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  • Good Evans

    DAVE Mumford and Jim Everett were filmed by Meridian ITV on Wednesday for a piece that will go out at the beginning of the World Championships which starts on 21 April. Oh, and they featured nine-year-old wonderkid Shane Castle as well. Top presenter

  • Good Evans

    DAVE Mumford and Jim Everett were filmed by Meridian ITV on Wednesday for a piece that will go out at the beginning of the World Championships which starts on 21 April. Oh, and they featured nine-year-old wonderkid Shane Castle as well. Top presenter

  • Saga strike not enough to save Saints

    Saints were left to rue missed chances as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Birmingham. Jhon Viafara wasted two great openings and Kenwyne Jones another as defeat at St Andrews left Saints probably needing to win all of their final three games to reach

  • Prince William splits with girlfriend Kate

    FUTURE king Prince William and his long-term love Kate Middleton have split following the strain caused by the second in line to the throne's life in the Army. The couple, who were widely tipped to marry, came to the shock decision earlier this week

  • Daisy Appeal grows to £350,000

    Play video FOR a year they did whatever they could - from the sublime to the ridiculous - in a bid to raise money. Now BBC Radio Solent listeners have given a leading cancer charity in the south more than 350,000 reasons to be happy. Yesterday station

  • Lack of discipline is the cause of stabbings

    THE Daily Echo's Get Knives Off Our Streets may be a well worthwhile campaign, but the fact is we are going about it from the wrong end. Knives are no danger to anyone. It is the people that carry them! Mine and all other households have large, deadly

  • What odds on a scorcher this summer?

    IT is the same every year. As soon as the first glimmer of sunshine appears, there are always some hardy souls who insist on donning their shorts and T-shirts in a desperate bid to soak up some much-missed rays. But thanks to the recent spell of glorious

  • Dreadful state of Southampton's roads

    Southampton's roads are in a dreadful state. Last week councillors of all political parties were given a presentation on just how bad they are and possible solutions for the future. There is an estimated £50m backlog in road repairs and each year, despite

  • This Land By The Sea

    I walked through a strange land today, a land where daffodils and tulips cover the banks and the wooded areas. I travelled down an avenue through wilderness, back to a time as in an antique picture catching a glimpse of the past, where nature still seems

  • Tell us the truth or face the consequences

    THERE is so much conflicting information that the world populous does not know who to believe. Constant problems such as, is global warming man-made or a natural phenomena or who is telling the truth in the Middle East conflict or is bird flu a pandemic

  • Put the police back on the beat

    I MUST respond to Chief Supt Paul Stickler's article in the Daily Echo. He said: "I get the sense there is a significant prevalence in the use of knives''. What planet is he on? He goes on to say: "It's fairly routine for us each day to deal with crime

  • Homes are not wanted on BAT's sports ground

    LINDEN Homes believes it has "the ability to provide a holistic solution for Totton town'' - the development of BAT's sports field. On the eight acre site approximately 100 homes would be built, allowing space for a reduced size cricket pitch and a small

  • YouthNet now available via mobiles

    IN 1995 I founded the pioneering online charity YouthNet to help young people aged 16-24 achieve their ambitions and dreams. Through our website www.TheSite.org, we provide guidance, advice and support so young adults across the UK can make informed

  • Why are our troops in Iraq?

    We should be glad that the sailors are free. But should we not be asking what the troops are doing there anyway? In addition, the idea has been floated that air crew should consider suicide missions. What is new in this? Further what happened to computer

  • Good young people should take action now

    HOW I agree with F Estall, especially the statement "For evil to flourish all it takes is for good men to do nothing''. We seem to have these good men in abundance, and yet doing nothing! There seems to be a sad lack of common sense around these days

  • Bishop's warning over Home Office split

    THE Bishop of Winchester joined other church leaders today in condemning plans to reorganise the Home Office, claiming it would lead to more asylum seekers falling victim to the Government's "increasingly draconian immigration policy". The Rt Rev Michael

  • Coastguard flies doctor to cruise ship

    The Solent Coastguard at Lee-on-the-Solent was at the centre of an incident in the English Channel in the early hours of today. Rescue helicopter India Julet flew a doctor to cruise liner Braemar 12 miles south of Shoreham to treat a male passenger who

  • Latest prison blunder "puts public at risk"

    THE release of an arsonist just days into his sentence because of a prison blunder has been condemned as another Home Office failure putting the "public at risk". Christopher Pocock was serving his time at Camp Hill prison on the Isle of Wight after

  • Art treasures which you own

    MOODY seascapes by Montague Dawson, bustling industrial scenes by Lowry and beautiful impressionist paintings by Monet and Renoir sit alongside unknown works by obscure local artists. Vibrant images of Southampton docks and Spitfires over the Solent

  • 50 years of the EU - so what's it all about?

    WHAT sort of world do we want for our children? It was a fair question, posed to me by Richard Ashworth, MEP for South-East England as we sat chatting over dinner in Brussels. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of the creation of what has now evolved

  • Tremlett battles mystery injury

    CHRIS Tremlett is still unable to set a comeback date as he bids to recover from a mystery back injury. The Hampshire bowler is out of the three-day friendly against Cardiff UCCE, which starts at the Rose Bowl today, and is also frustrated that the