SAINTS have signed Spain Under-21 midfielder Iago Falque on loan until the end of the season. The former Real Madrid and Barcelona youth team player joins from Tottenham Hotspur. The Premier League side signed Falque from Juventus on a permanent
Mr A K Roberts’ letter “Let’s talk fair about issue of fluoridation” (Letters, January 6.), compared adding the chemical fluoride to water with water chlorination. This is not a fair comparison as chlorine is used to treat the water and make it
YOUR correspondents Mrs Chappell and Mr Gordon (Letters, January 12) are right to highlight the inflammatory remarks of Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott about white people playing divide and rule. The fact that Ms Abbott, pictured, retains the confidence
IN THE article about the closure of Talking Heads in the Daily Echo (January 9) it stated it was on the site of the derelict Red Lion. I’m open to correction, but surely it was The Brook? COLIN HAWKEN, Thornhill, Southampton. Editor's note - The
I WOULD like to ask Hampshire police about the text number, 80999 that is/was being used to report drink-drivers. Does this work? The reason I ask is that I reported two drink-drivers with the relevant information, registration number, direction
HOW many lives must be ruined before something is done about the safety of our Hampshire roads? We recently started working with a young male cyclist who was left seriously injured following an accident with a lorry. He is lucky to have survived
JOHN Pope (In My View, January 5) draws attention to the way in which the SHA in its pursuit of compulsory fluoridation was careful to follow the “letter of the law”. In practice, that included holding a consultation which was nothing of the kind
I really cannot see what the problem is with the “Occupy” camps which have been set up in cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Bristol and Sheffield. In addition to providing an everpresent jolt to the consciences of those behind our
I SPENT an afternoon in Central Hall at the Pensioners Forum. There I listened (at length) to our “City’s leader”. What I heard was a year of woe. Of woe for us and for him. His closing point, of which he claimed to be proudest, is that the pensioner
JANUARY 11 marked ten years since the first detainees were transferred to the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Despite President Obama’s January 2009 order to close the detention facility within one year, the prison remains open
A MOTORCYCLIST is in hospital suffering from serious head injuries after a crash in Southampton. The collision happened at 10.30pm on Saturday in Newtown Road, Weston, when the rider came off his 125cc bike, between Weston Road and Tickleford
Hampshire II are scheduled to play all of their home games at The Rose Bowl this summer. Like the first team, Hampshire will not visit Basingstoke's May's Bounty or any other outground this year. Their first game of 2012 is a pre-season
BECKY Veal is lacing up her running shoes to support a charity close to her heart. She completed two gruelling road races in 2011 – and now wants to tackle a marathon and half marathon this spring in aid of the Meningitis Research Foundation. The
ONE of Britain’s tiniest schools is preparing to move into its new home. The New Forest Small School, which teaches children aged three-16, is converting a former police station in Southampton Road, Lyndhurst, into six classrooms. The school
India coach Duncan Fletcher has been given the backing of his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni despite being on the verge of a second successive away series whitewash since he took charge. India were thrashed by an innings and 37 runs in Perth yesterday
SHE is their little miracle that they feared they would never have. For five long years Emma and Richard Bryant yearned for a little brother or sister for their seven-year-old daughter Imogen. So when they discovered that some of the world’s leading
Saints target Gary Hooper has insisted he doesn’t want to leave Celtic. Nigel Adkins has reportedly made two offers for the striker he signed and sold at Scunthorpe. Both were rejected by Celtic, who placed a £35m price tag on his head with rumours
LITTLE did William Plummer think he was establishing a Southampton institution when he first opened his shop back in 1873. Over the many decades which followed, his store, in its various forms, standing on the corner of Above Bar and Commercial
BUDDING entrepreneurs who harbour ambitions of running a pub can find out more at an open day on Wednesday. Admiral Taverns, which own 1,200 pubs across the UK, is visiting Fareham to unearth new talent in the region to become tenants of its
A FLASHER grabbed hold of a woman after she spotted him exposing himself in a Southampton street. The man ran off with his trousers around his ankles after the 27-year-old woman, who had seen him carrying out an indecent act, screamed.
THE baby organ controversy has taken another twist after yet another devastated couple discovered their dead child’s brain was kept without their knowledge – for FIFTEEN years. Anguished couple Paul Dixon and his partner Melanie Ware, both 31
The boss of the Italian cruise company which owns the ship which ran aground in the Mediterranean today apologised for the tragedy. Costa Cruises chairman and chief executive Pier Luigi Foschi spoke as the death toll in the disaster
Danny Briggs could not stop England Lions losing their one-day series to Bangladesh A this morning. Hampshire batsman James Vince was left out of the team that suffered a six-wicket defeat in Sylhet. Vince was replaced by Yorkshire’s Joe Root, who
NEW Forest planners have given the go ahead for four cliff top detached luxury homes on the former care home site at Ravenhust, Ravens Way, Milford on Sea. Pennyfarthing Homes demolished the existing buildings for the new homes that will enjoy
SAINTS' new Japanese striker 'can't wait' to start playing for the club. Tadanari Lee is looking forward to completing his move to St. Mary's and making his debut for Southampton - and firing the side to the Premier League. "It felt
NEW Year, new you – and a new partner or divorce. That is the sad case in Southampton where calls to a relationship counselling helpline have more than DOUBLED since the Christmas break. And it’s proving to be the most lucrative time of year for
THE Road to Blissfields events will once again allow local acts to compete for a place at Blissfields Festival 2012. Entries are now open for the contest, for a slot at the acclaimed Winchester festival on the weekend of June 29 to July 1. Four
THE Hampshire-based operator of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has unveiled its first official footwear partner at the London Boat Show, which closed yesterday. The Rockport Company, a leading brand within the adidas group, has struck a
THE Mayflower is all ship-shape for 2012 as the breathtaking Broadway and Barbican production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific arrives from Tuesday for a threeweek run. Starring Samantha Womack, this new production is set on a tropical
THEY are the dynamic duo who will be taking over the mic on a local radio breakfast show. Jason ‘JK’ King and Lucy Horobin, pictured right, will be waking up the south coast every morning from 6am, on Heart 96-103 FM. The show, which starts next
A COLLECTION of 35 prints by French artist Henri Matisse has opened at Winchester Discovery Centre. Matisse: Drawing With Scissors runs until Sunday, March 18 in the venue’s main gallery. It features some well known images produced during the final
SOUTH Coast singing contest Star Sensations is back for a fourth year. Judges are looking for fresh talent in the under-17 and 17-plus categories. Two live heat stages will take place in Southampton and the final in Bournemouth in July. There,
WINCHESTER Operatic Society, which is celebrating its centenary later this year has announced some of its plans for the coming year. The first show in the spring will be Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday, May
IT’S a season of celebration from the folks at Salisbury Playhouse this spring and summer. As The Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, Howard Brenton’s Epsom Downs (May 2 to 26) takes us back to 1977, another year of royal celebration. This
HAMPSHIRE charities got their hands on £3,000 of free cash during the festive period. Groups from across the county benefitted from the Christmas Match Fund, which was run on website localgiving.com. From December 14, any sums donated to charities
HAMPSHIRE is facing a massive squeeze on primary school places, new figures show. Forecasts from the Department for Education (DfE) predict a shortfall of 1,778 places by 2015/16 in Southampton alone, the equivalent of three new schools. Across
The captain of a cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast faced accusations from authorities and passengers that he abandoned ship before everyone was safely evacuated and was showing off when he steered the vessel
A man pleaded not guilty today to infecting two women with the HIV virus. Henry Assumang, 33, denied two counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm on the pair, who cannot be named for legal reasons, when he appeared at Winchester Crown Court
THE future of the former Millbrook secondary school site in Southampton will be decided by councillors tonight. Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill will quit the Fairisle Road site for a new purpose-built school on the Five Acre Field nearby, being built
England rugby star Danny Care was fined a total of £3,100 and banned from driving for 16 months today after pleading guilty to drink-driving in the early hours of New Year's Day. The Harlequins scrum-half was stopped at the Winchester services
FURIOUS members of a women-only Southampton gym are demanding answers, after it closed without warning. As reported in Saturday’s Daily Echo, members of TLC, The Ladies Club, in Commercial Road, turned up to the gym on Friday to find the shutters
A cruise ship design technical expert today dismissed suggestions that huge modern liners lacked stability. The sight of the 114,000-tonne Costa Concordia lying on its side off the coast of Italy has raised questions about the safety of such
Kevin Pietersen has promised England will not use the issue of spot-fixing to get under Pakistan's skin in the forthcoming Test series. Former Rose Bowl player Pietersen is among those who were involved in the 2010 home series against Pakistan that
PASSENGERS had to be removed from two Flybe planes at Southampton airport after they clipped tails on the ground. A stationary plane, which had been scheduled to leave for Manchester at 7am, was clipped by another aircraft destined for Glasgow
SHARES in Carnival plunged by 20 per cent this morning as trading resumed following the fatal grounding of the Costa Concordia. Carnival, which owns Costa Cruises, said the loss of the stricken cruise liner would wipe up to £62 million
Nigel Adkins is set to step-up Saints’ hunt for a new striker this week after again failing to land Celtic star Gary Hooper. Parkhead boss Neil Lennon confirmed Saints had made an offer for the prolific hitman, with reports suggesting the Glasgow
“IT was hell. The lifeboats were full.” That was the terrifying reality on board the sinking luxury cruise ship according to a retired accountant from Southampton. Brian Page, 63, told how he was enjoying some soup in one of
YOUNG dancer Rose Metcalf was snatched by rescue helicopter from the sinking cruise ship Costa Concordia as she was about to leap into the water. As the boat began rolling over, Rose, 22, posted a message on a social networking site.
A RETIRED police officer told today how panicking male passengers pushed in front of women to reach the lifeboats on the stricken luxury cruise ship which ran aground in Italy. Edwin Gurd, from Burley in the New Forest, was shocked as he watched
A MAN received serious burns in a caravan fire at motorway depot last night amid fears of a gas explosion. Fifefighters were forced to close part of the slip road off the M27 junction two at Ower during the blaze at the Highways Agency depot
England rugby star Danny Care is to appear in court in Southampton today charged with drink-driving in the early hours of New Year's Day. The Harlequins scrum-half was stopped at the Winchester services on the M3 motorway in the early hours
THE Hampshire Poet for 2012 has been named as Brian Evans-Jones from Winchester. In his role as Hampshire Poet, he will write about the county council’s cultural projects and activities during the year. He will also be working with new and upcoming
SPECIALIST courses training social workers could be scrapped by a Hampshire university. The University of Southampton’s move to consult on axing two postgraduate programmes has been criticised for coming at a time when the profession is
