Hampshire's most successful golfer Steve Richardson has threatened to tear up his European Tour card at the end of the season if his form doesn't improve. The three-times European Tour winner from Lee-on-Solent has earned close to £1.9m from golf but
JUSTIN ROSE has one clear aim for the year 2001 - to establish himself on the European PGA Tour. The 20-year-old Hampshire golfer has been at final qualifying school three years running and he promises: "That shouldn't be an issue this year." The new
Matt Blackey should have been in South Africa this week playing alongside his Hampshire pal Justin Rose in the Alfred Dunhill Championship. Last season Blackey finished just four places below Rose in the Volvo European PGA Order of Merit. But now they
Matthew Le Tissier's long-awaited come-back has frustratingly been put on ice again. After almost three months on the sidelines with a recurring knee problem, the Saints star was hoping to return to action in a reserve match against Charlton last night
POLICE investigating the murder of Lee Horrell have been questioning anglers and walkers who use the area where he was last seen alive. The 24-year-old Portsmouth man disappeared on November 11, the same day that his white Ford Escort van was spotted
EMPTY printer cartridges are being turned into money for charity by Bishop's Waltham Rotary Club, which has so far raised £788 by collecting them for recycling. Anyone wanting to donate a cartridge can either give it to the Print Shop in Bishop's Waltham
TWO MAJOR findings bring both good and bad news to Basingstoke hospital this week. A national survey ranks North Hampshire Hospital in the top 20 hospitals with the highest survival rates in the country. The survey, of all NHS trusts in the UK and Republic
DRIVERS in the south face weeks of motoring misery from tomorrow when roadworks get under way on two of Hampshire's motorways. Motorists using the M3 from Hook and the M271 in Southampton could find themselves caught up in big delays, while resurfacing
Today's Principal Arrivings: Today's Southampton arrivals: Autofreighter, vehicle carrier, 0030, 201/2; Hyundai Emporer, container, 0430, 207; Autotransporter, vehicle carrier, 0500, 201 link; Anglian Duke, anchor handling, 0800, 109; Cap Roca, container
Hampshire's most successful golfer Steve Richardson has threatened to tear up his European Tour card at the end of the season if his form doesn't improve. The three-times European Tour winner from Lee-on-Solent has earned close to £1.9m from golf but
A WINCHESTER man heading for a rally in Monte Carlo in his vintage MG crashed on a bend a couple of miles from his home. The 1,000-mile trip ended just a few moments after it began when the classic car skidded off the road and ended up in a ditch. The
A WINCHESTER man has denied seven charges of sex abuse against a girl. Malcolm Holder, 41, of Stockbridge Road, Fulflood, appeared at Winchester Crown Court yesterday to plead not guilty to five indecent assault, one rape and one attempted rape. Judge
A DISPUTE over the use of a garden shed has divided a quiet cul-de-sac in Alresford. Winchester City Council has sent in planning investigators to find out whether Charles Miller is using the structure to run his insurance business. Mr Miller, 42, claims
Major tour operator, Airtours will be bringing its 22,945 ton cruise ship, Sundream back to Southampton this year with a brand new look all thanks to a city-based company. The interior specialists, Trimline from Northam, has given the vessel a wide-ranging
SOUTHAMPTON-based Ordnance Survey has launched a major programme to improve some of its most popular mapping. New technology such as the Global Positioning System and digitally scanned aerial photography, means greater accuracy than ever before and this
Saturation of double glazing products in the residential marketplace was the catalyst for Total Installations Ltd to take a step backwards in order to find the way ahead. Grasping the opportunity to bring in new thinking, Duff Henry who has run the Aldershot
HOTEL values rose by 4.6 per cent during 2000, ahead of the retail price index, but once again behind residential house prices, making it another good year for buyers using equity from their homes to acquire a better value business. According to latest
A MUM told today how she had lost faith in the British legal system after an ex-partner received just three-and-a-half years imprisonment for torching her Hampshire home. Paul Fielder had removed a smoke alarm before carrying out the arson attack at Linda
THE FUTURE of 20 Southampton jobs hangs in the balance after kitchen reject chain Spoils went into receivership. Staff at the discount retailer's store in the Marlands shopping centre face an anxious wait to hear about possible redundancies. Administrative
A NAVAL architect who has had an eye on the world speed record for years now reckons he has the design to take man faster than any sails have taken him before. Malcolm Barnsley, 43, from Southampton's Bitterne Manor area, first began drawing up new designs
AFTER months of waiting, work on the new £7 million Whitbread Travel Inn hotel in Southamp-ton's inner city has finally got under way. Dominic Johnson-Allan from Whitbread said that the 172-room hotel, on the site of Clifford House at Six Dials, will
A SECRETARY who was asked by her boss to sit opposite him in a meeting so he could look up her skirt has won more than £2,000 compensation. Lesley Moir quit her job in disgust after sales manager Chris Graham then produced an 18-inch long tube and made
LIFESAVING community safety schemes may have to be axed by Hampshire fire chiefs because of a dramatic increase in workloads for staff, the Daily Echo can reveal. Recent legislation from the government and Europe has stretched employees at the fire service
TEST Valley borough councillor Stephan Bolton is to quit the authority at the next election, next year. His announcement comes after Tory members threw the representative of Chilworth and Nursling out of their group for not showing up to party meetings
A DISPUTE over the use of a garden shed has divided a quiet cul-de-sac in Alresford. Winchester City Council has sent in planning investigators to find out whether Charles Miller is using the structure to run his insurance business. Mr Miller, 42, claims
AN 88-year-old pensioner who died in hospital after a car accident in the New Forest has been named. Charles George Ames, known locally as George, was struck by a car on Bashley Common Road, near New Milton, on Sunday morning. It was the same road where
REACHING the ripe old age of 100 is certainly an event worth celebrating. But Hampshire's latest centenarian Elsie Kirton really doesn't know what all the fuss is about. And the modest great-grandmother has even asked her friends and family not to bother
TWO compact camcorders worth a total of £920 have been stolen from the Co-op in Long Lane, Holbury, near Hythe. Police are checking the store's security cameras to see if the thieves were captured on tape.
A thief ruined a Sunday outing for a young Totton mum and her family. With a bit of extra cash to spend after Christmas, Karin Holmes and her two children, aged two and nine, had been looking forward to a spot of bargain hunting at the car boot sale at
SAINTS BOSS Glenn Hoddle missed out on a bid to bring Jari Litmanen to The Dell three months ago. Hoddle revealed he had opened negotiations with Barcelona to bring the Finnish star to Saints on loan, only for Litmanen to opt at the time to stay at the
PLANS to create a new yachting centre on the shores of the River Hamble have been floated by Hampshire's harbour bosses. The site of Warsash's former Solent School of Yachting would be given a new lease of life under the £13,000 redevelopment scheme.
A SOCCER fan's dream trip to the Brazilian Cup Final turned into a nightmare as he was caught up in crowd violence which left 170 people injured. Teenager Andrew Barley feared he was going to be trapped in a Hillsborough-style crush. Andrew, of Byrd Gardens
A COUPLE used forged timesheets to dishonestly pocket more than £2,000 in wages. Newbury magistrates heard how the fiddle was carried out by Michaela Drawater, 29, of Fountains Close, Basingstoke, and Carl Wood, aged 26, of Berkeley Drive, Old Hatch Warren
A PENSIONER has told how he has his dog to thank for saving him from a blaze. Roy Hancock, 71, was fast asleep when the fire started in the loft of his bungalow home in Tadley. He described how he woke to the sound of one of his two pet collie dogs, Ben
WINCHESTER MP Mark Oaten, pictured, has welcomed the government's announcement of pilot sites for a hearing test for new-born babies. Last month he was one of the sponsors of an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for all babies to be tested for deafness
Southampton boatbuilder, Moody, based at Swanwick, has again underlined its position as one of the UK's leading names in the marine industry, by scooping the prestigious Best Sailboat award for the Moody 54 at the British Nautical Awards. The presentation
Hampshire equipment from Pains Wessex Safety Systems, has won the accolade of the coveted Marine Product of the Year at the British Nautical Awards. The award, presented in the presence of the Princess Royal in London, was for the company's SOS Precision
HQ Global Workplaces, a specialist in office outsourcing, has appointed two new senior managers based at its centre in Southampton to focus on the increasing demand for their services in the area. Neil Eustace has joined the organisation as regional sales
A move to larger premises for Dallas Airmotive - aeronautical engine re-furbishment specialists - meant a fit out of an empty hangar at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth. Part of the H & S Aviation group, Dallas Airmotive called in Romsey- based Spaceway
HMS SOUTHAMPTON is to continue carrying uranium-tipped shells for the next two years, despite fears they could cause cancer. The American navy has banned the ammunition, used for the Phalanx anti-missile system, from its ships. It started phasing out
THE MYSTERY owner of a lottery ticket worth £1.5 million in Hampshire has still failed to come forward despite widespread publicity about the unclaimed prize over the weekend. As the Daily Echo reported on Saturday, the hunt has begun for the new millionaire
A CONTROVERSIAL composting plant at Fareham could be forced to close unless action is taken to solve the problem of obnoxious smells. Over the past six months more than 500 residents have lodged complaints about the pong from the green waste site at Down
CARRY on as you are - that was the clear message from a survey of Eastleigh residents on the borough council's new set-up of having a leader with an executive cabinet. Households across the borough were given three options set out by the government for
