IT TAKES a lot to outdo Warren Bentley in the Winchester City goalscoring stakes. But midfield maestro Jamie Barron managed it on Saturday, scoring twice to Bentley’s once in a 3-0 Southern One South & West dismantling of Yate Town at the Denplan
CHRIS Todd dismissed the notion that his Eastleigh players are low on confidence after Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Lincoln left the Spitfires winless since December 19. Todd’s side were on the end of a first-half blitz at Sincil Bank, with Matt Rhead
ASHFORD United will be Salisbury’s FA Vase quarter-final visitors on Saturday, February 20. The Kent club - nicknamed The Nuts and Bolts - pulled off a remarkable 3-2 win in Saturday’s replay against ten-man Dunston UTS on Tyneside, battling back
ABOUT 1,300 people took part in the first-ever Snowflake Run raising money for Cancer Research UK in Southampton. The city is one of just four places around the country holding the event and saw hundreds pound the course on The Common. They
Hampshire new boy Reece Topley took a career-best 4-50 as England went 2-0 up in their one-day international series against South Africa. The 21 year-old left-armer bowled Hashim Amla in his second over with an inswinger that nipped away and took
Hampshire's Brad Taylor reflected on a poor England batting performance that resulted in a heavy defeat by Sri Lanka in the quarter finals of the ICC Under-19s World Cup. England had piled up big totals in each of their three group games, but lost
HAMPSHIRE police are investigating an armed robbery at a shop last night. Two men threatened staff at a Sainsbury's Local store in Grayshott with what appeared to be a black handgun. They demanded that staff at the store in Headley Road hand
IN LATE December, Hampshire Heritage recalled the career of the former troopship turned educational cruise ship, Dunera. The story revived happy memories for Daily Echo reader Vic Styles, of Warsash, who, more than 50 years ago, was one of a number
I HAVE been agitating for three years now for the residents of Weston as a whole to be informed about the Community Forum meetings. This was deliberately not done. On Thursday evening residents of Canberra Towers came for the first time and
ANIMAL Aid’s campaign for mandatory, independently monitored CCTV in slaughterhouses has now gained record political support. 134 MPs have signed a parliamentary motion in support of the initiative, and 46 MPs have been photographed holding our campaign
AFTER just hearing that the Premier League clubs are sitting down to discuss how the £8 billion will be split, I hope Saints follow West Ham’s example and cut their ticket prices, and not follow greedy Liverpool’s example. West Ham are cutting
MANY thanks to NHS Property Services and the League of Friends at the Royal South Hants Hospital for allowing the Wessex Region of the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) to hold an information stall in the Glass Atrium of the hospital on Monday.
THERE were three UKIP letters published on one day recently. Firstly, Jean Romsey. She, like so many, claim that by leaving the EU, we would have border controls. The point is, we have border controls. We are not subject to the automatic free
TWO people have suffered minor injuries in an accident on a Hampshire motorway. A silver-coloured Vauxhall Astra crashed into the central reservation on the westbound carriageway of the M27 at Junction 11 for Fareham. The accident closed at
3:01pm PICTURES: More than 1,000 people take part in first charity Snowkflake Run https://t.co/uS1eeN8ltO pic.twitter.com
10:24am Battle against controversial plans for asphalt plant https://t.co/czwQa3NDVN pic.twitter.com/GjDuYUskRy
WITH queues that stretched all the way across the car park on a miserable, windy winter night, you might be forgiven for thinking a Hollywood star had come to town. But in fact dozens of people were queuing for a first look at a new bingo hall
WHEN Patricia Marriott was told her cancer was terminal she defiantly told nursing staff that she was too young to die. The news that, despite having endured numerous operations and treatment for cancer, there was nothing more that could be done
VILLAGERS are launching a second battle against development near their homes. Residents in Micheldever Station, north of Winchester, last autumn saw off plans for an anaerobic digester, with the help of the county council. Now it is the council
A SPECIALIST bra firm from Hampshire is giving support to cancer charity. Amoena, whose HQ is in Chandler’s Ford, donated a laptop to Wessex Cancer Trust (WCT) to condition. The gift was funded through the sale of Amoena’s bras and swimwear
A HAMPSHIRE barber has been shortlisted in a national competition. Bitterne Precinct’s Pride of the South barber shop owner Paul Tonna beat off fierce competition, making it through to the regional final of Britain’s Best Shave competition.
A MAN discovered to have a Samurai sword in his bag claimed it was an ornament he was going to exchange for drugs, a court heard. David Pratt had fled a taxi leaving the two-foot blade behind in the bag. He had also been found with a felt cutting
A HAMPSHIRE teenager who twice banged a man’s head on the ground has narrowly avoided a jail sentence. The judge told Luke Joyce that the victim’s injuries could have been far more serious. Winchester Crown Court heard that Joyce had got into
A TEENAGER agreed to pick his friends up from a night out despite being over the drink-drive limit, a court was told. Lewis Martin, 19, of Ashley Close, Swanwick, collected his friends despite having drunk earlier in the evening, Southampton magistrates
IT'S being hailed as the world's biggest quiz - and it's coming to a pub near you. Thousands of general knowledge experts will visit their local today to take part in a nationwide contest that aims to bring the pub industry together and raise money
TODAY thousands of pubgoers will tackle a tough pub quiz to raise money for hundreds of charities. The quiz, which will see teams across the UK answer the same 60 questions, has been created by PubAid and see funds raised for charities such as
THE Football League ambitions of Eastleigh Football Club have been put in sharper focus by their plans for a 10,000-capacity stadium on Stoneham Lane. Promotion to League Two could be achieved in the next few months, but is it realistic to expect
FOLLOW the yellow brick road as Southampton Street Beatz Dance Academy returns to the stage in Oz, a colourful adaptation of the 1939 classic. The cast of over 100 dancers, some as young as two years old, has been rehearsing since summer 2015.
A HAMPSHIRE education boss is set to advise the government on how to improve access to higher education for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Joy Carter, vice-chancellor of Winchester University, has been appointed to the Social Mobility
A FORMER Hampshire pipe fitter died of cancer after years of asbestos exposure, an inquest heard. Barrie Grinham, of Bowater Way, Calmore, was exposed to the toxic fibres after 22 years in boiler maintenance, Winchester Coroner’s Court was told
Here are the answers to our pub quiz questions: Canberra Spencer Perceval The Siberian Tiger Pancreas George C. Scott (for Patton in 1970) 12 Who Dares Wins 27 Femur (thighbone) 1923
BY THE time you go to bed tonight, 910 people in the UK will today have been given the devastating news they have cancer. It is the harsh reality of a frightening disease which comes in more than 200 different forms and is causing a “massive health
A SOUTHAMPTON drug addict, jailed indefinitely for attacking a friend with an axe at a Southampton hostel, was suffering from schizophrenia at the time. Lee James Aitchison struck Lewis Holly and swung the weapon at him while wearing a cycling
