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  • Fonte: I'm trying to persuade Clyne and Schneiderlin to stay

    SAINTS captain Jose Fonte has revealed that he has been attempting to persuade Morgan Schneiderlin and Nathaniel Clyne to sign new contracts with the club. The future of both players is the subject of uncertainty heading into the summer, with each

  • Bank to shut after huge fall in customers

    A BANK is to close a city branch after reporting a big fall in the number of people using it. RBS has announced today it will be shutting its Southampton College Place branch – meaning customers will now have to walk more than a mile to the nearest

  • Best tournament yet for H&D Youth FC

    HYTHE & Dibden Youth FC’s annual six-a-side tournament is going from strength to strength. The 2015 event was the biggest and best yet with an amazing 130 teams entered from across the region. Club spokesman Steve Browne said: “In two jam-packed

  • Academy’s students enjoy a dreamtrip to Barcelona

    A GROUP of Southampton students embarked on a trip of a life-time to Barcelona.  The trip for students at Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill consisted of two training sessions with Espanyol football coaches, a game against a local football academy, and

  • Sener and Sterne on formas Crofton win cup for first time

    A HAMPSHIRE school is celebrating after lifting the Hampshire Schools County Cup Final for the first time in its history. Crofton School clinched the trophy after beating All Hallows 5-1 at Farnborough FC’s ground. PE teachers Paul Williams

  • Young swimmers make a splash for Alex Lewis

    SWIMMERS handed over funds to a charity that is supporting a former student who has become a quadruple amputee. Young people from Peter Symonds College presented a cheque for £393.21 to former student, 33-year-old Alex Lewis, the proceeds of a

  • Jai joy for Eastleigh

    JAI Reason, one of the jewels in Eastleigh’s crown, has pledged his future to the Silverlake Stadium for another two years. The gifted midfielder is one of the latest batch of three players to have committed to the Vanarama National League (Conference

  • Honours for volunteers who went the extra mile

    STUDENTS who do that bit extra were honoured at a glittering awards ceremony. The Southampton University Students Union (SUSU) Excellence in Volunteering Awards has become a popular fixture in the academic calendar where students who go the extra

  • Students help the homeless get involved in the 'beautiful game'

    SOUTHAMPTON Solent University have been working with homeless people from across the city in a bid to help disadvantaged groups get involved in the game. As part of a work-based community project, set up in partnership with Hampshire Football Association

  • College launches cheerleading performance squad

    POM POMS have been at the ready at a Hampshire college after it established its first ever cheerleading squad. The group of 23 students at Peter Symonds College have been meeting up for weekly training and with the basic skills now under their

  • Private school intake 'highest ever'

    PUPIL numbers at Independent Schools Council (ISC) schools are at their highest levels since records began, figures released by to a recent survey. Figures released by the ISC show that more parents are paying to have their children educated at

  • SCHOOL REPORT: Woolston Infant School

    IT’S a city school in the heart of its community. Woolston Infant School sits in a haven of greenery and teachers make the most of their grounds by giving children plenty of opportunities to learn outside. Children take part in regular outdoor

  • Austin motors from Sydenhams Wessex League to England!

    FORMER Sydenhams Wessex League striker Charlie Austin has received his first call-up to the England senior squad for next month’s clashes with the Republic of Ireland and Slovenia. The 25-year-old ex-Poole Town hitman, who has netted 17 goals in

  • Looking back: City gripped by Ripper copycat stabbing of boy

    AS Jack the Ripper mounted his infamous reign of terror in London’s deprived and grimy East End, no less gruesome a killing happened in Hampshire. But unlike the Whitechapel murders, more than one person was arrested over the mutilation of a young

  • Union calls off rail strike after new pay offer

    One of the rail unions planning strike action over the Bank Holiday has suspended the action after receiving a new pay offer from Network Rail. Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association were due to walk out for 24 hours from 5pm on Monday

  • The Rehearsal. Minerva Theatre, Chichester.

    The pursuit of pleasure can be such tedium. A never ending carousel of passionless love affairs played out against an intricate set of amoral rules. It is also a well trod path for, it must be said, the French upper classes. Think Gigi and,

  • Finalists unveiled for prestigious business awards

    WITH the competition intense, judging for this year’s South Coast Business Awards has been a difficult task to say the least. But finally this week we can reveal our finalists in the hotly anticipated 2015 awards. Organised by the Daily Echo

  • Southampton stars Bertrand and Clyne in latest England squad

    Saints defenders Ryan Bertrand and Nathaniel Clyne have been named in the England squad for the upcoming games against Republic of Ireland and Slovenia. The duo are part of a 24-man group selected by manager Roy Hodgson ahead of the friendly, in

  • VIDEO: Thousands all set to party with the Common People

    PREPARATIONS for the biggest party Southampton has seen in years are in full swing as stages and tents are erected for this weekend’s Common People. Tens of thousands of people are set to head to the Common to see some of the biggest acts in the

  • Having a ball 1950s style

    It was like a scene from Happy Days or Grease as hundreds of students partied like it was 1959. Have a ball in pictures>> The University of Winchester's summer ball had a 1950s theme with dancing to live music by rock and roll

  • College launches cheerleading performance squad

    POM POMS have been at the ready at a Hampshire college after it established its first ever cheerleading squad.The group of 23 students at Peter Symonds College have been meeting up for weekly training and with the basic skills now under their belts they

  • Canoeists enjoy fun day in the sun

    IT couldn’t have been a better day to be on the water.As the sun shone down on the glistening River Itchen, around 50 canoe enthusiasts took to their boats for a bit of healthy competition.Winchester and District Canoe Club members gathered for the annual

  • School is growing great as community digs in to help

    A ONCE neglected corner of a Hampshire school has been transformed thanks to the hard work of its community.Lydlynch Infant School celebrated the opening of their garden and nature area which was the brainchild of the Home School Association and supported

  • Did Robin Hood's arch enemy come from Hampshire?

    KING John and the Sheriff of Nottingham are best kown as the villains in the legend of Robin Hood. The pair's links to a Hampshire town are explored in a new exhibition - "King John: Runnymede and Romsey" at King John's House in Romsey which marks

  • Shawn so proud of Totton teens

    PROUD manager Shawn Kitcher has praised the “discipline, desire and determination” of AFC Totton’s double-winning under-16 team. With the Stags determined to feed more teenage talent through to their Southern League side, the exploits of Kitcher

  • £3.7m profits boost for owner of Oceana club in Southampton

    NIGHTCLUB operator the Luminar Group – which was in administration less than five years ago – has announced rising profits and a change of name. The company, which operates Oceana in Southampton, enjoyed its third consecutive year of growth, with

  • New Southampton MP calls for major changes in EU deal

    SOUTHAMPTON’S new Conservative MP says he will vote to quit the European Union without big changes to rules on immigration, fishing and farming. Royston Smith demanded a “fundamental renegotiation” of Britain’s relationship with Brussels before

  • Hampshire man denies lying to police to protect gay lover

    THE HUSBAND of woman who was allegedly stalked by his lover also had an affair with another man, a court has heard. Veronica Tann, 50, is accused of sending emails and packages and making upsetting phone calls to Debra Lendrum in 2012 and 2013

  • Howes that! Blackfield name new boss

    BLACKFIELD & Langley have appointed Glenn Howes as their new first-team boss. Vastly experienced manager John Robson, who led the Watersiders to a fifth-placed finish in the Sydenhams Premier Division last season, is staying on as director

  • Hundreds line streets to see renowned horse fair

    IT’S just a tradition that’s centuries old. People travelled to Wickham yesterday from across the UK and Ireland for one of the biggest and oldest horse fairs in the country. Wickham Horse fair - in pictures >> Thousands of

  • Headphones can spot brain injury

    NOTE - EMBARGOED until 00:01 on Thurs May 21THEY are an everyday device often accused of doing more harm than good.But doctors in Southampton have developed a special set of headphones that will be able to detect life-threatening head injuries and infections

  • Work on Southampton clock tower finally nearing the end

    WORK on Southampton's Civic Centre Clock Tower is set to be completed in July.Scaffolding has been up on the tower since last July for major work to repair the 1930s structure to take place.The £350,000 project was given the go ahead last year after a

  • SWT 'will cancel all trains' if strike goes ahead

    A TRAIN operator plans to cancel services if a rail strike goes ahead over the Bank Holiday. A national rail strike has been called involving Network Rail staff on Monday and Tuesday. South West Trains is advising that services will be “severely

  • UPDATE: Motorcyclist fights for life after four bike crash

    A MAN is fighting for his life following a four-motorcycle crash on a main road last night. Police are investigating the collision, which happened on the A32 around 500 yards south of West Meon Hut heading towards Fareham at 7.50pm last night.

  • Man died at Hampshire care home 'while eating ice cream'

    A MAN passed away at an Eastleigh care home while his wife sat feeding him ice cream. An inquest heard how Norman Shand was resident at Fleming House in Heron Square where he had been since October 2014 due to dementia. His wife, who was not

  • Saints team up with Zany Zebras to show off stripes

    SHOW US your stripes! That’s the message from Southampton Football Club’s latest singing as Gilbert the zebra gets match fit for the “mane” event next summer. As well as celebrating their success on the pitch this season which has defied all