Hampshire new boy Michael Lumb will make his home debut against Cardiff UCCE this weekend. Shane Warne will captain the side and Lumb will bat at number four as Hampshire prepare for the start of the new season with a three-day friendly, starting at
A BUSKER fighting eviction from land he says he has lived on for more than ten years faces a six-week wait to find out if he is to lose his home. Frank Williams has been battling Winchester council chiefs in Winchester for the past two years since the
A HAMPSHIRE man is calling for a Southampton river to be cleaned up after finding hordes of shopping trolleys, bikes and safes dumped on its banks. The litter-strewn patch of the River Itchen between Woodmill Canoe Centre and Cobden Bridge has been branded
SOUTHAMPTON health chiefs have been handed an extra £6m boost by the Government to help tranform a city hospital into a community health centre. The cash will go towards the redevelopment of the Royal South Hants (RSH) site, which is being converted
OWNERS of the cross-Solent ferry company Red Funnel are considering selling it for £200m. The Daily Echo understands that the possible sale would not affect the 400 staff. The company, which is part-owned by the banking organisation HBOS, would be sold
HAMPSHIRE firms are being asked if they want to pay about £100,000 to be a Patron Saint' as part of an ambitious new sponsorship drive from Southampton Football Club. In a bid to raise sponsorship revenue by 30 per cent, Saints' old "scattergun" approach
I, AND no doubt others, was horrified at the owner of an adult iguana parading the poor creature around Southampton streets (Daily Echo, April 5). By coincidence, I was on a cruise ship last November when we called at Cozumel, Mexico, a home to iguanas
PENHALIGON Retirement House in Thornbury Avenue, Southampton, will sadly no longer be there after April 27. The families of the residents surely feel as upset and disappointed as I. The staff have been so dedicated, caring, kind, sympathetic and above
WE took our two grandsons to Old Winchester Hill on Sunday, to visit the Bronze Age fort - a beautiful day and a wonderful walk. The boys were mesmerised by the sight of wild rabbits and pheasants, and amazed at how small they all looked from our position
THE smoking ban will soon be upon us, but let us put this ban into perspective. It appears we can pickle our livers with alcohol, fill the air with carbon monoxide fumes and gamble away the entire contents of our homes. I wonder if I am missing something
A CONVOY of travellers turned up in Riverside Park overnight on Good Friday and remained there. While so far there is no obvious evidence of damage or rubbish - as has been left at other sites, notably Stoneham Lane - it should be questioned why the local
NEW owners, Fullers, are about to put the former Gales Brewery in Horndean on the market as a development site. "Over the next two months, our agents will be looking for potential developers to come forward with commercial proposals for this major industrial
NEVER before have I seen such a disgusting example of naked greed as that shown by the marines and sailors who have decided to sell their stories of their capture and confinement in Iran. Whatever the reasons behind the MoD decision to allow this course
WHAT would readers feel about the UK abandoning all bank holidays? There would, of course, be time in lieu. The time presently given to employees, for the Easter and summer bank holidays, could be provided for and taken during the summer, dependent upon
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Pearl Ace, ro/ro, 0330, 40; Bremen Express, container, 0400, 204; Oriana, passenger, 0600, 106; Dolfijn, cargo, 0730, 36; CMA CGM Don Giovanni, 1045, 207; Surgut, cargo, 1130, 108; Bladerunner Two, barge, am,
IT was a knock at the door that ripped her world apart. Five years ago Karen Holloway found herself face-to-face with a policeman who had called to tell her that her husband had been killed in a motorcycle accident. She suddenly faced the prospect of
A HAMPSHIRE school governor and classroom assistant died in a horror crash on a busy main road. Mary Gray, 54, was killed when the car in which she was a passenger collided with another vehicle in Cambridgeshire. The governor and classroom assistant
THIS is the first photograph of the world's largest cruise ship, Liberty of the Seas, undergoing trials before she sets a course for Southampton where she will make her dramatic entry on Sunday, April 22. The vast ship, the second of three sister vessels
AFC TOTTON are looking for a flag maker so that they can proudly fly their colours on high at the new Wembley next month. The Football Association have asked both Totton and their FA Vase final opponents Truro City to supply a giant flag that will
DANNY SMITH used his head to grab Eastleigh what could turn out a priceless point against Eastbourne Borough at the Silverlake Stadium last night. With his side trailing to a close range 19th-minute Pat Harding goal, Smith got involved as the ball
Like most football fans, I spent Wednesday evening channel hopping between Manchester United v Roma and Valencia v Chelsea. It is hard to recall many better nights for English club football. Sir Alex Ferguson, pictured, said that United's 7-1 win against
AN outbreak of a sickness and diarrhoea bug at a Winchester hospital is getting worse. The number of victims at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) last night reached 60 patients. The number of wards affected increased from five to eight, and
George Burley will have to wait until the end of the season before discovering whether he can sign Marek Saganowski on a permanent basis. The Saints boss has been delighted with the form of the Polish striker who has netted nine goals in ten starts
TEENAGE Saints fan Lee Steege has been wheelchair bound since birth - but it hasn't kept him away from football. The 17-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer didn't think twice about joining a Hampshire FA refereeing course. And, having graduated from
England head into two days off from the World Cup with captain Michael Vaughan warning they must improve when they return to duty if they are to progress in the tournament. Yesterday's unconvincing four-wicket victory over Bangladesh at the Kensington
James Bruce is ready to peak for Hampshire this summer. The 27-year-old took eight wickets in the two one-day games he played on Hampshire's recent tour of South Africa and, with Chris Tremlett and Stuart Clark both likely to miss the start of the
THE body of the teenage Hampshire army medic killed in Iraq arrived back in Britain this morning. Private Eleanor Dlugosz was one of four British Army soldiers killed when her armoured vehicle was blown-up by insurgents just south of the Iraqi city of
COMMUTERS who use one of Hampshire's busiest railway stations will bear the brunt of new timetable changes. South West Trains (SWT) is planning to axe services and switch routes meaning passengers at Totton could face frustrating waits of up to 25 minutes
TIME is running out to vote for your favourite pub, club or bar in Southampton. As part of the city-wide Best Bar None competition, which aims to find the best watering holes in the city, the Daily Echo is hosting an extra category decided by our readers
HE knows he is lucky to be alive. Richard McQuillan still bears the scars - both physical and mental - of the night he was left fighting for his life. After leaving a neighbour's Bonfire Night party in November 2005, he was attacked by two men and stabbed
