FOR anybody who has visited Hill Head I’m sure Emma’s dress shop and the Osborne view are probably the first things that spring to mind when thinking about the area along with the stunning views. However, this looks all set to change since
ENGLISH Touring Theatre’s irrepressibly funny new adaptation of Moliere’s The Hypochondriac is a tonic guaranteed to lift the spirits this winter at The Nuffield from Tuesday to Saturday. The Hypochondriac was French playwright Molière
BOOKS aren’t the answer to everything but they could well be the latest money spinning addition to a musicians merchandise table and maybe cement that bond between fan and band. Grant Sharkey thinks so. He’s one of the two bass players in the popular
NEXT week’s offering at Southampton University’s The Phoenix is French classic I’ve Loved You So Long. Kristin Scott Thomas excels as a woman struggling to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison
AFTER a teaser of headline performances in November and December, and the release of her debut album Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?, Paloma Faith has announced a headline tour in March 2010. The Hackney born singer draws on diverse
You know on a Sunday afternoon when you’re desperately trying to get somewhere, possibly Grandma’s house for a roast dinner, and there’s that damn annoying person in front out for a Sunday stroll who refuses to go above 20mph? Well, at times, this
TEAM Origin, the British America’s Cup team, will face two matches tomorrow after racing was cancelled at the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice today. The team, skippered by Hampshire star Ben Ainslie, won their first race against Russian team Synergy on
HE has styled Laurel and Hardy’s hair and snipped away at Southampton residents for more than 60 years. Now barber legend Doug Stanley has put his scissors away – at the age of 81. Doug, who started cutting hair as a 12-year-old, decided to shut
BRITAIN’S longest serving television cop PC Tony Stamp has hung up his truncheon this week after 25 years in ITV1’s hit police drama series The Bill – and his first stop is Southampton. “It was an honour playing Tony Stamp and I loved every minute
SALISBURY Cathedral Choir has released its latest CD Christmas at Salisbury Cathedral on the Priory label. Recorded in the cathedral earlier this year, it is a lovely mixture of old and new, with two carols recorded for the very first time. David
CALENDAR Girls became the fastest selling tour show ever and triumphed in the West End. It returns home to Chichester – where the show received its world premiere – for one final season from Wednesday January 27, 2010. Producers have confirmed that
HIS slick detective work uncovering crimes is muchloved by television viewers. But from Friday, his dulcet tones can be heard unravelling the wonders of a major Winchester attraction. David Suchet famous for his role as Agatha Christie’s detective
Jackie The Annual 2010 encompasses all the great memory-jogging tracks on a massive triple CD album – a collection of pure nostalgia! Following on from the massive success of the previous three albums (Jackie: The Album, Jackie: The album vol.
Get ready to celebrate and reminisce one of the original, most anarchic and groundbreaking Saturday morning series in British television – TISWAS!! It’s rebellious, irreverent nature became the trademark and part of the legacy of this iconic ITV
STUDENTS are being warned not to sleep with their windows open following a rise in burglaries across parts of Southampton. On some occasions thieves are putting their hands through bedroom windows and stealing whatever they can reach – usually
A PAY cut is looming for councillors in Winchester as they attempt to balance their budget. Winchester City Council is drawing up several ideas to save money, most of which are still under wraps. Yet Cllr George Beckett, who leads the authority,
WINCHESTER civic chiefs say they are close to letting one of their office blocks after it has stood empty for more than a year. The city council has been marketing Avalon House, the former planning offices in Chesil Street. The local healthcare trust
HAMPSHIRE fell silent yesterday as thousands of people paid their respects to the fallen. The sounds of brass bands and bagpipes rang out as poppy wreaths were laid at remembrance services around the county. In the chilly autumnal weather
BROADCASTER Chris Packham visited a Hampshire school to open a vegetable garden created by the pupils. Students at Hounsdown School in Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, have turned a previously derelict piece of land into a productive area capable of growing
A SERIES of pink fundraising events on the Isle of Wight have raised hundreds of pounds for the national Breast Cancer Campaign. Activities for the Isle of Pink event included a treasure hunt which raised £550, a Think Pink competition and donations
The Inbetweeners is the soundtrack to the BAFTA nominated British sitcom about a group of sixth formers struggling through their teenage years. The series follows four friends Will (Simon Bird), Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley) and Neil
IT giant IBM should be blacklisted by the Government over its “disgraceful” plans to cut pensions terms for its workforce, according to a Hampshire MP. Romsey MP Sandra Gidley claimed employees regarded the changes as a “backdoor to constructive dismissal
A FOOD service equipment specialist headquartered near Southampton has been putting the finishing touches to £1m worth of hotel sector contracts. They are the latest business wins for HCE, which employs 26 staff and supplies and installs professional
Today’s Southampton arrivals: X-Press Matterhorn, container, 0130, 207W; Sand Heron, dredger, 0245, Crown Wharf; Gentle Leader, ro/ro, 0500, 40; Eileen C, cargo, 1130, 36S; WMS container, 1430, 204W; NYK Libra, container, 1930, 206; NYK Aphrodite
HAMPSHIRE ocean racing duo Dee Caffari and Brian Thompson have stormed into third place after the first day’s racing in the Transat Jacques Vabre yacht race. The pair, sailing Caffari’s Open 60 Aviva, had a strong start from Le Havre yesterday
COUNCIL bosses are bringing in inflation-busting car parking charges in Winchester – to try to make people use the new park-and-ride. The city council has decided on a new set of city centre charges to be introduced on January 1 – with some areas
I attended the Rememberance Service at the Cenotaph in Southampton and was pleased to see a big turn out of local people. These occasions are about the people of the city gathering to pay tribute to brave men and women who have died serving their
While attending the Remembrance Day parade in Botley, I was to witness the lack of respect shown to the past and present service personal. The different organizations, taking part in the parade and onlookers, showed dignity and respect to those
THIS was the scene after a high-powered sports car went crashing head-on into a lamppost. Car parts went flying through the air as the black Maserati smashed through roadside safety barriers before spinning several times and colliding with
STRIKER Richard Gillespie is convinced Eastleigh should have had penalty 12 minutes before Andy Forbes dragged the Spitfires back on level terms in their 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Barrow at Holker Street. There was much debate between players
It is Remembrance Sunday and fireworks are going off all around me. I am utterly appalled at this unnecessary lack of respect for our armed forces. Shame on the lot of you. Pity your parents haven't taught you how to behave. Sadly this is Britain
HE couldn’t quite stretch to full-on sympathy but Barrow joint-boss Dave Bayliss certainly felt some empathy for Eastleigh after his side snuck through to the FA Cup second round. It didn’t take his ‘we rode our luck’ admission to confirm that he knew
If plans for a huge cut in worldwide global CO2 emissions do not materialize in Copenhagen in a months time then it seems very likely our small planet will be heading for temperature rises in excess of 2ºC which will be disastrous in many ways.
I remember the worse year for fireworks was Milliuenmum night when I found 40 or so rocket sticks within my grounds and the ponies in the paddocks, had to be sedated. The young ladies who were renting the paddocks from me, soon moved them to somewhere
SKIPPER Tom Jordan said the nature of Eastleigh’s FA Cup first round exit had left the players “shell-shocked.” “It’s hard to take,” the towering centre-back said after a replay was snatched from Eastleigh’s hands by Barrow after Jason Walker’s last-gasp
Can I congratulate everyone involved in the Remembrance Service in Totton today. I think it was the largest parade I have seen in my almost twenty years on the Town Council. It was a great pleasure to see so many of our young people marching,
Remembrance Sunday is a day for me of quiet reflection thinking not so much of those who have fallen in war, but of the many friends of mine whose fathers had not returned from the second world war. I have on only a few occasions attended reunions
I was disgusted,but not entirely surprised, that of all the people laying wreaths at The Cenotaph,only one person did not bow their head ; that being the Prime Minister. This showed a total lack of respect for our servicemen and women,past
Did anyone see a bright orange UFO type object streak across the sky in a north-east direction at 10:05pm on bonfire night, it was not a firework and too fast for the space station, so what was it, any ideas? P.Oxford, Southampton
Ralph Prothero (Letters, November 5) is only partly correct in explaining global warming today. Global warming is mainly caused by mankind having burnt, and blithely continuing to burn, fossil fuels so adding to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
In all the debate about the MP's expenses has anybody investigated how some MP's seem to use their expenses for political purposes? The local Lib-Dem MP's for instance all seem to have bought expensive enevelope stuffing machines In fairness to Mr Huhne
The sheer stupidity of cyclists riding, without lights on the pavement, never ceases to amaze me. They are frequently students. The university can afford panic alarms for students. Why do they not issue the bullies on bikes with bike lights
Dear Editor, The Daily Echo headline (29 Oct.) reported that Southampton children have now been shown to have good teeth. It's an old trick of the authorities to say that any area they want to fluoridate has 'the worst children's teeth.' Let's
Further to my letter printed on the 3rd November concerning the threatened closure of Crowlin House. I finished the letter with a direct question to John Denham saying ' Are you prepared to help?' The answer I got back was ' ....if one of Mr Denham's
Climate change has already led to rising temperatures which cause droughts. floods and diseases among the world's poorest people and will affect our grandchildren and great grandchildren unless urgent action is taken to cut emissions. In just 30 days
A COMMUNITY music project in Southampton is appealing for public votes to win a £50,000 grant from TV’s The People’s Millions. The SoCo Music Project needs the cash to build a music and media studio at the Hightown Youth Centre in Thornhill
Check the latest local traffic reports A MOTORCYCLE crash on the A31 near Ringwood caused major traffic delays this morning. The motorcyclist suffered serious but not life threatening injuries in the accident that happened on the westbound
Wonderful! amazing! Hamble Parish Council have now put in place a plan to help the disabled living in the village to reach hospitals, surgeries etc. Tokens will be made and distributed to the most needing help. This is such marvellous news, since Keith
TWO people were taken to Winchester's Royal County Hospital last night following a two-vehicle crash in Shedflield. The accident happened in Winchester Road at around 11.30pm.
A HAMPSHIRE builder has won a top construction award for his work developing a £10.4m tank museum. Rod Nutbourne picked up a silver medal at the national final of this year’s Construction Manager of the Year Awards in London for his part in developing
IT is the obvious teenagers’ job, allowing them to scrape together enough money each week to buy a bag of sweets and a couple of magazines. But a great-grandfather is proving that you do not have to be young to have a paper round – just young at
PUPILS at Wellow School have been packing Christmas gifts for children in poverty-stricken countries abroad. Children have filled 120 shoeboxes full of goodies including toothbrushes, pencils, hats, small toys, scarves and other basic items destined
THIS week marks the start of Colleges Week 2009 – a national campaign aimed at showcasing the work done by higher education institutions. Local colleges including Brockenhurst College in the New Forest are taking part in the week-long event. Bosses
VILLAGERS say they are being driven to distraction by transport chiefs who are ignoring their calls to resurface a noisy stretch of the M3. Residents living in Compton and Shawford, near Winchester, say the issue has been a constant headache
A PAY cut is looming for councillors in Winchester as they attempt to balance their budget. Winchester City Council is drawing up several ideas to save money, most of which are still under wraps. Yet Cllr George Beckett, who leads the authority,
