SHANE Warne will attempt to win a place in the Big Bash semi-finals with Melbourne Stars tomorrow morning. The former Hampshire captain will be the star attraction when the final group game of Australia’s domestic Twenty20 competition is played at the
TAKING all of Winchester’s cars off the road for a year would still not be enough to meet the city council’s carbon footprint targets. That was the stark warning from a city councillor worried about the scale of the challenge facing Winchester
SCORES of Hampshire jobs are at risk after clothing chain Peacocks tonight fell into administration. The Peacock Group, which has 13 stores in and around Southampton, including in Fareham, Eastleigh and Gosport, confirmed the appointment of
A MAN who helped plan and then took part in a brutal plot to murder his elderly grandfather with his mum, teenage sisters and girlfriend has had his indefinite jail sentence quashed. The 20-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, won
Electronic Arts have announced an incoming demo for their highly anticipated sci-fi role-playing game, Mass Effect 3. This playable demo will not only include the beginning of the campaign with the Reaper attack on Earth, but a part from further
A SOARING apartment tower, set to become Southampton's tallest building, has been given the go ahead to revive an abandoned flagship waterfront development. Councillors have approved plans for a £74m scheme that will see three apartment
THE disgraced former head of a Hampshire charity has been arrested on suspicion of fraud at the organisation, the Daily Echo can reveal. Chris Hedges had been sacked from his role as chief executive of Open Sight over allegations of bullying.
I WAS at the meeting when the decision to fluoridate our water supply was made. During the meeting, a gentleman whose name I do not recall was seated on the left hand side of the table where the panel members were seated. He was putting questions
LIBERAL Democrat Brian Dash does his best in the hopeless cause of trying to defend everything unpopular done by his party’s beloved EU – this time on rates of VAT. Nice try, Brian. What this country is permitted to do if it wishes to vary the rates
AT the risk of turning this correspondence into a pantomime style ‘Oh yes I did...Oh no you didn’t’ situation, I really must respond to Mrs Bignell’s latest comment that I ‘definitely did’ say that religion should not be taught in schools.
Radical Entertainment, the team behind the upcoming game Prototype 2 , have joined forces with Dark Horse Comics. This collaboration means the dawning of an all-new comic series with the myhos and locale of the Prototype universe. The series
I READ your article regarding RAF Eastleigh in Nairobi, Kenya. I was stationed at RAF Eastleigh from May 1959 until May 1961 when I was in the Army with the Royal Signals. The road from RAF Eastleigh to Nairobi was an out-ofbounds road, unless
I WAS very pleased to see New Forest East MP Julian Lewis (January 11) taking a stand against the proposed High Speed Train (HS2). Ministers repeatedly promised that a full Environmental Impact Assessment would be carried out and would be available
YOU have to wonder about the way decisions are arrived at in Hampshire at times after reading headlines referring to the hike in care home fees by £730 and the slashing of £21m from the social care budget. At a time when private care homes are
TWO south coast councils are to share a top executive director in a bid to save more cash. The Isle of Wight’s environment boss will split his time between the Island and Southampton under the cost-cutting proposals to save nearly £500,000 over
THE former managers of a Hampshire pub have appeared in court in connection with a blaze at the premises. The Tollhouse pub, in Lymington, was closed for several months as a result of the fire. Husband and wife Dean and Melynda Thomas were accused
A NEW charity shop has pledged to help local people after opening in Hampshire. The Wessex Cancer Trust launched its new shop in Stoney Lane, Winchester, on Monday, January 16. BBC South Today presenter and vice-president of the charity
JURORS hearing the case of a man accused of battering a Hampshire grandmother to death have today begun deliberating their verdict. The 11 members of the jury retired this afternoon following a day-and-a-half of summing up by Judge Sir David
A LEADING IT firm based in Southampton has announced plans to double its workforce during the course of the year. IT hosting company PEER 1 Hosting will today unveil a new recruitment drive to expand its UK team, taking its current headcount from
A CHARITY aimed at improving care for the mentally ill in Ghana has been launched. Health bosses from Hampshire have joined forces with the College of Health in Ghana to set up the Kintampo Project and bridge the gap between medical standards
BUILDERS will tomorrow be told there are billions in “green construction” at a conference in Southampton. A free workshop at B&Q House in Chandlers Ford will give smaller and medium sized companies an insight into the potential of the green
A BAY filly foal was killed in a collision on the B3078 Cadnam to Godshill road in the New Forest. In a separate accident, a pony was injured by a hit-andrun driver in Burley Road, Brockenhurst.
CORHAMPTON'S Neil Raymond has made it through to the match play stages of the Australian Amateur Championship. Raymond, who is representing England, breezed through the stroke play qualifying section after posting a score of four-over-par for
A WORKING mum who conned the authorities out of more than £20,000 of benefits has walked free from court. Donna Devereux-Pearson cheated the money from New Forest District Council and the Department for Work and Pensions by failing to tell
GURKHAS yesterday claimed they were being unfairly targeted for cuts after the Ministry of Defence announced around one in 10 posts in the brigade will be axed. Up to 2,900 members of the Army, 1,000 members of the Royal Air Force and 300 members
FIRE crews were called out to deal with a fire that was started on Freemantle Common in Southampton. Firefighters from Redbridge dealt with the small blaze that was started after rubbish was set alight at around 11pm on Monday.
THE shipping minister has today admitted “mistakes” over delays to a planned £150m expansion of Southampton port. The major infrastructure project to upgrade container ship berths - which would create 200 jobs and safeguard 2,000 more - has
Although the release date for the bullet-time riddled Max Payne 3 has been set back from its originally anticipated window, Rockstar have been kind enough to extend the special edition pre-order window. The Max Payne Special Edition features
MYSTERY surrounds the closure of a well-known pub. The Wheatsheaf Inn at Titchfield, has been boarded up, with no explanation. The pub, which is owned by Portsmouth-based catering company County Caterers, has undergone a major refurbishment
A UNIVERSITY reunion ended in a tragic accident when a young man described as being on the “cusp of a perfect life” was killed after enjoying an afternoon go-karting, an inquest heard. Talented snowboarder and IT consultant Oliver Guerreri,
A HAMPSHIRE passenger rescued from the cruise liner that crashed into rocks off Italy spoke today of his shock as the ship's captain was placed under house arrest. Captain Francesco Schettino is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck
Unemployment reached a 17-year high today after a 118,000 increase in the jobless total, which saw a record number of young people out of work. The figure jumped to 2.68 million in the three months to November, the worst since the summer of
TO CELEBRATE their “coming of age”, Mountbatten Players chose to stage the perennial favourite Aladdin – and with productions of this calibre they’ll be entertaining the south for at least another 21 years. In this originally scripted version
THE son of a Hollywood icon and a British showbiz legend are part of the latest star-studded line up unveiled by The Concorde Club in Eastleigh. Kyle Eastwood has his movie star dad Clint to thank for launching him into the world of music. Away
HAMPSHIRE’S MPs will today make an impassioned plea to cut the red tape threatening a scheme that will create hundreds of new jobs and safeguard thousands more. A cross-party group of representatives from across the county are due to call on
COULD this teenager be the youngest pilot currently flying solo in the UK? Tudor Pack took to the air without an instructor the day he turned 16 – the youngest you are allowed to fly alone. The King Edward’s School student began learning to
A TECH firm spun out of Southampton University is preparing for further growth on the back of recovering Asian manufacturing after a 37 per cent rise in turnover in half year results. Ilika plc, which offers fast track discovery of high-tech
SOUTHAMPTON’S schools could be in line for a £5.6m boost to help educate the city’s most disadvantaged youngsters – but only with parents’ help. Schools could get the money through the Government’s Pupil Premium, but only if children are registered
Saints haven’t given up hope of landing Gary Hooper – and could smash their club record transfer fee to land him this month. Celtic have already turned down two bids from Saints for their star striker, the last reaching up to £4m. Hoops boss Neil Lennon
POLICE found 63 cannabis plants and some cannabis in a bedroom when raiding a New Forest house, Southampton Crown Court heard. George Rickman admitted growing the crop – which the court heard was too young for a yield estimate. Josephine Warburton
RADHI Jaidi’s comeback from a serious knee injury has been put on hold. The centre half was due to play for the first time this season in yesterday’s under-21s game against Birmingham. But a hard pitch at Staplewood, due to the cold weather in the
Tommy Watson and Jimmy Cooper got their preparations for the ABAs off to a cracking start in a good weekend for amateur boxing in Southampton. Golden Ring ABC had four fighters competing in Eastbourne before hosting the Hampshire Schoolboy
A SOUTHAMPTON woman stole the bank card and PIN number of a friend to steal from her account, the city crown court heard. Joyce Mayley, 60, of Bursledon Road, admitted three counts of fraud and was bailed pending sentence on February 10.
A MAN has been given a community order, after police found stolen marine equipment in his possession, a court heard. Marcus Wall, 22, from Yewside, Gosport, was found with a 10ft dinghy worth £150 and an outboard motor, worth £350. He
TEN-man Eastleigh eventually overcame brave Romsey Town to book their place in the Hampshire Senior Cup semi-finals tonight night. Two-goal Ryan Long could not prevent Romsey losing 3-2 at the Silverlake Stadium, with all the goals coming in
