FORMER Portsmouth striker Warren Hunt marked his Fareham Town debut by wrecking the Wessex League's last 100 per cent record. In the shock result of the night, Fareham upset Guy Whittingham's AFC Newbury 1-0 at Cams Alders. Hunt, a regular scorer for
IT was all White on the night for Brockenhurst at Grigg Lane as they booked their ticket to Lewes in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup with a slender 1-0 win. Having been held 0-0 at Kent Leaguers VCD Athletic on Saturday, Graham Kemp's men finally
LYMINGTON TOWN stormed back to the top of the Division 2 table last night with a 4-0 victory over Brading Town at Southampton Road. After back-to-back defeats by Locks Heath and US Portsmouth, two first-half strikes by Danny Veal helped Town to gain early
FORMER Portsmouth striker Warren Hunt marked his Fareham Town debut by wrecking the Wessex League's last 100 per cent record. In the shock result of the night, Fareham upset Guy Whittingham's AFC Newbury 1-0 at Cams Alders. Hunt, a regular scorer for
IT HAS been sung by Hampshire's players no fewer than 20 times this season. Hampshire's victory song has been the soundtrack to the county's best season since the move to the Rose Bowl. And chairman Rod Bransgrove has heard most of the renditions of '
Poor Portland United stay firmly nailed to the foot of the table without a point to their name following their 6-1 home thrashing by Fareham. Floyd Hamodu opened the scoring after 19 minutes and two well-taken goals by Paul Morby put Fareham in the driving
JAMES HAMBLIN decided to leave Hampshire three weeks before his departure was confirmed. All-rounder Hamblin, pictured above, joins former vice-captain Will Kendall as the only out of contract players to have left Hampshire this year. Both made the decision
AUSTRALIA are backing England to go on to win the ICC Champions Trophy after losing their one-day stranglehold over their arch rivals yesterday. England finally ended a run of 14 consecutive losses to Australia, a sequence which stretched back five years
BOROUGH councillor Phil Heath has called for more openness in the Civic Offices after battling to get information about the town's community wardens. Cllr Heath had a number of queries about the wardens after councillors were given a six-month progress
NEW accusations of behind-the-scenes deal-making have been levelled at two Independent councillors after they gained influential positions on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council committees. The Liberal Democrat/Labour joint administration was kept in
THE new leader of Basingstoke council says he is going to tread carefully as he heads the joint Liberal Democrat/Labour administration for the next year. Liberal Democrat leader Brian Gurden was elected to the hot seat by a single vote at last Thursday's
GAZETTE Newspapers is today launching an appeal with international charity Samaritan's Purse to help provide more than one million of the world's poorest children with a Christmas present this year. Since 1990, Operation Christmas Child has delivered
WHERE would you find the largest collection of widows with hundreds of millions of pounds in the bank? This may be a question that bachelors in north west Hampshire ask themselves. Florida? Monte Carlo? Saudi Arabia? Having analysed my e-mails, I can
AN EXPERIMENT is set to engage the public more closely in the decisions of Hampshire County Council. Area committees will be set up with the aim of taking the county council to the heart of local communities so decision-makers can better reflect the views
ALL three leaders of the chief political parties on Basingstoke council have confirmed to The Gazette that they will be standing in the borough council elections on June 10. Council leader Cllr Rob Donnelly (Labour), deputy council leader Cllr Brian Gurden
GAZETTE readers are being offered the chance to quiz local politicians in the run-up to June's local elections. Currently, the borough council is finely balanced, with a Labour and Liberal Democrat partnership holding power. The Conservative Party, with
CONSERVATIVE Party boss Dr Liam Fox came to Basingstoke this week and said he was confident the town will remain a Tory seat at the next general election. Dr Fox - one of the party's two national chairmen - spoke at a meeting of the Basingstoke Business
THE controversial decision to axe 100 jobs from the Office for National Statistics in Titchfield is part of a broader government attack on Hampshire, an MP said today. Mark Hoban said the jobs blow followed the scrapping of the multi-million-pound south
SOUTHAMPTON driver Jon Barnes collected an early 21st birthday present at Dijon on Sunday - a brace of breathtaking wins in the French rounds of the Autosport Caterham Eurocup. The first of his victories for the Team Parker Racing team came at the expense
WIMBORNE'S Craig Copeland is the BTELawline/Renault MSA British Junior Kart champion after sealing the prestigious crown during the final round of the season at Larkhall on Sunday. The 15-year old, who has enjoyed an excellent year in the UK's premier
EASTLEIGH are still waiting to hear whether former non-league international striker Warren Patmore can be temporarily enticed out of retirement. Their need for a frontline targetman hit home loud and clear in the second half at Gosport Borough on Saturday
BASHLEY boss Geoff Butler is targeting experienced former Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Havant & Waterlooville front-runner Paul Wood to inject some quality into the side. Although the Foresters have had a promising start to their Ryman Division 1 campaign
Winchester City boss Neil Hards dubbed Jamie Musselwhite a "mini Mancey" after he scored one goal and set up two more in the 6-0 hammering of his old club Hamble ASSC. Musselwhite has scored five times in his last five games for the Wessex champions,
Hamble ASSC picked up a useful point in a 1-1 draw with Hamworthy. Steve Whitcher gave Hamble a 15th-minute lead only for Karim Banssaouda to level ten minutes before half time. "I thought that we deserved our point and hopefully things are starting to
A HOUSING development planned for a run down area of Winchester is set to treble in size. Developers Thornfield Properties had originally proposed about 100 homes to be built as part of the Broadway-Friarsgate scheme. But that figure looks set to increase
THE Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester has been awarded high marks in a national survey on healthcare for the over-50s. The Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust came 27th out of more than 200 large acute NHS Trusts in England and Wales
J&K RECRUITMENT moved into new offices earlier this month due to increasing expansion. The company, which specialises in recruiting staff for the care sector, was founded by 31-year-old Darren Lambert in May 2001. It now has approximately 70 staff
A HIGH Court judge has ordered a Hampshire couple to dispose of 100 tropical birds - or take the consequences. Mr Justice Hart issued the warning to Anthony Ward and Sarah Moore yesterday after finding them in contempt of court for failing to end a noise
ONE in five school pupils in Southampton played truant last year, the Daily Echo can reveal. Out of 27,500 pupils in the city, more than 5,600 played hookey for at least one day. In Hampshire the situation was little better with one in six pupils playing
RESULTS from the Daily Echo's shocking survey into school security were today in the hands of Hampshire and Southampton education chiefs. The findings were hand delivered to Hampshire County Council's headquarters in Winchester and Southampton Civic Centre
REBECCA Loos will be swapping Golden Balls for golden chains when she jets into Southampton today to promote a city jewellers' new range at Debenhams. The "Madrid Temptress", who allegedly had an affair with England striker David Beckham, will be in the
Winchester City boss Neil Hards dubbed Jamie Musselwhite a "mini Mancey" after he scored one goal and set up two more in the 6-0 hammering of his old club Hamble ASSC. Musselwhite has scored five times in his last five games for the Wessex champions,
The Hives, Southampton Guildhall THE tone is somewhat different but this band is the greatest Swedish export since ABBA. Judging by the reaction of their hardened followers, they are proving to be real crowd-pleasers. Five-piece The Hives took the Southampton
A GIFT of land to provide Eastleigh residents with extra recreation and burial ground was signed and sealed after council officers approved an application for a major housing development in Fair Oak. Eastleigh Council's Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton
IT was a case of keeping it in the family when Cub leader Jenny Hughes wanted to give a dozen young members of the Botley-based 29th Broad Oak Cub pack a boost with working towards their local heritage badge. The youngsters will eventually be asked to
PLANS to put up a memorial to honour Saints legend Ted Bates look set to be backed by Southampton leisure chiefs today. But it looks unlikely any statue will be erected at St Mary's. And the city council will NOT be putting their hands in their pockets
SAINTS are bidding to avoid adding a new name to the list of shame printed on the right. Incredibly, they have lost SEVENTEEN times to non top-flight opposition in the last 25 years in both FA Cup and League Cup action. But only once, at Shrewsbury in
STEVE WIGLEY has rejected any talk of panic at Saints. But the head coach has stressed that winning "means everything" at Northampton tonight. After a slow start in the league, an early exit from the Carling Cup at the Coca Cola League Two outfit is unthinkable
GORDON STRACHAN believes Saints' strikeforce is good enough to steer them clear of trouble. The former St Mary's boss is confident Steve Wigley's team will not become embroiled in a battle at the foot of table this season and predicted: "They will be
THERE'LL be nothing scary about Dead Men Walking on the stage at The Anvil tomorrow night. The band is comprised of music legends, including Mike Peters from The Alarm, Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols, Kirk Brandon of Spear of Destiny and Slim Jim Phantom
TICKETS were sold out when folk singer Cara Dillon performed at The Anvil two years ago. Having wowed the crowds at this summer's WOMAD concert in Reading, Cara returns to The Anvil on Sunday, October 3. The singer, who has seduced the whole country in
VENDORS have spent the last couple of years refurbishing a Balfour Beatty-built house in contemporary styling. The house is in Trellis Drive on The Topiary, in Lychpit, which is a development built on a village concept in the late 1980s. Estate agents
EASTLEIGH are still waiting to hear whether former non-league international striker Warren Patmore can be temporarily enticed out of retirement. Their need for a frontline targetman hit home loud and clear in the second half at Gosport Borough on Saturday
AN ENJOYABLE year of hard work is how Councillor Gerry Traynor has characterised the last 13 months that he has spent as Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane. The South Ham Labour councillor's term of office was due to end last Thursday at the formal mayor-making
ALL three main political parties have reacted with horror to the news that the British National Party (BNP) is to set up a branch in the Basingstoke and Hart council areas, and may even put up a General Election candidate. Roger Robertson, a candidate
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, roro, 0030, 201; Kay L, cargo, 0100, 102/3; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Adonia, passenger, 0645, 106; Figaro, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; OOCL Rotterdam, container, 0830, 207; Comet Ace, roro, 0930, 202; Autoprestige
TOP model Jodie Kidd has become the first member of a new executive airline launched today at Southampton Airport. Called Club 328, the company has taken delivery of eight luxury Dornier commercial planes at its headquarters at Southampton Airport, to
VERWOOD'S Rizla Crescent Suzuki team enjoyed their finest hour at Donington Park on Sunday when they clinched the Think British Superbike Championship. John Reynolds needed eight points from the final two rounds to put top rival Michael Rutter out of
MATT SPEAKMAN is back on track for a Super Coupe Cup class win after chalking up his third victory of the season at Snetterton in his Rover Gti. The young Southampton driver, pictured, had to withstand a great deal of bumping andboring to get his car
It was all White on the night for Brockenhurst at Grigg Lane as they booked their ticket to Lewes in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup with a slender 1-0 win. Having been held 0-0 at Kent Leaguers VCD Athletic on Saturday, Graham Kemp's men finally
Assistant manager Sean New hailed AFC Totton's 2-1 victory over Tunbridge Wells as "our best performance of the season". "All the players were outstanding today and it was our best performance of the season. They were absolutely fantastic and I couldn't
THERE was no happy return to Faraday Road for former Newbury favourite Andy Leader as the BAT boss watched his team crash out of the competition 4-0 to their 100 per cent Wessex League rivals. BAT keeper Gareth Barfoot saved Lee Chudy's 23rd-minute penalty
THE Boatmen of VTFC scuppered the hopes of a first-game victory for new Downton manager Jeff Softley as they continued their cracking start to life in the SWL with a 2-1 away success. Steve Wheatland gave VT the lead after 52 minutes, heading home from
WAYNE SHEPHERD scored twice as Trojans beat Woking 4-2 at Stoneham Lane to secure a place in the second round of the EHA Cup. The evergreen Trojans man twice tucked away short corners to clinch a second round trip to Winchmore Hill & Enfield. Paul
A FIRE which severely damaged a derelict building in Southampton is not being treated as suspicious. Six fire engines from Totton, Redbridge, St Mary's and Hightown and about 30 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze at the Old Lancaster Steel Works
A CASH-strapped charity that supports some of Southampton's poorest people has been given a vital lifeline. As previously reported in the Daily Echo, SCRATCH is struggling with a £40,000 black hole in its accounts because of delays in receiving £500,000
THE only living survivor of the famous Second World War ship HMS Hood paid a special visit to Fareham's HMS Collingwood to officially open a £3m building named in its honour. Ted Briggs, 81, was the guest of honour at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark
JAMES BEATTIE is a major doubt for tonight's Carling Cup match at Northampton - with Leon Best and Peter Crouch both in contention for a starting place. Star striker Beattie has a minor Achilles problem and joins Graeme Le Saux (foot) and Anders Svensson
JELLE VAN DAMME is set for his first Saints start tonight in the Carling Cup at Northampton - and is aiming to channel his frustration at not playing into a selection headache for head coach Steve Wigley. The Belgian, who was signed from Ajax during the
TIMES may have changed since Vauxhalls were lusted after, but the suggestion that a car from the Griffin empire goes better with a diesel under its bonnet no longer provokes shrieks of laughter. This is true of the firm's Astra, which is already a winner
BISHOP'S WALTHAM hat-trick hero Matty Harfield illuminated Priory Park with a stunning first-half treble last night after a floodlight failure had delayed their Wessex League Cup clash with Verwood. The preliminary round tie kicked off 20 minutes late
BASED on a true story of two experienced scuba divers stranded in shark-infested waters thanks to their careless tour boat crew. Their disappearance is not noticed until 24 hours later and a rescue mission was immediately launched to search where they
BASINGSTOKE bus operator Stagecoach has been accused of putting profit ahead of people by cutting an essential bus service from next month. The company is planning to axe part of the number five service which takes customers from Popley to Basingstoke
AN ADVERT for low-cost airline Flybe, which has a regional hub in Southampton, has been labelled "irresponsible" for encouraging football fans to harass the Swiss referee who presided over England's controversial exit from Euro 2004. The airline, Flybe.com
Lymington & New Milton notched up an impressive 2-0 victory at Molseley in their FA Cup qualifier. Home defender Phil Caughter headed a Ben Thomson cross past his own keeper to give the Linnets a 42nd-minute lead and Darren Crook sealed matters ten
AS PRIVILEGED guests settle into their seats today at Hampshire's cradle of cricket, they could be forgiven for looking a shade smug. After all, they are the fortunate recipients of gold dust hospitality tickets, which are worth at least £299 each, compared
A TEENAGER forced police into a three-hour stand-off after refusing to come down from an electricity sub-station that was pumping 33,000 volts of electricity to Southampton homes. Trained police negotiators were brought in to try and talk the youngster
SOUTHAMPTON'S controversial once a fortnight rubbish collection scheme may be scrapped after all, the Daily Echo can reveal. Labour councillors look set to scupper an attempt by the ruling Liberal Democrat group to finally draw a line under the controversy
IT'S the little things that matter. The tale of Romsey schoolboy Josh Hartley, 12, and his three brothers has moved big-hearted local residents to raise nearly £8,000 for the Anthony Nolan Trust. Josh and his three brothers Nathan, 10, Daniel, 8 and Luke
THE BODY of a man was retrieved by the Yarmouth lifeboat yesterday from the Needles Channel off Shingles Beach. The body - that of a white man in his 60s - was brought ashore at Yarmouth and transferred to the mortuary at St Mary's Hospital in Newport
A FED-UP Locks Heath resident has launched a one-man crusade against "horrendous" council tax hikes. Chris Hill, 43, took his campaign to the streets of Fareham yesterday, dressed as a judge and handing out leaflets to passers-by. His placard-waving protest
NEW Basingstoke Bison Canad-ian forward Jeff Corey was described as a "bang-crash" player, when he joined the Herd earlier this season. So far, the 23-year-old, from Niagara Falls, Ontario, is living up to that tag in his first season as a professional
THE godfather and icon of acid jazz, Roy Ayers, will be reworking his classic tunes with the help of The African Jazz Allstars at The Anvil on Thursday, September 30. The stunning jazz vibist has worked with some of the biggest names since the 1960s.
