CHRIS TREMLETT took the first hat-trick of his career as Hampshire returned to the top of the County Championship and roared: "Now we can win the title." Fast bowler Tremlett sent Hampshire 12 points clear at the top of division one by dismissing Mark
BASHLEY Rydal's stay as ECB Southern Electric Premier League leaders has ended almost as abruptly as it began. Just seven days after topping the log for the first time since June 1999, they crashed to a six-wicket defeat against Bournemouth on a grassy
A SPOT of tree planting was the order of the day when Prince Charles made a special visit to Bramshill Police College in north Hampshire. The recently-wed royal visited the college, near Hartley Wintney, on Wednesday, chiefly to honour the courage of
A BOWLS grudge match will be played in a north Hampshire village after a TV pundit made an ill-advised quip. Eddie Wardle, 63, of Recreation Road, Odiham, was watching GMTV in April when he heard something which raised his hackles. Mr Wardle, who is president
RARE and vintage vehicles of all shapes and sizes attracted the crowds to a special event at Milestones museum. The bank holiday weekend saw the fifth annual Steam and Vintage Rally at the Basingstoke museum. About 150 steam engines, steam rollers and
A GROUP of explorers is preparing to take part in a trek across Peru to raise money for charity. The team, consisting of three employees from Honeysuckle Interiors, Rectory Road, Oakley, and the husband of one of the staff members, will fly out to Peru
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A NEW drive to help workers avoid back injuries has been launched after figures showed the problem was losing British firms 4.9 million days every year. The Health and Safety Executive said employees who have a work-related back condition take an average
OLYMPIC silver medallist Peter Waterfield had plenty to smile about as he won two medals at the Rome Diving Grand Prix at the weekend. The Southampton splash sensation, pictured, won a silver in the ten-metre platform final and came close to beating Russian
THEY came in their thousands from across the south to show their support for a global issue. Almost 2,000 people formed a human ring around Winchester Cathedral to peacefully protest about world poverty. There was also a picnic in Abbey Gardens followed
HEALTH chiefs have presented an award to a Hampshire pub that has banned smoking. The White Hart, at Cadnam, has received a platinum award from the Breathe Inn Scheme, which is run by New Forest Primary Care Trust and the district council. Platinum awards
A LONG-RUNNING battle to stop Orange siting a phone mast at Winchester's Byron Avenue, close to Western School, has taken another twist. With public inquiries and High Court hearings going against them, campaigners are waiting to learn if they can take
NEARLY 30 people from the Stockbridge Road and Oram's Arbour areas of Winchester have put their concerns about criminal damage and antisocial behaviour to the city's MP Mark Oaten and representatives from the police, city and county councils. Residents
A TALENTED student died after a drunken end-of-term students' prank went wrong, an inquest heard. Martyn Filder, 22, a final-year business studies student at Bournemouth University and former Saints Academy footballer, suffered fatal head injuries in
POLICE have arrested a man in connection with a fatal collision near Marwell Zoo, Fishers Pond, on Wednesday morning. Shortly after 11am, a blue Rover MG ZS lost control and left the carriageway near Marwell Manor Farm at the junction of Portsmouth Road
A FORMER chief ambulance officer has condemned the move to reduce the amount of ambulance stations across Hampshire to just three. Last week the Hampshire Chronicle revealed that 16 Hampshire stations are facing closure by 2008, with stations in Winchester
WINCHESTER'S best known busker was evicted on Wednesday. The riverside dome home in which Frank Williams has lived for more than a decade was dismantled. The action followed Winchester City Council winning its three-year- county court battle against Mr
TWO men jumped a Securicor guard outside a Winchester bank and made off with £25,000 this week. The courier was delivering the cash to the Royal Bank of Scotland in the High Street at 3.20pm on Wednesday. His driver parked their dark blue Securicor van
THE top quiz game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is coming to the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre next month, with a new Jaguar X-Type up for grabs! Family Fortunes host Les Dennis, pictured, will present the live, interactive quiz show, which takes
POLICE are to target antisocial youths in the Lordswood area of Southampton. Officers have been given the power to break up groups of teenagers hanging about in the streets. The new dispersal order means police can move in on groups of more than two people
BOB GELDOF has urged the south's sailors and boat owners to ferry thousands of demonstrators across the Channel to join Britain's biggest ever protest rally. The Band Aid founder wants one million people to converge on Edinburgh for the opening of the
THREE more parts of Southampton have failed to meet government air pollution targets. Town Quay, the junction of Romsey Road and Winchester Road, plus the Winchester Road, Hill Lane and The Avenue area are all being choked by traffic fumes. They join
FARM animals, donkey races, historic steam vehicles and football - there was plenty of variety for fun-seekers across Hampshire at the weekend. Townies were able to get an insight into farmyard life yesterday when Southampton's Down to Earth Environmental
FAREHAM taxi fares are set to increase for the first time in two years. Council chiefs have allowed cabbies to reduce the £2 pull-off distance from 470 metres to 420 metres, with the charge thereafter increasing from ten pence for every 140 metres to
HEALTH trust plans to introduce parking fees at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital car park have been met with outrage. Bosses at Fareham and Gosport Primary Care Trust have announced they will pilot new fees for the currently free car park in Berry Road
A TEAM of young ballerinas are savouring glory after winning a top prize in a prestigious competition. The girls from Mandaleigh Dance School in Fareham took gold at the recent British Arts Award held at the Polish Theatre in Hammersmith, London. Their
HEDGE End Town Council has announced a series of events to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The council will be holding a themed quiz night with questions spanning each of the six decades up to and including the 21st century
MORE than 50 key Southampton industry figures are to meet for a major seminar this week to look at how city and port can better work together. The event, to be held this Friday at the City Cruise Terminal, will examine issues facing the port and the city
FORMER Saints enigmas Anders Svensson and Agustin Delgado were World Cup stars at the weekend. Midfielder Svensson, who left Saints at the end of the 2004/05 season to rejoin Elfsborg in his native Sweden, was among the goals as his country thrashed Malta
SAINTS will be renewing a rivalry which started almost 30 years ago when they host Belgian giants Anderlecht in their only pre-season friendly at St Mary's. Anderlecht, who finished runners-up to Bruges in the Jupiler League in 2004/05, have been confirmed
VETERAN Tony Redmond has signed up for a 10th year with the Bison - and this season will be extra special as it will include a testimonial game for the popular player. The benefit match is a fitting tribute to the Scottish-born forward, who has been a
SHANE WARNE hailed Hampshire's Championship win against title rivals Notts as the best under his captaincy. Warne clinched Hampshire's 13th first class victory since he took over as captain by 14 runs, and with ten balls to spare, when he bowled Ryan
SINCE taking over as Hampshire captain Shane Warne has maintained his willingness to risk defeat in pursuit of victory. He was true to his word against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, where he celebrated Hampshire's 14-run win with the same fervour he
WESTERN Australia left-hander Chris Rogers struck a brutal 98 not out as defending ECB Southern Electric Premier League champions South Wilts moved into second spot with a crushing eight-wicket win over the Hampshire Academy at the Rose Bowl Nursery.
YOUNGSTERS in the borough could find Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council contacting them via a mobile phone text message service. They will also have the chance to send in their own ideas to the council by text. The ideas are being considered by council
RARE and vintage vehicles of all shapes and sizes attracted the crowds to a special event at Milestones museum. The bank holiday weekend saw the fifth annual Steam and Vintage Rally at the Basingstoke museum. About 150 steam engines, steam rollers and
Today's Principal Arrivals: NYK Andromeda, container, 0900, 207; APL Coral, container, 1130, 205; Franconia, ro/ro, 1600, 43 Today's Principal Sailings: Grande Mediterraneo, vehicle carrier, 1130, 202; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 1159, 201; Ecstasea, yacht,
Access All Areas reader Laurel Wingfield, aged 45, from Weston, describes what it is like to live with ME... HOW many people knew that May 12 was National ME Awareness Day? Come to that, how many people know what ME is? ME stands for Myalgic Encephalomylitis
DEAF people who use British sign language have just been given access to a ground-breaking new service on the Disability Rights Commission's website. The DRC has just launched 200 pages of employment rights information in British sign language in a move
LOW-cost carrier Flybe today unveiled 12 new routes out of Southampton Airport which are expected to generate an extra 1.5 million passengers. The announcement will also mean a boost for scores of linked businesses, such as taxi firms and catering suppliers
BRITISH American Tobacco has re-opened talks that could see hundreds of Southampton jobs switched to China. It is understood that company bosses have been holding fresh meetings with officials in Shanghai about plans to build a cigarette factory in China
THE county's brightest business stars have just a few days left to submit their entries for this year's Hampshire Business Awards. The awards are Hampshire's annual search for the best in business and this year's winners will follow in the footsteps of
WORK on Winchester's new £7m super-library is due to get under way later this month. The development will involve temporarily closing and moving the local studies section of the existing library in Jewry Street to enable preparatory work to begin. The
ANIMATED hero Wallace put the "fun" in fundraising when he visited a Hampshire children's hospice. The much-loved character, without his popular sidekick Gromit, left the Wensleydale aside to present a cheque for £10,000 to Naomi House hospice near Winchester
AN ARTS week filled a Hampshire school with colour and fun. All 420 pupils at Western Primary School in Fulflood, Winchester, took part in a wide range of activities from contemporary dance to textiles, painting and fence weaving. The theme of the week
NICK Bell, head of the family department at Winchester solicitors, Shentons, has qualified through Resolution - formerly the Solicitors' Family Law Association - to practise Collaborative Family Law. The system, which is relatively new in the UK, has
ACCLAIMED chef, John Elliott, has come a long way since persuading his teachers in Southampton to let him study cookery. "It was called Home Economics in those days and only girls were allowed to do it," said John, 39, who has been appointed head chef
PROVISIONAL applications to build more than 52 new homes on the sites of three axed Waterside schools have been submitted by county chiefs. The proposals affect former Langdown County Infant School in Hythe, Holbury Infant School and Blackfield Infant
A HAMPSHIRE playgroup for children with special needs and their siblings has been awarded top marks by Ofsted inspectors. Totton Opportunity Playgroup which currently caters for ten children aged from six months to five years was given the seal of approval
USERS of the slipway at Lymington are objecting to plans by the RNLI to demolish its existing lifeboat station on the Bath Road access and replace it with a larger building. The Royal Lymington Yacht Club, the town's sailing club and charity Lymington
COUNTY fire chiefs have agreed to hold talks on government plans to reduce the numbers of control room staff. The move comes after they were criticised by their own control room personnel for not sticking up for them. Many staff will face the sack if
Cicely Bull had been collecting for the Poppy Appeal since she was a teenager and on Sunday her sterling efforts were recognised with a special award. Mrs Bull, 62, was presented with the Royal British Legion Long Service Emblem with Bars at All Saints
Campaigners are urging people concerned about the county's public rights of way being opened up for use by motor vehicles to contact Hampshire County Council. The call comes following a report in last week's Hampshire Chronicle, which highlighted fears
As Bob Geldof launches Live 8 and Sail 8 initiatives to battle poverty in the Third World, the Daily Echo investigates the barriers that must be removed if his crusade is to succeed... PICTURE the scene: St Mary's Stadium has an open day for children.
MOTIONHOUSE, one of the world's foremost dance theatre companies, performs its new show, Perfect, at The Point in Eastleigh on June 14. The five dancers explore the emotional force of bodies in time, living life in a day. With heart-stopping physicality
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners staged a protest outside a Southampton Land Rover dealership as part of a national day of action. About 15 Greenpeace protestors stood outside the forecourt of Hunters (Southampton) Land Rover in The Avenue on Saturday. Some
THEY came in their thousands from across the south to show their support for a global issue. Almost 2,000 people formed a human ring around Winchester Cathedral to peacefully protest about world poverty. There was also a picnic in Abbey Gardens followed
IT rained and it poured but that didn't stop thousands of fans grabbing their ponchos and singing their hearts out in front of some of the biggest stars in pop at the 11th Power in the Park on Southampton Common yesterday. The 30,000 capacity event wasn't
HAMPSHIRE drivers have warned of a big backlash over government plans for a pay-as-you-drive system. Drivers could pay up to £1.34 per mile in road charges if the government press ahead with controversial moves to scrap fuel tax. But last night there
RACISM in schools across Hampshire and Southampton rose by ten per cent last year, the Daily Echo can reveal. Insulting jokes, abusive graffiti and offensive comments were the most common types of complaints by pupils. At least 13 out of 854 recorded
A CANCER information and support centre opened its doors at Southampton General Hospital today following a £1m fundraising campaign. The state-of-the-art centre, which will provide information and psychological, emotional and practical support for anyone
IT rained and it poured but that didn't stop thousands of fans grabbing their ponchos and singing their hearts out in front of some of the biggest stars in pop at the 11th Power in the Park on Southampton Common yesterday. The 30,000 capacity event wasn't
TV legend and one of Britain's favourite comedy and singing entertainers, Des O'Connor, pictured, brings his family fun stage show to The Mayflower in Southampton on June 26. Since landing his first television series in the UK in 1963, Des has starred
STAFF at the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association have sent out an urgent appeal for a volunteer to fill the vital role of treasurer at their Fareham branch. The treasurer deals with banking and receipts, acknowledges donations and produces the end of
POLICE chiefs have pledged to tidy up an abandoned police station which neighbours have dubbed an eyesore. Hound Parish Council has repeatedly asked Hampshire Constabulary to do more to maintain Netley's former village police station in New Road, which
EASTLEIGH Council's Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton Heath Local Area Committee has agreed to spend £10,500 on boosting the borough's Dial-a-Ride Service. The service, run by Eastleigh Community Services, provides door to door transport for residents
WHEN he steps out for a marathon walk, a West End man will be raising funds for a cause very close to his heart. For Chris Bowers, a 40-year-old steel fixer, is passionate about raising money for MS sufferers, like his partner's step mother Anita Selby
P&O luxury cruise ship Oceana returned to Southampton yesterday after a Mediterranean cruise during which about 200 passengers were stuck down with the suspected Norwalk virus. Then the ship headed back to the Med for another cruise. As the ship docked
ANTTI NIEMI has taken a step closer to his move to Celtic with news that Manchester United look set to sign Fulham's Edwin van der Sar. Van der Sar's agent, Rob Jansen, said: "The deal is done in principal. It will be finalised in a week. "Edwin is very
CHRIS BAIRD, the forgotten man at St Mary's, could be brought out of the wilderness for Saints' assault on the Championship. Baird won his 16th Northern Ireland cap in Saturday's 4-1 defeat against Germany in Belfast - exactly double the amount of times
JAVELIN thrower Katy Watts became the new UK inter-counties champion at Bedford last weekend. The 24-year-old policewoman, whose family home is in Hook, threw a lifetime best 51.45 metres. It followed her county record of 50.37m two weeks before in the
