By Maria Giovanna Zaccaro A DRIVE to get the Southampton public more active has already been kick-started. As reported yesterday a series of free sports and activity sessions are being staged in the city after the Southampton won funding to
JASON Donovan will star in Million Dollar Quartet - the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and West End smash hit this Autumn when it visits Southampton on its first ever UK Tour, the Daily Echo can reveal. Casting for the red-hot rock ‘n’ roll
Tottenham are close to a deal to play home games at Wembley in the 2017-18 season while their new stadium is being built, Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has announced. Dyke also suggested Spurs could play their Champions League home matches
POLICE investigating the brutal murder of a Southampton dad have made an eighth arrest. Michael Freshwater was found dead in a flat in Westridge Road, Portswood, on Friday afternoon and officers say the murder may be drug related. Seven arrests
In an age when the whistle blower might still find himself holed up in a foreign embassy or fleeing to the relative safety of Moscow, we could be forgiven for thinking that such extremes would only apply to those who lift the lid on state secrets.
THE Alarm's lead singer Mike Peters will present 'The Alarm - Declare Your Strength' - Spirit of 86 tour' at The Brook, Southampton on Saturday ( May 7).This will be in his usual contemporary style featuring performance, stories and images to honour the
AT 47, Saints icon Matt Le Tissier is not quite old enough to sign playing forms for Eastleigh Over-50s Walking Football Club. But some would say that, as the club's new president, 'Le God' is the perfect fit for a team who like to play the game
A MAN has been seriously injured after a crash on a Hampshire road. Police are appealing for witnesses after the collision on the A32 in West Meon, which involved a red Seat Ibiza and a silver Audi TT. A 23-year-old old man who was in the back
A MAN will appear in court after a number of people were allegedly assaulted in a pub. Jason Barton, 38, from Langdown Road, Hythe, has been charged with assault, a public order offence, and criminal damage after the incident at the Malt and Hops
POLICE are investigating after woman said she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a fake taxi driver. The woman was in Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, between 3am and 4am on Sunday when she was approached by a taxi driver. She was then led
A SOUTHAMPTON pub struck by violence has been closed for up to four weeks by the city council and could be shut for good. The Shield and Dagger in Shirley was locked up temporarily for the second time this year after the latest in a string of fights
An Enemy of the People.Chichester Festival theatre.IN an age when the whistle blower might still find himself holed up in a foreign embassy or fleeing to the relative safety of Moscow, we could be forgiven for thinking that such extremes would only apply
Jeremy Hunt is willing to "pause" the introduction of new contracts if junior doctors agree to talks. Writing to the chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Health Secretary said the Department of Health was committed to the August
LEFT-BACK Michael Green insists Eastleigh “can’t blame anyone or anything” for failing to reach the Vanarama National League play-offs. In the post-match interview that followed last Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Woking, rookie manager Chris Todd chided
SALISBURY are planning a ‘Party on the Pitch’ to celebrate their Sydenhams Premier Division title-winning triumph. The Whites, who are due to receive the championship trophy at their final game of the season at home to Newport IoW on Saturday,
IT was a rare summons. Two young men appeared before Fareham magistrates in 1911 accused of forcibly passing through the toll-gate of the Bursledon bridge and Roads Co at Sarisbury. The culprits, Gerald Engley and William Hawkes, were said
THE pauper sat back, admiring his work. “Yes, I did that and have done a bloody good job of it. I’ll wait here until the police arrive.” And remain Frank Rann did, until he was arrested for setting fire to the hayrick on the outskirts of Newport
A MAJOR employers’ group has urged the government to delay the launch of the Apprenticeship Levy. EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is urging the government to hold off on introducing the levy until September 2017 following research showing
A MAJOR Winchester car park is closed today for essential maintenance. The Brooks car park, which is located at the Brooks Shopping Centre, will be closed after 1pm. The work will be carried out on the exit ramp at the car park. A statement
Northern Ballet 1984, Mayflower Theatre By Hilary PorterNORTHERN Ballet have returned to the Mayflower Stage with arguably their bravest and boldest ballet yet.The utterly dark dystopian world of George Orwell's iconic novel 1984 is the very antithesis
HE is spending 150 days cycling 6,620 miles (10,651km) across deserts and past mountains and rivers. Ollie Halford-Guerra set himself the challenge of a lifetime - cycling across the entire length of South America to help people in Nepal. The
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A SMOG alert has been released as a cloud of Saharan dust threatens to cover Hampshire. Air pollution is expected to reach high levels in “localised areas” of the UK and warnings have been issued to any people suffering chest complaints to avoid
SOUTHAMPTON singing sensation Craig David celebrates his 35th birthday today. Since shooting to stardom in 1999 he has released five studio albums and 14 top ten singles in the UK, including the number one hits Fill Me In and Seven Days. The
A WOMAN who suffered life-threatening head injuries in an assault on Monday has died in hospital. Detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of 44-year-old Julie Cook at Poole Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. And police
TRIBUTES have been paid to an "inspirational" young nurse who died after a deer jumped in front of her car. Ivory Lapitan, 24, was killed after she hit the animal when it ran in front of her car, and then crashed into a tree on the A33 near Micheldever
A boat turned into a fireball after an explosion on a Hampshire river. The blazing yacht then started to float dangerously towards other boats moored on the river during the drama last night. The explosion coming from the direction of the Warsash
Graziano Pelle’s Saints career could come to an end this summer with Lazio among several Italian clubs believed to be interested in signing the striker. Pelle has been the main man at St Mary’s since joining the club two years ago to link up again
SOUTHAMPTON has been named among the fattest places in the UK. Figures released today puts the city in the top ten of places in the country with high levels of obesity, based on medical records. Now city bosses are hitting back in the battle
A MASKED man brandishing a knife threatened a worker at a bookies in Hampshire before making off with hundreds of pounds. The man raided the Coral outlet in Station Road, Hook, between 9.25pm and 9.35pm on Monday. He walked to the counter before
Has there been a Saints player in recent times whose comeback from injury has made such a significant impact as Forster’s did this season? They say you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone, well in this case it was more a case of you don’t
JOSEPH Fiennes is to play the title role in Terence Rattigan’s Ross, directed by Adrian Noble, running at Chichester Festival Theatre next month.Arrogant, flippant, withdrawn and with a talent for self-concealment, Aircraftman Ross seems an odd recruit
HE'S the funnyman who cooks food in hotel rooms using the equipment they unwittingly provide. Think iron, kettle, trouser press - and the food is good! After a ridiculously successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe last August, George Egg is taking his Anarchist
A TROUBLED pub last night remained closed after council bosses met yesterday to decide its fate. Another brawl at the Shield and Dagger in Shirley led to a second licence review in a fortnight which was held behind closed doors. Pub faces
A STANDOFF between a Southampton resident refusing to move out, and the city bosses pressing ahead with building a multi-million pound housing development around him is set to cost £50,000. Demolition work has already begun on blocks of flats in
AS A city Southampton has been losing the battle of the bulge with recent studies putting it among the fattest in the country. But this summer there will be no excuse for residents to put off getting in shape after the city won a slice of a £20m
RELATIVES of a Hampshire couple celebrating 70 years of wedded bliss say their long-lasting marriage is down to “love, laughter and mutual respect”. Platinum pair Richard and Hilda Snelling, 94 and 90 respectively, held a party at the Belmore Lodge
A HAMPSHIRE company has unveiled plans to reopen an old cinema that stopped showing films more than 50 years ago. Corintech wants to breathe new life into the former Regal Cinema in Shaftesbury Street, Fordingbridge, which has stood empty since
NEW figures show another rise in the number of times police in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have used Tasers. Officers deployed the high stun 266 times last year - an increase of 43 on the previous 12 months. It comes just months after it
ANGRY patients have made an impassioned plea to health chiefs to make a u-turn on controversial changes to a Hampshire GP surgery. Campaigners say frail and vulnerable patients at the Old Anchor Surgery in Bishopstoke are being forced to travel
THE multi-award winning New Orleans band The Hot 8 Brass Band are crossing the Atlantic to perform live in Southampton later this month. The eight-piece have been tearing stages apart across the globe for over two decades, merging traditional marching
BRINGING cinema to the great outdoors, Film on a Farm is back for 2016.Launched last year, six screenings of top films are planned for this summer at Manor Farm in Droxford, a working farm with stunning views in the heart of the South Downs National Park
PEOPLE across Hampshire will head to the polls today to vote in a series of crunch elections. Residents in Southampton, Winchester, Eastleigh and Fareham will all elect councillors, while across the county voters will also choose the next Police
A BOUNCER has been spared an immediate jail term after a vicious attack on a punter at a Southampton nightspot. Karol Marzec, 33, admitted beating Stanislaw Los to the ground outside La Margherita last year and giving a false statement to police
A HAMPSHIRE doctor who had been suspended after being accused of stealing drugs died after taking an overdose, an inquest heard. Shuvo Mukherjee was found dead in the bedroom of his home in Shirley, in Southampton, an inquest heard. He had
A WOMAN battling to save the career of a Hampshire council worker has vowed to continue her fight – despite being “warned off” by police. Jane Gritt has started an online petition in a bid to persuade civic chiefs to re-instate a civilian crime-buster
A FIRE engine called to a fire alert that saw customers evacuated from three businesses was delayed by a motorist on their mobile phone. The engine was one of three called to The Hundred after a report of smoke in My Dentist which also caused Aldi
A SOUTHAMPTON daredevil has scaled one of the city's most recognisable buildings. Ally Law, 19, has become infamous in Southampton for filming himself climbing on dangerously high structures. In his latest escapade, Mr Law can be seen climbing
A MAN was airlifted to hospital with life threatening injuries after a serious car crash. The A31 eastbound was closed after the collision at Poulner Hill for several hours while emergency services dealt with the incident yesterday. The crash
