BLACKFIELD & Langley have made three additions to their Sydenhams Premier Division title-winning squad. Manager Glenn Burnett has swooped for wide man Adam ‘Taz’ Roberts, versatile full-back/midfielder Jack Smith and 24-year-old midfielder
Jimmy Adams hailed the magnificent contribution of Michael Carberry as Hampshire sealed a spot in the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals for the fifth time in as many years. Carberry’s sublime knock of 54 helped the Royals chase down an imposing target
Hampshire booked their place in the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals after completing a spectacular run chase against Essex. Set what appeared to be a challenging total of 183 to win at the Ageas Bowl, the Royals stormed home to victory with four
SOUTHAMPTON’S under-21s maintained their unbeaten pre-season record with a slender 1-0 win at Eastleigh. Watched by a crowd of 504 at the Silverlake Stadium, Japanese striker Tadanari Lee – on as a second-half substitute – slotted home the 77th-minute
FIREFIGHTERS have been tackling a huge blaze on heathland in Southampton this evening. Flames up to 60ft high were seen tearing through Peartree Green in Woolston as an area of grassland ignited shortly after 5.20pm. Four fire engines and two
A BUSY Hampshire road has been closed in both directions after a two-car crash this afternoon causing major delays. The A35 Lyndhurst Road is currently closed following the collision between a Toyota pick-up and a Vauxhall Astra estate, between
SOUTHAMPTON scientists have taken a major step closer to developing groundbreaking new treatments for fighting cancer. Cancer Research UK scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered a new molecule that prevents cancer cells from
Former Saints defender Ryan Dickson has signed for League One club Colchester United. Dickson was released from St Mary’s in June after playing 23 games and scoring one goal. The full-back failed to break into the Saints first team in last two
HOLDERS Alresford Town have been drawn at home to Team Solent in the second round of the Hampshire Saturday Senior Cup next season. The Wessex League Premier Division club have been given a bye in the first round. One of the first round highlights sees
Great Britain's men's basketball team will have to cope without both of their big NBA stars as they bid to make the most of their funding reprieve at EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia in September. Portland Trailblazers' Joel Freeland - who started his
Hampshire teenage amateur Jack Singh-Brar has produced the best round of the day in the European Tour’s Russian Open event. The 16-year-old, who received an invite to the tournament as a result of winning last year’s Faldo Series, carded a sensational
TWO girls were airlifted to hospital after nearly drowning off a Hampshire beach today. A member of the public saw the pair shouting for help in the sea off Lepe Beach near Calshot. Four people swam out to help the stricken swimmers and helped
CORNWALL’S ambassador of comedy, Jethro, brings his latest laughter-loaded show to Fareham for another hilariously funny evening of slightly naughty entertainment tonight. Jethro brings his unique brand of irrepressible and irresistible West Country
TWO Hampshire post boxes painted gold to honour the Olympic successes of Dani King and Ben Ainslie will remain gold forever. Royal Mail has decided to keep the post boxes in Hamble's village square and Lymington High Street permanently gold to
A HAMPSHIRE man has been charged with drug and firearms offences. David Williamson, 28, of Howards Mead, Pennington, has appeared at Southampton Magistrates' Court charged with supplying a controlled drug and possessing a firearm. It follows
Norwich have completed the signing of striker Gary Hooper from Celtic. The 25-year-old one time Saints target, who scored 31 goals for the Scottish champions last season, becomes the Canaries' seventh summer signing after he agreed personal terms
EXPERIENCE a Victorian period photographic studio at the former maritime museum near Town Quay. Travel back in time as artist and photographers Rob Luckins and Steph May take your portrait, set against a hand-painted Victorian style background
HE has made an impassioned pledge to put rural crime at the heart of his agenda. Now Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Hayes, pictured, will match actions with words when he meets thousands of country folk at the county’s largest agricultural
LAST year the Sky Ride Southampton event saw more than 14,000 cycling fans flood the streets. The event offers people, of all ages and abilities, the chance to dust off their bikes and enjoy the sights and sounds of Southampton on a traffic free
EVER wondered how thrilling it would be to come faceto-face with a Martian? How about Darth Vader or even The Predator? This summer at the BIC, get up close and personal with monsters and aliens from some of Hollywood’s biggest sci-fi blockbusters
IT’S the annual Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Show this weekend. The event offers three days of family fun, to give a great day out with parades, steam, motor bikes, tractors, vintage cars and commercial vehicles and much more. Craft stalls
A MAGICAL, musical tree house, inspired by Russian stories, has added a new dimension to the park play trail as part of Moors Valley Country Park’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Russian tales of a walking magical hut inspired the ornate fairy
ONE of Hampshire’s biggest summer shows returns today – a year after last year’s event was washed out by torrential rain. Tens of thousands of spectators are expected to flock to the Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Show for three days of family entertainment
ONE of Southampton’s tourist landmarks will be celebrating her 25th anniversary ‘in preservation’ with a special Solent cruise. The SS Shieldhall, the largest steamship of her type still operational in Europe, enjoys a five-hour anniversary cruise
WHEN The Temperance Seven first hit the top of the charts in 1961 with a style considered 40 years out of date, no one could predict that they would still be playing and attracting audiences from across the world all these years later. Whatever
SINCE releasing their platinum selling album in 1995, co-fronted band Senser have gone from strength to strength touring with some of the biggest names in music such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against The Machine and they’ve also played at Glastonbury
SIMONE Felice is known as a great story teller. Whether it’s through his music or his poems, he has spent the last decade painting pictures through words. His incredible story telling comes from his own life, after a near death experience that
THE unique and timeless sounds of Steve Gibbons and his band are coming to The Brook tonight. After withstanding the fads and fashions of the music business for over four decades, his music has proven to delight audiences for years. With a huge repertoire
SUMMER at Southampton Solent University is the time to celebrate the achievements of students concluding their degrees. A selection of student work from the 2013 degree shows is taking centre stage at Solent Showcase, the university’s exhibition
THE governor of Winchester Prison has said a “comprehensive plan” is in place in response to being named among the worst in the country. The National Offender Management Service has given the prison a rating of one, down from two, meaning its performance
Eight Hampshire cricketers are to feature in an annual Charity Celebrity Sixes Day at St Cross Symondians Cricket Club to raise money for the club and Hampshire Cricket Community Trust. Jimmy Adams, Neil McKenzie, Liam Dawson, Michael Roberts,
CELEBRATING a decade in dance with their annual summer Showteam, a dance school from Southampton have some very special guests this year. Based on a collaboration of ideas to keep local children busy in the school holidays, Belinda’s Dance Academy
8 Strangers. 54 seconds. 1,000 possibilities. Eight people get in a lift at Covent Garden tube station on an ordinary morning. They may be strangers, but in some way they are all connected and if they reached out to one another they might just
A HAMPSHIRE woman has described the moment she realised her jilted lover had turned himself into a fireball on her parents driveway. Ami Nahal had been in a relationship with Nick Davies, 43, for eight months, keeping the affair hidden from her
FRANCES, a somewhat disorganised second stringer in a struggling New York ballet company, shares a quirky sense of humour and an apartment with best friend Sophie in Frances Ham, at Harbour Lights Picturehouse this week. When Sophie moves in with
UK rapper Wiley is not having the best time. Far from it being a sizzling summer of festival fun, the poor love is being dragged around fields by his agent. I don’t think he’s realised that that’s kind of what festivals are all about. He bailed
IMMERSE yourself in the sights, sounds and smells of the countryside at next week’s New Forest and Hampshire County Show. This is the traditional agricultural show with a difference, encompassing everything from live music to arts and crafts. Attractingup
WORKERS have today left Southampton's Ford factory for the last time. The final shift at the Transit assembly plant in Wide Lane, Swaythling, ended at midday. A steady stream of workers and contractors entered the site throughout the morning
FOR 27 years they have been his pride and joy. Every day 79-year-old Stan Jones has lovingly tended to his canaries, who spent their days singing and flying around their spacious and well-kept aviary at the bottom of the garden. But the pensioner
The Daily Echo's round-up of the day's transfer gossip, including another link involving Rickie Lambert... West Ham are set to make a bid for Saints striker Rickie Lambert, having had an offer turned down in January (Daily Star) Manchester
A SOUTHAMPTON children’s sports club has been given a boost after it was awarded a grant of £5,000. The Mighty Athletes sports club which runs five football teams got the grant from the Football Foundation, which will go towards the running costs
The Ageas Bowl is closing in on a 19,000 sell-out for England Natwest Series T20 International with Australia next month. Fewer than 1,000 general admission tickets remain and hospitality is completely sold out for the clash on Thursday, August
PEOPLE living in Hampshire are among the most likely to live to a ripe old age compared with the rest of the country, according to a new survey. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics shows people born today in the county can expect
BURGLARS have stolen electrical items from a home. They got into the property in Mays Lane, Stubbington, through a rear window and took a Logic 19in flat screen TV and a Panasonic Lumix FS35 camera. This happened on Tuesday, between 10am and
LETITIA McMullan, a 14-year old table tennis player from Whiteley, near Fareham, will represent England South East in the Sainsbury’s 2013 School Games at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. The Games, supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England
RICHARD Hill has hinted that he is close to completing his Eastleigh squad for the forthcoming Conference South season. Hill, who leads his Spitfires into action at home to Saints under-21s this evening (7.30pm), has so far made six summer signings
James Knight landed his third consecutive victory in the opens on the Match Lake at Dandys Ford when landing a superb 189lb 12oz of carp to 7lb. Knight fished pole and pellet at 14 metres to take his haul from peg 17, writes Mark Simmonds. Tyrone
SOUTHAMPTON’S Chris Mears is happy to be taking a break after failing to reach an individual final for the second time at the World Championships. Mears was among the first members of the British Gas GBR Diving Team in action in Barcelona, taking
SKIPPER Ryan Beck wants New Milton to focus on their own game against Sarisbury Athletic tomorrow – despite the prospect of a backlash from the title chasers. Reigning champions Athletic were knocked off their SEPL Division One perch this week
Winchester kart racer Sam Pooley wants to follow in the footsteps of Formula 1 legend Jenson Button. The 12-year-old is in his first season in the Super One Minimax British Kart Championships, which sees him travelling all over the UK with professional
AFC TOTTON boss Steve Riley insists it will take a “master class” in management to keep the Stags in the Calor Southern Premier Division next season. The Testwood Stadium club were in real danger of going under earlier this summer with debts of around
DIMI Mascarenhas has hit out at plans to extend the English t20 Cup fixture list. The Hampshire t20 skipper is critical of the ECB’s decision to play games mainly on a Friday night over a far longer period of the domestic season from 2014.
James Hayward has his sights trained on a Southern Electric Premier League and t20 Cup double for South Wilts after leading the Salisbury club to Ageas Bowl glory in midweek. He hammered a remarkable 130 off just 50 balls as South Wilts lifted
Hampshire will progress to the Friends Life t20 quarter finals with victory tonight. Surrey’s win against Middlesex last night ensured the Royals a top two finish if they beat Essex today. Hampshire must make at least one change to their side
CRITICALLY ill patients in Southampton will be the first in the world to benefit from a revolutionary device that could save their lives. Doctors in the city have been pioneering the high-tech gadget and will be the first to fit it to patients.
Saints are expected to join the £130m Premier League bonanza already splashed out on strikers before the start of the season. Mauricio Pochettino is hoping to bring in a front line centre forward to help share the burden with Rickie Lambert before
THE leader of Southampton City Council says he is confident that a bid to unlock £531million of investment for the region has been successful. Simon Letts was quizzed by Government ministers this week as he headed up a joint bid to secure vital
A LEADING Southampton employer has launched a recruitment drive. Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA is holding a ‘Recruitment Open Evening’ on July 30, for 25 part-time positions. The store already employs 500 staff at its giant 31,500 sq m store
