WITH his floppy blond hair and boyish charm, it's hard to believe that Paul Nicholas has been in the entertainment industry since the early Sixties. But given the number of different career tangents that Paul, now 57, has packed into his working life,
Hampshire Cricket will unveil their new captain on Monday - just 11 days before the start of the season. Will Kendall, the current vice captain, is in the frame along with Shaun Udal and John Crawley and it may well be that a decision is made in time
She is one of the country's best-loved agony aunts, who has been solving other people's problems for decades. But Claire Rayner's warm and positive personality masks the traumas she has endured in her own life. Her childhood was a catalogue of abuse and
Today's Principal Arrivals: NYK Andromeda, container, 0500, 206; MOL Promise, container, 0600, 205; Black Prince, cruise ship, 0700, 41; Arabian Breeze, ro/ro, AM, 202; CMA CGM Voltaire, container, 1500, 207; Gran Bretagna, vehicle carrier, 1700, 202.
Turkey en croute with Danish Blue cheese, walnuts and celery serves 4 Ingredients 1 tbsp oil 25g (1oz) butter 4 skinless turkey breasts (approx 100g (4oz) each 2 sticks celery, sliced thinly 50g (2oz) walnut pieces 100g (4oz) Rosenborg extra creamy Danish
Noisettes of lamb with port, blackcurrant and blue cheese sauce serves 4 Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil 8 noisettes of lamb, (cut from the loin) or 4 lamb leg steaks Sauce: 2-3 tbsp port 100g (4 oz) frozen blackcurrants 2-3 tsp sugar 75g (3 oz) Rosenborg
With home advantage and a three-league head start on their opponents, Basingstoke are the odds-on favourites to retain the Hampshire Worthington's Cup for the third successive time when they host Jersey tomorrow at Down Grange (3pm). But that is just
SOUTHAMPTON'S Commonwealth Games gold medallist Pete Waterfield is included in the near full-strength British squad which is competing in this weekend's Arena Diving Champions Cup in Sweden. National performance director Steve Foley is expecting "big
SOUTHAMPTON Institute will be presenting the rewards of a successful year at Monday night's sports event at Ikon in Leisure World (7.30pm). The awards evening, sponsored by STA travel, celebrates another year of good progress for institute sporting students
SAINTS fans are being forced to fork out up to £250 to Internet companies for tickets to the club's FA Cup semi-final clash with Watford. Many other fans who have already purchased their priceless cup tickets are still waiting for them to be delivered
Pair to seal their love with clown ceremony ROLL up! Roll up for one of the craziest and most colourful weddings Hampshire has seen! Southampton-based clowns Crazy M and R-Jay can think of no better way to seal their love than to have a clown-themed wedding
ROMEO, the grieving black swan at Exbury Gardens, has a new lady in his life. Romeo's mate Juliet was killed by a fox earlier this year while sitting on a clutch of eggs on her nest. She had clearly put up a fight to protect her unhatched chicks, and
A HAMPSHIRE couple were not content with raising money for charity by running the London Marathon - so they organised a fundraising bash as well. Debbie and Andrew Crocker, both 31, of Cowdray Close, Lordswood, held the event at Garden Court, University
THE cream of Southampton's urban music scene will battle it out on Friday as the hunt to find the city's next Craig David hots up. Heats for the Urban Flava 2003 competition took place earlier this year and were whittled down to the best. The semi-finalists
EASTLEIGH'S Concorde Club plays host to one of the USA's most unusual jazz musicians on Wednesday, April 16. Not only is Judy Car-michael one of the world's leading interpreters of stride piano and swing, she is also a recognised expert on the history
IT'S 40 years since Rod Argent became a professional musician when his band The Zombies signed their first recording contract. Rod, who plays a gig with former Zombie Colin Blunstone and their band at The Brook on Thursday April 17, can look back at a
WINCHESTER-born athlete Louise Damen has been selected for the Norwich Union European 10,000m Challenge which takes place in Greece next weekend. That comes after an impressive senior debut in Switzerland in last week's World Cross-Country Championships
SAINTS have insisted they need a few years of sell-out crowds at St Mary's before they can consider extending the 32,000 stadium. 'Sold out' signs have been up at the ground for most home games since before Christmas and today's clash against West Ham
TICKETS are now on sale for a new kind of roadshow - the first ever organised by the Royal Horticultural Society. It will be held from April 11 to April 13, not too far from home, at the Bournemouth International Centre. This will be a unique opportunity
SOUTHAMPTON Saints go into tomorrow's game against Tranmere Rovers at Winchester City (2pm) fuelled with renewed hope of survival in the FA Women's Premier League National Division. Head coach Ivor Gumm believes that a repeat of last Sunday's excellent
Beef burgers with blue cheese slices serves 4 Ingredients 450g (1lb) lean minced beef 1 bunch spring onions, finely chopped 1 tsp salt Black pepper to taste Handful fresh sage, finely chopped 6 Rosenborg extra creamy Danish blue cheese slices 1 tbsp oil
Red onion, snap pea and nectarine salad with Danish blue cheese dressing serves 4 Ingredients 150g bag salad leaves 100g (4oz) sugar snap peas A little oil 2 large nectarines, cut into quarters 4 red onions, peeled and cut into quarters 225g (8oz) baby
SOUTHAMPTON MP John Denham admits he's surprised by how quickly St Mary's "feels like home". Denham, MP for Southampton Itchen, has been a season ticket holder ever since Saints moved to their new stadium in 2001 but was a regular at The Dell for over
HAMPSHIRE pair Colin Monk and James Wade will be among the world class field taking part in the inaugural International Darts League (IDL). The tournament, which carries a prize find of over £100,000, provides a week of BDO-ranked televised action. In
SOUTHAMPTON could soon be forging civic, cultural and business links with the French shipbuilding city of St-Nazaire in Brittany. Members of a high level delegation from Southampton have already held exploratory talks with their counterparts in France
Southampton's business community pledged to play its role supporting this year's European Year of Disabled People. A signing ceremony at Southampton Civic Centre hosted by the city's mayor set the seal on agreements by more than 25 companies - including
A SOUTHAMPTON youth project which has been forced to close because of a lack of funding is appealing for volunteers to get the scheme up and running again. The Townhill Park Youth Project, known locally as The Zone, was set up seven years ago in a bid
THEY are Hampshire's top mums - and they have the pictures to prove it. Hundreds of talented youngsters got out their crayons and paintbrushes to draw a picture of their mums in the Daily Echo's fantastic Mother's Day competition. The two lucky winners
VETERAN sportswomen Mary Collett began her preparations for a possible FOURTH successive world biathle title by winning a Masters event in South Africa. The 56-year-old, who lives in Totton, won her W50 section in the first round of the World Tour 2003
Latests scores from the top clubs in the South Southampton 1-1 West Ham Scunthorpe 0-2 Bournemouth Walsall 1-2 Portsmouth
TWO strikers unlucky to miss out on a senior international England call come face to face at St Mary's this afternoon. James Beattie lines up for Saints while Jermain Defoe is expected to be in the Hammers starting line-up after impressing Sven Goran
