Team Bath became the first side to stop Salisbury scoring at home this season - then rubbed it in with an 86th minute goal to give Salisbury their first home defeat of the season. It was only the second Southern Premier League goal City had conceded all
TROJANS suffered their second home defeat in a row when they lost out to third-placed KCS Old Boys. On a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon Trojans took the game to their London visitors, dominating both territory and possession early on. But they seemed
HAVANT continue to defy the doubters as they overcame Hertford 22-14 in a mid-table battle. Injuries, departures and a five-point penalty have hit the Blue and Whites' squad this season but they seem to have found their feet.
A team of students from Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh finished fourth when they represented Hampshire at the English Schools Table Tennis National Championships in Croydon. Late last year, Andrew Butler, Darren Wong, Louis Dear and Deepak Sroa won
The resurrection of the Ropley 10k Road Race proved such a success that they are ready to stage it again on May 28 (11am). With the support of Southampton Running Club, Hursley H3 and Ropley Sports Club, the race was brought back for the first time since
SOUTHAMPTON Airport official Jan Halliday has been appointed chairman of the Sport Hampshire & Isle of Wight advisory board. Her main focus will be trying to exploit opportunties for this area to benefit the 2012 London Olympics. Halliday, 45, pictured
THERE IS magic at work in Southampton. Just like teen wizard Harry Potter, Hannah Newton is being whisked off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Totton Sports College pupil, who is 15 today, has been plucked from thousands of young hopefuls
RESIDENTS on a Hampshire residential estate have repeated their vow to fight a developer's plan to cram 14 new properties on their doorsteps. Southampton-based Foreman Homes has lodged an appeal with the government after New Forest District Council rejected
THOUSANDS of Hampshire mums have sent a resounding message to health chiefs over the future of a threatened maternity unit. More than 5,000 signed a petition organised by campaigners calling for Fareham's Blackbrook Birthing Centre to be reopened. Yesterday
TICKETS are on sale for this year's Isle of Wight Festival featuring a big opening night line-up. Dance group The Prodigy will be the headline act on Friday, June 9. Their booking comes on the back of their latest album Their Law - The Singles 1990-2005
THE trustees of a once-popular community hall could soon be building a new one with the help of a Hampshire council. Hammond Memorial Hall trustees have approached Fareham Borough Council with a request for £215,000 to rebuild the hall in Seafield Park
IT is amazing what you can find tucked away behind people's walls. Like these corsets which are among the supporting items in a fascinating exhibition which has just opened at Eastleigh Museum. Instead of simply casting away old garments people would
Hamsphire's 2005 Player of the year Sean Ervine is well on track to be fit for the start of the new season in April. Following separate operations to his ankle and cruciate ligaments in his left leg, Ervine, pictured, has returned to Perth having spent
BRADLEY Thomas has thanked Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell and his coaching team for giving him his big break back into professional football with Yeovil. And as the 21-year-old centre-back, pictured, prepared to start training with the Coca-Cola League
Winchester City's lead over Thatcham Town at the Sydenhams Wessex League summit was trimmed to a solitary point after an enthralling 2-2 draw with third-placed Hamworthy United at the Denplan Stadium. On balance, the front-runners could have few complaints
What a difference a week made for ex-Saint Nicky Banger. One minute Banger, below, was hailed as Lymington & New Milton's saviour after going on as substitute at Corinthian Casuals and scoring twice to lift his side to a crucial 2-1 basement victory
HAMBLE ASSC boss Danny Bowers put one over mentor Andy Leader with a 2-0 victory over high-riding Christchurch at Folland Park. "It's the first time since September that I've had everyone available to pick a side from and it showed," beamed Bowers, pictured
FORMER Trojans youngster Anthony Allen has been named in the England Under-21 squad ahead of this season's Six Nations. The 19-year-old Gloucester winger was included alongside former Peter Symonds College pupil Mike Brown who is now on Harlequins' books
Solent Stars did their best to make it look as if the good times had returned to Teesside Mohawks with another woeful display in the English Basketball League Division 1. There was a time a few years back when a visit to the all-conquering Mohawks was
THOUSANDS of visitors saw the spectacle of birth at the weekend as one of the UK's top agricultural colleges threw open its doors for lambing season. It is the second time that Sparsholt College, near Winchester, has held a lambing open weekend, with
PUPILS at St Swithun's School in Winchester will join with parents, staff and professional musicians at a classical concert in March. The school's senior choir will perform Faure's Requiem and a work, Mirror of Perfection, by Richard Blackford, who will
IT was the Oscars of the south coast. The great and the good of amateur dramatics in Hampshire gathered on Friday for the Daily Echo's seventh annual Curtain Call Awards. More than 350 people attended the much-anticipated event at Winchester Guildhall
Best Pantomime Puss in Boots - Sway Drama Club 'Exuberant, tuneful and lively. Enhanced by artistically appropriate backdrops and lovely costuming' Best Actor in a Drama Symon Easton as Captain Scott in Terra Nova - RAODS 'A stunning, tour de force performance
IT is against all odds that he is still here today. Inspirational Errol Matthews celebrates his 21st birthday on Friday - having exceeded his life expectancy by 15 years. And Errol wants everyone to know that he has no plans to go anywhere soon! The former
SOUTHAMPTON is top of the league, but it is not a position to be proud of. The city is ranked the highest across the region when its comes to catching people who do not have a television licence. TV Licensing has published the League of Shame which shows
MEMBERS of a Waterside sailing club have been left reeling after hearing the plug could be pulled on a flood defence scheme which it claims could put hundreds of new homes at risk. Marchwood Yacht Club has spent the past four years hammering out the details
CUSTOMERS and staff at a Hampshire pub have dipped into their pockets to raise money for charity. The Saxon Inn in Calmore helped to raise more than £350 by holding a raffle and an auction for Southampton Mencap. Cheryl Parker, for Southampton Mencap,
CHILDREN at a Hampshire nursery school leapt into action to celebrate the start of the Chinese Year of the Dog. It was a hive of industry at the Leapfrog Day Nursery in Valley Park, Chandler's Ford, as 30 pre-school youngsters made magic lanterns and
TRAFFIC was tailed back on the M27 yesterday evening after a crash involving two cars. Police were forced to close the outside lane on the eastbound carriageway between junction five to Southampton International Airport and junction seven to Botley, following
WINCHESTER Churches Night Shelter has received a grant of £2,250 towards closed-circuit TV at its premises in Jewry Street. The grant has been made by the Hampshire Police Authority crime prevention committee, as part of a countywide funding package of
THOUSANDS of Hampshire mums have sent a resounding message to health chiefs over the future of a threatened maternity unit. More than 5,000 signed a petition organised by campaigners calling for Fareham's Blackbrook Birthing Centre to be reopened. Yesterday
WE are listening. That's the message the Department for Transport has sent to a leading councillor over Chandler's Ford's Save Our Train campaign. Earlier this month a packed public meeting in Chandler's Ford vowed to fight plans to axe a popular commuter
George Burley's Saints revolution is set to continue - even after the transfer window shuts tonight. The Saints boss joked he was "halfway there" after completing the signings of Peter Madsen on loan from Cologne for the rest of the season and Alexander
