MURRAY Walker is quite possibly this country's most passionate fan of Formula One. He loves everything about the sport that helped to make him a household name - and he is quick to jump to its defence if anyone dares to say that in recent months it has
WHEN the bones of a young Victorian woman emerged from their watery grave, speculation was rife over how she came to rest there. The simple answer is we may never know. Did she meet a gruesome end and was buried in an unmarked grave? Was she the victim
Former Nottingham Forest star Steve Stone reckons he will win a third promotion to the Premiership this season - providing his loan move is made permanent. Midfielder Stone was due to return to the Pompey side at Sheffield Wednesday tonight after recovering
Hampshire wicketkeeper Nic Pothas expects to play Olympic hockey for Greece at Athens 2004. Johannesburg-born Pothas played for Hampshire as a non overseas player last season, courtesy of his Greek passport. The 29-year-old is currently concentrating
The last National ranking event for 2002 was held at Warsash Sailing Club on 16th & 17th November. Again 15 Europe sailors turned up to compete including some new faces which was good to see. The winds were light and tide strong which made for some
Today's Principal Arrivals: : P&O Nedlloyd Kobe, container, 0400, 206; Autoline, ro/ro, 0600, 201 link; Nordsee, container, AM, Con Term; Autoroute, ro/ro, TBA, 201 link; Don Juan,vehicle carrier, TBA, 202; Neptune Dynamis, ro/ro, TBA, 201 link; Sierksdorf
MAGNIFICENT Saints sent champions Arsenal packing with a thrilling 3-2 victory at St Mary's this afternoon. In-form James Beattie hit two and Agustin Delgado one as Saints maintained their proud unbeaten home record. For Arsenal, Sol Campbell was giving
MEMBERS of Southampton Gymnastics Club pulled out all the stops to produce one of the club's most successful showings at last week's British Sports Acrobatics and Tumbling Tournament. All 13 members of the Southampton team shone in the Stoke on Trent
COACH Mark Scott believes only a spirit of togetherness can keep Solent Stars' gradual improvement going in basketball's National Conference League. After suffering a clean sweep of ten National Trophy defeats to start the season, the Eastleigh-based
A new cycling team takes to the road next season - and a rider well known locally will be its "directeur sportif." He is Salisbury RC's Harry Lodge, an Italian-based professional who drew down the curtain on his racing career at the end of this season
MEMBERS of a Hampshire stage school have been staying out late this week - for religious purposes. Youngsters from the Stagecoach Andover and Salisbury school are taking part in the touring version of the West End stage hit Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor
A DAD who took part in a carefully planned ram-raid at a Hampshire burger bar has been jailed for five years. Painter and decorator Nicholas Spencer, 27, began sobbing as jurors found him guilty of taking part in a gang raid at Burger King in Hedge End
ON Wednesday, November 13 at 7pm, Cam Pulham picked up his telephone to hear that a stricken tanker was leaking 70,000 tonnes of oil into the Atlantic. Immediately, the duty manager and team leader of Southampton-based Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) set
Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia were spearheading the European challenge at the halfway stage of the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan yesterday. It's the first time the two 22-year-olds have been head-to-head for victory since their intense rivalry in
Kingfisher with Ellen MacArthur at the helm crossed the line in Guadelope this morning to win the Route du Rhum in the 60-foot IMOCA monohull class. Hundreds of boats escorted Ellen over the line with even more well wishers on the beach. Once ashore Ellen
LEGAL top brass behind the plans for a new dock at Dibden Bay will continue their behind-the-scenes battles next week. There were further discussions yesterday over the complex conditions which objectors want imposed on Southampton docks operator Associated
Winchester's Kevin Vane produced a 45 in his team's win over Rail Institute in the Winchester & District Snooker Team knockout tournament first round. Phil Mort slotted in a 31 but could not stop his Cons team falling to East Winchester Social. Winners
FOR the next seven days this thin grey line could be all that stands to protect your lives. These brave men and women of the Royal Navy will be responsible for tackling Hampshire's fires after firefighters went on strike over pay for the second time in
MORE than 600 new jobs in Southampton hang in the balance now plans to open a new Ikea store will go to a public inquiry next year. The Swedish furniture giant wants to build a new store on the former Calor Gas site at the Millbrook Industrial Estate
THE Hampshire mother at the centre of a tug-of-love struggle to secure the return of her four-year-old son is counting the days until he comes home. Tracey Cetin, from Romsey, now knows Josh will definitely be coming back to Britain after a Turkish court
WORKERS at a car exporting firm enjoyed a visit from a feathered friend. Staff at International Car Operators in Southampton's Western Docks were happy to host the rare long-eared owl which landed on a Honda CRV at 10am and stayed the whole morning. "
DOMESTIC violence will be the subject of a day-long information session being run in a Southampton supermarket this Monday. The Domestic Violence Forum will be holding the event at the Asda store in the city centre to mark the International Day Against
A GROUP of Southampton cadets have been rewarded for their exceptional map reading abilities. The young recruits won the orienteering trophy at the Hampshire Cup Challenge, during which they were set a number of challenging tasks. Assault courses, a march
LAWRIE McMENEMY has thrown his influential voice behind The Daily Echo's campaign to re-open the safe-standing debate. The ex-Saints boss spoke of the Hillsbrough trag-edy of 1989, but stressed he believed standing could be safely re-introduced at Premiership
GORDON STRACHAN has called on players and fans to make Arsenal feel as if they are in a cup tie today. Saints are protecting an unbeaten home record at St Mary's this season, but manager Strachan knows Arsenal pose the biggest threat yet. "We are excited
Full time scores from the top teams in the South Saints 3 - Arsenal 2 Southend 0 - Bournemouth 1 Sheff Wed - Portsmouth (5.35pm ko)
