AFTER going for gold, two former Hampshire students went for a bus ride around the city to help celebrate a unique double. Olympic champions Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy, who both went to Peter Symonds' College at Winchester, took to the open-top bus, festooned
PLANS for new homes on the site of a disused factory where Spitfire engines were once made have been thrown out by a judge. Federal Mogul Ltd claimed the government planning inspector who rejected its proposals ignored the social and other benefits of
PLANS to transform an Eastleigh warehouse into the largest indoor football academy in the South have been sent into extra time. The £500,000 soccer centre of excellence which could produce future Michael Owens and David Beckhams was given the planning
A TOP government minister has personally thanked the Daily Echo for helping to spearhead the nationwide campaign to banish ageism from the workplace. The Whitehall pat on the back came after the Minister for Employment and Equal Opportunities Margaret
PLANS to transform an Eastleigh warehouse into the largest indoor football academy in the South have been sent into extra time. The £500,000 soccer centre of excellence which could produce future Michael Owens and David Beckhams was given the planning
THE last of this season's open events on southern roads takes place in West Sussex tomorrow. This is the 28-mile Goodwood Classic, a Bognor Regis CC promotion offering an intermediate prize worth eight times more than the £25 which awaits the winner.
SOUTHAMPTON'S world class yachting reputation is all at sea as doubts have been cast over the city's future involvement in a prestigious sailing challenge. It could lose out on millions of pounds if organisers of the Round the World Race decide to ditch
COLD water has been poured over reported government plans to double the size of Southampton International Airport. The airstrip was said to have been shortlisted - along with Stansted and Gatwick - for a second runway to cope with an expected rapid increase
EVERTON 1 SAINTS 1 JASON DODD awoke a drab affair at Goodison with a 30-yard strike on goal but Michael Ball rescued a point for Everton from the penalty spot. Dean Richards and Jo Tessem both failed pre-match fitness tests on a heel and foot injuries
