SUBDUED Pompey boss Harry Redknapp looked dismayed after an extraordinary pre-season friendly defeat and admitted: "I need a left-back." It was no wonder Redknapp made a late bid to try and tempt St Mary's-bound Graeme Le Saux to Fratton Park after watching
Newport IoW boss Steve Tate refused to get carried away with a 3-0 beating of Conference outfit Farnborough Town courtesy of goals from Gareth Keeping, Ashley Wright and new signing Glenn Howes from Basingstoke. Seven days earlier the Islanders had opened
A FAMILY who were robbed of money and clothes while taking a shower at Basingstoke's Aquadrome are warning swimmers to be extra careful with their belongings in the changing rooms there. "It's not the value particularly - it's the humiliation of it,"
Today's Principal Arrivals: Vans Queen, ro/ro, 0730, 30; P&O Nedlloyd Newarkm container, 1000, 205; Nordsee, container, am, 204W; CCNI Chagres, container, 1630, 207; APL Ireland, container, 1645, 206; Euro Melody, container, 2230, 204E; Royal Princess
SOUTHAMPTON diver Peter Waterfield has clinched his place at next year's Olympics in Greece. Along with partner Leon Taylor, Waterfield finished fourth in the Men's 10m Synchro Platform event at the World Championships in Barcelona. The pair, who won
A new tennis tournament begins at the David Lloyd Leisure Club in Southampton on Saturday, July 26. The outright winning doubles partners will each win a new Audi A3 2.0L FSI with a combined value of £30,000. Full David Lloyd Leisure racquet members registered
PROTESTERS camped out next to the site of the former Bar End meadow in Win-chester have vowed to continue their campaign, despite there being little of the grassland left. They are also promising to carry out more of the publicity stunts that have so
KEEP FIT courses for people with learning disabilities are being offered at Winchester's River Park Leisure Centre. Hampshire County Council has been working with Winchester City Council, Mencap, and the leisure centre to offer low level circuit courses
IT JUST keeps on getting bigger. A record number of women ran or walked around Southampton Common in the annual Race for Life yesterday. Grandmothers, mothers, teenagers and young girls took part - all spurred on by their own personal brush with cancer
ONE OF the proudest groups in the Race for Life had to be the 75-strong St Monica's Infant School team of mums, staff and children. They put the sadness of the previous year - which has seen five parents die from cancer since last September - behind them
IT MAY look like Halloween has come early for staff at Odeon cinema in Southampton - but they haven't got their dates wrong. Workers decided to "go green" in celebration of the release of latest summer blockbuster Hulk. In the movie, Eric Bana stars as
BOSSES of the New Forest Show are confident that this year's event will be one of the best. And as the shadows of two threats of recent years were finally wiped away, they were in buoyant mood as some of this year's star attractions were unveiled. In
RADIO listeners had the chance to put new Power FM presenter Rob Crisp under the spotlight today when he appeared on his first Breakfast Show. Rob, 20, from the Isle of Wight, beat off competition from 100 other wannabes to win a six-month contract with
POLE VAULT ace Ashley Swain soared to a personal best and club record as Team Solent defied a catalogue of disasters in the team to qualify for their second successive Golden Jubilee Cup final at Bedford next month. The 22-year-old Rownhams lad followed
HEDGE End schoolboys Nick and Chris Ball know exactly which sporting path to follow. While other boys their age dream of being footballers, cricketers and sprinters, the Ball brothers have bucked the trend by continuing the family tradition of race walking
IT WAS a roaring success as youngsters at a Chandler's Ford day nursery got into top gear with their very own British Grand Prix. The Leapfrog Day Nursery was celebrating the prestigious Formula One event, which took place at Silverstone yesterday. The
THE well-known Southampton Docks personality, security team inspector Peter Fry, has been presented with a top national award by Sir Keith Povey, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales. Peter, who works for Securicor Security
NEW and expectant mums in Bursledon are getting the chance to relax, get in shape and make new friends. From September, new antenatal and postnatal yoga sessions are being launched at the Bursledon Community Centre in Lowford. Pregnant women will be able
A SECOND application to build houses on a controversial Hampshire site is likely to be rejected by councillors - because it is even worse than the first. Bewley Homes have applied to Eastleigh Borough Council to build 31 two-bedroom apartments at Landacres
A POPULAR steel pan band is trying to drum up transport so it can keep playing. Pan Everest, of Basingstoke's John Hunt of Everest Community School, in Popley, is having to turn down engagements because it does not have the means to get to them. Members
A FREE mini-tennis day for children will be held at David Lloyd Leisure in Southampton next Sunday, July 27. Called 'Search for a Star', the day begins with a session for five and six year-olds between 10am and 11.30am, before moving on to seven and eight
THE Southampton junior tennis tournament is to be held at the David Lloyd Tennis Centre, Frogmore Lane, Nursling, Southampton, from July 28 to August 2. Entry forms can be obtained from Chris Whiting on 01794 513141 or from 023 8074 7160. In addition
AMBITIOUS plans have been unveiled for Winchester's first ever nightclub. The £2m proposals to convert the city's former biggest post office in Tanner Street have been submitted to the city council. The empty building is set to be converted into a nightclub
IT'S a friendship that formed at the lowest point of their lives. When Sue Clarke and Laurell Purdue proudly stood side by side at the start of Race for Life yesterday, it was the day they feared they would never see. The pair met last year while having
PEDALLING postman John Hutchings has set himself a wheel challenge next month - to help his old school. He has volunteered to cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End to raise money for Blackfield Junior School. John's epic ride begins on August 5, and
A REVOLUTIONARY £40m power plant that will supply cheap heat to thousands of homes in Southampton is steaming ahead after it was almost scrapped. The Daily Echo can reveal that planning permission for the green scheme which will supply 4,000 homes in
CHILDREN and parents at the Thorold Playgroup in Bitterne, Southampton, celebrated its 20th birthday in style when they combined the event with the completion of a makeover project. Earlier in the year a team from the Adult Learning Project helped to
A HEROIC firefighter who resuscitated a baby on a window sill of a blazing block of flats has received a top fire service award. Leading Firefighter Robert Cole, 25, was awarded a Chief Fire Officer's certificate of commendation as well as a rare Royal
HOMELESSNESS in Southampton has doubled in just over a decade and threatens to push council budgets to the limit unless a radical new strategy slows it down dramatically. A new report shows that numbers have shot up from 375 in 1990 to 779 last year with
Matt LeTissier is calling it a day and will play his last competitive match in the Hampshire Chronicle Cup. The Cup - to be fought between Winchester FC and Eastleigh FC - will take place over two legs. The first leg is at the City Ground, Winchester,
The Sunseeker XS 2000 offshore powerboat racing team from Ringwood in Hampshire joins the prestigious line up for the Daily Mail British International Harmsworth Trophy in its Centennial year. The three race Championship begins on Sunday 17 August from
STRIKING bus drivers will man the picket line for a third day of action on Friday if bosses do not offer a better pay rise. The bad news for passengers comes after about 400 drivers across Fareham, Gosport and Portsmouth congregated outside First bus
THOUSANDS of elderly chiropody patients who were told they would no longer receive free foot care are to benefit from a new service being launched next week. A year ago health bosses in Portsmouth and south-east Hampshire axed free podiatry care available
SOUTHAMPTON husband and wife team Mary and Peter Collett starred in the British Biathle Championships held in Bournmouth. The run course was along the road to the east of the pier and the swim in the sea on a triangular course for safety reasons. Mary
JOB prospects in Eastleigh are to improve over the summer months, an employment expert has revealed. The growing local economy is good news for job seekers searching for work while other firms in the borough are looking for temporary summer vacancies.
COMMUNITIES are being united by football as part of a special initiative. The Community Cohesion League takes place every Sunday for the next two weeks after kicking off at the weekend at Kickers Indoor Sports at Eastleigh. It brings together teams from
