Hampshire are understood to be closing in on a move for Essex star Reece Topley. Topley, a 6ft 7in left-arm fast bowler who together with James Vince could make his England T20 debut against Australia on Monday, is seen as a potential leader of
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MORE than 100 bikers descended on Southampton city centre tonight for what could be the first of many regular meetings. The Southampton Bike Night saw about 120 bikers from Southampton, Hampshire and as far away from Poole meet at the Bargate monument
SOUTHAMPTON Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas has been announced for this year's Strictly Come Dancing. The Commonwealth gold medallist takes one of the final two places alongside TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher. They were announced as they joined
AS a striker for Vanarama National League promotion hopefuls Eastleigh, Ross Lafayette will always be under pressure to score. But manager Richard Hill hopes the boost of opening his league account against Macclesfield last Saturday will lift some
Glamorgan have parted company with groundsman Keith Exton following the abandonment of their Royal London One-Day Cup match against Hampshire. The Welsh county had already suspended head groundsman Exton ahead of Monday’s double-header between
WE ARE a society that has conditioned itself to accepting shocking images with a shrug of the shoulders. Nothing should surprise us anymore, or so you’d think. But our front page story today proves that theory wrong. Just when you imagine
FAREHAM has achieved something which I don’t think has been given enough attention. Council tax has been frozen in Fareham for a seventh straight year. We hold the impressive title of lowest council tax in the south of England. Sixth lowest
MAY I through the medium of your columns point out a rather glaring oversight in LA O’Bee’s letter (August 18). He says I falsely accused him of being a people hater in relation to the refugees and the situation created thereby in the EU. He
SOME people have criticised the left-wing candidate, Jeremy Corbyn, standing to be the next leader of the Labour Party for wanting to re-nationalise the utilities. Obviously he would consider this to be the main priority as it is a tenet of socialism
WE’VE already lost pubs, post offices, bank branches, police stations and we're now about to lose our libraries and many buses in Southampton. I now feel I am living in a country rapidly dying on its feet when I used to think it was the finest
REGARDING the City Gateway in Swaythling. It looks as if Southampton Planning Department may have got it right, because at the planning stage, as a resident of Parkville Road, we were told it was going to get us noticed as the gateway to the city
I NOTE South West Trains’ decision last week to withdraw the special cheap day fare “only for safety reasons”, thus those travelling to London for the VJ Day celebrations were not allowed to avail themselves of the £20 offer. Perhaps South West
BEGGARS are a fact of life in an unequal society like ours. To pretend otherwise by avoiding or hiding them is no solution. You don’t have to give money! You can give sandwiches, coffee, chocolate or any other suitable food. Most of the
WHATEVER is happening to the standard of this once wonderful country of Great Britain? One would think in many ways that as time goes on things would improve, but I do not find it so in man ways now. I find that the BBC, in one case is putting
RE: FLYTIPPING leaks, Echo Thursday 13/8/15. No point in reporting it from my experience; the council are not interested. Some years ago, whilst changing my curtains, I observed a van and 4x4 vehicle pulled up at the rear of my house and proceeded
SOME passengers feel trips by bus are a pain, as they ramble to pick up passengers on a twisted route through the New Forest. The adaptation of Lymington’s no. 6 to the Forest all day bus fools no-one. It is nothing more than a bus for shoppers
THE National Autistic Society is looking for local autism heroes. We want local people on the autism spectrum, their friends, families and carers to nominate the individuals and services that have made a difference to their lives for the Autism
Names: Mike Rossi and Juliet Lynn Ages: 38 and 49 respectively From: Lymington Jobs: Mike is a maintenance technician and Juliet is an IT trainer What’s your favourite tattoo? Mike: “The tattoo in the pic, although not actually my favourite
DAVE Herbert has been tasked with unravelling Folland Sports’ tangled start to the season. The Planemakers’ former reserve team boss and first-team coach has taken over the reins at Follands Park, becoming the Sydenhams Premier club’s third manager
THIEVES have snatched a £15,000 haul of art from an exhibition at a stately home. Overnight raiders took a number of paintings and sculptures off the walls and stands ready for the Southern Nature Art Exhibition being held at Rookesbury Park estate
POLICE are hunting a hit-and-run driver after a crash that left a young Hampshire woman in hospital. Officers are appealing for witnesses following the hit-and-run which happened on the A31 near Ferndown yesterday afternoon. The crash involved
A WOMAN running a horse and carriage service at Queen Victoria’s former holiday home has been banned from keeping horses for life after admitting neglecting animals in her care. Beverly Knight, of York Avenue, East Cowes, pleaded guilty to leaving
WINCHESTER City expect to have their strongest squad available for Monday’s big Southern One South & West derby at home to AFC Totton (3pm). But manager Paul Masters has a couple of absentees on Saturday as City look to book their ticket to
STUDENT Sophie Smith will be one of dozens of people swapping their comfy beds for some hard cold concrete to highlight the problem of homelessness amongst under-25s in the UK. The 20-year-old from Woolston will be braving the chill night air to
STEVE Hollick expects AFC Portchester to “come straight at us” when he leads his AFC Totton troops to Wicor Rec on Saturday in the FA Cup preliminary round. Hollick is friends with Portchester’s assistant/coach Steve Johnson, having had him as
A WORLD famous Hampshire garden has appointed a Royal as its new president. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall takes the role at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens at Ampfield near Romsey. The Duchess of Cornwall visited the 180-acre site in
AS police were scouring the country for a man who had slaughtered a air hostess in a chance meeting in the countryside, he was boarding a boat with his mother in Southampton. Blonde Hazel Booth died because she spurned the sexual advances of bachelor
MAGISTRATES and a solicitor were unanimous in their views – the town had parking problems.“A trap for unwary motorists,” said the lawyer.“Motorists could feel a sense of injustice at haphazard prosecutions,” the Bench concurred.The grievances came to
SHOLING have bid a fond farewell to Wembley hero Matt Brown as their FA Cup journey continues at home to Swindon Supermarine tomorrow (Friday, 7.45pm). The goalkeeper, whose stubborn show of defiance earned him the man-of-the-match award in the
DUBBED "Dallas on Sea", Howards' Way was the BBC's answer to the American super-soaps of the 1980s.The "gin and Jag" set of the south coast were seen as providing perfect material for a Sunday night drama - epitomising the wealth,
ANTON Du Beke and Erin Boag have announced a thrilling new production, Just gotta dance, as the nation’s favourite ballroom couple take to the road for an extensive tour in 2016.They will appear at Southampton Mayflower Theatre on Sunday January 24 for
COMEDY theatre company LipService celebrate an impressive 30 years of success by taking their brand new show The Picture of Doreen Gray on the road.At The Haymarket on Friday September 11, LipService have taken Oscar Wilde’s classic Dorian Gray and given
A HAMPSHIRE woman died following a fall at her home. Winchester Coroner's Court heard how Margaret Martin, 95, from Milford on Sea had suffered the fall at home in Knowland Drive. The inquest heard how Mrs Martin who suffers from dementia fractured
A HAMPSHIRE man has been charged following a major police investigation into thefts across beauty spots in the New Forest. David Willett, of Denzil Avenue, in Southampton, has been charged with eight counts of fraud by false representation and
HAMPSHIRE firefighters on a training mission in America have been unexpectedly called into action to stop wildfires destroying homes. The five firefighters were out in Oregon as part of a two-week exchange programme that included training in wildland
Tonight is the biggest game of Saints' season - will Southampton prevail against FC Midtjylland?
POLICE have promised to 'robustly' deal with fans using offensive language at football games in Hampshire after reports of an incident at a Sunday League match. The incident, reported by Test Valley's policing team, took place at a Sunday league
TRAFFIC tailbacks are being reported on a major Hampshire motorway after a rush-hour crash. Emergency services were called to the scene of the two-vehicle collision, which happened on the M3 northbound at junction 12 near Eastleigh at about 7.40am
THE grounds of a Hampshire hotel looked more like a classic car meeting as Chris Evans brought his annual charity "Dirty Dozen" event to the New Forest. The BBC Radio 2 DJ and new Top Gear presenter was master of ceremonies as the line-up of classic
AN AIRLINE operating out of Southampton has announced a new flight as it extends its winter service. Flybe has confirmed its winter programme for Southampton Airport, which includes a new daily service to Dusseldorf, in Germany. It will now
BUSINESSES in a Hampshire town have slammed plans by Barclays Bank to close its branch in the town. Barclays wrote a letter to customers in Alresford who use the branch in East Street, saying it would be closing its doors on November 6. The
JAY Rodriguez is revelling in the experience of playing in Europe - and is hoping it will help provide a platform from which to get back into the England squad. The Saints forward is fit and firing again, after missing all of last season with a knee
MOTORISTS who caused lengthy tailbacks by driving at less than half the speed limit on a busy Hampshire dual carriageway “risked the safety” of other road users. As reported by the Daily Echo yesterday, angry drivers have posted footage on social
A DRIVER whose friends were seriously hurt in a horror smash has been sentenced to a £400 fine after he was cleared of driving dangerously. Jurors at Bournemouth Crown Court agreed that Mitchell Knight, 23, had not been dangerous when his Renault
