AT least 32 people are thought to have died when a gunman opened fire at a college campus in the United States. The tragedy happened at the 26,000-student Virginia Tech College in Blacksburg, Virginia. Reports from police said that the gunman is among
THE final days of terminally-ill patients at Lymington's Oakhaven Hospice will be made a little more bearable thanks to a government cash boost. Health ministers have given £250,000 from the Dignity in Care for Older People Programme to incorporate the
A WARD at Southampton General Hospital has been closed to new admissions after the outbreak of a sickness and diarrhoea bug. Eleven patients and two members of staff have shown symptoms of the norovirus. Five are currently affected. Visitors to any
A MAN accused of running a string of cannabis factories across Southampton has gone on trial. Jing Wu, 23, was arrested last November during a series of raids in the city including one in a rented £400,000 waterfront house in Ocean Village. Jurors heard
HE was failed by the very people there to care for him. When Terry Parnell was a young boy he was the perfect child who was never in trouble and always happy and polite. In his teenage years he suffered from depression, at the age of 14 he had started
MOTORISTS face 40 weeks of traffic misery as repairs get under way on a busy Southampton city centre road today. Only one carriageway of London Road will remain open throughout the work. Southern Gas Networks were today due to begin work to replace
Hampshire seamer James Tomlinson prepared to fill Chris Tremlett's bowling boots for the start of the forthcoming sea son with four first-innings wickets against Cardiff UCCE. The 24-year-old ended last season with his first championship appearance
I remember once at The Dell we were playing Nottingham Forest. One of their young apprentices knocked on my office door an hour before the game and said Mr Clough said could he have two glasses of brandy for him and Mr Taylor'. I replied Son, you go
A good few years ago now I was on holiday in Tampa, Florida, with Anne and our young children. Those were the days when soccer as they call it had just taken off in the States. Tampa Bay Rowdies were the second biggest club to New York Cosmos. I got
JULIET Rowles is running the London Marathon in memory of a former Southampton woman who was killed in Spain. Juliet is hoping to raise £1,500 for a special fund set up following the death of Kate Stokes, who was on a hiking expedition in February last
A DISABLED man turned into a human fireball after a vicious attack in his own home has amazed relatives with his continued fight for life. Michael Toye, 43, was doused in liquid, thought to be white spirit, and set alight leaving him with 50 per cent
IT'S not like Saints to do things the easy way. Look at their elder supporters, they have more grey hairs and wrinkles than your average football fan. Down the years the club have become masters of leaving things to the last minute when things could
A HAMPSHIRE computer firm has won a hard fought tender battle to supply support services to Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust worth up to £5.5m. A "stringent" five-month selection process saw Fareham's Taylor Made Computer Solutions awarded its first significant
SOUTHAMPTON'S John Lewis store is one of only two in the UK trialing a brand new scheme to cut the use of carrier bags. The department store is placing recycling bins for old carrier bags at the entrances to its WestQuay shop Mark Venables, managing
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Hual Durban, vehicle, 1100, 40; APL Hong Kong, container, 1200, 207; Hanna, container, 1500, 206 Today's principal Southampton sailings: NYK Vesta, container, 0730, 207; Genoa Bridge, container, 1215; 206
IS Howard Johnston Britain's meanest man in denying Natallie Evans the chance to have a baby? Didn't he abrogate his responsibility for procreation to her when he fertilised her egg? What difference can it make to him now if he allows her to proceed
THE conduct of our service personnel in the Iran hostage incident was both disgraceful and shameful and has indelibly stained the reputation of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. This was from the outset a matter which was going to be resolved by diplomacy
IT'S a blessing that Mrs J Gale's husband does not bring his Dairy Crest diesel home with him, lest he reawaken her street when he leaves for work (Letters, March 31). Do Dairy Crest customers have to go to bed with curtains open and lights left on,
IREAD with interest the letter from Allan Glass concerning the redevelopment of the old RAF base at Hythe (April 11). For many years my family and I had enjoyed visiting Hythe, but we now avoid it as it has deteriorated so much in the past few years.
I RECENTLY visited the newly refurbished Manor public house in Shirley. While there I visited the toilets. Once inside I couldn't breathe. I thought that someone had used a lot of fly spray. Then I realised that the whole toilet had been sprayed with
AS chairman of the Fitzhugh Residents' Association we wish to comment on some points made by Dave Beach (Letters, April 10). Our association is one of the most active in Southampton and we cover the northern end of Bedford Place and surrounding roads
ELECTION vote counts could be plunged into chaos as untried electronic ballot checks are rolled out across Hampshire. Councils have for the first time put back counts until the day after the local elections on May 3 because of the new rules to combat
COUNCIL elections may be almost three weeks away but people in Hedge End already have the youngest councillor in the country. Liberal Democrat Nathan Khan, 18, was elected unopposed to Hedge End Town Council. His success comes after the government lowered
VOTERS in Winchester have their first ever Muslim candidate at next month's city council elections. Abdul Kayum, also known as Miff, is representing the Conservatives in the city centre St Bartholomew ward. Bangladesh-born Mr Kayum, 31, a married father
THEY are the front line in dealing with the tragic aftermath of knife injuries across Hampshire. All too often ambulance crews see the pain and devastation caused to victims, their friends and family when someone is stabbed. Today they are getting behind
HEATWAVE Hampshire had a taste of summer yesterday as temperatures soared to levels normally seen at the height of August. The mercury climbed to a sweltering 25C (77F) - making it the hottest day of the year so far. - and today it is expected to hit
A DESPERATE family have driven 2,000 miles back and forth to Southampton in the hunt for their stolen dog. The Brookers have made more than 20 separate trips from their Oxfordshire home - the equivalent of travelling to Poland and back - since their
DESCENDANTS of Southampton sailors lost on Titanic were among those who gathered in the city yesterday to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the tragedy. Hundreds assembled beside one of Southampton's Titanic memorials to remember the 1,523 people who
ANDREW Surman is pictured on the back page of today's Daily Echo, sinking to his knees - a picture which sums up Saints' weekend defeat at Birmingham City. Surman is pictured after seeing one of a handful of great chances squandered during the 2-1
COUNCIL elections may be almost three weeks away but people in Hedge End already have the youngest councillor in the country. Liberal Democrat Nathan Khan, 18, was elected unopposed to Hedge End Town Council. His success comes after the government lowered
ACTION is being taken to prevent mental health patients jumping from a bridge on to a busy Hampshire dual-carriageway. Health chiefs have revealed that nine patients at the Woodhaven unit at Calmore have threatened to leap from the side of a road bridge
