THE Metropolitan Police tonight launched an investigation into the row over Labour's disguised donations after intervention from Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne. The Electoral Commission will submit its formal report to officers tomorrow and Met Police Commissioner
European number one Justin Rose and fellow Englishman Luke Donald were just one shot off the lead after the first round of the Nedbank Challenge. Rose and Donald both returned rounds of 68, four under par, at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City
Dee Caffari, the record-breaking British yachtswoman, who started her first ever solo race, the Transat Ecover B to B, at 14.00 UTC today has been forced to return to port in Salvador de Bahia after minor equipment failure. Shortly after crossing the
SISTERS Gemma and Kelly Dando help to care for their stepdad who suffers from depression and have been nominated for the Daily Echo Carer of the Year award, supported by Southampton Lions. The girls take it in turns to stay with Mark, 43, and make sure
MULTI-million pound plans to transform a Hampshire boatyard from a "complete mess" into one of the world's flagship marinas have been given the green light by council bosses. But concerns over flooding risks to the area surrounding Swanwick Marina may
IT was a tree-mendous effort that saw hundreds of plants and trees take root thanks to the hard work of pupils from one Hampshire school. Youngsters from St Francis Primary School got to grips with the soil as they helped to plant more than 600 new native
CAMPAIGNERS are ready to launch their latest offensive to save Gosport's historic Royal Hospital Haslar site. Haslar is due to close this year as it is regarded as "too expensive to run" by both the Ministry of Defence and the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS
IF it is a long life you are looking for then the best place in Hamsphire to set up home is the heart of the New Forest. A study carried out by the Office for National Statistics has shown that men in towns like Lyndhurst and Lymington can expect to
A PUPPY'S nosy nature gave him quite a headache when he got wedged in a metal watering can. Three-month-old chocolat Labrador Ted was playing in his back garden in Portsmouth Road, Lee-on-the-Solent when he became stuck. Worried owner Jackie Paterson
FORMER Saints manager Harry Redknapp faced the press today 24-hours after he was held by police as part of a long-running inquiry into corruption in football. Detectives investigating wrongdoing in the sport also searched the Portsmouth boss's luxury
THE death of a woman who fell from a cruise ship as it was arriving in Southampton will remain a mystery, an inquest has heard. Karleen Pang died after falling from the Oceana cruise liner as it returned from a weekend trip to Belgium. Southampton Coroner's
POLICE are appealing for information after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Southampton. A group of teenagers were in the Sega Park area of the Bargate Centre when they were approached by a man who acted in a lewd manner. The group ran off
A SOUTHAMPTON woman has spoken for the first time of her fears of facing a long jail sentence after being arrested for allegedly smuggling £250,000 worth of cocaine out of Peru. Rachel Franklin, 20, was stopped as she waited to board a plane to Spain
SISTERS Gemma and Kelly Dando help to care for their stepdad, who suffers from depression, and they have been nominated for the Daily Echo Carer of the Year award, supported by Southampton Lions. The girls take it in turns to stay with Mark, 43, and
IT WAS once the south's biggest independent art gallery and deemed worthy of a £1m lottery grant. Less than ten years later, the Beatrice Royal Art Gallery is facing the bulldozers. The Daily Echo can reveal today that the venue - the brainchild of
FORMER Saints manager Harry Redknapp is one of five men arrested by detectives investigating corruption in the sport. Police searched the Portsmouth boss' luxury home in Sandbanks, Dorset, as part of raids on eight addresses across the UK. Mr Redknapp
HARRY Redknapp has forged a reputation as one of the best English managers of his generation. Since Steve McClaren's sacking, Mr Redknapp's name has been linked with the vacant England job, and only three days ago former national boss Glenn Hoddle, an
The Harry Redknapp Saga - Profiles of key figures MILAN MANDARIC After arriving at Pompey as chairman in 1998, the Serb tycoon's appointment of Harry Redknapp as manager in March 2002 resulted in promotion to the Premiership a year later. Mr Mandaric
The success of Southampton's cruise industry is set to increase even further next year. This comes as cruise operators announce that 2007 is a record-breaking year with 1.35 million Britons choosing an ocean-going holiday and industry experts are forecasting
TWO Hampshire businessmen have raised more than £2,500 for a charity helping people with mental health illnesses, by climbing to the top of Africa's highest mountain. The climbers, from Southampton-based professional services firm Deloitte, joined a
Today's principal arrivals: Hual Tokyo, vehicle, 0030, 40; CMA CGM Voltaire, 0400, 207; Shanghai Etxress, container, 1200, 205; Torrens, vehicle, 1400, 34/5; Maersk Sofia, container, 1900, 206; RIG, cargo, 2230, 36s, Autostar, ro/ro, 2330, 30; Ben Varrey
I SYMPATHISE with correspondent Miss R Roth, and as an octogenarian who still has a bike, I thank her for taking an indulgent view of the elderly or very young cyclist. I do, however, recall the good old pre-obesity days when everyone walked or biked
I AM disgusted with BT. They charge £4.50 for making my phone bill out. I am penalised because I only rent their line and do not pay by direct debit. As a pensioner many people don't have bank accounts. How many people do not realise they are being charged
THE front page of the Echo really annoyed me recently. So many poor families in Southampton, and children, what sort of Christmas are they going to have? Over the past three years I have bought and collected toys from friends including having ladies
IT should not come as any surprise that Southampton has underlying poverty when one considers the recent history of the city. Southampton was once just as much an industrial town as any town or city in the north. Now shipyards, aircraft factories, carpet
SOMEONE should tell these spoilt over-paid prima donna England footballers that if they don't win they don't get paid. Anyway its about time they played their hearts out for England with pride, not for their love of money. As for McClaren being given
THE recent article in the Daily Echo by Anver Jeevanjee on the subject of racism was certainly to the point. Would I be the only reader who found it not only boring, but also offensive? This is because of the tone of the letter that he is not happy living
THE article regarding the new boss of the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester interested me (Daily Echo, November 15). I am not sure he should take responsibility and shoulder blame for others' mistakes in the past. After all, his predecessor
OH dear! Oh dear! The England football team lost to Croatia. You would think that with the television and press reporting that we had a major disaster on our hands. The England team manager got the push instead of the players. The Daily Echo cashed in
Hampshire's most vulnerable residents are among the best looked after in the country. Ratings published today show that social care provided by local authority staff from Southampton and Hampshire is "excellent". The performance ratings by the Commission
AN arson investigation has been launched after a home was set on fire near Gosport last night. Gosport fire crews were called to a semi detached house in Beryton Road, Forton shortly before midnight where they found that the front door was ablaze. Firefighters
ALMOST £2m of taxpayers' money was paid to Hampshire County Councillors last year in allowances and expenses, a new survey has revealed. The figures, produced by anti-council tax pressure group IsItFair, showed that ten of the county council's most senior
Click HERE to download a .pdf file compiled by IsItFair which shows how much each HCC councillor claimed in allowances and expenses, in 2006/7 ALMOST £2m of taxpayers' money was paid to Hampshire County Councillors last year in allowances and expenses
IF it is a long life you are looking for then the best place in Hamsphire to set up home is the heart of the New Forest. A study carried out by the Office for National Statistics has shown that men in towns like Lyndhurst and Lymington can expect to
Social services care across Hamsphire has received top marks in a new report. Both Hampshire and Southampton social services received maximum three-star ratings. The performance ratings by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) also gave the
Andrew Surman hopes to represent England U21's in his home city. St Mary's will host the U21 European Championship qualifier between England and the Republic of Ireland on February 5 - the stadium's first international since England's 2-2 draw against
Southampton is full of some of the least romantic Romeos in the UK, a new survey reveals today. According to the study, Southampton men are ranked 15th out of 20 cities when it comes to wooing women. Ladies wanting some good old fashioned romance are
A CAR went out of control when its diabetic driver was taken ill at the wheel, an inquest heard. Robert Kemp's Hyundai 4x4 smashed into a stationary car on a Hampshire motorway sliproad at 70 miles per hour as he sat semi-comatose. A back seat passenger
SOUTHAMPTON MP Alan Whitehead has got involved in discussions aimed at giving the Saints Trust a huge role in the running of the football club - providing no new investment is forthcoming. The Saints fan and Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC shareholder
MULTI-million pound plans to transform a Hampshire boatyard from a "complete mess" into one of the world's flagship marinas have been given the green light by council bosses. But concerns over flooding risks to the area surrounding Swanwick Marina may
AN inquest was due to be held today into the death of a popular restaurant owner who fell from a luxury cruise ship in the Solent. Karleen Pang fell from the Oceana cruise liner as it was coming into dock in Southampton. Her body was found in the water
COUNCIL bosses in Southampton have been urged to do a U-turn over planned bus cuts across the city. A transport watchdog made the request after pensioner groups claimed the planned changes would create a headache for the elderly making hospital appointments
I WAS very surprised to read all the letters about the Eastleigh bin men. I think we do a great job but the people of Eastleigh think that their roads are the only ones that we do. They should try doing our job for a week. instead of attacking us. Keep
PAUL Sturrock has tipped West Bromwich Albion to win automatic promotion to the Premiership this season. The former Saints manager saw the Baggies spoil his Plymouth return tonight with a 2-1 Championship win in Devon. Two first half goals from
