Great British athletics legends were present at Todd Bennett’s memorial service at Romsey Abbey this afternoon. Among them were Lord Sebastian Coe, Darren Campbell and many former teammates of the 400m runner, who was part of the silver medal winning
A MOTORCYCLIST is being airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in a road accident this evening. The collision between the motorbike and a car happened just before 6.25pm, close to Bashley Manor Farmhouse, on the B3055. The road
HAMPSHIRE motorists are facing major delays on the way home this evening due to a collision. One lane of the A31 westbound had been blocked between Stoney Cross and Picket Post. The lane has now been reopened but there are still long delays
A PENSIONER who died after crashing a trike into a tree has been named. Brian Bowley, 72, was riding the three-wheeled Suzuki motorbike when it came off the road. The inquest was opened on Wednesday in Chandler's Ford by central Hampshire deputy
Hampshire must make at least one change to their side for tomorrow’s crunch t20 clash with fellow high-fliers Essex at The Ageas Bowl. Sohail Tanvir is unavailable as he has been called up to the Pakistan squad for their two t20 internationals against
THEY are at the ready to serve swelling crowds of thirsty punters at Hamp-shire’s biggest agricultural and countryside show. Staff at the Ringwood Brewery are preparing to pull thousands of pints at this year’s New Forest and Hampshire County Show
RESIDENTS crowded into a meeting to voice concerns about a planning application submitted by two travelling families in Fordingbridge Some 120 residents packed Fordingbridge Town Hall to discuss the change of use of an agricultural field in Marl Lane
CHILDREN and teenagers in Eastleigh can get stuck into a range of sporting activities from July 29 to August 30 free of charge. As part of Eastleigh Borough Council’s Park Sport programme more than 350 sports sessions will go-ahead. For more information
Norwich have agreed a fee with Celtic for striker Gary Hooper - a former target of Saints. Press Association Sport understands the two clubs have finally reached agreement over a player who has been pursued by Canaries boss Chris Hughton for some
AGE Concern has organised a summer event in Romsey. Held at The Hall, in Linden Road, on Tuesday, July 30, from 2.30pm, it will include tea, cakes and a raffle. It costs £2.50
THE next Southampton Story Club will be held on August 1. The popular event will provide a chance to listen to storytellers and have a go at reading out a tale yourself. It will be held at the Art House in Above Bar at 8pm, with the cost of
The final transit van rolled off the production line in Southampton today. Emotional staff gathered to witness the historic moment at 11am this morning. The final van was driven by the firm's longest serving employee in Southampton Graham Clarke
A consultation drive has been launched on how £37m EU funds should be spent in the Solent area. The money from the EU Structural and Investment Fund is designed to drive growth in the region between 2014 and 2020. Solent Local Enterprise Partnership
The owner of Hampshire-based B&Q, Kingfisher, has reported a much-needed sales boost as Britain’s heatwave boosted demand for barbecues and garden furniture. The group said B&Q sales rose by 1.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis in the
Two construction firms have joined forces and announced plans to transform a major site in Hampshire. Morrish Builders and Jade-Aden Services have formed JAM, a project that could see the headquarters for a major employer built in Ringwood.
PLANS to expand a Southampton school have been approved. Permission has been granted to build two new classrooms at Highfield Primary School. One will be created by a single storey extension to the north east of the existing school building
POLICE are hunting a man who stole an elderly woman’s bank cards while she tried to direct him to hospital. The 83-year-old pensioner was in the Morrison’s car park in Spruce Drive, Totton, when she was approached by the offender, who pulled out
TORY county chiefs have been accused of hoarding reserves which have reached an “immoral” £400m while cutting frontline services. Lib Dem opposition group leader Cllr Keith House criticised the ruling Cabinet for sitting on massive savings
A 63-year-old woman is today still fighting for her life following a horror crash on a Hampshire motorway in which she was thrown from a minibus that lost control. The critically injured woman was one of a group of ten holidaymakers making their
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WALK through Beaulieu as the sun goes down to raise funds to help cancer sufferers. The Walk Ten event, in its fourth year, raises money for Marie Curie Nurses and this year takes place on Saturday, August 10. It is looking for more people
Residents crowded into a meeting to voice concerns about a planning application submitted by two travelling families in Fordingbridge. Some 120 residents packed Fordingbridge Town Hall to discuss the change of use of an agricultural field in Marl
They are at the ready to serve swelling crowds of thirsty punters at Hampshire’s biggest agricultural and countryside show. Staff at the Ringwood Brewery are preparing to pull thousands of pints at this year’s New Forest and Hampshire County Show
A SCHEME to bring a third wheelie bin to Eastleigh borough residents’ driveways has moved a step closer. Eastleigh Borough Council’s ‘buy it and try it’ garden waste scheme, which allows customers to take on the service then opt out after six weeks
A COMPANY director has appeared in court in connection with a death at a leading Hampshire sports venue. Ian Gould was accused of killing a construction worker at the Ageas Bowl the home of Hampshire Cricket in West End. Philip Carsley, 34,
AN Eastleigh man, who beat up his mother, leaving her with a fractured rib, was further remanded in custody for a mental health assessment when he appeared at Winchester Crown Court. Defence barrister Audrey Archer urged Mr Justice Royce to adjourn
THEY made a big splash in the battle against flab. Youngsters joined Olympians Mel Marshall and Adam Whitehead as they took to the pool for two water sports training sessions in Southampton. The former Team GB stars were at The Quays swimming
THEY were childhood sweethearts. But now this diamond duo is celebrating their 60th anniversary. Jim and Marion Brown met aged 13 when classmates from Taunton’s Grammar School where Jim attended and The Gregg School, where Marion studied gathered
It has been at the heart of the UK’s van manufacturing industry for more than five decades. But the last Transit van has rolled off the production line at Ford’s factory in Southampton. Production at the Swaythling plant was due to officially
THE Government is growing increasingly concerned about the performance of Winchester Prison. The National Offender Management Service has given the jail a rating of one, down from two, meaning its performance is of 'serious concern'. The highest
WHEN local playwright Deborah Gearing started to write a show about Southampton’s history with water, she had no idea how much it would affect her. “It’s been really fascinating for me,” she said. “Some people have got memories of the 1930s, still
TWO young men were rescued by firefighters when a lift jammed in a Southampton tower block. The pair, believed to be in their 20s, became stuck between the fifth and sixth floors of the Redbridge Towers in Cuckmere Lane at midnight on Wednesday
ROLL up, roll up for the greatest show on earth. Certainly it’s the greatest of shows this summer as the Chichester Festival revives the story of America’s sensational showman as its spectacular musical production. It's no coincidence, of course
ARMED with her feather duster and rubber gloves, this is a cleaner with a difference – charging around Southampton to keep our rhinos in pristine condition. With thousands flocking to the city to join the Go! Rhinos stampede, Marwell’s maintenance
POLICE executing a search warrant at an inner-city Southampton house early one morning recovered more than £1,300 worth of heroin and crack cocaine and almost £600 in cash. The resident, Adam Abdallah, pictured, opened the back door but officers
SUPERHEROES were spotted across the New Forest, but in true heroic style it was all for a good cause. A dozen young people who have had a troubled start in life and who have subsequently been supported by the Youth Options organisation through
THEY are some of Southampton’s best known landmarks – but Daily Echo readers have made them look better than ever. From the cranes over docks, to the famous Bargate and the Itchen Bridge they have been captured in spectacular style as part of the
FIRST it was trampolines – now it’s hanging baskets. The housing group that told a mum to remove her child’s garden toy for insurance and safety reasons has now ordered a pensioner to take down his 37 floral displays. The colourful baskets
COUNCIL planners in Southampton have granted permission for a house to be converted into flats. Developer Mr M Edwards will be converting a single house in Bellemoor Road, Upper Shirley into four flats.
THE countryside is increasingly at risk from inappropriate development caused by inadequate planning policies, a weakening of local democracy and a focus on short-term economic growth regardless of the environmental consequences. The Government
Another think-tank has drummed up another idea to make it harder for young drivers, whilst the cost of owning a car is expensive enough in the first place. They want young drivers to have a year’s experience before they take their tests whilst
WHEN are planners going to realise you need to upgrade roads before you start putting in all these new Tesco Expresses, etc? At 1pm Friday Thornhill Park road was at a standstill due to the new shop being stocked and this is before the shop has
I live in Bishopstoke and I would like to talk about our local MP Mike Thornton. In their by-election literature the Lib Dems said that they were for “Protecting our Green Spaces” “Protecting our countryside” and “Ensuring responsible development
WHY is it in our day and age, if anyone is injured it is always someone else’s fault? In the case of young Kyle Thorpe (Daily Echo, July 16), they admit he slipped on the stones in the play area, so they were not to blame. But today, someone must
SOME Southampton city councillors have over the past helped, even encouraged residents suffering from parking problems to introduce “Resident Permit Zones”. They were sincerely trying to help that parking difficulty with some of us innocently not
FOR a person who in all probability has never met Nigel Farage, Sam Snook (Letters, July 3) jumps to an assumed opinion of our leader. So he earns £100,000 per annum as do all other MEPs of any denomination, he smokes, he drinks, and he sometimes
I WOULD like to tell all the Daily Echo readers of the fantastic care I received recently in Southampton General Hospital ward E5. After having hopefully the last of five big operations I can’t describe the care and compassion from all the staff
FOLLOWING the highly critical and devastating Liverpool Care Pathway (LPC) review and report by Baroness Neuberger and her committee LCP (and in my view a backdoor euthanasia programme) has been partly halted and completely stopped within 12 months
I was shocked to read that letter writer Mr Goodall didn’t have his bin emptied as it seems the bin men have so much time on their hands. I watched them empty both my neighbour’s bins into mine and wait until the cart came down the road to empty
MACMILLAN Support Collectors were in Shirley Precinct on Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13, and in spite of the hot weather the shoppers gave generously. Everyone knows the good work done by the many aspects of Macmillan Cancer Support to those
THE funeral of a motorcyclist who died after crashing near his home will take place tomorrow. Mark Ashdown, of Hardings Lane, Fair Oak, died at the scene following the collision at a crossroads along Botley Road, in Fair Oak. A service for
THE SeaCity Museum in Southampton is holding a workshop to create boats out of junk on August 13. Sessions will be 10.30am to 11.30am, or 1pm to 2pm and 2.30pm to 3.30pm. It costs £2 and normal venue entrance charges apply. To book in advance contact
KIND hearted staff have made a difference for a brain disease charity. For the past four years the housing team at Southampton City Council have raised over £14,000 for good causes. This has included the latest cheque of £3,304 to the Brainstrust
A TOUR of Southampton’s walls and vaults will set off from the Bargate monument at 11am on Sunday. On the tour, which will last about an hour and a half, you can find out about century’s worth of the city’s past. It costs £3.
The Daily Echo brings you a round-up of the transfer rumours making the headlines in today's newspapers... Fulham have held talks with Roma about striker Pablo Osvaldo, who rejected moves to Saints and Zenit St Petersburg (The Times). Arsenal
WE miss you, please come home. That is the desperate plea from two anguished parents as the hunt continues for their daughter who has been missing for two months. Gabriella Montanez, below,has not been seen since walking out of the family home
Click here for more pictures Saints striker Rickie Lambert was refusing to be downhearted after Mauricio Pochettino’s side suffered their first defeat of pre-season last night. After back-to-back wins in the Spanish leg of their summer tour, Saints
SUPERHEROES were spotted across the New Forest, but in true heroic style it was all for a good cause. A dozen young people who have had a troubled start in life and who have subsequently been supported by the Youth Options organisation through
AN Eastleigh man, who beat up his mother, leaving her with a fractured rib, was further remanded in custody for a mental health assessment when he appeared at Winchester Crown Court. Defence barrister Audrey Archer urged Mr Justice Royce to adjourn
A PROJECT to build hundreds of homes in Southampton is the first in the country to benefit from a new Government initiative. Government ministers have announced the Centenary Quay scheme is the first in the UK to be partially-funded through the
REPORTS from two psychiatrists will determine whether a Romsey man accused of a knifepoint robbery at a shop near his home is fit to plead. Christopher Ellard, 39, is charged with robbing David Peacock, owner of the Premier shop in Mercer Way,
A DEMENTIA sufferer choked to death at a Hampshire care home just months after inspectors reported concerns about how she was being fed, an inquest heard. Eileen Taylor died three months after inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) observed
