EMPLOYERS from across Hampshire rolled out to recruit at the Daily Echo-backed Job Scene Roadshow yesterday. More than 20 organisations representing numerous industry sectors offering hundreds of jobs and training opportunities were at the event at Southamp-ton's
Henry Castle's long time coach since turning pro, Fred Phillips, is well and truly putting him through a hard session on the pads in readiness for his Southampton bout on the Jack Bishop bill of June 26. Featherweight Henry had a serious operation on
It was back in August 2003 that Ampfield 1st X1 last won a game of competitive cricket so there was no concern shown by the Portsmouth 3rd team as they warmed up in readiness for this game. The toss was won by Portsmouth and they elected to field leaving
RYMAN League new boys Lymington & New Milton are believed to be leading the chase for released Eastleigh duo Martin Beck and Sam Wyeth. The pair featured only intermittently in Eastleigh's Ryman Premier promotion campaign and, with manager Paul Doswell
DAN GOLDSTRAW aims to write himself into the ECB Southern Electric Premier League record books tomorrow. The six foot three inch BAT left-arm pace bowler needs three more victims to become the first bowler to take 200 wickets in the competition's six-year
PETER Kain always dreamt about forging a career as a writer, but teenage aspirations to become a newspaper reporter were forgotten when an offer to work as a tea boy on the Daily Sketch did not sound inspiring. The Barton on Sea resident chose instead
LOOK out! The manufacturing boom in the south appears to be faltering, with the first "storm signals" in a decade. The Confederation of British Industry's latest quarterly survey - watched like hawks by business leaders across the region - reveals that
SMALL businesses in Hampshire feel less part of their local community than ever before, according to the NatWest/SERTeam quarterly survey of small businesses. In the days of Internet based working, long commutes and far-flung distribution deals, more
WESSEX One outfit BAT have unveiled a 24-year-old as their new first-team boss. Danny Ackland, a former first-year pro at Charlton Athletic, must be one of, if not the youngest managers in senior football. He takes over the Southern Gardens reins from
AN afternoon of fun and friendship has been lined up for St Matthew's Church Hall Field at Netley Marsh on Sunday (1.45pm to 5pm). As part of the Make Poverty History campaign, a festival of Soft-Ball fun Cricket, with background music from a steel band
A MAJOR political row has broken out after three non-elected members of the borough's standards committee quit. Committee chairman, Stuart Aiken, Kenneth Elderfield and Barrie Wickens resigned last week, claiming some members of the standards committee
A ROMSEY hairdresser has almost certainly saved the life of a customer by spotting a potentially deadly mole while she styled her hair. Louise James spotted the mole on the scalp of regular customer, Jane Rode, during her monthly appointment at the salon
ONE of the UK's oldest and most popular youth hostels is set to close after the long standing partnership between the National Trust and the Youth Hostel Association collapsed after 75-years. The hostel in Winchester has always been based in part of the
A last-minute campaign by hundreds of local people has failed to stop Winches-ter civic chiefs from pressing on with plans for big in-creases in residents'-only parking fees. Thousands of city centre residents face rises of up to 233 per cent for permits
MINI enthusiasts by the thousand from across Europe converged on a south coast resort last weekend for the biggest annual Mini run. Members of Mini owners' clubs (MOC) not only took part in the 20th anniversary London to Brighton Mini Run but also staged
IN partnership with Gowrings Mobility, the UK's leading manufacturer and supplier of wheelchair passenger vehicles, Renault is delighted to announce that it has sold its 2,000th wheelchair-accessible Renault Kangoo conversion, the most achieved by any
A WATERSIDE school will present two annual awards in memory of a popular pupil who was killed in an accident. Ryan Liddon, who went to Hardley School in Long Lane, Holbury, was walking through Hythe last September when he was hit by a car. Now the school
NEW Forest police have been hailed as among the best in the country in a glowing report by independent inspectors. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary compared the New Forest Basic Command Unit (BCU) with 14 similar units across England. Inspectors
Starlight Express has blown away audiences at The Mayflower in Southampton. NOEL DAVIES caught up with the show's female lead Jane Horn to find out why. JANE Horn can still remember the biggest cheer she got playing Pearl in the glitzy stage musical Starlight
A CONTEMPORARY double bill of productions dealing with homosexuality hit the stage at The Nuffield in Southampton on Sunday. Adapted for the stage by the touring company Zip Antics, Go Fish and The Fat Boy deal with the trials and tribulations of a gay
Hungry for some laughs? What's On gives you the definitive line-up of the best comedy in the south this week. CHORTLE Best Newcomer Award nominee Stuart Hudson joins the equally talented Yianni Agisilaou and Nick Page at The Mitre-based comedy club in
WHEN a Hampshire soldier was deployed to Iraq, little did he know his tour of duty would include a starring role in a spoof pop video. Sergeant Talbot Percy-Bell's face is currently being beamed across television stations and the Internet after he took
ALL discounted tickets for Northam residents to see the forthcoming Elton John concert at St Mary's stadium have been sold out. Concert promoters Marshall Arts offered people living near the venue several hundred tickets priced at £25 - £10 less than
EMPLOYERS from across Hampshire rolled out to recruit at the Daily Echo-backed Job Scene Roadshow yesterday. More than 20 organisations representing numerous industry sectors offering hundreds of jobs and training opportunities were at the event at Southamp-ton's
THE first phase of a comprehensive headstone inspection in Test Valley cemeteries begins in June in the old part of St Mary's cemetery, Andover. From 13 June to 15 June a small inspection team will be undertaking a safety audit of memorials in this part
This week Alex Harvey chats to Ricky Ross, the former lead singer of Scottish band Deacon Blue... THE idea of a Scotsman not agreeing with the concept of the public house is like a Saints fan throwing in their jersey for the blue of Pompey - you just
THE Access Festival at the Mayflower Park on Southampton's waterfront returns on Saturday, featuring some of the area's hottest bands. The Shan, Murmur, The Sways, Six Nation State and Dead! Dead! Dead! all appear in the free, eight hour-long music marathon
WITH just over a week to go, more than 250 runners have already entered the Ropley 10k Road Race. Organised in association with Southampton RC and Hursley Hash House Harriers, the event starts at 11am on Sunday, May 29, just below St Peters Church, Ropley
Your guide to the south's jazz, blues, folk, classical and alternative music scene. The final concert of the Turner Sims 30th anniversary season features a recital on an instrument that is central to the concert hall and yet it wasn't a feature there
TEST Valley Borough Council is raising awareness about the impact noise can have on neighbours in advance of Noise Action Week which runs from Monday to Friday. Noise can cause disruption and distress to everyone. Officers at Test Valley's environment
BURGHCLERE Down Community Centre at Berry Way in Andover was a hive of activity at the weekend when the relatively new community gathered for a spring craft fair event. The Burghclere Down Community Association organised the event to get the community
TIDWORTH shops that depend on soldiers' spending money are in for a tough time this summer as most of the garrison's troops are away either training or on active service overseas. Garrison commander Col Carron Snagge told Ludgershall residents' forum
ANDOVER mum Victoria Daley is urging people to nominate parents in the Childcare Champion Awards after winning the 2004 awards herself. Victoria along with friends Joanne Rankin and Marie Hayward were nominated for the award after setting up a care group
TAKING a guided tour of the hometown she knew like the back of her hand was the first sign of Grace Starnes's enduring love for husband Harry - a love lasting more than 60 years. On Monday, the day of their diamond wedding anniversary, Charnwood Close
THE wait could soon be over for hundreds of Locks Heath residents wanting to dive into a new public swimming pool. Fareham Council is to release a plot of land at the Locks Heath Centre in the hope that a developer will snap it up for a swimming pool
EASTLEIGH citizens cannot wait for the curtain to rise on a multi-million-pound leisure production which would bring cinema back to the town in a spectacular way. Film buffs, starved of the movies since the town's old Regal closed in the early 1980s,
CONTROVERSIAL moves to sweep away free car parking in Eastleigh's shopping streets in less than 12 months have been given the go ahead. Civic chiefs last night agreed to introduce on-street charges of 30p for 30 minutes for prime roadside parking slots
HARRY Redknapp will seek assurances he can attempt to rewrite his own history if Liverpool land Saints ace Peter Crouch. The European Champions League finalists are reported to have joined an ever-increasing list of admirers for the man who belted 16
HARRY REDKNAPP could hold the key to Rupert Lowe's future. At present the majority of Saints fans appear to want Redknapp to carry on as manager. But calls for Lowe to step down as chairman have been loud ever since Sunday's relegation. Should Redknapp
SAINTS have suffered an income penalty from their high-profile sponsor following relegation. Friends Provident pays £1m a year for its rose logo and name at the club's £32m stadium and on the players' kit. But a Friends' contract clause has triggered
HARRY Redknapp will seek assurances he can attempt to rewrite his own history if Liverpool succeed with a reported £6m bid for Saints ace Peter Crouch. The European Champions League finalists are reported to have joined an ever-increasing list of admirers
What's On looks at the arthouse films on local screens. THE University College of Winchester launches its first International Student Film Festival entitled Screen today. The two-day event will feature a varied and eclectic mix of international films
Which films were top at the box office this week. 1. THE INTERPRETER (12A): Nicole Kidman stars in this high-octane thriller as Silvia Broome, a brilliant interpreter who is taken into protective custody after overhearing a possible assassination attempt
THE Daily Echo's 15,000 signature petition calling for Hythe Ferry to be saved was due to be officially handed over today. New Forest East MP Julian Lewis and Daily Echo representatives were presenting the petition to the Valuation Office Agency in Southampton
FRESH food, something we all look for when we go out for a meal, but rarely get. That's where the newly opened Canute Caf differs. Owned and run by Jenny and Craig Fox-Johnson, the Canute Caf aims to provide fresh, natural food for people to enjoy in
The basketball season has proved to be a truly memorable one for The Mountbatten School, Language and Sports College, with all its teams enjoying a high level of success. Early in the season, the U13 team won the Southampton and District Tournament, in
RICHARD BLAND slipped agonisingly off the leaderboard at the Nissan Irish Open yesterday after battling his way up to tenth. The Southampton star, whose best performance on the European Tour came with a second place in Ireland three years ago, played
WESSEX One outfit BAT have unveiled a 24-year-old as their new first-team boss. Danny Ackland, a former first-year pro at Charlton Athletic, must be one of, if not the youngest managers in senior football. He takes over the Southern Gardens reins from
Today's Principal Arrivals: Nedlloyd America, container, 0330, 204; Morning Noble, 0430, 40; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0615, 30; OOCL Faith, container, 0700, 205; Arcadia, passenger, 0700, 106; CMA CGM Baudelaire, container, 0800, 207; Aegean Breeze, ro/ro, 1200
LOCAL staff at UK Top 60 accountant MorleyandScott are pictured toasting the firm's 70th birthday outside their Whiteley office. Hampshire lead partner Adrian Price described it as "a significant milestone". The firm, which also has an office in Portsmouth
RYMAN League new boys Lymington & New Milton are believed to be leading the chase for released Eastleigh duo Martin Beck and Sam Wyeth. The pair featured only intermittently in Eastleigh's Ryman Premier promotion campaign and, with manager Paul Doswell
THE new Totton & Eling Tennis Centre has joined forces with Countrywide Films, makers of Meridian TV's Country Ways, to provide a programme of adult coaching. Countrywide's sponsorship will ensure at least 60 local adults currently not involved in
ROMSEY has been promised more specialists street markets. Borough leader, Ian Carr, made the announcement while setting out the council's aims for the coming year. Mr Carr said: "We will have more specialised markets in both Romsey and Andover." Afterwards
ROMSEY'S new mayor has promised to promote the town and champion volunteers. Shortly after taking office on Tuesday evening, schoolteacher Jill Gethin announced she wanted to promote Romsey as a "market" town. "I feel it is vital Romsey retains its identity
AN Internet cafe has reopened in Winchester after a six-month closure. Jamie's Internet Cafe in Parchment Street has opened for business - the only such facility in the city. Formerly known as The Byte, it closed last December when operators, the Winchester
ROAD safety organisation RoadSafe is calling on motorists to 'tread carefully' this summer following independent research undertaken by MIRA Ltd (formerly the Motor Industry Research Association) which reveals that braking performance deteriorates in
AS number plates go, they don't get much sexier than 'F1'. The ultimate "look-at-me" registration plate is to be auctioned by Bonhams at next month's Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale of Collectors' Motor Cars, Automobilia and F1 Memorabilia. The sale is
SNAP a photo of a Ford vehicle in Britain and you could spend the rest of the year in a sporty new Ford Fiesta ST. Ford Motor Company Ltd, established in Britain in 1904, is this year celebrating the 40th birthday of the country's most popular van - the
AN urgent search is on for a team of community health workers to care for a 19-month-old baby who has spent all his life on hospital wards. Daily Echo health reporter Sarah Cole reports... BABY Euan Burke just wants to go home. For the first 19 months
THERE are now just a few tickets remaining for Jimmy Carr's stand-up show at The Anvil on June 10. Jimmy, one of the most original comedians in Britain today, left work as a psychotherapist to become a stand-up in 1998. At 2003's Edinburgh Festival, he
AWARD-winning Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre have stars in their eyes as it has just been announced that their recent ground-breaking production of Citizenship is to transfer to the West End stage. The play will be performed at The Jermyn Street Theatre
I'LL Be Back Before Midnight is a gripping drama with plenty of twists and turns right up until the final climax. Starring former EastEnders actor Andrew Lynford the show runs at the Theatre Royal in Winchester until tomorrow night. Tickets from £7.50
CONTROVERSIAL plans to transfer Southampton City Council's leisure services to an independent trust have been thrown out - three years and more than £350,000 after they were first proposed. The proposals, which were due to enter their second feasibility
THE force is well and truly alive in Southampton according to hundreds of fans who have packed out screenings of the long awaited instalment of the Star Wars epics at the city's Odeon cinema. Staff - and even some eager fans - at the Leisure World cinema
A BABY boy is stuck in Southampton General Hospital - even though doctors have declared him well enough to go home. Little Euan Burke, pictured left with parents Ellie Noke and Chris Burke, suffers from cardiac and lung problems. He was born 19 months
THE wife of a football fan left in a coma after being viciously assaulted has called on the Southampton public to find his attacker. Jamie Turner remains on a life-support machine five days after he was beaten with a baseball bat minutes before the kick-off
SAINTS legend Alan Ball has sold his World Cup winner's medal and cap for a record sum. The 1966 medal went under the hammer at Christie's in London yesterday for £164,800, a world record for a football medal and an item of memorabilia from that World
THE Daily Echo's 15,000 signature petition calling for Hythe Ferry to be saved was due to be officially handed over today. New Forest East MP Julian Lewis and Daily Echo representatives were presenting the petition to the Valuation Office Agency in Southampton
A FREE open-air music festival will take place in Southampton's Mayflower Park tomorrow courtesy of students from Southampton Institute. The Access Festival 2005 will feature a diverse range of music performed on a purpose-built stage from midday until
DRASTIC action needs to be taken if this area is to both meet its recycling targets and avoid punitive fines and council tax hikes imposed via EU legislation. The three local authorities in the Andover Advertiser circulation area have some of the lowest
A NEW Andover centre for former drug addicts has been given the thumbs up by Test Valley Borough Councillors. Recovering addicts will receive counselling by appointment at the Crime Reduction Initiatives (CRI) centre two days a week. The centre was described
What's On's ultimate guide to the south's club scene. BOURNEMOUTH'S Slinky have announced that club God Judge Jules will headline at the south's biggest club night on June 10 alongside rising stars Scott Project and Dave Lea. The Judge is one of the country's
CELEBRATIONS surrounded the wedding day of Monxton Couple Bob and Peggy Rogers and 60 years on celebrations surrounded their diamond wedding anniversary. The couple were married on 9 May 1945, the day after street parties to celebrate VE Day and the day
What's on in the south this month. ONE of the best T-Rex tribute bands around plays The Brook in Southampton tonight. T Rextasy won the 2002 BBC Battle of the Fantasy Bands competition and since then have become one of the most sought-after tribute bands
TESTWAY Housing is investigating complaints about children causing a nuisance as they play ball games in Andover's Reynolds Court. The youngsters were so upset when they heard about the complaints that they signed a joint letter to the Andover Advertiser
ONE of Andover's world class manufacturing businesses is to increase investment and its product range at a time when many other companies are scaling back activities. However, a report in a national newspaper detailing an impending sale of Britax Childcare
SARSEN Housing Association, which celebrates its 10th birthday this year, has spent £37 million on maintenance over the decade to deal with a backlog of repairs. "A lot of money was spent on improvements to heating systems, double glazing, bathrooms and
WITH just over a week to go, more than 250 runners have already entered the Ropley 10k Road Race. Organised in association with Southampton RC and Hursley Hash House Harriers, the event starts at 11am on Sunday, May 29, just below St Peters Church, Ropley
A FORMER Eastleigh mayor has secured thousands of pounds for transport services for the elderly and disabled after making an emotional plea to councillors. Councillor Maureen Sollitt - who was first citizen four years ago - successfully urged the borough's
ANTTI NIEMI is committed to doing "what is right for Saints" following Sunday's relegation from the Premiership. The Finnish goalkeeper is someone who could attract interest from big Premiership clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal, but his agent
SAINTS have been praised by Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore for coming near the top of the Fair Play League. Although the club were 20th in the Premiership, they were seventh in the FP League. Spurs may play in next season's UEFA Cup
THE Daily Echo can today reveal the staggering financial facts behind Saints' relegation. In 2004/05 the club earnt £340,000 every time they were involved in a live Sky TV match and £250,000 for a Sky Pay Per View game. They also banked the £8.8m fee
THE final piece of the Star Wars puzzle slots neatly into place with Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, a dark and emotionally intense chapter concentrating on the fall of Anakin Skywalker and his rebirth as the fearsome Darth Vader. As the film's 12A
