Hampshire captain Jimmy Adams has backed his players to chase down whatever they need to beat Glamorgan in the LV County Championship this weekend. Seamer Huw Waters recorded career-best bowling figures of 7-53 as Glamorgan bowled Hampshire out for 156
A HAMPSHIRE road was closed after a two car smash in Eastleigh. Police shut Stoneham Lane for more than an hour today after two Nissans collided close to St Nicholas Church at around 2.40pm. An ambulance was called after one of the drivers, a 52-year-old
A FAMILY has paid tribute to a “headstrong” and “ambitious” Hampshire teenager who has lost his battle with bone cancer. Calum Townsend, pictured, 19, from Fair Oak, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma last year after he found a lump on his arm
BOSSES at Cunard have vowed to improve their safeguards for children after a cruise ship worker admitted carrying out sex attacks on 13 boys. As reported earlier, Paul Trotter, 34, pleaded guilty to a string of sexual assaults and taking
An eagle-eyed British sculptor has produced a collection of miniatures in incredible detail - using just the naked eye to guide him. Talented Nic Joly can spend up to a week painstakingly moulding and painting his one centimetre models, which
FORMER Cunard cruise ship worker has admitted carrying out sex attacks on 13 boys while working as a supervisor for a children's activity area. Paul Trotter, 34, pleaded guilty to a string of sexual assaults and taking, making and possessing
Saturday, April 21 Blackpool (5) v Burnley (11) Blackpool hope to have Stephen Dobbie fit after a stiff back. Kevin Phillips is back in training after having an injection to ease a hip problem and he and Dobbie will push Gary Taylor-Fletcher
A BOOM in university developments is under way around the country, according to research by the builders behind a £116m revamp of a Southampton University campus. Wates Construction found 89 per cent of higher education institutions will
A MAN made a 10 minute appearance before Southampton magistrates today in connection with the murder of a crane driver whose body was found in his burnt out car. Afrin Lleshi, 36, of Shirley Road, Southampton, was accused that between April
Harry Redknapp insists Gareth Bale is happy at Tottenham despite renewed speculation that Barcelona will launch a bid to sign the Wales star this summer. Bale is renowned as one of the hottest young properties in world football after starring for Tottenham
JOS Hooiveld has revealed that he owes Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray a major debt of gratitude. The defender, a key component in Saints’ success this season, will be out to extinguish any remaining hopes Boro have of reaching the play-offs
FOR a taster of things to come during this July’s Hampshire Food Festival, whet your appetite with a look at www.hampshirefare.co.uk to see what’s on where. Full details of over 70 different events plus competitions to enter will be in the free
AT SANDY BALLS HOLIDAY CENTRE… THE GREENER Living Show will promote greener alternatives to all aspects of everyday living.Come along for practical advice on greener living and demonstrations of some of the latest technologies. See how you could save
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson are fine-tuning their gold-winning partnership ahead of London 2012. The pair are due to defend the gold medal they won in the Star class at Beijing 2008 in little more than three months. They are currently
DELIA makes it with leeks, potatoes and crème fraiche; Raymond Blanc uses onions, leeks, garlic and spinach and adds ice cubes to retain the bright green colour,while Nick Nairn uses cornflour to thicken and double cream to taste... Watercress soup
NEWLYNS Farm Shop and Cookery School has launched their first ever cookery competition open to all chefs over the age of eighteen living in Hampshire. Newlyns Cookery School near Hook will be hosting The Newlyns Hampshire Amateur Chef 2012
IN 1949, a struggling American writer, hoping to indulge her love of beautiful books, started a correspondence with a firm of British antiquarian booksellers that was to last 20 years. The warm, compassionate exchange of letters was published as
STEP into the shoes of three swashbuckling female pirates from the past in The Pirate Project at The Nuffield Theatre from Tuesday to Thursday. Fanciful stagings of the escapades of fierce women who sailed the high seas and held their own in a
Their lives were turned upside down when they were orphaned by the 2004 tsunami. Now a former Hampshire student tells SARAH JONES how he and his two brothers are determined to help other orphans with a new business venture. JUST moments
KAFKA’S MONKEY, the Young Vic’s sell-out production starring Olivieraward winning actress Kathryn Hunter (Mike Leigh’s All or Nothing, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) is playing at Theatre Royal Winchester from Wednesday to Saturday
THERE’S QUITE A LOT OF HYPE SURROUNDING YOU AT THE MOMENT, HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH IT? It’s kind of surreal, I don’t really notice that it’s been going on because I’ve been out on tour and it seems to have been getting a bit more hectic but
BIG beats, bassline and melody. MistaJam, pictured is at Junk tonight. Regularly mixing it up at some of the finest clubs in the world, his fearless approach to DJing has seen his army of supporters grow as quickly as he’s shrunk. Along with steadily
SINCE their partnership was formed in the early 70s, Hall & Oates have gone on to record 21 albums with over 80 million sales, making them the most successful duo in rock history. They scored ten number one records, more than 20 top 40 hits and
POLICE have accused a Hampshire hotelier of serving vodka to an under-age girl despite telling her: “You look 15.” Officers are calling for Seema Gujral to be stripped of her role as designated premises supervisor (DPS) at the Fountain Court
WINNING the Grand Prix at Cannes 2011, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a haunting journey into the heart of darkness in Turkey. The hypnotising crime thriller follows the search by police, prosecutors, a doctor and the alleged culprit for the body
THE man behind controversial moves to spend millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money buying the home of Hampshire cricket has been accused of being on “an ego trip”. Eastleigh Borough Council’s Liberal Democrat leader Keith House has driven
HE must be mellowing in his old age. That renowned anarchist Johnny Rotten is siding with The Queen this time around. Sex Pistols singer John Lydon has distanced himself from a bid to make the band’s classic punk version of God Save the Queen
2012 is the Chinese Year of the Dragon and to celebrate the incomparable Chinese State Circus are bringing the UK premiere of their show Yin Yang to Ferneham Hall for three days from Thursday. This will be the debut performance of China’s greatest
WEST Ham captain Kevin Nolan is refusing to give up hope that Saints will lose their last two matches and choke away their automatic promotion hopes. Nigel Adkins’ men can rubberstamp their place in the Premier League when they visit Middlesbrough
NINE out of ten Hampshire children will begin their education at their parents’ first choice primary school from September. Despite a rise in the number of applications, Hampshire County Council has increased slightly the proportion being given reception
POLICE are investigating whether a crude homemade explosive device was the work of an arsonist who has been plaguing a Southampton community. Officers fear the person behind a spate of fires that have been lit around homes and businesses in
THERE will be a sense of déjà vu – as well as divided loyalties – for Saints and Middlesbrough legend David Armstrong at the Riverside. Little more than 30 years ago, Armstrong helped Saints go top of English football for the first time in
I HAVE just read in the Daily Echo of the theft of wreaths and flowers from the grave of Fred Fleet. I was at Hollybrook Cemetery last week where I have family buried, and visited Fred’s grave and thought how lovely the wreaths and flowers
IS IT just me or are there others out there who find the recent explosion in the number of celebrity psychics alarming? Every day we see more and more programmes dedicated to these people. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I don’t believe in God
THE question on page 21 of the Daily Echo on April 7 asks: “What is the distinctive building in the background whose tower can be seen peering over the houses along Winchester Road?” It is actually peering over the houses in Romsey Road. When
THERE has been too much “celebration” of a major disaster, design failure and incompetence regarding the Titanic commemorations. I know a lot of people died and families suffered and need to remember, but the saturation coverage in print and
HAVING seen two letters on consecutive days raising concern over a story that is not true about Labour stopping weekly bin collections, if people take the Daily Echo every day they would have seen in last Friday’s Echo that we are keeping weekly
ROAD traffic cones are an ideal place for nesting birds but I have found several nests where the baby birds have been unable to fly out of the hole at the top and have died. Would readers please check any discarded cones. MARGRET PALMER,
AN MP who said she had “very grave reservations” about a tax hike for listed buildings has voted against a bid to stop it. There has been widespread opposition to the decision to impose VAT on alternations to listed buildings, including churches
A WOMAN is in hospital with serious injuries after being trapped under an articulated lorry which collided with her motorbike. Fire crews spent several hours freeing the woman from the rear wheels of the HGV after the crash in Southampton.
FREE-SCORING defender Jos Hooiveld is dreaming of netting the goal that will send Saints into the Premier League. The centre half has played a crucial role in moving the club to the brink of promotion – and not just with his defensive performances.
HOLLYWOOD glamour hit Hampshire last night when Gladiator star Russell Crowe came to film Les Misérables. Hundreds of residents turned out in Winchester to catch a glimpse of the Oscar-winner as scenes were being set up during the evening
NIGEL Adkins has declared that Saints are “so near but so far” from winning promotion to the Premier League. The club will ensure a place in the top flight with a victory at Middlesbrough tomorrow in the penultimate game of the season. But Saints
A HAMPSHIRE factory was closed and 25 workers evacuated when fire broke out in a heating unit last night. Teams of fire fighters from Eastleigh were called to the Prysmian Cable factory in Bishopstoke, amid reports smoke was coming from the
FOLK-rock band Levellers end their 11 date November tour at Southampton Guildhall. Joined by Citizen Fish, they will be showcasing tracks from their forthcoming tenth studio album Static On The Airwaves, due for release in June. Sell-out tours
A STRIKEN yachtsman thanked a lifeboat team who rescued him and his family after their boat went aground near the mouth of Southampton Water. Peter Simpson called Solent Coastguards after their 41ft Solus became wedged on Bramble Bank in a
SOUTHAMPON firefighters were called back to the site of the huge docks blaze this week after a small smouldering fire was spotted during the middle of the night. Crews from Redbridge and St Marys stations spent nearly five hours from 3am at
AN MAN has been fined £7,603 after making a fraudulent application to the Southampton-based Maritime and Coastguard Agency to sit an exam that would have qualified him to take charge of a ship. At Southampton Magistrates’ Court, Boorzeen
A HOMEOWNER confronted two suspected burglars who were attempting to get into his house. The man was woken up in the early hours after hearing a noise and saw two men on his drive by his front door of his home in Wesley Close, Southampton. When he
PROTECTIVE tree guards worth an estimated £2,500 have been damaged. The vandals struck at Great Covert Woods, near Castle Lane, North Baddesley, leaving between 100 and 200 tree guards, put up to support newly planted saplings to grow, either ripped
