Saints are “closing in” on appointing a new manager. Executive director Les Reed has revealed that the club expect to announce Mauricio Pochettino’s successor sooner rather than later, and that they have identified a number-one target. “We’
Lymington sailor Sir Ben Ainslie is aiming to be the skipper of the first British team to win the America's Cup in its 160 year history. He took the first step to achieving that goal by launching his Ben Ainslie Racing team bid that will look to
Viewing figures for England's World Cup match against Italy on Saturday will be at least one lower than might be expected if Hampshire's Justin Rose is on course to defend his US Open title this week. England's last game in the competition, a 4
Worcestershire spinner Saeed Ajmal was Hampshire's tormentor on day three of their top-of-the-table LV County Championship Division Two clash at New Road. Ajmal took seven wickets in an awe-inspiring display of off-spin bowling as Hampshire were
HAMPSHIRE'S top police officer has rejected calls for a public inquiry into a school hit by sex abuse claims. Chief constable of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Andy Marsh, who was cleared of any wrongdoing surrounding police inquiries into Stanbridge
A HAMPSHIRE-based marine spare parts specialist has secured a contract to supply two cruise ship operators with mechanical seals. CC Marine, based in Sarisbury, will supply P&O Cruises and Cunard Line. The three-year deal will see them working
NEWLY-PROMOTED Eastleigh will face Chester instead of Hereford United in the Conference Premier next term. Hereford have been expelled from the Conference having failed to come up with the finances to settle their bills. The Bulls pulled off
A HAMPSHIRE MP has welcomed a massive cash boost to help adults improve their English and maths skills. Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage says a £50m injection to the adult skills budget will be vital in fighting illiteracy and innumeracy in the UK.
A MAJOR harbour has announced a shake-up of its management team. Cowes Harbour Commission has appointed two new board members. Howard Pearce joins after a career across the leisure, sport, water and environmental sectors and is a former executive
A SOUTHAMPTON businesswoman said she is at her “wits end” after for months putting up with drunken revellers urinating in her shop doorway. Janet Bowen, who runs Jan’s Bridal Studio in Millbrook, is fed-up with drinkers using the doorway as a urinal
IT has been a family business for more than 70 years. But now Hampshire sawmill RF Giddings & Co has been bought out in a move that will create ten new jobs. BSW Timber will take over the mill, based in Bartley, New Forest, from August
POLICE have released a picture from the last sighting of a missing woman. Victoria Bailey, 53, disappeared from her Isle of Wight home on Saturday but was spotted getting off a bus in Freshwater at around 2.18pm. Officers believe she is still
A FIRM that provides machines for people working at height has moved to a larger premises. AFI, which also offers industry and construction training, has moved from its Southampton depot to a larger building in Portsmouth.
FREIGHT shipping firm Channel Island Lines has appointed a new group chief executive. Andy Cook will be joining the company to continue the growth and development of the group after it established its LOLO freight shipping and distribution service
A SOUTHAMPTON law firm has received a major honour. Three partners in Lester Aldridge’s private client department have been recognised as ‘leading lawyers’ in the Citywealth Leaders List 2014. The list is designed for the wealthiest people
THE residential conveyancing team at Hampshire-based law firm Warner Goodman LLP has seen major expansion, and hired five new team members. The new staff, based at the firm’s Southampton office, include two experienced conveyancers, solicitor Sarah
UP to 70 million litres of waste water per day is now flowing through a Southampton sewage works as a major environmental improvement scheme reaches a key phase. Southern Water’s £25m project to rebuild Millbrook’s waste water treatment works has
Roy Hodgson allayed fitness concerns over captain Steven Gerrard ahead of the start of the World Cup. England begin their campaign against Italy in Manaus on Saturday and part of the build-up has been centred on fitness issues. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
A HAMPSHIRE business is celebrating after moving to a bigger factory. Wessex Labels has moved to a new 20,000 sq foot facility in Romsey Industrial Estate, next to Greatbridge Road. The business has been going for more than 20 years and produces
THE final available unit at an Eastleigh industrial estate has been let to Charles Kendall Freight. BNP Paribas Real Estate, acting on behalf of Aviva Investors, has struck the deal with Charles Kendall Freight, which offers bespoke supply chain
A YOUNG woman was threatened and pushed to the floor in an attempted robbery in Southampton. Police are appealing for witnesses after the 18-year-old woman, who was walking her dog along an alley between Selbourne Avenue and Yeovil Chase in Bitterne
PLANS to build a multi-million-pound marine and maritime skills centre in the region have taken a huge step forward after funding was secured to carry out a feasibility study. The £250,000 study into a new large structures composites centre in
THESE dramatic pictures taken 44 years ago this week capture the moment a fireman braves the blistering heat of a fireball to test equipment that could mean the difference between life and death. On June 2, 1970, around 60 guests from fire brigades
IN downtown Southampton the paint was peeling and flaking on the old Electric Arms beer house, the wallpaper stained by damp and upstairs the plaster had fallen from the ceiling. However, cheery Maude Louise Whiting continued to move about the
POLICE are hunting two men who tried to steal a bike from some teenagers in Southampton. They approached a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy outside Chamberlayne Leisure Centre on Weston Road and demanded they hand over a bicycle. The elder
WHEN Sophie Wheeler was a size 20 she felt too ashamed of her body to take part in sport. Despite working at New Forest Activities in Beaulieu she’d always turn down the chance to join in with the instructors. But now the 20-year-old has lost
MEMBERS of Parliament have been offered a taste of Hampshire today after local food producers visited the House of Commons to showcase the county's abundance of goods. The event was instigated by Caroline Nokes, MP for Romsey and Southampton North
FINAL acts and venues have been announced for the Oxjam Southampton performance festival that is set to be held across the city. The festival, which aims to promote regional talent and raise funds for Oxfam, is kicking off with a weekend celebration
ROLL up, roll up! Celebrated entertainer Brian Conley will star in the lead role of smash-hit circus musical Barnum when it visits the Mayflower Theatre in 2015. Conley, a regular Southampton performer who will star in panto this year as well
AS First World War centenary commemorations sweep the nation, one Hampshire school has found its own way to mark the milestone. Normal timetables were suspended at Stanmore Primary School, in Stanmore Lane, Winchester, to learn about different
THIS is the first glimpse of new plans to revive a rundown Hampshire station. Rail bosses have today released images of an ambitious £500,000 scheme to modernise the Grade II listed Eastleigh train station. Under plans being drawn up by South
A MAJOR Hampshire road will be closed for ongoing roadworks. The eastbound carriage-way of the A303 at Bullington and Micheldever will be closed overnight between 10pm to 6am, until tomorrow morning. The closure will be put in place as the
DISADVANTAGED youngsters will be given support through music. Woodlands Community College and Rosewood Free School in Southampton are set to benefit from a £120,000 grant to run a four-year music programme for children living in challenging circumstances
A HAMPSHIRE author will be talking about her new book at a launch event. Peggy Legg will be signing her book Under the Queen’s Colours at Bitterne Library in Bitterne Road East, Southampton, on Saturday, June 24 at 11am. Refreshments will be available
A HAMPSHIRE college dedicated to improving the lives of those living with autism is set to unveil its new learning resources centre. The £170,000 needed to make the new centre a reality for The Bridge – the region’s only college specifically for
A SOUTHAMPTON lecturer tried to obtain free parking by using a dead relative’s permit, a court heard. But his deceit was uncovered by a patrolling traffic warden, the city magistrates were told. Even then Sucha Singh kept up the pretence that
ORGANISERS of two Hampshire charities are hosting a special fundraiser this week. On Friday from 8.30pm-11pm, Twyford Parish Hall will open its doors to Come Swish! – the biggest clothes swapping event of the year which aims to raise money for
CIVIC chiefs in Southampton are set to rubberstamp a £300,000 IT upgrade. Labour city council bosses are set to approve upgrading the authority’s adult and children’s social care management system. The council will upgrade the system from the
WORK has been completed to restore a war memorial in Otterbourne. The Otterbourne War Memorial has undergone a complete refurbishment in time to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War. One of the organisers, Terry Revell
SIX Southampton schools will undergo major expansion work as part of a £500,000 project. Southampton City Council has rubberstamped the plans, which will provide more school places across the city. As previously reported, much of the funding
THERE'S more than one way to warm up for a World Cup. Saints captain Adam Lallana and some fellow England stars took some time out of their hectic training schedule in Brazil by dancing with the locals. The team visited Rio's biggest favela
MOTORISTS using a major road in Southampton could face delays over the next week. Engineers will be replacing lanterns on Millbrook Road West between Mountbatten Way and the Millbrook flyover until June 20. Some parts of the road are likely
THE next Young Ones workshop for budding artists in Southampton will take place on June 21. From 10.30am to 12.30pm at the City Art Gallery, artist Jo Bressloff will lead the session for seven to 12-year-olds. Places cost £7 and can be booked
A SOUTHAMPTON landlord has won permission to add two new rooms to a shared house. City council planners have given Dr Julian Jenkinson the green light to carry out work at the house in Welbeck Avenue, Highfield.
COMMUNITY leaders from a variety of faiths across Hampshire are heading to a Southampton church tonight to spread the message of peace. Speakers representing several Southampton communities and the leader of a London mosque will be at St Andrew
HAMPSHIRE'S top police officer has been formally cleared of any wrongdoing after the conclusion of an inquiry into a school hit by sex abuse claims. As reported in the Daily Echo, Andy Marsh, the chief constable of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
SOUTHAMPTON’s museums and city art galleries could become a charitable trust in a bid to save money. Civic chiefs are considering the move after it was revealed the city’s taxpayers have been left with a £430,000 bill to prop up the SeaCity Museum
FOR years varicose veins have been the bane of middle-aged women. Celebrities including Emma Thompson and Ulrika Jonsson have both made no secret of the condition. But actually the condition is just as common in men – it’s just they are worse
FORMER offices in Millbrook Road East, Southampton are set to become flats. The city council has consented to Clydesdale’s plans to convert the ground-floor space.
DRAINAGE and river defences in Romsey should be beefed up to avoid a repeat of flooding which saw residents fleeing homes and businesses losing millions, an inquiry has urged. The Army and the Royal Navy had to be drafted in as Romsey was almost
ONE of Southampton’s key elderly groups has been hit by a cash crisis. Southampton Pensioners’ Forum is facing a funding shortage with just under £500 left in its coffers. Committee members are appealing for help from the public to help keep
PEOPLE living in a flat above a shop had a lucky escape after a mattress was set on fire outside the property. Firefighters from Redbridge and Totton fire stations were sent to the incident, in Batts Corner, Totton, at 11pm on Sunday. The occupants
A NEW house could be built on land in Southampton. Dean Blaker has applied to the city council to build the two-storey four-bed house in Bridge Road. A decision is due by July 31.
HAMPSHIRE police have denied failing to take anti-social motorbiking seriously. Villagers along two major roads have launched a campaign to cut high-speed and aggressive riding. The issue is especially serious on the A272 east from Winchester
THE squad is picked, the warm-up matches have been played and the players, manager and support team are safely in their five-star Rio de Janeiro hotel. England are ready for action – the first match is against Italy at 11pm on Saturday – and fans
A MAN has been jailed after attacking a man with a hammer. Stephen Agolini struck Robert Davies over the head in a brawl between men living at the Emmaus homeless project at Bar End, Winchester. Fearing further blows, Mr Davies fled the scene
A TRAIN mascot will be surprising passengers to raise money for a Hampshire charity. As part of National Carers Week, South West Trains is sending Bumble on an adventure to raise money for the Honeypot children’s charity. Bumble will be on
INVESTIGATIONS are on-going after a young girl was left with serious injuries when she was hit by a car. The 11-year-old girl, from the Southampton area, was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight air ambulance
HUNDREDS of businesses will flock to Southampton’s docks as an annual marine exhibition returns to the city. The 17th Seawork event will take place in the Canary Islands Fruit Terminal from today to Thursday. Six hundred exhibitors will take
A SOUTHAMPTON man didn’t get far when he took a moped from a front garden – he couldn’t start it and wheeled it around the corner where he abandoned it, having damaged the number plate in the process, the city Crown Court heard. Carl Rogerson,
A MAN was pushed to the floor and repeatedly kicked and stamped on outside a kebab shop. The 32-year-old suffered a fractured jaw when he was attacked after a row with two men in the early hours of June 1 on the corner of Brockhurst Road and Cambridge
CURIOSITY got the better of shift worker Stephen Lange when the opportunity to look at sordid pictures of children appeared on his computer, Southampton Crown Court heard. He later took the machine for repair at specialist dealers, complaining
I HAVE to object at the letter from DJ Cook in the Echo of June 3. First and foremost – speeding is not a criminal offence, it’s a minor/summary offence and does not result in a criminal record. It’s a motoring offence, not a conviction (as
BRITISH politics has always been a three-horse race, but the voters have realised that they are donkeys, not horses. Then they see a horse coming up fast on the rails(UKIP) and they all back it and sure enough it wins the European stakes. But
A HAMPSHIRE MP has used a parliamentary speech to back a 6,000-home new town planned for the countryside. Fareham has run out of brownfield sites and must look to green land for badly-needed new homes, the town’s MP said. Mark Hoban said it
WITH regard to the recent “In My View” by Mrs T. Scott, I am in total agreement with the lady, her comments and concerns (and no, I am not a racist either). I am another British citizen of this once proud, respectful nation who also feels let down
THE fluoridation chemical, hexafluorosilicic acid, has just been officially banned by EU legislation. So an illegal poison contaminated with arsenic and lead is being promoted in the UK by Public Health England as ideal for the public water supply.
NOBODY is too young for the Daily Echo’s “dadsies”. Here is six-month-old Olivia enjoying some playtime with her dad Robert Osborn from Eastleigh. Chris Griffiths and his two-year-old daughter Jaisie-Rae, also from Eastleigh, have also sent
I HAVE had many labels in my life; daughter, wife, mother, businesswoman and even Arctic explorer. The day I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, however, left me with the label “cancer patient”, a label hard to come to terms with and
I WILL be watching the World Cup, but with a bit of disappointment that our three players representing their country may not be returning to the Saints. Rickie Lambert has given us five good years and no one can blame him as he goes back to Liverpool
COUNCILLOR Dan Fitzhenry (Letters, May 31) slates the Labour council for not providing certain bus services within Southampton. With the lack of financial resources allocated by the Government, they have the unenviable task of making a silk purse
WITH reference to the donkeys attacking people at Hatchet Pond (Daily Echo, June 2), ponies and horses have had the right to graze on “open forest” and have been grazing at the pond for years. It’s the tourists and picnickers who are causing the
THEY are the ingredients that were set to be used to kill. Instead 150 tonnes of chemicals originally stockpiled to make deadly weapons by the Syrian regime are heading to Hampshire. The consignment is expected to arrive in Marchwood Military
EX-SAINT Jamie White has been reunited with his former Salisbury City boss Darrell Clarke at Bristol Rovers – and promised he will score plenty of goals for the Pirates as they look to reclaim their Football League status. The 24-year-old from
THAT work needs to be carried out to prevent a repeat of this winter’s flooding in Hampshire is a given. As this paper reports today, a survey funded by Hampshire County Council reveals that infrastructure developments are required if towns such
IT was the role that made Patrick Swayze a worldwide heart-throb. So it’s no wonder 26-year-old Gareth Bailey felt the pressure when he landed the leading role as Johnny in Dirty Dancing on stage. But Gareth underwent a drastic diet and exercise
HAMPSHIRE Olympic sailor Sir Ben Ainslie was joined by the Duchess of Cambridge as he launched Britain's bid to win the historic America's Cup yacht race today. The four-time Olympic gold medallist wants to enter a British team in the 35th America's
HAMPSHIRE Fire and Rescue has issued an urgent warning after two people including a child were rescued from sinking mud at a Hampshire beach. The man and boy were dragged from the foreshore off Monks Walk, Gosport, after getting into trouble at
SAINTS star Adam Lallana has spoken of his delight at having a contingent of the club's past and present players in England’s World Cup squad. Roy Hodgson’s men are putting the finishing touches to their preparations for their first group D game
SAINTS skipper Adam Lallana has no qualms about shouldering England’s World Cup expectations and should start against Italy – according to best mate Jamie Whisken. The former AFC Totton defender, best man at Lallana’s wedding last December
IT SOUNDS like a scene from a Hollywood action blockbuster. A machete-wielding thief, a plot to steal thousands of pounds and a dramatic high-speed car chase that ends with the good guy trapping the bad guys. But this isn’t stuff of fiction
A HAMPSHIRE artist struck blind after a GP negligently failed to diagnose meningitis has won her legal battle for compensation. The High Court upheld Julie Coakley’s claim for negligence against a family doctor who failed to spot telltale signs
