SAINTS will tomorrow unveil new signing Rudi Skacel. After weeks of frustrating negotiations with Hearts, George Burley finally got his man when the deal was completed late tonight. The goalscoring midfielder, who Burley signed for the Jambos last
RISHI RICH fans will not have to wait much longer as his much-anticipated latest album is due to hit the shops very soon. The UK Asian super producer who shot to fame through his innovative fusion of Asian and urban sounds releases his eagerly anticipated
UP and coming Southampton Band The Kiks will be taking to the stage again this weekend when they play at the Joiners tonight. The gig will be the first they have played since their visit to The Cavern, Liverpool at the beginning of the month. The band
HE's been the undisputed master of musical re-invention for over four decades as well as one of rock's most influential elders. David Bowie, the curious chameleon who morphed into Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and The Thin White Duke, has
WINCHESTER & District AC's Louis Sellers is on his way to next month's IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships in Beijing. The 18-year-old English Schools' 400 metres champion from Andover is one of six selected for Britain's 4x400 metres relay squad
EVERYBODY loved the legendary Horrible History non-fiction books that made learning about history exciting for once! Now these classic books have been turned into two terribly exciting new stage shows, Tudors and Victorians, set to hit Southampton from
PUPILS from the Classique School of Dance will be performing their end of year show at Ferneham Hall, Fareham on Sunday. They will be bringing alive the music, life and times of the Roaring Twenties right before your eyes in this sensational showcase.
Coming to Hanger Farm Arts Centre tonight and tomorrow night is a production of Alan Ayckbourn's Wildest Dreams. Performed by the Mountbatten Players, the production, starting at 7.30pm (both nights), is set to be a must-see for all. It tells the story
THIS one is for the children (and parents) of the area. That's right, Mr Men & Little Miss are coming to the Theatre Royal Winchester today to entertain the tiny troops. One for all the family, the children get to see their favourite characters entertain
RODGERS and Hammerstein's musical drama creation, Carousel, is playing at the Festival Theatre in Chichester tonight and tomorrow as well as on August 2 and 3. The masterpiece was first aired in 1945, and wowed audiences with its sophisticated style and
Hampshire's James Wade is continuing to take darts by storm after hammering another top name to move into the semi-finals of the Stan James World Matchplay Championships. This time it was England's Chris Mason who was on the wrong end as the Aldershot
Easton & Martyr Worthy's eyes are firmly set on Sunday's npower Village Cup quarter-final tie against Glynde & Bellingham but they haven't lost sight of important league points at stake tomorrow. Outsiders in the Southern Electric Premier League,
Pixar's seventh full-length computer animated feature may not be as fine-tuned as its most recent models (The Incredibles, Finding Nemo), nor souped-up with as many super-charged thrills and spills, but Cars is nevertheless terrific, high performance
SAINTS legend Lawrie McMenemy can do "a fantastic job" in his third spell at the club. That's the verdict delivered by his former Dell captain Alan Ball, the man who also worked under McMenemy as Saints boss between January 1994 and May 1995. McMenemy
STAY ALIVE (15) William Brent Bell's youth-oriented horror thriller should perhaps be re-titled Stay Awake: a plea to the audience. We're not frightened for an instant by the bloodthirsty villainess, and the characters are so witless in the face of impending
Andrew Surman is targeting a starting place in next week's opening game against Derby after providing two assists as a second-half substitute against Cheltenham. Surman replaced the Polish trialist Sebastian at half-time, before twice crossing from
Saints will today discover the extent of the latest injury to Michael Svensson. The Swedish centre back limped off after just 31 minutes of Saints' 3-1 pre-season win against Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road last night. Svensson, 30 has not played
A PAEDOPHILE church minister who used his social skills as a priest to groom young boys he subjected to sickening sex attacks was jailed for life today. Simon Thomas was told by judge Jeremy Burford QC, at Southampton Crown Court, that he would serve
Click on First Page and Second Page to download a pdf of our double page spread first published on June 30th 2006 HE was the highly-respected reverend who led a sinister double life. To his parishioners, he was a pillar of the community, a family
POLICE were out in force at Southampton Central train station as part of a crackdown on knife crime. Uniformed officers from British Transport Police, Hampshire police and the Army were all involved in the operation, which involved putting passengers
HEALTH chiefs have been accused of running scared after refusing to hold public meetings about controversial plans to axe three birth centres. Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (SUHT) has sparked fury by publishing proposals to shut the popular
DETECTIVES are hunting a doorstep con man and his accomplice who tricked their way into the homes of two pensioners by posing as water board engineers. One man kept an 82-year-old man distracted in the kitchen of his home in Bishop Crescent, South-ampton
A BRASS band played as Eastleigh said farewell at St Mary's Church, Bishopstoke, to the town's long-serving carnival secretary Barry Alford. It was standing room only as a wide cross-section of local people, led by the Mayor and Mayoress Councillor and
HUNDREDS of parents have signed a petition to try and save a children's creche at a Hampshire superstore from closing. The 200-plus signatories say the plan to permanently shut the creche when the Asda store closes for a three-month refurbishment shows
SHE was probably one of the best-dressed charity fundraisers the city has ever seen. Winchester mayor Sue Nelms took to the city's streets to fundraise for The Samaritans. The mayor has nominated the charity as one of her chosen causes for the year
A SOUTHAMPTON man has launched a campaign to force a Winchester military museum to reunite a war hero with his Victoria Cross. The Gurkha Museum, in Peninsula Barracks, has been criticised for refusing to allow the VC to be sent to Nepal to be worn again
PLANS to "modernise" camping and caravan sites could spoil the New Forest, an MP has warned. Tory MP Desmond Swayne fears that a project by the Forestry Commission to boost income from tourism could lead to the national park becoming the site of a mammoth
A ROAD safety petition in Winchester has hit the 650-signature mark. People living in Stanmore fear that someone will be killed unless traffic is slowed. The campaign was sparked by a car smashing at high speed into a parked vehicle in Battery Hill
A TEENAGE boy is to undergo reconstructive surgery to his face after he and a friend were set upon by a thug in a Hampshire park. The victim had his cheekbone broken in three places and will need to have part of his face rebuilt by surgeons. His friend
EIGHT London Plane trees will put the finishing touches to Fareham's Market Quay scheme. The trees are being planted in the car park and the cost is being covered by the Fareham Society to mark its 30th anniversary. Fareham Council's executive member
A NEW way of recycling has come to Hampshire. Freecyling believes one man's junk is another man's jewels. To find a home for unwanted goods, post a free message on the Freecycle website. Equally, if you are looking for something, Freecycle is the place
POLICE have named the man found dead at a Southampton flat. Lee Kristan Brackenridge, 33, was found at the property at Ocean Village. Detectives were initially treating the death as suspicious and arrested two men at the scene in connection with their
A TEENAGE boy is to undergo reconstructive surgery to his face after he and a friend were set upon by a thug in a Hampshire park. The victim had his cheekbone broken in three places and will need to have part of his face rebuilt by surgeons. His friend
SOUTHAMPTON Airport bosses claim plans for a dramatic expansion and a second terminal remain on track, despite British Airways axing its base here. As previously reported in the Daily Echo, BA is closing its loss-making route to Glasgow from Southampton
THE after sales team at Kings Volvo in Winches-ter have amassed 133 years' experience between them. The team handles about 30 cars a day and has had to contend with dramatic changes as vehicles grow ever more hi-tech. Master technician Ken Chant, 37
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: MOL Paradise, container, 0300, 206; Skagen Maersk, container, 0600, 205; MOL Paradise, container, 0630, 206; Le Castellet, roro, 230, 30; jade Arrow, roro, 2330, 202; Ladoga 19, cargo, 2330, 107; NYK Andromeda
IT is a birthday his family thought he would never see. However, today Lloyd Grundy celebrates turning 16, having nearly died when he lost control of the bike he was riding and crashed into a parked car. The teenager was left with multiple injuries
THE HISTORICAL Calshot tug, which is currently being restored, narrowly escaped serious damage in a fire on board the ship. Ten firefighters attended a fire reported to have started on the wooden fender at the bow of the ship which is currently docked
HAMPSHIRE troops have come under their fiercest attack yet in war torn Iraq. Soldiers from the First Battalion, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, came under fire for more than four hours by suspected terrorists using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars
IT IS an irony that speaks volumes about the nation's capital. A crime surveyor from Winchester has been forced to quit his job in London after falling victim to crime himself three times in just nine months. Chris Perry, pictured with his vandalised
TENS of thousands of British Gas customers in Hampshire will see their annual household gas bill soar by £78 equivalent to an extra £1.62 a week. News of the increase has been met with widespread anger in the county, with one local MP calling for a
AN electrician on board the luxury Southampton-based Queen Mary 2 cruise liner yesterday pleaded guilty to the murder of a fellow crew member by beating him with a hammer. Rodolfo Juanga, 48, admitted at Winchester Crown Court killing 39-year-old Joel
HUNDREDS of parents have signed a petition to try and save a children's creche at a Hampshire superstore from closing. The 200-plus signatories say the plan to permanently shut the creche when the Asda store closes for a three-month refurbishment shows
A ROAD safety petition in Winchester has hit the 650-signature mark. People living in Stanmore fear that someone will be killed unless traffic is slowed. The campaign was sparked by a car smashing at high speed into a parked vehicle in Battery Hill
PLANS to "modernise" camping and caravan sites could spoil the New Forest, an MP has warned. Tory MP Desmond Swayne fears that a project by the Forestry Commission to boost income from tourism could lead to the national park becoming the site of a mammoth
