MOTORISTS were caught in lengthy tail backs on the A31 towards Bournemouth this evening. Traffic travelling out of Southampton came to a standstill after a car ended up in a ditch on the busy road at Burley. And in a seperate incident
DRUG addicted prisoners made to go cold turkey at a Hampshire prison have been paid thousands of pounds in compensation, a Daily Echo investigation has revealed. More than £11,400 was paid out to three criminals at Winchester Prison after a
n STAFF at a New Forest shop have developed a taste for success after picking up a prestigious gong. Food For Thought in Ringwood has received the Brilliance in Business Award for outstanding customer service. The shop, which sells regionally-sourced
AS honest, traditional, family-run pubs go, The Golden Bowler is up there with the best. With it’s own interesting history and a family committed to providing an excellent service for their local community, the Stubbington watering hole is
BUDDING chef Collete Stride beat 60 other aspiring Gordon Ramsays and Delia Smiths to roast her way to victory in a fiercely fought cook-off. The dishs that wowed the judges were tea-smoked duck with roasted squash salad and orange sauce followed by
Aladdin, The Nuffield THE season to be jolly is well and truly under way in Hampshire. The county’s first professional pantomime has opened at the Nuffield. An appreciative audience grabbed every seat in the auditorium last night and loved ever minute
LAPLAND New Forest bosses are battling on with their troubled Christmas theme park despite calls for it to be closed down and the threat of prosecution. The much-criticised site is still open for business despite more than 2,000 complaints and
LAPLAND New Forest bosses are battling on with their troubled Christmas theme park despite calls for it to be closed down and the threat of prosecution. The much-criticised attraction at Matchams, near Ringwood, is still open despite the number
PLAYERS and staff from Portsmouth FC have been stranded at Southampton Airport. The side are due to fly out to Germany today ahead of a game against Wolfsburg tomorrow evening. However, the airline they were due to fly with have gone
Discerning Hampshire homebuyers are eagerly awaiting the opening of the show home at Heathland Gardens, the latest collection of bespoke family homes by esteemed housebuilder Kebbell Homes, which is launching this Saturday the 6th December. This intimate
SKATERS had a hilarious encounter on the ice as pantomime star Christopher Biggins visited Southampton’s Christmas ice rink to launch a charity night. The former I’m a Celebrity star, who takes to the stage at the Mayflower in Cinderella from Friday
A POST mortem has been unable to determine how a man died in the back of a lorry on a Hampshire motorway. The Asian man was found in the rear of the Italian vehicle between junctions nine and 10 of the M3 yesterday. Detective Superintendent
POLICE have carried out further arrests after raiding homes across Hampshire in a crackdown against drug dealers. Officers have arrested 19 people across the county including a 32-year-old man from Southampton after early morning raids in Hampshire,
THE bus business is booming. Hard-up workers are leaving the car at home and turning to public transport to beat the credit crunch and bus operators are thriving on the trade. Eastleigh’s Bluestar has seen passenger numbers shoot up
TORY council chiefs have severed ties with the company that failed to deliver a £50m district heating scheme in Southampton and called for an inquiry into why it swallowed around £2m of taxpayer cash. Councillor Matt Dean, Cabinet member for
TODAY’S most wanted on the Crack a Crime countdown is Shae Flaherty. The 22-year-old is wanted by police to be returned to prison. Click here for our Crack-a-crime Advent calendar Flaherty has been on the run since he was recalled to prison
SAINTS have announced ticket details for the FA Cup third round clash with Manchester United on Sunday, January 4. Adult seats are priced at £30, senior/teenager/students £20, and junior tickets £15. Saints will be using the following
The Blue squad have a friendly this coming Saturday V Bashley. The game is being held at Flemming Park, Eastleigh (Please note the change of venue from wide lane) Kick Off is 10.30am, can all players please be at the ground for 9.45am
BUS drivers have begun voting on strikes that would cause mayhem in the run-up to Christmas. Unions have clashed with the First Hampshire and Dorset bus company over break times. After failing to find a resolution, Unite union workers are being balloted
POLLSTERS have begun phoning 2,000 Hampshire residents as part of an independent survey to gather public opinions on fluoridation. The poll is being carried out as the consultation on controversial plans to add the chemical to the water in parts of Southampton
Call for inquiry into failed £50m heating scheme TORY council chiefs have severed ties with the company that failed to deliver a huge £50m district heating scheme in Southampton and said called for an inquiry into why the idea swallowed around
AS Christmas decorations go up across the country and people begin to be full of Christmas cheer, some of your readers who have diabetes will realise that Christmas is not as straight-forward as they would like it to be. At Insulin Dependent Diabetes
LIBERAL Democrat Cllr Brian Dash (In My View, November 22) purports to be puzzled at local MPs’ demands for scrapping of the New Forest National Park. But if Mr Dash had troubled to turn up at any of the huge rallies and public meetings called to oppose
LORDSHill Oasis Academy (a private religious based organisation) are working to open a new school building on the five acres field recreation site on the edge of Southampton in September 2011, so much for being in the heart of the community, also this
THE placard said ‘It’s crude, it’s lewd and it’s rude’. This seemed to be a warning to keep clear of something objectionable – but no, it was inviting me to go and see a new film at the cinema! What does this say about the film? Even more, what does
WHAT a very sad reflection, on a materially rich, supposedly educated and civilised society, that the only way those in power can come up with a solution to chronic tooth decay, is to put a chemical of dubious origin and disputed benefit into the public
A GERMAN energy giant is in talks to build a £90m wood-fired power plant in Southampton. Evonik Industries, Germany’s fifth biggest energy producer, plans to search the city to find a site for a biomass station that could power up to 40,000
A WOMAN who disappeared from her Hampshire home has been found safe and well. Yvonne Jones, 57, of Spencer Road, New Milton, walked into the Lymington New Forest Hospital yesterday afternoon - 24 hours after she went missing. A police
JONNY Malbon suffered a major blow to his Vendée Globe campaign sustaining boat damage after hitting a whale. The Southampton yachtsman was blasting along at more than 15 knots in the south Atlantic when his yacht Artemis struck the whale.
I GOT off my pushbike to wheel it across the pavement in the city centre early on Thursday morning, as I had intended to walk to the cashpoint. As I went past the cycle rails I heard the immediate expellation of air. You can imagine I was suitably upset
The England and Wales Cricket Board are thought to be close to accepting tightened security arrangements for the resumption of the tour to India - but Hampshire’s Dominic Cork claims the side are “traumatised” and as many as six of Peter Moores’ squad
LEON Crouch is calling on the thousands of stayaway Saints fans to return – and help ensure supporters aren’t blamed for any more player sales next month. Finance director Dave Jones last week issued the bleak warning that more players would
THE chief executive of Ford has offered to work for $1 a year and sell his corporate jet if the car maker is bailed out by the American taxpayer. Alan Mulally said he would abandon plans to fly to Washington and instead drive the 500 miles to meet lawmakers
FORMER SAINTS chairman Leon Crouch has hit back at criticisms from the men who replaced him in power. Crouch insists he had come up with a plan that was supported by Barclays Bank and that crowds would have stayed at over 20,000 this season
AN elderly man killed himself by jumping from the tenth floor of a block of flats in Southampton, an inquest heard. Albert Pearce plunged 100ft to his death from the balcony of his apartment in Canberra Towers, Weston. Southampton Coroner
‘We couldn’t afford to fight on for our pub’ IT will be a bitter sweet Christmas for regulars who have lost the battle to save their Winchester pub from the bulldozers. The new year will begin with the closure of the Stanmore Hotel in Winchester
THEIR aim is to give a Christmas gift to 4,000 underprivileged children across Southampton. That was why school pupils joined forces with panto stars to launch this year’s Daily Echo backed Southampton Voluntary Services Christmas Toy Appeal
A FARMING family has launched an appeal against a planning decision, which they claim will see an end to their organic operation. In July Test Valley’s planning control committee turned down Richard Arnison-Newgass’s application for a stockman’s bungalow
THE sporting achievements of men, women and teams across the South of England will be recognised at the 2008 BBC South Sports Awards this Sunday. Ben Ainslie, Steve Williams and Harry Redknapp have all been shortlisted for the main BBC South
FORMER Saints chairman Leon Crouch insists the only way the club can ever prosper again is to attract new investment. Crouch was ousted as football board chairman back in May following the return of Rupert Lowe and Michael Wilde to power.
FOSSI the bear was on hand to help youngsters begin campaigning for a new adventure playground at their Hampshire school. Fossi the school mascot is pictured with pupils from Hamble Primary School next to the old adventure playground which will cost
TWO former teachers at a Totton school returned to its grounds to donate two apple trees. The donation was part of a large outdoor redevelopment project at Oakfield Primary School in Totton. Over the past two years an outdoor classroom, a trim trail
Father Christmas is to arrive by helicopter for Stockbridge’s late night Christmas shopping next Wednesday. He and his elf will be landing at about 6pm on the football field, courtesy of the Army Air Corps. He will then travel by pony and trap down
JONNY Malbon suffered a major blow to his Vendée Globe campaign sustaining boat damage after hitting a whale. The Southampton yachtsman was blasting along at more than 15 knots in the south Atlantic when his yacht Artemis struck the whale. The collision
