TODAY the Daily Echo continues its campaign to find homes for some of Hampshire most needy animals. Thousands of animals in need of some vital love and care pass through the doors of Stubbington Ark every year. Today the Daily Echo and the RSPCA who
SOON they will be everywhere - but for now there's only one place in the world you can find a rollable computer screen - Millbrook. It's a similar story for fuel cells, the environmentally-friendly power source of tomorrow. And for futuristic-sounding
Dimitri Mascarenhas will lead a young Hampshire Hawks side in tomorrow night's Twenty20 opener against the Kent Spitfires (7.30pm). Shane Warne is having a two-week break and Shaun Udal and John Crawley are both rested. Nic Pothas and Billy Taylor
Former Saints loanee Danny Guthrie has joined Bolton Wanderers on loan for the whole of the 2007/08 campaign. The central midfielder made a big impression in his time at St Mary's in the last few months of last season. And George Burley recently
Kevin Pietersen has ruled himself out of the running for the England one-day captaincy ahead of tomorrow's announcement. The Hampshire star's decision means Paul Collingwood is an even hotter favourite to replace Michael Vaughan than he was anyway.
Tennyson is widely regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. Born in Lincolnshire to a clergyman father, he began writing poetry from an early age in the style of Byron. He was largely tutored at home then studied at Trinity
King William II was the second surviving son of William the Conqueror and during his time as king of England had powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. He made unsuccessful attempts to gain power in Wales in 1096 and 1097. He was regarded
A Viking king whose area of power included England, Denmark, Norway, and parts of Sweden and is most famous for reportedly commanding the waves to go back. According to legend the King became so tired with his courtiers flattering him that when one
These days perhaps the name Sir Sidney Guy Kimber has slipped from the minds of many local Southampton people but the way much of the city looks today is the result of his foresight. Born in 1873, Sir Sidney first became a local councillor in 1910 and
Born in 1901, Horace King was later educated in Stockton and Kings College London where he obtained a first class Honours Degree and a PhD. After becoming a headmaster in Southampton, he went on to be a Hampshire county councillor and then Labour MP
For more than 100 years the names Tyrell and Green and Southampton went through much together, sharing in adversity and prosperity. It was in 1897 that Mr Reginald Tyrrell and Mr William Green opened their first shop that was described a drapers, milliners
It was a humble beginning for Edwin Jones, a name that many Southampton people will still recall, who went on to become one of the south's most influential businessmen of his time. Edwin Jones came from Romsey and opened a small single fronted shop in
Southampton's Swaythling Housing Society was founded on November 26, 1925 by Herbert Collins, an architect who had been designing local homes since 1922. Together with Fred Woolley, an accountant and civic leader who became the society's first chairman
SOUTHAMPTON gave the Queen Elizabeth 2 freedom of the city - now the departing liner should return the favour, MPs said yesterday. The city's top politicians expressed dismay at Cunard's decision to sell the 70,000-tonne vessel to the oil-rich Middle
LONG-running efforts to ban lorries from thundering through a Hampshire community have been dealt a severe blow by county bosses. Villagers in Marchwood have been fighting for years for restrictions on HGVs travelling along their residential roads.
THE stage is now set for the award-winning hit musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The £3m European tour of the show ends in Southampton with a three-month run from tomorrow night. Over the past ten days a team of 130 have been working day and night to
Jack Mantle, whose home was in Southampton, received the only Victoria Cross awarded to the Navy for an act of valour on mainland Britain during the Second World War. The medal, the nation's highest award for valour, was presented posthumously to 23-
Edward Turner Sims is best known today for his association with the university of Southampton's concert hall through a legacy that launched a fundraising appeal for the £216,000 building costs. It opened in 1974 as an intimate auditorium with outstanding
AN ARTISTIC prodigy, Millais was the youngest ever student to enter the prestigious Royal Academy Schools and completed his first major oil painting aged just 16. During his time at the Schools he met fellow artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William
HE will always be remembered as synonymous with one of the greatest disasters of modern times. Captain Smith was 62 when he pulled the 46,000-ton liner out of Southampton for its first and last voyage. A commodore of the White Star Fleet, he was the
FAMOUS for his victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1943, Montgomery - or Monty - was the most well-known British general of the Second World War. He was educated at St Paul's School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and commissioned
These days Queen Victoria is thought as being rather disapproving and withdrawn figure but in her younger days she was known to be warmhearted and lively with a gift for drawing and painting; educated by a governess at home, she was a natural diarist
He is remembered as Gordon of Khartoum', the city in the Sudan where he was killed by forces loyal to the Mahdi in 1885. Also known as Chinese Gordon, the great military figure was born in 1833 and his family moved to Southampton where they lived in
SHE put Hampshire firmly on the literary map. For it was the county where Jane Austen, one of the world's most famous authors, spent the greater part of her life. Born in Steventon, near Basingstoke, her father was the village rector and the family
Born Thomas Edward Lawrence in Tremadoc, North Wales, he was the second of five boys. The family settled in Oxford in 1896 and Lawrence later won a scholarship to Jesus College to study Modern History. When war broke out with Germany in 1914, he spent
HE belonged to a breed of scientists typical of post-war Britain, with a restless mind prolific with ideas. Born in Cambridge, Cockerell also studied engineering at the city's university at Peterhouse College. In 1935 he began work at the Marconi Company
Lord Denning is widely regarded as one of the greatest law-making judges and also the most controversial. He was born in Whitchurch and his father Charles owned a draper's shop in the town. He attended Magdalen College in Oxford and graduated with a
LORD Montagu inherited his peerage aged two when his father was killed in an accident. He took his seat in the House of Lords as soon as he came of age. His education included spells at Eton and New College, Oxford, before he inherited the Beaulieu Manor
THE Lady with the Lamp' is known for nursing sick and wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. But few people are aware that the Italian-born nurse grew up in Romsey. She was born in Florence during her wealthy parent's two year European honeymoon.
Despite his life being tragically cut short, the name of Reginald Joseph Mitchell and his association with Southampton will live on as long as a Spitfire is able to take to the skies. Better known as RJ Mitchell, he was the creator of some of the most
FORGET modern day celebrities, Nelson was an idol of his day. Worshipped by the people of Portsmouth he was a familiar figure in the city streets and a regular at the George Hotel on the High Street. Nelson is famous for his part in the Napoleonic Wars
HE is considered the first ever King of England and known as a great warrior as well as a social reformer. King Alfred the Great - or King of Wessex - built towns and promoted education by starting schools and translating texts from Latin. He became
WORLD famous novelist Charles Dickens was born at Landport in Portsmouth. His father, John, was a clerk in the Navy pay office in Portsmouth. Charles was the second of John and Elizabeth Dickens' eight children. His family were moderately wealthy but
FROM a very early age, Millvina Dean's life was tinged with tragedy. Aged just nine-weeks-old she survived the sinking of the Titanic, then the largest luxury liner ever built. The "unsinkable" vessel struck an iceberg after setting sail from Southampton
KEN Russell is one of Britain's best-known and most influential film directors. He dominated the country's movie industry from the late 60s to early 80s with a string of hit - but controversial - films including Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Tommy
DEPENDING on your age you will have a different view on what Sir Alec Guinness' most significant role was. For many he will always be Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker's mentor in Star Wars. But Sir Alec was said to have disliked the role, throwing away
FILM and West End star Jeremy Iron's glittering career is a far cry from his fairly sheltered childhood on the Isle of Wight. As a boy, living in St Helen's Harbour near Bembridge, he visited the mainland little more than once a year. Today he has a
ANTHONY Minghella was born into a famous family - well, famous on the Isle of Wight, anyway. His Italian parents are the people behind Minghella's Ice Cream. But while his friends may have been impressed by his family fame he and his siblings also suffered
A GAP-TOOTHED six-year old singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow reduced Amanda Holden to tears last week. The 36-year-old actress was a celebrity judge on X-Factor style reality show Britain's Got Talent. Along with Simon Cowell and ex-Mirror editor Piers
ARTHUR English's stage career got off the ground when he was still very young, with him appearing in amateur shows, but it was not until he had turned 30 that he began working as a professional entertainer. During the Second World War he served in the
STAFF at a Hampshire hospital have been screened for tuberculosis after a healthcare worker was diagnosed with the lung disease. Patients who have stayed in a specific ward at Gosport War Memorial Hospital are being contacted and invited for check-ups
WE would like to draw attention to the shocking state of our national paving which is the cause of millions of trips and falls for older people. Falls represent the most frequent and serious type of accident for over 65s and for over 75s. They are a
AFTER a recent stay in the Royal Hospital Haslar, I would like to compliment the hospital on the wonderful treatment I received. There is no MRSA in the hospital! It has dedicated cleaners to each ward. The staff have manners and courtesy, plus compassion
I WOULD like to know what has happened to the Old English Tea Shop in Portswood. The whole place is so sad, so many restaurants. Surely not everybody wants a takeaway or restaurants just a good coffee or teashop would be very nice, come on Portswood
WITH all the complaints about not finding a NHS dentist, how is it that 129 people did not turn up for their appointments in May at the Trafalgar dental practice in Holbury? If these people had phoned in to say they could not make it, 129 other people
HOW dare Patricia Banks, the county council's executive member for adult services, say that Linden House no longer met the care needs of the elderly there. What an insult to the carers! I can assure her that I would have been the first one to complain
AS I walked home from work recently, I was almost knocked down by two adults on bicycles, riding down the pavement in Winchester Road. Has the law been changed?' I recently saw a man cycling along the pavement past the police station in Shirley. Strangely
I FEEL compelled to respond to the letter from W Jurgens and the reply from S Smith of BAA, Southampton Airport, regarding Checker Cars' monopoly (June 9). I am a licensed taxi driver working out of Parkway railway station. Does Mr Smith realise how
LAW firm Shoosmiths scored a hat-trick with the promotion of three women with the same Christian name at its Southampton office. Claire Connor, Clare O'Meara and Clare Lee, pictured, have all been elevated to associate by the national law firm. Its
MORE people are working different hours to the traditional nine to five day and the trend is set to continue over the next few years, new research has shown. Banking firm First Direct said its study showed that 16 per cent of all hours spent at work
Today's Southampton arrivals: Green Ridge, vehicle, 0130, 40; Pewsum, cargo, 0230, 108; Aurora, passenger, 0630, 106; Oriana, passenger, 0630, 38/9; Dresden Express, container, 1000, 204; Hanseatic Spirit, cargo, 1030, 25; Suomigracht, cargo, 1130,
FAMED for his saucy brand of seaside humour, Benny Hill was a comedy icon for a generation of British television fans. The madcap funny man had viewers in stitches throughout the 60s and 70s with his shows featuring a bevy of scantily clad beauties.
HIS career as a flamboyant female impersonator spanned more than half a century. At his peak the lavish entertainer performed in front of sell-out audiences in London's West End and was one of Britain's highest-paid entertainers in the 1960s. But following
SHEILA HANCOCK is a well-respected star of the stage and screen who has been entertaining television, cinema, West End and Broadway audiences for more than 50 years. The proud recipient of an Olivier Award and an OBE, Hancock received an honorary degree
It was enough just for him to walk on stage and the audience would be in hysterics even before Tommy Cooper said a word let alone fumble his way through his version of magic. Tommy was quite simply the best natural clown that Britain ever produced, his
GANGLY teenage plonker' Rodney Trotter was brought to life by Nicholas Lyndhurst in classic British comedy Only Fools and Horses. He entertained the nation as Del Boy's hapless sidekick for the show's 16-year run (plus a few extra Christmas specials)
A COLLECTIVE swoon swept the land when Colin Firth - and his dripping wet britches - emerged from a lake during the BBC costume drama Pride and Prejudice. Since then the Hampshire born actor has become one of our best-loved British film stars, appearing
WE asked you to come forward to show off your talent - and in just one afternoon we found a wealth of it in Southampton. Armed with a guitar and video camera, Daily Echo reporter Will Carson hit the streets as part of the paper's talent search. Hot
MORE former escort girls have taken to the witness box to deny having had sex with men they were introduced to by an alleged Southamp-ton madam. The women were giving evidence in the trial of Sharon Moir, who is accused of running a string of brothels
Shane Warne led Hampshire to a second Lord's final in three years, and warned: "We haven't hit top form yet". Warne missed the C & G Trophy final win against Warwickshire at Lord's two years ago so will be playing in his first county final at headquarters
John Crawley is targeting a SEVENTH Lord's winner's medal after his man-of-the-match display against Warwickshire. Crawley had held Hampshire's innings together with 65, the highest score of the match, before he was run out. Then he held on two
DAVE Hockaday is hoping to continue Saints' proud traditions of producing superb young players. The 49-year-old who was responsible for developing £10m striker Ashley Young for Watford, has taken over from Georges Prost at St Mary's. Hockaday, who
INVESTIGATIONS were continuing today into a Hampshire railway line drama which nearly claimed the life of a teenager. An 18-year-old girl was struck by the Totton to Romsey passenger train in the Ramalley area of Chandler's Ford. The girl was today
A CONTROVERSIAL traveller transit site is a step closer in Southampton after plans were last night approved by the city council. Despite qualms about speed limits, queuing caravans, relocating protected slow worms and other environmental problems the
Dimitri Mascarenhas will captain the Hampshire Hawks during the Twenty20 Cup - while Shane Warne enjoys a mid-season break. Mascarenhas will skipper a young Hawks side while Warne, who returns for the next Championship match against Warwickshire at the
A stretch of Hampshire motorway was reopened this morning - around five hours after a lorry overturned on a busy roundabout. The 40-ton vehicle, which was carrying a loaded container, flipped over as it made its way around a roundabout at the top of
A SOUTHAMPTON couple fleeced taxpayers of more than £30,000 by failing to disclose they had been working while on benefit. Although their claims were initially legitimate, George and Maureen Dunn both obtained work and carried on receiving financial
THE introduction of alcohol-free zones to clamp down on drunken yobs and booze fuelled vandalism will be discussed by Test Valley Borough Council today. Lib Dem Alan Dowden has demanded a ban on drinking on council-owned land in Valley Park to beat the
