A HAMPSHIRE police officer subjected a young girl to ten years of systematic sexual abuse, a court heard today. Gary Clarke, 48, began abusing the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, when she was seven, the court heard. The officer, who has
A SOUTHAMPTON sex attacker and his wife killed themselves in a fume-filled car at a secluded Hampshire chalk pit, an inquest heard today. Christopher Downes, 54, and his wife Christine, 51, made a suicide pact and then gassed themselves in their car
A POPULAR oversubscribed school has been granted permission to accept more pupils and two single-sex schools in Southampton are to turn mixed. Bitterne Park Secondary School will see its places increase from 1,400 to 1,500 from September next year.
STAFF in libraries across Hampshire are preparing themselves for a second strike in two months. If crucial talks between union members and Hampshire County Council fail this week hundreds of librarians are expected to walk out over job cuts. The strike
SOME will love them, some will hate them, but there will be no ignoring the sculptures to be exhibited in Winchester later this year. Some of Britain's best-known artists will be showing their work at an unprecedented display of modern art, called The
HOSPITAL bosses were today fighting an outbreak of a contagious bug that forced the closure five wards to visitors at Winchester's Royal Hampshire County Hospital. More than 44 patients and about ten staff reported symptoms of the airborne Norovirus which
NEIGHBOURS-from-hell face being kicked out of their homes and into closely supervised "sin bins" to stop them blighting their communities. Southampton is one of more than 50 cities and towns across the country running Family Intervention Projects in
A "TEXT a truant" alert service will be introduced at six Hampshire schools to find missing pupils within minutes of the bell being rung. The Department for Education and Skills (DFES) unveiled plans for text messages to be sent to the mobile phones
email_address: trews@infogen.co.nz I would like to contact some of my old mates from Thornhill. Ileft for N.Z. in 1955 at age 20 yrs so they are approx 70 yrs old. Brian Biles . lived in Thornhill Ave. Mervyn Padwick,lied in Hinkler Rd. Ray
email_address: jpanddvw@xtra.co.nz Looking to locate lost mates from the 1960/70s their names are DAve Cotton and Dave Lowe they lived in the Beavous Vally area hope that some one can help cheers. Dave
STAFF in libraries across Hampshire are preparing themselves for a second strike in two months. If crucial talks between union members and Hampshire County Council fail this week hundreds of librarians are expected to walk out over job cuts. The strike
HOSPITAL bosses were today fighting an outbreak of a contagious bug that forced the closure of five wards to visitors at Winchester's Royal Hampshire County Hospital. More than 44 patients and about ten staff reported symptoms of the airborne Norovirus
IT'S an oasis within the city of Southampton. Miller's Pond beauty spot gives people somewhere to escape urban life and enjoy nature. Children can learn about wildlife at the Sholing Valley Study Centre or simply wander through the area described as
ENTHUSIASTS of Italian cars and motorcycles enjoyed a fantastic traditional English breakfast at the second Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting of the year, held at the historic Motor Circuit. The theme for the event was Forza Italia', and the combination
SPRING has come right on time for car dealers, with March's surprisingly strong sales figures an unexpected gift for Easter, said Sue Robinson, director of the RMI National Franchised Dealers Association, part of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (
SIX years after the start of series production, the one millionth Mini has rolled off the production line at Plant Oxford. This represents another milestone in the car's history and highlights the continuing success story as rising global demand for
WARSHIP builder VT has landed a £150m deal to build and manage three offshore patrol vessels for Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. The contract will sustain around 200 skilled jobs and create a further 100 new positions at its Hampshire shipbuilding
ALMOST one in three people are not happy at work, with managers, lawyers and bankers among the least satisfied, according to new research today. The happiest workers are hairdressers, with a cheerful three out of five looking forward to going back to
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Undine, roro, 0730, 34/35; Bladerunner Two, barge, 0830, 24; Nedlloyd Tasman, container, 1230, 206; Mogami Reefer, refrigerated, 1630, 104; Veerseborg, cargo, 1630, 104; Philipp, container, Southampton Container
A MAN indecently assaulted a 15-year-old schoolgirl as she walked with a friend through a Hampshire town centre. The youngsters were left shaken and scared after the attack in the middle of Fareham. Detectives hunting the attacker are studying CCTV
THE Football Association have set an extraordinary 80,000 capacity for AFC Totton's FA Vase final against Truro City next month. It means that, potentially, the Sydenhams Wessex League super heroes could be playing in front of a bigger crowd than Saints
JOSE Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson marched on towards a possible Champions League final clash as their Chelsea and Manchester United teams swept into the semi-finals last night. Mourinho, whose Chelsea team will play Liverpool in the semi-final
KENWYNE Jones is in contention to return to the Saints attack at Birmingham City on Saturday - and Leon Best's foot injury is not as bad as first feared. Saints manager George Burley revealed the double dose of good news yesterday as he targets the
TOURISM bosses have welcomed high-flying proposals to put a hot-air balloon attraction in Southampton. A scheme to put a tethered helium balloon in Andrews Park would be a huge attraction for tourists and visitors, the city's Chamber of Commerce has
GOVERNMENT plans to make sea anglers pay for the first time are another unwanted tax and would put youngsters off fishing, it has been claimed. The Solent's sea fishermen have reacted angrily to proposals which would cover beach anglers, boat fishing
IT'S finally arrived: decision time for the hundreds of competitors in the Southern Daily Echo's Prettiest Pooch competition. Since we launched the event over two months ago we have been inundated with photographs of your dogs. One thing is obvious -
A LEADING consultant at a Southampton hospital's casualty department has backed the Daily Echo's campaign to get knives off the streets. John Heyworth, a consultant at Southampton General Hospital's accident and emergency department, said the number
HAMPSHIRE'S Naked Rambler Stephen Gough has been cleared of breaking the law after walking out of a Scottish prison in the nude. The 47-year-old Eastleigh father of two admitted refusing to dress before being released into Saughton Prison car park in
A HAMPSHIRE charity that supports parents has launched a campaign calling for an end to the "blame culture" which it believes discourages mums and dads from seeking help and support. Parentline Plus, which has a base in Eastleigh, has launched its Just
