POLICE are hunting a burglar who stole antiques from a New Forest home. A thief broke into a house in Main Road, East Boldre, and stole a distinctive black TW steel Renault F1 watch with gold markings, a 17in LG flat-screen TV, and an antique silver
ORGANISERS of a plant sale in a Winchester village are celebrating after raising £5,000. The sale, at Chilland House, Martyr Worthy, was in aid of Itchen Valley Parish Council and St Swithun’s Church. More than 300 people attended the event.
PEOPLE can learn more about the work of a Hampshire charity providing vital support for disadvantaged children. Representatives from Barnardo’s are hosting an information day on Wednesday in Rownhams House, Southampton. Speakers include former
ORGANISATIONS across Winchester district have been invited to apply for a share in grants for not-for-profit groups. Community project grants of over £500 can be applied for, from a pot of £30,000, until June 30 to be used towards the cost of one-off
CHILDREN can get their dancing shoes on during the holidays at a Southampton school. DM Dance Centre in Portswood is running the school at Bitterne Park Sixth Form in Copsewood Road from July 28 to August 1 Call 023 8055 4192.
PEOPLE in Southampton are being asked to put on their walking shoes to raise money for the Marie Curie cancer charity. The Walk Ten in Beaulieu event, with a picnic, fireworks and music, takes place on Saturday, August 9. The 10k walk will
TIME is running out to make sure the apple of your eye is in with a chance of winning the Daily Echo's Child of the Year 2014 title. There is just one day left to get that winning smile captured as the last of the photographic sittings is being
THE deadline on a vital part of Winchester planning blueprint has been delayed because the city council is snowed under with the work. Planners are consulting towns and villages about where development will go in the years to 2031. The council
A LADIES’ bike worth £300 was stolen from Horns Drove at Rownhams. Police say a security lock on the Dawes cycle was cut before the bike, which was chained to railings, was removed.
A busy Hampshire road was closed after a serious accident involving a car and a motorbike. Police shut the A272 at Cheesefoot Head, near Winchester following the collision. It happened just before 2pm and the road was reopened just over an
IT was the dream holiday set to end in tears before it had even begun. Mother-of-three Diane Fletcher faced losing thousands of pounds when the national passport crisis looked set to destroy her once-in-a-lifetime trip. But proving that dreams
PLANS to carry out a loft conversion at a house in Firtree Way, Southampton, have been approved by the city council.
ONE of Southampton’s historic buildings has been given a new lease of life. The Grade II listed former Bond Store building near the Old Walls has been sold to Southampton business Advisalink, which intends to utilise the premises for office purposes
MARKET traders in a Hampshire town are calling for urgent action after a spate of incidents involving elderly people tripping on damaged and loose cobbles. Stallholders at Romsey Market say enough is enough and have now stepped up their campaign
A SERIAL arsonist could be on the loose as a police investigation is launched into whether two serious blazes in Southampton are linked. As reported by the Daily Echo, a home in Shirley Avenue was broken into and a fire started in its kitchen when
PLANS to convert a house in King Georges Avenue, Southampton into flats have been rejected. John Vearncombe had applied to the city council to add extensions to the house to create two two-bed flats and two one-bed flats.
LISTENERS to a community radio station will learn more about Eastleigh’s new mayor Councillor Tony Noyce, when he visits Awaaz in Southampton and is interviewed live on air between 6-8pm this Monday. The station was set up in 2007 to cater for
St JOHN’S Church in Linford Road, Poulner is holding a Holy Communion service at 7.30pm on Tuesday to celebrate St John the Baptist Day as part of it’s 100th anniversary celebrations . A further celebration is on June 28 at 7.30pm. A Century of
POUND for Pound Gym Box has taken over the former Health Club building in East Bargate, Southampton. Osmond Brookes arranged a new ten-year lease, with breaks, at a rent of £18,500pa for the site. The proprietors of the new venture are Steve
PROPOSALS for expanded car parking at Southampton General Hospital will be decided on next week. Hospital bosses want to create a two-level car park on the south western side of the hospital, close to Laundry Road. This will allow car parking
THERE will be no shortage of dosey-does for one Hampshire community when a hoedown is staged. The Hilt in Chandler’s Ford will be the setting for the Hiltingbury Hoedown, which has been organised by local residents and takes place tonight.
A SOUTHAMPTON-born solicitor said he is “thrilled and humbled” to be appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to international family law. Ex King Edward’s Grammar School pupil David Hodson was recognised in the
A historic Hampshire social club faces having to close if it can’t find the cash to continue. The Royal British Legion Botley and District Club has been in the village for 90 years but now its members fear that last orders could soon be called.
BUDDING construction workers are hoping to snatch a place in the finals of a national competition. Callum Gregory and Scott Wilkes, both trainees at Fareham College, have scooped awards in the regional round of the national construction competition
A HAMPSHIRE author is supporting independent book shops today on his book signing tour. Richard Hardie, below, will be at October Books in Portswood, Southampton to sign copies of his latest book Leap of Faith. The book recently came
SCHOOLCHILDREN met two very important people while they were finding out about life at sea during the Second World War. Year six pupils at St Faith’s CE Primary School in Winchester met the Prime Minister and the mayor of London as well as Second
ANIMAL welfare officers aim to crack down on dog fouling in Colden Common by monitoring hotspots. Signs are being erected to encourage dog owners to pick up after their dogs. Winchester City Council’s environmental health manager, Abigail Toms
PROPOSALS to convert a house in Cranbury Place, Southampton into flats have been given the green light. Robert Vose was granted permission to convert the property into one two-bed flat and three one-bed flats.
THE Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery hold their next drop-in today at The Hawthorns Centre on The Common from 10am to 1pm. It will be a chance to meet members and find out more about the Old Cemetery. Call 0800 5191919.
TWO new scooter stores are set to be built at a sheltered housing block in the city. City council chiefs have won planning permission to site the stores at Milner Court as part of a £3million project to improve sheltered housing blocks.
A HERO teenager has received a bravery award after preventing a woman from jumping in front of a train at a Hampshire railway station. Jack Corbett put his own life at risk by standing between the woman and the edge of the platform as the drama
EVER wondered what it would be like to be a life-sized Subbuteo figure? Well it seems many people in Hampshire have asked themselves that question, as costumes of the figures have been flying off the shelves at a Southampton fancy dress shop.
TWENTY four new flats could be built in Southampton city centre. Orchard Homes has applied to change the use of office space in Cumberland Place. The firm wants to create 23 one-bed flats and one two-bed flat. A decision from city council planners
AN vintage double-decker is among the highlights of a family fair celebrating by-gone days in Southampton. The 1966 Routemaster bus is being showcased for a Vintage Family Festival in Bedford Place tomorrow. The event, from 8am-5pm, marks the
WILDLIFE enthusiasts can discover some of the insects that can be found in Hampshire on June 28. Southampton Nature Society has organised a three-hour field meeting at Barton Common, New Milton. The meeting point is in the car park in Barton
THE ROYAL Southampton Horticultural Society is inviting the community to join them for a talk on all things plants on Friday. The event, at the Wesley Centre in Bitterne at 7.30pm, will feature a digital display, raffle, refreshments, plants and
ORDNANCE Survey will sponsor a popular Southampton race. The map-makers will sponsor the Lordshill 10k, which will take place on June 29. The race which is now in its 24th year will see hundreds of runners head off from Ordnance Survey’s head
ONE of the most important parts of the NHS in Hampshire is holding its annual general meeting next week. The West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group was set up in April 2013 and buys and plans the healthcare of more than half-a- million people
THE New Forest Volunteer Centre is seaching for someone to become ambassadors. Anyone who is interested will get the chance to offer people advice about volunteering opportunities and also run outreach services in various locations across the Forest
THE AMNESTY Group at Burgate School and Sixth Form College, Fordingbridge has won a national award. The group of students fought off tough competition to win the Youth Campaigner – Most Committed Group category at the 2014 Amnesty Youth Awards.
A WINCHESTER theatre company is celebrating after a successful first six months, and is holding auditions for its next production. Set up by two graduates, Penny Drop Theatre has received £2,000 as part of a University of Winchester scheme, called
Charity campaigners are to take their cause in memory of a young Hampshire woman onto the water today. Claire Reed, below, from Eastleigh died of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) at a hen do five months after her own wedding in 2013.
THE Southampton driver of a car involved in a crash in which an undercover police motorcyclist died has not driven since, it was revealed at an inquest. Michal Pliszczynski told the inquest into PC Steve Rawson’s death that he had not felt able
SPECIALIST drugs teams are currently scouring Hampshire woodland for drug-related evidence. Police confirmed officers from its dedicated Fortress team are in an area of trees in Netley Common near Thornhill, Southampton, searching for evidence
POLICE were called to a Hampshire hotel after a controversial car dealer was using its car park to store vehicles. Richard Burbage and Stan Rudgley were spotted at Macdonald Botley Park Hotel with two large lorries and admitted they had moved cars
Lawrie McMenemy believes England have paid the price for picking an inexperienced defence in Brazil. England's World Cup hopes are over after Costa Rica's surprise defeat of Italy last night condemed them to a first group stage exit since 1958.
Adam Church claimed the game’s top check-out when he nailed a 170 finish in the Waterside Charity Men’s League. The British Legion A player struck with the magical game shot in his side’s 7-2 win at Jolly Sailor in Division 2, wriotes Clive Downton
JACK Brindley’s smile suggests today can’t get much better. But it will. At precisely 12pm the 90-year-old former night fighter pilot will hear the three words he hasn’t heard in 65 years: "Prepare for take-off." The Second World War veteran
A HAMPSHIRE village has united in support of their 800-year-old church which was destroyed by fire. St Peter’s Church in Ropley, near Alresford, went up in flames on Thursday, leaving the roof, bell tower, medieval architecture and doorways completely
THIS is the man police want to speak to after what they describe as a “one-man crimewave” across Hampshire. British Transport Police have released a CCTV image of a man who they believe will have information about thefts and damage caused by someone
