People were dancing in the streets of Winchester today.A group of dancers including Blue Apple Theatre co founder Tommy Jessop, Winchester based dancer Katie Francis, and members of the University of Winchester D@win Dance Company took park in a 21 hour
KEEN race-goers are being asked to saddle up for charity.Breast Cancer Haven Wessex will be holding a race night on on April 27.The event - due to take place at Lambourn Races at Hedge End Social Club - will see proceeds going to the Titchfield based
WINCHESTER man Jesse Anthony Leonard has received a suspended prison sentence for attacking a woman.Leonard, 31, had initially denied assaulting a woman Humble on July 9 but changed his plea.Leonard, of Spitfire End, Winnall, also admitted breaching a
A SOUTHAMPTON charity has received a £5,000 donation from the Barker Mill Foundation. The money will go towards funding the charities core servicesThe information and advice service which provides an accessible point of contact for older people who need
SOUTHAMPTON man Mateusz Majcher, 28, was caught stealing perfume from a Winchester department store.Majcher was stopped with £191.50 worth of items taken from Debenhams in Winchester High Street on December 1, a court heard.Majcher, of Kathleen Road,
WINCHESTER woman Michelle Humble appeared in court twice in three days for shoplifting.She was caught stealing two bottles of Californian white wine from the Co-op on City Road.Humble, 32, of Hyde Gate, Hyde, admitted the charge and was ordered to pay
RESEARCHERS at Southampton University are leading a new trial to see if a workforce of 'parcel porters' could help reduce demand for kerbside space for delivery vans. The trial - to be carried out in central London over four months - is hoped
MP STEVE Brine visited Alresford Fire Station, as they prepare to welcome the police back to share the building damaged by fire last year.He met county chief fire officer, Neil Odin, and local group manager, Dan Tasker, to discuss local and national
Today The Isle of Wight Festival 2018 has announced 18 new acts to be added to this summer's bill.They include Southampton's rising Indi stars Wild Front , X Factor winners Rak-Su and the hugely popular Travis.Also announced are: The Wombats,
OPERATION Clampdown 6 – the annual blitz on illegal coarse fishing during the close season – has launched with 464 reasons not to flout the law.That’s the current number of Angling Trust volunteer bailiffs in England who will be taking part by keeping
A SINGING group in Romsey is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a community concert on Saturday.Romsey Singers, formed in 1968, is performing at Romsey Abbey from 7.30pm with other choirs from around the area.Tickets are priced at £16 on the door.
ROMSEY's dementia action organisation is holding a meeting at Crosfield Hall next month.The Romsey Dementia Action Group (ROMDAG) will hold the meeting on April 19.It begins at 4pm, and is open to the public to find out more about what the group does
LANDOWNERS are pressing for tougher sentencing to target criminal gangs betting on the killing of hares with dogs. Hare coursing, where dogs compete against each other in pursuit of a hare, was outlawed by the 2004 Hunting Act but now takes place illegally
A BID to build a new extension have been approved by city council planners, despite Colden Common Parish Council objecting.The plans will see a new single-storey rear extension erected at 17 Hazel Close.Parish councillors objected to the proposal, saying
PARENTS are set to demonstrate against education funding cuts.Fair Funding for All Schools will take their campaign to the school gates today. Led by organiser Charlotte Ndupuechi, groups will be campaigning at Foundry Lane School in Shirley from 2.45pm
A YOUNG Winchester man has been fined after attacking a woman.Peter William Cox, 23, of Acorn Close, Weeke, admitted the assault that happened on November 30 last year.Magistrates in Basingstoke fined Cox £350 with a £35 victim surcharge and ordered he
EMERGENCY services rushed to a Hampshire hotel after reports of an incident involving hazardous materials. Firefighters were called to Rookery Avenue, Whitley at 12.24pm today. A spokesperson for Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We sent crews
A PROJECT started by youngsters to open a community cafe in a Winchester beauty spot has reached its fundraising target, securing more than £350,000 so far.The brain-child of teenagers involved in the SPUD architecture and education group, the HandleBar
ALRESFORD Town Trust has undertaken its quadrennial survey of the trees in The Avenue and Broad Street.Two poplar trees on the south side opposite the entrance to Arlebury Park House on The Avenue will have to be felled, and one of the limes near the
RESIDENTS in two Winchester villages are being asked if they want to see their parish council divided.Littleton and Harestock, which are both run by a single parish council, could get two separate authorities under the new proposals.Winchester City Council
Hampshire's Brad Wheal has been denied a place at the 2019 World Cup with Scotland after a cruel Duckworth-Lewis defeat against the West Indies. Scotland lost by five runs on the DLS method after rain ended the ICC World Cup qualifying decider
SAINTS have been handed 33,411 tickets in the West End of Wembley Stadium for the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea next month. The last four tie will take place on Sunday, April 22 at 3pm and the first tickets will be available next Tuesday (
POLICE are hunting a "blonde haired teenager" who attempted to rob a 15-year-old of his bike.Officers say the attempted robbery took place on Broom Way, Lee-on-the-Solent, on Tuesday, March 20.The 15-year-old was approached by an older teenager
A BIKER was caught on camera doing 100mph just before he was killed on a notorious crash blackspot. Prior to the collision Karl Hibberd, 28, had sped past another car, prompting a passenger to say: “If ever you are going to see a crash, this is
A CHANDLER’S Ford stroke survivor is set to go the extra mile to help other people. A stroke left Liam Stapleton unable to speak and move the right side of his body in 2014. The 53-year-old who worked as a maths teacher at Toynbee School had to retire
A WINCHESTER inmate who attacked a prison officer has had his sentence extended.Shaquille Bailey, 19, changed his initial plea of no guilty to guilty for assaulting Jonathan Cheyne at the prison on Romsey Road on May 24, magistrates in Basingstoke heard.Bailey
SAINTS' FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea at Wembley will take place on Sunday, April 22 at 3pm, it has been announced by The FA. The club has received an allocation of 33,411 tickets in the West end of Wembley for the game, which will be broadcast
A MOTORCYCLIST who died in a crash in the New Forest has been named. Lukasz Imielski, from West End, hit a tree while riding a Honda Cross Runner on the A337, near Brockenhurst. The 34-year-old, of Monnow Gardens, died at the scene. His
A HAMPSHIRE deputy head teacher has been named as one of the best in the country at celebrating education and technology.Jose Picardo of Hampshire Collegiate School was announced as one of the UK's top 50 teachers for promoting tech in the classroom
A 'SEW-IN' will take place as part of a gallery takeover. The events with Southampton artist and poet Nazneen Ahmed are a chance for residents to take part in workshops designed to teach new skills and bring people together. Inspired by the Afghani
CHANDLERS Ford Art Group are holding their Spring exhibition in Stockbridge Town Hall on May 25 from 11.30-5pm, May 26 from 9.30-5pm, May 27 from 10-4pm, May 28 from 10-4pm.
MARIO Lemina has a chance of winning a trophy with Gabon this international break. The Panthers head out to South East Asia to play in the King’s Cup, which starts tomorrow and features Slovakia, United Arab Emirates and hosts Thailand. The
SAINTS legend Jason Dodd has sympathised with Jose Mourinho over Staplewood graduate Luke Shaw's development at Manchester United. The Portuguese manager criticised the 22-year-old, who left St Mary's for Old Trafford in a £30m switch in 2014,
RAIL passengers are facing delays and disruption this morning after thieves tried to steal signalling cables. Trains were unable to go through Havant after the attempted theft near Rowlands Castle. South Western Railway had to divert some trains
POLICE, paramedics and a fire crew rushed to a crash in Southampton City Centre this morning. The incident involved a male driver of a BMW and a female driver of a Vauxhall Corsa who collided at the junction of Havelock Road and Western Esplanade
DRIVERS face 30 minute delays on a busy Southampton road following a crash this morning. One lane of Mansbridge Road, Swaythling, is closed after a crash near Monks Way. Traffic is queuing as far back as Swaythling Road - with traffic bosses
THE Winchester Festival has announced its 2018 dates, along with a couple of tempting teasers of the treats that are in store.Founded in 1998, the festival has grown into an established week-long celebration of the arts, featuring music, talks, drama
“WE WILL re-open.”Those are the defiant words of the boss of a Hampshire hotel, ravaged by a devastating fire.The Potters Heron Hotel in Ampfield went up in flames on Monday evening, with 120 firefighters tearing the thatch off in order to save the building.Manager
“IT’S MORE like a beer festival in a bar.” Mikha Rai, the co-owner of Overdraft, believes the unconventional watering hole really stands out from the crowd. It opened on Winchester’s Jewry Street last October. He said: “We’re finally finding
MARWELL Zoo is unveiling its multi-million-pound state-of-the-art Tropical House – and it’s the first in the UK to be powered by waste. The zoo’s new immersive and sustainable centre opens to the public for the first time on Monday. Spanning
With Ant McPartlin arrested for drink driving we asked people in Southampton if he should return to TV? Max Edwards, 20, unemployed from West End said: "He is extremely well known. He’s loved by thousands of people. I think it would ruin my
HOW sad to read of Ted Mackney’s fight with Hodgkins lymphoma since autumn 2015 (Echo Lifestyle, March 13). How even sadder to read that treatment has stopped.The drug Nivolumab was quoted at £4,000 per dose and he wasn’t eligible for it on the NHS. Treatment
HAMPSHIRE’S transport chief has slammed government funding following after it was revealed more than 170 miles of the region’s road network were in need of repair last year. The figures also show that nearly a tenth of Southampton’s A-roads roads
MARK Hughes will be aiming to benefit from a larger contingent of Saints’ players staying at home this international break, after a drop-off in national team call-ups. Just five first-team regulars have gone on duty to their respective national
A DRIVER reached speeds of more than 60mph in a residential area of Southampton during a police car chase, a court heard. Kieran Roath and passenger Mandeep Singh were in a black Peugeot 307 when officers noticing them driving with fog lights on
A BUSINESS owner was reduced to tears after thieves raided her family play cafe. Laura Fielder-Smith was shocked to find Block Party Café on West End Road had been broken into, with hundreds of pounds stolen. The business, which offers families
A SOUTHAMPTON-based yacht building firm has been bailed out from administration. British entrepreneur Richard Hadida has bought Oyster Yachts, based at Saxon Wharf in Northam. The move is expected to secure the future of more than 400 jobs
A NEW date for one of the largest 10k road races in the country has been announced. The Eastleigh 10k will now take place on June 17, organisers have announced. It comes after the original race, due to take place on Sunday, March 18, was postponed
MORE snow and plummeting temperatures could be on the way, weather experts are warning. Overnight frosts and a "greater chance of snow" could hit over Easter Weekend, according to the Met Office. It would be the third snow shower in March,
THE best innings of Liam Dawson’s T20 career kept alive Peshawar Zalmi’s hopes of retaining their Pakistan Super League title last night – and ensured bragging rights against Hampshire teammate Rilee Rossouw. Dawson kept Peshawar in the game with
