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  • Dramatic Twenty20 tie for Hampshire

    Ryan McLaren took a sensational catch running in from the third-man boundary to ensure a last-ball tie in the Twenty20 Cup clash between Kent and Hampshire at the Rose Bowl tonight. Hampshire required 10 runs from the final over of the match from newcomer

  • DJ Scott thanks Echo live on air

    BBC RADIO One DJ Scott Mills thanked the Daily Echo live on air for including him in our Hampshire's Top 100 list. The drivetime presenter joked with co-presenter Mark "Chappers" Chapman about others on the list including Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lord

  • £24m leisure project will be massive boost

    IT promises to be the biggest redevelopment in Eastleigh town centre in 20 years and when finished will give the town a state-of-the-art leisure centre. A multi-million-pound project to rejuvenate the centre of Eastleigh is due to begin next month with

  • Major died protecting his men in Iraq

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a Hampshire soldier who was killed in an attack on a military base in Iraq. Major Paul Harding, 48, a company commander in the 4th Battalion The Rifles, died when the Provincial Joint Co-ordination Centre in Basra came under

  • STRUGGLING WITH FUNDRAISING

    Well... I feel I am struggling a little here. I have approached people to do other fundraising but seem to be hitting a wall. Any ideas? Anyone?

  • STRUGGLING WITH FUNDRAISING

    Well... I feel I am struggling a little here. I have approached people to do other fundraising but seem to be hitting a wall. Any ideas? Anyone?

  • Teenagers locked up when happy slapping attack ends in killing

    TWO Southampton teenagers who targeted an artist for a single "happy slapping" attack but who instead killed him were today locked up for a total of five and a half years. The boys, aged 16 and 14, planned to slap, punch and have filmed on a mobile phone

  • Rail tragedy teen was known to police

    A TEENAGE girl who lost both her legs after being run over by a train had been released from police custody just two days earlier. The 18-year-old had been arrested three days before the tragedy at the same stretch of railway track, where police believe

  • Murray is all ears again

    YEARS of screaming engines in Formula One pit lanes have turned veteran motor racing broadcaster Murray Walker deaf. Murray, who became a legend for his classic commentary faux pas such as "Excuse me while I interrupt myself" and blindingly-obvious statements

  • Madam guilty of running chain of brothels

    THE woman at the centre of the biggest investigation into prostitution in Southampton is facing jail. Sharon Moir had always denied she ran a prostitution ring through her city-based Panache Escort Agency but yesterday jurors took less than three hours

  • Dimi wins shock England call-up

    HAMPSHIRE'S Dimitri Mascarenhas has won a call-up to England's new-look one-day squad for the series against the West Indies. The 29-year-old all-rounder, who featured in a crucial partnership with Nic Pothas in the Friends Provident Trophy sem-final

  • Camera store to close

    THE JESSOPS store in Southampton's Commercial Road is to close as part of a nationwide cull of a quarter of the high street photo giant's shops. Around 550 jobs will be axed as 81 UK stores close in a bid to save £15m a year and end the chain's financial

  • Top hotel in £10m sale

    ONE of the New Forest's best-known hotels, the Balmer Lawn, is up for sale with £10m price tag. Owners Chris and Alison Wilson and Chris's father Beresford are selling the 55-bedroom landmark building at Brockenhurst after running it for the past ten

  • Dock Movements

    Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Grand Princess, passenger, 0500, 106; Arcadia, passenger, 0600, 204; Grande Portogallo, roro, 0600, 104; Catharina C, cargo, 0630, 36; Patriot, vehicle, 0730, 40; CMA CGM Parsifal, container, 0800, 207; MOL Performance

  • Dangerous state of roads

    WHY is it that Millbrook Road can be resurfaced to cut the noise and reduce spray, and be ready for the boat show, and yet loads of roads around the city are in a terrible state with loads of dangerous potholes that don't get repaired? Among these are

  • All part of EU's plan to destroy Royal Mail

    I AM obliged to G Lewis's response (June 9) to my letter in which I set out the EU's determination to destroy the Royal Mail, including the post office network. The facts speak for themselves. Post offices (particularly rural) are being closed, and the

  • My fears over deal with Capita

    SOUTHAMPTON City Council is about to hive off large parts of its operations to a company called Capita, with whom they are currently in negotiation. There were two contenders for the contract, but the other pulled out. The council appears to be playing

  • Great fish and chips

    COME on, Paddy Maxwell (Letters, June 16) get real. Fish and chip frying skills have not gone, it's where you buy them that makes a difference. Try David's Fish Bar in Chandler's Ford. It's not too far to drive and I can assure you it's well worth it

  • Drop yellow for white

    I ASSUME that the majority of thick Yellow Pages that are delivered to each household are used from time to time. However, this year, I have also received a very small leaflet from New Forest Council, urging me to recycle. Sadly, it reveals the fact

  • Very long wait in A&E

    HAS anyone been to A&E at Southamp-ton General Hospital lately? On June 2 my brother took me to Hillier's, Botley. While looking up at the beautiful orchids I turned quickly, lost my balance and fell heavily on the back of my head. Blood poured onto

  • Build more cycle lanes

    IF cyclists are to be prohibited from using certain routes, then alternative cycle lanes should be provided. I often cycle to the city centre and find that I encounter no other cyclists (except for cyclists on the pavement) which saddens me, especially

  • Are we building tomorrow's slums?

    I WAS travelling down Twyford Road, Eastleigh, recently and was intrigued to see that some eight houses were about to be demolished. A visit to the Eastleigh Borough Council planning department online, led me to Barratt Homes' website, where they proudly

  • Drinking ban on council-owned land considered

    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

  • Cyclist still in critical condition

    A CYCLIST who was left with life-threatening injuries after he was knocked off his bicycle by a stolen motorbike remains in a critical condition in hospital. Chris Baddams, 38, of Millbrook, Southampton, is being treated at Southampton General Hospital's

  • Mills-McCartney 'felt like a trapped animal'

    A HAMPSHIRE photographer grabbed the estranged wife of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and turned her around to take her picture, a court heard. Freelance Jay Kaycappa is alleged to have assaulted Heather Mills-McCartney in a subway on Brighton seafront on

  • Voges dreams of Twenty20 Cup glory

    ADAM VOGES hopes his performances for the Hampshire Hawks earn him a place in Australia's Twenty20 World Cup squad. Voges was named as one of Cricket Australia's 25 contracted players last month and will make his Hawks debut at the Rose Bowl against

  • Round the Island Race

    THE COURSE is more than 55 miles long, and could take up to 17 hours to complete. But, despite the gruelling hours and challenging conditions, nearly 1,800 yachts carrying more than 12,000 people will line up on the Cowes start line for the 76th Round

  • Guthrie move leaves hole in Saints squad

    GEORGE BURLEY will consider moving for another midfielder after seeing Danny Guthrie opt for a switch to the Premiership. The Saints boss declared himself "disappointed" after the 20-year-old midfielder, who spent the last few months of the season

  • Train guards told: take no prisoners

    SOUTH West Trains is threatening its guards with disciplinary action - including possible dismissal - if they do not penalise passengers unable to buy a ticket before boarding with maximum fares. A secret memo revealed the Hampshire company has instructed

  • Zapcat action stations

    Southampton pair Mick Pritchard and Baz Minns are aiming for national glory off the waters of Portsmouth this weekend. The Team Pegasus pair compete in the second grand prix of the 2007 Zapcat Racing Championship off Southsea. They got off to a

  • Watercress Line volunteer assaulted girl

    A CONVICTED paedophile who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl after he was allowed to work with children on a Thomas the Tank Engine theme day, has been given an indeterminate sentence for public protection. George Sully, 73, known as Ray, put his

  • Stretch of water reopens after mysterious fish deaths

    AN area of water at a busy Hampshire leisure spot has been reopened following a mysterious pollution of the site. Up to 50 large mullet and scores of smaller fish died as a result of a thick black substance getting into the water at Calshot last week

  • Robbery used to pay rent arrears

    A HOMELESS man robbed a bank and then took the cash to council offices to pay off his rent arrears. Andrew Skinner pretended he had a gun in his pocket when he walked into a Hampshire branch of Lloyds Bank, a court heard. The terrifed cashier handed