John Crawley will miss his first Hampshire Hawks game in 20 months tomorrow. As Hampshire captain, Crawley was an ever-present in the National League last year and finished the season as one of the competition's leading runscorers in leading the Hawks
Michael Clarke will make his Hampshire one-day debut at Edgbaston tomorrow. Clarke, 23, has already made a huge impact in one day international cricket since starring on his debut against an England side including Warwickshire captain Nick Knight 15 months
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 25; Oriana, passenger, 0530, 106; Freedom, vehicle carrier, 0900, 34/35; Cetam Victoriae, ro/ro, 0900, 203; NYK Lodestar, container carrier, 1000, 207; Cap Roca, container carrier, 1300, SCT. Today's
TWO police officers have faced disciplinary action after a driver at the centre of a Hampshire road death escaped prosecution because of a blunder, the Daily Echo can reveal today. Driver Nicholas Painter will never face court action for his part in the
TV CELBRITIES boarded luxury liner Aurora in Southampton yesterday for a star-studded cruise to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Society. Along with buyers and customers linked with supermarket chain Somerfield, the stars, such as Footballers' Wives
THE DREAM of a Southampton designer to capture the world speed sailing record has moved a step closer. Described as 'the dragster of the high seas', the Sailrocket was launched in the city yesterday by Lady Caroline Johnson, widow of Sir Peter Johnson
New Forest's Lee Rodriguez got this year's Road Runners Ten series off to a great start in his usual speedy fashion. Rodriguez - who was crowned overall champion in 2001 - crossed the finish line ahead of the rest to register his fourth consecutive victory
Bill Shankly famously said that the title race was a marathon, not a sprint. This time of the season, though, with the finishing tape in sight, it's time to get a move on, and already one or two have come sprinting across the line. My old club Doncaster
ANOTHER bag of undelivered mail has been discovered the Daily Echo can reveal today. For days a full bag of post waiting to be delivered to Southampton residents has been left languishing on a doorstep in the city. Just after we revealed how a bag of
YOUNG Saints fan Alex Wood was jumping for joy when he opened a letter telling him he had won a tour of St Mary's Stadium. The nine-year-old's excitement was quickly kicked into touch when he looked at the date the prize was supposed to be taken on -
SHE dreamed of an idyllic honeymoon with the man of her dreams. Instead blushing Hampshire bride Maria Tripaldi, 25, will be spending the first hours of married bliss on her own while her husband goes to St Mary's to watch Southampton play at home. American
THIS is the swanky new entrance area which is to greet visitors at Southampton General Hospital. Health chiefs are to spend £700,000 building a piazza opposite the main doors as part of a massive development project already under way on the site. The
A 25-stone woman from Fareham who needed hospital treatment but couldn't walk had to be lifted out of her home and into an ambulance by six firefighters. Paramedics called firefighters to help when they realised the woman was too heavy for them to lift
