Hampshire remain top of Friends Life t20’s South Group after last night’s abandonment at Essex. The Royals, having won the toss, finally began a game reduced to 11 overs a side at 8.40pm, but only 13 balls were possible before a second interruption
A TROUBLED Hampshire special school at the centre of sex abuse claims is to close. Stanbridge Earls school in Romsey will cease to exist from December 1, when it will be taken over by another school. Parents were informed of the decision in
THE father of Jamie Dack today described the investigation into a vicious assault on his son in the weeks before he was tortured and murdered by a gang in Southampton as haphazard, complacent and showing a lack of common sense. Eddie Dack spoke
THE Hamble Players continue their run of the acclaimed play Calendar Girls by Tim Firth until tomorrow night at the Memorial Hall. When Annie’s husband John dies of leukaemia, she and her best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee
Mauricio Pochettino does not expect record signing Gaston Ramirez to leave Saints this summer and has denied yet making a bid for Roma's Pablo Osvaldo. The Saints have spent big since returning to the Barclays Premier League and last year smashed
Corhampton's Neil Raymond will go into the final round of the Brabazon Trophy needing to overcome a five-shot deficit to make history. The Hampshire star has won the English Men's Open Amateur Championship the last two years and is chasing an unprecedented
THE jury trying the case of a man accused if murdering an 85-year-old Hampshire grandmother in her own home have been sent home for the weekend. Judge Mr Justice Bean sent the six men and women home after three hours spent deliberating their verdicts
Taking place from today until Sunday between 11am and 5pm, this appetising event celebrates the most delicious dishes being served up in dining at WestQuay’s restaurants, as well as welcoming our very own Masterchef champion tomorrow. The family
HOT on the heels of their Isle of Wight Festival reunion, The Boomtown Rats have revealed they will return to the south later this year. Bournemouth’s 02 Academy on October 22 is the opening stop on their comeback tour where fans can expect to
EASTLEIGH’S Concorde Club will be buzzing with the sound of one of the most iconic bands of the 60s tonight. The Hollywood Bees will be bringing the music of The Hollies to the Stoneham Lane club. Over the years the band has supported The Hollies
A driver died when his car crashed with a Transit van which has blocked a Hampshire road. The elderly driver was in a Ford Fiesta when it collided with the van coming in the opposite direction on the A3057 near Fullerton near Stockbridge. The
IT’S 26 years since The Proclaimers released their first album This is the Story. Strikingly individual, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid have over the years enjoyed huge successes across the globe and follow last year’s ninth studio album Like
A MULTI-MILLION pound project to expand schools in a Hampshire town will start this year. Proposals for two school expansions in Eastleigh have been given the go-ahead as part of £6.6million investment by Hampshire County Council to increase primary
THE new stage treat for Strictly Come Dancing fans continues its South Coast run. Strictly Confidential closes at The Mayflower tomorrow before heading to Bournemouth International Centre for one night only on Thursday. The show, written
THROUGHOUT July, Scoundrels Comedy Club is bringing to Winchester their pick of the best acts making the trip up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. Previewing their full shows, audiences will get a chance to see these stellar performances
JURORS trying a man accused of the savage murder of a Hampshire great grandmother have retired to start considering their verdict. The judge, Mr Justice Bean, spent just 45 minutes summing up the case to the six men and women who have been hearing
BOSSES at a new convenience store advertised 13 jobs – and were swamped with almost 200 applications. The former Croft pub in Langdown Lawn, Hythe, is being converted into a Tesco Express, due to open next month. The scramble for work has once
AN Isle of Wight teenager is set to cross the Channel on a boat – controlled by her mouth. Natasha Lambert was born with atheroid cerebral palsy, which affects her limbs as well as her speech and confines her to a wheelchair. But on Monday
HAMPSHIRE police were guilty of "a catalogue of basic failings" in the run up to the brutal murder of Jamie Dack, it was revealed today. Eight police officers and one member of police staff had a case to answer for misconduct, an independent investigation
A Sussex-based cricket team is looking for a Hampshire club to play during their tour of the county next Saturday (July 6). The Headliners CC, a press team, are looking for opposition after their hosts for the day pulled out. If you can help
THE LOVE Food Fun Fair is rolling into Southampton today. From today to Sunday between 11am and 5pm at West Quay Shopping Centre, the fair will serve delicious dishes at the dining section on the top floor. Shoppers have the chance to try free
A Southampton man is being held by police in France after three illegal immigrants were found in his caravan. The caravan was being towed by a car driven by a 34-year-old from Southampton and was searched at around 2.30am yesterday as it waited
A NEW exhibition of sculpture, photography and paintings is coming to Southampton tomorrow. It is called Unearthed and it takes place at the Wool House in Town Quay and will focus on exploring themes of loss and recovery. It will run from tomorrow
FAWLEY Oil Refinery bosses have today pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety rules following the death of one if its workers. Juan Romero was working on a fuel tanker which had docked at the giant Esso-owned site in August 2008 when he was
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help get rid of an invasive, non-native plant species in the New Forest. On July 3 there will be a chance to help the New Forest Non-Native Plants Project get rid of Himalayan balsam. It takes place at the Cadnam River
THERE was a party in the streets of Bishop’s Waltham when a campaign was launched to raise £10,000. St George’s Square was the setting, as the town’s two Southern Co-operative’s stores hosted the event. The aim was to encourage residents to
The Children’s Society is holding a Diamond Tea Party at Romsey Abbey on Sunday from 2pm to celebrate 60 years of work in the town, with cream teas, plant and book stalls and entertainment.
CHILDREN’S cancer charity CLIC Sargent has thanked participants for making this year’s Wig Wednesday a huge success. People donned wigs at work, school and with friends to raise more than £40,000 for the group, which cares for youngsters fighting
RAODS presents an open air production of The Taming of the Shrew against the stunning backdrop of Hursley House next week. The beautiful and sharp-tongued Katherine has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. But when she meets
IT’S comic book capers at Winchester’s Everyman Cinema tomorrow as The Adventures of Tintin is screened. While shopping at an outdoor market, young reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell), accompanied by his faithful dog, Snowy, buys a model of an old ship
OH dear. The Beeb have boobed again it seems. Unbelievably, there are 139 TV viewers out there who find The Voice presenter Holly Willoughby’s breasts distasteful. And there was me thinking they were the only reason at least half of the viewers
A CHARITY concert in aid of children with cancer is being held tomorrow. The concert will feature a choir and orchestra performing music under the theme of A Night at the Movies and it will be directed by 17-year-old Emily Quick. Tickets for
Hampshire's Neil Raymond is tied for 12th at the halfway stage of the Brabazon Trophy, but trails the leader by eight shots. The Corhampton player is attempting to win the English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for a third successive
JUST 12 weeks ago Hampshire cricketer Tim Vokes suffered a life-threatening heart attack. Now the 28-year-old has not only made spectacular recovery but he is back at the crease – and has hit a century. Batsman Tim hit his winning ton while
SOUTHAMPTON-born Masterchef 2012 champion Shelina Permaloo will be paying a visit to WestQuay tomorrow. The chef will be signing copies of her new book Sunshine on a Plate at Waterstones at 1pm
CELEBRITY chef Antonio Carluccio cooked up a storm to start the Hampshire Food Festival last night. The Italian TV chef launched this year’s celebration of mouthwatering food at Lainston House Hotel, near Winchester. The food extravaganza,
PACK a picnic for a trio of treats as the grounds of Winchester Cathedral turn into a theatre for the summer. Internationally acclaimed theatre company, Illyria, return to the beautiful and often hidden setting of the Deanery Garden in The Close
The Daily Echo brings you a round-up of the transfer gossip making the headlines in today's newspapers... Manchester United will turn their attention to ex-Saint Gareth Bale if they fail to sign Cristiano Ronaldo (Daily Star). Everton have
Saints have officially released images of their new home and away kits for next season - and it showed yesterday's leaked photo was correct. Supporters were furiously debating the merits of the new home shirt yesterday after fans started sharing
POLICE have confirmed that a body found in Titchfield is that of a missing woman. They confirmed that it was the body of 66-year-old Heather Harley, of Titchfield, who had not been seen since Monday night when she was at her home in Bellfield Road
Gary Hunt’s preparations for this weekend’s Red Bull World Cliff Diving event in The Azores has been hampered by the weather. But the situation is the same for all of Hunt’s rivals after their first scheduled training session was cancelled due
Former Saints manager Glenn Hoddle has urged star man Gareth Bale to continue his career in the Premier League. Bale has been the subject of intense speculation regarding a move overseas, with Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid rumoured to
PUPILS from Hampshire are limbering up for a charity ramble in aid of poor African people. Youngsters from Oasis Academy Mayfield and Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill will set off on a ten-mile sponsored walk between the two schools from 915am today.
A CITY church will be celebrating its 150th birthday by holding a party for the community it serves. The community festival today will feature a barbecue, games, stalls, tombola, cakes and bric-a-brac and a raffle. There will also be a children
Gary Hunt’s preparations for this weekend’s Red Bull World Cliff Diving event in The Azores has been hampered by the weather. But the situation is the same for all of Hunt’s rivals after their first scheduled training session was cancelled due
A GARDEN shed in Southampton was completely gutted by flames in the early hours of this morning. Crews from St Mary's fire station were called to a semi detached house in Darwin Road in Shirley at 1.30am after the owner - a man in his 30s - raised
AN articulated lorry was engulfed in flames on a Hampshire main road in the early hours of this morning. The 40ft vehicle caught alight in Cupernham Lane, Romsey, shortly after 5.20am. Eleven firefighters from Romsey fire station used hose
POLICE are looking for witnesses to a street fight in Southampton where three men attacked each other using a knife and silver chain. The trio were seen brawling by the subway which leads from College Place to Cranbury Place, opposite
A MAN who bludgeoned a pensioner to death created a fantasy life online about his partying and his career as a soldier and a fireman, a court heard. In reality, jurors heard that Jamie Boult, accused of murdering 85-yearold Delia Hughes in her
SHE claims she is in hiding and fears for her life. The 32-year-old sits nervously in a secret location in Hampshire as her husband faces extradition over the shooting dead of a man in the street. The woman, who is too scared to be identified
A HAMPSHIRE woman has told how she is in hiding and fears for her life after being caught up in a murder investigation. The 32-year-old says she is living a nightmare claiming she, her husband and his brother have been wrongly accused of being
NEW acting chairman Andy Straker has vowed to get ailing Southern Premier Division club AFC Totton back on its feet – “or die trying.” Buoyed by a positive response to Wednesday’s full members’ meeting, Straker, who heads the Stags’ new interim
New Forest angler Paul Greenacre has landed a superb 31lb cock salmon. Greenacre, from Tipton, landed the impressive fish from the ‘Railway Pool’ on the Royalty Fishery along the banks of the River Avon at Christchurch, writes CHRIS CLARK.
ADAM Wheater will be aiming to silence a capacity Essex crowd when he returns to his home county for tonight’s Friends Life t20 showdown. Hampshire’s first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman will be playing his first game in front of a full house at Chelmsford
King Davidson is set to make the long awaited first defence of his WBO International light middleweight title on July 26. It will be a year ago this weekend that the Nigerian fighter, who is now based in Southampton, won the strap with a brutal
South Wilts and Ventnor, the ECB Southern Electric Premier Division’s lead pair, go head-to-head at Bemerton tomorrow – with both captains endeavouring to play down the importance of the occasion. The top two swapped places last weekend – South
POLICE are looking for witnesses to a street fight in Southampton where three men attacked each other using a knife and silver chain. The trio were seen brawling by the subway which leads from College Place to Cranbury Place, opposite the YMCA.
Saints look unlikely to complete a quick swoop for Ecuadorian defender Frickson Erazo. The 25-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to St Mary’s in recent days, with a rumoured fee of £2.5m being bandied about. However, sources in Ecuador
BUILDING work begins today on a new “home away from home” for families with sick children being treated in Southampton. The Ronald McDonald House Southampton will provide a haven for parents and siblings of youngsters fighting for life at Southampton
THERE is a rare opportunity to enjoy the views over Southampton during a Civic Centre clock tower tour tomorrow. It involves a 215-step climb up the tower but the effort will be well worth it for the views of the city. The tours run from 10am to
A SOUTHAMPTON school is hoping it will be third time lucky after it was announced their dilapidated classrooms would be rebuilt – AGAIN. The Department for Education has announced that money has been set aside to fund the rebuild of Bitterne Park
