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  • Hants defeat is Taylor-made

    Hampshire lost a Clydesdale Bank40 thriller against Nottinghamshire at The Ageas Bowl tonight. James Taylor hit a 77-ball 115* as Nottinghamshire made 277-4 after Michael Lumb was lbw for 0 on his return to Hampshire. But half-centuries

  • Don't build on our park!

    ANGRY residents have demonstrated at a beauty spot earmarked for more than 1,000 houses. About 50 people went to Stoneham Park in Eastleigh to raise awareness that the greenfield land is under threat from the bulldozers. The 61-acre site, near

  • Attacker must pay victims £1,000 compensation

    A WINCHESTER man must pay £1,000 in compensation after admitting assaulting three men. Jorden Richardson, 20, of Acorn Close, Weeke, pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm to Paul McGarrity and Matthew Andrews on March 6 in Jewry

  • The Gruffalo - The Mayflower, Southampton

    IF YOU go down to the woods today... oops, that’s the wrong one isn’t it? But if you do go down to The Mayflower today, you are sure to be in for a treat. Children’s classic The Gruffalo has been a staple diet for bedtime stories in our house

  • Mystery over why young council worker hanged himself

    MYSTERY surrounds the reason why a young Southampton council worker killed himself. Ross Welch was found hanged in his bedroom. Southampton Coroner’s Court heard that friend Keith Blake tried to get into the 22-year-old’s room at the house they

  • Mardi Gras makeover is set to keep carnival alive

    EASTLEIGH Carnival could be saved as new volunteers step forward to give it a Mardi Gras makeover. The former carnival committee folded in March, blaming the demise of the week-long summer celebration on dwindling interest and an “uncool” image

  • Barker's Romsey challenge

    DANNY Barker has been confirmed as the new manager of Sydenhams Premier outfit Romsey Town following the departure of Wayne Mew. A well-known face on the local non-League circuit, former Pompey first-year pro Barker played for Basingstoke

  • Drivers warned over mobile phone use

    POLICE are reminding motorists about the dangers of using mobile phones while driving. Officers say research shows that you are four times more likely to crash if using a mobile phone while driving and your reaction times are about 50 per cent

  • Life cut short by dabbling with drugs

    HE was a son to be proud of who had his whole future ahead of him. From playing rugby with his team Fawley RC to nearing the end of his electrical apprenticeship, Ryan Phelps was making the most of his life and was planning to travel and work

  • Mental health service for veterans

    A NEW mental health service for Southampton veterans will soon be launched. Health bosses have given £15,000 to Steps to Wellbeing, an organisation that helps people who are suffering from mild to moderate depression and anxiety. The money from

  • Poyet favourite for Swansea job

    Swansea have already started discussions over their hunt for a new manager following the departure of Brendan Rodgers to Liverpool. Chairman Huw Jenkins confirmed in a statement on Wednesday night that the Northern Irishman had asked to leave so he

  • Composer: 'I can't wait to hear my music on Thames'

    A HAMPSHIRE composer will hear four of his pieces receive their world premiere during Sunday’s Diamond Jubilee river pageant on the Thames. Jeremy Avis’ arrangements of an old Welsh folk song, an African-inspired celebratory call, Scarborough

  • Chance to win a dream show day

    FANCY scaling an 80ft pole in front of your friends? Ever wanted to help shear a sheep or attach a rosette to the winner of a livestock competition? Children are being invited to win a perfect day out at this year’s New Forest Show by submitting

  • Scalded Luca-Stan, 2, inspires £20,000 bid

    A LITTLE boy who nearly died after he was scalded has inspired a £20,000 fundraising campaign. Luca-Stan King was 16 months old when he climbed up on the toilet seat at his Ringwood home and turned on the tap, causing scalding water to burn his

  • Give Me A Chance - Aisling Mullan

    LIKE thousands of young people across Hampshire, she is in the catch 22 position of not having enough experience for the job of her dreams – when all she wants is her foot on the career ladder. But Aisling Mullan said she is not going to let

  • Lambert offers Norwich resignation

    Paul Lambert has offered his resignation as Norwich manager but the club this afternoon revealed in a statement that they have not accepted it. Norwich this afternoon confirmed Lambert, who has been strongly linked with the vacant manager's post

  • Neville: England camp will be a WAG-free zone

    England coach Gary Neville has vowed that there will never be any repeat of the WAGs debacle at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. As with this summer, six years ago, England opted to base themselves in an accessible location for a major tournament, the

  • GB face nervous wait

    A 1-1 draw with Korea leaves Great Britain needing to win their last round-robin match and hoping other results go their way if they are to reach the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. In humid, energy-sapping conditions GB – including Winchester-born

  • Markab heads to Salisbury

    Markab is to bypass Royal Ascot for Salisbury following his return to winning ways at Windsor. Henry Candy's nine-year-old sprinter ended a famine stretching back to the Group One Betfred Sprint Cup in September 2010 when making all the running to take

  • Pair rescued from house fire

    Two people have been rescued from a house fire in Hedge End. The blaze in the ground floor maisonette in The Close started at around 1.30pm. Crews from Hightown Fire Station and Botley Fire Station are still battling the fire at the scene. One person

  • Parents in campaign to save school

    PARENTS have launched a rescue bid to try to secure the future of a prestigious private school. Norman Court Prep’s governors invited parents to a crisis meeting at the school to see if any were prepared to invest in the school. Without funding

  • Who is stealing toys from baby's grave?

    THEY were precious gifts from a grieving mum still trying to come to terms with the death of her first child. Kate Rainscourt had been finding comfort in leaving toys and colourful flowers at the grave of her baby Charlie, who was stillborn less

  • School's party to remember

    IT WAS a party they will remember for the rest of their lives – and they even raised cash for charity. Hundreds of children from Sherborne House School in Chandler’s Ford dressed in red, white and blue in return for donating money to Wessex Cancer

  • Writing on the wall for graffiti pests?

    IT IS a crimewave that has made the vandals behind it Winchester's public enemy number one. In just one night the graffiti vandals struck 38 times in a spate of “mindless damage”. Shop fronts, walls, homes, phone boxes and bins were

  • 'Prank' leaves bird thief sick as a parrot

    “WHO’S a silly boy then?” A Hampshire man thought it was a prank to take two valuable parrots from a top attraction. But the joke has backfired on Justin Robertson – now he and the birds are securely behind bars after he found himself up before

  • Drink to the Queen's health at city beer festival

    BEER lovers will be keeping it real as they raise a glass to the Queen over the Diamond Jubilee weekend. Southampton Beer Festival opens at Southampton Guildhall on Thursday, May 31, at 6.30pm, with the last pint poured on 11pm on Saturday, June

  • ECB set up anti-corruption team

    A new anti-corruption team has been established to monitor this season's domestic limited-overs competitions. The England and Wales Cricket Board have set up a seven-strong team of officials who will be deployed at games in the Friends Life t20 and Clydesdale

  • Kevin Pietersen fact-file

    1980: Born June 27 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to an Afrikaans father and an English mother. 1997-98: Makes first-class debut for Natal as an off-spinning all-rounder. 2001: Joins Nottinghamshire with a view to qualifying as an England player

  • £30,000 lakes makeover

    A HAMPSHIRE beauty spot is in line for a £30,000 environmental makeover. Work will be carried out at Hiltingbury Lakes, in Chandler’s Ford, to improve the water quality, the diversity of the habitat and the general appearance of the popular area

  • Slavery trial stopped

    The case of two men accused of keeping vulnerable people in slave-like conditions has been dramatically stopped. The jury at Southampton Crown Court that was hearing evidence in the case of John and William Connors was discharged after the

  • Pietersen retires from limited-overs internationals

    England batsman Kevin Pietersen has announced his shock retirement from one-day and Twenty20 internationals. The 31-year-old former Hampshire star has played 127 ODIs and 36 T20Is and was a first-choice player in both formats. But he will

  • Jake goes Jubilee crazy!

    IT is not just residents who have gone Jubilee crazy. Animals have defied their fur and feathers to turn red, white and blue as our Patriotic Pets competition heats up. This is cocker spaniel Jake, the latest entrant, who is posing in

  • MPs call for 'body confidence' school lessons

    CHILDREN should be given 'body confidence' lessons at school, according to Hampshire MPs. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image also suggested calling someone “fatty” could be classed as a hate crime. The group includes Conservative MPs

  • Town Quay is not a great advert for city

    I PAID my first visit of the year to Town Quay to wave my niece off on a cruise. I couldn’t believe another year has gone by and yet nothing has been done to remove the fencing stopping people from using the seats that are there. Lo and behold

  • Ex-Saint signs for Eastleigh

    EASTLEIGH manager Ian Baird has made his SIXTH summer signing by bringing in ex-Saints goalkeeper Jack Dovey on a two-year deal. The 19-year-old, who spent a loan spell at the Silverlake Stadium last season, was released by Saints at the end

  • Window marks ship

    WITH reference to Keith Hamilton’s interesting feature on Henry V’s ship Grace Dieu (Daily Echo May 15) I wonder whether your readers are aware there is a stained glass window depicting the ship at the Church of the Ascension, Thorold Road, Bitterne

  • Labour left whole country in the lurch

    LABOUR supporter C Oliver’s playground jibe that cuts in school and hospital budgets led to the 1997 Conservative General Election defeat is wholly false (letter, May 19). For example, spending on the NHS under the last Conservative administration

  • Hotel project is being overstated

    HAVING read Terry Butler’s letter (Echo, Thursday, May 17) headed Jobs and Beds, asking Cllr Keith House, leader of Eastleigh Borough Council to confirm how he arrived at 500 new jobs for the proposed 175- room hotel at the Rose/Ageas bowl, compared

  • Mayor’s car should have British roots

    I WAS pleased to note your editorial comment (Daily Echo, Saturday, May 19) which endorsed the continued supply, and use of, a suitable car for the mayor of Southampton. The photograph on page 19 of the same issue showed a splendid view of the Austin

  • Pension row doctors vote to take action

    HAMPSHIRE doctors are among thousands in the country who have voted to take industrial action for the first time in almost 40 years. A day of action will be held next month in protest at the Government’s controversial pension reforms. The

  • Get 10A bus running and OAPs will be so grateful

    IN reply to Mr Jim Brown’s comment about 10A bus Northeast Road, Sholing – it’s nearly all OAP flats in this road and the bus is very needy to them. It’s the only bus we can get to city centre and Woolston as when they took the number 6 from this

  • Lambert move is 'inevitable'

    Former Norwich winger Darren Huckerby feels the success Paul Lambert brought to Carrow Road made it inevitable he would move on. Aston Villa are reported to be meeting Lambert's representatives today over their vacancy. Lambert, 42, took the Canaries

  • How would Saints use Rodriguez?

    Saints may see Jay Rodriguez as a long term replacement for Rickie Lambert. The club are prepared to smash their transfer record to spend £7m on bringing the 22-year-old striker from Burnley, and therefore view him as a long term investment

  • Church warden killed himself with sex drug overdose

    A CHURCH warden took his own life by taking a “massive” overdose of sex drugs, an inquest heard. Martin Rowe, 47, was found fully clothed in the bath at his five-bedroom Southampton home by a vicar who went to check on him after he missed a

  • Liverpool's flagship cruise ship sets sail - and breaks down

    LIVERPOOL’S flagship cruise liner broke down just after being launched to a great fanfare. Ocean Countess was the first ship to be launched from Liverpool after it fought to overturn restrictions on its terminal. She suffered an engine breakdown

  • Monk "gutted" by Rodgers departure

    Swansea club captain Garry Monk admitted he was "gutted" by the news that manager Brendan Rodgers is to become the new boss of Liverpool. But the former Saints defender has backed the board to bring in the right man as the club prepare for next season

  • West Indies call up spinner Narine

    West Indies have called up mystery spinner Sunil Narine after Kemar Roach was ruled out of the rest of the England tour due to a shin injury. The West Indies Cricket Board have confirmed that 23-year-old paceman Roach has left the squad to return home

  • Man due in court over sex attack

    A MAN is due in court today charged with the sexual assault of a woman in Southampton. Sabir Yaqbi, 25, of York Close, Southampton, has been charged with Sexual Assault on a Female under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. The charge relates to the alleged

  • Lambert the frontrunner for Villa job

    Aston Villa will today step up their efforts to make Norwich boss Paul Lambert their new manager. Villa were finally set to make an official approach for Lambert, but reports emerged last night that the Canaries boss has quit Carrow Road.

  • Memorial garden unveiled for last Titanic survivor Millvina

    A MEMORIAL garden for the last survivor of the Titanic will be dedicated today near the entrance to Southampton’s new £15m SeaCity Museum. At nine weeks old lifelong Southampton resident Millvina Dean was the liner’s youngest passenger.

  • Bride-to-be Deborah to become Mrs Queen

    SHE will be watched by the world as she celebrates 60 years on the throne in spectacular celebrations. Meanwhile in Hampshire, meet the woman who will become a Queen this weekend. Deborah Lester will become Mrs Queen after saying “I do” to fiance

  • Labourer avoids jail after lead thefts

    A LABOURER who stole lead from the roof of a Hampshire activity centre used by 500 children and families every week has been spared an immediate prison sentence. Police, called to the Chamberlayne Children’s Centre in Eastleigh, found strips

  • Moped riders use new bus route as race track

    SECURITY on a new busway in Hampshire is being reviewed after youths used it as a racetrack. Residents have reported youngsters on mopeds racing up and down the Bus Rapid Transit route between Fareham and Gosport. Transport chiefs at Hampshire County

  • Death ruled unlawful

    A woman who died from multiple stab wounds at her Southampton home was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. Anita Bawtree, 34, was killed at the flat she shared with her partner Steven Waters at Napier House, Paynes Road, Freemantle, in April last

  • Hampshire Apprentice tipped for success

    HAMPSHIRE’S Apprentice hopeful Ricky Martin has been tipped to win the reality TV show after millions of viewers saw him reach the final last night. The 26-year-old recruitment team manager and sometime wrestler from Stubbington will battle for the top

  • Jailed for giving gang a getaway car

    A MAN who provided the getaway car for a gang who smashed their way into a supermarket and stole cigarettes worth almost £9,000 has been jailed. Carl Noke was offered £200 to supply his car to the trio of thieves who then drove to the Asda