The Scottish Football Association tonight confirmed George Burley's sacking as Scotland manager. The SFA acted quickly after Scotland fans turned on Burley during Saturday's 3-0 friendly defeat by Wales. Chief executive Gordon Smith canvassed his
CARTOON superheroes, doctors and nurses, an army of geeks and a troupe of mime artists. These are just some of the colourful characters that were seen passing through the streets of Southampton as hundreds of students hit the town for a midweek
THE price of booze in Bedford Place could rise under a proposal aimed at quelling alcohol-fuelled violence and disorder. Hampshire police and Southampton City Council have told pubs, bars and clubs in the popular nightspot to stop selling discounted
THE life of a young donkey has been saved – thanks to the Daily Echo. Chocolate Muffin is a much-loved fixture at St Francis Animal Shelter in Fair Oak, and staff were devastated when they discovered she had a severe shoulder condition that would
ROWS of rabbits restrained in stocks, bags of dead mice and a mouse having its neck broken on the corridor floor. These disturbing images provide a rare glimpse inside a controversial Hampshire laboratory. They were captured on a secret camera by
I DON’T think I’ve ever spent a sober night out in town and on walking into Vodka Revolution in Bedford Place and seeing a banner with the slogan “I love vodka”, I realised why. I do love vodka. And it’s not only vodka, I will quite happily
COLLEGES across Hampshire lost a massive £428m of Government funding promised for rebuilding projects, the Daily Echo can reveal today. The money had been earmarked by the Learning and Skills Council for ambitious projects to improve facilities
BAR owners in Southampton could hike up the cost of drinks in a bid to stop alcohol-fuelled violence and antisocial behaviour, the Daily Echo can reveal. Police and council chiefs have told pubs, bars and clubs to stop selling cheap booze which
IT was once regarded as Southampton’s equivalent to London’s trendy Soho. Packed with independent, chic bars and restaurants, Bedford Place was the place to be seen in the city. That title is now in serious danger of slipping as the destination
HAMPSHIRE ocean racer Alex Thomson has been forced to retire from a gruelling 5,000-mile transatlantic yacht race after his boat hit a submerged object. Gosport-based Thomson announced shortly after 1pm he and co-skipper Ross Daniel were retiring
STUDENTS are being labelled the blot on our community, paying little or no regard to the neighbourhoods they live in, disturbing young and old residents in the middle of the night, vandalising property and making a mess everywhere they go.
SAM Bond, better known as Atlas from TV series Gladiators, pushed down the plunger at The Mall Marlands in Southampton to switch on the shopping centre’s Christmas lights with competition winner Jack Lineker. Heart FM Breakfast
BROCKENHURST have been handed the challenge of succeeding where Wimborne Town failed in the FA Vase. The Badgers, the only Sydenhams Wessex side definitely through to the third round following Saturday's 3-1 win at Tavistock, were today drawn
HEAVY fines will be dished out to people who flout recycling rules by one Hampshire council. Fareham is the first council in the county threatening to slap serial offenders with a £75 charge. This decision was made after some residents were
A man has pleaded guilty to a knife attack on West Ham United player Calum Davenport. Worrell Whitehurst, the boyfriend of Davenport's sister, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the former England Under-21 international on August
TALES of ships and the sea lie at the heart of Southampton’s maritime history but there is one story that has fascinated so many Hampshire Heritage readers. Stories on these pages regularly send local people scurrying off to check out details
AND so the dream continues. Like a giant, demented cockatoo, Jedward proceed to bluff their way through Britain’s biggest singing contest. Personally, I think they are great. I see them as revolutionaries, firebrands in the death of reality TV
UNIVERSITY students in Southampton have been captured on film harassing a woman recovering from open-heart surgery. The students were caught redhanded on a makeshift CCTV system installed by a group of angry residents in the Polygon.
The chief executive of Portsmouth Football Club appeared in court today charged with having ''cheated the public revenue'' over the signing-on fee to a midfielder. Peter Storrie, 57, of St Helen's Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, spoke only to confirm
THE terrified owners of a Hampshire village post office were robbed at knifepoint and beaten up in an audacious daylight raid. Bartley Post Office, which is also the village shop, was targeted at lunchtime yesterday. Police have arrested a 26
Police are issuing a health warning after various prescription medications were stolen from a car in Hampshire. Between 11am and 6pm on Tuesday, November 10, both the passenger side windows of a Vauxhall Astra in London Road, Portsmouth, were
SOUTHAMPTON’S Harbour Lights Picturehouse is to play host to an exclusive invitation- only UK preview screening of The Descent Part 2. The screening, being put on by The Coast in conjunction with Celador Films, will allow Southampton film fans
A 60ft racing yacht owned by sailing star Dame Ellen MacArthur has been abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean following a dramatic mid-sea rescue. French sailors Séb Josse and Jean- François Cuzon had to be airlifted off the IMOCA 60 yacht BT after
FIVE rare turkeys stolen from a Hampshire farm have been found. The birds were taken from their sheds in Twyford overnight between Saturday, November 7, and Sunday, November 8. The birds were found alive but abandoned on a bridleway
A HAMPSHIRE soldier killed in Afghanistan is set to receive a top military award. Senior military personnel say they expect bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid, from Winchester, to be given the George Cross. Staff Sergeant Schmid, 30
AFTER an eight-match unbeaten run, Saints succumbed to a tidal wave of pressure from along the south coast. A weekend that had seen storms batter the country’s coastline ended with Saints’ defences unable to cope with wave upon wave of pressure
POPULAR Southampton businessman Peter “the Hard Man” Harding took on Netley estate agent Billy “Hurricane” Harrow in an exhibition of white collar boxing that raised £2,500 for charity. Despite being just two weeks shy of his 50th birthday
NO one has the right to wear a cheap pair of knickers that mean a child has had to work 14-hour days.” It was this thought that catalysed Becky John to give up her well-paid job at the University of Southampton to work fulltime unpaid for a
AS A Land Rover screeches to a halt in front of us, the back doors are flung open. Quickly scrabbling aboard, we’re confronted with a scene that could have come straight from a war film. Dressed from head to toe in camouflage gear, four men sit
A HAMPSHIRE MP was due to hold crunch talks with health bosses today about the recent fall in standards in Southampton. Liberal Democrat Sandra Gidley was today meeting Southampton University Hospitals Trust (SUHT) chief executive Mark Hackett
AN elderly man has died after crashing his car into railings outside a Hampshire college this morning. The man, in his 70s, was driving a silver car that smashed into railings outside Peter Symonds College in Winchester at around 5.40am.
TWO companies are in competition for the £35m contract to rebuild Southampton’s new city academy schools. The two new secondary schools, sponsored by Christian charity Oasis, opened last September using the buildings of the four schools they
THERE was a miserable return to the England team for Hampshire ace Kevin Pietersen yesterday. The Rose Bowl star made his eagerly-awaited comeback in the second T20 international against the country he was born in. It was his first competitive
ALAN Pardew saw his Saints side crash to their first defeat since September and admitted: “We deserved to lose.” Pardew had warned his team to expect a positive start from a Brighton side determined to impress new manager Gus Poyet.
A HAMPSHIRE powerboat champion is suing the makers of BBC One's extreme game show Total Wipeout after being left with a crippling injury. Sarah Donohue, 38, was hurt while taking part in the extreme obstacle course in Argentina. The
REVELLERS at a stag-do party are thought to have sparked a four-hour emergency rescue operation after taking a dinghy out on the River Hamble. Lifeboat crews, Solent Coastguard and Hampshire police spent hours searching the waters during the
A NEW £1.75m community centre has been officially unveiled in Southampton. Freemantle Community Centre has everything from an internet café to a new stage area for performances. The centre, in Randolph Street, was launched with a fun
