EMERGENCY services attended a serious crash on the A31 at Ringwood this evening, which caused traffic disruption. A Hampshire police spokesperson said there had been one casualty. The spokesperson described the accident, which happened just
A SPECIAL school at the centre of sex abuse claims has appointed an interim head teacher after the last one resigned. Maggie McMurray will start in her new post at Stanbridge Earls School near Romsey on Tuesday. As previously reported, Peter Trythall
Mauricio Pochettino believes the future is bright for Southampton but will not be getting ahead of himself with survival yet to be secured. Saints have impressed since the Argentinian controversially replaced Nigel Adkins in January, with wins
Michael Klinger made 163 before Gloucestershire were forced to settle for a draw in the rain-ruined LV County Championship match with Hampshire at Bristol. Unbeaten on 131 going into the final day, the Australian helped his side achieve maximum
Reading manager Nigel Adkins will use a weekend away from the dugout to scout players he believes can help him achieve immediate promotion back to the Barclays Premier League. The Royals play their last home game of the season when they welcome
RICHARD Kiel has a bit of a problem as he has lost his teeth and is keen to find them before he crosses the Atlantic to visit Hampshire. This predicament is particularly worrying for Richard as his molars are something of a global trademark. In
Skipper John O’Shea has challenged Sunderland to take the spirit of their second-half fightback against Stoke into tomorrow's potentially decisive clash with Southampton. The Black Cats looked to be in deep relegation trouble on Monday evening
WAVING placards and shouting their slogans, more than a hundred people made their message loud and clear: no to water fluoridation. Demonstrators were gathering outside the Guildhall Square in Southampton this afternoon as part of their
A COFFEE morning where women over the age of 40 can meet like-minded women will take place on May 18. The free event, hosted by Hens Dancing Southampton, a new women-only social group, will be held at The Vestry Restaurant and Bar on Commercial
SOUTHAMPTON University Singers are holding a concert at St Alban’s Church in Burgess Road, Southampton today. The concert will showcase a diverse range of music. It starts at 3pm. Tickets are available on the door and cost £3.
TO MARK adult learners’ week a free open day will be held in Shirley. The event will take place at The Warren Centre in Chestnut Road from 9am to noon on May 20. It will be a chance to find out what is on offer at the centre, and includes craft
A GROUP of students from the University of Southampton’s student union raised £6,500 as part of the university’s “Big Give” campaign, which will be donated to three charities. The students decided to give the cash to the Southampton Samaritans
A NEW Neighbourhood Watch scheme is being planned to keep a watchful eye over a city’s major new waterside development. Beat officers will hold talks about setting it up with Radian Housing association, who have homes as part of the Centenary Quay
POST Impressionism will be the subject of the next art history study day at Southampton’s City Art Gallery. Art historian Jennie Spiers will host an introduction to the movement at the gallery’s lecture theatre on May 18. She will offer an
Detectives investigating a series of burglaries across North Hampshire have charged a man. Guy Harbord, aged 29, of Lordship Lane, Dulwich, London, was charged on the evening of Friday, May 10, 2013 with conspiracy to burgle. He was denied
THE magic of Harry Potter was brought to life in Southampton today. Players took part in a game of Quidditch - a version of the game played by budding wizards like Harry at Hogwarts School - on Southampton Common. Though no flying was involved,
fitness venue when it holds an open day. The Curves ladies fitness centre in Upper Market Street, Eastleigh, is opening its doors for women of all ages to have a look around, on Thursday, May 16 from 9am to 2pm.
LITTLE ones can join in with West End Story Time at West End Library, Chapel Road on Thursday from 11.30am-12pm. Parents or carers should stay in the library with their children during the free event. For more details, call 0845 6035631.
POLICE are investigating a blaze at a Southampton home. Two crews from Redbridge were called to the fire in a first floor bedroom of a semi-detached house in Magnolia Road, Merry Oak, at 9.10am this morning Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
A HAMPSHIRE wheelchair basketball team need help after agreeing to expand their remit. Hampshire Harriers have been tasked with promoting disabled access in all sports and need volunteers to do this. This includes finding a club development
A SOUTHAMPTON teenager is planning a daring skydive – to raise money for hospital staff who saved her life. Rebecca Stradling, 16, is taking to the skies to help the Piam Brown Ward at Southampton General Hospital, whose staff treated her after
IT was a popular BBC TV physical game show in the 1960s and 1970s. Now a Hampshire version of It’s a Knockout is being staged in the Test Valley. Mike Horne is the man behind the event at Mottisfont Village Hall. His inter-village It’s
A CAKE sale organised by Barclays Bank in Shirley raised hundreds of pounds for a Southampton charity. The cake sale raised £200 and this was then doubled by the bank. The £400 will help No Limits, who offer support to young people.
JAILED former Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne is reportedly about to be released after serving just a quarter of his sentence for perverting the course of justice. Huhne and his former wife Vicky Pryce were both jailed for eight months in March after
HE’S usually found knocking on doors to raise money for charity. But CJ Edwards from Southampton will be giving all he’s got tomorrow night as he bids to break through to the next stage of The Voice. In an exclusive interview with the Daily
THE PEOPLE of Hampshire seem to be winning the battle against the bulge compared to those in other parts of the UK. Latest figures have revealed that when it comes to the fattest places in Britain, Hampshire and Southampton are not at the top of
A SOUTHAMPTON badminton club is on the lookout for more members. Avenue Badminton club are a friendly non-league group for all ages. They meet on Thursday evenings during term time at Richard Taunton’s College in Hill Lane, Southampton. To
YOUNG rocket scientists can have fun with science and maths. The creative workshop, for parents and children over four years old, is led by qualified teacher Rosie Walton. The workshop at the Winchester Discovery Centre runs from 3.45pm Wednesday
THE Southampton Amnesty International branch hosts its next meeting on Monday. It takes place from 7.30pm in the Avenue St Andrew’s Church in the Avenue and includes a speech and question and answer session from an Amnesty International member.
MENTAL health service users are invited to a fun day on May 15. The make and mend fun day at the Ropewalk Centre in Derby Road, Southampton, welcomes mental health service users, relatives, carers and friends, from 11am to 2pm. The day will
PEOPLE in a city neighbourhood can voice concerns to police while carrying out a spot of shopping. A beat surgery is being held in the Co-op store in Victoria Road in Woolston from 1pm to 2pm on Monday, May 13.
A HAMPSHIRE-based child bereavement charity is staging a Thai banquet in Winchester. Simon Says hopes to raise proceeds from the event on May 14 at the Bangkok Brasserie on Jewry Street, Winchester. The evening will comprise welcome drinks
A BUILDING formerly used as a rehabilitation unit has gone up for sale. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has put Abbotts Lodge, Netley, on the market as part of its disposal of surplus property. Savills, which is marketing the property
IT IS the £40m development which could see Southampton become the cultural capital of the south. The city’s long-awaited cultural quarter has moved a step closer to reality as the developer behind the project hands in fresh plans. It is hoped
A RARE 90-year-old Southampton football medal presented to one of the Saints’ most prolific goalscorers – and the man who scored the Saints’ very first goal in the Football League – is set to fetch up to £500 at an auction. The nine carat gold
Q SCHOOL beckons tomorrow for Nick Jennings and Shane Castle. The Hampshire duo face up to 11 days of intense pressure in a bid to earn a two-year tour card on the professional circuit alongside the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump.
An investigation was under way following the death of a Hampshire tourist on a popular beach today. The man, who was in his early thirties, was found unconscious on Towan Beach, Newquay, Cornwall just before 2am today by a member of the public.
SOUTHAMPTON is not normally a city associated with cider. But that could be about to change, after a city producer scooped a prestigious prize for his new brew. Jez Howat, who runs his 146 Cider Company from his home in Thornhill Park Road,
LIB Dems in Fareham have elected a new leader. Cllr Paul Whittle will take over from Cllr Jim Forrest, who resigned for family reasons.
A SOUTHAMPTON teenager who admitted aggravated burglary in a tower block flat was further remanded on bail for sentence, when a judge will have probation and psychiatric reports. Christopher Glasspool, 18, of Millers Pond Gardens, pleaded guilty
SOUTHAMPTON’S Tudor House will echo to the strains of baroque chamber music tomorrow. The Quattrio quartet will play music by composers such as Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli and Telemann from 2-4pm at the free event in the museum’s Georgian Room. Normal
OPENING times at eight libraries across Southampton will change from Monday. Central, Bitterne, Burgess Road, Cobbett Road, Lordshill, Portswood , Shirley and Woolston libraries will all open at 10am each day instead of 9.30am. The closing times
SHOLING Village Green in Southampton will host a fair fun day with family activities. The event will run from 11am to 4pm tomorrow at the green off Kathleen Road. There will be facepainting, a Punch and Judy show, a bouncy castle, cake stalls
A NEW creative hub has been launched for Eastleigh – where once people’s post was sorted. Designer Wayne Hemingway MBE opened The Sorting Office in Wells Road, which will be a workspace for artists and craftspeople. Set in the town’s former
A HAMPSHIRE golf club is closing its doors for the final time tomorrow. Fairthorne Manor Golf Club, in Botley, is shutting after being hit by a huge decline in membership. Owner the YMCA Fairthorne Group charity said the club, which opened
IT will be a permanent reminder of the link between medieval Southampton and modern day India. An informative lectern was installed in Watts Park in Southampton, celebrating the history of the Marlands area and raising awareness of the New Hope
Detectives are hunting a man who burgled an elderly couple’s home. He entered a house in Mays Lane, Fareham, and when challenged by the 82- year-old woman living there, said he was going to help her husband with their car, but this was found to
A SOUTHAMPTON man has been charged with murder. Ricardo Pisano, 35, of Methuen Street, was due to appear before magistrates in Brighton this morning accused of the murder of Michael Polding, wounding the same man and preventing the lawful and decent
HE IS the man charged with steering Southampton through some of the stormiest waters in its history. Next week Simon Letts will become the third city council leader in three weeks when he takes the Civic Centre hot seat. Last night his 26 Labour
THREE Hampshire MPs have been asked to pay back more than £20,000 of “profits” made from taxpayer-funded homes. Two MPs – Conservative Mark Hoban (Fareham) and Labour MP Alan Whitehead (Southampton Test) – have paid the money in full. A third,
THEY first met as seven-yearold boys at Weston Sailing Club in Southampton before going on to win Olympic gold together. But yesterday, less than a year after winning silver together at London 2012, Hampshire yachtsman Iain Percy took the responsibility
A lawyer for the entertainer Jim Davidson today said his client has not been interviewed over an alleged historic sexual offence carried out in the Falkland Islands. Davidson, who was yesterday rebailed by detectives from Operation Yewtree - the
TV naturalist Chris Packham says he leaves people baffled because they expect him to turn up to functions naked – after confusing him for a naturist. The 52-year-old Springwatch presenter, pictured, who gained a degree in zoology from the University
Would-be players have just over a week left to take their place in the biggest and best one-day darts open in the country. Entries for the Daily Echo Hampshire Open close in eight days to give organisers time to make the all-important first-round
Rickie Lambert will this weekend hope to take another step towards securing the title of top English goalscorer in this season’s Premier League. The 31-year-old Saints striker has enjoyed a magnificent first campaign in the top-flight, netting
HAMPSHIRE’S Naked Rambler has been fined after he was found guilty of nine public order offences for walking nude in public places, including outside a primary school. Stephen Gough, 53, pleaded not guilty to the charges of behaviour likely to
SNAKES alive! A fully grown California kingsnake that went missing from a Hampshire reptile centre eight months ago has turned up safe. Sammy, who belongs to snake lovers Allison and Darren Cotton from Cheriton Avenue, Harefield, Southampton
Mauricio Pochettino is hoping this will be the weekend when Saints ensure Premier League football for another season. Saints know victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday will guarantee them top-flight survival and a share of the
A SOUTHAMPTON teenager who admitted aggravated burglary in a tower block flat was further remanded on bail for sentence, when a judge will have probation and psychiatric reports. Christopher Glasspool, 18, of Millers Pond Gardens, pleaded guilty
JORDAN Winbourne’s 136 total clearance in a Super League fixture last December has won the national break competition run by the English Association of Snooker & Billiards (EASB). Winbourne, who turns out for Sarisbury Green Social Club A,
AN old broken television was among items stolen in a garage break-in. A thief got into a garage, which is part of a garage block off Monks Way, in Eastleigh overnight between Thursday night and yesterday morning. An old set of golf clubs were
A MOTORBIKE and moped were stolen on the same night in Eastleigh. A red Yamaha R125 motorbike was taken from Desborough Road, overnight Monday into Tuesday, but was found the following night in an alleyway behind the High Street. On the same
HAMPSHIRE families whose relatives die after asbestos exposure will be denied compensation after a Government U-turn condemned as a “disgrace”. The Queen’s Speech promised a Mesothelioma Bill to provide payouts to sufferers unable to trace the
