AN 11-year-old boy has died after a hit and run crash on a Southampton road. Police were called to Sholing Road, near the Veracity Recreation Ground, at around 5.15pm tonight after reports that a small, dark coloured car had been in collision with a
BINMEN in Eastleigh have ditched strike plans after reaching a compromise over working practices with council bosses. The decision to end the industrial action will mean up to 20,000 bins currently sitting unemptied on the district's streets will now
A STRICKEN cruise ship was tonight still afloat in the Antarctic Ocean. Twenty four Britons and four people from Ireland were among 100 passengers forced to take to lifeboats today after their cruise liner hit ice and began taking on water. Passengers
After you've opened all your presents, had your turkey, watched the Queen try our little quize. Not so easy as you might think!!! Here we go... 1. What are the names of Santa's eight reindeer? 2. What is a buche de Noel? 3. What do bad
Coca-Cola Championship statistics. Saturday, November 24. Barnsley (10) v Watford (1). Barnsley can call on winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce and defender Lewin Nyatanga, who have both returned unscathed from international duty with Jamaica and Wales
Chelsea coach Avram Grant has told the Football Association that Harry Redknapp and Jose Mourinho should both be included on any short list of contenders for the England job. Former Chelsea boss Mourinho appears to have ruled himself out of the running
THE world's fastest ever track-biased, ultra-performance road car, the Hamp-shire-built Caparo T1, has smashed the lap record on BBC TV's popular motoring programme Top Gear. The two-seater sports car, which utilises lightweight materials and technology
THE international jury presiding over the Car of the Year award, made up of 58 specialist journalists from 22 European countries, has elected the Fiat 500 Car of the Year 2008. The car which goes on sale in the UK in January priced from £7,900 scored
THE evenings have drawn in and by teatime it's now dark as most of us commute home. So already we are dreaming of the summer, freedom, and the chance to get out and about once more. And if that's your dream then a motorhome could be just the way to enhance
Enter the Magical Mystery Cruise Comp THEY quite literally didn't have a clue where in the world they were going. Yet that only added to the anticipation and excitement for hundreds of passengers who parted with thousands of pounds for a ticket on a
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill today ruled himself out of the running to become the new England manager. The former Celtic boss was the bookmakers' favourite to take the post after Steve McClaren was sacked yesterday in the wake of Wednesday's Wembley
Sven-Goran Eriksson insists he feels no sense of satisfaction at England's humiliating exit from Euro 2008. Eriksson's time in charge of the England side has largely been written off as one of failure even though he guided them to three quarter-finals
Paul Jewell believes Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp "ticks all the boxes" to be the next England manager. Jewell, looking for a return to management after being out of the game since leaving Wigan in May, has backed the 60-year-old to succeed Steve
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson has blamed the influx of foreign players into the Barclays Premier League for the failure of British football. Home internationals could be revived next year following the inability of all five British and Irish
The Premier League's reliance on foreign imports is to blame for England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008, according to former France defender Laurent Blanc. England's 3-2 defeat to Croatia at Wembley on Wednesday meant they finished third in their
Alan Shearer has described the defeat by Croatia which ended England's Euro 2008 hopes as "embarrassing for everyone with an interest in English football." England's 3-2 loss saw them fail to qualify for next year's tournament as they spurned the lifeline
LESS than one third of eligible voters turned out for a by-election vote in Wickham last night, following the death of Liberal Democrat Councillor Sue Fitzgerald in September. Cllr Fitzgerald died after returning to her Wickham and Knowle constituency
Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced Steve McClaren will bounce back from the crushing disappointment of being sacked as England manager. Ferguson's former assistant at Manchester United was dismissed yesterday morning just 12 hours after a 3-2 defeat against
THE man due to take over as chief executive of Hampshire County Council next month has been cleared of a misconduct charge after an internal authority investigation. The investigation was launched after an audit report found IT contracts had been handed
THOUSANDS of workers at UK biggest airports, including Southampton, are to vote on strike action in a row over pensions, threatening New Year travel chaos, it was announced today. Unite said 5,000 of its members employed by the British Airports Authority
A DRUNKEN man bombarded his former wife with a series of abusive and chilling messages - and then told the police what he had done. Anthony Long, 47, threatened to put a carving knife in Katherine Long's gut, cut her throat and murder her, a court heard
AN ARSONIST, who was high on drink and drugs, torched a vehicle in an underground car park which could have had fatal consequences for residents in the block of flats, Southampton Crown Court heard. Had it not been for the prompt action of the fire
Dee Caffari and Nigel King were hit by a cruel setback with just 180 miles to go to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Aviva was within 20 miles of Cervin EnR, Dee and Nigel's race-rivals, when the top section of the mast splintered due to the Gennaker halyard
A MAN was due in court this morning charged with the rape of a woman in Southampton. Gregor Fil is accused of the serious sexual assault of a 35-year-old woman in Empress Road, Bevois Valley, earlier this week. Detectives launched an investigation after
Download part 1 Download part 2 IT had been billed as a tantalising chance to quiz health bosses about the exciting future of Southampton's hospitals and an attempt to gain foundation status and break from Government control. But the first of a series
Detectives have reopened a murder inquiry over the death of Hampshire woman Linda Cook, who was killed in 1986. Ms Cook was 24 when she was sexually assaulted and murdered on an area of wasteland known as Merry Row in Portsmouth in the early hours
Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum ensured the United States remained top of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup leaderboard for the second consecutive day after carding a three-under-par 69 in today's foursomes. After an impressive 11-under 61 during the
DP WORLD, the Dubai ports group which owns half of Southampton Container Terminals, has revealed ambitions to buy up ports in the US, despite political resistance. The Dubai company was opposed by Hillary Clinton and other leading politicians when its
A HAMPSHIRE entrepreneur making final preparations for a massive new boat show at London's Earl's Court says he expects 100,000 to turn up. Keen to break away from the image of boat shows as trade events, James Brooke is looking to spice-up his version
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: OOCL Shenzen, container, 0100, 206; Courage, vehicle, 0700, 34/35; Victorine, roro, 1330, 105; Autotransporter, roro, 1630, 201; Diadem, cargo, 1830, 107; MOL Promise, container, 2100, 205; CMA CGM Carmen, container
A WOMAN and her dog had to be rescued by firefighters after a blaze broke out in her Southampton home. The 29-year-old had fallen asleep and left a pan on the cooker which flashed over and caught fire. She was woken by noise and then picked up the pan
A COUNCIL swimming pool was forced to close yesterday afternoon after a man died of a suspected heart attack. The incident took place at Oaklands swimming pool in Lordshill. An ambulance crew and rapid response car were called to the leisure centre
A DISTRACTION burglar pretending to be an off-duty police officer has robbed an elderly man of hundreds of pounds of savings. The same thief is also thought to have walked into the home of an 82-year-old man and stolen his wallet from his back pocket
COUNCILS across Hampshire have invested more than £9m of taxpayers' money in the troubled bank Northern Rock, the Daily Echo can reveal. But last night Southampton City Council refused to say whether the authority had cash tied up in the crisis-hit mortgage
I FEEL it was wrong of the Echo to place the photo's of the teenage mother-to-be on the front page of the Echo, November 13 as if she was some sort of celebrity. I could not understand her statement, I quote "I never thought it would happen to me". You
I AM dismayed to find that senility is creeping up on me. According to the latest Liberal Democrat Focus newsletter that I received a few days ago I have missed two General Elections. They just passed me by and I did not even notice them. How could I
I RECENTLY had cause to contact Solent Blue Line about an incident involving a bus driver and my son with learning difficulties. I emailed the company and had a prompt reply from the operations manager who was very kind and showed empathy and understanding
IT IS quite wrong of Richard Grand (letter, November 17) to claim that I was not living locally prior to becoming a Member of Parliament: I moved to the New Forest over a year earlier on selection as Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, and
IN the words of Victor Meldrew' I do not believe it. How can the contractors responsible for refurbishing the public loos in Winchester justify a quote of £250,000 for the work. A builder could build a high class 4 bedroom house for this price. Are
THE Liberal Democrats are showing their true colours, that is, neither liberal, nor democratic. Their leadership contest has shown them to be THE ruthless and nasty party. Some of us who have suffered at their hands have known this for years. Poor Ming
HAVING watched the Cenotaph Service on Sunday 11, seeing all those thousands who marched, I found it difficult to believe any of them were EU lovers, shutting out our own country to bow to EU rules. It's time the politicians got us out of the EU, and
Phil Ifil is ready to put a fortnight of frustration behind him when Saints host Blackpool tomorrow. The right back was surprisingly dropped from the side that lost 5-0 at Sheffield Wednesday on Saints' last outing a fortnight ago. But like the
Drivers have been warned to take extra care afer a woman had to be rescued from the top of her car when it became trapped in a flooded Hampshire ford. The woman, a mum from Fleet, became trapped after driving her car through the ford at Foxes Lane in
FINAL preparations are under way for Southamp-ton's latest Cunard vessel, the £200m Queen Victoria, to make her dramatic debut in her home port. The new ship is due to be officially handed over by the Italian shipyard Fincantieri to her Cunard owners
DEFIANT residents last night vowed to fight potentially "catastrophic" plans for gravel extraction in the New Forest. Scores of campaigners packed the church hall in Milford-on-Sea to voice their concerns after Downton and Ashley Manor farms were earmarked
EASTLEIGH'S binmen are due to vote today on whether or not to take to the picket line for a third time. As bins stand unemptied because the collectors are already four days behind in their rounds, crisis talks are continuing between Eastleigh Borough
A SENIOR county councillor has said she apologises "unreservedly" if she misled campaigners trying to save the Tower Arts Centre. At a meeting of Tory-controlled Hampshire County Council yesterday, Councillor Margaret Snaith, executive member for recreation
THIS is St Mary's - the stadium where there will be nowhere to hide for Saints' under-pressure players tomorrow. Boss George Burley sends his men into action against lowly Blackpool for the first time since the 5-0 thrashing at Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has warned the Football Association there is no outstanding candidate to replace Steve McClaren as England manager. The former Saints boss is among the names being mentioned as a possible successor following England's
Saints have been dealt two big injury blows ahead of tomorrow's crunch match against Blackpool. Both Inigo Idiakez and Wayne Thomas have been ruled out with the former struggling to even be fit for the game at Leicester a week tomorrow. Idiakez
SOUTHAMPTON University has moved to ease fears that Winchester School of Art is under threat. Concerns have been raised after the Daily Echo revealed plans to close the world-renowned Textile Conservation Centre (TCC), which until recently was part of
A PRISONER at Winchester jail died after a row with one of the governors over food, an inquest heard. Albert Axton, 71, who was one of Britain's oldest convicted cannabis growers, suffered from heart disease. He was an inmate of the West Hill section
