If you’re in the process of trying to sell your house so you can make the move into your dream new home, then Taylor Wimpey Southern Counties could have the ideal solution for you. The company is hosting a ‘Part Exchange’ weekend taking place on Saturday
Portsmouth have today been given the go-ahead to start the new season while in administration - and manager Michael Appleton will embark on a transfer spree over the next 48 hours. Portsmouth's future remains uncertain after former owner Balram
IT was time to batten down the hatches as soggy sailors and soaking spectators braved dismal weather at Cowes Week . Dozens of disappointed crew members were left high and dry as gusts of up to 35 knots caused the cancellation of more than half
Unions have agreed to suspend a £12m legal action and 15-months of industrial action against Southampton council over staff pay cuts. Unite and Unison said they will ballot their 2,400 members at the council next month on a proposed deal to end
Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Robin van Persie will be available to make his Manchester United debut against Everton on Monday night. United announced last night that they had agreed a fee with Arsenal for the Holland striker, subject to him settling
England goal hero Jermain Defoe admits it will be a big blow for Tottenham to lose the services of Luka Modric, who is believed to be edging closer to a move to Real Madrid. The Croatian international is reported to be the subject of a £30million
Reading boss Brian McDermott today revealed he and Anton Zingarevich want to make the club the Barclays Premier League 's next Stoke ahead of their top-flight return on Saturday. The Royals have plenty of examples to follow of teams that have
IT is something you might expect to see in the back of the newspaper – “searching for a 6ft muscular Greek God with outstretched arms in Southampton ”. But this is exactly what police officers are hunting for after thieves stole the treasured antique
COUNCIL bosses in Southampton have launched an appeal against a privacy watchdog ruling that it was wrong to record all passengers' and drivers' conversations in taxis. The Information Commissioner said Southampton City Council had “gone too
ROYAL Mail chiefs have done a U-turn and agreed to paint a Hampshire post box gold in honour of Olympic sailing hero Ben Ainslie . The pillar box near Ben’s Lymington home will be given an official golden glow after bosses backed down in the face
TO MAKE it safer the council spent thousands of pounds constructing a cycle path from Holbury along Fawley road to Hythe . This route is totally ignored by cyclists who continue to be a hazard, particulary at rush hour by cycling along the road
MY nationality is my birthright, it is sacrosanct it cannot be bought, sold, traded or otherwise messed around with. ONLY I may attempt to alter it or so I believed! However, in reply to a written question from Lord Stoddart of Swindon, Lord
I DIDN’T see the original article (Daily Echo, July 18) but would like to comment on Lyn Brayshaw’s letter (Daily Echo July 31). There may be residential enclaves within a city where 20mph could be appropriate. However, today’s traffic levels dictate
THERE is a fair amount of nonsense in RAE Tilly’s letter of August 9, but a couple of forward passes in particular deserve the referee’s whistle. First, there is no “pretence” about this country being a nucleararmed power and it is not true
I HAVE recently read an article about Team GB diver Tom Daley receiving abuse from a teenager on the Twitter website. This teenager was arrested but later bailed and let off with a warning. The teenager commented about Tom letting down Britain
THOUGH I am not usually in the habit of siding with Lib-Dem policies I must admit that Councillor David Harrison is correct (Letters July 24) concerning the car park in Rumbridge Street in Totton and the fact that it now stands half empty. Councillor
OFFICIAL figures brought welcome news to Hampshire’s economy yesterday with a drop in the number of people on jobless benefits. Dole queues shortened in most parts of the south – and July’s claimant count of 18,749 was more than
A table of A level results from colleges and schools within the Daily Echo's circulation area. School/college A*-E pass % 2012 A*-E pass % 2011 Andover College 99.4% (97%)
HE will be too young to drive to his university campus, drink alcohol at the students’ union bar, or enjoy late night parties during freshers’ week. He is not even old enough to watch the 15-rated Hollywood blockbuster Ted at the cinema . But
IF you didn’t get the grades you needed for the university places you wanted, you still have options. Every year, thousands of students go through “clearing” – the process by which those without a place can find courses with vacancies. Southampton
WITH 76 plays under his belt you might think Alan Ayckbourn would run out of ways in which to expose the human character. Yet with his latest production – Surprises – he succeeds in, well, surprising anyone who felt the sting might have been drawn
THE ultimate Broadway musical, 42nd Street, will dance its way to centre stage at The Mayflower this autumn. Dave Willetts and Marti Webb, pictured right, will co star in the musical comedy when it comes to Southampton from October 2 to 6.
AN ESCAPED convict named as a suspect in a murder investigation has been seen in a Southampton shopping centre. He is Ricardo Pisano who police want to question following the discovery earlier this year of 62-year-old Michael Polding’s body at
Specialist sixth-form colleges are more effective than school sixth-forms and general further education colleges at achieving top A-level grades, research has claimed. The University of Southampton study found that sixth-form colleges are 7.2%
SAINTS are today expected to step up their bid to land Blackpool winger Matt Phillips. Last night Saints made a £6million bid for the 21-year-old. Phillips has impressed since joining the Tangerines from Wycombe two years ago, plundering 18
A VIGOROUS and unstable cold front, associated with an unseasonally deep low pressure system moving across southern England, upset plans for racing at Cowes Week yesterday. Although mean wind speeds for much of the day were not forecast to be particularly
SAINTS legend Matt Le Tissier has launched a new coaching initiative designed to encourage the next generation of gifted footballers. Known for his supreme talent with the ball, Le Tissier admits a sense of despondency at what he sees as a failure
THOUSANDS of nervous students were today logging on and opening the big brown envelopes to discover their destiny. Teenagers across Hampshire were heading to their schools and colleges to find out their A-level results. It will be a day of
WITH its modernistic liner-inspired profile, it evokes a city’s rich maritime heritage with a strikingly cutting edge profile. Since opening in April to mark 100 years since the Titanic sank, it has been full steam ahead for the SeaCity Museum
Saints will have to smash their transfer record if they are to make Uruguayan playmaker Gaston Ramirez their marquee summer signing. The club have money to spend on a big money acquisition having only splashed out about £10m on players so far this
A HAMPSHIRE toddler who had severe medical problems died due to natural causes, an inquest heard yesterday. Triplet Patrick Doyle, 2, died on October 13, 2011, in Sosnowiec, Poland after his mother Sylvia had taken him to visit his grandparents
THE CHAIRMAN of Hampshire Crimestoppers is to join the race to become the county’s new police commissioner, the Daily Echo can reveal. Simon Hayes plans to officially launch his campaign in the next week, becoming the first independent candidate
