HE may find Southampton boring, but Fidel Edwards was enjoying leading Hampshire’s attack – until he was injured. The former West Indies star tweeted “Southampton can’t be this boring.....#someonesaveme” and “There must be a nice Caribbean food
Women who have a family history of breast cancer face no worse an outcome after treatment than other women with the disease, according to a new study. The researchers from the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton Foundation
A WOMAN was treated for a dog bite after a kitchen blaze at a home in Southampton. Fire crews rushed to the ground floor flat in Itchenside Close at 6.16pm after reports of the fire. It is understood the woman was one of several people trying
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a haul of jewellery and electronics was stolen from a Southampton home. A Pandora bracelet, designer watches, an Apple Macbook Pro and iPad were all taken during a burglary at a property in Rockleigh Road
POLICE have renewed an appeal for help finding a missing Southampton man. Barrie Thompson, 51, Southampton was last seen at home last Thursday and his family are now hugely concerned for his welfare. Officers leading the hunt believe that he
A LARGE reward is being offered in an investigation into a robbery at a Southampton post office. It comes after three masked men went into the branch in Portswood Road and stole cash from the tills. And the Post Office is offering a £4,000
A MAN and woman have assaulted a woman as she walked home. Eastleigh Police how the 27-year-old victim was walking back from a pub when she was punched from behind as walked the footpath along Grantham Road close to Grantham Green in Eastleigh.
TICKETS have sold out for a pioneering music legend who is set to perform in Southampton later this year. Fans rushed to ticket sites throughout yesterday to get their hand on tickets to see American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan at the Guildhall
A HAMPSHIRE entrepreneur is pleading with people in the county to help her pitch her business idea to Richard Branson. Melissa Edmunds, who has won awards for her SafeSip invention, needs just a handful of votes to get on the shortlist for Branson's
Hampshire's young cricketers are celebrating a win treble with a Development XI crushing the Royal Navy and the fledgling county sides beating Surrey at Under-15 and Under-16 levels.The Development side beat the Navy by 44 runs after Havant's Harry Hovey
Hampshire sailor Dee Caffari confessed that Team SCA is “hanging in there” on the latest stage of the Volvo Ocean Race. The all-female boat, which is skippered by Hamble’s Sam Davies, were little more than five nautical-miles off leaders Dongfeng
Experienced defender Chris Todd has accepted the position of assistant manager at Eastleigh for the upcoming National League (Conference) season. Todd was offered the role after last term's assistant Craig McAllister was released by the Spitfires
FRAUDSTERS stole £30,000 from Hampshire pensioners in a scam involving a fake courier collecting money they have convinced their victims to withdraw from the bank. An 89 year old woman from Winchester was targeted by the con artist who, posing
Textiles students at The Romsey School have produced some outstanding pieces of coursework this year as part of their GCSE examination. Pupils were set the challenge of designing and making an item based on the topic of insects. Ladybirds, butterflies
THE Echo has covered many stories of organisations who have purchased defibrillators, many being placed in public places with special access boxes. A more recent success story was the supermarkets who had purchased one for each store and how in
IN SEVEN Days magazine Fred Dinenage finally showed that he has been swallowed up by his minor fame and ego to criticise Flybe for having to bump him off of a flight due to a computer malfunction. How very dare they! These modern planes are all
I DESPAIR after reading that the Hilton Hotel Ageas Bowl has been completed at a cost of £27m and that the Eastleigh Borough Council buildings cost millions but did not include council chambers. The old council building will be flats and council
BEFORE the election in 2010 the Liberals were a strong threat to the Conservatives. They had some very good ideas, especially Proportional Representation. We were then shocked to find by voting for Liberal Democrats we had enabled the Conservatives
SPORT, politics and religion are often the main topics of conversation you will hear round the bar of your local pub. But now subjects such as physics and biology may about to be common place at boozers in Southampton. Scientists are to venture
CYCLISTS smash record, page 8, Daily Echo, Friday, May 8, 2015. I must admire the record these two cyclists broke but I had to smile at the comment in the Echo that this was done nonstop. What did they have to eat and where did they go to the
ALEC Samuels proposes a number of sensible measures to be implemented by the Conservative Government (letter, May 15). Unfortunately your correspondent hits a wrong note when he advocates proceeding with HS2. Not only would the scheme devastate
SO the Labour Party are looking for a new leader, but can this undemocratic dinosaur with the block voting of the unions be trusted to get the right man or woman? Let’s face it, last time couldn’t even get the right Miliband! CAROLINE MATTHEWS
I WOULD just like to thank all 832 people who voted for me in Pennington on Thursday, May 7. Sadly, due to what turned into a painful day for the Liberal Democrats, I (along with some of our longest serving councillors) was not successful in being
WHEN we first joined the then Common Market there were surpluses of certain goods. I remember there being in particular so-called butter mountains and wine lakes. Now that the organisation has become the European Union no such mention is ever
MIKE Biden writes nonsense in his letter on April 24. Many people do not believe we are better off having signed up to the EEC as opposed to staying in the EFTA (European Free Trade Association). It was not stagnating, as he puts it. We could
INSTEAD of selling the Moorgreen hospital site, decision-makers should be considering how to improve the provision of health and social care services in the area. The idea put forward by CCGs and others, of merging the provision of health and social
IT WAS once one of Southampton and Hampshire’s largest employers. The giant Ford plant at Swaythling now stands almost silent compared to its heyday when it employed thousands of workers on the famous Ford Transit Van. Something of a white
A SOUTHAMPTON marine refurbishment specialist has comprehensively transformed a passenger ferry. The Stena Feronia, used on the Gothenburg to Kiel route, has been renamed the Strait Feronia after it was acquired by New Zealand ferry operator Strait
Winchester School of Art (WSA), one of the UK’s leading Art & Design Institutions will hold its 2015 BA Fashion & Textiles Graduate Show at The Yard, in London’s Shoreditch on May 28. See some more of the designs>> London-based
A BUILDING firm has announced it is throwing its weight behind a Hampshire children's hospice for the third consecutive year. Persimmon Homes South Coast has already donated more than £25,000 to Naomi House and Jacksplace, in Sutton Scotney, and
Carnival Corporation & plc, who have their European headquarters in Southampton, has announced that the new ship currently under construction for Princess Cruises will be based in China year-round when introduced in mid-2017. Based in Shanghai
CROWD favourite Michael Green has signed a new two-year deal for Eastleigh. The popular New Forest-based left-back has this week pledged his future to the National League (Vanarama Conference) club along with striker Yemi Odubade and vastly experienced
HALF of people in south east including Hampshire are concerned about their current debt while more than a quarter have no savings according to a survey. The research by insolvency trade body R3 reveals an insight into the health of people’s finances
HIP-HOP legend Snoop Dogg has posted a video online ahead of his visit to Southampton this week. The rapper will be doing a DJ set at the Switch Night Club on Above Bar Street in the city. He was previously meant to be appearing in March, but
SOMETIMES, in those moments of slump, we need to find areas of inspiration to get motivated. So take charge of your goals and here’s help to achieve this. Self-motivation is a complicated subject as what drives us can be different as to what drives
A HAMPSHIRE based air traffic management company has been awarded a new contract overseas. NATS (National Air Traffic Service) has won the contract with the Civic Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), which aims to advance its air navigation
TRADERS in Hampshire will unite to tackle antisocial behaviour. Businesses in Romsey are invited to the next Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting taking place from 10am-noon on Tuesday [May 26]. It is being hosted in Knightwood Leisure
THEY are two of Hampshire most plush hotels and they have been bought up in two multi-million pound deals. Commercial estate agent Charters Commercial has organised the acquisition of the Burley Manor Hotel and The Old House Hotel for two clients
IT'S Philadelphia in the 1970s and brassy singer Deloris Van Cartier needs witness protection after seeing lowlife club-owner boyfriend Curtis (Paul Morris) shoot someone dead. Police protection provided by ‘Sweaty Eddie’ (the excellent Alasdair
Writing a musical based on your own marriage break-up must be an emotional, but ultimately cathartic experience, but author and composer Jason Robert Brown did just that. Here, Kerry Butcher reprised the role of aspiring actress and singer Cathy
AS the children laugh and play together, their mums sit, unwind and catch up with one another - much like any other toddler morning. But Ups and Downs is different. The children have Down's syndrome, and the mothers are meeting to support each
IRISH rock and roll stars The Strypes played a brilliant Saturday night show in Southampton. The four teenagers from Cavan electrified The Engine Rooms on West Quay Road and astounded the 400 capacity crowd with a brilliant set of fast-paced rhythm
SOME viewers may recognise the face of this woman.It is no less than TV presenter Philippa Forrester who was put through her paces at a Winchester gym recently.The former Tomorrow’s World personality took part in a new form of fitness training at David
POLICE are hunting this thief who stole more than £100 in cash from a handbag in a Hampshire pub. Officers have released images of the thief caught on CCTV snatching the bag from the Avondale Pub, in Carlton Crescent, Southampton. The victim
THE Great British weather failed to dampen the spirits of a team of doctors, surgeons and nurses, who treat patients with cancer, as they took on a charity challenge that raised more than £10,000. Rain, hail, wind, thunder and lightning greeted
CHILDREN learned about the danger that litter can pose to wildlife. Former teacher Maureen Holding visited Fawley Infant School and spoke to staff and pupils in one of her last engagements before standing down as chairman of New Forest District
A British explorer who conquered Everest today teamed up with an epileptic cancer survivor from Hampshire in an attempt to row one of the world's toughest oceans. James Ketchell, the first person to row the Atlantic Ocean, climb Everest and cycle unaided
FAMILIES can look forward to a fun-filled evening at an Hampshire railway centre in aid of Autism Hampshire on Saturday June 27. Autism Hampshire has exclusive use of Eastleigh Lakeside Railway for the evening where families can enjoy train rides
IT’S the perfect pick-me-up that will ensure you are stepping into Spring in style. As the weather warms up and the summer wardrobe starts to get an airing it’s just you and you’re skin that need to feel lifted and feel ready to embrace the sunshine
A NEW finance chief has been named at cash-strapped Southampton City Council, as Labour leader Simon Letts reshuffles his top team. Days after former cabinet member for resources Stephen Barnes-Andrews stood down, Mark Chaloner has been named as
SOUTHAMPTON airport’s largest commercial airline has outperformed many of its rivals by increasing its air travel punctuality. During 2014 Flybe curbed the trend among other airlines by increasing the number of scheduled flights that arrived on
IT IS a hotly contested battle that it looking to set the bar high.Pupils from Berrywood Primary School in Hedge End are celebrating the year of the sunflower with a competition to see who can grow the tallest flower.Haskins West End Garden Centre has
AFTER winning a scholarship to a prestigious performing arts school, a Hampshire schoolboy’s parents are on the hunt for sponsors to make up the £12,000 a year funding gap. Lewis Clark, 11, started dancing aged seven and has several West End auditions
WHEN Debbie Sitton was first diagnosed with Coeliac disease she didn’t know what to do. After years of suffering with common symptoms of the disease including diarrhoea, vomiting, ulcers, fatigue and feeling bloated after most of her meals, she
HE is usually the one doing the treatment.But you can forgive Southampton-based physiotherapist Benn Digwood for being in the treatment room after he took part in a gruelling 112 endurance charity bike ride.Benn who works as Head Physiotherapist at Southampton
A YOUNG author was delighted to hear that she was one of only 3,800 to go through to the second round of judging in BBC Radio 2's 500 word story competition. Catherine Walch's story, Through the Eyes of Emily Wibbleton, tells of how one girl took
AS the children laugh and play together, their mums sit, unwind and catch up with one another - much like any other toddler morning. But Ups and Downs is different. The children have Down's syndrome, and the mothers are meeting to support each
"I'LL BE driving to a ball and need to fill up, so I’ll go into Asda in my Empire-line frock. Everyone’s looking, so I make a joke of it and say 'Good day, sir, this is a fine establishment. My carriage requires some adjustments.'" Life for
Eastleigh are raffling off their shirt sponsorship for next season. The highly ambitious Spitfires have come up with the novel idea of selling off tickets for £3000 a go, which will go in the pot to become the club's shirt sponsor for the 2015/
As Southampton gears up for a new music festival this weekend, take a trip down memory lane to previous outdoor gigs in the city. During the 1990s, Power in the Park reigned supreme as the tens-of-thousands flocked to Southampton Common to watch
A BUSY Hampshire road will be closed for a couple of nights next week while engineers carry out work on a railway bridge. Network Rail engineers will be working on the Winchester Road bridge in Romsey from 10pm on Tuesday, May 26 until 6am the
ONE of the city’s top running events has returned for the third year. Hundreds of women are expected to lace up their running shoes and race around Southampton Common next month. Entries have opened for the Women’s Running 5k and 10k events
HUMANS use echoes similar to batsto locate objects, a study by the University of Southampton has found. A report published in Hearing Research revealed that locating an object by listening to echoes, without moving the head, requires good hearing
POSTAL workers in Hampshire will report low-level crime or suspicious incidents to the police under a new scheme being trialled. Royal Mail said more than 130 postmen and women in Winchester will take part in the Mail Watch initiative. Tony
A round-up of today's Saints transfer gossip... Goal.com have reported that Saints have slapped a £25m price tag on Morgan Schneiderlin. The website says that Southampton bosses have told the North London duo they will not accept less than
A DUSTMAN has been rushed to hospital after crushing his thumb in part of the machinery that was lifting a rubbish bin into the lorry. The Southampton City Council employee was collecting rubbish in Mansell Road East, Millbrook, when the accident
It's 14 years today since the last competitive game at The Dell - which Saints won thanks to a memorable late strike from Matt Le Tissier. In memory of the old ground, take a look at our photo gallery of the years at The Dell. The Dell
HAMPSHIRE’S Hillier Nurseries is celebrating today after winning gold at the Chelsea Flower Show for the 70th year running. The Romsey-based firm struck gold in the Great Pavilion Awards section for its stunning display of trees, shrubs, climbers
SAINTS captain Jose Fonte believes Jay Rodriguez will be like a new signing for Saints when he makes his long-awaited return to action. Rodriguez is now not expected to make a comeback tonight for the under-21s as Saints carefully ease him back
FANCY winning a flight for you and 49 mates? VLM Airlines who have recently started services from Southampton Airport are offering one lucky winner the chance to treat all his or her friends and family. This year marked the return of scheduled
Ronald Koeman says Saints are “full of confidence” as they try to secure European football in a decisive final day game at Manchester City. Saints could finish in fifth, sixth or seventh going into their season finale at the Etihad Stadium, and
A SCHOOL bus driver is today behind bars after he was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl in the 1970s. Gurnham Singh Sekhon was given a four-year jail sentence after a jury found him guilty of raping a teenage girl and indecently assaulting
HAMPSHIRE'S fire service has paid almost £1m in sick pay in the past year -as it gears up for some of its worst budget cuts. According to a report by chief officer Dave Curry, the service has seen long term sickness rates rise by 20 per cent in
IT'S set to be the biggest party Southampton city centre will have seen in years - and tickets are still on sale. Organisers hope to see tens of thousands of people arrive for Common People where two of the music industry’s biggest names will headline
Former Saints FA Cup finalist Brett Ormerod has applied for a franchise to run a Subway outlet in Blackburn. The 38-year-old striker is now playing non-league football for Padiham after a long career spent with the likes of Blackpool, Leeds and
THE site of Southampton's former Ford Transit plant is set to be marketed for sale, and there are hopes a deal could bring manufacturing and hundreds of jobs back to the site. Council chiefs hope a deal to sell some of the land may even be struck
A DESPERATE businessman who fraudulently claimed more than £1.7 million to fund a lavish lifestyle has been sent to prison. Southampton Crown Court heard how Christopher Rogers, 50, used the money to buy a yacht, a Mercedes, and fund flights abroad
POLICE have stepped up their hunt for a missing Southampton man this morning. Officers have now named the man they have spent the weekend looking for both on land and at sea as Barrie Thompson. The 51-year-old from Southampton has been missing
A SOUTHAMPTON dad struggling with debt and divorce hanged himself in woodland, an inquest heard. Army veteran Antony Davis was found dead in woodland by Southampton Sports Centre, near his home in Dunvegan Drive, Lordswood on February 22. The
