A NEW football initiative to crackdown on juvenile crime in the Gosport area has new players flooding in. This is a six-a-side league with a difference. It was set up by the police and Warden Housing Association and the rule of law plays a big part. Red
THE CHILDREN'S Society has this week called on Daily Echo readers to help organise Christingle services in their area to help raise funds for vulnerable children and young people. Christingle is one of the most popular Christian services for children
COUNCIL staff in Gosport went "swinging blue jeans'' mad when they held a special denim day for charity. Stonewashed, pre-shrunk, blue denim, white denim, dark blue denim, light blue denim, it was all on parade at the Town Hall, to raise funds for Great
PLANS to swamp Hampshire over the next 16 years with nearly 170,000 new homes have sent shock waves across the county. If accepted by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, Hampshire could be swamped with 8,450 new homes every year up to 2016. The figure
Hampshire's Youth teams opened their 1999-2000 Southern Inter-Counties Youth Championship campaign with two wins and a defeat. Laura Power threw a 17.03 average and was the only winner for Hampshire as the under-21 ladies went down 2-1 to Berkshire. But
England's friendly against Belgium at Sunderland tomorrow will either be tinged with gloom or bring fresh hope to Kevin Keegan's men. Either way, the role of the Belgians is purely incidental to the occasion. Manager Keegan held a news conference yesterday
IF YOU go down to the woods today ... you may not find a teddybears' picnic - but you're likely to find something equally strange and magical. Autumn toadstools, mushrooms and fungi, in weird and wonderful shapes and sizes, are appearing in profusion
SPRINGING into the pet spotlight this week is a dog who's certainly full of bounce. From the moment this lively cross-breed jumped into his Eastleigh home it was clear there could only be one name for him. Mother-of-two Jennifer Ann-ison, who took on
In Breast Cancer Awareness month, it seems very apt that the familiar face of Sally Taylor should make a welcome return to our screens. Following a major operation for breast cancer, Sally returns on Tuesday to front the nightly news programme South Today
Feature Writer of the Year RACHEL LAMB talks to a woman who has bounced back from breast cancer to tell the world there is life after breasts. WHEN Doreen Randall was told she had breast cancer and to survive she'd need to have her breast removed, her
RACHEL LAMB outlines some of the symptoms reported frequently to GPs and what treatment, if any, is often prescribed. Plus she gives a simple guide to the jargon used by doctors when you go to them with a breast problem. What to do if you notice a lump
SUNDAY church services could soon take a new meaning as the congregation enjoys its usual tipple with the traditional communion wine. And drunken conversations about the meaning of life around the bar at one Southampton pub will not just be considered
COMPANY bosses today pledged to prosecute a group of Southampton schoolboys who caused mayhem on a double-decker bus. Bus chiefs launched the get-tough policy after staff and passengers were subjected to intimidating behaviour two days running at the
TV DETECTIVE George Baker alias Wexford is used to putting crooks behind bars - but he landed himself in prison for a Southampton charity. The star of the popular Ruth Rendell Mysteries had a taste of life on the inside as he swapped his trademark trilby
POPULAR BBC presenter Sally Taylor, diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, returns to our screens next week in her familiar role co-presenting South Today. Sally left the programme in May to undergo a double mastectomy. She says: "I've made a
A DOUBLE dose of misery faces Winchester motorists with the announcement of further major roadworks starting in the city centre this month. Crawley-based communications company NTL will begin laying fibre-optic cables in the North Walls area on October
SOUTHAMPTON Golden Ring ABC have seven good reasons to show they are bucking what is supposed to be a national trend. Don't tell them at the Millbrook School gym of Golden Ring that the take-up of amateur boxing is shrivelling. The club have no less than
IT WILL be uphill work for racing cyclists in the traditional end to their season this month. But the 2.4-kilometre dash to the top of Wick Down, near Downton, forms just the start of an unusual formula chosen by Glenn Longland for a two-day stage race
Southampton's twin diving clubs dominated the Hampshire ASA county diving championships at The Quays - then set about finalising their long-awaited merger. In a marathon session that saw the county championships followed immediately by the GB Diving Federation's
Despite advances in medical science, breast cancer remains the most common cause of death of women aged 35 to 54 in this country. It's a frightening fact that one in 11 women up to the age of 85 will develop breast cancer in the UK. While much information
This four-mile walk to the north of Eastleigh provides views over the Itchen Valley, a stroll alongside the Itchen Navigation and a wander through old woodlands. It is on good surfaced paths and tracks although parts will be muddy after rain. Despite
GLOBAL experts gathering in Southampton for the Down to Earth conference attended a gala dinner at the city's guildhall. The event was the social highlight of the international conference that attracted more than 200 environmentalists from around the
