HAMPSHIRE vice captain Will Kendall has welcomed the "fantastic" decision to offer world record holder Shoaib Akhtar a Rose Bowl contract. Kendall, currently in South Africa, was told the news by The Daily Echo that the Rawalpindi Express was thinking
The NatWest Hampshire U16 Indoor Championships are set for a thrilling finale at The Rose Bowl on Sunday. Basingstoke will take the title if they beat Bourne-mouth, but the third-placed Dorset club need a win to ensure qualification for the county play-offs
Chris Wheeler was the Winchester KS hero as they retained their Hammonds Jewellers South Hampshire Indoor Cricket Cup crown on a pulsating finals night at Fleming Park. Wheeler, pictured below, was the lynchpin with the bat in both his side's semi-final
A penalty in injury-time saw Andover beaten on Saturday in a game where they enjoyed the majority of the possession. A goal from Mario Nurse seemed to have secured a point for the Lions until they were shellshocked at the death. For a full match report
An agonising last-minute defeat at Portsmouth put Andover's recent revival on hold as they lost 34-32 on Saturday. This weekend there will be tough very tough fixtures for the first team, as they take on Wimbledon and Jersey on successive days. For more
Overton took a giant leap towards the Hampshire division two title when they defeated Ludgershall at Bridge Street on Saturday. For more on the game, including a match report and reaction from both clubs, see Friday's Andover Advertiser.
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GENERATION II's march to the Southampton table tennis Premier league title continued with a closely fought 6-4 win over Waterside A. The challengers put out all their big guns in county team-mates Mark Butler and Lee Dredge, alongside Southampton champion
VETERAN tennis player Di Hill of Swanmore is playing in South America this week - for the second time in three years. Hill represented Britain in Brazil in the World Team Championship on her first visit. This time she has been picked to play for the International
WIMBORNE angler Stuart Halliday set a new match record on the match lake at Broadlands in the latest Reelcare Winter Series fixture. Fishing peg 16 on the pole at eight metres down the middle, Halliday took just over 80lb of carp plus bream to land a
PHASE one of Totton College's £5m campus revamp is open for business. The college, which has 1,100 full-time students and 6,500 part-time, is in the throes of a five-year development plan to match its facilities to local population growth and regular
A NEW Forest hospice that failed to win a lottery grant for a second time is getting its own back. Oakhaven at Lymington has issued an advertisement for its own lottery while having a dig at the National Lottery at the same time. It says: "Fed up with
WILD and wonderful took the top prizes in the Festival of Colour student beauty therapy competition at Totton College. Honours were shared by Zara Francis-Gaville's "Dryad" look inspired by Greek mythology, and Danni Smith's homage to Hollywood film legend
SALISBURY-based Friends Provident has become the latest UK life insurance company to cut its bonus rates after seeing falling stock markets slash investment returns in 2002. The company, which is main sponsor to the Saints and the Friends Provident St
NATASHA Blake has set up her own company, ReZorz and in little more than four months has been successfully providing business development solutions throughout the UK. It has achieved a higher than expected turnover in the first four months of full trading
Peter Pan - Sarisbury Theatre and Youth Theatre Companies, Community Centre, Sarisbury Green IN ACCORDANCE with JM Barrie's legacy, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital still benefits from every production of Peter Pan. Not a panto, but the John Caird
A FAMILY GP accused of indecently assaulting female patients has spoken of his relief after charges against him were dropped. Dr Robin Marsh, 68, was due to stand trial later this month following allegations he carried out inappropriate breast examinations
RELATIVES of a Hampshire pensioner who has had the words "Do Not Resuscitate" tattooed on her chest are backing her wishes. Retired nurse Frances Polack has resorted to body art in a bid to prevent doctors reviving her if she collapses with a serious
THIRSTY customers in a Southampton pub donned red wigs to show their die-hard support for the Saints before Sunday's big FA cup game. More than 400 football fans regularly cram into The Bridge Inn in Portsmouth Road, Woolston, on matchdays before making
ANNA Valley pig farmer Martin Martindale has known it all along, but now his peers have officially recognised that he makes good sausages! Well, his pork, pear and ginger variety to be precise. The Martindale favourite has just scooped the gold award
AN underground survey has begun to pinpoint exactly where leaks are occurring from lateral drains in Stoke and St Mary Bourne. At a village open meeting in October Southern Water explained that a camera survey down the main sewer had shown that faulty
PAUL Weller, Bryan Adams and Iggy Pop are among the stars announced for this year's Isle of Wight outdoor music festival. Other names confirmed for the festival, due to take place on June 14 and 15 at Seaclose Park, Newport, include Starsailor and Counting
WINCHESTER City's FA Vase dream came to an end in the Midlands last Saturday as they were beaten in an ill-tempered affair. With the boost of top scorer Andrew Forbes being passed fit to play, City were confident of progressing to the semi-finals of the
DAVE JONES will be a man with a mission when his Wolves team visit St Mary's for their FA Cup showdown on Sunday. It's the first time the former Saints' boss has come up against his old club since they showed him the door in controversial circumstances
LINVOY PRIMUS gained yet another award this week as Pompey's Premiership dreams took a bit of a rollercoaster ride. The 29 year old defender was named as the Nationwide Div 1 PFA fans' player of the month for February - to add to his three player of the
IS SHE listening at last? As 20,000 people sign up to a petition against plans to house asylum seekers at Lee-on-the-Solent, Home Office minister Beverley Hughes has agreed to meet critics during a visit to the site. The pledge came in response to a parliamentary
CAMPAIGNERS against plans to house 400 asylum seekers at HMS Daedalus are hoping to break through the 20,000 signature mark after a petition stand was manned in Fareham. Hundreds of shoppers and visitors to the town's weekly market added their names to
A FAMILY GP accused of indecently assaulting female patients has spoken of his relief after charges against him were dropped. Dr Robin Marsh, 68, of Church Lane, Curdridge, near Botley, was due to stand trial later this month following allegations he
A FAMILY GP accused of indecently assaulting female patients has spoken of his relief after charges against him were dropped. Dr Robin Marsh, 68, was due to stand trial later this month following allegations he carried out inappropriate breast examinations
A TEENAGER is living in a tent in a neighbour's back garden because his dad has kicked him out of his Bishopstoke home. Leon Clarke, 17, says his dad - Bishopstoke parish councillor Des Clarke - threw him out of the family home a week ago after a series
YOUTH is proving no handicap for schoolboy golfer Adam Cooper. Ten-year-old Adam, a pupil at Abbotswood Junior School, Totton, is rapidly making a name for himself at Hamptworth Golf Club near Bramshaw. He was recently awarded the club's junior cup for
HAMBLE company Point Source is on the expansion trail with plans to create another 100 jobs in Hampshire in the next 30 months. The ambitious plans by the company, which is a former holder of the Daily Echo KPMG Hampshire Company of the Year accolade
MORE than 100 ex-pupils who were at Hamble Primary School when it opened 50 years ago will be going back to the old school yard this Saturday for a golden anniversary reunion. Some former pupils will be travelling from abroad to be at the celebration,
Tuesday night sees Andover travel to the Recreation Ground, Aldershot, in the first leg of the Hampshire Senior Cup final. It will be a tough test for the Lions but manager Howard Goddard reckons the team can hold their own against the Shots. For a full
Lions coasted into the final of the North Hants Senior Cup with a professional performance against Hampshire division one side Micheldever on Tuesday night. Dean Cole was the star for Andover, and Sam Rea bagged a couple of valuable goals, as the Lions
Whitchurch United staged an incredible comeback against second-placed Gosport at Longmeadow on Saturday, with Gregor Restell's last-minute equaliser keeping United's good form going. For a full report and reaction to Whitchurch's superb result, see Friday's
AFTER dropping a last-end four Colin Thresher, pictured, and Richard Shelley kept their nerve to win a sudden-death decider in the area final of the English Indoor BA pairs' championship. Playing at Riverside, the Atherley twosome were five shots ahead
THE annual cost of clearing up litter and graffiti in the New Forest has now soared past the £1m mark, the Daily Echo can reveal. At least 45 staff are employed full- time in clear-up operations - and contractors have also had to be brought in when the
HAMBLE company Point Source is on the expansion trail with plans to create another 100 jobs in Hampshire in the next 30 months. The ambitious plans by the company, which is a former holder of the Daily Echo KPMG Hampshire Company of the Year accolade
The Nerd - Hamble Players, Hamble Memorial Hall WITH the Memorial Hall currently in the middle of a refurbishment, The Nerd almost didn't happen. But, in true theatrical tradition the show must go on and, despite the rennovations, go on it did. Central
A TALENT for Space Invaders is usually the sign of a miss-spent youth, but swollen thumbed teenagers now have an opportunity to put their hobby to good use by studying for a degree in computer games. New recruits to Southampton Institute will have the
IT'S a sight that's sure to put a chill into the hearts of the nation's grandmothers. Craig David has ditched his cuddly boy-next-door image for a leather-clad rock 'n' roll look - complete with tattoos, Mohican haircut and stubble and giving the rockers
THE MAYFLOWER has announced its biggest first day ticket sales for one of its shows. In just one day the Southampton theatre has recorded more than £500,000 in ticket sales for Miss Saigon - Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular touring production due to open
A TEENAGER is living in a tent in a neighbour's back garden because his dad has kicked him out of his Bishopstoke home. Leon Clarke, 17, says his dad - Bishopstoke parish councillor Des Clarke - threw him out of the family home a week ago after a series
THE chairman of Andover Councillors' Forum has given reassurances that phone masts at the grain silo in Weyhill Road are not a danger to children in nearby schools. At the last meeting of the forum, the public heard a risk assessment had not been carried
SHE'S the most important person in the world. She's the one who cooks your meals, tidies up around you, gives you a cuddle when you are sad and always looks after you when you are poorly. Now the Daily Echo's younger readers are being given the chance
HEALTH and safety problems have stopped the Environment Agency from clearing rubbish clogging the river in Andover. Debris builds up especially in the Town Mills area. Cllr Alan Smith, however, told Andover Councillors' Forum the agency had not been able
MEMBERS of the Lions Club in Andover have handed over their first donations from their 'Make a Difference' appeal fund - four wheeled walking frames to enhance the lives of members of the Equal Care and Opportunity (ECO) group in the town. The walking
CHILDREN visiting the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop during their half-term holiday were treated to a new exhibit - a Huey Cobra helicopter. It was built to be the world's first attack helicopter and the forerunner of the Apache. The new exhibit
LOCAL author Guy Wilson has brought out a new book which explores the cultural clash between art and business. Most of Steve and the Intellectuals takes place in a crumbling French chteau and the book takes an ironic tilt at the frictions that emerge
CHILDREN visiting the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop during their half-term holiday were treated to a new exhibit - a Huey Cobra helicopter. It was built to be the world's first attack helicopter and the forerunner of the Apache. The new exhibit
LINVOY PRIMUS gained yet another award this week as Pompey's Premiership dreams took a bit of a rollercoaster ride. The 29 year old defender was named as the Nationwide Div 1 PFA fans' player of the month for February - to add to his three player of the
FOR all in South Africa and across other parts of the cricketing globe, the World Cup so far has been gripping. We've had it all - great performances, dramatic games and upsets, political sagas and off-the-field controversies. Surprisingly, Kenya and
A YOUTH threatened a Hampshire bus driver with a kitchen knife before making off with his cash bag. Hedge End police are appealing for witnesses to the robbery on the Solent Blue Line number 26 bus at 8.50pm yesterday. The drama unfolded when the driver
MORE than 700 residents in the Valley Park area have fired off letters to the office of the deputy prime minister saying they do not want to form their own parish council. The move comes after Test Valley Borough Council wrote off to Deputy Premier John
DAVID Armstrong is backing Saints to win through to their first FA Cup semi-final for 17 years on Sunday. Armstrong was in the side when Saints last won a quarter-final on home soil in 1984. And, just like Gordan Strachan's men will against Wolves, so
MILLWALL manager Mark McGhee has warned good friend Gordon Strachan: "It's the worst possible time to be playing Wolves." Dave Jones' side are looking likely to secure a place in the play-offs for the second year running after an excellent run of results
IT'S a sight that's sure to put a chill into the hearts of the nation's grandmothers. Craig David has ditched his cuddly boy-next-door image for a leather-clad rock 'n' roll look - complete with tattoos, Mohican haircut and stubble and giving the rockers
