SAINTS will visit Millwall in the fourth round of the FA Cup, after the Lions advanced past Dagenham & Redbridge in a replay tonight. Kenny Jackett's side thumped their opponents 5-0 at the Den to progress through the third round, and will now host
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that Mortal Kombat will be kicking and punching its way onto the PlayStation Vita in spring 2012. This latest version has been designed specifically for portable gaming and packs some exclusive
This is a translation of the transcript of the conversation between Captain Francesco Schettino, commander of the sinking Costa Concordia, and Captain Gregorio De Falco of the Italian coast guard in Livorno. Captain De Falco repeatedly orders
Rockstar have announced that Max Payne 3 will be released May 18, for Xbox 360 and PS3, whilst gamers after the PC version will have to wait until June 1. Although this means Max Payne 3 has slipped from it’s planned March release, a May date
A MAN has been ordered to carry out unpaid work, after he assaulted a police officer. Michael Barnett, 33, from Hobbs Court, Gosport, pleaded guilty to assaulting PC Jerome Kilty in the execution of his duty. Fareham Magistrates’ Court
FORMER Saints defender Pele has signed for Blue Square Premier club Hayes & Yeading. The 33-year-old moved to St Mary's in 2006, from Portuguese side Belenenses, in a £1m deal. He made 44 appearances for the club, scoring once, before
We did some detective work and found some brand new screenshots for you. Coming soon for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes was made specifically with control pad gaming in mind. It even utilises a specially built
A PRIVATE operator will be sought to run leisure facilities at the former Millbrook Community School in Southampton when Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill quits the site for a new building at Five Acre Field in September. Tory council leaders last
A PENSIONER has been conned out of more than £3,700 in a telephone scam. Police say the 69-year-old man, from Barton-on-sea received phone calls from a woman claiming to be from the fraud squad of a London Magistrates’ court and that a case had been
A MUM has vowed to sue police after they revealed her dead baby’s brain was removed and stored in a jar for 13-and-a-half years without her knowledge. Mel Galton, of Lordshill, Southampton, has urged other parents to come forward as she prepares
HAMPSHIRE police have been staging driver training across the county this morning. A convoy of police vans with flashing lights have been seen in various locations across the county after the road training took place in Portsmouth, Hamble and Southampton
A MAN who admitted having nearly 8,000 pornographic pictures and moving images of children was bailed for reports. Anthony Lawther, 59, pleaded guilty to five charges of making indecent pictures and seven of possessing indecent pictures and
HAMPSHIRE captain Jimmy Adams has signed a contract extension with the club, keeping him at the Rose Bowl until 2014. The new skipper's previous deal was due to run out in 2013, but he is now committed to the county for the next three campaigns.
SAINTS striker Ryan Doble has joined League One side Bury on a one-month loan deal. The 20-year-old Welsh forward has made just one career first-team appearance for Saints - starting the 2-1 FA Cup win at Coventry earlier this month.
FIVE more bodies have been found aboard the cruise ship that has capsized in the Mediterranean. Rescue workers today recovered the remains of four men and one woman, all aged in their 50s and 60s, from the wreck of the Costa Concordia
SOMETIMES, you just can’t help smiling. You know that feeling when, quite unconsciously, you find yourself wearing a huge grin on your face? Well if you don’t, then after a few days in The Gambia you soon will. It’s not so much the glorious
The man police wanted to speak to about an incident of indecency on a train went into a police station voluntarily after an appeal in the Daily Echo. The 40-year-old man from New Milton was interviewed by officers under caution. British Transport
SOUTHAMPTON’S flagship John Lewis store is preparing for a tough year ahead after coming down to earth from an “outstanding” Christmas. John Lewis bosses have revealed WestQuay shopping centre’s anchor store netted a 2.5 per cent rise in sales
UP TO ten jobseekers are chasing each job vacancy in part of Hampshire, a new study has reevaled. And in Southampton up to four are applying for each job that comes up, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found. The IPPR
ENGLAND collapsed to Saeed Ajmal at the start of their first Test series as the world's top team, against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. Ajmal removed three batsmen in five balls on his way to a career-best seven for 55 - including five lbws
CORHAMPTON’S Neil Raymond is on course to reach the match play stages of the Australian Amateur Championship. Raymond shot four-over-par today in the first of two stroke play qualifying rounds in Melbourne. That was enough to put him into a tie
A MAN received serious burns in a caravan fire at a Highways Agency motorway depot on Sunday night amid fears of a gas explosion. The nearby slip road off the M27 junction two at Ower was partially closed for over an hour during the blaze which
A HAMPSHIRE boatbuilder is celebrating the opening of a new factory that will enable it to double production and take on more staff. Scorpion RIBs was previously operating from four different buildings in the Lymington area but has moved all its
A MAN was badly beaten when a stag do at a Hampshire pub turned violent. The 46-year-old suffered a broken eye socket, a broken nose and broken cheekbone and will need several operations. However, his injuries are so severe that doctors
POLICE have charged a man with a series of indecent exposures in Hampshire. Lee Wilcox, 40, of Thyme Avenue, Whiteley, was due to appear before magistrates today after being charged with four counts of indecent exposure. Members of the public reported
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy is due in the magistrates’ court tomorrow on burglary and motoring charges. The child from Gosport, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear before the North Hampshire Youth Panel at Andover Magistrates’ Court. He
PROSECUTORS have tried to fit the evidence to a theory in the case of the man accused of murdering a Hampshire grandmother, a court heard. Tim Mousley QC told jurors that the evidence against Matthew Hamlen, who is accused of killing Georgina
SADLY, the most beautiful aspect of the tale is diminished in this version (written by John Field, with music by Mark Ponsford) as the Princess Aurora, played winningly enough by Beth Frampton, sleeps not for 100 years but for only a day or so before
THIS pantomime is so well known that it requires no introduction. Here we enjoyed brilliant direction ensuring excellent pace, timing and dynamic characterisations; the skill of delivery resulted in even the corniest, most obvious jokes being genuinely
SOME of the best folk artists around will grace the stage at Winchester Folk Club this season. The night, at The Attic of The Railway in Winchester, kicks off with Kris Drever on February 21. He played a sell-out gig at the club last year with
A CHILD was assaulted by a man who got out a van as she walked home from school. The 11-year-old girl had just got off her bus and was making her way along Bracken Road, in North Baddesley near to its junction with Rownhams Lane when she became
THE Professional Cricketers' Association today urged fellow stakeholders in the sport in England to ensure they safeguard its integrity when their chance comes to debate the Morgan Review. The key recommendations of the review, undertaken by former
A PEDESTRIAN is today in hospital suffering from serious head injuries after being knocked down by a car. The collision happened just after 3pm yesterday, when a silver Volvo V5 left the Inner Avenue at the junction of Dorset Street, near to
TADANARI Lee's first interview in England is exclusively in today's Daily Echo - and the striker says he turned down several European clubs in order to join Saints. TADANARI Lee has revealed he turned down offers from other European clubs in
Trojans’ plan for a five-point London 1 South win at Stoneham Lane fell apart last weekend as opponents Cobham turned the tables on their hosts. The Surrey side moved nine points clear of Trojans with a 25-24 bonus-point victory, leaving the home team
A MAN has been jailed for trying to rape a teenager, a court heard. David Sutherland, 19, of Trinity Street, Fareham, approached the 19-year-old woman in a car park in Civic Centre Way, near the offices of Fareham Borough Council. He offered her money
Romsey Town limbered up for tonight’s big Hampshire FA Senior Cup quarter-final test at Eastleigh by stretching their unbeaten league run to eight games with Saturday’s 3-0 win at Brading. Goals by Chris Hall, dual-signed Eastleigh marksman
Fears are growing for the 29 people still missing from a shipwreck off Italy, four days after the vessel crashed. The Italian coastguard said 25 passengers and four crew members remained unaccounted for after the Costa Concordia ran into a reef off
Lowly Tottonians gave London 2 South-West run-away leaders Gosport & Fareham a fright – and could have forced a draw, or won, with the last play of the match. Totts – who need to notch up points to get out of the relegation area – turned down
CO-BOSS Danny Bowers believes tonight’s rearranged match at Brading Town could be “the turning point” of third-placed GE Hamble’s season. If they lose, their chances of reeling in Sydenhams Premier top-two Winchester City and Bemerton will
TWO men were intercepted at Southampton Airport with about 20,000 cigarettes destined for a criminal gang in Belfast, the city crown court heard. The pair, acting as couriers, had flown from Tenerife, where they had been living, to Orly Airport in Paris
Stubbington celebrated the 26th anniversary of its 10k race in some style as Chris Powner powered home to strengthen his position in the individual standings. The event was the sixth round of the Hampshire Road Race League and boasted its capacity of
Aluminium irrigation pipes have been stolen from a farmer’s field in Hampshire. Police say the 40 pipes, which are all 30 foot long, were stolen from Pickwell Farm in Grange Road, Hamble for their scrap value. Officers investigating the theft are urging
