Chris Tremlett does not expect to win a call-up for the first Test against New Zealand despite an eye-catching display for the England Lions at the Rose Bowl. The Hampshire fast bowler played all three home Tests against India last summer but has slipped
CLOSE: Somerset are 559-5(de Bruyn 75*, Trego 21*) from 137 overs, a lead of 326 Dimitri Mascarenhas was left out of his Indian Premier League team for the FOURTH successive match while Hampshire toiled without him. The Hampshire captain has not been
THE HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship is the UK's premier car racing series, featuring bumper-to-bumper racing with cars that look just like the ones parked on your driveway. These machines are much faster though and, on May 18 - that's Sunday
SUBARU is renowned for producing both rally-bred high performance cars and workhorses popular in the countryside - all with the common factor of brilliant all-wheel drive. Unfortunately that had classed them with Chelsea tractors' as tax targets, but
AN evening of Gallic charm, with a still-secret car as a star guest in a surprise British premiere, helped Southampton dealership Freeborn Citroen launch the latest C5 to its customers. Andrew Jones, Citroen dealer principal at Freeborn's Stadium Motor
THE spring months will certainly bring sunshine thanks to the launch of Citroen's new special edition range - the Cachet. Available on the C2, C3 and C4 models priced from £9,095 to £16,595, the new collection boasts a fresh, distinctive style, based
The future is bleak for the children living in poverty by a Filippino rubbish dump. Now, thanks to a group of Hampshire students, they have a safe place to regain part of their childhood. Clare Kennedy reports. IN the shadow of the Smokey Mountain
FORMER Saint Micky Adams has been appointed manager of League One side Brighton & Hove Albion today. The 46-year-old had been interviewed for the Saints job after George Burley left to take charge of the Scottish national team in January, but lost
DETECTIVES have made an arrest in their hunt for a sex attacker who assaulted a young woman in a Southampton park. As reported in the Daily Echo, the 19- year-old student was walking home from a nightclub in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday
A STUDENT who was carrying out a project photographing sites where people commit suicide was found hanging from a tree, an inquest heard today. Christian Drane was studying at Southampton Solent University when his body was discovered in woods in the
"IT is only a matter of time before we catch up with you." That is the stark warning from detectives who today appealed directly to the murderer of a Hampshire grandmother to give themselves up. Officers leading the hunt have made the plea as the four-month
TWO would-be robbers punched a Hampshire pensioner in the face when he refused to hand over money. The 73-year-old victim has been left shaken after the incident, which happened as he walked near to shops on Wednesday night. As he made his way along
A £6,000 reward is still being offered for anyone who can help bring the killer to justice. Mrs Edmonds' son Harry, who discovered his mother's body in her cottage, has offered £3,000 to the sum. A further £2,000 has been put up by Hampshire police
POLICE cracking down on illegal drug use in a Hampshire town have today charged two men with possession. Warrants issued as part of Operation Widdecombe - aimed at disrupting the supply of drugs and other illegal substances in and around Eastleigh -
charges TWELVE men, including an 80-year-old, charged with smuggling cannabis into the country have appeared before Southampton magistrates. It follows a seizure of 14.5 tonnes of cannabis resin, estimated by police to have a street value of
A DISGRACED former Hampshire police chief has today been jailed for a series of humiliating acts on young boys. Gerry Hutchings, 48, a former police inspector in the New Forest, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for making teenage boys drop their
THIS is the dramatic moment an alleged shoplifter hung out of a window 30ft above the ground as he tried to escape from a supermarket office. Crowds of people stared on in disbelief as the man, left in the picture, smashed a first-floor window at Bitterne's
I'M headteacher at the school which has had, for years, dental health statistics amongst the worst in the country. Apart from the impact that poor teeth have on children's social relationships, they have a significant impact on their speech development
I fully support the topping-up of fluoride in Southampton's drinking water to a level of one part per million in order to improve dental health in all ages, and especially to combat the huge levels of tooth decay in young children. Tooth decay is caused
I would like to believe that Prof Newton's assurance (Letters, May 3) that the fluoridation consultation will be a fair process but I doubt it. The Government-funded York Review in 2000 did not support fluoridation but you would not believe that as Professor
Last year Southampton City Primary Care Trust's dental service removed over 3,900 teeth from 700 children under a general anaesthetic to relieve pain and infection caused through tooth decay. This is in addition to those teeth which were removed under
After reading Dr Mortimore's recent letter in the Echo about fluoridation and Professor John Newton's subsequent claim that "the fluoride consultation will be a fair process" and "the opportunity to look at the available facts" will be given to the public
FURTHERr to Dr Andrew Mortimore's letter (April 26) in the Daily Echo, I'd like to express my support for the planned fluoridation of Southampton's water supply. I think that the topping up of fluoride in our drinking water will have a positive effect
I was elected by Hampshire dentists as media representative on the Local Dental Committee. As a practice, we look after over 5,000 patients and I can assure you dental decay is real in all ages, which if left can cause tremendous pain and suffering.
FLUORIDE is a naturally occurring mineral that has a history of being used to reduce dental caries. Fluoride may be added to water to reduce dental decay and tackle oral health inequalities. Fluoride protects teeth in a number of ways: 1. It makes developing
DR Andrew Mortimore of Southampton City Primary Care Trust (letters, April 26) tried to persuade readers that the fluoride chemical should be added to local tap water supplies. It sounds reassuring when he claims that adding this chemical is the same
MY partner and I read the letter from Dr Andrew Mortimore, public health director of Southampton City Primary Care Trust, condoning fluoridisation for the area and were very upset to read his opinion. Why should we have mass-medication because some cannot
WORKERS for the Hampshire based DIY giant B&Q are among the happiest in the world - and that's official. In a global survey of major companies, B&Q was the only company in the UK and one of just nine internationally to receive an award. The spanners
STAFF are fearing for their jobs as bosses at the University of Southampton launch a four-month money saving review. Academic chiefs are aiming to increase the university's income and reduce its expenditure in a bid to claw back a £2m deficit. A series
Child abuse charges against a former leader of Hampshire County Council have been dropped. All legal proceedings against Freddie Emery-Wallis have ended after the Crown Prosecution Service decided there was not enough evidence to prosecute. Emery-Wallis
TOURISTS struggling to bag a bargain by bartering in the souks and markets of North Africa have a helping hand thanks to a Hampshire travel company. Immortalised in Monty Python comedy Life of Brian, pictured, awkward Brits often come off worse when
THE man behind the controversial developments in Winchester Cathedral Close is leaving this summer after five years in the post. In a surprise move, Adrian Munns will leave his post as receiver general on July 31, as reported on the Daily Echo website
LUXURY boatbuilder Palmer Johnson is steaming ahead with plans to create 800 new jobs in Hampshire by submitting a planning application to build a new manufacturing facility in Southampton. The US brand, which builds bespoke, multi-million
PROPERTY owners have been put on red alert after schools and health centres were targeted in a spate of lead thefts. Over the bank holiday weekend, thousands of pounds worth of metal was stripped from the roofs of Calmore Junior and Infant Schools
Today's principal arrivals Tamerlane, roro, 0130, 34/35; WMS Harlingen, container, 0300, 204; Autostar, roro, 0630, 30; Falstaff, vehicle, 0630, 38/9; Ventura, passenger, 0630, 106; Stadiongracht, bulk, 0930, 202; Hoegh Pusan, roro, 1030, 43; Hoegh
TEARFUL toddlers and their parents were left in shock when more than half the staff of a Hampshire nursery walked out in a dispute over working conditions. But just 18 months later, under new management, following an extensive refurbishment,
Saints chairman Leon Crouch was today facing an anxious wait to see if he can welcome much-needed investment into the club on what could be his final working day as chairman. Crouch has actively been chasing investment over the past few months and
SAINTS captain Youssef Safri is desperately hoping for Nigel Pearson to return as the club's manager next season. The position of the Saints boss is the subject of uncertainty, despite leading the club to survival in the Championship. The current
THEY cost Hampshire taxpayers almost £2m a year and two of them took home more than £50,000 in allowances and expenses. Now the public have the chance to have their say on how much the county's councillors should get paid. An independent remuneration
THE readership of the Daily Echo may soon include distant lifeforms as a snippet of Southampton news has been transmitted into deep space. The article was sent hurtling across the universe at 6.07am yesterday and has already left our solar system
