TOTTON & District Gardeners’ Society is meeting on June 12, when guest speaker Maurice Pugh will give a talk entitled Nature In Close Up. The meeting will be held in the Three Score Club in Library Road, Totton, at 7.30pm. Admission is £2 for
HUNDREDS of people marched through Southampton city centre today for different reasons. A group of around 100 people of all ages walked from Hoglands Park to the city's cenotaph in Watts Park to pay their respects for murdered soldier Drummer Lee
THE number of patients admitted to hospital every month in Southampton for kidney stones has almost doubled, it has been revealed. The city’s leading kidney expert has warned that the increase is because people are “in denial” about the consequences
A HAMPSHIRE dad is continuing his mission to help those fighting the disease that robbed him of his daughter. After its huge success last year, Simon Hartley, is organising a second epic pub crawl in memory of his daughter Stacey, who died of skin
IT was a mountainous challenge. But a group of 20 people affected by strokes were using all the grit and determination they could muster as they climbed up more than 8,000 ft of stairs – equivalent of Ben Nevis and Mount Snowdon. They did this
THE Southampton headquarters of international maritime charity Sailors’ Society is on the hunt for an volunteer to help with administrative duties. As part of National Volunteers’ Week the society needs an administrator to help for at least three
THE Minstead Players will be presenting an amateur production of a comedy play called Another God on June 8 at All Saints Church in Minstead. There will be two performances, one at 2.30pm and one at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £6 and are available
FAMILIES can enjoy an afternoon of fun thanks to a superstore. Asda in Eastleigh is putting on an event by the paddling pool at Fleming Park, in Eastleigh, tomorrow as part of the Big Lunch, organised by the Eden Project to get neighbours across
A TOOLBOX and tools have been stolen from a garage. The theft happened in Mead Road, Chandler’s Ford, when thieves broke off the padlock which was securing the garage on Tuesday, between 6pm and 8.30pm. Any witnesses or anyone with information
UNDER-AGE drinkers will be the target of police to ensure a family friendly festival passes off safely this weekend. People under the age of 18 are being warned that if they are found under the influence they will be removed by police until their
It's your chance to spend it like Poch - and win the cost of a season ticket to St. Mary's Stadium. Starting on Monday, only in the Daily Echo, we're giving fans the chance to imagine how they would spend Nicola Cortese's rumoured £100m war chest
HAMPSHIRE sailor Ben Ainslie has smashed the Round the Island race record today. Lymington's four-time Olympic sailing champion stormed across the finish line this morning in a time of two hours, 52 minutes and 15 seconds to break the previous
A TEAM of ambulance workers are taking on the ultimate climbing challenge to ensure Hampshire’s air ambulance is able to save more lives. Not content with saving lives at work, the team from South Central Ambulance Service are taking on the three
A MAJOR cycling event in Hampshire has got underway without hitch this morning. Thousands of cyclists from across the region are putting pedal power to the test in the Wiggle Spring Sportive event. It comes after a warning was issued by
JASON Donovan has just called me for a chat. If ever there was a reason to travel back in time to talk to my 12-year-old self, this would be it. I smile to myself as his familiar Australian drawl greets me warmly from his home in West London
Saints legend Matt Le Tissier may have hung up his football boots long ago, but he is now lacing up a pair of running shoes. Le Tissier and his wife, Angela, are taking part in this month’s Guernsey Half Marathon and are raising money for two charities
Arrangements for the funeral of Saints legend Ron Davies could become clearer next week. Members of the iconic centre forward’s family have been in touch with the hospital in Albuquerque, in the American state of New Mexico, where he died.
EX-SAINTS goalkeeper Paul Jones is on the hunt for football teams to go up against him in a charity tournament. He is looking for teams to play at Goals Soccer Centre as part of his five-a-side football tournament in aid of the Hampshire Autistic
IT SEEMS that Hollywood heart-throb Johnny Depp has decided against setting up home along the south coast. Rumours are rife that the Pirates of the Caribbean star has instead set his sights on the north of Hampshire, after being spotted in a county
EXTRA police were today patrolling a Hampshire community after a terrifying sex attack which saw a young woman dragged to the ground as she walked home. The frightening ordeal happened as the 24-year-old made her way home from Eastleigh’s Fleming
Six lucky readers will be watching a star-studded battle of the oche absolutely free as Southampton’s Guildhall puts up three pairs of tickets as prizes. Winners will get to see one of the biggest and best darting line-ups the city has seen in
IT WAS an “eye opening” experience for snooker players on the Waterside – or perhaps that should read the exact opposite. Members of league sides sported eye patches during a charity tournament at Ashlett Club to raise awareness of ocular melanoma
Fifteen years ago at the start of the 1999 Southern League season, a skinny teenage cricketer from Western Australia pitched up at Bashley-Rydal’s ground in the heart of the New Forest. A week or so later, that same fresh faced 18-year old youth
SOUTHAMPTON Cycle Speedway Club celebrated their 50th anniversary with a grand prix finale at their Winchester Road track. Formed in 1962 from the Shirley Bombers and given official recognition in 1963, the meeting marked a special occasion in
A TOOLBOX and tools have been stolen from a garage. The theft happened in Mead Road, Chandler’s Ford, when thieves broke off the padlock which was securing the garage on Tuesday, between 6pm and 8.30pm. Any witnesses or anyone with information
Richard Bland birdied two of his final four holes to dramatically make the cut in the Nordea Masters in Sweden yesterday. The 40-year-old Stoneham golfer finished in an amazing tie between 13 players for 62nd place – including Australian Andrew
STOCK up on good local food to feed the family at the Farmers Market in West Street today. Up to 40 local producers will be selling the best of their produce directly to customers – everything from freshly picked organic fruit and vegetables to
FULLY costumed re-enactors will take Hurst Castle by storm this weekend to show visitors what life was really like in the 16th and 17th centuries. Tudor and Stuart crafts and skills such as lace-making, spinning, netmaking, weaving and dyeing will
EX-SAINTS goalkeeper Paul Jones is on the hunt for football teams to go up against him in a charity tournament. He is looking for teams to play at Goals Soccer Centre as part of his five-a-side football tournament in aid of the Hampshire Autistic
SOUTH Central Ambulance Trust says it has been working with hospitals in the region to improve patient handover in accident and emergency departments. It comes after the Labour Party revealed an increase in waiting times for patients in ambulance
DETECTIVES from Southampton were today liaising with colleagues in London as they continued the hunt for serial offender Michael Easy. It comes as police issued a warning that the 27-year-old may be using the internet to try to seek help avoiding
