FARMERS in the south say they would not rule out further action if a proposed cut in milk prices comes into force as planned next month. Dozens of Hampshire farmers were among those who travelled to London yesterday to vent their fury at the
The Premier League have agreed a new £120million three-year deal with title sponsors Barclays. The extended agreement will run for three seasons from 2013/14 to the end of the 2015/16 season. The deal includes the global title sponsorship of
CASH-strapped Hampshire and Southampton councils will be told to provide loans to pay for the care of elderly people. Under reforms announced by the Government yesterday, the loans, which would accumulate interest, would be repaid after a person
MOSES Ademola used to be “a thorn in Eastleigh’s side”, according to manager Ian Baird. But next season it will hopefully be the Spitfires’ opponents on the receiving end after the 22-year-old striker/right winger agreed to join the club on
Portsmouth have been told they must start next season in npower League One with a 10-point deduction. The Football League said today it will accept Pompey's membership provided whoever buys the club complies with a number of conditions, notably
THEY have caused misery for thousands of motorists, but urgent roadworks to repair crash barriers on Southampton's busiest road have been completed ahead of schedule. Southampton City Council said the work to replace more than 200 metres
Portsmouth have lost another first team player aftere Birmingham completed the capture of Hayden Mullins for an undisclosed fee. The experienced versatile midfielder finished last season on loan at Championship winners Reading having moved from Portsmouth
REGARDING the report published in the Daily Echo about Victory Gospel Church in North Baddesley, we wish to point out that, while we were obviously concerned about planning matters, the main aim of the campaign by descendants of the founder and
ON JUNE 30 at approximately 6.30pm, a friend and myself were conveying a 1952 ambulance to pick up six lovely girls and take them to their prom at Chilworth Hotel. While we were travelling down The Avenue in Southampton, the vehicle cut out and stopped
I AM an 81-year-old woman who fell in the garden and badly cut my head on a stone pot. My husband called for an ambulance and within ten minutes a paramedic was here. I would like to say how wonderful the service is. He stitched my head at home
CONGRATULATIONS to Abbotswood School whose end of term show We Will Rock You was such a joy to watch and listen to. The schoolchildren were so good in their various roles from acting to singing to technical jobs and everyone concerned obviously
IN reply to the letter from C Smith, of Totton Tories (Letters, June 23), I have counted about 20 letters in the last two months or so, often anonymous, with titles such as The Labour Waste, Cost of Labour, Labour-BBC coalition. You attack me for
LIBERAL Democrat letter-writer Richard Grant (July 6) suggests that Britain receives a £3 billion rebate from the EU. This is a wholly incomplete picture of our financial relationship with this failing organisation. The following recent intervention
ON July 3 P&O had their fleet in port and arranged for some passenger turnover to take place at the cricket ground in Hedge End. The additional traffic generated by this operation was considerable on a road infrastructure never upgraded by
WHAT a dreadful decision it would be to cut back even more on our armed forces. My late husband served in The Royal Hampshire Regiment from 1955 to 1957, conscripted in two years National Service, and was sent to Malaya. He was very proud of the
IT only seems a traffic jam or two ago that Southampton’s Millbrook flyover, pictured, was shut for some months for a complete overhaul. “No work will have to be done for years” we were told. Now, a short time later, work is being carried out
A ruling that the Catholic Church can be held liable for the wrongdoings of its priests was upheld by the Court of Appeal today. The decision was announced in an action which has been described as raising ''an issue of wide general importance
HAMPSHIRE residents hoping to cycle to the Olympic Games after arriving by train will be forced to leave their non-folding bikes at home. South West Trains has announced that during the London 2012 Games, non-folding bikes will not be allowed
Kabir Ali struck twice with successive deliveries as Yorkshire reached 83-3 before taking an early lunch at The Ageas Bowl today. The Hampshire bowler took 2-13 during an impressive eight-over spell, dismissing Phil Jaques (12) and England's
A POPULAR carnival which hoped to attract 3,000 people this weekend has been cancelled amid dismal weather forecasts. Organisers pulled the plug on Totton and Eling Carnival last night and pushed it back to a later date blaming days of rain and a miserable
NEGOTIATORS were called in after a man was found “in a precarious position” at the top of a Hampshire multi-storey car park. Police received a call reporting concerns for the welfare of the man who was on the edge of the 13-level Mitchell Road
Birmingham's highly-rated teenage goalkeeper Jack Butland is desperate for regular first-team football with the club next year. The 19-year-old has been named in the Team GB squad for the Olympics and was England's third-choice at Euro 2012 but has
Claus Lundekvam's former Saints team-mate David Hirst has insisted the claims that spot-fixing was rife during their time at the club came as a "massive surprise". Hirst, the former England striker who spent most of his career at Sheffield
An avalanche in the French Alps has killed six climbers and injured six others, authorities said today. Rescuers in Chamonix are also searching for others unaccounted for. The gendarme service said they were alerted around 5.25am (0425BST) to the
WHILE this revue-like musical, based around the eponymous Sweet Charity, a good-natured dancer looking for love, is thin on action and substance it does boast a certain style and some memorable musical numbers. David Tatnall’s new version handled
ORGANISERS of the Wickham Festival have bailed out fans of acoustic folk group Show of Hands whose signature festival was washed out. The band’s annual event at Abbotsbury was called off on Saturday after relentless rain closed roads and flooded
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Armed police took to the streets of Southampton as they stepped up the battle against city drug gangs. Officers with rifles and body armour joined dog handlers and other detectives in a crackdown across the city yesterday. Detectives
Police carried a string or raids across Southampton as they stepped up the fight against drug dealers in the city. It is part of Operation Fortress and two year crackdown on drugs gangs bringing violence to the streets of Southampton.
TWO Labour councillors last night rebelled in a vote on budget cuts that threaten a Southampton swimming pool with permanent closure. Labour rejected calls from Tories and Lib Dems to reopen Oaklands Swimming Pool in Lordshill which has
POLICE stopped a postman outside a pub on suspicion of drink-driving and discovered 40 franked and stamped postal packets in the boot of his car, Southampton Crown Court heard. When Craig Priddey was questioned outside the New Forest pub, his wallet
Saints are considering a formal bid for Crystal Palace pair Wilfried Zaha and Nathaniel Clyne. The Daily Echo understands that the talented youngsters could be the subject of an £8m joint offer from Saints. Palace, though, will try and
SOUTHAMPTON had the highest number of drink-drive arrests across the county in one month. During the first month of Hampshire Constabulary’s summer drink-drive campaign in June, police made 36 arrests in the city. There have been 186 people arrested
