THE last time Somerset were at The Rose Bowl they contributed to a thrilling Friends Provident t20 final in front of a packed house and a global television audience. By LV County Championship standards, there was a decent crowd for the second
DAVID Sherwood (Letters, April 25) is perfectly entitled to disagree with AV, but he might change his mind if he actually understood the process fully, which he obviously does not. If AV is approved and comes into effect at the next and subsequent
I HAVE had letters in this column in recent months, debating with Conservative councillor Mr Peter Baillie. While I am a million miles from his political views, Mr Baillie is a Tory, so I know what to expect and get, so I know where I stand. Contrast
I HAVE recently returned from Southampton, having to have a month at radiology department and I wondered if you could find a space in your Daily Echo to thank everyone for the care I received, from the hospital staff to the staff at Jury’s Inn where
DEREK Snowdon is right when he says the “Titanic was a disaster, for heavens’ sake”. I have never seen any of the films made about it, and never will, because I can’t bear to think of all those lives lost in that freezing water. I know it’s been made
NO, Mr Snowdon is not the only one fed up with reading about the Titanic. Don’t think I am unfeeling, but everyone seems to want to make money out of a tragedy that shouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the greed of a certain shipping
LIKE Derek Snowdon, (Letters, April 20), I too am sick to smithereens of our preoccupation with the Titanic. Our once beautifully architecturally balanced Civic Centre is now to be cursed, at a cost, with a Titanic carbuncular growth, during a
A SOUTHAMPTON man has made his first appearance at crown court for the alleged murder of his partner in a city flat. Steven Waters, 54, of Napier House, Paynes Road, Freemantle, is accused of the murder of Anita Bawtree, 34, at their home on
SCORES of pub regulars are expected to gather in Southampton today to say goodbye to a popular retired landlord. Alan Hilleard, pictured, 68, had managed pubs in the city for more than 30 years – firstly the Bevois Castle in Onslow Road and
THE champagne may be on ice for the time being but these Southampton fans are already preparing for a promotion party. Punters at The Saints pub in Millbrook are in buoyant mood ahead of their team’s vital run in, with high expectations surrounding
HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley was told closing Southampton’s children’s heart surgery unit would be “preposterous and perverse” as the campaign to save it was taken to Parliament. During exchanges in the Commons chamber Conservative
The way I improve the customer service at Your Life Your Style is to learn from how I am served by others. On that basis, I learnt a lot of lessons last night when I went to The Nuffield Theatre straight from work. The four of us received disappointing
THE distraught parents of a young boy who was mauled by a dog on Southampton Common have pleaded for the public to help find the dangerous animal before it strikes again. Tearful Sally and Bryan Thompson fear a child could be killed if the Staffordshire
A FRIGHTENED grandmother was just minutes from death before being dramatically rescued as flames threatened to engulf her flat. Catherine Young, also known as Catherine Wilson, suffered serious burns to her face as thick, toxic smoke filled her
SCHOOLGIRL suffered a broken shoulder when she was hit by a BMW car on a Southampton dual carriageway. As reported in the Daily Echo yesterday, the 11- year-old, who was kept in Southampton General Hospital overnight after the incident in
PRISON bosses have launched an investigation into claims of drug dealing inside a Hampshire jail. Two inmates at Winchester Prison say they made about £25,000 in just six months from selling cocaine, crack and heroin. They said they were using
TWO men arrested on suspicion of being involved in a cashpoint scam sweeping Hampshire have been released on bail. Police swooped near Southampton’s High Street just after 9.30am of Friday after a call from a member of the public who thought the
A HAMPSHIRE family is in mourning today after a 59- year-old father was killed in an industrial accident. An investigation has been launched into the death of workman Robert Mayne, which is currently being treated as “unexplained”. A
SAINTS will hope to take advantage of Brentford’s stuttering home form as their promotion push continues at Griffin Park this weekend. The Bees are safely tucked away in mid-table and meandering towards the end of the season with little left to play
A HAMPSHIRE based insurance company has come out top in a European survey of companies which have the lowest greenhouse emissions. Aviva, which has its healthcare operation in Eastleigh, was ranked number one in the UK section of the report
Hundreds of mourners are expected to pay their last respects today at the funeral of a Royal Navy officer shot dead on a nuclear submarine. Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux, from Standish, Wigan, a father of four, died after being shot during
A FARMER is believed to be the first in Hampshire to try to harvest the sun. Rob Singleton has just installed more 120 solar panels on the roof of a barn on his 300-acre mixed farm near Alresford. He reckons the electricity he will generate
A PUB singer has been told he faced no charges after singing 1970s disco hit Kung Fu Fighting in front of Chinese people. It is thought the passer-by on the Isle of Wight was offended by the lyrics on Sunday and complained to police.
GOLDFISH were stolen from their tank during a break-in. They were went missing along with a 32 inch Panasonic TV, two watches, a portable Playstation and a lighter. The thieves smashed their way into the home in Treeside Road, Shirley, through
WINCHESTER is cleaning up its act too slowly to meet carbon footprint targets, a new study has warned. The report by Winchester Action on Climate Change (Winacc) said car use and air travel has fallen, but electricity demand is up. The district
