DYNAMITE Bait-sponsored angler Simon Hambridge continued his amazing run of results - easily winning the first round of the Cormorants Marshall Rolfe team Toyota Clubman Challenge on Longbridge Lake. In doing so, he booked his place in the final on Longbridge
Havant & Waterlooville came away thoroughly 'Browned' off from the first ever Hampshire Senior Cup final at St Mary's last night. The Hawks arrived in Southampton with high hopes of erasing the memory of last season's dismal Dell display against Andover
IN cold and blustery weather, the new cricket season has started, Tim Keighley's young Andover 2nd XI entertained Cove II at London Road last Saturday in their first outing of the season and had a comfortable victory. Andover were bowled out for 143.
AMPORT were in a strong position during their National Village Knockout clash with Dogmersfield on Sunday, until rain halted play. Winning the toss and bowling first, skipper Nick Bone saw his bowlers do everything they could to get wickets, despite the
Fleet Town , Andover 1 IN a heart-stopping, nerve-jangling and emotional finale to the JWL season Andover gained the draw they need in the title decider at a packed Calthorpe Park last Saturday to become league champions - yet again! Another monumental
Today's Principal Arrivings: Albatros, cruise ship, 0930, 105; Sirius P, general, 1000, 36S; Eufonia, ro/ro, 1200, 201; CMA CGM Voltaire, container, 1900, 207; Nedlloyd Africa, container, 2100, 206. Today's Principal Sailings: Triumph Ace, ro/ro, 1000
MOTORISTS and businesses are celebrating after one of the busiest routes between South-ampton and the West Country reopened following roadworks two days early. At 7pm yesterday the signs and cones were cleared away on the A36 at West Wellow, much to the
MIRACLE child Beth Heaton celebrates her third birthday today. Beth, of Testbourne Close, Totton, was born with aplastic anaemia, which prevented her body from producing new blood. Her parents, Stuart and Karen, were warned Beth would die within months
THE wit and wisdom of Noel Coward is brought to life by Sheridan Morley at the Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke, tomorrow night. A Talent to Amuse features a mixture of songs and behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the well-known arts critic and raconteur,
A MURDER inquiry was launched this week after a North hampshire businessman was found dead in a ravine on an Indonesian island. A body discovered on Lombok is thought to be that of Charles Cunningham, owner of the award-winning Wooldings Vineyard at Whitchurch
TRADERS in Stock-bridge are cock-a-hoop following news that a controversial Freedom March along the High Street has been cancelled. Test Valley Mayor, Cllr Jack Taylor, had invited the School of Army Aviation from Middle Wallop to exercise their right
POLICE are hunting a man who launched an apparently unprovoked attack on a member of staff at the Bengal takeaway in Winchester Street, Andover. The assault happened between 11.30pm and 11.40pm on Tuesday when a man entered the premises, leapt over the
COMMUNITIES worried about the possible health effects of a series of new 3G mobile phone masts across the Andover area have been making contact with each other to form a more united front against the structures. In Anna Fields people are so concerned
TEST Valley Borough Council has been urged to get plans for a new community centre up and running as soon as possible. The council has committed £300,000 to build the community centre on the site of the old Way Out Club, on land between River Way and
POLICE targeted abandoned and untaxed vehicles during a major swoop on two Andover estates. Headed by Insp Andy Jennings with Sgt Dave Wright leading Operation Clean Sweep on the ground, a team of Andover police and traffic officers swept through King
WHITCHURCH Silk Mill is celebrating the Queen's Golden Jubilee with an exhibition of silk woven to commemorate the event. The purple, gold and red striped silk has been woven on looms installed in Whitchurch in 1910. The silk was designed by the Mill's
FORMER Traffic man Jim Capaldi drives into The Brook, Southampton, next week. Capaldi was the original drummer with the band in the late 1960s, featuring on hits like Hole In My Shoe and Paper Sun. Now on a European tour with his own band, Jim visits
Record numbers of entries have been received for this year's Andover Carnival, demonstrating the community is as excited as Carnival chairman Mark Bladen about the return of this annual event. Some 20 entries for floats have so far been received by the
TEST Valley's labour shortage could be eased if more child care places were made available but Test Valley's childcare development officer says there are factors which limit the number of places which can be created. Under a Government-backed scheme 15,000
THE Home Office stands accused today of wasting taxpayers' money after changing the name of Haslar's detention facility. New signposts have gone up around Gosport showing the centre's new name - Immigration Removal Centre. Councillor Peter Edgar, leader
SOUTHAMPTON CITY have run into early injury troubles for their Southern Women's League Division 2 campaign. Outstanding triple jump prospect, Katharine Streatfield, who broke impressively onto the international scene last season, is sidelined with foot
EASTLEIGH held a club match and invitation event on Mike Smith's Hordle Lakes and once again Bob's Lake produced some outstanding weights. Invited angler, Bournemouth Lodge's Steve Hemmings, scored a runaway victory with 121lb 3oz of carp to 4lb on the
CALLS for the provision of sheltered housing and a new health centre, plus environmental improvements for a parade of shops are set to be made by Hamble Parish Council. The authority wants the village to be given special exemption from government planning
HAMBLE'S revamped police surgery will be open this Friday from 10am to 11am and on Thursday, May 9, from 6pm to 7pm. Police surgeries operating from a portable building alongside the village's Memorial Hall were instigated a year ago following the closure
ASSOCIATED British Ports (ABP) have failed to follow nature conservation regulations and the government should turn down their scheme for a container terminal at Dibden Bay. So says English Nature's ecology and planning expert David Tyldesley, speaking
ANDOVER 1st XI travelled to Cove for their first away game of the season last Saturday in very different weather conditions compared to the previous week's opening game of the season. Cove won the toss and elected to bat against a strong Andover bowling
THE underdogs had their day recently when the HSA Youth League staged its highly popular annual Jock McClorey Tournament at the Walworth Sports Field. With 35 teams from the under-9, 10 and 11 age groups competing in a unique event where teams finishing
THRUXTON - the fastest motor racing circuit in the UK - plays host this weekend to some of the most explosive action of the year with the annual visit of the hugely popular British touring car championship circus. The fifth and sixth rounds of the Green
A STATE-OF-THE-art technology department at the UK Sailing Academy in Cowes costing £150,000 has been opened by the Princess Royal. The new facilities were unveiled by the princess during her visit to the Island when she helped launch Wight Spirit - Britain's
THERE were few surprises among the expected title-chasing crews as they contested the Southampton Coastal Head of the River Race held from Riverside Park to the Itchen Bridge last Saturday. But it was a close call, and with only 20 seconds between the
RISING badminton star Hannah Littlecott is already making her mark on the European stage. The 13-year-old Hamble schoolgirl was on international duty with the Great Britain team in Elmsborne, Germany at the weekend and returned home to Lowford with yet
TODAY a campaign is launched to raise much-needed funds for a vital cancer centre for people in the New Forest. This week Oakhaven Hospice celebrates the tenth anniversary of its official opening - that's a decade of treating and caring for nearly 3,000
THE chairman of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight branch of the Institute of Directors has been broadcasting to a world audience as part of the IoD's annual convention. Mike Pawley was giving his thoughts on globalisation to more than 2,000 businesses.
INNOVATORS in the south have just weeks to enter the Innovention 2002 Exhibition - run on behalf of Business Link Wessex by South East Hampshire Enterprise Agencies. Competition entries must be submitted by May 24 and so far range from a novel flycatcher
IT WILL be the stunning highlight of the nation's Golden Jubilee celebrations and the Daily Echo wants to help a lucky local family of readers get the best seats in the house. The Golden Jubilee national celebrations take place in The Mall in London on
TALENTED teenagers Vickie Rayment and Andrea Ware will be performing before an audience of hundreds of thousands of people this summer. The 16-year-olds will be among scores of young people from across the country forming a gospel choir at the Golden
WHO needs a street if you're going to have a street party? A generous Warsash sports club is inviting revellers to its ground to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee in style. The club is opening its doors to anyone who has been unable to close off their
ANDOVER Football Club's jubilant Lions have lifted the Jewson Wessex League crown for the second successive season. They gained a 1-1 draw in Saturday's title decider with Fleet Town. Roared on by a 600-strong crowd the Lions will be hoping to complete
A NEW chapter in the success story that is HSA unfolded with the official re-opening of the newly refurbished Hambleden House on Wednesday. This was the culmination of a year of change, with multi-million pound refurbishments to the offices at both Alan
A HOLIDAY in Antigua was the surprise gift presented to H M Bennett Ltd production manager Robin Rolls to mark 25 years service with the Appleshaw company. Robin, aged 40, was left speechless as managing director Jim Gaffney presented him with the gift
STAFF and governors at St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School are celebrating after the school was among those chosen by the Department of Education and Skills to receive a school achievement award. Schools standards minister Stephen Timms
A STORY recalled in our 'Back through the Pages' column has rekindled memories of the Korean War for Herbert Swatton from Hurstbourne Tarrant. The story told of the memorial plaque at Amport erected in 1952 to the memory of David Taylor who was killed
WHAT Did You Do on the Web, Daddy? Ever wondered what happened to those you were billeted, bombarded or posted abroad with? Ever wanted to get in touch with some of your old comrades, but didn't know where to start? That's how www.20thcenturycomrades.com
EMERGENCY services in Andover were faced with a crisis of their own on Thursday night when BT's telecommunications services experienced a 'massive power failure', throwing the whole of the south into chaos. Tens of thousands of telephones across Hampshire
JOB vacancies in housekeeping at hospitals remain high because of strong competition from supermarkets and other employers, a meeting of health bosses heard. The monthly board meeting of the Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare (NHS) Trust (managers of
ANTIQUE junkies from a wide area of southern England converged on Tidworth on Thursday to take part in the Antiques Roadshow. The event took place in the main hall of the Tidworth Leisure Centre where crowds soon gathered as opening time approached. Some
Vehicle Crime expert Pc Jerry Oakes, is passing on tips about how to defeat the car criminal. This week he looks at caravans. "Now the holiday season is upon us again it's time to dust off the caravan and head west again," said Pc Oakes. "A word of warning
A TEST case which could result in more than 250 convictions for drink-driving offences being overturned started at Basingstoke magistrates' court this week. The case centres around an Intoximeter, which measures the proportion of alcohol in the breath
EXPECTANT mums can now give birth to their babies in Fareham again after the town's maternity unit re-opened. It is the second time Blackbrook maternity unit has re-opened after temporary closures in the space of a year, fuelling fears that it could,
BICYCLE charity ReCycle has opened its second national collection point at Freshwater. The Essex-based charity, which sends unwanted bicycles to less developed countries, already has one collection point at Colchester. The Island collection point has
FAREHAM'S Diane Blake is extremely proud of her new violet hat - but she's even more proud of where she will be wearing it. Diane is one of the privileged few invited to the Queen's Golden Jubilee garden party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She
A GOSPORT landlord has hit back at criticism by a government minister that he is being "unreasonable" to his tenants by hiking up their maintenance charges by 400 per cent. As freeholder of Gosport's Rowner estate, Michael Baker-Harber, of Focushawk Ltd
WHO needs a street if you're going to have a street party? A generous Warsash sports club is inviting revellers to its ground to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee in style. The club is opening its doors to anyone who has been unable to close off their
BISHOPSTOKE Parish Council is to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee by putting up two public clocks in the parish. Councillors have unanimously agreed to splash out £2,452 to purchase two 12ft-high "Lions Head" clocks. One will be installed at the Whalesmead
SAINTS chairman Rupert Lowe was quick to rubbish speculation that Agustin Delgado is set to quit Saints, warning him to return to the club - or else! The Ecuador international gave the strongest hint yet that he will not return when he said that he had
AGUSTIN DELGADO has given his strongest hint yet that he will not return to Saints after the World Cup. The Ecuador international joined Saints for £3.5 million in November but his season was cut short by a knee injury, which he believes was not taken
On A historic day for British sailing, HRH the Princess Royal named Wight Lightning, the first, ever modern America's Cup boat to be built in Great Britain. The 80ft Formula One machine is the yacht that Peter Harrison's GBR Challenge has designed and
