-final
SHANE WATSON will NOT be available to stand in for Shane Warne in next month's county championship match against Yorkshire at Headingley - and is now unlikely to play any first class cricket for Hampshire this summer. All rounder Watson, 22, last week
LAWRIE PRITTIPAUL has been recalled to Hampshire's Frizzell county championship squad - with a vote of confidence from Shane Warne. John Crawley is still out with the calf injury that he suffered in the opening game of the season against Durham, so Prittipaul
Michael Brown aims to follow the example set by Leicestershire's John Maunders, his former Middlesex second XI roommate - and establish himself as an opening batsman. Hampshire new boy Brown opened the batting with John Maunders, 23, for four years before
NOW is your chance to check out Charlize Theron's Oscar-winning performance as Aileen Carol Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was executed for killing seven men in the state of Florida during the 1980s. Powerful stuff - and an amazing physical and emotional
A CONSTITUENT whom I have known and greatly respected for many years rebukes me for being too mild in my comments recently about the scarcity of NHS dentistry. I accept his criticism. "How are ordinary people who cannot afford private dentistry going
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0030, 201 link; Whitchallenger, tanker, 0400, 21; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 25 link; P&O Nedlloyd Vespucci, container, 0600, 205; Shanghai Express, container, 0730, 207; City of Lutece, ro/ro, 0800,
THIS year's Daily Echo-backed Hampshire Business Awards were launched with a splash today, starting the campaign to find the very best of business talent in the county. The awards, sponsored by commercial lawyers Bond Pearce, business adviser KPMG and
MARKS along the shoreline of the Isle of Wight have been producing some cracking fish with Stephen Ayres beaching the pick, a 10lb 3oz small-eyed ray at Compton. Ayres used a mackerel/ragworm cocktail to tempt his specimen during a night flood tide. I
A 68-year-old glider pilot has died following a mid-air collision with another glider near an airfield, police said. The accident happened yesterday over a field near Lasham Airfield, Alton. The pilot was from Fleet, police said. The second pilot, who
THE Hampshire Water Festival returns to Winchester in August, following the roaring success of last year's inaugural event. About 10,000 people flooded into the city last summer to learn more about life's most precious resource. The festival featured
TO MARK the beginning of Professional Secretaries' Week, career development partners OfficeTeam and IQPS have launched the Office Professional of Tomorrow Award. The award has been designed to recognise office professionals, that are grasping opportunities
RNLI recruits are taken from all walks of life and turned into life-savers at remarkable speed. A new training centre is about to make this easier... THE FUTURE of sea rescue is taking shape on the South coast. Tucked away at the very farthest point of
Something's Afoot - RAODS, Plaza Theatre, Romsey This "comedy musical whodunnit" claims to "owe it all to Agatha Christie". Certainly, the story was full of murder, mystery and red herrings. Director Chris Brooke took every opportunity to spin this spoof
AN investigation has been launched into the death of a teenager at an exclusive Hampshire school. The body of Nicholas Rowe was found hanging in his room at the upmarket Stanbridge Earls School, near Romsey. Detectives have been questioning shocked youngsters
FROM Above Bar to Kandahar. That's the 8,000-mile trip one intrepid charity worker from Southampton has made to help some of the world's poorest people. Gareth Price-Jones has swapped life sorting out clothes, books and bric-a-brac in the city's Oxfam
A RADAR system trialled in Southampton that might have prevented the July 2000 Concorde disaster is being developed and could be introduced at UK airports. As well as detecting tiny pieces of debris on runways, the Tarsier system could also be used to
A FRESH crackdown on road tax cheats in Hampshire was launched today. The blitz on unlicensed vehicles now includes a new freephone enforcement line for members of the public to shop dodgers. Drivers are now being urged to re-license their cars ahead
IT'S a veritable maritime paradise for boating enthusiasts from across the south. The Beaulieu Boatjumble was bigger than ever this year with more than 800 stands selling everything connected with boats. There was a section called Boatworld, featuring
A NEW cultural and community centre has opened in Southampton for the Bangladeshi community. The venue in Graham Road will be used for adult education courses as well as activities for youngsters. It is the culmination of five years of hard work by the
CHART-TOPPING boy band McFly will be supporting Busted when they play the Broadlands estate, Romsey on Saturday, July 17. The teen outfit, pictured, scored a number one hit earlier this month with 5 Colours in Her Hair. A support slot on Busted's UK tour
Southampton'S port director has issued a stark warning that "tough choices'' will have to be made following the government's refusal to give the go-ahead for a container terminal at Dibden Bay. The development was seen by Associated British Ports (ABP
A COMMERCIAL property agent from Southampton today warned that the city's port will fall back in European rankings after plans to build a £600m container port at Dibden Bay in Southampton Water were rejected. As reported extensively in the Daily Echo
A FAREHAM kebab van owner whose filthy vehicle was strewn with mice droppings has been spared jail - but banned from the food business. Turkish born Yusuf Ozdemir, pictured above, admitted selling potentially poisonous takeaways to late-night revellers
THE MARWELL Zoo 10K Road Race clearly demonstrated its growing reputation and popularity with a record entry 30 per cent up on previous years. The Eastleigh Running Club- organised event had more than 1,000 entries and the children's Fun Run was also
TORY party chairman Liam Fox showed furious allotment campaigners his strong allegiance with their row over council plans to build hundreds of houses on their plots. At a special visit to one of the threatened sites off South Street in Eastleigh yesterday
SOUTHAMPTON'S port director has issued a stark warning that "tough choices'' will have to be made following the government's refusal to give the go-ahead for a container terminal at Dibden Bay. The development was seen by Associated British Ports (ABP
SOUTHAMPTON'S Queen Elizabeth 2 will begin her next career as a Southampton based cruise ship later this month with a new look. QE2 is to undergo a wide-ranging refit in Germany after she arrives back in Southampton for the first time with Queen Mary
ASSOCIATED British Ports (ABP), the owner and operator of Southampton docks, is to invest £1m on upgrading the rail operation that moves containers from the city's quayside to the West Midlands. The money will expand current facilities at the Hams Hall
The magnificent 1,900 ton three-masted tallship Gorch Fock, which has been on a five-day official visit to Southampton, is due to leave the city's port today. Since her commissioning in 1958, the decks of Gorch Fock have seen more than 12,000 officers
Scotland assistant manager Tommy Burns has confirmed that Saints defender Fitz Hall could pull on a dark blue jersey - thanks to Paul Sturrock's recommendation. The 23-year-old was born in London but enquiries made on Scotland's behalf by Sturrock revealed
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD election results made news in The Gazette in February when hospital worker Steve Partridge was redecorating his Edwardian house ready to bring it to the spring market. With the work now completed, Mr Partridge, 56, has put his semi-detached
RENWAY Homes developed a cul-de-sac of specially-designed homes in the 1990s. The development of Hopton Garth, in Pyotts Hill, are some of the most expensive houses to be built in the area. Now one of them is being resold through Dreweatt Neate with a
Every year, 16,000 people across the UK die from bowel cancer. SARAH COLE talked to one survivor whose battle has inspired her to help others... WHEN Marie-Claire Godbert started feeling increasingly tired, she put it down to getting older. She was a
Hampshire's golfing professionals have revenge on their mind when they take on their amateur counterparts at Blackmoor next Sunday. When the county's top-ten amateurs met their Hampshire PGA rivals in the inaugural challenge match last year, the amateurs
Several youngsters have already signed up for the new Young Masters Golf bronze course run by top women's coach Katie Dawkins at the Hamptworth Club. The course is a programme developed by PGA professionals to help young people aged between six and 16
LARA Croft herself, Angelina Jolie, is back on the big screen playing FBI profiler Illeana, called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim. Also starring Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland and Kylie's
BURSLEDON bookworms are celebrating after £200,000 was earmarked for a permanent library for the village. Eastleigh Council has set aside the cash after requests from Bursledon Community Association. Plans are now being drawn up for a purpose-built extension
WARSASH Sea Scout Group has applied for status as one of the few Scout groups in the UK to be recognised by the Royal Navy. The status demands a high standard of leadership and traditional scouting activity, as well as water-based activities and offers
HAMPSHIRE based shipbuilder VT is all that stands between the contract to build Britain's warships and submarines going to the Americans. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Daily Echo, the Hedge End based company, formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft
SAINTS have appointed Steve Davies as head of sales and marketing. He will replace Paul Blanchard, who has left to join Surrey Cricket Club. Steve, 36, starts on May 24, joining the club from insurer Liverpool Victoria, where he has overseen the Frizzell
WITH flags flying and to the sounds of a marching band, hundreds of boys and girls marched through the streets of Winchester. Guides, Scouts, Cubs and Brownies paraded under their banners through the city centre. Starting from the Colebrook Street car
A FAMILY of thieves thought to have carried out more than 600 raids on cars parked in beauty spots across the south have been jailed for a total of seven years. The prolific gang of two brothers, two sisters and one other targeted remote spots in Lymington
IT'S not the sort of lesson you find on the average school curriculum. English, maths and geography at Hordle Walhampton School, Lymington, have been joined by a new subject - powerboating. Pupils at the independent preparatory school are being introduced
A Murder Is Announced - M D G Players, Methodist Church Hall, Chandler's Ford A PERSONAL advert predicts that a murder will be committed on Friday the 13th, and from then on the plot has all the twists you expect from a Miss Marple mystery. Never having
SOUTHAMPTON'S port director has issued a stark warning that "tough choices'' will have to be made following the government's refusal to give the go-ahead for a container terminal at Dibden Bay. The development was seen by Associated British Ports (ABP
CONTROVERSIAL plans to introduce a national identity card will be given a "thorough examination", John Denham pledged today. The Southampton Itchen MP will lead a group of politicians scrutinising David Blunkett's draft Bill. The Home Secretary claims
A CASH reward has been given to Southampton General Hospital after staff reduced casualty department waiting times. By investing in more frontline emergency department staff and changing some practices, the team managed to treat and discharge or admit
ROCK legend Van Morrison has announced he is to play an outdoor concert at Broadlands, Romsey on Saturday, July 31. The revered singer-songwriter, whose best-known tunes include Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance, Bright Side of the Road and Have I Told You Lately
A HUSBAND and wife garage team from Soberton have become the latest regular users of the A32 to call for changes to the hazardous road. Alan and Mavis Jones, who run MJ Motorsport Garage Services from their home in the village, are increasingly worried
PLANS are afoot to solve the traffic chaos expected by the continuing success of business parks at Segensworth. Cosmetics giant Estee Lauder is the latest in a long line of household names making their home off junction nine of the M27. Their new multi-million-pound
PREPARATIONS are in full swing for what organisers predict will be the largest ever Navy-run charity event in Hampshire. HMS Sultan, near Fareham, is gearing up to host its annual summer show, which this year aims to smash the £30,000 it raised for local
Full list of runners and their times. 1 MORGAN-LEE Andy Salford Harriers 32.07 2 BAKER James Chichester Runners & AC 33.45 3 BURGESS Roy Hercules Wimbledon AC 34.38 4 ALLEN Tony Havant AC 34.40 5 LE GASSICK Mark Stubbington Green R & AC 34.43
Full list of runners and their times. 1 HILL Sarah Aldershot Farnham & Dist 36.44 2 LOCKS Lesley Hart Road Runners40.20 3 RAYFIELD Julie (V35,1st) Reading AC42.00 4 RAWLINGS Anne (V35,2nd) Alton Runners 42.13 5 SHEPHERD Debbie (V35,3rd) 42.30 6 DUNHAM
PUPILS at a Chandler's Ford school are becoming a driving force in finding environmentally friendly ways of travelling. Scantabout Primary School celebrated the launch of its school travel plan with a Walking Wednesday event. All 214 pupils were encouraged
A CRUISE liner on its first journey after engine repairs broke down again just off Southampton docks this morning. Fred Olsen Line ship the Black Prince was due to pick up 412 passengers today for its first cruise after leaving dry dock in Hamburg, Germany
A COMMERCIAL property agent from Southampton today warned that the city's port will fall back in European rankings after plans to build a £600m container port at Dibden Bay in Southampton Water were rejected. As reported extensively in the Daily Echo
SAINTS are keen to extend Antti Niemi's contract - even though it still has three years to run. The player's agent, Richar Cody, has revealed that Saints have been in touch following speculation that Arsenal were planning a summer move for the Finnish
DANNY Wallace said he was "blown away" by the spine-tingling reaction he received from the Saints crowd prior to Saturday's match with Bolton. The 40-year-old, who is now suffering from multiple sclerosis, admitted there was a tear in his eye as the two
SEVERAL people with north Hampshire links feature in the latest Rich List produced by The Sunday Times. Entrepreneur Rafi Razzak - who heads the award-winning computer company Centerprise International - features for the fourth consecutive year. In the
