A HAMPSHIRE war veteran is being forced to take a 15-minute walk from his home to use a public toilet whenever it rains. Alf Bushell will tomorrow be among thousands of people remembering those who lost their lives fighting for their country. Now the
THEY usually come in yellow, blue or grey at the side of the road. A flash from them and you know you've been clocked breaking the speed limit. So just imagine a new breed of camera hidden away in no less than 19 message signs hanging from posts alongside
SAINTS legend Francis Benali, pictured right, is expected to make this evening's Round Table firework spectacular in Southampton go off with a bang. Thousands of people are expected to watch Benali host the official countdown to start the display in Mayflower
HEDGE END councillors have thrown out plans for ten homes on a site currently occupied by two houses - despite advice from their own planning officers. The officers recommended that Foreman Homes Ltd should be allowed to build eight maisonettes in two
A CYCLIST died after a head-on collision with a car on a country lane near Wickham yesterday. The man, who lived locally, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the accident happened at 10.45am. He had been riding his racer from Wickham along
The Rose Bowl will host the ICC Champions Trophy next September with The Oval and Edgbaston, writes Simon Walter. The biennial tournament is coming to England for the first time since its inception in 1998 and Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove said: "
Today's Principal Arrivals: Aegean Breeze, ro/ro, 0445, 201; Tancred, vehicle carrier, 0700, 34/35; Sundream, passenger, 0715, 38/9; Jupiter Diamond, ro/ro, 1015, 202; Pinnau, general cargo, AM, Princes Wharf; Orion Diamond, ro/ro, 2030, 43; NYK Phoenix
IN HIS private life, Captain Ron Warwick pottles around in a 2.5 litre Mitsubishi motor that is on the relief side of £30,000. In his professional life, this man is at the helm of a £560m ocean liner that generates so much power she could light up her
IN HIS private life, Captain Ron Warwick pottles around in a 2.5 litre Mitsubishi motor that is on the relief side of £30,000. In his professional life, this man is at the helm of a £560m ocean liner that generates so much power she could light up her
Services taking place across the county tomorrow: Southampton: Service at cenotaph in Above Bar Street at 10.55am. Totton: Parade will leave Beaumont Road and arrive at the war memorial behind the Civic Centre at 10.40am. New Milton: Service at war memorial
SWAPPING football kit for gown and mortar board, Saints legend Matthew Le Tissier still managed to look every inch the star as he collected his honorary degree yesterday. The popular ex-footballer has gained a Master of Arts (Honoris Causa) degree from
HAMPSHIRE Ambulance Service has today pledged to meet all government targets for response times. The promise comes after the Daily Echo revealed it had taken almost an hour for an ambulance to reach a mum giving birth to a premature baby which later died
WHAT a mess. Environmental health bosses at Southampton City Council are due to begin a massive clean-up operation on Monday following the eviction of a group of travellers from a field next to St Mark's Junior School in Shirley. Courts granted the city
THE dredger that ripped a huge gap in Hythe Pier has also knocked a hole in the numbers of people using the Hythe to Southampton ferry. The service has been battling bravely to keep its head above water after the pier was put out of action when it was
TEAM Solent's Angus Maclean made it two wins out of two in the Hampshire Cross-Country League at Goodwood last weekend. The 1,500 metres specialist led from the start and posted a new course record of 27min 4sec - 38 seconds faster than his last run at
