A DAD has said goodbye to his daughter four months after police believe she was murdered at home in Southampton. Lucy Simms was found dead at her home in Vinery Road, Shirley, in June and despite numerous toxicology tests, detectives are no closer
MORE than 50 schools across Hampshire will now be closing their doors to pupils when teachers take to the picket line next week. Hundreds of teachers are expected to take industrial action over changes to their pensions, pay and conditions, but
IT is a typical tale of Victorian entrepreneurs, with seemingly limitless ambition and enthusiasm. In the early 1800s Southampton’s main claim to fame since the 1750s had been as a seaside spa resort. Despite its excellent possibilities and
THE owners of a nightclub in Southampton city centre want to extend its opening hours. Bosses at Junk Club in London Road want to extend opening hours until 4.30am Sunday to Friday, and 5.30am on Saturdays. They also want the venue to be allowed
CYCLING returns to the New Forest tomorrow when the all-female Cycletta event is held for the second year running. Hundreds of riders will set off from the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, with entrants able to tackle a range of different routes
POLICE are hunting arsonists who set fight to two vehicles in a Southampton street in the early hours of today. Fire crews were called to Beach Road in Freemantle at 1.25am. They found a motorcycle at one end of the street and a people carrier
IT is a reminder of the days when the south was in the front line of defending the country from the Nazis. Thought to be one of just two in the country a rare Second World War bunker has been uncovered in Hampshire by sewage workers after being
WHEN teenager Don Connell spotted a small fire in the engine of his beloved car he raced to the nearest shop to borrow a fire extinguisher. But the 18-year-old says he could not believe it when staff refused to hand one over because it would cost
HORSE owners have called on organisers of one of Hampshire’s most popular events to help in their battle against mass cycling rides in the New Forest. They want the New Forest Show to stop hiring out its site as a car park for people taking part
A MOTORCYCLIST was knocked from his bike during a collision in Southampton. Ambulance crews were called to St Catherine’s Road at 8.29pm last night following the incident. But on arrival they found the motorcyclist was not seriously hurt, and
WITH just a couple of days to enjoy the delights of dry land, the sailors taking part in the Round the World Clipper Race are setting sail later this afternoon. The 12-strong fleet, which includes 12 Hampshire sailors, will cast off for a 15-day
A WOMAN has died following a crash between two cars. The 28-year-old from Totland was taken to hospital after the incident in Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, but died of her injuries. Her next of kin have been informed. Emergency crews were
Adam Lallana knew from the very first moment of Mauricio Pochettino’s arrival that Saints were on course to achieve something special. The midfielder was injured when the Argentine coach replaced Nigel Adkins as the manager at St Mary’s. He
WORKS of art from Southampton’s prestigious £150m collection could be sold to fund threatened frontline services. The Daily Echo can reveal that city council bosses have written to the Government asking ministers to relax rules which they say currently
A SHIPPING law expert has described a decision made by a Royal Navy lieutenant in the moments before crashing his racing yacht into an super tanker as “almost inexplicable”. Skipper Roland Wilson smashed into the 120,000-ton ship, bound for Fawley
A GRANDFATHER bagged himself an early birthday present when he scooped a runner up prize in the Daily Echo's Find the Ball competition. Ken Deacon, who lives in Berry Close, Southampton, clinched £8,000 after winning a nearest miss prize for coming
A SOUTHAMPTON teenager must do 300 hours of unpaid work after admitting two burglaries in Winchester. Connor Elsey, 18, admitted burgling a flat at West Downs student village on July 13, stealing an iPhone. Elsey also admitted stealing an iPhone
A SOUTHAMPTON man has been banned from driving for 17 months. Andrew Lascelles, 41, of Hulse Road, Banister Park, was stopped in Basingstoke on September 22. When tested his reading was 60 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath
SOUTHAMPTON’S magnificent rhinos are being showcased in all their glory this weekend after charging from the city to more normal surroundings at Marwell Zoo. The Rhinotastic Event gives people one last chance to see all the sculptures together
DAVID Cameron is doomed to lose the next general election unless he “neutralises” the UKIP threat, a Hampshire Conservative MP has warned. The only way to defeat Nigel Farage’s rising party is to stage a referendum on European Union membership
