HE is one half of one of the country's favourite TV couples, best known for being outspoken, constantly interrupting his wife and that Ali G impression. Richard Madeley has been providing moments of television gold alongside his wife Judy Finnigan for
SOUTHAMPTON’S Richard Bland has pitched up in the top ten after the first round of the BMW PGA Championship. Bland shot three-under-par at Wentworth to move into a share of seventh, three shots behind overnight leader Danny Willett. Although he
AVRAM Grant has resigned as Pompey manager. The former Chelsea boss failed to keep Portsmouth in the Premier League, as they finished bottom of the division this season. He did however manage to guide his team to Wembley for the FA Cup
IT comes complete with flashing blue lights and a siren and is due to take part in a highspeed chase. But the latest police car to take to the streets of Hampshire is a little on the small side and somewhat lacking in horsepower. Officers in
MOTORISTS using of one Hampshire’s busiest roads face another five months of misery following the launch of a £1.7m repair project. Long delays caused by recent safety improvements to the A326 are set to be followed by additional disruption
A 38-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Bournemouth mother Heather Barnett seven and a half years ago. Italian national Danilo Restivo, a trainee dental technician of Chatsworth Road, Charminster, will appear before Bournemouth magistrates
JUSTIN Rose said he suffered from “one of those days” after a tough first round at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. The Hampshire star shot three-over-par at the newly renovated West Course this afternoon. Rose bogeyed the par four third,
KARL STAPLES just wanted to back his national team as they prepare to do battle in the World Cup. But football nut Karl’s great display outside the council flat he shares with partner Katie Hems, has been given the red card. Karl claims
A NEW £1.6m surgery is to be built in a Hampshire town as part of controversial plans to open a supermarket. Sainsbury’s bosses will pay to relocate Bishop’s Waltham Surgery to the Abbey Mill site if their plans for a supermarket are given
SHE will be the pride of Southampton, a ship, with a name fit for a queen, which will have more than a touch of royalty about her regal decks when she arrives in her home port later this year. One of the major features of the Queen Elizabeth will
A BUSY Hampshire road has been reopened after an oil spill closed it earlier this afternoon. A crash between two cars led to Southampton Road, Eastleigh, being closed off earlier this afternoon. Nobody was injured although some oil was
THE family of a soldier who died after being assaulted outside a Hampshire pub have paid tribute to him. Pte Matt Brooks died at Southampton General Hospital on Tuesday after he was attacked outside Yates' Wine Lodge in Portsmouth, last week
A pole dancer who had money problems hanged herself in a cry for help, an inquest heard today. Rebecca Brumpton had been experiencing financial difficulties while being out of work at the end of last year. The 23-year-old single mother had worked
A SOUTHAMPTON teenager has been jailed for 18 months for committing sex acts with a girl he met over the Internet. Mark North, 19, travelled to Cambridge to see the 14-year-old he had befriended on social networking website Bebo. After
The union representing British Airways cabin crew won an appeal today against an injunction which blocked strike action. Two out of three judges in the Court of Appeal in London allowed an appeal brought by Unite against a ruling in favour
THE Daily Echo has teamed up with Southampton police today to help warn people about car crime. Motorists and passengers often make themselves easy targets for thieves by leaving valuable items, from Sat Navs to handbags, on display in their vehicles
FIREARMS teams surrounded a house in Southampton early this morning after a row between two men with a gun. Police were called after reports of a fight in the Polygon, where one of the men produced the firearm. Officers say a second
SALISBURY City face losing their Blue Square Conference status after falling foul of the Football Conference's controversial Appendix E ruling. Directors of the Wiltshire club, who were deducted ten points for going into administration last season
MORGAN Schneiderlin is attempting to become the second Saints midfielder in six years to win a prestigious international youth tournament in the south of France. The 20-year-old netted for France in Tuesday’s opening Toulon Under-20 Tournament
THE death of a popular amateur footballer who jumped out of his girlfriend’s car as she was driving him home from the pub was an accident, an inquest has ruled. Wayne Hodder from Redbridge, Southampton, suffered severe head injuries when he
A PRIVATE equity firm set up in Hampshire has revealed plans to invest £10m in county businesses over the next year. Altitude Partners (AP) aims to raise funds from a large pool of wealthy Hampshire investors to plough back into up and coming
SOUTHAMPTON’S two universities have each dropped a position in a league table ranking the best universities in the country. The Complete University Guide table which rates universities on student satisfaction, spending on facilities and career
GOVERNMENT cuts will hit jobs at Winchester City Council, its new leader has warned. Councillor Kelsie Learney fears the authority would be badly affected by Whitehall’s moves to slash the budget deficit. The Liberal Democrat, whose
THE Daily Echo has teamed up with APH Parking to offer readers the chance of a VIP experience next time they fly from Southampton Airport. Winners will receive: • A stay in a 4* hotel either side of flying from Southampton airport.
FIREFIGHTERS had to close off a road to rescue two pigeons that got tangled up in anti-bird netting on the roof of a four-storey building. Specialist animal rescue and RSPCA officers couldn't get to the distressed birds so that had to call
HOSPITAL staff at the Royal South Hants in Southampton had to be evacuated in chemical spill scare on Wednesday night. The drama was quickly over when firefighters from St Mary's fire station discovered the substance was washing detergent.
JOHN Denham has launched a campaign to save Southampton’s under-threat flagship arts complex. The Labour MP for Southampton Itchen last night urged the new Government to back the £14m redevelopment of the former Tyrrell and Green site.
I went to see Bingo by Edward Bond in the Minerva Theatre at Chichester Festival Theatre. It was a full house (no pun intended). Patrick Stewart was brilliant in the lead role of Shakespeare in retirement. The play itself though left me cold
THE manager of a Southampton care home at the centre of allegations of neglect and ill treatment of residents considered leaving her job, a court heard. Margaret Priest, who ran The Briars in Bitterne Park, pictured above, told police she thought
A MAN was punched and robbed by a gang who followed him on push-along scooters. The 52-year-old was hit several times in the face by the trio, who had followed him for a mile in the Bitterne Manor area of Southampton. Police are appealing for
