DUSAN Tadic has declared that he is finally back to full fitness – and believes he has learned the lessons from the injury that dogged him last season. The playmaker scored in Thursday’s 3-0 win over Vitesse, as Saints began their season in style with
WIGHTLINK has resumed services from Hampshire after it suspended one of its ferry routes due to a problem with its ramp. The Fishbourne to Portsmouth Gunwharf service has been cancelled until further notice because the on shore ramp at Gunwharf
THE British Superbike Championship arrives in Hampshire this weekend. Qualifying for round seven begins at Thruxton today with Tommy Bridewell hoping to shine on his home circuit. With the Championship at its midway point, Bridwell is keen
A FERRY service has been suspended after a problem with their ramp. Wightlink's Fishbourne to Portsmouth service has been cancelled until further notice because the shoreside ramp at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth that loads cars on and off the service
RAIL users heading through parts of Hampshire are advised to head through Southampton Central train station due to signalling failures. All lines between Haslemere and Petersfield are blocked due to a signalling failure in the Haslemere area.
A WOMAN was arrested after driving whilst more than three times the drink drive limit at 8.30am. After the 27-year-old failed to provide a breath specimen at Rownhams Services near Southampton, she was arrested by Hampshire Roads Police Unit and
SAINTS defender Jack Stephens has signed a two-year contract extension with the club, but is heading out on loan to Middlesbrough for the coming season. The 21-year-old centre-back has extended his current deal until the summer of 2019, and will
THREE of the restaurants taking place in Southampton's emerging WestQuay Watermark complex have applied for their licences.Jamie's Italian, Bill's and Cabana are among the eight restaurants to sign up for the leisure development, alongside Showcase Cinema
IT IS tempting to say that Southampton’s numbers have definitely come up. Gala Bingo is opening a new club bringing 50 much-needed jobs to the city, as we report today on pages one and seven. It is quite a reversal of fortune for an industry
EASTLEIGH Council’s recently published Emergent Local Plan for the Borough makes disturbing reading for any resident of this town. Despite having had some sympathy for the Council after having had their first local plan was rejected by the government
HAS First Bus not noticed that a lot of Saints games this season will be played on a Sunday, due to the club playing in Europe, or the possibility of playing in Europe if they get through the qualifying rounds? So the cancellations of certain routes
I AM really sad to hear that the Co-op at Midanbury is closing on Saturday. It upsets me when giant superstores appear to railroad their way into shopping areas where similar shops exist and those shops then lose custom and go out of business.
I WOULD like to say a huge thank you to all the doctors and nurses in the West Wing F7 at Southampton General Hospital for the amazing care and treatment I received after an unexpected stay with them. Nothing was too much trouble to make me comfortable
WHAT would be the outcome for the U.K. should Monsieur Hollande decide to give all those attempting to leave Calais for the U.K. ‘residency’ permit to enter France? Would that enable the immigrants to then travel throughout the E.U., under the
I AM informed that UK universities have come out in favour of Britain’s membership of the EU ahead of a proposed early referendum date. University vice-chancellors are to play a leading role in arguing for a Yes vote in the forthcoming referendum
IT WAS great to see Cllr David Harrison fundraising at the Testwood pool fundraiser on Saturday. Despite being kicked down by Tory supporters in Totton he has got up, brushed himself down and continued to work hard for the children if Totton and
In response to Pat Staple’s letter about the improvement work on the Meon Valley Trail in the South Downs National Park, entitled ‘illegal work on railway track’, please be aware that Hampshire County council has to balance the conflicting needs of
IT WAS with some dismay that I note that Eastleigh Borough Council have decided to proceed with the Stoneham Farm development. Yet again it appears that our elected councillors have forgotten why they were elected - ‘to protect and represent the
MORE than 80 years ago the gang of burglars who broke into three shops in Southampton’s Above Bar was front page news in the Daily Echo.The lead story about the robbers’ haul of approximately £110 went into great detail as, back in 1934, this was considered
SOUTHAMPTON Solent University is celebrating its 10th anniversary, having earned university status in 2005.Yet it has had a long history of providing education to the people of Southampton and its surrounding region.Towards the end of the Second World
A GANG responsible for the supply of millions of pounds worth of drugs onto the streets of Hampshire have been jailed for a total of 40 years. Three men were found guilty of a major drugs plot that saw them responsible for selling £12m worth of
SAINTS keeper Maarten Stekelenburg is confident the team will progress to the next stage of the Europa League after opening up a 3-0 advantage in the first leg of their tie against Vitesse. Ronald Koeman’s side were comfortable winners at St Mary’s
FOUR people have died after a small jet crashed as it attempted to land at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire this afternoon. Emergency services are working at the scene after a fire broke out in the car auction site next to the runway where the Embraer
Saints have had three more matches picked for live television coverage. Their trip to Chelsea will now take place on Saturday, October 3, at 5.30pm - although if the club reach the group stages of the Europa League it will instead switch to midday
ONE of Hampshire's most prolific burglary gangs has been jailed for a total of 17 years for targeting more than 70 homes and stealing £500,000 worth of high-value cars. Theo Smithard-Powell, his girlfriend Ellis McMillan and Dale Ward were all
BIG-haired lycra-clad Hampshire band Saints of Sin are set to rock New Milton Memorial Hall at a headline gig tonight. They went down a storm on the Hey Joe stage at the Isle of Wight festival last month; they were totally explosive at Southampton's Tattoo
AFTER being absent from the UK for the best part of a year, local band Forleigh are back in Southampton for a sell out gig tonight. The Joiners will play host to a showcase of their brand new live show.Tonight's gig and a further September 6 Joiners date
A CONTEMPORARY country singer born and raised in Texas is hoping to expand her growing fan base with a Hampshire performance. Powerhouse SaraBeth, originally from Dallas, is making her mark in Nashville as a sweet southern artist with an energetic edge
IN 1973 a record was released which would bridge the generation gap and become a rock anthem to young and old...20th Century Boy was written by Marc Bolan, who with his band T. Rex, was one of the most flamboyant and charismatic stars of the glam rock
A HEAVY metal band will be playing in Southampton months after their frontman headlined at a rock festival in the city.Fightstar will be playing songs from their forthcoming new album when they take to the stage at the University of Southampton’s Garden
TV STAR and impressionist Debra Stephenson will headline Music 4 Meningitis at Bournemouth’s O2 Academy on September 2.All profits raised will go to the charity with Debra joined by a live big band and a plethora of young talent from Stage Door School
WAVE 105’s Night Air concerts will return to Bournemouth beach this summer.Following last year’s hugely popular shows which featured UK pop acts Rizzle Kicks and Rixton, Night Air will return for three nights of music at Bournemouth Air Festival 2015.
THE sequel to Dreamboats and Petticoats, this show is bound to get you jiving in the aisles. The story continues in Dreamboats and Miniskirts, at Kings Theatre Portsmouth from Monday to Saturday.It’s 1963 and the Petticoats gang are growing up and facing
DESPITE the summer holidays the music keeps on coming and there are a number of acts set to perform across Southampton in the coming weeks. There will be live music at both Cafe Reflections and The Joiners throughout August, allowing those summertime
AWARD-winning director, Howard Davies, stages Chichester’s new production of For Services Rendered, which opens tonight with a distinguished cast. This 1932 drama is considered to be one of W. Somerset Maugham’s greatest plays. It depicts a
Saints legend Rickie Lambert has completed a move from Liverpool to West Bromwich Albion. Lambert, who left for his boyhood heroes last summer in a £4million deal, has signed a two-year deal at the Hawthorns after joining for an undisclosed fee
THE latest offering from RAODS Youth at Romsey’s Plaza Theatre, Seussical Jr. is based on the works of Dr Seuss and weaves together his most famous tales, Horton the elephant, the cat in the hat and other characters from at least 15 of his books.
THEY’RE celebrating two decades in showbiz with a very special Hampshire show. Boyzone headline the Ageas Family Festival, which returns for its fourth year at the home of Hampshire cricket tomorrow. One of the UK’s best loved boybands, they will take
MASON Crane is available to play for Hampshire instead of England Under-19s. The leg-spin prodigy is in Hampshire’s squad for this weekend’s Royal London One-Day Cup double header, against Middlesex at The Ageas Bowl tomorrow (10.30am start) and
HAMPSHIRE Police are trying to reunite a haul of stolen garden ornaments with their owners after they were recovered by officers. The ornaments which are all ‘presumed’ to be stolen from front gardens in Romsey include a Buddah statue, a girl carrying
POLICE have stepped up the hunt for a man who has breached his court bail conditions and is believed to be in a Hampshire town. Romsey has been swamped by police searching for the man and residents have reported seeing police helicopters circling
A DISTRAUGHT Hampshire couple spent hours searching for their young son after their holiday caravan was destroyed in a blaze. Andi and Louise McDonald endured an agonising wait for news of 11-year-old Alfie after returning to their French caravan
SOUTHAMPTON is the second most affordable student city in the UK, according to a new report. The NatWest 2015 Student Living Index puts the city behind only Belfast based on the average student weekly income against weekly expenditure. And
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after a crash on a Test Valley road. The 31-year-old man was travelling along Romsey Road at Cottonworth at around 9pm last night when his Yamaha R6 motorbike collided with a Citroen Berlingo. Emergency services attended
CIVIC chiefs have joined forces with bosses from the region’s energy operator to find ways of preventing power loss for Hampshire homes during emergency situations.Southampton City Council’s emergency planning team and Southern Electric Power Distribution
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze in Winchester early this morning. A shed in Salters Lane, which was used to store fire wood, was completely destroyed. Winchester and Sutton Scotney fire stations sent one appliance each after the call at
FIRE crews were called to a blaze at a derelict factory in Hampshire in the early hours of the morning. The blaze broke out at the site in Windmill Grove, Portchester, at about 5am and was put out by a crew from Fareham. The cause is being
MYSTERY surrounds the future of a Test Valley watering hole. The Malthouse Inn in Timsbury, which is owned by Enterprise Inns, is fenced off and closed. It appears to have been closed now for several weeks. The last boss at the pub was
A HAMPSHIRE teenager, who was caught carrying an 8in knife in the town centre, has been slapped with a six month drug rehabilitation order. Liam Shane Collins, of Winchester Road, Andover, was arrested after he was discovered carrying a kitchen
Havant could be without three front-line players for tomorrow’s potential ECB Southern Electric Premier Division title decider against South Wilts at Bemerton, 11.30. Key all-rounders Chris Morgan and Ben Walker are definitely ruled out, while
IT'S all over for another year. The curtain has come down on the New Forest and Hampshire County Show after three days of non-stop action and spectacle. The 2015 New Forest Show - in pictures >> A huge number of spectators
COUNCILLORS have told of the “devastating” effect they believe a development could have on communities and raised fears that a historic Hampshire village could end up a suburb.They were making their case to a public inquiry, which finished yesterday,
FLYBE have confirmed their winter schedule from Bournemouth Airport will include six routes across the UK and Europe. It comes just days after airport bosses revealed passenger numbers are expected to rise at the airport this winter, thanks to
TRADERS fear for their livelihoods while major works are carried out to make Romsey’s Church Street more pedestrian-friendly. They are worried shoppers will abandon Church Street for the next 14 weeks while it is given a makeover, including the
Ageas Family Festival, Ageas Bowl, Saturday, August 1, 10.30am-6.15pm (approx). The Ageas Family Festival mixes live music from legendary boyband Boyzone with a clash between Hampshire and Middlesex in the Royal London One Day Cup.
ONE of the candidates to become Labour's next leader will visit Southampton tonight. Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham will speak to Labour Party members and supporters at the Civic Centre at 7pm. He has already won the support of Southampton
THE world was vastly different when Annie Rideout was born in 1907. King Edward VIII was on the throne, Robert Baden-Powell took the Scouts to Brownsea Island for their first camp, Britain was yet to go through two world wars and a loaf of bread
AN INVESTIGATION into the death of a Hampshire woman who died while in police custody has been completed, the Daily Echo can reveal. Martine Brandon was found collapsed and not breathing in her custody cell at Southampton central police station
A HAMPSHIRE man jailed for life for stabbing his identical twin brother to death has lost an Appeal Court bid to clear his name. Robert Peter Cerqua, 32, of Langdown Road, Hythe, was caged for a minimum 13 years at Winchester Crown Court on October
SAINTS enjoyed a dream return to European action, as they beat Vitesse 3-0 at St Mary’s. Saints 3-0 Vitesse - in pictures >> Saints 3-0 Vitesse - as it happened >> Saints 3-0 Vitesse - match report >>
PET owners in Hampshire have called for tough sentences for those found guilty of cat poisoning. It comes as figures reveal that the number of cats poisoned across the UK has sky-rocketed in the past year and have prompted a government inquiry
DUSAN Tadic wants Saints to replicate the performance they produced in the first half against Vitesse – and not the one from the second – when they travel to Arnhem next week. Ronald Koeman’s side take a commanding lead to the Netherlands after beating
A HAMPSHIRE man has been jailed for breaching council-imposed noise orders. Brian Michael, 40, of Leyton Road, Gosport, admitted breaching the orders by playing excessive loud music and shouting at his previous address in Albert Street, Gosport
A CAMPAIGN group is calling on HMP Winchester to investigate links between two prisoners who died within days of each other. The Criminal Justice Alliance (CJA), formed of more than 70 groups that want to improve the justice system, said that it
Saints have one foot in the next round of the Europa League after a 3-0 win over Vitesse – but it came at a cost with Jordy Clasie a doubt for the start of the Premier League season after injuring his hamstring. This summer’s biggest signing was
FIFTY jobs are set to be created at a huge new bingo club that is set to open in Southampton. Gala Bingo will open its £5m new club in the city in January and as well as providing a new venue for the city’s veteran bingo players the firm says it
SOUTHAMPTON'S most notorious stretch of road is set for a major overhaul, just five years after it was laid. Council chiefs have acted after several residents were injured on the city centre street that has been dubbed Southampton's "most expensive
Hampshire Under-17s must beat Wales next week if they are to qualify for the quarter-finals of two prestigious ECB junior age group competitions. Straight wins over Gloucestershire, Devon and Somerset have put Hampshire into top place in their
July 31 Hartnett Holder & Co at Lime Wood Hartnett Holder & Co, Lime Wood, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, New Forest SO43 7FZ Hampshire Food Festival Packed Lunch Meal Deal The Big Blue Café, New Forest Enterprise
