FIREFIGHTERS have been dealing with several Christmas dinner-related blazes in Hampshire during the day. They also repeated their warning to residents about having a working smoke alarm after attending a fire at a property without onethat could
A WOMAN had to have a ring cut off her finger after she was bitten by a dog. The 50-year-old was being treated at Southampton General Hospital for the injury, which had caused her hand to swell up. Firefighters, who have specialist equipment, were
WE’RE thinking of you. That’s the message to our troops as they prepare to spend Christmas on the frontline in Afghanistan from family and friends back home in Hampshire. Hannah Swales and Louise Hewitt are typical of the wives and girlfriends
Firefighters from Eastleigh tackled a car fire in the early hours of this morning. A crew was called out to Shakespeare Road, and used a hose and breathing apparatus to extinguish the flames. Police also attended the incident.
AROUND 35 firefighters attended a blaze at a flats in Gosport last night. Two crews were called in from Gosport, two from Fareham, one from Portchester, a special equipment unit from Cosham and an aerial ladder from Southsea to a six storey building
FIREFIGHTERS from Hampshire tackled a serious blaze this morning. Crews totalling around 45 fire fighters were called to the scene of the fire in a first floor flat in a two storey building at Junction Road, in Andover. Firefighters,
A WOMAN has been robbed of more than £1,000 intended for a Hampshire charity. The 44-year-old victim was crossing the road in Chandler’s Ford on her way to make the donation when a man approached her and snatched the envelope containing
THEY are a long way from home and are today spending Christmas amid the South Pacific. Hampshire crew aboard the ten strong fleet competing in The Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race, which set sail from Southampton in July, will be
IT'S Christmas Day and the Rt Rev Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Southampton, delivers his own festive message: "I wonder if you’ve had time to catch Rev on the BBC? For me it more than lived up to expectation with moments of humour, warmth and
POLICE are warning it will be business as usual for anyone thinking of chancing drink driving this Christmas. As the force anti drink and drug campaign Operation Holly continues, officers will be out in force breathalysing drivers they suspect might
CHRISTMAS came early for one Southampton family. The Witt household was overjoyed to receive a bottle of bubbly for winning the Daily Echo’s Festive Homes competition with their decorations, which have cost around £8,000 to build-up over the
A SNOOKER-loopy Hampshire teenager woke to some stunning news this Christmas morning. Kaine Petty heard he is to receive a big break from a World Snooker coach. On Thursday, the 13-year-old from Ringwood will travel up to Chandler’s
