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  • Early red puts Cherries in command

    Bournemouth took advantage of a Watford red card in the first minute to move three points clear at the top of the Sky Bet Championship. With their promotion rivals not playing until Saturday afternoon the Cherries had a huge chance to put pressure

  • Les Contes D'Hoffman

    The seventh in the season of operas to be broadcast live by satellite from the Metropolitan Opera in New York direct to the big screen at the Regent in Christchurch will be Offenbach’s incomparable Les Contes D’Hoffmann, tomorrow at 5.55pm. The

  • The classic Rock show comes to Basingstoke

    GET out those “air guitars”! The Classic Rock Show returns to The Anvil, Basingstoke, on Wednesday (February 4) at 7.30pm to perform the Top 20 Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever! From the extraordinary opening sounds of Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta

  • Winchester City Festival Choir celebrating birthday

    ONE of Winchester’s oldest choirs is set to celebrate the birthday of a renowned composer at its annual concert. The theme of Winchester City Festival Choir’s performance is 70, in honour of John Rutter who was honoured by the Queen in 2007 with

  • Famous Indian musician to play Southampton

    ONE of India’s greatest musicians will perform at Turner Sims on Tuesday at 8pm( Feb 3). The sixth generation of an illustrious Bangash lineage, Amjad Ali Khan is a renowned maestro in classical Indian music. Asian Arts Agency are proud to

  • PREVIEW: That'll be the day

    THE spectacular rock ‘n’ roll variety show That’ll Be the Day rolls into Basingstoke tomorrow night. Continually touring and packing out theatres where ever it goes, this extraordinary show has already clocked up 29 years on the road.

  • PREVIEW: The Sooty Show Live

    THE Sooty show is the longest running children’s programme in the world. Now, celebrating 65 years in show business the nation’s favourite bear is on a UK tour that heads into Ferneham Hall, Fareham on Sunday. Direct from their hit ITV series

  • Cork seals Swansea switch

    Saints midfielder Jack Cork has completed his move to Swansea, the club have confirmed. Jack Cork's Southampton career - in pictures >> The 25-year-old has moved to the Welsh side for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around

  • PREVIEW: The Sooty Show Live

    THE Sooty show is the longest running children’s programme in the world. Now, celebrating 65 years in show business the nation’s favourite bear is on a UK tour that heads into Ferneham Hall, Fareham on Sunday. Direct from their hit ITV series

  • REVIEW: Old King Cole

    Burley Players annual panto is clearly somewhat of an institution in this picturesque village, with the locals out in force to support, laugh at and heckle the cast. I’ve not come across Old King Cole before but it’s a cracking script. Even the

  • REVIEW: The Ghost Train

    GHOSTLY goings-on at a remote Cornish railway station form the basis for this sparkling comedy-thriller, directed by Patric Kearns. Before becoming a septuagenarian national treasure thanks to his delightful portrayal of the gentle, bumbling Private

  • INTERVIEW: Clive Johns

    CLIVE John has suffered from a stammer all his life since severely burning his hands on an electric fire at the age of two. But the traumatic experience was to have positive consequences for the singer who stars in The Johnny Cash Road Show, which

  • Chris Evans reveals Cancer tests

    Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans has told listeners he is ''in the middle of the tests'' for prostate cancer. The presenter talked about it after former Small Faces and The Who drummer Kenney Jones, who himself survived prostate cancer, appeared on his breakfast

  • Body found in hunt for missing mum Samantha Henderson

    A BODY has been found in the search for missing mum of four Samantha Henderson, police have confirmed. The 25-year-old had been missing since last Wednesday with widespread and extensive searches for the missing mother of four taking place since

  • PREVIEW: Chess

    Following last year’s success with Jesus Christ Superstar, Southampton Operatic Society (SOS) will be performing another Tim Rice musical, the 1980s hit Chess, at the Nuffield Theatre in February. Freddy Trumper, the ‘superbrat’ of the chess circuit

  • PREVIEW: Chess

    Following last year’s success with Jesus Christ Superstar, Southampton Operatic Society (SOS) will be performing another Tim Rice musical, the 1980s hit Chess, at the Nuffield Theatre in February. Freddy Trumper, the ‘superbrat’ of the chess circuit

  • NEW YEAR, NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR CALA IN WINCHESTER

    Upmarket housebuilder CALA Homes is set for a successful 2015 as two new developments get set to launch in Winchester, Kings Barton and Clarendon Court. This follows on from a successful 2014 for CALA Homes, which saw it acquire Banner Homes,

  • PREVIEW: Barry Cryer

    HE is one of the comedy circuit’s most prolific writers and tellers of jokes. Barry Cryer will bring his latest show, Twitters & Titters to the Regent Centre in Christchurch next Friday at 7.30pm. Barry is one of this country’s greatest

  • Spring season at the Berry Theatre

    THE Berry Theatre at Hedge End has announced its spring season including live-streamed performances and stage productions. The theatre has recently had satellite equipment installed, which enables it to screen live theatre directly from the Royal

  • Cornish comic in Hampshire tomorrow

    COMEDY legend Jethro is back, larger than life, with his very own unique brand of irresistible West Country tales for a fun-filled night of adult comedy. He visits Fareham’s Ferneham Hall on Saturday, January 31, at 7.30pm. Jethro promises

  • Wuthering Heights, Maskers Theatre Company, Nuffield Theatre

    THIS literary classic is an adventurous choice, but then Maskers are not noted for playing it safe and director Paul Green hopes that the ‘audience would experience the show, rather than just be spectators’. George Attwill’s performance was a real

  • Jack Cork rejects Southampton's contract offer

    Saints are resigned to losing Jack Cork in January after Ronald Koeman confirmed the midfielder has formally rejected the club’s offer of a new contract. Koeman said that Cork is currently in Swansea, where it is understood he is undergoing a medical

  • Efit released in hunt for Gumtree car thief

    POLICE hunting a car thief who stole a vehicle after pretending to be an online buyer have released an efit in the search for him. As previously reported by the Daily Echo, a 55-year-old man advertised the Audi RS4 for sale on the website Gumtree

  • Lego plane lands at Southampton Airport

    PASSENGERS flying out of Southampton got a glimpse of a plane with a difference today. Lego plane at Southampton - in pictures >> This replica of a Flybe's Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft was brought to life at Southampton Airport

  • Look back: State funeral for a great wartime leader

    When Sir Winston Churchill was buried 50 years ago today he received the only non-royal state funeral of the century. Big Ben was hushed. A gun in Hyde Park fired once a minute for 90 minutes – one for each year of his life. Representatives

  • Rare notary qualification for city solicitor

    A SOLICITOR at a Southampton law firm has become the latest of only 12 notaries in the city to become qualified. Owen Williams, partner and head of the commercial and private client litigation team at firm Clarke Willmott LLP, can now authenticate

  • Ferries to be part of new Hampshire travel card scheme

    PASSENGERS will be able to buy tickets more easily and faster when travelling on Red Funnel ferries. Work has begun this week on a £500,000 investment at the firm’s four ticket offices that will enable Red Funnel to be part of the new Solent Go

  • Give motorists a break

    What is Southampton City Council planning department playing at? We already have long queues for Itchen bridge, particularly down Radstock Road at 7.15am. A sign has appeared indicating that “works” are planned at the vital junction with Manor

  • A big thank you to A&E staff

    I would like to express my thanks, publicly, for the excellent treatment given by the NHS A&E unit in Southampton. I suffered a fall, rang the 111 number, who assessed the symptoms and called an ambulance. The crew of the ambulance, Mark

  • Why are so many items out of stock?

    I am waiting for a number of items from three of the larger British companies to come into stock. Has China gone on strike? ALAN TILL, Southampton.

  • Roadworks causing traffic delays in city centre

    THERE is traffic chaos for motorists in a Winchester suburb as footpath improvements go ahead. Temporary signals are in place on the roundabout at Stoney Lane and Stockbridge Road, in Weeke. Drivers are queuing in both directions in Stockbridge

  • Show respect and toleration to everyone

    Flying flags at half-mast last week on the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia caused offence to people with a modern education because to many he represented repression of the harshest kind – witness the recent sentence of ten years in prison and

  • IN MY VIEW: It’s vital the RNLI stays free and independent

    WE’D like to thank Jacqui Broadbridge for her comments about the RNLI and we’re grateful for her support for the charity. Her letter (‘Let Government or rescued sailors help to fund RNLI’, Letters, January 21) touches on a long-running debate.

  • Rats have taken over my compost bin

    Your report on rats in the centre of Southampton a couple of weeks ago did not worry me, as I rarely go to Southampton, but ten days ago I found rats had taken over my current compost bin at the bottom of my garden. I opened the bin to put waste

  • Offence in the eye of the beholder?

    The following is written simply as an observation and I am not taking any sides. We now have equal rights for gay couples in respect of marriage, to the extent of having children they have not actually conceived. Pop stars and alike, covering

  • Not enough energy to find a waste bin?

    WHAT a mucky city we have become in Southampton. Continuous fly-tipping in Dunkirk Road car park, cleared a week ago, and now littered again with household items, TVs, vases, etc. The city shrub beds in Dunkirk Road, opposite the sports centre

  • Great lunch and a friendly welcome

    In Australia seniors get a boat out and paddle like mad into the future. Here in Bishop’s Waltham seniors can come to the Jubilee Hall on a Tuesday for lunch for the princely sum of £3.50, which covers coffee/tea, a two-course lunch cooked on the

  • Hit-and-run drivers slammed after leaving animals in agony

    GUARDIANS of the New Forest have condemned hit-and-run drivers who leave badly injured animals to writhe in agony. The Verderers have revealed that almost 140 animal accidents occurred in the Forest last year, 30 of which involved drivers who sped

  • Austerity must be rejected

    Tory councilor Allan Glass suggested we shouldn’t spend more than we earn. What advice to give to a city with an expanding trade in food banks and payday loans due to his government’s savage attack on wages that have shrunk by nine per cent since

  • Not much of a showing

    I WAS on the Immigration Street television show protest march on Saturday, and at the subsequent public meeting, attended, as the Daily Echo article states, by more than 50 people. Immediately preceding the march, an escorting police officer reminded

  • Air pollution a hidden killer

    Air pollution now causes an estimated 29,000 deaths in the UK a year, almost as many as smoking. Here in Southampton we have seen some of the highest levels of pollution in the UK, which have repeatedly been found to be in breach of EU health limits

  • Bank card scam warning in Southampton

    VULNERABLE residents have been warned to be vigilant after an 86-year-old woman in Southampton became the latest victim of fraudsters. The elderly woman was told by a man on the phone that her account had been compromised and that they needed to

  • Chancellor unveils £100m investment in Portsmouth

    Chancellor George Osborne has outlined his strategy to make the Royal Navy the ''most modern in the world'' with his aim of building a new warship every two years. During a visit to Portsmouth Naval Base, Mr Osborne announced that the new Type

  • Luggage falls off moving coach on busy road

    MOTORISTS were caught in tailbacks when a number of suitcases fell from a moving coach on to a busy dual carriageway. The vehicle was travelling along the A31 eastbound carriageway near Ringwood when the items scattered on to the road at 9.15pm

  • Normandy Veterans Association to disband branch

    D-DAY veterans in the New Forest will hang up their standard for good after a ceremony today. The Normandy Veterans Association’s New Forest branch will officially disband after a ceremony at Ringwood Parish Church. Its standard will be preserved

  • James Ward-Prowse signs new Southampton deal

    James Ward-Prowse has signed a new contract that will keep him at Saints until 2020. The 20-year-old midfielder rose through the academy ranks and has become a regular in the Saints first team this season. Ward-Prowse’s previous deal, signed

  • Southampton fans flocking to get Pelle's hairstyle

    IT’S not just Saints’ stylish football on the pitch that has raised eyebrows. The Southampton team’s impressive array of haircuts is sparking a style revolution in the city. Fashion-conscious men are now flocking to a city hairdressers crying

  • Southampton FC transfer rumours - January 2015

    It's that time of year again, as football's semi annual rumour mill goes into overdrive amid speculation of multi-million pound deals as clubs bid for glory. Once again, the Daily Echo will be keeping you up-to-date with the latest rumours swirling

  • White calls for new t20 comp

    Hampshire director of cricket Giles White wants the County Championship to be restructured to make room for a new domestic T20 league. Chairman Rod Bransgrove and batsman Michael Carberry have both spoken in favour of introducing a T20 franchise

  • Vulnerable man found safe and well after police appeal

    A 'VULNERABLE' who went missing while out for a walk has been found safe and well. John William Ball, was found last night after an appeal from Hampshire Constabulary. Mr Ball, 62, was last seen at his home on Wedgewood Close in Holbury at

  • Historic pub 'could be lost forever'

    IT has been at the heart of the local community for more than 100 years. The Bridge Tavern, in Ipers Bridge Road, Holbury, has been quenching the thirst of residents and visitors to the New Forest since the start of last century. But the pub

  • Sholing appeal to stay-at-home fans

    SHOLING are inviting stay-at-home Eastleigh fans to swop one Silverlake for another tomorrow. The Boatmen are offering reduced admission to Spitfires’ season-ticket holders for their Evo-Stik Southern One South & West showdown with Cinderford

  • Koeman transfer puzzle as Cork nears Southampton exit

    Jack Cork looks set to end his three-and-a-half-year spell at Saints and hand Ronald Koeman a late transfer window headache. The 25-year-old midfielder is ready to reject Saints’ offer of a new contract, despite the club have tabled what the Daily

  • Eastleigh face test of title credentials at Exiles

    An Eastleigh victory could be vital this weekend if they are to put in a challenge for the London 3 South-West title. The club held pole position in the league for a short while – that has been taken by Andover – but are now third. The situation

  • White: The cap fits for Hampshire

    GILES White has confirmed Hampshire are not affected by the reduction of county cricket’s salary cap. Counties are now capped at £1.97m, down from £2.19m, but White said: “Our budget’s significantly under that and we’re quite comfortable with the

  • Swans in Dyer straits

    Former Saints winger Nathan Dyer will be the most established goalscoring threat for Swansea at St Mary’s this weekend – and he hasn’t netted in the Premier League since August! The Swans travel to the south coast on Sunday in the midst of a mini-crisis

  • Slippery otters scupper plans for new car wash

    THEY are the slippery little creatures that got the owners of a car wash all in a lather. Businessman Amerjit Kalirai had a vision to open his new firm on the site of a former petrol station which is now lying vacant. But his plans were temporarily

  • One Pell of a good signing for Eastleigh

    RICHARD Hill is a long-time admirer of Eastleigh’s new 6ft 4in central midfield signing Harry Pell. The 23-year-old completed a move to the Silverlake from League Two side AFC Wimbledon yesterday, but it was during his time with Hereford United

  • Straker: No merger to save Totton & Eling

    AFC TOTTON chairman Andy Straker has ruled out any possibility of joining forces with ailing neighbours Totton & Eling. The two clubs sit side by side on the Little Testwood Farm site in Salisbury Road, Calmore, and both have been weighed down

  • Brook aim to cross the Bridge

    Millbrook want to widen the gap between themselves and fourth-placed Fordingbridge as they look to chase down the Snows Group Hampshire 1 leaders. Their trip across the New Forest to Fordingbridge is the start of three tough fixtures that could

  • Win or bust for Winch's top two hopes

    Winchester know they need to win all their remaining games and pick up bonus points on the way if they are to finish in London 2 South-West’s top two. They aim to put last week’s disappointment at promotion rivals London Cornish behind them tomorrow

  • Tipp: Ground issue won't kill off Totton & Eling

    Chairman Andy Tipp is confident there will be a Totton & Eling side playing at Millers Park next season, irrespective of who takes on the lease of the ground. Totton & Eling Town Council, the ground owners, have invited tenders for the

  • DUMPED DOGS: Finding owner could take months

    “WE will be looking for months and months – we want to get to the bottom of it.” That’s the message from RSPCA inspectors as an investigation continues into how a family of nine dogs came to be cruelly dumped in the countryside. All the evidence