CUSTOMERS can wave goodbye to the money they spent on Lapland New Forest. That’s the expert view after the company announced it was heading for voluntary liquidation. The chaotic event held at Matchams could have netted organisers up to £2m
JAN Poortvliet had called on Saints to do whatever it took to get a win at Barnsley, even if it meant winning ugly. His players took him at his word. The victory was never pretty, it wasn’t very convincing, but it WAS three precious points. Normally
THE future of Hampshire staff at furniture retailer Land of Leather is today in doubt today after the ailing firm called in administrators. The Kent-based chain, which has a store in Hedge End, was forced to appoint Deloitte after efforts to
A MAJOR announcement, which workers fear could spell mass production and job cuts, will be made to hundreds of Ford workers tomorrow, the Daily Echo can reveal. Bosses at the motor giant’s Southampton plant are refusing to divulge any details, but
A HAMPSHIRE couple are determined to go ahead with the birth of their Siamese twins against medical advice. Lisa Chamberlain, 25, had a scan last week which showed her embryo had two heads and one body – making them rare dicephalus twins. The staunch
MCLAREN Formula One chairman Ron Dennis told a Southampton employment tribunal today that allegations he was racist were "lies that have damaged his reputation". Mr Dennis, 61, said he had come to the hearing to rectify the accusations made
A PENSIONER was doing a U-turn on a notorious Hampshire road when she killed a biker and his 11-year-old stepdaughter. Motorcyclist Terry Stubbs and his pillion passenger, Channon Kervern, were riding along a 60mph stretch of the A326 near Hythe on
IT WAS a charity ride that was inspired by his granddaughter and will help care for scores of newborn babies in need of life saving care. Devoted grandfather Bob Cummings took on a sponsored bike ride to “give something back” to the hospital who looked
A SOUTHAMPTON school has grabbed a gold mark for the work it does in developing arts both in school and after class. St Monica Junior School in St Monica Road, Sholing, already had the standard arts mark but grabbed the gold after leapfrogging
IT IS an impossible choice for anyone. Just five more years of life at the age of 16 – or a potentially life-threatening operation that will leave him unable to smile and possibly never walk again. Aaron Brown suffers from a rare genetic disorder
AS news of a warming resolution for some of the gas related troubles between Ukraine and Russia is reported on TVs across Simferopol, two nights of snowfall have left a freezing white coat across the capital of Crimea. Although we are told that Crimea
A Southampton ice-skating star has given birth – two days after she collapsed and ‘died’ from a brain haemorrhage. Despite declaring her brain-dead after she collapsed at home, doctors kept the 41-year-old’s heart beating and were able to deliver
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: Mol Celebration, container, 1330, 207. Today’s principal Southampton sailings: Ottawa Express, container, 0800, 204; Sand Weaver, trailing suction dredger, pm, 49. Tomorrow’s principal Southampton arrivals
HAMPSHIRE businessman Frank Dixie, pictured in the hat, is tonight to swap his suit and desk for stage and microphone and transform into alter-ego Harry Hammersmith to perform at the London International Boat Show. It’s the latest outing for the boss
A 31-year-old man narrowly escaped injury when his laptop caught fire. The man was in the bath at his home in Lawford Way, Totton, and had left his computer charging on his armchair when it burst into flames at around 10.57pm last night. His neighbours
A SERIOUSLY injured policeman had to be rushed to hospital in a fire truck because no ambulance was available. A special equipment unit (SEU) was transformed into the makeshift ambulance because the patient, an on duty police motorcyclist, needed urgent
A MULTI-car crash caused rush hour mayhem for motorists this morning. The crash happened at 7.25am and part of the motorway had to be shut but nobody was injured. It is thought the accident happened near junction five on the M27 going
WINCHESTER glamour model Lucy Pinder was enjoying her new found freedom today after becoming the first casualty of the Celebrity Big Brother house. The 25-year-old was voted off the show on Friday after going head to head in the public vote with Ulrika
THEY came in their hundreds to express solidarity and call for an end to the killing. Southampton city centre was brought to a standstill on Saturday as around 500 protesters marched to show their opposition to the ongoing conflict thousands
AN exclusive New Year’s cruise on board one of Southampton’s plushest liners was ruined by yobs who had bagged a last-minute bargain break. Louts tried to set fire to a Christmas tree, a brawl broke out between two families, under-age youths
Jan-Paul Saeijs tasted that rarest of things on his debut – a Saints win and one he admitted was barely deserved. The Dutch centre half only joined the club on Thursday from Roda JC on a loan until the end of the season that will be made permanent
Jan Poortvliet hailed new signing Jan-Paul Saeijs after he led his new team to a clean sheet and a vital win at Barnsley. The Dutchman may have been forgiven for wondering what all the fuss was about as he won header after header in the heart of the
A NUCLEAR engineering company from Hampshire has been bought by a French engineering giant for an undisclosed sum. The deal for Gravatom, which has three branches in Hampshire employing 125 people, is expected to create more high skilled jobs
THE FATE of a redundant village church could be decided tomorrow. Plans have been unveiled by a developer to turn West Tytherley Methodist Church into residential accommodation. Planning chiefs are recommending approval of Plantwide
Three men are under police protection today after shots were fired at their Hampshire home. Two men in their twenties and a 17-year-old were in the house in Sarisbury Green when the home came under attack. Police say that shots were
THE OWNERS of a 300-year-old Grade II listed cottage badly damaged in a thatch fire say they are determined to restore it to its former glory. Eight fire appliances tackled a blaze that devastated Woodside Cottage, Minstead, which has been
A YOUTH club facing closure in Winchester has been rescued. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Youth Options will take over the King Alfred Youth Activity Centre (KAYAC) next Monday. It stepped in after talks with Winchester City Council, which has helped
IT was a sad tale but out of the Blue came the purr-fect ending. A family from Wickham have been reunited with their Bengal cat - two years after he went missing. Blue was just two years old when he vanished over Christmas 2006 leaving
A CONTROVERSIAL and police-backed scheme to fence off a pedestrian-cycle path through a North Baddesley housing development has been rejected by Test Valley councillors. The move by Bryant Homes Southern Counties to build the 1.8m high wooden fence
