In Port Today's Southampton arrivals: Celtic King, container, 0300, 204W; Nyland, container, 0400, 206E; Don Pasquale, vehicle carrier, 0600, 40; Estoril, vehicle carrier, 0600, 201 link; Hyundai Commodore, container, 0800, 205; Baltic Trader, container
A TERRIFIED schoolgirl was knocked unconscious by three teenage girls who sat on her in a Southamp-ton park. The 15-year-old had her hair pulled and was punched and kicked repeatedly around the head until she blacked out. And when she regained consciousness
A WINCHESTER mum who pledged to travel to France to get her baby a special vaccination has achieved her goal. Liz Willis took baby Holly to Calais so she could get a single measles vaccine, no longer available in this country. She feared 16-month-old
THE ROAD to nowhere at Warsash is now going somewhere at last. Work on the £300,000 Western distributor road linking Warsash Broad with Priory Park had ground to a halt because of a dispute involving Transco, developer Laing Homes and Hampshire County
URBAN Eastleigh could be set for a "countryside invasion" with the introduction of a series of farmers' markets. The move is seen as a way of boosting the vitality and viability of the town centre as well as being of benefit to the farming community.
HAMPSHIRE is today set for its biggest environmental battle since the protest over the M3 extension at Twyford Down, nearly a decade ago. The controversial county Structure Plan, which opens the floodgates for the building of thousands of new homes on
SHE may have been launched secretly under the cover of darkness, but yesterday HMS Southampton returned proudly to the city where she was built. The entire ship's crew, half of which hail from Hampshire, donned their best uniform and stood on deck in
A BATTLE plan has been drawn up to protect a Southampton wildlife haven from housing. Residents of Upper Shirley have formed an action group to fight plans for four new luxury homes in Seymour Road. Householders fear the proposals will destroy local wildlife
LEE BRADBURY'S penalty-taking career is over, strangled at birth by Saturday's miss at Stockport. Although Bradbury, pictured left, was quick to shoulder the responsibilty to take over the mantle from spot-kick king Alan McLoughlin, he said: "I won't
FA CARLSBERG Vase assignments don't come much tougher than those landed by the Jewson Wessex League's last two survivors AFC Totton and Cowes Sports. Yet Messrs Ian Robinson and Derek Ohren from Testwood and Westwood Parks refuse to be intimidated by
Saints' record signing David Hirst has been forced to quit the game after failing in an 18-month battle against a crippling knee injury. The former England striker, signed for £2 million from Sheffield Wednesday in October 1997, has been out since wrecking
SEVEN months ago Gary Stubbington was playing alongside the likes of Colin Montgomerie at the Volvo PGA Championships. Today he works shifts for a local chemical company so he can grab some daylight hours to practice his golf. North Baddesley-based Stubbington
THE South's favourite Saturday magazine is going back to the future. The Daily Echo's Weekend Magazine talks to Debbie Thrower about returning to the region to take the Meridian TV hot seat. We also take a peek behind the scenes at the show that is packing
DAILY Echo readers are beginning to lick the lollipop crisis facing schools across the South. Our appeal for more people to act as crossing patrols has prompted dozens of inquiries to education offices in South-ampton and Hampshire. The Lolly Alert campaign
ALRESFORD shops have launched their ground-breaking loyalty card in a bid to stem the flow of shoppers tempted to use the Internet and out-of- town centres. The SO24 privilege card is designed to reward local shoppers and regular customers. Some are offering
HAMPSHIRE Ambassadors, the group formed to stimulate investment and encourage business development in the county, marked the start of a new year and new millennium with a visit to see how the heritage of the county's past has been recorded at the Hampshire
ELECTRICIANS in Hampshire are being offered free training to install and commission the latest technology behind the intelligent office or home. Hager is offering a free day's training in the installation of its Tebis TS system for building services control
A WINTER cruise to the North Atlantic's Rockall Trough would not appeal to most seafarers but ocean scientist Penny Holliday cannot wait. She sets sail from Southampton on Thursday on board RRS Discovery as co-principal scientist, to study the effects
RETIREMENT is often when workers gratefully turn their backs on decades of toil and put their feet up. But for one Hampshire pensioner it has seen her take on a whole new lease of life - as a barmaid. Doris Mabbott will be 80 on Thursday. But the soon-to-be
PENSIONER Selina Offord received a surprise extra helping when Southampton's Meals on Wheels service arrived with her lunch. For helping deliver the tasty lamb casserole dish to the 97-year-old's home in Station Road, Sholing, was health minister John
RAIL buffs have teamed up with Fareham Borough Council's Countryside Service to plant a millennium hedge. The new hedge is taking shape beside the model railway track of Fareham and District Society of Model Engineers, off Segens-worth Road. The scheme
A record number of runners took part in this year's Hampshire Chronicle Five-mile Road Race at Romsey. Over 500 athletes entered the one-lap race which awarded both men's and women's individual and team prizes. The men's race saw an exciting finish with
EATING apples has become a core subject at an Eastleigh primary school. For instead of crunching their way through the customary crisps and biscuits, pupils at Cherbourg Primary School are being encouraged to eat healthily in the new millennium. Thanks
