KYLE Abbott took his haul of wickets for Hampshire into double figures, before insisting: “My best is yet to come.” Hampshire’s overseas player is set to make his home debut against Surrey on Sunday, having already taken 11 LV County Championship wickets
ON Good Friday I got up at 5am and went to do a shift with Southampton’s bin men. It’s not often you see a female politician in a high-vis vest and steelcapped boots walking into the City Depot, so I got a few laughs. But by the end of the day
HAVING just received from the Conservative Party their latest election leaflet that had on it five pledges – upon further examination and doing some research, I seriously wonder if they have costed the pledges out, and it was strange that they never
I WOULD like to thank the people of Winchester once more for the support they have given to Animals Asia Foundation when we held our two events at Winchester’s St Maurice’s Covert recently. The overall sum raised was £741.03. This has gone
I NOTICE that a report in the Echo states that another £12m worth of cuts are proposed for the fire service in Hampshire. This is astonishing. I would suggest that public service has suffered enough cuts and it is all the more worrying when a man
AS some of you will already know, Eastleigh Football Club have been promoted to the Conference National (one division below the Football League), a promotion they achieved in their ninth season of Conference South football, having in the previous eight
BORN in 1936 in Eastleigh’s Factory Road – now a part of the Swan development – I used to go to Dew Lane to see the Pirelli works team play after the war but I have no memories of a town team. Where did they play in the late 1940s and 50s and when
I WONDER if the fact that our patron saint St George is not celebrated as fervently as the Scots, Irish and Welsh celebrate theirs may have something to do with the fact the St George wasn't English. He had Greek parents and was probably born in
Glenn Maxwell has given Hampshire fans another mouthwatering taste of what to expect during the T20 Blast. For the second time in five days, the Australian superstar smashed 95 from 43 balls for Mohali, taking his total in his three innings so far
Police have released this CCTV image of a man they want to question about a theft from a locker at a Hampshire hotel. Credit and debit cards were stolen from a changing room at Careys Manor Hotel and Spa in Brockenhurst and were then used to raid
Everton's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League have been dealt a blow with the news Kevin Mirallas will miss the rest of the season. The Belgian forward suffered a groin injury in the final moments of Everton's 2-0 victory over Manchester
RIVAL rugby teams put their differences aside to help fund a Hampshire youngster’s specialist care. Players from across the county united for a charity rugby match in aid of four-year-old Reuben Smith. The youngster from Whiteley was diagnosed
Former Saints striker Dexter Blackstock has been charged in relation to breaking the Football Association's betting rules. Nottingham Forest man Blackstock, currently recovering from a serious knee injury sustained during a loan spell at Leeds
DEAN Stoneman enjoyed a successful two-day test in the Spanish sun as he prepares for the start of the GP3 season. The Southampton-based driver produced the fastest lap (1.36.312) while training with the Marussia Manor Racing GP3 team in Barcelona
SHE may be thousands of miles away but her thoughts are already yearning for home. Former Southampton City College principal Lindsey Noble, left, is among the Hampshire sailors embarking on the next epic leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht
A HAMPSHIRE MP is calling on residents to vote for those they want working to improve shopping in their town. Two new members are being elected to the Gosport Town Team, which features a mixture of local people, local business owners and council
THE big day is almost here. Patriotic people in Southampton will celebrate all things English tomorrow for St George’s Day. And for the first time ever the city is hosting its own festival in honour of the patron saint, remembered in legend
Runners are being urged to take on a 10k challenge to help make life better for older people. Brendoncare, a charity that looks after the interests of the elderly, is encouraging runners to compete in the British 10k London Run on July 13 and raise
A CHARITY cake sale and games day takes place tomorrow, when people will also be able to raise concerns about law and order. The community event at Weston Court in Kingclere Avenue in Weston, Southampton, from 11am to 2pm, will be attended by
A NURSING home is celebrating after the official launch of a new garden gazebo. The Flowerdown Nursing Home, on Harestock Road, is partnered with Sainsbury’s, who helped develop the garden for the residents, which is now in its third stage of development
A DATE has been set for a parish council’s annual meeting. Wellow Parish Council will be reviewing the previous year and planning for the next at the Wellow Village hall on Wednesday, April 30, from 7pm.
GET creative with paper at a monthly class. The Valley Park Craft Class takes place at the Valley Park Community Centre, Eastleigh, on Saturday from 10am to 4pm and each session has a different theme. This time residents can learn about the
AWARD-winning musicians, master classes, concerts and talks will feature from May 1-4 during the seventh Winchester Chamber Music Festival. An education project supported by the Denplan Community Fund is also a part of the popular event. Tickets
A LUXURY Hampshire hotel is opening its iconic gardens to the public. The Tylney Hall Hotel in Rotherwick is hosting a tour of its grounds between Friday and Sunday, May 16 and 18. It is part of the hotel’s Garden Appreciation Weekend and includes
HE was just 19 days old when he lost his battle with one of the cruellest diseases. Despite his being born at a healthy 8lb and 8oz, the proud new parents of little William Fraser quickly knew something was wrong when he stopped wanting to feed
THE NUMBER of people diagnosed with skin cancer in Hampshire has doubled over the last 20 years, the Daily Echo can reveal today. The shocking figures from Cancer Research UK show a dramatic increase in the cases of patients in the county fighting
POLICE in the New Forest are hosting their next neighbourhood surgery tomorrow. Residents are being urged to go along and speak about any crime issues they are having. Officers will be in Costa Coffee in Hythe High Street, Hythe, from 11am-
BREWERY bosses will find out today whether they will be able to transform one of Southampton’s oldest buildings. The Dancing Man Brewery has applied to the city council to turn the Wool House into a brew house and restaurant, as well as the city
A CITY centre street in Southampton is set for a major overhaul. Engineers will work to improve the surface of Chapel Road from May 5 to 7. The stretch of road between Marine Parade and Clipper House will be closed during the work.
A BUSY Hampshire road will be closed overnight for essential engineering works. Charles Watts Way between the Kanes Hill roundabout on the outskirts of Southampton, and the roundabout at junction seven of the M27, will be affected. The closure
THE pubs of Hamble will be explored during a heritage walk this weekend. The hour-and-a-half Hamble Valley heritage walk will take place on Sunday starting at 2pm at the Hamble Square golden postbox. Taking part costs £2. For more information
VULNERABLE children are well looked after in Hampshire – according to the latest inspection report. Following a four-week visit by Ofsted inspectors, the county’s service for children and young people in care was rated ‘good’. In a report published
HIGHER earners are less inclined to give to charity, according to research by the University of Southampton. The study was carried out by Dr Mirco Tonin and Dr Michael Vlassopoulos, economists at the university. They tried to discover if higher
NATURE lovers can learn how to identify common seashore species at Lepe Country Park. The £10 training course from 10am on May 11 will help those wishing to take part in the annual Shoresearch surveys around the coast. To book email abbi.scott
A UNIVERSITY estates team has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. The University of Winchester will go up against five other UK universities in the outstanding estates team category in the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management
SHE can still recount poetry from her youth word-for-word. And Dorothy Larner’s incredible memory was put to the test when she recounted a few verses as she celebrated a milestone birthday at Barton on Sea’s Gatehouse Care Home. Family members
UNIVERSITY Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation has been granted planning consent for a new temporary building housing an operating theatre. It will be in place on site in Tremona Road for the next five years, during which time existing theatres
RANGERS dressed in red will now be patrolling the streets of Eastleigh in a first for Hampshire. The new Town Rangers, brought in by the town’s new Business Improvement District (BID), are designed to pro-actively keep the town clean and safe and
IT IS THE bumpy £150,000 road that has been branded “an embarrassment” to Southampton. Council chiefs are being urged to carry out urgent work to the section of Above Bar outside the new arts complex that was only laid four years ago. It was
THERE was a buzz around one Southampton firm this week as staff dressed up for charity. Workers at the NatWest call centre in Brunswick Gate donned bee costumes to raise funds for the Wayne Howard Trust. The city-based charity offers support
A HAMPSHIRE school is among two in the UK to receive prestigious European recognition. Winchester College, in College Street, has been selected by a European jury as an outstanding example of the European Union’s eTwinning programme. The scheme
A CAR ended up on its roof following an accident in Southampton this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene of the incident just after this morning's rush hour after reports that the vehicle was on its roof. Providence Hill, just
AS the first anniversary of her mum's death loomed, Jess Phippard was determined to turn a sad time into something positive. The 26-year-old got her girlfriends together and snapped a selfie blowing a kiss to her beloved mum, Julie, who lost her
A HAMPSHIRE college is to provide a range of postgraduate courses to start in September specialising in equine and fishery disciplines. Sparsholt College is launching a number of courses, such as the masters in applied aquaculture and sports fisheries
A FORMER Indian restaurant in Southampton could be transformed into a bar. Giuliano Soverna’s plans for Fortune, based in Oxford Street, will go before city council licensing bosses this week. He has applied for a late night licence to sell
CRICKETERS were left knocked for six after a 24-hour spell at the crease. But members of Compton and Chandler's Ford Cricket Club have successfully completed their 24-hour charity bowl-a-thon. Cricketers, ranging from 11 years old to the club
THERE is a cost, it seems, to everything. Today this paper reports on the cost to the city of Southampton on the number of teenage pregnancies. To the tax payer that amounts to £4m per year on average, or some £15,000 for each teenage mother
EVER wanted to be in one of the most famous musicals of all time? Consider yourself for a part in Groundlings Theatre’s production of Oliver! in September. Groundlings is looking for a cast of 50 children and 25 adults for the show, open to people
CELEBRATING Camp Bestival 2014’s circus theme, the travelling circus is visiting Winchester and Southampton on its tour. The event, firstly at No.5 Bridge Street on Sunday May 25 and then at City Art Gallery on bank holiday Monday May 26, will
HAMPSHIRE schools are bracing themselves for a fresh wave of teachers’ strikes this summer. The National Union of Teachers has voted to stage further industrial action including a national walkout in the summer when thousands of students will be
THE inquest into the death of a motorcyclist who died in a head-on crash on a Hampshire road will be heard this week. Michael Smith was travelling through the New Forest when he collided with a van on the A35 between Ashurst and Lyndhurst last
HAVING a baby without a father was the best decision Rebecca* has ever made. Like so many 30-somethings she always imagined her life would fall into place and she’d have it all – a career, a loving relationship and an idyllic family life with two-point-four
SUNSHINE and race-stopping torrential rain kept racers and spectators alike on their toes for the weekend’s Thruxton Easter Revival race meeting staged by the Historic Sports Car Club. And a revival treat it was as familiar names of cars and drivers
NOT necessarily appreciated by Gilbert and Sullivan purists, this jazzed-up version of their Japanese musical was every bit as good as we expect from this company. With a great-looking set designed by Julian Peckham (a truly memorable Ko-Ko), and
Eastleigh are on course to cap a record-breaking season with cup success after reaching the Gales Hampshire Bowl final with a 12-0 victory over Sandown & Shanklin at The Hub. After finishing in their highest ever league position – third in
Wessex League title favourites Sholing lost their first home league game in almost a year and a half – thanks to a superb individual goal by one of their former players. Daniel Mason, brother of Boatmen stalwarts Barry and Byron, signed for Folland
Alresford won 3-0 at Whitchurch United to keep their faint Sydenhams Premier Division title hopes on track. Steve Hall, Andy Mott and Warren Bentley got the goals in the table-toppers victory in their penultimate game of the season and push them five
AFC Totton finished a horrendously tough season on a winning note at Burnham in the Calor Southern Premier yesterday. The battered Stags battled right up until the last whistle against the side one place above them in the division. And their
THREE Saints stars could be set for a Claret and Blue reunion next season. Burnley clinched automatic promotion back to the top flight for the first time since 2010 when beating Wigan 2-0 at Turf Moor yesterday. The last time the club were
THE new programme for Summer 2014 at Theatre Royal Winchester kicks off with two fabulous musical dramas. HMS Pinafore (May 5 to 10), the all-male version by Regan de Wynter of the popular Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, was a huge hit in the
ANNA Moody is bouncing around her Chilworth home, filled with energy chatting about various projects she has done, wants to undertake or would like to see other people engage in. There are the talks she has done in schools in Greece, where she
Skrill South champions Eastleigh continued a torrid run of results at West Leigh Park as they were beaten by play-off contenders Havant & Waterlooville 1-0 yesterday. The only goal came from Nic Ciardini, his gloriously struck free-kick after
David Moyes' short-lived reign at Manchester United is over. The club confirmed on Tuesday morning that Sir Alex Ferguson's successor had ''left the club'' after less than a season in charge. Moyes endured a miserable time in charge, with Sunday's
TWO men arrested in connection with the theft of tens of thousands of litres of fuel from one of the country’s main underground oil pipes have been bailed. The men, aged 32 and 34, were apprehended in Salisbury on Sunday night and arrested on suspicion
AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a man died after being struck by a car on a Hampshire road. The 61-year-old pedestrian died after a collision with a vehicle in Ringwood Road, Netley Marsh, near Totton, at around 10.30pm on Easter Sunday.
THE true cost of Southampton’s ongoing problem with teenage pregnancy runs to more than £4m a year the Daily Echo can reveal. Latest figures show that for every teenage parent in the city it costs the tax- payer an estimated £15,000 a year in benefits
HE was just 19 days old when he lost his battle with one of the cruellest diseases. Despite his being born at a healthy 8lb and 8oz, the proud new parents of little William Fraser quickly knew something was wrong when he stopped wanting to feed
A GANG of cigarette thieves have struck again - the second time in just 48 hours in Southampton. Thousands of pounds worth of stock was taken when raiders forced their way in to a city newsagents early yesterday morning. Shop staff told how
