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  • Saints sign Chelsea defender Bertrand

    Saints have signed Chelsea left-back Ryan Bertrand on a season-long loan. The 24-year-old passed a medical today after agreeing to move to St Mary's, becoming the third arrival of the summer. The Daily Echo understands that Saints also possess

  • Sailing legend Sir Ben Ainslie inspires brave young sailors

    SAILING legend Sir Ben Ainslie today offered inspiration to brave young sailors suffering and recovering from cancer. The record Olympic medal winning sailor met with youngsters and their families at Port Hamble Marina. The teams were setting

  • Carberry back for Bristol clash

    Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry is available for tomorrow’s Royal London One-Day Cup win against Gloucestershire at Bristol. Carberry missed Sunday's win against Lancashire at Old Trafford with a hand injury sustained during the 136-run defeat

  • Ageas Bowl Test tickets available from £1

    Tickets for the final day of The Ageas Bowl Test are available from £1. Adult tickets are being sold at £15 each, while Under-16s will get in for £1. Tickets can be bought from 8.30am at the ground, online or over the phone (0844 847 1863).

  • Hampshire stars still alive in English Amateur Championship

    All four of Hampshire’s representatives in the knockout rounds of the English Amateur Championship have made it through to the last 32. Rowlands Castle player Billy McKenzie was the big winner in the first match play round, triumphing 4&3 over

  • Hampshire anti-piracy firm goes bust

    A MAJOR New Forest maritime security firm which protects ships from pirates has ceased trading, leaving dozens of its staff stranded around the globe. Lymington-based Gulf of Aden Group Transits (GoAGT) went bust earlier this week after a meeting

  • Elderly man conned by bogus trader

    POLICE are investigating a fraud against a 92-year-old Hampshire man. The victim was visited at home by a man claiming to be from a roof repair company, who told the resident he was entitled to a grant for work on his roof. He then apparently

  • Cricket legends coming to city

    POPULAR cricket commentators Geoffrey Boycott and Jonathan Agnew (Aggers) will take to the Mayflower Theatre stage on Monday, September 22. Having played to packed houses in London, Nottingham, Manchester and Newcastle, the odd couple have amazed

  • City set for stellar 50th birthday

    It will be a 50th birthday party like no other. For 16 glorious days, Southampton is set to celebrate its 50 years of city status with a fun-fuelled festival of theatre, film, music, visual art and dance. This will include two newly commissioned

  • Driver appeals sentence for killing two teens with car

    A YOUNG driver jailed for nine years after killing two teenagers with his car after taking drugs is appealing his sentence. Samuel Etherington admitted causing the deaths of Jasmine Allsop, 14 and her 16-year-old friend Olivia Lewry by dangerous

  • RUMOUR MILL, July 30: Saints set for Osvaldo swap

    Saints will agree to let Dani Osvaldo join Inter Milan on loan, while they will receive Algerian midfielder Saphir Taider in return, the Daily Mail report, along with media in Italy. The club are keen to offload record signing Osvaldo after a disastrous

  • Chairman hails 'Ronald Revolution'

    Ralph Krueger believes Saints fans will be delighted when they see the results of the ‘Ronald Revolution.’ Saints chairman Krueger is a big fan of the man he helped appoint as the club’s new manager and a few weeks on is still delighted with the

  • VIDEO: Famous sea monster joins charity challenge

    STUDENTS from Southampton have designed a Loch Ness Monster-shaped pedalo which will be used by seafaring adventurers. The six-metre vessel will be taken out onto the open seas at the north coast of Scotland this weekend, in the first attempt to

  • Show celebrates 25 years of New Forest tourism success

    CELEBRATIONS took place at the New Forest Show today to mark the 25th anniversary of the organisation dubbed the 'voice' of tourism in the area. The chairman of VisitEngland, Lady Penelope Cobham, and the chief executive, James Berresford, visited

  • Estate agent launches children's drawing competition

    A WINCHESTER estate agent has launched a children’s drawing competition in aid of a cancer charity. Savills has launched the Draw Your Perfect Home competition in a bid to raise funds and awareness of the Haven Breast Cancer Support Centre.

  • Supermarket customers' charity effort

    KIND-hearted customers at a Hampshire supermarket donated nearly £200 to help Age Concern. The charity which helps the elderly held a collection day on July 25 at Asda in Totton, raising a total of £197.13.

  • Winchester to host national awards

    WINCHESTER is set to host prestigious national awards in March 2017. The city council is setting aside £19,500 to help organise the Civic Trust Awards to be held at the Guildhall. The day-long event celebrates the best in architectural design

  • Pop-up cycle repair shop

    A POP-UP cycle repair shop takes place in Shirley, Southampton, on Saturday, August 9. Staff from the Bike Doctor will be in St James Park from 12.30pm-2.30pm. People have to pay for parts but labour is free.

  • City hovercraft firm set for Indian boost

    ENGLAND’S cricketers aren’t the only ones enjoying Indian success at the moment as a Hampshire firm secures its own Indian achievement. Against the backdrop of the ongoing test match at the Ageas Bowl, Griffon Hoverwork has completed a £32m contact

  • Chance for kids to get crafty

    CHILDREN can showcase their artistic talents in Southampton. A Crafty Saturday session takes place in Park Life Cafe, St James’ Park, Shirley, Southampton, on Saturday. Doors open from 10am-11.30am and entrance is free.

  • Teenager arrested after late night brawl

    A TEENAGER has been arrested after a fight which left a man in hospital with a serious cut to his hand. Police were called to an apartment in Woolston in the early hours of yesterday morning following reports of a fight between two men. When

  • Learn magic skills

    YOUNGSTERS can learn magic skills and perform them at a two-day event in Southampton. The magic school event will take place from 10.30am to 3pm on August 26-27 at the Tudor House museum. Professional magician Marcus Bailey will teach youngsters

  • Summer sports fun day

    A summer sports fun day will be held at a Southampton community centre next month. The Super Sports World Cup Summer Special will feature football, hockey, cricket, basketball and dance, and is aimed at eight- to 12-year-olds. To book a place

  • Italian cooking workshop for kids

    Budding young chefs will have the chance to enhance their skills with an Italian cooking workshop in Bishop's Waltham. Piccola Roma will be hosting the children’s cookery classes on Saturday, August 2, and Saturday, August 16. The class is

  • Join cemetery group

    VOLUNTEERS are invited to join Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery. Representatives from the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery will be in the Hawthorns Cafe in Southampton Common on Saturday, August 16. The group will be on the information

  • Parties need to work together on air quality

    FOLLOWING the personal attack by Labour councillor Dave Shields, I’m very tempted to stand for election as a Southampton city councillor. Far from his allegation that I’m somehow interfering, I think most Southampton residents will realise that

  • Chaos not comfort

    COUNCILLOR Sean Woodward’s assurances that discussions on the realignment, he means closure, of Andover Road will not delay the Barton Farm development will not bring comfort to the vast majority of the public who recognise the lunacy of diverting

  • Chance to explore village history

    Residents of Bishop's Waltham will have the chance to step back in time with a free museum event. The Bishop’s Waltham Museum will be hosting open days every Saturday and Sunday during August to give people a chance to learn the history of their

  • Civilised demonstration is role model for Gaza plight

    I WAS glad that my wife and I made the effort to go to the demonstration on Saturday in Southampton in support of the Palestinians in Gaza. While I do not support the Hamas tactic of firing rockets at Israel, we have to try to stop the humanitarian

  • Don’t pay for water they want to poison...

    I CANNOT believe the argument about fluoride is still continuing. When is our Government going to listen to the public when we say no to fluoridation in our water? Maybe everyone should refuse to pay the water bills until they listen to us.

  • Ageas Bowl hotel statement is ‘incredible’

    EASTLEIGH Borough Council leader Keith House has in recent times given some unbelievable statements regarding the hotel at the Ageas Bowl cricket ground – so incredible that no one believed them anyway! His latest utterances, however, surpass everything

  • Liverpool back to take more from Southampton

    WHY is it that the one-time great city of Liverpool, who produced a proud and gracious culture of people, has now resorted to taking what is not theirs? The once respected heads of Liverpool Docks proceed to take Southampton’s cruise industry from

  • Back to relegation battle mentality

    You don’t need to be bright to notice that all of the problems at Saints are entirely due to weak leadership. Had Kruegar and Reed told Lallana that he wasn’t leaving, at any price, and if he refused to play he would be selling burgers under the

  • Weak leaders with a lack of vision blamed for club woes

    I AM very glad not to be back in Hampshire witnessing the dreadful chain of events at Southampton Football Club since Mr Cortese left. I certainly had a sense of foreboding when he departed last January, and everything that has transpired since

  • City must be accommodating to students

    CAN a city have too much in the way of student accommodation? Certainly residents living near to the Highfield House Hotel in Southampton believe so. Owners Galliard Homes have announced that they wish to refurbish and extend the building to

  • Thief steals £500 iPad from home

    A thief snatched an iPad from a Hampshire home while the homeowner was in his back garden using a loud petrol-driven garden strimmer. The thief got in through an unlocked back door in North Common, Sherfield English to grab the Apple iPad Air,

  • Building society customers dig deep for cancer charity

    BUILDING society customers dug deep to support people fighting cancer. Leeds Building Society in London Road, Southampton joined forces with branches across the country to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. They racked up £750 by selling

  • Common in crisis

    ONE of Hampshire’s oldest football clubs, Colden Common, are in crisis. The club, first established in 1898 and re-formed in 1956, have lost their entire first-team squad with the new Hampshire Premier League season just days away. The Commoners

  • Join buggy walk at nature reserve

    PARENTS can enjoy some exercise at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve near Ringwood on Friday. The beauty spot will hold a buggy walk around the reserve; it starts at 10.30am and runs through to noon. There is a suggested donation of £3 and to

  • Follands left waiting for league lift-off

    FOLLAND Sports and AFC Portchester face a delayed start to their Sydenhams Premier Division season after the postponement of Friday’s (August 1) big opener at Folland Park. With Saturday cricket still going strong at their Kings Avenue base, the

  • Residents urged to help set crime-fighting agenda

    POLICE in the waterfront area of Southampton want residents to help set the crime-fighting agenda for the next three months at a meeting on Friday. The meeting will be held in the community room at Biddlesgate Court in Upper Bugle Street. It starts

  • Fall led to OAP’s death

    A woman suffering from lung cancer died after becoming disorientated and falling down the stairs, a coroner has ruled. Katherine O’Byrne, 71, was found at the foot of the stairs by her husband Brian at their home in Christchurch on the morning

  • Town is hosting classic car show

    Bishop’s Waltham will be hosting a classic car show and vintage market on Sunday, August 10. The events will be held in the town centre from 10am to 4pm. Anyone looking to enter their car should email Peter Yeoman on peter.yeoman@nostalgiccarhire.co.uk

  • Water conservation award wins national award

    A flagship conservation project helping Hampshire householders save thousands of litres of water a year has scooped a national award. Water saving devices installed by Groundwork’s Green Doctors have enabled 166,000 homes in the south to save a

  • National Oceanography Centre's ‘ferrybox’ algae research

    A ferry bound for Spain helped researchers from Southampton shed light on the growth of harmful ocean-going organisms. A team from the National Oceanography Centre fitted a specially-equipped “Ferrybox” to the Pride of Bilbao while it travelled

  • Go batty tonight at bat and moth evening

    FAMILIES can enjoy getting close to one of nature’s nocturnal creatures at a Hampshire beauty spot today. Testwood Lakes at Totton is holding a bat and moth evening which will see bat experts give a talk and guided tour around the lakes. It

  • New play area opening in popular Hampshire country park

    CHILDREN can look forward to a new play area opening at a popular Hampshire country park tomorrow thanks to a £175,000 investment. Youngsters visiting Royal Victoria Country Park at Netley can make the most of the summer sun with a new adventure

  • Hampshire man re-bailed after being arrested over neglect

    A HAMPSHIRE man arrested on suspicion of neglect has been re-bailed as detectives continue their investigations into the treatment of an elderly woman. The 84-year-old woman was found seriously ill at her home in Totton amid concerns of neglect

  • Hampshire as hot as Hawaii with 27C temperatures

    AS hot as Hawaii, as boiling as Bermuda, and more sizzling than Spain. Hampshire roasted in soaring temperatures yesterday as the mercury reached highs of 27C. Global weather checks registered temperatures of 27C in Honolulu, Hawaii, and 28C

  • Help create new native woodlands

    The Woodland Trust is seeking volunteers to inspire people to create new native woods in Hampshire. The trust is looking for a volunteer with experience in planning or planting new woodland to advise and support others. Some of the key skills

  • Community roadshow

    A COMMUNITY fun day and repairs roadshow will roll into a Southampton community tomorrow. The free event in Lydgate Road play park, Thornhill, will run from 10am to 1pm. There will be lots of activities for youngsters in the area, including

  • EU charges threaten the future of historic watercress bed

    New green charges may have killed off one of the most historic watercress beds in Hampshire. Jon Marshall has ceased cultivating the beds at Itchen Stoke, near Alresford, after the Environment Agency set a bill for £3,000 to cover the risk of pollution

  • Distinctive bikes stolen after raid on Southampton garage

    TWO distinctive bikes worth more than £2,000 have been stolen after burglars struck in Southampton. The specialised Camber Comp, worth £2,000, and a £650 specialised Rockhopper were snatched from an address in The Avenue by thieves who forced their

  • Serial offender jailed after lying to new partner about past

    A SERIAL offender hid his murky past after moving in with a partner he met via an Internet dating site. David Roberts told the mother-of-two that he had been jailed for violence – in reality he had been locked up for ten years in 2004 for sexually

  • 'Lucky no one was killed' as 30ft tree crashes into garden

    “IT’S lucky no one was killed.” Those are the words of a shaken family after part of a 30ft tree crashed down through their garden fence and narrowly missed motorists on a nearby road. A driver had a narrow escape when it smashed into the back

  • 'Struggling' student stole cash from employers

    A HARD-UP university student pocketed thousands of pounds of takings from a community swimming baths by failing to put swimming lesson fees through the till. Iesha Jackson helped herself to around £100 a day while she worked as a receptionist at

  • Eight-year-old Hampshire girl is crowned 'Mini Face of Wales'

    SHE has lived in England all of her life – but this Hampshire youngster is turning heads in Wales. Little Stella Moss, eight, has been named Mini Face of Wales, beating nine other finalists in her category of the regional heat of the Face of the

  • Tributes paid to 'Fat Beast' Saints fan

    HE was the “larger than life” rock icon loved by fellow Saints supporters and the music world. Jon Driscoll, known as Fat Beast, was a cult personality of the British indie scene during the 1980s and 1990s with band Carter USM. Now sport and

  • Morgan's anger after showdown with board

    Saints star Morgan Schneiderlin reacted with anger after being told he will not be sold this summer. The Daily Echo understands the French midfielder attended a meeting with the club’s board yesterday at which he was informed he will not become

  • Saints only allowed stars to leave for "premium prices"

    Morgan Schneiderlin and Jay Rodriguez will not be joining the list of first-team Saints stars sold this summer. Saints chairman Ralph Krueger was unequivocal in his message that the French midfielder and last season’s top scorer will not be following

  • Krueger: Saints not for sale

    Saints are categorically not for sale. That was the message from Saints chairman Ralph Krueger, who vehemently denied accusations that the sale of first team players this summer has been motivated by a desire to asset strip the club to recoup the

  • Hants players qualify for English Amateur knockout

    HARRY Ellis has taken the first step towards regaining his English Amateur crown after making it through to the matchplay knockout at Saunton, which gets under way this morning. The 2012 champion was just 16 when he broke Sir Nick Faldo’s record

  • Five-year-old girl trapped in bike

    FIREFIGHTERS freed a young girl after she became trapped in her push bike. The five-year-old trapped her leg in the bicycle as she riding round the Flowers Estate. A fire crew from Hightown station was called out at about 8pm, and cut her free

  • VIDEO: Out of control bonfire destroys gardens

    A FIRE ripped through seven gardens in a Hampshire street, destroying sheds and conservatories. The blaze started last night after a bonfire in a garden in Northlands Road, Totton, got out of control at about 5.30pm. It quickly spread to neighbouring

  • Rail passengers face delays after signalling problem

    RAIL travellers in Hampshire are facing delays this morning after signalling problems. A set of points between Southampton Central and Eastleigh had been broken. The problem has now been fixed, but trains travelling west to Weymouth and Salisbury

  • Calmore Sports teenager sets new league record

    Sixteen year old Calmore Sports left-hander Ben Johns wrote himself into the Southern Electric Premier League annals with his superb 158 not out against Division 2 neighbours Totton & Eling II at Southern Gardens. It was the highest individual

  • Dog barking lands owner in court

    TO THE unsuspecting eye they are just two little dogs minding their own business. Jack Russell brothers Bob and Wilf have been happily living with their owner Sheila Wayman at their Hedge End home since they were puppies. But their antics in

  • City hotel could be turned into student housing and cinema

    ONE of Southampton’s best-known hotels could be shut down and turned into posh student digs and a cinema. Plans to convert the Highfield House Hotel into a student complex featuring 144 beds, a gym and a cinema will go on display for the first