The Heritage section of the Daily Echo has a new cartoonist - Claire Zillwood. Each week we will feature one of her cartoons, which provide amusing insights into Southampton's rich past. Claire, from Bassett, reveals where she draws her inspiration...
Mick Jenkins was another cock-a-hoop co-boss following Havant & Waterlooville's excellent 3-1 win at Stafford Rangers which hoisted them to tenth in the Dr Martens League Premier Division. Having knocked the third-placed Ryman team, Sutton United,
BASINGSTOKE council has defended its efforts to help vulnerable people with their housing needs ahead of a fresh review of the inquiry into the controversial closure of Beechwood Lodge. Speaking to The Basingstoke Extra prior to a community overview committee
THE recent cold snap could not have more timely for Private Nathan Lambden. Private Lambden, 28, from Whitchurch, is one of more than 50 fellow Territorial Army soldiers from the Royal Rifle Volunteers Regiment who are undergoing training in Surrey to
Totton motorcycle road race enthusiast Ted Reynolds is preparing to walk from Land's End to John O'Groats so that one of Hampshire's finest riders will never be forgotten. Gavin Lee built up a great army of followers with fine performances over the Isle
Table-topping Eastleigh will parade one or, possibly, two new signings for tonight's Jewson Wessex League showdown against Brockenhurst at Ten Acres. Former Saints and Exeter City youngster Jamie Bull is set to make his debut at right-back after completing
Planning summer getaways and weekend breaks in Europe few people even stop to consider whether they can speak the language of their chosen destination. Clare Kennedy reports... BONJOUR, Bonjour c'est moi, voici ma tete . . . " So sing a group of three
TERRIFIED motorists on one of Hampshire's busiest roads were forced to swerve as a drunken man pretended to shoot at them with a fake firearm. Jason Hall - who flipped after a domestic row with his mum - fired imaginary shots at car occupants on a dual
ROMSEY residents are asking how long before someone gets killed by an overturning truck after the latest in a spate of lorry crashes at a railway bridge. The smash in Greatbridge Road on Friday is believed to be the ninth in the last five years. An articulated
Yacht design is breaking new ground as the Mirabella V project nears completion on the banks of the River Itchen in Southampton. From the start, the 250ft superyacht has presented designers, builders and equipment manufacturers such as Bamar UK with new
MURDER squad detectives have questioned a father and son further in connection with the disappearance of a Southampton mother-of-five. Belinda Gibson, 32, vanished from her home in Purvis Gardens, Sholing, in February last year. Since then her husband
FEW performers have had a career as long as Marty Wilde's. The original British rock'n'roll star has been belting out classic songs since scoring his first top five hit, Endless Sleep, in 1958. Although his chart career came to an abrupt end with the
A LORRY had to be taken off an Isle of Wight ferry yesterday when it caught fire while boarding. Ferry crew on the 1.30pm Red Funnel sailing from East Cowes to Southampton rushed to deal with a small electrical fire in the cab of a lorry after the driver
POLICE are to step up patrols after a spate of attacks by vandals left more than 20 cars damaged. Over the past two weeks, yobs have left a trail of destruction in Fareham by throwing bricks, slabs of concrete and stones through the windows and windscreens
MANAGERS at a Fareham hospital have admitted a rehabilitation ward will have to remain closed because of a continuing shortage of staff. Bosses at St Christopher's Hospital in Wickham Road had hoped to reopen the nine-bed Rosewood Ward this month but,
DETECTIVES have arrested a man in connection with the attempted rape of a young Eastleigh woman in the early hours of New Year's Day. Yesterday police released CCTV pictures of a man they said they were anxious to talk to about the serious sexual assault
THE closure of a popular Hampshire nightclub venue - where generations of locals have partied into the early hours - has sparked an outcry from young and old alike. Route 66 in Market Street, Eastleigh, unexpectedly closed its doors at the end of last
SAINTS chairman Rupert Lowe has been elected onto the executive board of the Football Association. Lowe replaces Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale to join Premier League chairman Dave Richards, Arsenal's vice-chairman David Dein and the Blackburn chairman
THERE was no real Sir Bevois (or Bevis). He was a mythical character emanating from the Anglo-Norman poetic romance dating back to the 12th century. According to the embellished stories, Sir Bevois was son of Sir Guy, The Earl of Hampton. Sold into slavery
SOUTHAMPTON referees association secretary John Challis admits he wasn't surprised to see ex-Saint Christer Warren keep quiet after he was booked twice in five minutes yet wasn't 'sent off' until the half-time interval. Warren was playing for Eastleigh
IT'S Saturday lunchtime crunchtime for Fareham, who are battling to shake off the winter blues in time for the visit to Eastcote - arguably their most important game of the season. Two points separate Fareham from their Middlesex opponents in the South
A CROSS-BORDER police search and rescue operation was launched on Monday in a bid to find a missing 75-year-old man. The man, from Sherfield-on-Loddon, who suffers from Parkinson's Disease, was last seen by his relatives at 5pm before he went out for
A Basingstoke driver is set to take the big step up from karting to saloon car racing. Martyn Bennett has been signed by the Alton-based Aurok Motorsport team to contest the Renault Clio Championship in 2003. Julian Phillips, Aurok Motorsport director
An early gift from their former goalkeeper Nick Flower set up promotion-pushing Bashley for their eighth straight victory at Newport IoW last night. With just five minutes gone, Mark Lisk played in Craig Davis down the left and his cross was dropped invitingly
OH NO, not again! Yet another lorry has crashed into a railway bridge at Romsey - the second in only a few weeks. The articulated lorry, which had been travelling from Romsey towards Stock-bridge, struck the bridge at Greatbridge on the A3057 last Friday
ANYONE who likes their operas with a dash of added authenticity will love the Chisinau National Opera's latest staging of Carmen, which conjures a convincing Mediterranean atmosphere with the help of real orange trees and fountains with running water.
THE queue outside the front door said it all. Following an £80,000 facelift, the popular Oaklands swimming pool in Lordshill, Southampton, was about to reopen its doors. Regulars had been waiting five weeks for this moment. The upgrade included the refurbishment
TERRIFIED motorists on one of Hampshire's busiest roads were forced to swerve as a drunken man pretended to shoot at them with a fake firearm. Jason Hall - who flipped after a domestic row with his mum - fired imaginary shots at car occupants on a dual
IT'S the middle of winter, the pond on Southampton Common has been frozen solid for six months, work as a city council road gritter is a 24-hour-a-day job and the temperature at the top of the Bargate is plummeting to a chilly minus five - welcome to
SAX with no strings is on offer at Fareham's Ashcroft Arts Centre next week. Talented tenor and soprano saxophonist Andy Sheppard will be in concert on Saturday January 25. Sheppard became a convert to the saxophone at the age of 19 after hearing the
ON BOARD the 22,607-ton Alcantara was a small glass case containing a key, a reminder of an earlier ship of the same name that became a casualty of war. In 1916, during the First World War, the previous Alcantara was sunk by a German raider and the liner's
ORGANISERS of the Gosport and Fareham Folk Festival have confirmed the event will go ahead this year after fears were raised it would be axed. A question mark had been hanging over the festival after it was announced the Belle Vue hotel, which accommodated
The under-13 girls were Team Solent's star performers at the Hampshire League Cross-Country meet at Overton last Saturday. With Elizabeth Freemantle ninth, Rio Brookes-Gibbs 11th and debutante Lauren Mills 16th, they finished runners-up to national champions
ANDREI KANCHELSKIS is set for a loan move to Sheffield Wednesday until his Saints contract expires at the end of the season. The inspired form of Fabrice Fernandes has limited the Russian winger's first-team chances to one brief appearance as a substitute
Saints Under 18's suffered a fourth round FA Youth Cup extra time defeat at St Mary's last night. Aussie striker Jay Lucas crashed an 88th-minute overhead kick against the Sunderland cross bar from 16 yards after his strike partner Simon Gillett had swung
Table-topping Eastleigh will parade one or, possibly, two new signings for tonight's Jewson Wessex League showdown against Brockenhurst at Ten Acres. Former Saints and Exeter City youngster Jamie Bull is set to make his debut at right-back after completing
An early gift from their former goalkeeper Nick Flower set up promotion-pushing Bashley for their eighth straight victory at Newport IoW last night. With just five minutes gone, Mark Lisk played in Craig Davis down the left and his cross was dropped invitingly
VINEYARD owner Charles Cunningham was murdered by two men he had hired as guides to help him climb an Indonesian mountain, an inquest heard. Although one of the men has since been arrested and jailed for 15 years, Basingstoke coroner Andrew Bradley, presiding
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hoo Swift, general, 0200, 107; Season Trader, refrigerat, 0930, 104; Marie Jeanne, general, 1800, 47; Cap Roca, container, 2130, 204; Hyundai Fortune, container, 2300, 206; Duobulk, general, PM, 102; Ladybird, general, PM,
Justin Chard will find out this week whether his dreams of becoming a Formula One driver start to take some shape. The motor-race marshall from Whitely near Fareham hopes to be among 1,000 applicants chosen on Friday for the Exchange and Mart F1 Drivers
SOUTHAMPTON referees association secretary John Challis admits he wasn't surprised to see ex-Saint Christer Warren keep quiet after he was booked twice in five minutes yet wasn't 'sent off' until the half-time interval. Warren was playing for Eastleigh
The Meon versus Applemore clash was always going to be a hotly-contested game and the first quarter was fast and furious, Meon only leading by four goals at the end of it. The players had to take into consideration the slippery surface, although this
Early-season pacesetters Trojans are desperate to regain their winning touch in Saturday's Hampshire/Surrey Regional League resumption against Epsom at Stoneham Lane. Newly promoted as Hampshire League, Division 1 champions, Trojans looked as though they
THE possibility of Southampton staging Matthew Barney's British title fight has moved a step closer. Barney's manager Eugene Maloney wants to bring the all-Hampshire super-middleweight showdown with Basingstoke's Dean Francis to the city's Guildhall venue
BRITAIN's best-known cyclo-cross rider, Roger Hammond (Collstrop Palmans), made up for an indifferent start to his winter season by winning the national championship in Sutton Park, Birmingham. It was his fifth title in nine years but overall the two-day
BUSINESS looks bright for the Porton Down medical research company Enact Pharma with clinical approval expected in days from the European Union for its cancer treatment drug Voraxaze. That could mean new business worth more than £1m in the first year
Three directors of a firm of mechanical engineering contractors that failed with total debts estimated at £3m have given undertakings not to hold directorships or take any part in company management for five years. The undertakings by Paul Allen Clark
HUNDREDS of Southampton engineers are working around the clock preparing Royal Navy ships to join the task group being sent to the Mediterranean. Northam-based Marine Engineering and Fabrication Limited has taken on 200 sub-contractors in order to ensure
IMMIGRATION officials arrested 35 asylum seekers suspected of working illegally, during an early morning operation in Southampton yesterday. As reported in earlier editions of the Daily Echo, five Brazilians were arrested and then deported back to Brazil
A SOUTHAMPTON mum who has been told to get out of her council flat within 14 days after a judge described her as causing "absolute hell" for neighbours says she came close to committing suicide after realising she would be separated from her family. Heartbroken
FOOTBALL fans will be flocking to Southampton to take a shot at a dream degree - football studies. Southampton Institute has cornered the market in the unconventional subject and says students can hope to net jobs with the soccer big boys. And with Saints
CHILDREN in Hampshire should be seen and not heard next month - so says a leading national cancer charity. On February 7, Macmillan Cancer Relief is urging children across the county to stop rabbiting and hold their tongues for charity. The Hold Your
EASTLEIGH town centre's £22m house building scheme - billed as the biggest investment since the railway - has bitterly divided opinion of residents. More than 700 new homes will be built at three sites in the heart of the town triggering a huge influx
A FAULTY switch in an electricity substation in Eastleigh blacked out power supplies to about 500 customers and caused chaos in the town's shopping centre yesterday. As Southern Electric workers battled to repair the fault, a series of power dips disrupted
Mark McGhee was looking forward to coming face-to-face with his best man after Millwall booked an FA Cup fourth round clash with Gordon Strachan's Saints with a dramatic 3-2 replay victory over Cambridge. McGhee and Strachan played together under Sir
Notts Forest Res 4 - Saints Res 0 SOUTHAMPTON reserves were second-best as Nottingham Forest reserves last night secured their biggest win of the season. Looking to complete the double over the East Midlands side, Saints' display was marred by too many
ANFIELD legend Jimmy Case insists Liverpool will arrive at St Mary's on Saturday as underdogs. Liverpool have gone 11 Premiership matches without a win and bid to end Saints' unbeaten home league record under the glare of the live Sky TV cameras. Case
A PASSENGER who missed the Titanic's sailing from Southampton in 1912 has died at the age of 101 in America. Reginald Hoskin's family planned to emigrate to America from their home in Looe, Cornwall, but they were prevented from boarding the ship when
