THE Hampshire Economic Partnership is giving its backing to a new enterprise hub to be set up in Southampton. The Southampton Innovation Hub is set to become a major force in the growth of knowledge-based companies in the region. Its headquarters will
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DETECTIVES have carried out a massive blitz on car crime as they stepped up their Operation Cobra campaign. A mountain of car stereos have been seized in a series of police raids at second-hand shops across Southampton. Details of the operation were revealed
AFTER all the years of waiting Southampton finally got an ice rink yesterday. The arrival of Explorer of the Seas, the largest cruise liner in the world, gave the city the ice rink it has been demanding for the past 12 years. The only problem is that
A LAWYER had to inform the parents of a South-ampton man he would be spending Christmas and the New Year behind bars for violence. Andrew Clifft went to Southampton Crown Court without telling them he was in trouble for headbutting another man in a nightclub
SOUTHAMPTON University has one of the lowest-projected student drop-out rates in central southern England, according to a national league table published today. Appearing in the top third of a table of 161 institutions, its drop out rate of ten per cent
HEALTH minister John Denham has launched a new scheme this week to help smokers in Hampshire give up the dreaded weed. The NHS support group Quitters provides free support, in the form of individual and group sessions, to help smokers quit. It has been
Although the gold medals brought pride and pleasure, it was the silver achieved by Ian Walker and Mark Covell that brought the biggest lump to the throat. Racing in the Star class might be a double handed affair but for six days in Sydney, Covell and
THE playing field will be levelled at Downton this weekend for cyclists of moderate ability who prefer road racing to time trials. Riders lacking the fitness to hold the speed of more accomplished cyclists can compete on more equal terms because ex-British
SOUTHAMPTON computer services company 2GL has landed a contract to supply computerised network systems to the National Health Service. It will be working with insurance company AXA Assistance on a £70 million contract to provide the network infrastructure
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Union Robin, general, 0230, 102/3; Charles Darwin, oceanographic, 0330, 27; Morning Sun, ro-ro, 0500, 43; Autoline, vehicle carrier, 0630, 105; Hual Trekker, vehicle carrier, 0630, 40/41; Tyne, container, 0730,
A HAMPSHIRE man who accepted £15,000 damages after slipping in a public toilet is unable to spend a penny because he has not got the cash. Kevin Slade landed on the wet floor of the toilets in Winchester injuring his back, which needed hospital treatment
A HEAVILY-pregnant woman was escorted from her local bank by police after launching a direct protest. The 37-weeks pregnant woman refused to leave the Lloyds-TSB branch in Burgess Road, Swaythling, for two hours after it closed for the day, demanding
A LEADING Labour activist in Southampton has apologised after she deliberately damaged a student's car. High on a mixture of tranquillisers and drink, Pat Othen twisted the car aerial and broke off a wing mirror because she was at the end of her tether
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 years ago A steward on the Queen Mary was fined £45 after city magistrates found him guilty of trying to smuggle 72 pairs of nylon stockings through
PROUD Bashley manager Barry Blankley has paid tribute to his unbeaten Eastern Division table-toppers ahead of tomorrow's visit of Histon (1pm). Despite playing three-quarters of Tuesday's game at Langney with defender Simon James in goal after Geoff Sim
Cup rugby takes centre stage tomorrow with the major attraction being Havant's Tetley's Bitter Cup second round tie at home to Penzance/Newlyn. Havant every incentive to win this one because they well know the all-round benefits a good cup run can bring
Richard Bland, needing two big finishes in the next two European Challenge Tour events to make the Grand Final in Cuba next month, has set about his task in positive style in Italy. Two rounds into the San Paolo Vita Open, the Stoneham clubman is tied
