VT FC picked up the Southampton FA Senior Cup for the second time in three years at St Mary's - but the underdogs from Totton were snapping at their heels for much of last night's 3-0 final win. It's been a great season for Vospers, with the Hampshire
FLEET Town have had official confirmation from the Dr Martens League that they have escaped the relegation trap door. It's been a dreadful season for the north Hampshire club who, with one match to go, are seven points adrift at the foot of the Eastern
MANAGER Paul Terry believes the good times could be returning to Hampshire Cricket ON the pitch as well as off it. Captained by the inspirational Shane Warne, they have kicked off the summer with back-to-back wins in the Championship and the National
IF I could travel back to a point in my own lifetime and change something, it would be just before I was going to watch Dude, Where's My Car? and I would have changed the channel. Luckily for us, Ashton Kutcher, who was also in the aforementioned "comedy
Today's Principal Arrivals: Phoenix Diamond, vehicle, 0330, 202; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25 link; Global Harvest, refrigerat, 0530, 104; Velazquez, ro/ro, 0630, 201; Aida, vehicle, 1030, 34/35. Today's Principal Sailings: Bujin, vehicle, 0300, 43; APL
FOR many people the idea of working from home seems idyllic but accountants Ray Khan and Alan Brent have gone one better. They can now says they are "doing business in the garden". After working together for ten years Brent Associates are celebrating
Meon Valley-based motocross riders Billy Mackenzie and Andrew McFarlane were podium finishers in the second round of the British Championship at Cadders Hill near Ling in Norfolk. Titchfield's Mackenzie rode the Bike It Dixon 450cc four-stroke Yamaha
IT WAS a case of 'lovely bubbly' for Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell at Tonbridge Angels on Saturday. Not only did his team make sure of a fourth-placed Dr Martens Eastern Division finish by beating the former league leaders 2-0, but star striker Paul
NEIL HARDS remains convinced his Winchester City thoroughbreds will turn on the style in the FA Vase final at Birmingham on May 16 - even though their Wessex championship campaign ended in anti-climax. From what Hards knows of Vase opponents AFC Sudbury
A late goal from centre half Matt Parnell prevented youthful Hamble from signing off on a winning note at AFC Totton. Parnell's equaliser cancelled out a first-half strike from Craig Rickman, which came after the home keeper had fluffed his clearance.
James Roden continued to look a good prospect for BAT as they wrapped up their season with a 3-0 win over Downton. The young defender/midfield player scored one goal and was brought down for a penalty which Dave Roberts converted. In between Paul West
SOLENT Volleyball Club's men are on the up and up to the National League Division 2. Under the guidance of delighted player-coach Matt Cordrey-Gale, the club powered through the Division 3 play-offs in Oxfordshire, beating Preston 3-0 and Tonbridge 3-
ONE of Hampshire's main tourist attractions could again become a major way for people to get to work. The Watercress Line steam railway and several local authorities are looking at introducing peak-time trains between Alresford and Alton. It would be
ONE of Hampshire's biggest live attractions is celebrating its 30th anniversary with its first ever full four-day programme. Winchester Hat Fair, the festival of street theatre, has become a must-see event, attracting tens of thousands of people from
A TEENAGER from hell has become the first youth in the New Forest to be locked up for flouting an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) - but we can't tell you who he is. The youth has been sent to a young offenders' institution for four months after continuing
POLICE have charged 27 people with violent disorder after fans ran riot following last month's Premiership soccer match between Portsmouth and Southampton. An estimated £20,000 damage was caused during the fracas outside Fratton Park on Sunday, March
HIS top goalscoring namesake helped take Arsenal to triumph in this season's league championship. However, young Thierry Henry Hampshire is just as chuffed at the Gunners' unbeaten run at the top of the table. The 20-year-old changed his name by deed
WE NEED sites to park up in Southampton. Travellers' groups gave evidence to city bosses last night as part of the council's long-running inquiry into problems faced by both travellers and city residents. City chiefs were told that a large permanent site
THE future of the Hythe to Southampton ferry could be under threat following the introduction of car parking charges in the New Forest. White Horse Ferries says the number of people using the service has dropped by up to 16 per cent a month since free
SOUTHAMPTON'S junior wardens have dropped their "L" plates and are now going it alone, with special responsibility to report problems in their neighbourhood. The team have been given a special password to report graffiti, litter and damage to Southampton
YOUNGSTERS attending schools in the city will be getting a nose for news in the coming weeks by taking part in the first Southampton Media Challenge. The Daily Echo has joined forces with Meridian and South City FM to offer schools the chance to win up
Colden Common celebrated a superb double on Saturday. Their first team won the Hampshire Intermediate Cup and their reserves clinched Division 1 of the Hampshire League Combination. A goal early in the second-half by Richard Laing was enough to beat plucky
=NEIL HARDS remains convinced his Winchester City thoroughbreds will turn on the style in the FA Vase final at Birmingham on May 16 - even though their Wessex championship campaign ended in anti-climax. From what Hards knows of Vase opponents AFC Sudbury
MORE than 3,000 people from Fareham have signed a national petition campaigning against Hampshire call centre jobs being moved to India. Protesters took to the Fareham streets again yesterday to draw attention to plans by Lloyds TSB to move jobs overseas
KENWYNE Jones says he already feels at home with Saints. The 19-year-old new signing from Trinidad attracted interest from Rangers, Spurs and West Ham before agreeing a pre-contract deal for Saints from Caribbean club W Connection. He said: "I had trials
IT WAS a momentous occasion. It happened 450 years ago and it united two countries. Tying the knot is usually memorable, but it took on a whole new meaning when the bride was Mary Tudor and the groom Philip II of Spain. Winchester Cathedral was the scene
FAREHAM Town boss Jon Gittens describes tonight's Hampshire Senior Cup final as: "Probably the biggest game of my players' careers." All he can hope for now is that nerves don't get the better of his young side in the big St Mary's showdown against Conference
It was a good day for boss Jon Gittens as Fareham wrapped up their season with a 4-0 win over Bournemouth. Gittens picked up the Daily Echo March club of the month award after his team clocked up five wins and a draw and he was even able to give a midfield
FIRE crews from two Hampshire stations have been saluted by the RSPCA for saving the life of a young calf. The calf bit off more than it could chew when it decided to wander into the upper reaches of the River Hamble near Bursledon last July. The animal
BRITISH American Tobacco, one of Southampton's major employers, has revealed the impact of the strong pound on its business. Profits at the seed-to-smoke giant, which has 1,500 workers at its factory at Regents Park, near Millbrook, slipped three per
Jon Barnes scored his maiden win in the Powertrain Caterham R400 Challenge at Silverstone - and created a piece of motor racing history in the process. When the West End teenager took the chequered flag, he became the youngest winner of an R400 Challenge
James Hillier raced to his second podium finish of the season in the Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Championship - then admitted he might not be able to finish the season. The R6 series is now the breeding ground for Britain's future road-race stars and the
NEIL HARDS remains convinced his Winchester City thoroughbreds will turn on the style in the FA Vase final at Birmingham on May 16 - even though their Wessex championship campaign ended in anti-climax. From what Hards knows of Vase opponents AFC Sudbury
CHRISTCHURCH boss Pete Moore defended fielding a virtual reserve side against Brockenhurst in a 1-1 draw. Moore said: "I wasn't trying to belittle Brockenhurst FC or (their manager) Graham Kemp at all. We literally took the opportunity to try one or two
What a debut season it has proved to be for the women of Solent Stars Basketball Club. In their first year back in National League competition, they completed a sparkling treble by winning the National Division 2 play-offs 83-69 against Birmingham Force
WESTON PARK made a storming start to the junior league under-13s season. They rarely missed a shot as they rattled up 42 goals against Swan Centre, showed wonderful movement and took the ball well. But Swan weren't bothered. Coach Jill Morgan explained
THE abrupt arrival of summer sunshine, less than a week after a day's almost constant rain had left everyone drenched, brought some excellent results for local cyclists. Philip Gough (Portswood Cycles RT) and Stuart Martingale (Sotonia CC) won their races
FOUR years after his father's butchers shop closed down Andrew Grover has brought the meat trade back to Bishop's Waltham. Bishop's Waltham Butchers was officially opened by the Mayor of Winchester, Jean Hammerton. For 43-year-old Andrew it was a proud
A PLANT disease threatening trees, plants and bushes in the New Forest could mutate into an even deadlier strain if it is not contained quickly enough, a meeting heard. As previously reported in the Daily Echo, garden centres, nurseries and landowners
Cubs and Scouts across Hampshire will be donning their conservation caps once again to take part in the Daily Echo Scouting Challenge 2... IT SPARKED environment-friendly frenzy in Scout huts across Hampshire. Last year the Daily Echo asked groups to
HOUSEHOLDERS suffered thousands of pounds of damage when their homes were flooded after a water pipe burst in Southampton this morning. Hundreds of gallons of water poured into part of Kent Road in St Denys and seeped into properties and gardens at about
HOLD fire - the post crisis will improve. This is the message from industry watchdog Postwatch, which says Royal Mail's radically altered service is not only more efficient, but gives customers what they need. The Daily Echo has been inundated with calls
ONE of Hampshire's biggest live attractions is celebrating its 30th anniversary with its first ever full four-day programme. Winchester Hat Fair, the festival of street theatre, has become a must-see event, attracting tens of thousands of people from
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
Bournemouth Poppies slipped into the bottom three, throwing away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 at Alton. Playing with the wind in the first half, goals from Duncan Wells and Lewis Till had put Poppies in pole position.
IF YOU'RE an up-and-coming band with designs on conquering the pop world, you'll need more than a garden shed to rehearse in. Would-be Southampton stars are now being helped in their ambitions by two Southampton musicians-turned-businessmen who have just
A late goal from centre half Matt Parnell prevented youthful Hamble from signing off on a winning note at AFC Totton. Parnell's equaliser cancelled out a first-half strike from Craig Rickman, which came after the home keeper had fluffed his clearance.
STAFF from the closure-threatened Office for National Statistics (ONS) are today taking their fight to save 1,100 jobs in Titchfield to Downing Street. Five ONS workers will be joined by Fareham MP Mark Hoban when they hand over a 1,500 signature petition
New Forest Juniors took their first tentative steps in the National Junior Athletics League at Portsmouth. With only a small squad of athletes to select from in the under-20 age-group, the fledgling club fielded several under-17s. The women's relays proved
CHANDLER'S Ford residents fighting a controversial telecommunications mast plan in their neighbourhood have been left furious by a planning blunder. For after months of campaigning, the Valley Park locals have now been told that the tetra mast, which
A HUGE question mark hangs over the future of an information and advice centre which has helped thousands of Eastleigh youngsters. Doors to the Eastleigh Lincs Centre - in part of the former Town Hall in Leigh Road - officially opened only two years ago
A WORKER at Chandler's Ford's Asda hypermarket has been bitten by a spider hidden in a bunch of bananas. Today the woman was recovering at home after her ordeal. Store bosses believe the spider arrived in a bag of bananas, although they were unable to
GRAEME Le Saux's season is over after a scan revealed he has torn a hamstring. The recurrence of a recent problem will take a minimum of three weeks to heal, sidelining the left-back until after the final game of the campaign at Charlton. Le Saux has
FORMER Saints skipper Chris Marsden is wanted by the club he grew up supporting, Sheffield Wednesday. Owls boss Chris Turner has confirmed an interest in Marsden, pictured above. The 35-year-old midfielder quit St Mary's at the end of January for South
THERE is just one week to go before the Alberto-Culver Run-4-Fun takes place at Down Grange. The Basingstoke Extra - which, as part of Gazette Newspapers, is supporting the event - today prints another registration form, so that all you dads, lads and
