FIREFIGHTERS are battling a fire at Copythorne in the New Forest. An area of bracken and woodland of around 200 square metres is affected off Barrow Hill Road. Around 25 firefighters are fighting the flames after the alarm was raised at 3.30pm.
POLICE have launched an investigation after a woman was approached by a man watching porn in his car near a Hampshire secondary school yesterday. Officers received a report after a 22-year-old woman was asked for directions by a man in a silver
I DO wonder as to who wants to be the next government, assuming there is no general election until after we have left the European Union. By 2020, the Conservatives will be hated so much that, in my opinion, they will lose a massive number of their
THREE people were hurt in a serious collision at Cowes on the Isle of Wight early today. The emergency services, including Cowes lifeboat, were scrambled with another man feared to be in the water. The alarm was raised at 3.11am after a 20-
A chef who punched his girlfriend in the head after she accused him of being unfaithful was tasered by police. Stephen Smith, 36, was found guilty of assaulting Claire Spooner at her home in Amesbury on the night of August 24. A court heard
A MASKED man hit a woman with a metre-long wooden stick and then ran off with her briefcase last night. The man who was wearing a burgundy balaclava or beanie hat pulled over his face approached the woman aged in her 40s in Hillcrest Caravan Park
POLICE are appealing for information after a thief drained an external oil tank from outside a Hampshire home. The offender stole the heating oil from the tank, outside a residential property on Horsebridge Road, Broughton, sometime between 12
MORE than 100 people attended the long-awaited reopening of The Imperial China in Lyndhurst earlier this week. The popular Chinese restaurant in the High Street has been closed for around a year until the official relaunch on Tuesday. New general
A "DESPICABLE" burglar stole jewellery from an elderly couple, both in their 90s, while they attended hospital. The offender broke into the house on Roman Road, Basingstoke, between 7am and 10.50pm on Thursday 23 March. Once inside the burglar
Although more than 60 children a year die in accidents in the home, almost a quarter of parents admit they don't have any baby or child first aid knowledge. A new study shows 21% of mums and dads have been forced to give a child emergency first
WINCHESTER Muslims have met civic chiefs to foster good relations as the group seeks to establish a permanent base in the city. A delegation from the Winchester Muslim Cultural Association (WMCA) was welcomed at Hampshire County Council’s headquarters
She has been training dogs for nearly 20 years.On March 9, Naomi and her seven-year-old German Shephard Kara took home first place for obedience at Crufts.The world's largest dog show has canines competing in various categories, including obedience
"GIVE, take and love” is one Hampshire couple’s secret to a long and happy marriage as they celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary this week. Bishopstoke couple David and Jocelyn Eames’ paths crossed in 1950 when they started working together
AT one time, before the days of the Premier League, before the arrival of foreign owners, coaches and players, our four home nations used to find it easy to fill their national teams with top-flight players. They’d almost all normally be playing
Mums in Southampton are set to be treated to the cheapest Mother’s Day in the UK, if new figures are to be believed. According to an Optus Digital survey of 1,000 people, the city tops Bournemouth in having the most people searching for cheap gifts
THIS weekend we celebrate everything that is great about our mums. Today is Mother’s Day and we at the Daily Echo want you to help honour mums across Hampshire. Send us a selfie of you and your mum together and we’ll publish it in our Mother
By Hayley Pearce Stay-at-home parenting and maternity leave don’t have to mean holing up indoors. From sensory play to baby yoga, there’s something out there to suit every mum (or dad) and their bundle of joy. Parents with newborns may see the
JURORS trying a former children's home boss accused of historic sex offences have been told to beware of false allegations and defective memories. Colin Davis, 75, is accused of committing 40 offences against boys at the old Salerno Road children's
