HENRY Castle’s recent superb form has earned him the opportunity to re-establish himself as a major force in the sport, writes Mike Turner. The 29-year-old former English ABA champion, from Salisbury but who lives and trains in Southampton
SAINTS striker David McGoldrick has been named one of the top 50 rising stars in world football. The 21-year-old was ranked number 44 on The Times newspaper’s list yesterday. It said the players were “united by their potential to make it big in
MARK Wotte will hand starts to Jamie White and Paul Wotton in tonight’s reserve match against Aldershot at Staplewood (kick-off 7pm). Saints have welcomed back White from a loan spell at Shrewsbury, while Wotton returned to the first team as a substitute
SAINTS missed out on a place in the last 16 of the FA Youth Cup as they were knocked out 1-0 by Watford at St Mary's tonight. The visitors' margin of victory could have been a lot greater had it not been for goalkeeper Andrej Pernecky. The 17
BURGLARS made off with dozens of treasured photos of a baby boy, leaving his parents with just two pictures. As reported in the Daily Echo, burglars smashed their way into Matt and Ceri Rollinson's home in Redlands Road, Fareham, making off with a laptop
SOUTHAMPTON'S hospitals have declared an "internal major incident" and are only accepting patients with life threatening conditions or injuries. Non emergency operations face being cancelled while patients may be moved out of hospital earlier than planned
WHEN Danny Mountain was a 16-year-old Saints academy player, an injury shattered his dreams of becoming a professional footballer. But eight years later he is living a different sort of dream – as a top porn star. As well as being an adult movie
BOMB disposal experts safely detonated an unexploded bomb dug up in Southampton today. Builders working on the former Vosper Thornycroft site, in Victoria Road, Woolston, discovered the device, believed to date from the Second World War, just
THE best-laid plans of mice, men and women planning birthday outings, often go awry. Well they did this time anyway. I thought my birthday was at a bit of a rubbish time, falling at the beginning of February, but my boyfriend’s one, in the first
BROKENHURST Manor amateur Liz Bennett has taken a giant step towards realising her dream of turning professional this week. The 26-year-old is now halfway through the final stage of qualifying for the 2009 Ladies' European Tour and is well on course
Sunday, April 2, 1911 was not only a highly significant date in Hampshire's history but also an important milestone in the nation as a whole. On that date the details of 36 million people were recorded by the 1911 national census and now, nearly
A former air steward apologised unreservedly today for making ''unfounded'' allegations of racism and homophobia against McLaren Formula One chairman Ron Dennis. Peter Boland, 27, from Stowmarket, Suffolk, worked for Mr Dennis on his private
Police today charged 11 people with indecent chanting at a football match. They were arrested in connection with alleged racist and homophobic chanting at Portsmouth Football Club defender Sol Campbell. The allegations relate to a chants
AN ELITE group of dancers will be coming together for the opening dance show of the spring season at The Point, in Eastleigh. The south-east of England boasts some of the finest creative talent in the country, and its dancers, choreographers and film
Peartree United Reformed Church, Woolston King Arthur’s knights aren’t good enough company for him of a winter’s evening, so he sends a marriage proposal (with bags of gold and silver) to the fair Guinevere. Her mother, Queen Spend-the Lot, has hit
The Egg has been perched on top of Nursery Rhyme Land’s focal wall for over 1,000 years, with the kingdom flourishing. But when it is malevolently destroyed, the kingdom is plunged into deathly ice. Will Humpty Dumpty emerge from his broken shell
THE Nuffield theatre’s new season springs into life tonight with a brand new Nuffield Theatre Company production – the magical-realist fantasy White Rabbit. Written by Southampton playwright and former member of the Nuffield Writers’ Group, Fiona Mackie
On a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon, Mountbatten Players presented a fairytale pantomime full of warmth, appeal and entertainment. Steph Edwards was delightful as Bella, Shaun Young (her brother, Luigi) had great comic timing as he formed an easy
JOHANN Strauss’s hugely popular operetta, Die Fledermaus, returns to Lighthouse, Poole, tomorrow in a new production by oddball opera company, Opera della Luna, set in Russia. The company is renowned for turning operatic classics into accessible, frothy
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: NYK Apollo, container, 0600, 206; Soul Sound, cargo, 0600, 44; herm, container, 1100, 204; Heidelberg Express, container, 1930, 205; Talia, roro, 2030, 34/35; Domina, bulk, pm, 36; Nagato Reefer, refrigerated,
BUSINESSES across Hampshire are to be offered cash incentives to hire the long-term unemployed as part of a package of measures announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. More than 2,300 individuals in south Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have been
AS BILLBOARDS go it’s a big one. Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea has chosen to turn a Red Funnel ferry yellow as a giant floating advertisement of its imminent arrival in Southampton. The Isle of Wight ferry firm has ditched its traditional red
TWO people were taken to hospital today after a three-vehicle crash that closed a busy Hampshire road. The A336 Cadnam to Netley Marsh road was shut after two lorries and a car were in collision near Cadnam Garden Centre just before 9am. Firefighters
CONCERNS over the future of Southampton’s Highfield House Hotel have been allayed by a deal which sees the site form part of a management buy-out. There were question marks over its future after its parent, the 36-strong Folio Hotels group, went into
IT was the music the Nazis loved to parade to but the tunes of the Third Reich have since kept a Hampshire company marching along for 21 years. Brian Matthews, 50, started Winchester’s Tomahawk Films after he spent several years working in television
THE future of Hampshire staff at furniture retailer Land of Leather is in doubt 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 secure additional
PROPERTY fund manager, Highcross, has unveiled plans for a major new business development at its 100-acre Lakeside North Harbour site at Portsmouth. The proposals involve around 750,000sqft of new office space, including a series of “iconic” office
HAMPSHIRE’S Brazier Interior Systems has won the £1m contract for fitting out Carnival UK’s new HQ in Southampton. Workers from the Totton firm are now starting work on installing partitions and suspended ceilings in the landmark 210,000sqft building
STRIKING plans have been unveiled for a “visionary” £30m hotel and apartment tower which could become one of Southampton’s tallest buildings. Orchard Homes is defying the downturn with a planning application for the 25-storey building in the city centre
SHE was trusted with a Hampshire community charity’s cash. Well known in her local New Forest neighbourhood, nobody suspected Lesley Cox would be reduced to pinching the pennies. But Cox exploited her voluntary role as treasurer of the
POLICE are reopening Redbridge Hill in Southampton following a crash involving a police car responding to a 999 call. The patrol car was travelling with its flashing lights on when the accident happened this morning. A spokesman said
JULIAN Bartlett isn’t just expecting the Yukon Arctic Ultra – in which he will be attempting to cover 515km in six days at minus 25 degrees centigrade – to be tough. He’s hoping it will be. He and his team mates signed up for the race after they took
ONE Hampshire head teacher has faced her first inspection with success as her school celebrates a glowing report and a bright future ahead. Fryern Infant School impressed Ofsted inspectors with its enthusiastic pupils and dedicated staff. The
NEARLY one in five ten-year-olds in Southampton is clinically obese, new figures have revealed. Some 18.6 per cent of children in year six are so overweight that it could threaten their life, Government research has found. Almost one in ten children
YOU have to hand it to loyal Saints fans – during the Man Utd game when United went one up the Saints fans started singing to the United fans, you only sing when your winning. Sadly if Saints fans only sing when they are not winning at the end of
I AM writing to let your readers know about the marvellous help which the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) can provide for RAF personnel, whether they are serving or retired, and to their partners and dependants too. My husband served in the RAF for four
I DOUBT if 50 years fluoridation would have stopped the replacement dentures (Mrs M J Regardsoe January 8) only better dental care and better diet would have done that. Fluoride does not prevent periodontal disease often the cause for extraction
IT was good to read that Roy Perry admits that his party got it wrong with the ‘Save the Pound’ campaign and scaremongering that the euro would bankrupt the European Union. Perhaps he along with Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine and other realistic politicians
HOSPITALS in the south have been forced to spend millions of pounds on specialist beds and chairs for fat patients who are too heavy for standard equipment. Bigger and stronger beds, trolleys and operating tables have added to the hidden cost
IS the euro about to crash? The computer says yes! Since its launch in 2002, many politicians have derided sterling’s independence, hoping if they sneered menacingly enough millions of “little Englanders” could be frightened into adopting the EU-Frankenstein
AT present, individuals acquitted of a criminal charge in a crown court are able to claim back reasonable out-of-pocket legal expenses. The Government has made proposals which are complex in places, but essentially it is considering removing this established
WITH regard to illegal traffic signs on approaches to Millbrook Road – article front page Southern Daily Echo January 7. I wonder why Tony Seaton and the partnerships are so up in arms about their claims of insufficient warning of speed limits?.
AFTER five days I have finally found someone to hand over the heavy shoebox I have been carrying in my luggage. Living with his adopted parents and their three other children, 14-year-old Slava was more than grateful to receive the donated gifts.
How do you decide what to invest into? I was reading recently on a shares forum that banking shares could be a good option. I often wonder how long the media can sustain itself by creating noise and stories and how finance forums exist with
FORD workers were today dealt a devastating double body blow. The motor giant confirmed it will be cutting production at its giant Swaythling plant to just a single shift and putting the plant on a shutdown for more than two weeks. The
PARAMEDICS are taking “calculated risks” when treating 999 patients because they can’t guarantee being able to raise an ambulance. That is the damning view of one South Central Ambulance Service insider who says finding alternative methods
Jan Poortvliet faces an early selection dilemma ahead of Saturday’s massive St Mary’s showdown with Doncaster. The match against their fellow Championship strugglers is the most important of Saints’ season so far,. It looks set to have a huge impact
SAINTS will be able to call on a second teenager with competitive first-team experience for tonight’s FA Youth Cup tie against Watford. Welsh Under-19 forward Kayne McLaggon returns from suspension and will join midfielder Oscar Gobern, 17, who has
Tony Pulis is hoping James Beattie can provide the firepower to keep Stoke in the Barclays Premier League after finally getting his man. The 30-year-old former Saints striker ended days of speculation by putting pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year
Australia captain Ricky Ponting today led the chorus of praise for retiring opener Matthew Hayden. Former Hampshire player Hayden announced earlier this morning his decision to quit all forms of the game, and he departs with a Test average of 50.73
A HAMPSHIRE primary school’s new building proved it was weatherproof when it was officially opened in the wind and rain yesterday. The £200,000 extension has created a brand new main entrance and office at Halterworth Primary School. An interior
COCAINE worth more than £200,000 was discovered in a false compartment in a suitcase on a flight to Southampton Airport, a court heard. Roland Castillo, 59, had flown from the African country of Cameroon via Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris into
IT was the only hair he had left. Yet Dave Athwal didn’t think twice about losing his moustache of 32 years for charity. The store manager of Super-drug in Woolston, Southamp-ton, removed his tache without a spot of shaving foam in sight
A MOTORIST charged with killing two Hampshire friends in a motorway crash has appeared in court. Nigel Kirkham, 45, is charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the deaths of Zoe West, 34, and Victoria Pickering
CHILDREN at one of Hampshire’s smallest schools are celebrating the opening of a new library. A classroom at Tiptoe Primary School, which has just 118 pupils, has been converted as part of a major improvement scheme costing more than £200,000
A BID by a Hampshire parish council to buy a piece of former Ministry of Defence land at East Dean for village use has failed. Richard Newton, chairman of East Dean parish council, even put up £8,000 of his own cash to pay for the land at Glebe
