LEAD worth £300 was among items stolen from a building site. The thieves gained access to the site in Braishfield Road, Romsey, and stole lead from the completed houses. They also took £700 worth of brass and copper plumbing fittings, a vacuum
LIAM Dawson claimed three wickets in an LV County Championship match for the first time in his career – on the day Hampshire left Danny Briggs out of the side. The slow left-armer had only taken 17 Championship wickets since making his debut
A MEETING on the future of Eastleigh Carnival will be held tonight. Organisers of the annual summer celebration announced earlier this year that it is set to fold due to dwindling volunteers and an “uncool” image. The town faced losing a week-long
A CAR wash firm is hoping to create eight full-time and part-time jobs by operating at a Hampshire supermarket. Waves Consultancy Ltd wants to offer valeting in the car park at Tesco Bursledon. A planning application submitted to Eastleigh Borough
A LITTLE boy who is fighting cancer has had his wish granted, thanks to kind-hearted Ringwood Rotarians. Matthew Jackson, eight, was diagnosed with leukaemia last year and while he was being treated his grandmother Christine Welberry asked him if
ELLIOT Turner told a pal of Emily Longley he started getting ready for work after waking to find her “cold and grey” the day she died, a trial heard. Witness Carla Simons says Elliot talked quickly and paced up and down when she asked him about her
THEY are already set to receive one of the country’s most prestigious honours for their bravery. Southampton’s council leader Councillor Royston Smith and chief executive Alistair Neill are set for a date with the Queen as they receive the George
LANDLADY Sallyann Helcoop stung the taxpayer for more than £18,000 after keeping mum about her lodger, magistrates heard. Southampton Magistrates’ Court heard how the 47- year-old decided not to let on to the benefits agency that she was renting
THEY are travelling thousands of miles and spending hundreds of pounds to be part of what they hope will be one of the greatest days in Saints’ history. This devoted group of fans will clock up more than 2,000 air miles as they make their journey
I WISH to respond to the recent letter by Mr Wills, “Charity Collection Hassle”, in which he complains about being accosted in Shirley by people requesting direct debit supporters for a number of charities, including the British Heart Foundation.
THE latest sheet of Lib Dem propaganda has arrived, promoting their candidates in the Eastleigh Borough Council and the Hamble Parish Council elections. They are urging the voters of Hamble to vote for the three declared Lib Dems and no one
I COULDN’T believe the gall of the person who put a parking ticket on my car while my partner and I took her children to Monkey Business in Gosport. How is it reasonable to apply a penalty on a Sunday when I was parked in a space outside a vacant
COUNCILLOR Barnes-Andrews has resigned from Labour’s shadow cabinet because he does not trust his own leader (Richard Williams) regarding the weekly collection of bins. If he can’t believe his own leader, why should anyone else? COUNCILLOR PETER
I VERY rarely write letters to newspapers but felt I had to reply to the letter from Sheila Clayton regarding the Grand National (Letters, April 21). It seems she has jumped on the bandwagon to ban the race yet again, even after all the modifications
PROPERTY advisers Vail Williams LLP have appointed a new partner to head up their building consultancy business in the Solent area as well as a new business space associate. Graham Puddle will deliver a broad range of specialist building consultancy
HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley has agreed to open a £1m in-patient unit at a New Forest hospice. Mr Lansley will chat to patients at Oakhaven Hospice in Lymington and tour the new facilities, which have been partly funded by the Department for
THIEVES stole a 32in LCD television from a Southampton home. The crime happened in Furzedown Road between March 18 and April 14.
THEY arrived in their hundreds for an emotional farewell to a teenager “adored by all”. It was standing room only at St Mary’s Church, Bishopstoke, yesterday as grieving family and friends gathered to remember Calum Townsend, who died at the
THE Daily Echo is to be applauded for its article “Faker sailor is fined” (Daily Echo, April 20). Likewise is the Southampton-based Maritime and Coastguard Agency is to be congratulated for obtaining the prosecution of a foreign seaman who committed
I guess all of us as we get older have occasion to wonder if we've wasted our lives or at least not achieved what we should have done. I'm not too prone to this myself, being someone who tends to be positive. I've have some success in my work, I played
A HEAD teacher will leave on a high note after his school was given the seal of approval by Ofsted inspectors. King’s Somborne Primary School was rated good with outstanding elements, with tribute paid to retiring head Nick Winning’s dedication
Former Saints striker Alan Shearer believes his record as the all-time leading goalscorer in the history of the Barclays Premier League could come under threat from Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney. Shearer, who won a Premier League title in his
THE number of visitors to Southampton’s new £15m Titanic museum has smashed through the 10,000 mark in less than two weeks. More than 10,000 people passed through the doors to the SeaCity Museum in the first 12 days since its opening. The figures
HIGH-ranking clergy from the Greek Orthodox Church of Great Britain gathered in Southampton for the church’s annual convention, the first to be held in the city. Priests, bishops and his eminence Gregorios Theocharous, Archbishop of Thyateira
JOHN Oates is no stranger to playing sold out arenas across the world, but as he arrives in the UK this week, to play three small up close and personal solo shows, including a gig at The Brook in Southampton tonight, he admits to feeling more at
WHEN witty New York scriptreader/ writer, Helene Hanff, reads an advert for a bookstore in London that does mail orders, she begins liaising with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road. Over twenty years, this
PEOPLE keen to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee are urged to get involved in a weekend of fun. The Guildhall Winchester, the University of Winchester and Winchester BID have organised 48 hours full of entertainment – and now they need your
PEOPLE power has overthrown a New Forest District Council proposal for a retail development on Ringwood’s long-stay car park. Members of Ringwood Town Council, traders and residents have welcomed the U-turn over plans to put a retail development
SOUTHAMPTON’S largest carrier Flybe will today launch a new £9m marketing campaign to distance itself from negative perceptions of low-cost rivals such as Ryanair. The Making Flying Better campaign will promote a major overhaul of the airline
MORE than 175 Hampshire jobs are being cut by an insurance giant. Zurich has announced it is making 163 workers based at its offices in Whiteley and a further 14 in Farnborough redundant as part of a shake-up that will see nearly 350 staff cut
PENSIONERS in Southampton face a council tax hike if Labour or the Liberal Democrats seize power in Southampton next week, ruling Tories have warned. Both Labour and Lib Dem opposition parties have confirmed they will remove the controversial
A MUM told a court how she was left “petrified” after being threatened by a neighbour who allegedly knifed his partner to death hours later. Amy Brady was phoned out of the blue by Steven Waters, who threatened to harm her and her child, jurors
BATTEN down the hatches – storms are set to batter Hampshire this weekend. It was brollies and winter coats at the ready yesterday as the county had a month’s worth of rainfall in just 24 hours. But the worst could be yet to come on Saturday
HAMPSHIRE’S Apprentice hopeful Ricky Martin has moved another step closer to realising his dream after surviving another week on the BBC1 contest. The 26-year-old wrestler from Stubbington made it through a gourmet street food task, in which
THE referee who will take charge of Saints’ crunch game with Coventry this weekend has dished out 18 yellow cards and three red ones in his last five matches. Anthony Taylor has sent off three Premier League players in recent weeks, the latest
BRAVE Sergeant Simon Harmer, who lost both his legs after stepping on a makeshift bomb while on patrol in Afghanistan, is to take on not one but two of the world’s toughest challenges – within just one month. Just three years ago there seemed little
Football League chairman Greg Clarke claims "tens" of clubs in the bottom three tiers of English football are struggling to find money to stay alive. The Championship yesterday voted to introduce a new set of financial fair play regulations
Banking giant HSBC has announced 80 job losses in Southampton among 2,200 in the UK. Staff were informed at a meeting at St Mary’s Stadium this morning. Glum-faced workers leaving the meeting told the Daily Echo they had been ordered
IT was all aboard for the launch of a new multi-million-pound bus route between two Hampshire towns. Phase 1 of the controversial Bus Rapid Transit, linking Fareham and Gosport, was unveiled with some of the people who have helped make the dream
A CYCLIST was last night still fighting for her life in hospital after a crash in Southampton city centre. The 28-year-old woman remains in a critical condition in Southampton General Hospital after she was left with multiple injuries after she
TWO hooded youths smacked a man with a metal bar and demanded his money. Police are now appealing for witnesses to the robbery, which took place on the central railway bridge in Millbrook Road East, Southampton. The 23-year-old was walking along
THE man alleged to have murdered a Hampshire student accused her of looking like a “whore” on her last night out, a court heard. The atmosphere between Elliot Turner and Emily Longley was “awkward” according to Oliver George, 18, a friend
HE is Britain’s greatest ever Olympic sailor, best known for world domination in 15ft dinghies – but Hampshire triple gold medallist Ben Ainslie will be taking on an altogether different kind of racing prior to his attempt at a fourth gold at this
Wayne Batten is hoping it will be the week of the underdog as Tony Hill fights for the Commonwealth title at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday. The Millbank trainer is hoping for a first champion out of his Southampton gym when the 25-year-old middleweight
An investigation is underway today after a fire brought a busy shopping centre to a virtual standstill. Smoke billowed from the blaze in the derelict storage shed through Portswood High Street to the point where drivers were forced to use
IVY Phillips reached four finals and won the lot in the club championships that rounded off the indoor season at Banister Park. The 2010 Southampton Open pairs queen teamed up with Nick Wood to pip Val Dibben and Barry Bendall 20-19 in the mixed pairs
COVENTRY'S top scorer wants Saints to win against the Sky Blues this weekend and finally seal promotion back to the big time. Middlesbrough striker Lukas Jutkiewicz, a lifelong Saints fan, hopes his hometown club win automatic promotion by
Detectives investigating an armed raid on a South-ampton restaurant want to trace the owner or driver of a white Range Rover Sport. The 4x4 was seen in the area just after a masked gang escaped with £20,000 from Banana Wharf, in Ocean Village. The
A TEENAGER was attacked with a knife during a street robbery in Southampton. The 18-year-old suffered a cut after the robber lashed out at her with a “vegetable knife”. The victim told police how she was attacked while walking through
A DONKEY was killed in a hit-and-run accident in the New Forest. The Verderers, who represent the interests of animal owners in the Forest, say the donkey died on the road from East End to Sowley Pond.
BURGLARS stole a haul of belongings when they kicked in the back door of a Southampton home. Thieves stole items including a Samsung laptop, Samsung camera, Panasonic camcorder and jewellery from a home in Balmoral Close in Shirley. Anyone with information
