Billy Sharp staked an early claim in pre-season after firing a hat-trick in a 4-1 win over Swiss side Etoile Carouge. Saints overturned a half-time deficit as they opened up their summer tour with a resounding victory against the Geneva-based side
A HAMPSHIRE mum will be sentenced today after being found guilty of murdering her mother-in-law with a rolling pin andf then lying to cover her tracks. Rajvinder Kaur even forced her nine-year-old son to see his grandmother lying dead in a bloodsoaked
SAINTS are set to announce they have completed the signing of Nathaniel Clyne. The 21-year-old right back emerged as one of Nigel Adkins ’ top summer targets, and the player is understood to have agreed to a four-year deal to come to St Mary's
Winchester is to have the first county run “all-through” school for pupils aged four to 16 to meet rising numbers. County education boss Roy Perry gave the go-ahead for the two-form entry primary school yesterday. It will be built on the site
I WAS shocked to read the headline in Friday’s Echo which said “200 new jobs in store under Tesco supermarket plan”. I was naive enough to believe that the original application had been rejected by the residents of this gem of a small town. Let
MY HUSBAND and I had the good fortune to see our grandaughter, Zoe, in a production of Oliver at Tanner’s Brook School. What a wonderful show it was. All the children taking part were brilliant. The acting was superb and the singing second to none
I WRITE in response to the letter stating that the water usage increases, simply due to having a combination boiler fitted. It is quite possible that in the letter writer’s son’s case this is so, but in my case it greatly reduced my water usage
I DO everything I can to be safe and seen on my bicycle – riding every day I wear bright colours, use good lights after dark or in bad weather, and my bike is well looked after. I have made an effort to study the rules and laws, as I think everyone
CONGRATULATIONS to all those involved in the fight to save Southampton ’s children’s heart unit. It is great news that families across the south-east will continue to have close access to this vital treatment and the UK continues to have a centre
WAS disappointed to read Thelma Ash’s letter in which she set out to discredit the human rights legislation put in place to protect people from abuse. Perhaps if she or any of her family were detained in a country such as Syria where torture is
THE Government has given the go ahead for a business -backed studio school to open in Southampton . The Southampton Studio School, sponsored by and based at City College Southampton, should now open in September next year. Providing education
REPOSSESSIONS in Southampton are running higher than in all its neighbouring local authority areas, according to a report by the UK homeless charity Shelter. In 2011/12, there were 260 repossessions in the city – a rate of 3.32 per cent for every
AN INFLUENTIAL support organisation for Hampshire companies has welcomed the Wessex branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) as a full member. The Hampshire business Alliance was launched at the inaugural conference of Hampshire Chamber
Hampshire bowler Danny Briggs has been named in England's 30-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20. The squad will be slimmed down to 15 next month but Brigg's initial inclusion will come as a boost to the Ageas Bowl spinner. The headlines have
A plane that took off from Southampton has had to make an emergency landing. The Eastern Airways plane, which was heading to Aberdeen, was diverted to Newcastle International Airport when the captain reported a fault with the aircraft's cockpit
FIRST dismissed out of hand as an eccentric billionaire’s fantasy, plans to build a replica of Southampton ’s illfated liner, Titanic , have taken a step closer to reality. If the vessel is built the Australian mining magnate behind the plan, Clive
A MAN has been charged with being drunk while in charge of a child on his way back from the Beggars Fair. A 30-year-old, from North Baddesley, was stopped in Botley Road, Romsey , at around 6.45pm on Saturday and was arrested and later charged
A NEW Forest scaffolder who admitted supplying cannabis to friends was spared an immediate prison sentence. Prosecutor Roderick Blain told Southampton Crown Court how police stopped a car and found Ryan Moore with a couple of bags of cannabis.
AFC TOTTON – last season’s beaten play-off finalists - kick off the new Southern Premier campaign at Frome Town on August 18 before hosting back-to-back matches against Chesham United and Stourbridge. Guy Butters’ Winchester City mark their return
Burnley have signed former Saints defender Joseph Mills on loan Reading. Mills joined Reading last summer and played 14 times as they won promotion to the Premier League but has been deemed surplus to requirements as the Royals prepare for the
HUNDREDS of soldiers from across Hampshire and the south coast are being drafted in to provide security at the Olympics just months after returning from the Afghanistan front line. The 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (1PWRR)
A HAMPSHIRE man dubbed the Naked Rambler has tasted his first day of freedom after six years in prison for refusing to wear clothes and he is of course in the nude. Former Royal Marine Stephen Gough, 53, from Eastleigh , has vowed to continue walking
A HUGE £20m anonymous donation is to help ground-breaking Hampshire scientists carry out pioneering research into new ways of beating cancer. Half of the cash is going to the University of Southampton to help build a cancer immunology centre, which
IT is Britain’s answer to the Eiffel Tower that will greet hundreds of thousands of people as they flock to the Olympic Park for the world’s greatest sporting event. Standing 376ft tall, costing £22.7m and with a 455 step spiral staircase, the
Hampshire's Glenn Maxwell has been named in Australia's preliminary 30-man squad for September's ICC World Twenty20. The tournament begins in Sri Lanka on September 18, with the Australian side drawn against Ireland and the West Indies
HAVE you ever wanted to find out what it would be like to stand on The Mayflower’s stage, or get up close to the beautiful stage costumes? Well now is your chance. As part of The Mayflower ’s 25th anniversary celebrations this year, the theatre
HALF of all London Olympics competitors will be tested for drugs in what is being billed as the biggest anti-doping operation in the history of the Games. And Hampshire Olympians such as diver Pete Waterfield, cyclist Dani King and rower James
It is ten years since Justin Rose was first sent out to play alongside Tiger Woods at The Open with an emotional speech by his father still ringing in his ears. Within two months Ken Rose had lost his battle with leukaemia but the words he uttered
Southampton is named today as one of the UK’s worst performing cities for road safety – amid a rise in the accident toll across Hampshire. The city has failed to cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on its roads as much as most
HE’S the St Mary’s season ticket holder who is also an avid Arsenal fan. But Pete Waterfield has more pressing concerns on his mind than any Premier League -related news at the moment. That’s because the London-born Southampton -based diver
EX-SAINT Kevin Gibbens has ended his eight-year love affair with Southern League outfit Sholing . The 32-year-old midfielder-turned-striker, who played a dozen games for Southampton , has stepped down a league to join Ashley Vickers’ Blackfield
JUSTIN Rose is as good a bet as there is for a home winner of this year’s Open Championship , according to John Jacobs. The world-renowned golf coach and former Ryder Cup captain believes Hampshire ace Rose, main picture, is in with a shot of topping
JAMES Taylor was once again the scourge of the Hampshire Royals as Nottinghamshire Outlaws kept their hopes of a Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-final place alive with a crushing six-wicket victory over the Group B leaders at Trent Bridge. Hampshire
A CHARITY has received a half a million pound windfall to support thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Southampton . The British Red Cross has been handed the money as part of a five-year project to support vulnerable people who come to
POLICE have released footage of a man suspected of trying to steal credit card details from a Hampshire cashpoint. A skimming device was found at a cash machine at Tesco in Winnall, Winchester , on Thursday, June 7. Skimming machines store
