England boss Roy Hodgson heaped praise on match-winner Wayne Rooney after his side sealed a Euro 2012 quarter-final meeting with Italy. Rooney nodded home the only goal against co-hosts Ukraine in Donetsk tonight three minutes after the break. The
ENGLAND reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 tonight with a 1-0 win over Ukraine. The result - and France's defeat against Sweden - means England finished top of Group D and now play Italy in Kiev on Sunday night at 7.45pm. A headed
Wayne Rooney lived up to top billing in Donetsk as he scored the goal which sent England into a Euro 2012 quarter-final meeting with Italy in Kiev on Sunday. It was not quite the equal of Pele's sublime header in the 1970 World Cup final -
A LORRY stuck under a railway bridge led to lengthy traffic jams this evening as well as delaying trains. The Raymond Brown waste truck became stuck under the bridge in Greatbridge Road, Romsey, blocking the A3057 from about 4pm until 7pm
England cruised to an eight-wicket win over West Indies at The Oval, on the back of a century from Alastair Cook, to wrap up the NatWest Series a match early. Cook (112) shared a century opening stand with Ian Bell (53) and then put on 81 for the second
PLANS to build a huge wind farm off the Hampshire coast have taken another step forward. The Marine Management Organisation has approved an application to install a meteorological mast near the proposed site of the Navitus Bay facility, which
MORE than 100 people have been arrested so far as part of Hampshire police’s summer drink drive crackdown. The latest round of arrests – between June 11 and June 17 has taken the total number of drivers arrested on suspicion of driving under
Defending champion Peter Norfolk leads a 10-strong Great Britain wheelchair tennis team selected for the Paralympic Games. The world number two, from Fleet in north Hampshire, is seeking a third successive Paralympic victory following wins in Athens
Click here to see images The Southern Echo showcase another fantastic selection of pictures taken from around Hampshire this weekend. Included in the gallery this weekend are pictures from the Braishfield Beer Race, Avington Fete, Limewood
FLOWERS have been laid at the scene of a head-on crash that claimed the life of a female driver. Words of tribute were left at the site on the A35 in the New Forest where a 61- year-old, believed to be Joyce Frigot, of Somerford, Christchurch,
A man tried to tackle a fire, which later killed two Hampshire firemen, by throwing a large bottle of Dr Pepper over it, an inquest heard. Karl Hoffman told a jury how he was sat in his lounge in Shirley Towers, Southampton, when he smelt burning
Danny Boyle says the world will be grateful we didn’t attempt to compete with China and stage an Olympics opening ceremony with the wow factor. Now they can all follow suit with a low-key approach following decades where such ceremonies have become
Sheep, cows and a few old nags. And there I was worrying that the highlight of the Olympic opening ceremony would be that singing dog off Britain’s Got Talent. No. Turns out the four billion people who will “interact” with the ceremony - according to
Sympathise with Mr and Mrs Cameron after they left their eight-year-old daughter Nancy behind at the pub after enjoying a Sunday lunch with friends. Well, to be honest I empathise with little Nancy, for I too was once a forgotten child when my own
If the image of so many of our senior politicians cow-towing to Lord Justice Leveson when appearing at his enquiry into the state of the media fills you with a warm glow, it shouldn’t . When Labour leader Ed Miliband gushes that his party will follow
ROWNHAMS motorway services on the westbound M27 has opened its doors after a £1.2m revamp bringing 70 jobs. Roadchef, operator of the service area, has invested in a new-look exterior to the building, the opening of a McDonald’s restaurant, a Costa coffee
MATT Le Tissier believes Nigel Adkins won’t be troubled by Saints’ intimidating start to the Premier League season. The club visit title holders Manchester City on the opening day of the campaign, while they have Manchester United at home and Arsenal
Premium cruise operator Holland America Line (HAL) is to begin operating from Southampton. In a move that is a first for HAL, the company is to deploy the 61,849-ton Rotterdam, which entered service in 1997, in Southampton later this year.
A FURTHER two men have been arrested by Hampshire police as part of a crackdown on drugs and related violence in Southampton. The pair were taken into custody after officers received complaints about alleged dealing in Cranbury Terrace in the
POLICE have this morning confirmed that a body found in water near to Hayling Island yesterday is that of missing Eastleigh man Benjamin Hilton. Mr Hilton, 33, of Sopwith Road, had not been seen since Friday June 8. Hampshire police said they were
HAMPSHIRE defence giant Chemring reported a fall in profit for the first six months of the year, hit by delays in US orders. Underlying pretax profit fell 21 per cent to £39.2m, largely due to a delay in the US Government’s awarding a £360m
Hampshire captain Dimi Mascarenhas has challenged his batsmen to bounce back from last night’s defeat to Middlesex in the Friends Life t20 competition. Jimmy Adams was well set after Mascarenhas chose to bat on the track used for Saturday’s one-day
DRINKS were on the Romsey Road Runners on Sunday – as they hosted the Braishfield Beer Race. With all the 238 runners receiving a beer or soft drink and cake on completing the run, the annual five-mile race is always one of the most popular in the
A Southampton woman has been fined £10,000 after a pensioner in her care was found living in squalid conditions. Ligaya Nursing, 61, was convicted under the Mental Capacity Act of wilful neglect of the 79-year-old woman. Nursing, of
A JOBS fair is being held today for the hundreds of workers made redundant at the Southampton call centre of British Gas. The company has told 500 staff their jobs will go with the closure of its call centre in St Mary’s Road by the end of the
THE LABOUR Party has picked a Southampton councillor as its candidate to become the first ever elected commissioner of Hampshire Police. Jacqui Rayment vowed to fight against spending cuts after being unveiled yesterday as the party's pick for November's
TWO men have denied murdering a man found stabbed and burned in an industrial bin in Southampton. Lee Nicholls, 28, and Ryan Woodmansey, 31, yesterday pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jamie Dack, 22, whose body was found at Empress Road Industrial
JURORS retraced the final footsteps of Alan Bannon and Jim Shears – in a flat identical to the one where their tragic deaths took place. Members of the inquest jury were bussed to Shirley Towers to be shown an example of the split-level apartments
THEY were among the first to go inside a blazing Southampton tower block while residents were rescued all around them. Wearing specialist breathing apparatus, firefighters Alan Bannon and James Shears had made it inside the ninth floor flat
THE families of Alan Bannon and Jim Shears say they want answers about the failings that occurred on the night of the Shirley Towers blaze – and measures put in place to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. Relatives of both men – known fondly
THOUGHTS turned to tactics as the winds eased off slightly for crews racing across the Atlantic back to Southampton in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. The fleet of ten identical 68ft racing yachts left Nova Scotia, Canada, on Friday and the sailors
THE families of Alan Bannon and Jim Shears say they want answers about the failings that occurred on the night of the Shirley Towers blaze – and measures put in place to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. Relatives of both men – known fondly
A PUBLIC inquiry into the future of Winchester downland has been postponed. The two-week inquiry was due to start yesterday to decide whether Bushfield Down should be given village green status to protect it against future development. Bushfield Down
MEDICS in Southampton are performing a pioneering procedure that offers new hope to cancer patients who feared their treatment would end any chances of having a family. For the first time in Hampshire, young girls and babies faced with the devastating
