NEWBORN Daisie Downie has beaten the odds to make it home for her first Christmas after becoming the smallest baby to have a pioneering open-heart surgery procedure to save her life. Daisie needed the life-saving op when she was born six weeks
The annual search is on – is your pet ready to parade proudly on the festive catwalk this Christmas? The Daily Echo is today launching its Party Pets competition to sniff out which pampered pooch or merry moggy looks best in their finest festive get-up
Major delays were caused by emergency pothole work on a Hampshire motorway. Junction three of the M27 eastbound was shut while the roadworks are being carried out. It means motorists had to travel to junction five and double-back.
A date has been fixed which will herald the arrival of the new Bishop of Winchester. The Rev Canon Tim Dakin, currently the head of the Church Mission Society, will be installed during a service at Winchester Cathedral on Saturday, April 21
A MAN has appeared in court today charged with a string of armed robberies in Southampton. David Parcell, 41, of no fixed abode, has been charged in connection with the armed robberies at four stores around the Sholing area. He appeared
ALMOST 100,000 Christmas shoppers flocked to Southampton’s WestQuay Shopping Centre on Thursday, making it the complex’s busiest day of the year so far. The last-minute festive shopping spree means the centre has reported an 8.5 per cent
Police have recommended that both Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne and his ex-wife be charged over claims that he dodged a speeding penalty, it was reported. Detectives believe they have presented the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with enough
“BRAINLESS” vandals caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage when they slashed 24 tyres in one Southampton street during an overnight wrecking spree. Angry residents woke to discover 14 vehicles had been targeted in Sheldrake Gardens, Lordshill. They
SIMON Katich has revealed he may play for Hampshire beyond 2012. The Australian played for Hampshire from 2003-05 and returns to The Rose Bowl as the county’s overseas player next summer. Now he is not contracted by Australia, the 36-year-old could
HAMPSHIRE has some of the most desirable locations to live in the country, according to a new study. A number of districts in the county have made it onto the UK’s top 50 list of desirable locations to live in Halifax’s 2011 Quality of Life Survey.
RICKIE Lambert insists everyone at Saints should take great pride at the club being top of the Championship on Christmas Day. Nigel Adkins' men can enjoy tomorrow's festivities from the comfort of first place in the division - a position they have held
A 31-year-old man is spending Christmas in custody after appearing in court accused of the sexual touching of a male. Malcolm Macleod, of no fixed address, is alleged to have committed the offence in Winchester on December 13. Magistrates remanded him
POLICE are appealing for people to be wary of being offered electronic goods this Christmas after a string of break-ins in Southampton this week. A 40-year-old discovered his PS3 and games were stolen from his home in the Coleman Street, in the city
“WE miss you, we love you so much and we can’t wait for you to come home.” That is the message from dozens of families across the south who are sending Christmas love to their husbands, daddies, sons and partners who are serving on the frontline
“WE’RE all thinking of you.” Hampshire soldier Ben Moger, who will be thousands of miles away in Afghanistan while his loved ones celebrate his young son’s first Christmas tomorrow. The 20-year-old private, a former Thornhill Primary
Daily Echo readers have spread some festive cheer in one of the most miserable places on earth this Christmas. Hampshire soldiers have been given a huge morale boost after hundreds of cards arrived in Helmand Province from back home.
