BRITAIN would lose international influence and be "significantly worse off", at least in the short to medium term, if it left the European Union, a Hampshire MP said. Desmond Swayne - who in the past has described Brussels as an "alien and evil
FOR five years he was a Saints talisman and rarely missed a match. But now Rickie Lambert has missed out on arguably the biggest game of his career after he was left out of the Liverpool squad to face Real Madrid. The striker left Saints for
A LONG awaited £25million Hampshire bypass plan has moved a step closer after a raft of road improvements was given the green light. For decades residents have been calling for a bypass around the village of Stubbington to alleviate congestions
HAMPSHIRE motorists could face long delays after a three-vehicle crash. One lane on the M27 westbound is blocked near junction 7 at Hedge End. Traffic is building and it is unknown whether anyone was injured at this time. Travel news
EASTLEIGH’S FA Cup first round visitors Lincoln City have undergone changes at the top. The Imps have placed manager Gary Simpson on gardening leave and put director and first-team coach Chris Moyses in charge of first-team duties for the “foreseeable
Your summary of the top five stories everyone has been reading on the Daily Echo website today. 1. Girl faced HIV test after unlicensed tattooists' error with Jack Daniels whiskey AN unlicensed tattooist who inked a misspelt word on an
WORKMEN are battling to repair a burst water main in a Hampshire village. Huge volumes of water from the fractured pipeline have been running down Hatt Hill at Mottisfont near Romsey since early this morning. A Southern Water team is currently
MOTORISTS face rush hour delays due to a tyre change on a lorry on a major road. The lorry is blocking a lane on the A31 eastbound in the New Forest near Stoney Cross. Traffic is slow on approach and delays have been building for around half
CAR dealer Unbeatablecar has taken back the six cars loaned to the organisers of the Bupa Great South Run. The cars were used as VIP transport and support vehicles with two of them carrying the huge time clocks ahead of the elite men and elite
A NEW two-storey office with a mezzanine has been put on the market near Winchester. Goadsby are letting Unit 3 at Abbas Business Park – a 3,120sq ft industrial space. Allan Pickering, of Goadsby commercial, said: “The property presents a unique
The boss of Southampton port Nick Ridehalgh, has been elected as a director of Solent LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership). His involvement in the partnership, which seeks to boost economic development in the region, follows in the footsteps of his
BUSINESSES have teamed up to support families of children with cerebral palsy. Moore Blatch and Frenkel Topping have funded a new support service called the Pathway Project to work with families using Fareham’s Rainbow Centre. They have recruited
MORE than 1,000 people took part in a town’s first ever film festival which is being credited with providing a boost to local business. Organisers of the Eastleigh film festival have hailed it a success that boosted both the local creative industries
THREE firms have set up shop at empty units next to a former Southampton shopping centre – reflecting the strength of the city’s high street. Businesswoman Kat Sikorska has opened a new tattoo salon, Alteration Nation, at East Bargate – helping
A PROPERTY consultancy firm says more commercial offices need to be built in Southampton while the economy is bouncing back. Andrew Hodgkinson, associate director Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), was able to secure the sale of a prominent city centre
STAFF are celebrating after their shop was named England’s top convenience store. And the achievement is even sweeter for SNA Supermarket as there has been extra competition since a Tesco Express opened nearby. They made it to a ten-strong
HAMPSHIRE students are taking part in the filming of a new BBC documentary series being filmed in the Great Hall. The students from Peter Symonds College and the university joined local residents for the first of five programmes in the What Next
MORE than £1 million in grants monies have been directed to Solent companies over the past year in a bid to lower carbon emissions. The funding has been supported through Future Solent, a joint project between business leaders, local authorities
A WINCHESTER company which works to reduce power station emissions has appointed a new engineer. Gerry Riley, who has worked in the fuels industry for 27 years, joins RJM International as principal fuels and combustion engineer. John Goldring
THE Southern Co-operative has renewed its corporate partnership with county food group Hampshire Fare. Hampshire Fare has been working with its partner since 2008, making it the longest-serving corporate partner. Kate Hibbert, local sourcing
FINANCE directors across Hampshire have a chance to be brought up to speed on key developments impacting upon businesses. The complimentary briefing is being held by the south coast office of accountancy and investment management group Smith &
NEXT week will see Southampton host one of the most important dates in the calendar for the world of media. The Society of Editors will host its annual conference and gala dinner in the city. The society represents over 300 editors across the
A HAMPSHIRE MP has urged businesses to take advantage of new funds for training. Caroline Dinenage, representing Gosport, welcomed the news that £50m of fully funded training is available to all businesses, but stressed that is was only there for
TRIMLINE, Southampton-based marine interior refurbishment specialists, has won a contract with Condor Ferries to customise their new high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry. The vessel, which will operate between Poole and the Channel Islands, is
A HAMPSHIRE MP today made a last ditch attempt to save a village bank facing the axe. Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage is campaigning against banking giant HSBC's decision to shut its branch in Lee-on-the Solent which is the village's last remaining
ENGINES giant Rolls-Royce is to cut 2,600 jobs over the next 18 months. The group, which has a base in Goodwood, has announced the cuts are part of a restructuring that will mainly impact its aerospace operation. The group, which has major
A NEW ruling that could see holiday pay now including overtime for workers has been described as a “bombshell” that could have drastic repercussions for small Hampshire firms. That’s the view of employment experts from law firm Blake Morgan who
AN accident is causing tailbacks on the M27 after four cars were involved in a collision. One lane was temporarily blocked by the cars involved in the incident at junction five westbound to Eastleigh but has since been cleared. No injuries
THE Isle of the Wight Festival and Bestival will go head to head after both were nominated for a prestigious award. The events are both on the shortlist for the best major festival category at the UK Festival Awards, it was announced today.
POLICE are investigating after a woman was groped on a train by a young man. British Transport Police have released this CCTV image of a man they want to identify after the 19-year-old woman was subjected to the incident on board the Portsmouth
SOME of Saints' most successful recent stars have come together to star in a video for the club ahead of the offical unveiling of their new training ground. The plaudits were led by the world's most-expensive footballer, Gareth Bale, who spent
I WOULD like to warn other readers not to be taken in by a young lady with a child in a pram who sits at bus shelters in Shirley claiming not to have enough money to get home. I didn’t believe her but a couple did and gave her £3. Loads of
David Runham (Letters, October 31) is under the misapprehension that sunrise and sunset are always symmetrical relative to noon, as defined by our clocks. In fact, in mid February, time by our clocks is about 15 minutes ahead of time, as shown
THE Saturdays star Frankie Bridge, the wife of former Saints star Wayne, has become the first celebrities to sign up for the next Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour. Singer Bridge tops the Strictly leader board, while Evans got the boot in week five
I read that once again the A31 was closed last weekend due to an accident within the New Forest. I can remember the A31 as being a simple main road, and at Picket Post it was so quiet we did not even have to wait to turn into it from the Burley
Colin Smith, of the New Forest Conservatives, is doing a great public service to inform your readers that three of our six Liberal Democrat councillors were unable to get along to the 15-minute meeting of New Forest District Council last week (Letters
STONEHAM Lane development goes ahead, 1,100 homes to be built on green fields. We campaigned against this development but again the Lib Dems would not listen. Keith House says “meeting housing needs is about tenures – public and private. It
The new idea of no tax disc is not going to work, especially if you are disabled. I have an exemption from tax due to my disability but whilst parked in a disabled bay at Sainsbury’s in Poole on November 1, I put my blue badge up and did my shopping
They are proving to be some of the best lawnmowers in the business. Ponies and cattle are grazing two beauty spots in the New Forest for the first in 50 years in a scheme that will save taxpayers £3,000 a year. They are munching their way through
SOUTHAMPTON PR firm Carswell Gould has come up with the Date Escape - a phone app designed to help you escape from the date from hell. Here the Daily Echo brings you eight excuses that might help you on your next dud date. 1. The Ex Talk
Saints’ Capital One Cup quarter-final against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane has been confirmed for Tuesday, December 16, with a 7.45pm kick-off. Saints last made it to the semi-finals of the League Cup in 1987.
Plans for a £200,000 makeover of a Hampshire community centre have been approved. Fareham Borough Council’s executive panel agreed to fund the renovation of Abshot community Centre, near Fareham. A survey of the building in 2008 found that it is
AN unlicensed tattooist who inked a misspelt word on an under-age girl and used Jack Daniels whiskey as a cleanser has been given an eight-month suspended jail sentence. Council officials said Jackson Rowsell, 19, of Hampshire, charged the 13-year-old
Proposals to knock down a former mental health centre in Southampton have been lodged with the city council. Bedford House in Amoy Street was built in the 1970s and was used as a mental health day centre until 2012, when it was closed by the council
Driving instructors are doing their bit for the BBC charity appeal Children In Need. They are taking part in the first event of its kind with their pupils – a 2,100-mile relay across the UK. The national fundraising mission is the brainchild
An accountant has reached a 25-year milestone after he raised more than £50,000 for a Hampshire charity. Bruce Elkins, from Totton, collected more than £2,000 from this year’s Prudential Ride London-Surrey bike ride to add to the total he has made
AS a non racist person it troubles me to see that in this day of a supposedly multi-racial society that people feel the need to have 'Black' award ceremonies for music ie MOBO awards, 'Black' actor awards and further more the police federation (union
THESE pictures show the incredible transformation of a Hampshire woman who has dropped five dress sizes in just one year. Emma Apter has gone from a size 12 to a size four/six and is so proud of her ripped physique, she has competed in her first
I AM sorry to see that the Chief Constable of Hampshire, Andy Marsh, has fallen into the trap of eulogising Black History Month (October 22). More seriously, he is also seeking to boost his force numbers by appealing to certain racial categories
Local councils have been rewarded for their work by the Hampshire Association of Local Councils. Botley Parish Council was among the winners announced at its 67th Annual General Meeting held in Hartley Wintney. It picked up the Best Local Council
Debate about a bollards project in Alresford is ongoing. Town councillors heard that the paving/bollard project in Broad Street is yet to be completed. It has been proposed to set bollards in tinted concrete to match the paving, to make the
I AM delighted that the petition Rowenna Davis organised to urge a rethink on the closure of the Bitterne Walk-in Centre has worked for now. I notice that over 1,000 people so far have signed the petition. Well done Rowenna. An alternative
If I had any doubt of Labour’s ineptitude regarding the Bitterne Walk-In Centre, then the reply from Cllr Shields removed any last doubt. My observation that Labour, had they so wanted to, could have stopped the closure of BWIC in any of three
TAXPAYERS could be lumped with a bill running into thousands of pounds if plans for a giant business complex on the outskirts of Southampton are rejected. Proposals to transform disused land at Adanac Park in Nursling into a thriving complex with
WHEN Emma Taylor sees the faces of children haunted by all they have lost to |Ebola on the news bulletins, she is overcome by sadness. Until just weeks ago Makeni, Sierra Leone was the place she called home and she walked the same streets as the
Steven Davis has become the first senior Saints player to win a call-up ahead of the next batch of international fixtures. The Northern Ireland skipper has been named in Michael O'Neill's squad for next week's Euro 2016 qualifier in Romania, in
THIS is the first glimpse inside the hotel at the home of Hampshire Cricket. The Daily Echo was given exclusive access to the luxury 171-bedroom Hilton hotel at the Ageas Bowl as work continues ahead of the anticipated opening in May – one year
A 36-year-old man has been charged with assault after a busker was allegedly attacked in Winchester High Street. Guitarist Marvin Naylor was performing near The Broadway on Thursday when a man allegedly shoved him and threatened to smash his guitar
A PLANNING application to convert an old brewery into flats is being considered by the South Downs National Park Authority. The Old Brewery house in High Street in Twyford has been earmarked to be developed into four flats while the brewery itself
ALMOST ten tonnes of carpet tiles and debris were dumped illegally in country lanes near Romsey over a 16-day period. Test Valley Borough Council’s Environmental Services team is seeking information of five fly-tipping incidents which took place
A HISTORICAL society will be learning more about the start of the First World War. The Lord’s Hill and Lord’s Wood Historical Society’s next meeting, from 10.30am on November 13, will feature a talk on the subject by Mike Humme. The group meets
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a 53-year-old Southampton man, whose body was found outside his home in Keynsham Road, Bitterne, on the morning of October 27. Yesterday’s hearing, which has been adjourned until January 16 next year
A WALKABOUT event giving council tenants in Daffodil Road the chance to highlight concerns will take place from 10.30am to 11.30am on November 19. Call 023 8083 2211.
POLICE searching for a missing man thought they had found him when they saw a man walking along an Eastleigh road with a rucksack. But Southampton Crown Court heard he was in fact a drug dealer who dumped the bag containing a stash of cannabis
SOUTHAMPTON Community Family Trust is holding a craft fair at Central Hall on November 22. The free event at the St Mary’s Street venue takes place from 11am to 3pm. See scft.org.uk for more.
PRACTICAL men can get constructive at a crafts group in Southampton. Southampton Shed offers retired men the chance to work on metalwork and carpentry projects and make new friends. It runs from 9.30am-12.30pm on Fridays at the Southampton
ONE man suffered a fractured finger and another a fractured ankle in a fight at Southampton’s Oceana nightclub. The city crown court heard the incident was probably sparked by a misunderstood comment. Apprentice electrician Sam Thorne threw
WOMEN across Hampshire are being encouraged to go bear-faced today for Children in Need. As part of a national initiative to raise money for the charity, celebrities are challenging ladies to take off the make-up and replace it with a small paw
A SPECIAL Remembrance Day service is to be held at St Mary’s Church, Twyford, on Sunday to support the Royal British Legion and remember men from the village killed during the First World War. A number of items, in addition to poppies, are being
A RETIRED HGV driver died six days after trying to commit suicide by hanging himself at his Totton home, an inquest heard. Neville Lee’s wife Valerie battled to save the life of her husband of 41 years until paramedics arrived at their townhouse
COUNCIL leaseholders living in Southampton can learn more about their rights at a workshop. It will take place at the tenant resource centre at the Civic Centre from 10am to 4pm on November 28. To book a place email tenant.participation@southampton.gov.uk
AN event aimed at bringing up new ideas about delivering services to children and young people in Southampton will take place next month. Southampton Voluntary Services has organised the It’s In Our Hands event to bring together the community,
HEALTH watchdogs have praised the improvements made at a Hampshire care home since it failed an inspection. A new report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) says standards have improved at Fordingbridge Care Home, which caters for people suffering
A POLICE investigation is underway following the sudden death of a 16-year-old girl. Dace Jankovica, a student at Brockenhurst College, died at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital after being taken there from the East Close Hotel in Hinton on Saturday
THE mystery surrounding the identity of a woman whose body was found in a Hampshire river deepened today. Southampton and Western Hampshire Coroner's office said they are using DNA records to identify the woman whose body was recovered in the River
TRAFFIC is at a standstill in Southampton a set of broken down traffic lights causing tailbacks in the city centre. Temporary lights at Chapel Road near City College in St Mary's are stuck on red leading to queues along the Itchen Bridge. Engineers
TRAFFIC is gridlocked at Southampton docks as holiday makers travel to the docks to board cruise ships. Roadworks at Town Quay and heavy traffic have yet again meant that vehicles have come to a standstill on routes out of Dock Gate 4 Chaos has
A HAMPSHIRE university is appealing for volunteers to help end one of the world’s deadliest diseases. The University of Southampton begins a new malaria vaccine study next month and wants people aged 18-45 to undergo testing. It is the seventh
BLUE, one of Britain’s most successful pop groups, have announced a brand new tour for spring 2015, including a date at BIC on Friday, March 27. Lee Ryan, Antony Costa, Simon Webbe and Duncan James catapulted to fame in 2001 with their top five
Fox Appeal has the option of tackling the William Hill King George VI Chase after Hampshire trainer Emma Lavelle decided to enter Monday's Kempton winner. The seven-year-old dead-heated with Theatre Guide in the Weatherbys Private Banking Graduation
A Hampshire chemist has won a top national award. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, in conjunction with Woman's Weekly, was searching for the pharmacist who does the most for his local community. Sid Dajani, who runs Wainwrights Chemist, Bishopstoke
IT’S a nightmare situation. You’re all set for a romantic date and a chance to meet Mr or Mrs Right. But when you get there the person sitting opposite has the table manners of a hippopotamus and the conversation skills of a wet flannel.
SEVERE traffic is building up on a Hampshire motorway after a fault with electronic matrix signs. Signs on the M27 westbound carriageway near junction 10 at Fareham wrongly warn people a stretch between junctions 2 and 3 at Southampton is closed
FAWLEY AFC’s management team and chairman were living it up in Las Vegas over the weekend. In their absence, the Oilers gave as good as they got in the Sydenhams Premier Division at Lymington Town - and even home boss John Pyatt admitted they were
Andover leap-frogged opponents Purley John Fisher with a dominating second half performance and 48-18 win that moved them up to fourth place in London 3 South-West. Leading just 14-6 at half-time, courtesy of a fine Alex Kane try and three Rich
SAINTS legend Mick Channon is eagerly anticipating “exciting times” ahead for his current batch of horses. The footballer-turned-trainer has enjoyed an excellent start to the season, with Sgt Reckless the lates to impress. Ground conditions
ALRIGHT Benny - a course and distance winner at Plumpton two weeks previously - staged an encore at the Sussex track yesterday With Jamie Moore taking over in the saddle from Tom O'Brien the 11-year-old chestnut scored a runaway success in the
SIR Robin Knox Johnston has reported he is “fine, absolutely fine” after a dramatic first few days of racing in the Route de Rhum saw 11 competitors withdraw. Thomas Coville was forced to retire last night after a collision with cargo ship.
DISCOUNT fashion chain Primark has grown profits by another 29% after a ''magnificent'' year in which its sales jumped to almost £5 billion. The annual profits haul of £662 million comes a day before struggling rival Marks & Spencer is expected
Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has opened talks with the club regarding a new contract. The former Saints starlet penned a new three-and-a-half-year deal reportedly worth £100,000 a week in January 2013, but that commitment will have less than 18
Winchester & District’s Toby Lambert won the Lordshill 10 Mile Road Race with a scorching 51 minute 16 second time. That time shaved more than two minutes off last year’s winning time. Matthew Revier (51.22) from Southampton AC came second
Legendary sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston fought 30-knot winds on his first night in the solo transatlantic Route du Rhum race. The 75-year-old grandfather of five is the oldest skipper in the competition, which travels more than 3,400 miles from
Richard Bland ensured this will be his best-ever European Tour season after pocketing a big cheque at the BMW Masters. The Stoneham ace banked €61,625 after a tied-39th finish in Shanghai, China, taking his season earnings to €458,492. That
Saints manager Lawrie McMenemy and match official, Brian Stevens, sink into a rain-soaked Dell pitch. The game against Liverpool was called off.
Jose Fonte is itching to earn his first Portugal cap and is hoping he will get the chance to do just that next week. The Saints defender was last month called up by his country for the first time, but did not feature in either of their games on that
Southampton sailor Ian Walker’s bid to become the first Englishman to win the Volvo Ocean Race is hotting up. The Azzam Abu Dhabi boat, skipper by Walker and navigated by fellow Southampton sailor Simon Fisher, leads the seven-strong fleet with
Southampton kept in the hunt for promotion with a well-earned and hard-fought 39-20 Hampshire 2 victory at Alresford. Quick-thinking from Sam Montague restored Saints’ lead in the first half after an early Alresford try but the home side held the
A GOLF club will be “dramatically” improved after significant funding from a Hampshire business. Skylark Golf and Country club in Whiteley is set to introduce new green keepers and buy machinery needed to spruce up the course. This will
A series of ``hotspots'' which are important sites for dolphins, whales and basking sharks in English and Welsh waters should be protected, conservationists have urged. The 17 sites, ranging from off the north east coast of England to Anglesey
RESIDENTS are set to be charged for disposing of DIY waste at tips and some are to close at 5pm on summer nights under plans to be rubber stamped today. Environment boss Sean Woodward is expected to green light the Tory administration's cost cutting
NEW manager Paul Masters needed just one word to sum up Winchester City’s dismal FA Vase exit on Saturday – “poor”. When the new season dawned in early August, the Sydenhams Premier title and a decent Vase run had been high on City’s ‘to do’ list
DEPARTED Winchester City co-boss Danny Robinson has pitched up with a club closer to his Berkshire home. The 28-year-old has joined the management team of Hellenic Premier outfit Newbury. Robinson, along with Tim Cole, led Alresford Town to
Real Madrid star and former Saint Gareth Bale is back in contention after injury and could return to torment a fellow ex-St Mary’s player tonight. Bale, who played 45 times for Saints between 2005 and 2007 and is the world’s most expensive player
Ronald Koeman has overseen Saints’ finest start to any league season in almost a century. Saturday’s 1-0 victory at Hull gave the team a total of 22 points from ten games – a run that has powered them to second place in the Premier League table
RESIDENTS are being reassured after council officers identified the mysterious yellow liquid that was seeping through the ceiling of one of Southampton's biggest tower blocks. Council staff investigated Albion Towers after the Daily Echo reported
Glenn Maxwell’s third Test appearance and his first for 20 months ended in another humiliating defeat for Australia. Maxwell, having replaced Alex Doolan in one of two changes to the team beaten by 221 runs in the first Test, could not stop another
SQUASH: Winchester’s third team went top of the Hampshire Championship League table after a 5-0 home victory over Chichester. Russell Brooks got the ball rolling with a convincing win, recovering from a shaky start in which he lost the first game
Tottonians’ brief time at the top of London 2 South-West came to an end when they were beaten by an in-form Old Alleynians. Totts held the lead at the start of first half but were pegged back to 13-13 by the break. The visitors got back in
Millbrook were handed their second match of the season when Alton failed to get a full first XV together for the Hampshire One trip to Five Acres. Promotion-seeking Brook, who were also given five points by neighbours Team Solent at the beginning
Hampshire 2 leaders Locks Heath Pumas made it five wins from five with a 40-0 home success over Fawley. Pumas were in control but upped the tempo after the break following Matt Newton’s first-half try which was converted by Nick Destefano.
Former leaders Fordingbridge lost their third match of the campaign and vital ground on the Snows Group Hampshire 1 front runners at the weekend. Bridge were beaten 33-27 at Petersfield while leaders US Portsmouth picked up another bonus point
Corhampton’s Scott Gregory has been rewarded after reaching this summer’s English Amateur Championship final with a call-up into the England A squad for 2015. The 20-year-old, who only broke into the Hampshire first team this year, lost to Huddersfield
POLICE have stepped up the hunt to find a knifeman who left a young man with serious injuries after an attack in Southampton. The 26-year-old victim suffered serious injuries to his hands in the attack on Thursday, October 30. It happened between
WHITCHURCH United head for Bemerton Heath Harlequins tonight having reclaimed their place at the Sydenhams Premier summit with a 1-0 win. Carl Bennett’s side bounced back from last week’s narrow defeat at Portchester by mounting a late smash ‘n
Eastleigh earned the bragging rights around town when they defeated arch rivals Trojans in the sides’ first league meeting in six years. The clubs came face-to-face in London 3 South-West at Stoneham Park where clear favourites Eastleigh proved
GRAHAM Speechley-Price has stood down as manager of struggling Southern One South & West outfit Bashley. Former reserve team boss Martin Spiers has taken over on an interim basis. Speechley-Price will be helping chairman and wife Angela
FOLLAND Sports have bolstered their frontline options by signing muscular frontman Nathan Lynch from Southern League neighbours Sholing. The former Gosport, Winchester and AFC Portchester hitman (pictured below) is cup-tied for tonight’s Russell
POLICE searching for a missing man, thought they had found him when they saw a man walking along an Eastleigh road with a rucksack. But Southampton Crown Court heard he was in fact a drug dealer who dumped the bag containing a stash of cannabis into
HE would reach for his trademark bowler hat which had been resting on top of a piano and play the iconic instrumental that made him a global star. Jazz legend Acker Bilk always rounded off his gigs at Eastleigh’s Concorde Club with Stranger on
HEALTH bosses are making more than £3m per year from parking charges at Southampton hospitals - and almost a third comes from their own staff. The Daily Echo can reveal Southampton General and Princess Anne hospital staff paid £1.1m to take their
Megan Brennan, 19, was enjoying her last meal with her family before she moved into full-time care. But then the family say that Megan, who is severely disabled and has a mental age of one, was asked to leave by a member of staff after allegedly
