POLICE are investigating a robbery at a post office in a Hampshire village. Officers were called to the post office at Chinham Road, Bartley, just before 2.30pm on Wednesday. A police spokesman said: "It was reported that two men entered the
ROAD closures have been announced ahead of Common People festival this weekend. The event will be bringing some of the biggest names in music to the city from tomorrow including Pete Tong and Sean Paul. Southampton City
A SOUTHAMPTON shopping centre had to be evacuated after a fire broke out. Fire crews from St Marys and Hightown stations were called to the Marlands, on Portland Terrace, at 3.53pm today to reports of a small fire in the lift motor room. Police
MOTORISTS are facing delays after a lane was blocked on a major Hampshire road. The A31 was partly blocked westbound before Picket Post after a lorry broken down at about 3.30pm. It has since been cleared but traffic is still moving slowly
SINGER Ella Eyre and house music pioneer Jamie Principle will join DJ Pete Tong on stage as this weekend's Common People Festival organisers revealed this afternoon. Curator Rob da Bank said: "Just when we thought it couldn't get any better Pete
POLICE are hunting a masked knife-wielding robber who stole hundreds of pounds from a shop. Elly’s Wine Store, in St Nicholas Avenue, Gosport, was targeted by the man at 9.35pm on Monday. A member of staff was threatened with a knife as £300 was
HAMPSHIRE failed to bounce back from their Essex annihilation as they were bowled out for 162 by Somerset - their lowest Taunton total for 17 years. Jack Leach delivered a strong reminder of his undoubted talent as 12 wickets fell to spin on the
A MAN has died after a house fire in Hampshire. Crews from Hampshire Fire and Rescue were called to the scene of the blaze at about 10.20pm last night and used a hose reel and breathing apparatus to put it out. They found a 52-year-old man
A WOMAN has died and a man has been arrested after a crash on a Hampshire road. A pedestrian was hit by a silver Skoda Octavia and pronounced dead at the scene. Police have now named her as Sheridan Harris, 20, of Kiln Road, Fareham. Officers
SHOCKING footage shows a burglar ransacking a house before stealing items worth £10,000. The home owners were left distressed by the video, which show raiders calmly moving through the house and searching for items. Antony Agnew, 26, was one
CURTAIN CALL REVIEW ‘AVENUE Q’Spot On Productions’The Berry Theatre THE relationship between recently graduated Princeton and Kate Monster is the thread that connects this very funny, non-pc, show. Jobless and seeking purpose, their plight is universally
REVIEW: ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’Titchfield Festival Theatre,The Great Barn, Titchfield. FALLING rather uncomfortably between Tragedy and Comedy, ‘All’s Well’ has been described as a ‘problem play’ and not one of Shakespeare’s best. However, with its
Controversial broadcaster Katie Hopkins and LBC have agreed that she will leave the radio station "immediately", LBC has said. They have parted company in the same week that she called for a "final solution" following the Manchester attack, which
By James Robinson A FIREFIGHTER is hoping that his dream "man cave" can burn brightest in a televised competition aiming to find Britain's most weird and wonderful sheds. Kevin Francis's Engine House 07 is one of the finalists battling out to win
FIREFIGHTERS battled a dramatic blaze involving a propane cylinder last night. Crews from Fareham and Hightown rushed to a nursery and found the insides of the tents completely destroyed, with three jets and two hose reels used to extinguish the flames
RESIDENTS, businesses and schools celebrated the second day of the first ever Southampton sailing week. In a day full of events, junior school pupils took part in a taster session on the water, while organisations fought to win the first ever businesses
VILLAGERS of North Baddesley celebrated their village day in style.North Baddesley Village Day is a yearly event for all the community and hundreds of villages and visitors turned out to have a good time.There were craft stalls, children’s games, entertainment
A FAITH-publisher has spoken out about how religious publications can help those suffering with mental health problems.Duncan Williams is the founder of Christian Free Press Limited, which delivers magazines in churches across Southampton. The 52-year-old
A NOTORIOUS Hampshire car dealer has been found guilty of conning hundreds of customers. Richard Burbage has been told he is likely to face a substantial prison sentence after being found guilty of five counts of fraudulent trading. It comes after
HAMPSHIRE scientists are helping to develop a computer model of a hand which could improve joint surgery for those who suffer arthritis in their fingers.Currently, surgery to replace the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint – the second joint in the finger
A HAMPSHIRE town has given the stamp of disapproval to Royal Mail after it removed the town’s name from the majority of postal addresses. Business owners and residents in Portchester are angry at the Royal Mail decision and several in the town’
THE first ever large-scale exhibition on British castles opens at a Southampton gallery today. Capture the Castle: British Artists and the Castle from Turner to Le Brun includes famous and rarely seen works from public and private collections, including
THEY say they were chucked in at the deep end. Having never run a business before, the Forster family set out to take over the Queens Head in Titchfield a decade ago. But the family say they’re glad they did. Bob, Marilyn and Susan all
HE WAS the dog who brought smiles to thousands of patients at a Hampshire hospital. Now Max, a Pets as Therapy dog, has passed away after almost six years of loyal service to the patients at Southampton General Hospital. The German shepherd
A TV HISTORIAN helped to mark the 200th anniversary of a world-famous author’s last journey from her home in Hampshire.Lucy Worsley, known for presenting history programmes for the BBC, laid flowers on the memorial plaque at the site of Jane Austen’s
THREE former Hampshire students are set to trade everyday life for an extraordinary rally that covers two continents. James Smith, 22, Iain Dykes, 23, and Elliot Mellish, 23, pictured below, are gearing up for a trip of a lifetime, as they are set to
A SOUTHAMPTON school is making an appeal for new playtime equipment. Pupils at Newlands Primary School are in desperate need of educational toys that will help them make the most of their breaks and lunchtimes. And innovative youngsters on
SAINTS legend Francis Benali will be at the centre of a kidnap drama at a Hampshire show celebrating the work of the emergency services. Organisers have finally named the mystery celebrity who will have to fight off would-be abductors during a
A COMMUNITY group is looking to extend a 20mph zone due to fears over speeding. Titchfield Village Trust is campaigning to extend the current 20mph limit in the village centre to all roads leading in. The trust has submitted a proposal to Hampshire
A MULTI-MILLION pound technology centre in Hampshire has now been completed. The last brick of the construction was laid at the new advanced technology centre at Eastleigh College. The new building is part of a £12 million redevelopment project which
A TWO-YEAR-OLD Hampshire business has scooped winning titles in a national competition. The team of daredevils from Totton-based jet ski company Carve Composites were crowned champs at the UK Freeride Championships 2017.The team won the contest riding
A MAGNIFICENT seven England call ups has ensured no other club are better represented for the national team than Saints at senior and under-21 level. That bumper number of St Mary’s men have been picked to join up with Three Lions squads for up coming
THE number of teenage pregnancies has leapt up in Southampton, bucking the national trend. Almost 100 under-18s in the city got pregnant between 2015 and 2016 - while figures fell across England. According to the latest data revealed by the
A HAMPSHIRE police officer has ‘betrayed public trust’ after being found guilty of misconduct in public office in connection to sending ‘sexualised’ messages to teenage girls. PC Keith Burgess, a neighbourhood officer, was convicted of two counts
THE NOVATONES will play the main stage at Common People on Sunday two years after they were the first band to play the arena in the festival’s inaugural year.It will be a welcome return home for the Southampton four piece - singer-guitarist Anthony Pitman
A BRAND new adaptation of Dick King Smith’s classic Babe, The Sheep Pig is arriving at Nuffield Southampton Theatres for half term next week. Meet the lovable Babe in a heart-warming tale of friendship, adventure and bravery.When Babe arrives at Hogget
THE Ronnie Scott’s Soho Songbook is coming to Nuffield Southampton Theatres tonight direct from London’s world-famous jazz club. Combining world-class live jazz, narration and rare archive images, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the stage to celebrate
LET'S get this party started. Thousands of music lovers will descend on Southampton Common this weekend for the third instalment of Common People.DJing legend Pete Tong, the Heritage Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley’s number one album collaboration
Five family fun days in Hampshire this summer half term...At Winchester City Mill...VISITORS to Winchester City Mill this half term will be going quackers. One stormy night in 1992, thousands of little plastic yellow bath-tub ducks were washed overboard
Nélida Rodriguez de Aure is among the royalty of Argentine tango. With a career spanning more than 40 years, she has taught Hollywood stars tango’s sultry steps, danced onstage on Broadway, toured the globe with productions and featured in television
THEY have been hailed as the world’s leading close harmony group.The Puppini Sisters (Marcella Puppini, Kate Mullins and Emma Smith) have been trend setters with their gorgeous close harmony singing style, the swing-style re-workings of modern pop songs
SHELL Shock, a powerful one man play that challenges mental health stigma, continues its tour in Winchester next weekIt delivers an emotionally poignant yet frequently comic interpretation of one soldier’s struggle with life back on civvy street following
A 'young and beautiful' woman has died in a car crash in Hampshire, police say. Elisha Clarke, 24, was rushed to Southampton General Hospital after a collision involving a Citroen C1 and a Ford Focus. Elisha was a passenger in the C1 when the
IN THE wake up of the Manchester terror attack armed police have been deployed across Hampshire as another terror attack may be imminent. With the national terrorist threat rising to critical, the highest level, an increased police presence was
A HAMPSHIRE man died after jumping from a footbridge and being struck by a freight train, an inquest heard. Phillip Brooks climbed onto the verge at Southampton Central Station and dropped onto the tracks into the path of a train travelling from
TWO men have been charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Southampton. Shkelzen 'Genny' Dauti, 21, was found injured on Gilpin Close and rushed to Southampton General Hospital but could not be saved. Police launched a murder investigation
SAINTS have released Cuco Martina, Martin Caceres, Lloyd Isgrove and teenager Harley Willard at the end of their contracts. The most significant departure is Martina, who made 36 appearances for Saints during a two-season stay at St Mary’s.
AN Indian restaurant's licence has been suspended by New Forest District councillors after owners were found to have employed illegal workers. The Indian Tree at Market Place - owned by Adib Ahmed Bachhu - was raided by immigration officers on
AMONG the cases heard at Southampton Magistrates Court were: Carl Patrick Jefferies, 38, of Blissford Road, Blissford. Pleaded guilty to possessing Class A controlled drug. 12-month conditional discharge, £20 victim services surcharge, £85 costs
SAINTS fans have spoken in an online poll of Daily Echo readers. The majority want Claude Puel out of Southampton Football Club. The result of an online poll run by the Daily Echo revealed that 68 per cent of supporters who voted would like
