Teenager Amber Ghanouni has been on an expedition of a lifetime following in the footsteps of her remarkable mother. Kate Thompson finds out more... IT TOOK several days of delayed flights and arduous train journeys to reach their destination but intrepid
Fleming Park has plenty to offer golfers of all abilities. The relative shortness of the course is ideally suited to the higher handicap player, while the trickiness of some of the holes is a challenge to the more advanced golfer. BOB BRUNSKELL dips into
ONE of Southampton's retail giants today sought to allay staff concerns that they would have to put in 40 extra hours each over Christmas and the New Year. Debenhams, which employs 500 people at its city store, admitted it is to extend trading hours over
THE FIGHT against cowboy companies ripping off consumers took another step forward as another ten traders won Hampshire County Council Trading Standards' seal of approval. Consumers now have a wider choice of reliable traders than ever before after cycle
HE'S made his bed - and now he can lay in it! Lee McNeill, who has spent eight years working with one of the country's leading bedding companies, found himself on a dream assignment away from the factory near Southampton. The 25-year-old bedmaker was
RECREATIONAL sea anglers should have the same say as trawler fishermen when it comes to managing the fish they are both trying to catch - according to fisheries minister Ben Bradshaw. "Sea Anglers have been saying to me and my predecessors for years that
A LYMINGTON man died after his motorcycle ploughed into a car towing a horsebox and burst into flames on a New Forest road, an inquest heard. Paul Hill, 38, of Everton was thrown from his Triumph bike into the road. His motorbike, the horsebox and the
A MAJOR fundraising event will take place in the New Forest next month in aid of the area's only hospice. The annual Bike & Hike Charity Challenge will be staged on October 3 - and is expected to raise thousands of pounds for Oakhaven Hospice at Lymington
A TEENAGE girl has been banned from part of a Hampshire town centre for two years. Rebecca Strevens, 14, pictured, vandalised a bus station and repeatedly intimidated shopkeepers and residents in a reign of terror lasting months. Magistrates handed her
FORMER Sunday Express journalist Yvonne Ridley, who was seized by the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan, was in Southampton on Sunday. Ms Ridley, who has since converted to Islam, gave a talk about her experiences at an event staged by the city's
MARWELL Zoo's tiger cub Zambar has joined the big guys after moving in with his dad Gamin. Up to now six-month-old Zambar has been cared for by keepers at the zoo near Winchester after being rejected by his mother Yenna shortly after birth. After several
SOUTHAMPTON Saints' boss Sue Lopez is hoping a dose of experience will inject some much-needed life into their season. Going into tomorrow's home match with AFC Wimbledon (Winchester City FC, 12 noon), Saints' young pups are still without a point in the
LEE Rodriguez showed talented athletes from far and wide a clean pairs of heels as he raced to victory on familiar roads in the New Forest Half Marathon. The hugely popular event - one of the biggest and best organised in the south - again attracted a
COUNCIL bosses have given the green light for a 15-bedroom hotel in Netley Abbey to be converted into flats -despite being told that it would hit Eastleigh's tourism industry. The Victoria Park Hotel in Station Road will be turned into 13 one-bedroom
ONE of Hampshire's leading ship outfitters has just finished refurbishing a fleet tanker that supplies fuel to Britain's warships. The four-month Black Rover contract represented Trimline's biggest contract for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) in more
SAINTS teenager Leon Best could be in line for his first senior start tomorrow in the Carling Cup tie at Northampton Town. Best, who celebrated his 18th birthday by coming on as a sub against Newcastle at St Mary's, has enjoyed an outstanding start to
IT WORKED for Sir Alex Ferguson when Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs was a schoolboy prodigy at Old Trafford at the beginning of the 1990s. A few years later and Joe Cole was not so lucky. When Chelsea midfielder Cole was a 14-year-old at West Ham
A HAMPSHIRE mum is taking the Ministry of Defence to court after a series of alleged blunders meant she gave birth to a severely-disabled baby while stationed in Cyprus. Debra Crowton's five-year-old daughter Amelia needs round-the-clock care due to brain
Scientists are warning about the dangers of too much salt in our diet. Figures show that half the population now consume more than the recommended 6g daily... Although it's a vital nutrient in our daily diet, scientists are now warning that salt could
Fleming Park has plenty to offer golfers of all abilities. The relative shortness of the course is ideally suited to the higher handicap player, while the trickiness of some of the holes is a challenge to the more advanced golfer. BOB BRUNSKELL dips into
Today's Principal Arrivals: NYK Canopus, container, 0015, 206; Gran Bretagna, vehicle, 0530, 202; CFF Solent, roro, 0700, 30; Maersk Wind, roro, 0730, 34/35; P&O Nedlloyd Sydney, container, 1000, 207; Nordsee, cargo, am, sct; Pacific leader, vehicle
THE Daily Echo-backed Hampshire Business Awards continue to go from strength to strength. The black-tie event, now in its 14th year and widely regarded as the crme de la crme of business awards in the county, attracted a crowd of 180 people. They are
WINCHESTER police are to launch a two-weekend campaign against booze-fuelled antisocial behaviour. Officers will clamp down on drunken yobs together with pubs, clubs and off-licences which sell alcohol irresponsibly. Supt Bob Rose of North Walls police
THE manager of Winchester's youth hostel has warned its closure would be a blow to tourism in the city. Laurence Garvin warned that Winchester would lose visitors from both the UK and overseas if the hostel, one of Britain's oldest, is shut. He said:
Hundreds of volunteers aged from 16 to 94 are providing invaluable help to health professionals, but more are needed to swell their ranks... THEY are the unsung heroes of Southamp-ton's hospitals. From students to pensioners, a loyal army of volunteers
RESIDENTS of homes backing on to Southampton Common have vowed to fight council plans to restrict their access to the city's green lung. City chiefs are set to grab back land from people's gardens to stop the Common from shrinking. It is thought hundreds
DON'T talk to strangers. Those words have been drummed into schoolchildren for decades. When Daily Echo reporters tested security at schools across Hampshire and Southampton last week, it appeared that some children had not taken the message to heart.
IT'S one hell of a takeaway. One customer was so impressed by the food at a Hampshire Indian restaurant that he came from Gloucestershire to collect it - in a military jet. He landed at Southampton International Airport yesterday, where staff from Winchester
IT'S one of the biggest complaints from people who regularly use our railways Now passengers at Southampton Central station can at least wait for their train in comfort. A new waiting room on the London Waterloo-bound platform has been opened as part
SOUTHAMPTON'S best known ferret Frankie has died on the eve of what would have been his biggest showbiz break. Six-year-old Frankie died of a suspected heart attack just a day before he was due to appear on morning television with Keith Chegwyn after
A SANDWICH shop owner is counting the cost after vandals were suspected of messing about with his electricity supply. John Dunn, who runs Sanbags in the High Street, Fareham, estimates he lost up to £3,000 after being forced to throw away the contents
SAINTS may have to convince 13 other Premiership clubs to back a rule change if they are to save Steve Wigley's job. As the row over Wigley's coaching qualifications rumbles on, it appears there are now only TWO alternatives open to Saints if he is to
