The shorter daylight hours are no reason to draw the curtains on your garden. PAT HOLT looks at the possibilities of using artificial light to enhance nature's beauty and create an autumn/winter wonderland... GARDEN lighting comes into its own during
SAUSAGES galore will be on offer at one Warsash butcher to mark the start of National Sausage Week. Butcher Trevor Harvey hopes to tempt visitors' tastebuds with a selection of hot and spicy pork, leek, garlic and turkey varieties at a free tasting session
REGULARS at a Hampshire pub tucked into a banquet of award-winning sausages - knowing they were raising cash for a cause very close to their landlord's heart. Dozens of people packed into the Rising Sun in Swanmore to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis
Tom sat alone at a corner table in the White Horse, a pint of ale in his hand, his mind elsewhere. The town hadn't changed much over the years, he thought. The people seemed to have done, though. A lot of them must have moved away and others had moved
Opening bowler Matthew Hoggard will be key to England's hopes when the Ashes series begins next week, according to Hampshire's Australian spin legend Shane Warne. Warne said today: "A lot depends on Hoggard - if he plays well, then England have a good
THE PARENTS of missing Hampshire teenager Daniel Nolan are backing a play which will reconstruct the mystery disappearance of their son. Pauline and Greg Nolan say the production, called Dan Nolan - Missing, brings something good out of the tragic situation
SAUSAGES galore will be on offer at one Warsash butcher to mark the start of National Sausage Week. Butcher Trevor Harvey hopes to tempt visitors' tastebuds with a selection of hot and spicy pork, leek, garlic and turkey varieties at a free tasting session
Today's Principal Arrivals: Jingu Maru, vehicle carrier, 0600, 202; Aegean Breeze, ro/ro, 0745, 201. Today's Principal Sailings: Aegean Breeze, ro/ro, 1600, 201; Jingu Maru, vehicle carrier, PM, 202. Fuel movements: Today's Esso Fawley and BP movements
Celebrated Hampshire Under-20 championship winning captain Tom Allen, Fareham-based Bristol Shoguns flanker Richard Martin-Redman and former county Under-16 winger Ugo Monye have been included in the England Under-21 'South' squad that travels to France
Winchester have gone top of the Sunday section of the Hampshire Ladies Super League South with a 5-4 win over former leaders Havant. With the scores all square after the pairs, Winchester took a stranglehold on the game. Zo Wood, Jo Coote and Angela Jones
SOUTHAMPTON'S Mayflower theatre is set for a £2m refurbishment to ensure its survival as one of the south's top entertainment venues, the Daily Echo can reveal. Bosses say the work is vital so the theatre can stage the big money-spinning West End shows
POLICE have expressed concern about the welfare of a 15-year-old Southampton girl who has been missing for five days. Samantha Horeman, known to her friends as "Sammy Jo" or "Sam", was last seen at her home at Millers Pond, Sholing, when she return from
SAUSAGES galore will be on offer at one Warsash butcher to mark the start of National Sausage Week. Butcher Trevor Harvey hopes to tempt visitors' tastebuds with a selection of hot and spicy pork, leek, garlic and turkey varieties at a free tasting session
WHEN it comes to supporting your favourite football team a Hampshire teenager knows no bounds. Football mad Dan Williams, 17, is so devoted to Liverpool Football Club he makes the 500-mile round trip from Southampton to Liverpool's ground at Anfield,
SOUTHAMPTON Choral Society will be performing on Saturday November 2 at Southampton Guildhall at 7.30pm. The choir, along with orchestra and soloists, will present Verdi's Requiem, the Grand March from Aida, and the Overture to Force of Destiny. Tickets
THE south of England has been left with a multi-million-pound repair bill following the Atlantic storm that cut a swathe of destruction across the region last Sunday. Wind speeds of 75mph were recorded in the centre of Southampton and thousands of homes
REGULARS at a Hampshire pub tucked into a banquet of award-winning sausages - knowing they were raising cash for a cause very close to their landlord's heart. Dozens of people packed into the Rising Sun in Swanmore to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis
RED-faced bosses at an Eastleigh club have apologised after accidentally putting up a distress signal over the High Street. Scores of old soldiers noticed that the Union Jack flying over the Imperial Club was upside down - which in times of trouble is
Full-time scores from the top clubs in the South MAN UTD 2 - SAINTS 1 PORTSMOUTH 0 - LEICESTER 2 BOURNEMOUTH 1 - BRISTOL ROVERS 0
FORMER Saint George Lawrence has returned to his former club to pledge his support to the Premiership club's 'Racism Just Ain't Saintly' campaign. The project - a joint initiative between Southampton City Council, Southampton FC and Friends Provident
Saints travel to Old Trafford determined to protect their best ever start to a Premiership season today. Having taken 16 points from their 11 league matches so far this term, Saints have not only beaten their previous Premiership best of 15 from 1999/
SOUTHAMPTON striker Brett Ormerod has won a national award for his goalscoring performances in October. The former Blackpool forward has been named as Opta's Premiership player of the month. That followed an impressive October for Ormerod, who began it
As the stars prepare to come out for Wessex Heartbeat, ANDREW WHITE catches up with the compre for the evening, TV personality Matthew Kelly... IS MATTHEW KELLY the most excitable man in the world? Even after ten years presenting TV talent show Stars
On a day which saw the New Forest endure some of the stormiest weather in years, Lymington Recreation Centre witnessed its own mini-hurricane in the form of Ringwood's Alan Gregory. He recorded the second highest individual score in the New Forest Indoor
Diego Forlan's late strike broke Saints hearts today as the Argentine handed Gordon Strachan's men a defeat they didn't deserve. Forlan's goal ended Saints four game winning run but it looked for most of the game as if they would walk away from Old Trafford
Solent Stars begin their National Conference League campaign tonight when they entertain Manchester Magic (Fleming Park Leisure Centre, 8pm). Manchester have won seven of their National Trophy pool matches, including a 96-50 win over Hull Icebergs last
COUNCIL chiefs barricaded a Totton town centre car park yesterday to halt an invasion of travellers. Members of the public went rushing into the civic centre to warn staff that caravans were being driven into an adjacent parking area. Four vehicles were
PIECES of prehistoric pottery dating back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age have been discovered on the site of Southampton's WestQuay shopping centre. Archaeologists from the University of Southampton are currently analysing nearly 400 handmade pieces found
PEACE campaigners brought traffic to a standstill with a sit-down protest against a possible attack on Iraq. Around 100 protesters from the Stop the War coalition chanted slogans as they occupied a pedestrian crossing outside Southampton Civic Centre
As Wessex Heartbeat heads into a new era after a decade of success, chief executive Alan Blair is looking ahead to how the charity will help save more lives... ALAN Blair is not a man who likes to sit back and reflect on his achievements for too long.
SHOPPERS in Weston will have a new-look venue for getting their groceries from next week, as a re-furbished Co-op store opens its doors again. The shop on Weston Lane has just undergone a £200,000 re-fit to equip it with a stylish new look and modern
DESCRIBED by Mojo Magazine as "the working class heroes" of the music scene, Lindisfarne are back on the road again. The enduring Geordie folk-rock band are in the middle of a tour which includes a trip across the Solent to play the Medina Theatre at
A MASSIVE cash grant will be used to train unemployed people in a run-down area of Southampton. Out-of-work residents in the Outer Shirley area will be trained in building crafts, environmental maintenance or landscape gardening. Current job vacancies
On-loan Southampton goalkeeper Neil Moss returns to St Mary's on Monday ready to fight for his Premiership future. Moss' two-month loan spell at Dean Court comes to an end this weekend with first-choice Cherries goalkeeper Gareth Stewart fit to return
