THE fourth round of the 4-a-side Neptune Series held at Hengistbury Head provided some cracking sport with Boscombe & Southbourne A comprising of Reg Clough, Alan Jones, Martin Seear and Tony Ward being catapulted up the league after a fine performance
Skandia Life Cowes Week just keeps getting bigger and better and this year it's going to be a record breaker. For the first time in the history of the event organisers are expecting more than 1,000 boats will enter the world famous regatta. The explanation
Kevin Saunders may be the new Southern PGA champion - but he's not having things his own way in Hampshire. For the second event in a row the Barton-on-Sea tournament professional had to be content with runners-up slot, this time in the Hampshire Alliance
A Hampshire man became the first English racehorse owner to win the coveted South African equivalent of the Derby last week. Michael Barfoot, who was born and raised in Hedge End, is the proud owner of what has now been officially named as the fastest
THE future of 150 jobs at one of the world's oldest boatyards at Gosport looked secure today as the Finnish boatbuilder Nautor clinched a deal to buy the famous Camper & Nicholson's yard. The jobs had been under threat since the former owner, the
POLICE have issued this computer composite picture of a man they want to trace in connection with an indecent exposure incident at Chandler's Ford earlier this month. A 13-year-old schoolgirl was walking home along a footpath between Bournemouth Road
Today's Principal Arrivings: Celtic King, container, 0500, 205W; Le Castellet, vehicle carrier, 0600, 201; Queen Elizabeth 2, passenger liner, 0630, 38/9; Caronia, passenger liner, 0700, 106; Angela J, container, 0800, 205E; Arroyofrio Uno, ro/ro, 0800
FORTY-FIVE children aged between 7 and 16 competed in a junior tennis tournament organised by Lyndhurst Tennis Club. The club are keen to support the juniors, using the expertise of coaches Richard Carter & Christine Wheeler-Osman to develop a programme
LOCKS HEATH Swim Squad finished the season in style at the Portsmouth Northsea End of Season Open Meet, with eight swimmers representing them in finals. Max Brinkers, 11, led the charge, plundering gold over 100m in four events, the 11 to 12 years' butterfly
Frightened residents are calling on Winchester City Council to move them from the Sussex Street hostel for the homeless after a woman was killed on Saturday night. Police officers, called to a disturbance, found 38-year-old Valerie Ver'a-Tallett at the
A husband and wife have been charged with murder after a woman was fatally stabbed at a hostel for the homeless in Sussex Street, Winchester, on Saturday night. Police found the body of 38-year-old Valerie Ver'a-Tallett in a hallway at the bottom of a
A £4.2m scheme to provide a new school for Hampshire children with special educational needs has gone on hold because of a nest of bats. Work on the new Lankhills School at Winchester has been delayed for months after the protected creatures were discovered
Bundled from the building in handcuffs and carted off by police, Mark Oaten's ignominious arrest startled passers-by... But the raid on the Southgate Street Lib-Dem office was all part of a Macmillan Cancer Relief fund-raising stunt. The Winchester MP
Old Alresford residents have won their two-year battle against the articulated lorries which have been thundering through their once-peaceful village. Fed up with the noise and disruption from heavy delivery trucks and forklifts rumbling in and out of
Michael Portillo, the bookies' blue-hot favourite to win the Tory leadership contest, began his campaign at the weekend, addressing an audience of party members in Alresford. First to throw his hat into the ring when William Hague resigned after a second
Mandy Chessell, a WebSphere Architect at IBM's UK Development Laboratory at Hursley Park, has become the first woman to win the Royal Academy of Engineering's prestigious Silver Medal for her outstanding contribution to British engineering. HRH the Duke
Digital broadcasting developer Tandberg Television, is supporting a local education initiative by working with the University of Southampton's Summer School. The school is part of the Government's Excellence in Cities initiative and aims to help gifted
Students at a prestigious Hampshire college have a new role - keeping their careers advisers on their toes. The careers team at King Alfred's College in Winchester, part of the Link2Learn partnership which offers advice and guidance on learning opportunities
CHRISTMAS is coming and the goose is getting fat. Okay, maybe not just yet. But, if ticket sales are anything to go by, this year's pantomime at The Mayflower should be one to remember. With more than five months to go before this year's panto - Dick
SAINTS controversial plans to cater for thousands of fans driving to their new stadium can be unveiled today. The Daily Echo can reveal that the club will need more than 30 car parks to cater for the thousands of cars that descend on Southampton on match
A SOUTHAMPTON headmaster says he has no plans to cut end- of-year treats at theme parks in the wake of several of his students getting trapped on a white-knuckle ride yesterday. Sixteen youngsters from Oaklands School, Lordshill, were left dangling upside
THIS was the terrifying moment when a raider armed with an imitation Uzi machine gun held two shop assistants at gunpoint. As reported in yesterday's Daily Echo the two female staff members had been forced to put cash into a bag while the robber threatened
THE public will have a chance to voice their opinions about the NHS to those responsible for providing the service. The local NHS is hosting its annual meeting on Thursday evening in the Sir James Matthews Building, Southampton. Representatives from the
A FORMER Winchester prison officer who claims she was "encouraged to befriend" mass murderess Rosemary West while in jail is suing the Home Office for six-figure compensation. Lynn Armstrong says she was so traumatised by her exposure to the notorious
A record number of women turned out in force on Southampton Common to raise money for cancer research. Nadine Bateman reports. It was a moving sight, as a record-breaking 3,000 women and girls turned up at Southampton Common to take part in Sunday's Race
LOCKS HEATH Swim Squad finished the season in style at the Portsmouth Northsea End of Season Open Meet, with eight swimmers representing them in finals. Max Brinkers, 11, led the charge, plundering gold over 100m in four events, the 11 to 12 years' butterfly
LYMINGTON'S Lorna Graham has entered the Rolex Fastnet Race as one part of a double-hand crew after her record breaking success in the 1999 event, where she became the first ever double-handed crew to enter and complete a Fastnet. Graham, 29, has again
THE New Forest Show began today amid hopes that the massive influx of visitors will rescue the area's battered economy. The Forest's tourist industry is experiencing one of the worst years on record in the wake of the national foot-and-mouth crisis. Restrictions
THIS was the terrifying moment when a raider armed with an imitation Uzi machine gun held two shop assistants at gunpoint. As reported in yesterday's Daily Echo the two female staff members had been forced to put cash into a bag while the robber threatened
A MAJOR inquiry was under way today after a badly beaten woman was found collapsed in a Hampshire woodland. The victim, who had suffered severe head injuries, was discovered near a wooded path just outside Hambledon village around 8am. Police said the
A RADICAL rethink of leisure facilities in Fareham as been ordered - with all options open, including the closure of the borough's famous Ferneham Hall. Thousands of Fareham households are to be sent a survey asking residents what leisure facilities they
A NEW telecommunications mast aimed at giving rail travellers improved reception for mobile phones has been temporarily grounded amid fears that it could pose a risk to low flying aircraft. One 2 One Personal Telecommunications Ltd wants to put a five-metre
OOH La La! Eastleigh went Gallic for the day as 30 French traders set up stall in the town's Leigh Road shopping precinct. The Norman invasion added a dash of colour to the Eastleigh street scene with French tricolours fluttering in the breeze and the
PAUL MURRAY will be given three months to earn himself a Premiership contract with Saints. After leaving relegated QPR on a Bosman free, the right-sided midfielder or defender has impressed on a brief trial at Southampton. And boss Stuart Gray will this
HAMPSHIRE police today appealed to the public to help them trace a "vulnerable" 57-year-old missing man who suffers from chronic depression. James McIntosh, whose family is in Scotland, had been staying with friends at an address in the West End area
LOCAL anglers are dominating the overall leader table of the Isac Open Pegged League after the seventh round held at West Bexington. Steve Harder from Southampton topped the list followed by Wayne Perrett (Eastleigh), Trevor Spencer (Havant) and Don Perrett
LYMINGTON'S Lorna Graham has entered the Rolex Fastnet Race as one part of a double-hand crew after her record breaking success in the 1999 event, where she became the first ever double-handed crew to enter and complete a Fastnet. Graham, 29, has again
A GOVERNMENT body will be giving evidence at the public inquiry into plans for a container terminal at Dibden Bay. The Countryside Agency is masterminding a bid to turn part of the New Forest, including the Bay, into a national park. The agency plans
ROB EDWARDS, one of the most successful products of the Hampshire PGA, has come out strongly against calls for a radical overhaul of the county's tournament programme. Hampshire PGA captain Jason Neve blamed last week's mass failure of any county professional
A Southampton man became the first English racehorse owner to win the coveted South African equivalent of the Derby last week. Michael Barfoot, who was born and raised in Hedge End, is the proud owner of what has now been officially named as the fastest
NICK WEAL and Paul Scullard had a 100 per cent winning record but the Hampshire & Isle of Wight team still got off to a losing start in the LTA Inter-County Tennis Cup at Eastbourne yesterday. Second pair Weal and Scullard dropped just one set winning
SKIN cancer rates are likely to continue increasing over the next 30 years, despite messages about safety in the sun. This comes from an article in the latest issue of The Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, written by Rebecca Penzer
HAMPSHIRE time triallists, Rowan Horner (VC St Raphael Waite Contracts) and Mick St Leger (Real Cost Car Imports) played prominent roles in this year's national 100 mile championship. And Horner, a school teacher from Sarisbury Green, is hoping that the
Form a circle...July, when standing cereal is tall and sturdy enough to take an impression, is usually the month when crop circles appear. And the fields around Winchester are where you are most likely to find them. This fine effort, two miles east of
Angry mast protesters have failed to halt plans to site a 45-foot phone mast in Compton near Winchester. The application, by international phone giant, Hutchinson 3G, to site the mobile phone mast at Beckett's Nurseries has been strongly opposed by residents
Campaigners fighting to save Barton Farm from development have vowed to step up their battle after another U-turn by councillors which places the site as the sole choice for the building of 2,000 new homes. They will now carry out a massive leaflet drop
One of Alresford's biggest employers, Hankins garage, is closing after more than 100 years' service to the town. The 14 staff at the business in West Street have been made redundant, though all were kept informed of company plans and all have have had
Police are running a poster appeal for information about a man who indecently assaulted two girls at Alresford. They have issued a description of the man who attacked the 11-year-olds in Jacklyns Lane as they were going home with their micro-scooters
The world's latest luxury cruise ship, Norwegian Sun is to rise for the first time in Southampton Docks. Operator, Norwegian Cruise Line has chosen the city, the centre for the UK's cruising industry, for the ship's international debut which will attract
After a quarter of a century of trading, a Southampton business is set to be at the centre of a major regeneration project. The Desk Centre in Northam Road, which first opened its doors in 1976, is among the many shops, restaurants and other commercial
Fiddler on the Roof, Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society Junior Section WITH witty dialogue, catchy tunes and lovable characters, Fiddler on the Roof was destined to be a hit. In the hands of these talented youngsters, the musical tale of tradition
ANGRY residents are threatening to delay the building of a new multi-million-pound Southampton secondary school. Education bosses are keen to get planning permission for three £35m privately funded schools so demolition work can begin and the construction
HUNDREDS of sports teams flocked to Southampton at the weekend for the annual Asian Games. And it was a local club who came out tops in the hockey event at the Bassett arena - Sabha Sports claimed the main hockey cup in an overall event which attracted
Big Brother & The Holding Company, The Brook, Southampton NO TIME for a sound check but miracles ensued as usual. No Janis Joplin, either - but BB&THC were never just about Joplin. Current singer Lisa Mills gave a stunning performance beginning
FORTY-FIVE children aged between 7 and 16 competed in a junior tennis tournament organised by Lyndhurst Tennis Club. The club are keen to support the juniors, using the expertise of coaches Richard Carter & Christine Wheeler-Osman to develop a programme
PLANS to repair an ancient bridge in the New Forest could put children at risk, it is claimed. Youngsters in Woodgreen face a long walk to school after bus services were suspended following the closure of Breamore Great Bridge. A £180,000 repair project
PLANS to launch a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in the New Forest area have been approved by councillors. People who make life a misery for their neighbours will in future be asked to sign a pledge to behave. Acceptable Behaviour Contracts are written
BRITAIN'S athletics chief today defended the decision to choose Jamie Baulch ahead of Southampton's Iwan Thomas to run the individual 400m at next month's world championships in Canada. Baulch trailed in last at the British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace
STUBBINGTON Green finished second in their Southern Men's League Division 5 West fixture at Kingston. Busiest person on the day was team captain Mike Harper, who managed a first in the B 3000m steeplechase as well as competing in the sprint hurdles, 5000m
FAREHAM Borough Council is sitting on a £1m cash surplus. The money was set aside for the Market Quay road redevelopment that has proved to be unnecessary. The shopping centre will be smaller than originally planned and a previously-proposed multi-storey
THIS is the young burglar whom detectives are hunting in connection with a daylight raid on a home in Eastleigh's Twyford Road. The intruder took to his heels after being disturbed by the return of the householder who discovered him in her bedroom. He
A FLYTIPPER from Eastleigh has been fined after being traced by his name and address on one of the cardboard boxes he dumped at a beauty spot. Jason Porter, 26, claimed the queue at his local tip, two miles from his home, was too long, so he made a 14
STUBBINGTON Green finished second in their Southern Men's League Division 5 West fixture at Kingston. Busiest person on the day was team captain Mike Harper, who managed a first in the B 3000m steeplechase as well as competing in the sprint hurdles, 5000m
