AURORA, the latest addition to a growing list of cruise ships based in Southampton docks, has been specially designed for the rapidly growing British market. Although a sister ship to Oriana and built by the same German shipyard, it is certainly not identical
SEAN Flood was baffled when he lost £700 on a drunken night out - but he now believes a cheeky postcard could solve the mystery of the missing cash. A man claiming to be a cabbie who took him home at the end of the night has sent Sean a card from the
A PREMIER sporting championship has been snatched away from Southampton because a diving board is too narrow. The city's new £10 million Quays leisure complex was due to host its first top sporting event with the UK'S Winter National Diving Championships
NEWS broadcaster John Suchet made sure he was not shaken or stirred when he landed - literally - in Eastleigh. The ITN journalist was helicoptered in to Southampton International Airport to be part of the James Bond-themed evening at The Point dance and
A BATTLE is under way to prevent the New Forest from becoming littered with mobile telephone masts. The Forestry Commission's senior New Forest officer, deputy surveyor Donald Thompson, confirmed that talks have taken place with telecommunications company
COUNCIL houses in Fareham could be transferred to a housing association because the council can no longer afford their upkeep. Fareham Borough Council decided to hold a ballot later this year to let tenants decide the future of their homes. A majority
CHERRIES should bank around £50,000 towards their new stadium after the club celebrated its Centenary last night. A capacity crowd of 10,770 packed into Dean Court to watch Mel Machin's men host mighty Liverpool. Although club officials declined to estimate
ISLE of Wight teenager Glenn Howes made a telling second-half contribution as Basingstoke Town reached the Hampshire Senior Cup semi-finals for the fourth time in five seasons last night. Coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Steve Winter, the 17-
Atherley powered past Egerton Park to earn a date this Sunday with Exonia in the last eight of the Egham Trophy. Solid home performances, backed by a ten-shot away success for Willie McCay, saw the Southampton club thrash Egerton Park 92-60 in this national
Your free WEEKENDER magazine with Saturday's Daily Echo FEATURES Hampshire naturalist Chris Packham on his new house and grown-up life We reveal startling 'photographs' of a long-forgotten Southampton - and the mystery that still surrounds them FOOD &
IT'S a small but symbolic gesture just as the peace process in Northern Ireland is in danger of unravelling. A group of pupils at St George Catholic Boys School in Southampton are laying a wreath to mark a shared sacrifice by men from both traditions
SOUTHAMPTON'S A&P shipyard scored a successful double with the completion of an important two-vessel contract for P&O Stena Line. First in the King George V dry-dock for annual refit was the 7,432 ton roll-on/roll-off cargo ferry European Pathway
In Port Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Sir Galahad, military, 0530, Marchwood; Autotransporter, vehicle carrier, 0600, 105; Arno, ro-ro, 0645, 202; Otello, vehicle carrier, 0730, 34/35; HNLMS Rotterdam, military, 0900, 38/9; Whitcrest, tanker
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KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 YEARS AGOThe Parachute Regiment was staging an Airborne Dance at the Merry Oak Drill Hall, Bitterne, Southampton. Butchers E Brown and Son, with
SCIENTISTS at Southampton Univer-sity have discovered that proper ventilation in the home can help defeat asthma. The researchers recruited 40 local asthma sufferers to discover how the use of dehumidification equipment and powerful vacuum cleaners affected
HUNDREDS of shops, warehouses and freeholds owned by South-ampton City Council are to be sold off in an auction which could net the authority up to £9 million. Finance bosses are expecting to raise so much money through ground rent on the new West Quay
THE PRIEST behind controversial plans to knock down a New Forest church has now urged council bosses to step in and buy it or let him get on with it. In a letter to New Forest District Council and Hampshire County Council, parish priest Ray Lyons says
Saints boss Glenn Hoddle has played down reports that he is set to sign Rangers centre-back Colin Hendry. However, he has confirmed that the former Blackburn stopper is the kind of player he might be interested in if fit. The 34-year-old, out of favour
IWAN Thomas has made his first strides towards a track comeback. Southampton's European and Commonwealth 400 metres champion was put through some gentle paces by coach Mike Smith at Trojans Rugby Club, Eastleigh, this week as the countdown begins to the
PALMERSTON did not win the battle yet they won the war when they overcame the Hampshire Past Presidents' Association. The county men started at a great rate of knots building a 42-34 lead at five ends but two Palmerston rinks turned the tide with the
TWO green-fingered infants helped the boss of Whiteley Retail Village plant the first tree on the site. Tamsin Brown and Alexander Williams, of Whiteley Primary School, gave Andrew Rollings a hand with the new addition to the site. More trees, including
AN INQUIRY is under way at a Hampshire state school after a foreign pupil was wrongly charged tuition fees of £1,000 a term. It follows an admission by its headmaster that there had been a breach of regulations because he was unaware that state schools
CAMERAS have been rolling at a Scout hut near Eastleigh for a cartoon blockbuster which will be hitting the big screen in the summer. Members of the 15th Chandler's Ford (Allbrook and Otterbourne) Scout Group are playing a major role in a unique project
SLIPPERS, pumpkins and ugly sisters will feature strongly tonight as a Southampton school stages a long-awaited production of Cinderella. More than 150 pupils at St Monica Junior School in Sholing will perform to a sell-out audience of around 200 friends
