SAINTS keeper Kelvin Davis could be out until the New Year with a groin injury. The club captain limped off in the second half of tonight's 3-1 win at Hartlepool and was replaced by Bartosz Bialkowski. Saints boss Alan Pardew said after
Click here to make this page automatically refresh (2 mins) ADAM Lallana struck twice to give Saints a 3-1 victory at Hartlepool tonight. The result ended a run of three league games without a win for Alan Pardew's men. Saints
Pompey manager Paul Hart has been "relieved of his duties" by the club this evening. In a statement, the club's board said it had made the decision "reluctantly" and had based it on the team's results and league position. Pompey are
I’m a rare person, I have an equal love of English and American sport. Going out to the New York Marathon gave me a chance to indulge in the American side of my love of sport. It's loud and brash not for everyone but the Americans put on a show
PATIENTS are being admitted to Southampton General Hospital’s intensive care unit with swine flu. At any one time there have been up to 11 patients with the H1N1 virus on ventilators to keep them breathing. The latest figures about critically
A HAMPSHIRE student told today how she was paralysed from the neck down in the space of just two hours after being struck by a rare spinal disorder. It started when Abby Rout, 20, felt shooting pains and numbness in her hand and within two hours she
A variation on the Dracula story, this particular setting is a country house. Although sinister actions are threatened, no disaster strikes, thanks to the intervention of Professor Van Hyer (Alistair Banks). All seems normal as Jonathan (David Guy
This is a very amusing one-act play about the occupants of the flat below that of Sherlock Holmes. Major Bennington-Smyth (Rae Tugwell) rants and raves over the noise from above and gives heart-felt descriptions of Holmes and Watson. His gin-soaked
After living in America for several years, Teddy brings his wife, Ruth, home for the first time to meet his working-class family in North London; this is the home of Max, shared by Max’s brother and other two sons. Events soon take a sinister turn
COUNTY chiefs have denied that a shortage of more than 300 nurses and carers put frail elderly people and children in care at risk. Figures reveal a vacancy rate of 18 per cent in the 1,761-strong nursing, residential and day care workforce at Hampshire
Back in February I was asked about commercial property and if I would buy it and I said no. The reason for that was because I believed that REITs would outperform them. A REIT (real estate investment trust) in very simple terms buys real estate
A FRAIL Hampshire pensioner terrorised by schoolchildren has welcomed teacher patrols around his neighbourhood. As reported in yesterday’s Daily Echo, the 85-year-old was left terrified after youngsters stoned windows at his Southampton home
A BREWERY deliveryman who suffered critical injuries when he fell out of a moving car was last night fighting for his life in hospital. Family and friends have rallied around to pay tribute to footballer Wayne Hodder, 31, following the accident
I’VE said it before and I’ll say it again. Motherhood is a thankless job. There are of course occasions when it is all worth while, when he is the cutest little thing in a vest and when grannies stop in the supermarket aisles to comment on his
USE us or lose us. That is the message from a Southampton pre-school that is facing closure due to dwindling numbers of children on roll. The St Michael's preschool has been part of the Bassett community for 35 years but a recent dip in numbers means
TWO school friends of Olaf Schmid came to the funeral to pay tribute. Grace Butler and Chantel Oates both went to Penair Secondary School in Truro with the soldier. Ms Butler, 30, a doctor, said: "He was just a really nice guy, always
HUNDREDS of soldiers, dressed in full uniform, filled the cathedral ahead of the ceremony. WO1 (SSM) Steve Parker, QGM, of Royal Logistic Corps, came from his base in Didcot, Oxfordshire, to pay tribute to his friend and colleague. WO1
“LET’S stay friends.” It is hard to think of a more ill conceived phrase in the history of human interaction. This throw away, insincere remark is the standard way of ending a break-up speech and I have never understood why. You
FAMILY and friends mourning Hampshire bomb disposal hero Olaf Schmid came together for his funeral at the cathedral where he was once head chorister. Many mourners arrived in Truro, Cornwall, last night for today's funeral in the city's 19th
THE fleet operating credentials of the VW Golf, Ford Transit Connect, VW Caddy and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter have been rewarded at the 2009 ACFO Fleet Car and Vans of the Year Awards. Julie Jenner, chairman of the Hampshire-based Associ-ation of Car Fleet
FORD has been named as Britain’s most reliable van manufacturer in an authoritative survey of more than one million vehicles. In a double success, the Southampton-built Transit was named the most reliable van for the third year running, with the Transit
A WOMAN was seriously injured in a crash on the outskirts of Winchester this morning. The victim was cut free from the wreckage of her Ford Fiesta after a collision on the Andover Road North, just outside Sir John Moore Barracks at Littleton at about
ON the eve of the most important UK motorcycle show of the year, final preparations are in hand for BMW Motorrad to stun the crowds. This year’s Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show at the NEC is sure to provide entertainment
CRACK team last night smashed the UK record for the largest ever tower of poppadoms. City councillors and parliamentary candidates Royston Smith and Jeremy Moulton, pictured above, joined forces with Steve Fry and Rashmi Chande from Southampton
LICENSEES have vowed to join forces to fight booze-related violence on the streets of Southampton. Representatives of 21 bars, pubs and clubs in Bedford Place agreed on the united front at a speciallycalled meeting to thrash out the issue.
OFFICE workers were evacuated today after a fire involving a lorry loaded with explosive gas. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service set up a 100-metre exclusion zone around the lorry amid fears of a blast. The vehicle was carrying a one-tonne
WHEN YOU need to get yourself back on track, sometimes feeling like you are facing adversity is exactly what you need. Saints have barely been on a bad run, nothing of the sort, but after a few league games had slipped by without a victory they
HIGH street book chain Borders, which has a major store in Southampton’s West Quay Retail Park employing 50 people, is holding emergency rescue talks as it fights to secure its future, it has emerged. The group, which also includes the Books Etc
THE first shots have been fired in the battle to stop the controversial multi-million pound redevelopment of the home of Hampshire cricket. Weeks after threatening to take action, a group of three hotel giants has officially started the ball
THE Winchester soldier killed defusing a roadside bomb in Afghanistan will be buried with full military honours today. Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid, 30, died in the blast in Helmand province on October 31. Serving with the Royal Logistics Corps
ITV newsman Alastair Stewart will be under the spotlight at Southamp-ton Solent University during a question-and-answer evening next Monday. He will be interviewed by former Meridian TV presenter Debbie Thrower about his long-lasting career in journalism
A HAMPSHIRE charity that helps care for older people is celebrating after raising £1,800 through a daredevil firewalk. Nine brave fundraisers, pictured, braved the hot coals in aid of Winchester based Brendoncare, which runs ten care centres
GRAEME Murty could be in line for his first start in three months tonight. The right back has endured a long spell on the sidelines after suffering knee ligament damage in the 2-1 Carling Cup defeat to Birmingham in August. He made his
ALAN Pardew admits Saints are in a position where they have “no margin for error”. Saints travel to Hartlepool tonight, without a win in their last three league matches. Even with just one defeat in their last seven, they are still at
CARING children at Romsey’s Halterworth Primary School have filled 208 shoeboxes with Christmas goodies aimed a putting smiles on youngsters’ faces in deprived and war-torn areas of the globe. Halterworth School’s Operation Christmas Child
ROMSEY is gearing up for Christmas. Festive lights and Christmas trees are going up around the town and preparations are under way for the Winter Carnival on Saturday. The carnival procession leaves Station Road at 6pm. The parade will make its way
