Hampshire dismissed Kevin Pietersen for a diamond duck before securing their fifth successive Friends Life t20 win at a sodden Oval last night. Playing his first game against Hampshire since leaving for Surrey two years ago, Pietersen opened
Striker Leon Best's stay at Newcastle could be drawing to a close with Blackburn having stepped up their interest. The 25-year-old Republic of Ireland international and former Saints striker was due to undergo a medical with the Lancashire club today
A SOUTHAMPTON man handed himself into the police after 12 cannabis plants were found growing in a flat, the city crown court heard. Andrew Keeys told officers he had been growing the drug to fund his own habit but now wanted to sort out his life
IT promises to be the biggest sporting extravaganza the country has ever known. Britain is under starters’ orders for a summer to remember as billions of people around the world turn their gaze towards the London Olympics. Hundreds of athletes
THE future of Hampshire’s Army regiment could be under threat of being axed, the Daily Echo can reveal. Fears have been raised that The 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (1PWRR) could be among a number of British infantry units
HUNDREDS of fans queued up in West Quay yesterday to buy the new Saints home shirt for 2012/13. But none had a more poignant story to tell than the Birmingham City supporter who drove down from the second city to purchase a top for his friend
Manager Stuart Pearce confirmed there was no political pressure on him to select David Beckham for his Team GB Olympic squad - and would not have accepted the job if there had been. As expected, the omission of Beckham - a key figure in the
PUB company Greene King has put The Crown pub in Shirley High Street, Southampton, on sale for £550,000. Property agents Savills said the pub, which comes with vacant possession and two retail units, has potential to continue as a pub or could
SAINTS midfielder Jack Cork has been named in the Great Britain Olympic football squad. The 23-year-old is one of 18 players selected by manager Stuart Pearce for London 2012. Cork joins the likes of Ryan Giggs, Micah Richards and Craig
A BRITISH snowboarding coach has been found hanged at his parents’ Hampshire mansion. Nelson Pratt, 33, was found by his father Nigel in the garage of the family home in Grateley, near Andover. He was pronounced dead by paramedics from South Central
Striker Leon Best's stay at Newcastle could be drawing to a close with Blackburn having stepped up their interest. The 25-year-old Republic of Ireland international and former Saints striker was due to undergo a medical with the Lancashire club today
A DRUG dealer was caught after police stopped the car he was driving and found ecstasy tablets in the boot. Leon Johnson was arrested after 28 tablets were found in a holdall in the vehicle that was stopped when it was at a Texaco filling station
THE Southampton All Stars Big Band, The Sarisbury Big Band and Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams tribute acts join the line-up for charity night Jazz at the Vineyard on July 22. The Locks Heath Rotary Club event is being held in aid of Rotary
HE has become a familiar face in the line up of the Jools Holland Rhythm Orchestra. Derek Nash has been described as one of the most versatile saxophonists in the United Kingdom today. Derek has led Sax Appeal – a band featuring the UK’s top
GOSSIPING gnomes, changing seasons, a growing garden and the history of one family come together to form Forest Forge Theatre Company’s newest production, Bloom. Embarking on a two-month Hampshire tour from the end of August, the play uncovers
WHEN it comes to pacts with the weather gods, the organisers of Blissfields are clearly better negotiators than their Isle of Wight counterparts. While the IoW crowd scraped off the last remnants of mud from their wellies, sunnies and shorts were
THE officer in charge of the operation to tackle the Shirley Towers fire was worried it would become a repeat of a horror high-rise blaze in London that claimed six residents' lives. Group manager Tony Deacon told Southampton Coroner's Court
THE wider Solent economy would be badly hit by the end of shipbuilding at Portsmouth Dockyard costing nearly 4,000 jobs, a new study has forecast. A report commissioned by Solent Local Enterprise Partnership assesses different scenarios for the
Follow @EchoPics Click here to see images The Southern Echo showcase a selection of pictures taken from around Hampshire this weekend. Included in the gallery are pictures from all these events: • Blissfields • Egbert Road
Get ready to gasp in amazement as Miller Homes prepares to welcome some of the creatures of Jonathan’s Jungle Roadshow to their Admirals Wood development at Sarisbury Green. The event will take place on Saturday 14th July from 11am until 3pm and
A RETIRED merchant seaman will fly back from his native Greece to possibly receive a prison sentence after being convicted at Southampton Crown Court of two currency charges. Milton Freeman, pictured, who is married to an English woman and has
SAINTS are hoping to beat off competition from two Premier League clubs to sign defender Alexander Buttner. The 23-year-old left back, who plays in the Dutch league for Vitesse Arnhem, is reportedly a target for Fulham and QPR. Buttner
A man has died after the car he was driving collided with a wall in Fair Oak. Paramedics tried to resuscitate the 48-year-old man, from West End, but he died later at Southampton General Hospital. He was driving a grey Ford Mondeo along
MORE than half a million whippy, wrapped and scooped ice creams were sold at Paultons Park in the past year in a booming partnership with New Forest Ice Creams. The theme park, home to Peppa Pig World, used the deal to enhance its family experience
PRIME Minister David Cameron and his happy band of millionaires have announced they will in the near future withdraw all housing benefits to the under 25-year-olds. I think it’s about time some party, even the hapless Lib Dems, show some backbone
A WOMAN who died after a crash on the A35 has been described as a 'lovely friendly lady' by her loved ones. The family of Joyce Frigot today released a statement after the 61-year-old died after a head-on collision on near in Holmesley. In the statement
THE funeral will take place tomorrow for a woman who died in a head-on crash in the New Forest. Joyce Frigot was driving along the A35 at Holmsley at about 10am when her Vauxhall Astra collided with a Vauxhall Insignia driven by a 52-year-old
I SHALL soon be appearing in Yeoman of the Guard at the Nuffield Theatre, which is very, very English and nothing at all to do with anything European, but the “Keep” in London. Anyone seeing this show will soon see the difference in our language
A HAMPSHIRE school has been invited to run a new £2m community centre – despite a 1,500-name petition backing a different operator. Portchester Community Centre is under construction at Westlands Grove and will replace an existing facility on
THE quite disgraceful comments by the new Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, Sarah Bogle, cannot go unanswered. Children Services, under the Conservative administration were given priority – and that included extra funding. All Sarah Bogle
WITH reference to the letter from Jacqueline Pye regarding Shieldhall, first may I thank her for her suggestions, but I also would like to correct a statement. Shieldhall does have a valid passenger certificate and has done so since April of this
LET’S hope the administrator does not suffer from the criteria attached to the bank bailouts, ie, the business is too big to fail. If we are in a capitalist society then nothing is too big to fail! This could be the saving of the health service where
Southampton City Council bosses have come under fire over plans to axe jobs just two months after coming to power. The Tories have accused Labour leaders of being “dishonest” and duping voters by breaking their manifesto promise of protecting
HIT noodle chain Wagamama will be coming to Southampton as part of a £7m revamp of WestQuay shopping centre’s food quarter, the Daily Echo can reveal. The popular eatery will be one of three new “exciting” restaurant brands opening at the extended
MOTORISTS in Romsey face further disruption with eight weeks of sewer improvement work set to start today. Hampshire County Council has announced that Southern Water will start a 10-week project to upgrade the sewer on Cupernham Lane and Fishlake
Follow @EchoPics Click here to see images Check out the fabulous collection of images taken by The Southern Daily Echo at Southampton Sky Ride 2012. All the pictures seen here are available to buy as photographic prints, fridge magnets
Dubai has settled on a use for the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner it bought for £64 million, with plans to make it into a floating hotel fitted with the original furnishings. The 300-room hotel is expected to open within 18 months at the city's Port
IT is set to be the most spectacular sight of the summer. Southampton’s “magnificent seven” will make it a day the city will never forget as they proudly sail into port for the biggest party ever. From first light the seven cruise ships
SOUTHAMPTON CITY Council is preparing to cut more jobs. As reported in the Daily Echo, the council will today reveal a mini-budget, detailing the scale of the job losses. Using a model first implemented in Sunderland, the council will
CORHAMPTON’S Neil Raymond has become the first player in more than 20 years to successfully defend the Brabazon Trophy. The Hampshire ace prevailed at Walton Heath to once again claim the English Men’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
A TOP Southampton hotel had to be evacuated this morning after a pot was left on a gas hob, causing smoke to fill some of the rooms. Firefighters from St Mary's, Redbridge and Hightown fire stations were called to the De Vere Grand Harbour
WORLD class stunts from horses in blockbuster films, live bands and classic children’s entertainment are just a few of the attractions in a week-long programme of events lined up for a Hampshire village. The first Hedge End Carnival was
COUNCIL bosses will today announce job losses and the closure of a much-loved council swimming pool in Southampton as they unveil a “mini-budget” setting out new spending plans for the city. Staff were due to be told this morning that Oaklands
A GIANT yellow fluorescent snake wended its way around Southampton city centre yesterday. More than 12,000 cyclists – and even a black Labrador – donned the bright Sky Ride bibs to cycle the 7.8-kilometre route as the initiative returned to
