THE Red Arrows display over Southampton docks this evening has been cancelled because of poor weather, organisers have said. The aerobatic team had been due to perform as part of the P&O's Grand Event which sees all seven ships in the company's
TOMORROW is D-Day for the future of children’s heart surgery in Southampton. Health bosses make their decision on whether the axe will fall on Southampton General Hospital’s world-class unit, after 250,000 people joined the Daily Echo’s fight
MR PROSPERO (Letters, June 25) ideally sees schools as being like chains of shoe shops on the opentoed, open market, answerable to the boards of big businesses which want to make profits from them. Michael Gove is a keen advocate of profit being
THE articles in the Daily Echo on poor diabetes services in Southampton, coupled with the letter on June 22, on the same subject, serve to highlight the deliberate depletion of medical services by this Government. I wrote to The Echo some 18 months
I RECENTLY stayed at my son’s house in Hamble and walked from the Tesco store down to Coronation Parade most days. But what I want to say is the people on pushbikes have no consideration at all and it’s adults! I was so shocked to see how fast
A HAMPSHIRE doctor is taking over consultancy contracts for one of the UK’s leading resourcing agencies. Dr Andy Gill, 51, of Winchester, will head a team of 25 staff as head of social care consultancy practice for Outcomes UK. Dr Gill, a psychologist
AS VINCE Cable is now beginning to demand transparency on the total salary/bonus/pension packages of senior managers, could this also be the correct time to ensure all those receiving a package in excess of £70,000 should provide their own pension
GEORGE Osbourne seems to live in a funny old world. OK, he’s scrapping the fuel duty rise, but does that REALLY help the country? He says he is on the side of working families and businesses. However he can’t be – he’s not providing the means to
FIREFIGHTERS battling to rescue two stricken colleagues could potentially have reached them more than 30 minutes earlier if different techniques had been used to put out the fire, an inquest heard. A London-based fire investigator called in
THE vision for a new multi-million-pound private care village at a former hospital site in Hampshire has been unveiled. Developers want to build a 48-bed home alongside more than 160 apartments at The Mount in Church Road, Bishopstoke.
IAN Baird's new look Eastleigh side will be out for revenge on the opening day of the 2012/13 Blue Square Bet South campaign. Their first-day fixture on August 18 pits them away to Boreham Wood - scene of an embarrassing 6-1 thrashing last term. The
TWO Romsey site managers have been recognised for excellence in house-building. Both have been shortlisted for a regional title for their work at the Abbotswood development, near Romsey. Dave Murnane and Geoff Walker were picked as winners in the
Follow @EchoPics Click here to see images See the first images from inside the Shirley Towers Flat Fire.
THE spirit of the London 2012 Olympic Games was burning brightly among hundreds of youngsters at a Southampton school. More than 600 pupils at Springhill Catholic Primary School, in Milton Road, took part in an Olympic torch relay in the school playground
THE Olympic torch parade will stop off at a New Forest school as part of a day-long sports extravaganza, it has been revealed. Brockenhurst College is preparing for a major celebration involving the whole village when it welcomes the famous flame
The first images of the devastation inside a fire ravaged towerblock flat where two Hampshire firefighters were killed were shown to the inquest. The true enormity of the fire, started by a curtain being left on top of a lamp, can be seen in
HAMPSHIRE one-lapper Rob Tobin has been selected for Great Britain's London 2012 4x400m relay team. The former Southampton University student helped Britain to relay silver at the weekend's European Championships in Helsinki. The 28-year-old, from
Click here to see images THESE are the first images of the devastation inside a fire ravaged towerblock flat where two Hampshire firefighters were killed tackling the blaze. The true enormity of the fire, started by a curtain being left
SOUTHAMPTON skipper Ian Walker spoke of his excitement and sadness after finishing the Volvo Ocean Race. The final leg of the gruelling round-the-world challenge came to an end in the early hours of today. Walker and his crew recorded
EUROPE'S competition commissioner has warned Liverpool it may have to pay back handouts in the Cruise Wars row with Southampton. Southampton's rival has already come under fire for launching full turnaround cruises at its £21m Pier Head terminal
A NEW business networking group has launched in Winchester with a fundraising event for Naomi House. The Business Collective saw some 20 local business people hustling to raise funds for the children’s hospice. In the Real Hustle Challenge, set
AN Eastleigh man who banged a woman’s head against a wall was further bailed for reports. Graham Perry, 51, of Nutbeam Road, admitted causing actual bodily harm. He will be sentenced at Southampton Crown Court on July 23.
Follow @EchoPics Click here to see images Here you can view a fantastic collection of pictures taken at the P&O Grand Event in Southampton. For more pictures don't forget to pick up your copy of The Southern Daily Echo on Wednesday
Click here to see images Southampton saw seven ships come sailing in today to take part in the biggest maritime spectacular in the port's history. Every vessel of the city-based P&O Cruises' fleet was lined up along the waterfront
A SHIP that is celebrating 50 years' service in ocean research is to launch another ground-breaking venture this week. The Royal Research Ship Discovery marked its landmark anniversary with a gathering of scientists and seamen yesterday at its
As political crimes go it was up there on a par with the great Westminster Salad Scandal. OK, I made that one up, but then again who would have thought in these times of austerity, valuable public funds would be used to investigate the strange case here
The idea of an Oyster-Card style initiative for Southampton and Hampshire (Daily Echo yesterday) has merit. Whether it will encourage large numbers of us to leave the car behind and take to public transport remains to be seen. The funding
TWO Hampshire national parks have received a major financial boost to help deal with traffic problems. The Department for Transport has given £3.8m to the South Downs National Park, the New Forest National Park and the county council to improve
A SECURITY guard was forced to hand over a cash box by a robber who threatened him with violence. He had just walked out of the Co-op supermarket in Midanbury Broadway, Southampton, with the store’s takings when a man threatened to punch him.
ANGRY motorists have condemned a parking firm that uses spy cameras to monitor a Southampton car park. With thousands due to head to the city’s waterfront today for P&O’s Grand Event, the Daily Echo can reveal that the cameras take photographs
THERE were major concerns that the blaze at Shirley Towers in which two firemen died could have turned into a repeat of a tragic tower block fire in London that killed six residents. The officer leading the operation at the Southampton high-rise
SOUTHAMPTON City Council’s Labour administration has defended itself against claims it won power through dishonesty. Senior Cabinet member Councillor Simon Letts last night brushed aside accusations his party duped voters by breaking a manifesto
IT IS a sight that has never been seen before. Emerging from the early morning gloom the last of the P&O cruise ships came alongside in Southampton Docks today to complete the 'magnificent seven' line-up. The entire cruise fleet has
MORE than 800 children are claiming a new world record for the largest group of people wearing paper hats. The youngsters gathered outside Fairthorne Manor, Curdridge, during a festival for 1,500 young carers who have to look after a seriously ill
HAMPSHIRE'S Daniel McMillan has been selected for Great Britain's Olympic handball squad. The 29-year-old, from Sway, is one of 14 players included in the team for London 2012. Head coach Dragan Djukic said: "It was the hardest decision
CHILDREN can be horrible creatures. Smelly, dirty, aggressive, cowardly, vengeful – just like adults. In Dennis Potter’s Blue Remembered Hills the seven children – all played by adults – are an atypical bunch filling their playtime with games
AN intoxicating brew of jazz and beer will be flowing at The Concorde, Eastleigh over the weekend. The three-day Jazz & Beer Festival gets under way on Friday with legendary American band, The Drifters, pictured. They have a huge catalogue of over
POLICE have launched an investigation into the death of a trainee doctor in Hampshire. Doug Ferguson, 19, was taken ill at a house in Heathfield Road, Chandler’s Ford. He died later at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester
PRIMULA Bond’s brand of erotic fiction is not for the easily shocked. This is not the literary version of cinematic love scenes – this is sweaty, often surprising, sometimes rough and very, very graphic. Her latest novella, Sisters in Sin, features
SAINTS could be set to receive an approach for teenage defender Luke Shaw, with Chelsea reportedly weighing up a £4m offer for the left back. Shaw, who turns 17 next week, is one of the brightest prospects in the Saints academy, and has been
Hampshire’s Academy cricketers have been controversially knocked out of the Southern Electric twenty20 Cup. Quarter-final opponents Totton & Eling needed six runs to win off the final over, with three wickets in hand, to overhaul the Academy’s 166-8.
A TOP level meeting is underway that will decide whether the Red Arrows take off for their performance over Southampton this evening. The team were due to perform as part of the P&Os Grand Event as all seven ships in the company’s cruise fleet
Blackburn have completed the signing of Newcastle striker Leon Best. Rovers have agreed a fee of more than £3million for the 25-year-old former Saints player, who has penned a four-year contract at Ewood Park. The npower Championship club confirmed
RICHARD Bland has offered his support to Royal Portrush becoming an Open Championship venue. The Stoneham golfer competed at the County Antrim course last week, finishing the Irish Open in a tie for 18th. There is significant momentum
HAMPSHIRE’S top politicians have warned of the danger of axing the county’s Army regiment, ending centuries of military history. MPs from all political parties are united in the call to preserve |1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
ORGANISERS of S o u t h a m p t o n ’ s biggest ever maritime spectacular are hoping it will not rain on their parade today. For the first time in the port’s long history, P&O Cruises’ complete fleet of seven ships will be lined up along the
TEST Valley Borough Council wants more controls to restrict the actions of so-called “charity muggers” or “chuggers”. A motion will be heard at a council meeting tomorrow proposing that the local authority writes to the Government requesting
A resident tried to tackle a car fire with a garden hose in Curdridge. The blaze, which is thought to have been started deliberately, took hold at about 3.30am yesterday. Fire crews from Bishop’s Waltham tackled the fire at The Plantation, but the car
IN just three years’ time 87 per cent of Hampshire’s police officers will be working on the frontline, a new report has revealed. Figures released by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) show that, while there will be fewer officers
