Mention alcopops and you are guaranteed to inflame TV presenter and Childline founder Esther Rantzen. Just mention them and she is at her passionate, hard-hitting best. "There is a lot of peer pressure and personally I would ban alcopops," she said
IT was one of those chance happenings that brought together two people who had never met before, but who, after reading Hampshire Heritage, discovered that they had something in common. When Denis Sprankling together with his collection of vintage Tri-ang
Craft Addict? Calling all Craft Addicts and members of Craftaholics Anonymous. Hello and welcome to the GetCrafty Blog at the Daily Echo. Oh I know, you’re not really interested, just passing by. Thought you’d take a look. Admitting it to yourself
Craft Addict? Calling all Craft Addicts and members of Craftaholics Anonymous. Hello and welcome to the GetCrafty Blog at the Daily Echo. Oh I know, you’re not really interested, just passing by. Thought you’d take a look. Admitting it to yourself
TWO Southampton-based brothers who run a leading handyman business have pledged to deliver their services free-of-charge to a local charity. James and Chris Dean, who jointly run Toolbox Buddy, will come to the rescue when Wessex Heartbeat needs maintenance
A HAMPSHIRE man is set to run the London Marathon again this year to raise money for Children with Leukaemia. Keen runner Ian Fisher managed to raise £1,270 last year in aid of the charity and is hoping to raise a similar amount this April. Ian, 53,
Today, it seems is the 'darkest' day of the year ('according to the latest research' - good phrase, eh!) Its Blue Monday, officially the saddest day of the year. Today's Echo tells us... Using a mathematical equation, Dr Cliff Arnall, a motivational
Today's principal Southampton arrivals Autoroute, roro, CMA CGM Bizet, container 1130, 207; Auto Banner, roro, 1530, 40; APL Iris, container, 1630, 205; Asian Trust, roro, 2230, 43; Cape Charles, container, pm, 204 Today's principal sailings St
A GROUND-breaking scheme to crackdown on the scourge of arson was staged at a Hampshire fire station. The aim is to stop youngsters being drawn into antisocial behaviour that could lead on to them deliberately starting fires. Ten youngsters have spent
PUPILS at Brookfield School got a first hand taste of political life when Fareham MP Mark Hoban paid them a visit. As part of their GCSE citizenship course, Year 10 students had written to the politician to express their views on the proposed introduction
WINCHESTER councillors are pressing for the city's CCTV system to be extended to counter mindless and serious vandalism. The call has come as the city council is currently reviewing the city's ageing analogue CCTV system that was set up in 1997. The
MOTORISTS using one of the busiest roads in a Hampshire town centre are facing four weeks of disruption. Southern Gas Networks is planning to dig up part of Gosport Street, Lymington, and replace an ageing metal main with a new plastic version. The
PARKING chiefs in London have had a change of heart following intervention by the Daily Echo after demanding Ringwood's mayor pay a parking ticket issued while he was distributing aid to the city's homeless. Councillor Danny Cracknell, pictured left,
PLANS to transform a former Hampshire oil depot into a site for more than 40 new homes have been unveiled. An application to build 28 houses and 15 apartments on the site alongside the Southampton to Fareham railway line, has prompted objections from
PROTESTS over a controversial travellers' site last night sparked a shock U-turn from a group of leading politicians. Three members of Southampton's Liberal Democrat controlled council have vowed to vote against their party after a heated public meeting
A Hampshire couple are prepared to lose everything including their home to save their champion breed dogs. Jenny Manley is determined to fight all the way to the highest courts in the land to save her 31 Siberian huskies. She was speaking after she
All agreed! We need a permanent place to enjoy skating FOR more than a month the temporary ice rink has wowed crowds but yesterday Southampton said goodbye to its coolest winter attraction. The rink was packed full of skaters cramming in the last opportunity
AFC Totton have been draw away to Ipswich Wanderers in the fifth round of the FA Vase. Full draw: Wimborne Town v Street, Causeway United or Cogenhoe United v Curzon Ashton, Slimbridge or Whitley Bay v Truro City or Newcastle Benfield Bay Plastics,
A MIX of vocational and academic courses is the winning combination for making lessons interesting for pupils at a Southamp-ton school. Inspectors from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) described Woodlands Community School in Harefield as
As a TV panellist I covered five World Cups, four of them for the BBC sat alongside mainly Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Hill, many European ties and more than ten domestic cup finals. The interest in our game worldwide was apparent to me when I used to see
SOUTHAMPTON has today been chosen to spearhead government plans to crack down on antisocial behaviour. The city was picked as one of 40 councils including Portsmouth and Bournemouth across the country to receive extra Home Office cash to tackle the problem
Their faces stare down the decades from another time when the dark cloud of mourning cast a giant shadow across Southampton as, overnight, wives became widows and children left orphans. From these photographs they look just ordinary, hardworking
FEARS the company behind the worst pension scandal in the south could go into receivership have provoked staff into demanding a showdown with managers today. Up to 250 Hampshire jobs could be at risk if troubled Chandler's Ford manufacturer APW Electronics
DEVELOPERS are planning to create a new £20m village in the Hampshire countryside. Set around a village green, with grand houses and nestling in the heart of Test Valley, the project promises an idyllic country lifestyle - at a price. Called Tilebourne
MILK flowed through a Hampshire village last night as giant trolleys spilt off a lorry. Bishop's Waltham's main streets were turned into a milky way as the spillage stretched for a quarter of a mile. The drama began at about 9.30pm when nine trolleys
Readers will be pleased to know that plans to close permanently three New Forest car parks as part of a wildlife project have been scrapped following massive opposition from users. However, the Forestry Commission's Progress Project is planning to go
WINCHESTER'S Durngate Property Group is putting the finishing touches to its £6m office development in Worthing. Called Yeoman Gate, the 32,000 sq ft scheme has already received interest from businesses, with nine of its 13 units already been sold or
I congratulate Tom McNulty on his achievement and do not wish to in any way detract from it, but I believe that readers might be interested to learn that the first totally blind person to climb Sydney Harbour Bridge spent his early years in Winchester
Today is Blue Monday, officially the saddest day of the year. Cold, stormy weather, post Christmas gloom, rising fuel bills and too much month left at the end of the money... it's enough to make some of us weep To help to cheer you up we tracked down
Yet again we find ways to draw people to Southampton with big ideas and developments and yet again we hear from the same old moaners. If it's not the laser gateway, then it's the super casino, if it's not the casino, then it's Ikea. Do the people of
ME thinks a strange malady has overcome the corridors of power. I remember the media headlines during the Cold War when America and Russia were jostling for strategic advantage by invading Afghanistan in turn with dismal success? The poverty of the
TONY Blair urges Britain to become a nation of warriors, not worriers. I'd say we're worried and with good reason, when it was he who signed away control of our borders to Brussels as that broke down all our defences at a stroke. As for being warriors
AN elderly Hampshire woman used her walking stick to chase three conmen from her home. The 85-year-old was watching television when she heard noises coming from the stairs to her first-floor maisonette in Hedge End. When she went to investigate she
Eastleigh manager Jason Dodd denied suggestions that his side had been beaten by a soft' goal against old rivals Salisbury City on Saturday. "Soft? It was shocking," said the ex-Saint after watching in disbelief as Paul Sales's header sneaked over
AFC TOTTON battled through to the last 16 of the FA Vase for the second time in the club's history with a hard-fought 2-1 success at Potton United. "It was a real dogfight of a game," admitted Totton assistant manager Sean New. "There were tackles
MOTORISTS using one of the busiest roads in a Hampshire town centre are facing four weeks of disruption from today. Southern Gas Networks is planning to dig up part of Gosport Street, Lymington, and replace an ageing metal main with a new plastic version
Saints have released midfielder Marcelo Sarmiento. The 27-year-old was Rupert Lowe's last signing as Saints chairman when he joined towards the end of June on loan from Club Atletico Racing de Cordoba with a view to a possible permanent switch.
TV'S X Factor finalists, Eton Road will be starring at Fareham's Chicago Rock Café on February 1. The group, from Liverpool, will be making one of their first public appearances since final stages of the ITV programme, won by Leona Lewis. The boys have
WINCHESTER councillors are pressing for the city's CCTV system to be extended to counter vandalism. The call has come as the city council is currently reviewing the city's ageing CCTV system that was set up in 1997. The council cabinet has received
Grzegorz Rasiak has targeted a sensational 30-goal haul this season. The prolific Pole took his tally for the season to 19 with the opener in Saints' 2-0 win over QPR on Saturday. Amazingly it was his eighth goal in the last eight away games and
GEORGE Burley has told Gareth Bale: You should stay at Saints until the summer of 2008 at least. The Saints boss is adamant his 17-year-old starlet should put off any transfer talk until his current contract expires at the end of next season. Speculation
IT WASN'T nice, it wasn't pretty - but it was three vital points. After about an hour of Saturday's match at QPR, things looked to be running away from Saints. The scores coming in from around the country showed many of Saints' promotion rivals were
A HAMPSHIRE soldier who served in Iraq died just days before he was due to receive a medal for his service. Sgt Glynn Ludlow who served with the with the Royal Army Medical Corps was due to be honoured with the rest of his regiment after a six-month
A BURGLAR has been spared prison - a day after being released from Winchester Jail. Matthew Amos, 21, who had been locked up since August for breaching other sentences, was given 18 months supervision coupled with a 12-month drug rehabilitation requirement
THE Campaign to Protect Rural England has become the latest organisation to blast plans for a laser attraction at Southampton's civic centre. The Hampshire branch has fired off a letter to the city council objecting to the proposed Southampton Laser
