FOR many commuting to and from work is a nightmare. Every day you grind to a halt in the all too familiar rush hour traffic jam and your stress levels start to rise before you have even set foot in the office. For Lucy Wood, a 34-year-old researcher,
THE Eastleigh & District Mini League are celebrating after Saints offered them their training facilities at Staplewood for their end-of-season cup finals. All six cup finals - three in the morning and three in the afternoon - will take place on the
A MAN has been fined for possession of drugs after telling magistrates he was using crack cocaine to ease the pain of a broken jaw. Anthony Levitt was caught in possession of the Class A drug during a police raid on his home in Maldive Road, Popley, Basingstoke
Today's Principal Arrivals: OOCL Fortune, container, 0300, 205; Hual Trophy, vehicle, 0330, 40; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Triton Highway, roro, 1200, 202; Arabian Breeze, roro, 1530, 201; Autoprestige, roro, 1530, 203; Caribbean Highway, vehicle, 1730
TOP table-tennis prospect David McBeath has again been selected to represent England, writes Jeremy Wilson. The Southampton youngster, who attends Mounbatten School in Romsey, will play for England against Wales and then in a tournament in Luxembourg.
A NEW Forest trader told today how he was left covered in blood after challenging a con man using counterfeit notes. Fish and chip shop owner Mohammad Afshar was punched in the face after tackling the customer in a newsagent's next to his takeaway in
A NEW eco drive that aims to make pupils at a borough school more aware of the environment has been kick-started. Pupils at The Hurst Community College, in Baughurst, have been busy thinking about recycling and saving energy as part of an ongoing environmental
HAMPSHIRE is facing a health service meltdown. The Daily Echo can today reveal that the trusts which run the county's hospitals, doctors' surgeries and dental practices are to go into the new financial year facing a £40m black hole in their budgets. The
HAMPSHIRE politicians have spoken of their shock at the crisis facing Hampshire's NHS. One called for a shake-up in the allocation of government cash - and an MP pointed the finger at bureaucracy stifling the system. Labour MP John Denham urged healthcare
HE HAS made a living out of making people laugh - and says Southampton audiences are the happiest in the UK. As reported in the Daily Echo last week, a national survey claimed that Southampton people are the most miserable in the country. Southampton-born
BUYING a house in Southampton has just got a bit cheaper. This Georgian town house has just gone on the market - and it's going for a song. The grand residence boasts luxury accommodation including three bedrooms, fully-fitted kitchen and a hand-painted
THE £220,000 revamp of Mansel Park is under way, with sweeping willow trees being planted in what was a boggy no-go area. Pupils from two Millbrook schools joined forces with mums and tots from the Blakeney Road Sure Start group, estate residents and
ONE of Hampshire's biggest employers is set to create another 500 jobs. National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has announced it is to close its centre at West Drayton, near Heathrow, in 2007 and move 500 operational staff to its centre in Swanwick, near
A WOMAN'S body has been pulled from the Solent. Police on the Isle of Wight recovered the body from water between Newtown Quay and Yarmouth at 2.45pm on Tuesday. They have been unable to identify the woman but believe she was about 60 years old. Police
Sydenhams Wessex Lge, Div. 3 - Micheldever 4, Verwood Town 0 THREE wins in five days - with only one goal conceded - have provided a useful boost for Dever, Against Verwood on Easter Monday, Dever were generally on top, and took the lead after half-an-hour's
Farnborough NE 2, Colden Common 2 Saturday's Wessex 3 summit meeting between the two teams locked together at the top of the league and separated by just one goal resulted in a draw - but the circumstances were rough on Common. The visitors had taken
Perin's School (Alresford) student Russell North retained his British Schools Biathlon title recently at Bath University. Russell achieved success the hard way this year, as he competed in the National Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Wollaton
Passengers booked to travel on a flight out of Spain to Southampton were forced to return home a day late after their flight was cancelled. The Alicante to Southampton Flybe flight had been due to leave Spain at 3.10pm on Tuesday, but was hit by technical
THIS is the sight that will be beamed around the world on Saturday tea-time - the Kingsland Stand at St Mary's colourfully getting behind Saints like never before. Winchester-based Barracuda design and marketing, who count Saints among their clients,
GARY Hales, the new professional squash coach at Beechdown Club, won his fourth national title in the over-40 final of the Welsh Championships. He defeated Neil Gallagher from Cardiff for his second over-40 crown after beating Mark Thomas (North Wales
Welling United 0, Basingstoke Town 1 BASINGSTOKE Town manager Ernie Howe punched the air with delight as his side continued their play-off push with a battling win at Welling on Monday afternoon. The victory - their second consecutive 1-0 away win - moved
THE Southampton Tyro Junior Football League have cancelled a showpeice final - after refusing to change the date of the game following a request from both teams. Bishop's Waltham and Netley were both happy to move their Under-15 Trophyman Cup final date
A CHEMICAL spill has decimated the wildlife of a borough stream after it was contaminated with more than 100 litres of a cleaning fluid used in portable toilets. On Good Friday, Petty's Brook was stained blue by the concentrated anti-bacterial cleaner
A NEW eco drive that aims to make pupils at a borough school more aware of the environment has been kick-started. Pupils at The Hurst Community College, in Baughurst, have been busy thinking about recycling and saving energy as part of an ongoing environmental
A MAN has been fined for possession of drugs after telling magistrates he was using crack cocaine to ease the pain of a broken jaw. Anthony Levitt was caught in possession of the Class A drug during a police raid on his home in Maldive Road, Popley, Basingstoke
HAMPSHIRE DIY giant B&Q today denied reports that a £5m sponsorship deal with Dame Ellen MacArthur has scuppered bonus plans for staff. Bosses at the split-site head office in Chandler's Ford, where 1,600 employees are based, said the deal with the
A LEADERSHIP development programme in Hampshire has a new man at the helm. George Ringrow is set to take over from April 11 as senior programme director for Common Purpose in Hampshire. He is replacing Nick Robinson, who left after six months to prepare
IT will be the Master against the Young Pretender when Graham Standley meets Mark Hammond in the final of the Hampshire indoor singles championship at Atherley on Sunday (10am). Standley is not only a past winner of the title but has also won all the
THE Victory triple skipped by Steve Robertson fared best of the Hampshire contingent in the finals of the £5,000 Drake and Fletcher Honda (Ashford) Top Ten Classic at Folkestone. Robertson, alongside Matthew Marchant and Iain Mackenzie, finished in the
PETER Line has not won a Hampshire title for several seasons - but the Atherley maestro has a double chance to put that right on his home green this Sunday. Line teams up with young Tom Bishop and Dave Edmonds in an all-Atherley tussle for the county
On a night which honoured Poole Pirates' 2004 double winning skipper Magnus Zetterstrom, it was the current club captain that hit the headlines at Wimborne Road last night. Ryan Sullivan bounced back to the form that had previously eluded him so far this
Graham Maton caught 170lb of carp to win the second round of the Nigel Turner/AWD Wealth Management Series. On Witherington Farm's inner and outer circuits, Maton (Cormorants Sillybait) caught his massive haul from peg 50 on pole to win £150. Graham Tappenden
A NEW eco drive that aims to make pupils at a borough school more aware of the environment has been kick-started. Pupils at The Hurst Community College, in Baughurst, have been busy thinking about recycling and saving energy as part of an ongoing environmental
A HAMPSHIRE woman who plunged 40ft down a riverbank in her car has told how she miraculously emerged unscathed from the wreckage. Yesterday the Daily Echo reported how Claire McDermott, 31, escaped with only bruises after her BMW skidded off the Wallington
IT will be a sight to remember, two of the most famous ocean-going liners in the world together in Southampton docks on the same day. Cunard's 151,400-ton megaliner Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 will both be berthed in the port on Saturday, April
FOUR Totally Tennis players have helped their college to victory in the regional British Schools team competition. Queen Mary's College students Chris Munt, Gavin Lancashire, Lindsay Beavers and Abigail Price, along with team-mates Mark Swinscoe and Steve
A Hampshire couple are celebrating 60 years of marital bliss today. Walter and Irene Drodge met on a double date during the latter stages of the war at the Montagu Arms in Beaulieu. The couple married just before Mr Drodge was posted overseas in 1945.
BY the time Basingstoke's senior team play Old Colfeians on Saturday, they will have had a three-week competitive break from London one action. But player-coach Jim Dixon says there will be no rustiness in the crucial away fixture because his men know
Shirley stars in Red Funnel event This year's sailing season will be a busy one with the Admiral's Cup and Rolex Fastnet Race in addition to the regular fixtures. Many of the boats competing in these regattas took to the water over the Easter weekend
WINCHESTER schoolgirl Ellie Steel won two silver medals at the recent British Diving Championships, held in Sheffield. Ellie, who's 13, and her partner, Emily Alderman, took the silvers in both the seniors highboard event and the junior 3 metre springboard
Basingstoke Town 1, Weston-super-Mare 1 NEVILLE Roach's wonder goal ensured a point for Ernie Howe's men, but the Town manager felt his side should have gone on to take all three. Assistant boss Pete Peters hailed Roach's goal, the 20th league strike
PLANS for a skate park in Whiteley were approved last night in the latest twist to a saga that has split the community. Parish councillors agreed unanimously to build a skatepark on fields behind the Meadowside Leisure Centre. Once the equipment is ordered
DETECTIVES have named the 45-year-old Chandler's Ford man who was found dead after collapsing at his home in Falkland Court at the weekend. He was Paul Raymond Howlett who lived alone. A post-mortem revealed he had died of a massive heart attack. A major
