A MULTI-MILLION pound takeover of Saints may depend on the success or failure of their push to the Premiership. Potential investor Paul Allen could be waiting until the end of the Championship season before deciding whether to make a formal offer for
Plans to bring a giant passenger carrying balloon to Southampton city centre have been given the go ahead. City council bosses have given permission in principle for industry-leader Lindstrand to operate a helium balloon on a site in the city's central
Four men have been arrested after shoppers watched on in horror as two men were stabbed in a Hampshire shopping centre. Two young men were rushed to hospital with stab wounds on Friday afternoon after a bloody attack broke out in broad daylight on Eastleigh
HAMPSHIRE police have launched an investigation after money was allegedly stolen from a trust set up in memory of Lucie Blackman, the British hostess dismembered in Japan. Officers have written to her father Tim Blackman asking for an explanation of
It's been another remarkable seven days in the life of Saints. This time last week, everybody was flying high. The win over Leeds had breathed fresh cause for optimism into Saints' season. Come Wednesday, there were few thoughts of joy around as fans
WINCHESTER Conservatives face a crucial test this week. The party of power on the city council for the foreseeable future or one election wonders? They enjoyed their best-ever night in May 2006, winning seven seats and seizing overall control for the
Police today named the teenager killed in a stabbing during a fight in Hampshire.> Zak Peter Davis, 17, of St John's Close, Hayling Island died after a fight broke out between several people in a mainsonette just after midnight on Saturday. During the
Leon Best has thanked George Burley for sending him on loan earlier this season. Saints' weekend hero at Norwich has also praised the manager for giving him the confidence to come back and succeed at St Mary's. Best's time at Saints seemed to have
This week former Russian President Boris Yeltsin was buried with full military honours and past presidents of the USA and prime ministers of England lined up to pay homage. A big debate started about whether Prince Harry would resign from the Army if
IT'S an idyllic home by the river which could have come straight out of the film set of that Dallas-By-Sea TV soap Howard's Way. With breathtaking views of the internationally famous Hamble River, Myrtle Cottage was for many years the home of a man whose
POLICE and boxing authorities are investigating claims that the mother of a Hampshire boxer was punched and knocked out by a teenager who her son had just defeated in the ring. Jean Weaver, pictured, still nurses the bruising on her face from the night
FRUSTRATED charity volunteers are anxiously waiting to move from their current centre after having to endure yet another crime. The British Red Cross site in Woodside Avenue, Eastleigh, has been repeatedly targeted by vandals over the past few years.
IT would take a political earthquake to prise power from the grasp of Eastleigh Council's ruling Liberal Democrats. In last year's ballot box battle they stormed home with one of their biggest triumphs as they picked off two Tory scalps to gain a record
Saints boss George Burley was full of praise for Saints matchwinner Leon Best. Best scored the only goal at Norwich on Saturday to put Saints on the verge of play-off qualification - a win at home to already relegated Southend this Sunday should seal
The contrast in emotions for both sides at the end of this final day title decider couldn't have been greater. Gosport Borough's players danced jigs of delight as they lifted the Wessex Premier Division trophy for the first time in their history at Testwood
DAVID Hughes paid tribute to Andy Forbes after Eastleigh's disappointing campaign ended on a high. Forbes ended the regular Conference South season as the second leading marksman in the division with 21 goals. A last-day double in the 4-1 romp at Yeading
BARRY BLANKLEY has admitted past results count for nothing ahead of Salisbury's play-off campaign. City finished runners-up in the league thanks to the point gained from Saturday's 0-0 home draw with lowly Basingstoke, who avoided the drop on goal difference
HAVANT & Waterlooville host Braintree in a potentially explosive Conference South play-off semi-final on Wednesday. Ian Baird's men receive the Essex side just two months after West Leigh Park's away dressing room was left needing over £700 worth of
GEORGE Burley was pleased with his defence as Saints recorded a priceless 1-0 win at Carrow Road on Saturday. Saints had kept a clean sheet against Leeds the week earlier and the back four at Norwich was boosted by the returns of Gareth Bale and Alexander
A HAMPSHIRE businessman's year of immense success has seen him ranked in the country's top ten richest people. Jim Ratcliffe, head of chemicals group INEOS, based in Lyndhurst, has seen his fortune treble in the last 12 months. INEOS is now the world's
AN Isle of Wight firm has been awarded a contract to help build aircraft wings for Boeing that will significantly reduce drag, lowering fuel costs and reducing emissions. GKN Aerospace in Cowes is to build "blended winglets" for both the Boeing 767-300ER
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Arthur Maersk, container, 0730, 207; Carmen, vehicle, 0745, 34/35, Colombo Express, container, 1145, 206; Gerd Sibum, container, 1230, 205w; APL Iris, container, 2100, 207; Singapore Express, PM, 204; Torrent,
I TOTALLY agree with correspondents P Macken-zie and L Turner about the awful new car park at Weston Shore. It always used to be the case that people would go there, sit in their cars facing the sea, reading, often having a cup of tea and enjoying the
NOTING recent letters about travellers, particularly one about four-wheel drive vehicles, when motorists are charged by the mile I wonder how the authorities are going to collect the money from these people. Are the vehicles registered under one address
GUNS and the impact they have on civilians are seldom far from the media spotlight, with good reason. Their increased availability threatens life and liberty in communities and cities around the world, Including ours. Recently an ICM poll found that
I AM outraged by the selfish way in which the community of Woodlands are acting in regard to the extension to Woodlands Ridge Nursing Home. Many of the people who are petitioning against this proposal may need nursing care one day. I am sure that they
AM I missing something? Every day there are four or five stories in the Daily Echo about teenage gangs attacking other gangs, couples and individuals walking home at night, damaging property and cars. There have been murders in Wimpson Lane and Aldermoor
AFTER so many years of Labour misrule, how can anyone think of voting for this party? It is not the party my father knew. Is it the working man's government? I think not. It is a party run by a Premier with no conscience. It is ruled by declaration from
VILLAGES north of New Milton will be given a regular bookable bus service to the new Lymington New Forest Hospital. It is the first time since the out-of-town hospital opened in January that the outlying villages of Wootton and Tiptoe have had a home-to-hospital
HE terrified his estranged wife by describing gun-crazed murderer Michael Ryan as his hero and threatening to shoot her. Bodybuilder John Parker has now been banned from contacting his wife Linda, 37, after sending her a chilling text message on her
A FRESH bid to provide a long-awaited ice rink in Southampton will be decided by council chiefs today. The ruling Liberal Democrat Cabinet is considering bids for a derelict piece of land off St Mary's Road, east of the Charlotte Place roundabout. It
THE controversial £200,000 boss of Hampshire County Council has announced he is to step down. Chief Executive Peter Robertson, who was embroiled in scandal earlier this year when he refused to say how much he was paid for the job, will step down from
POLICE are warning drivers to avoid a road in Marchwood after a burst water main is causing the route to be a danger to motorists. Hythe Road near The Pilgrim pub has been closed from the southern junction with Main Road and the northern junction with
ARSON investigators are looking into the cause of a fire in Southampton which devastated the home of a disabled man. Fire crews were called to the property in the Millbrook area after the man and his 12-year-old son had fled the building. Smoke engulfed
ONE hundred people - mostly teachers and support staff - attended a public meeting to hear presentations from three organisations who want to be involved in running Southampton's two new schools. It was the first of six public meetings before a decision
SECTIONS of coast in Hampshire remained shut throughout the weekend after a large crack appeared and prompted fears of a huge landslide. Police cordoned off three sections of clifftop and part of the undercliff at Barton on Sea on Saturday morning after
THE entries are in and the judging is complete - now licensees from Southampton's finest pubs, clubs and bars are waiting to see who will be crowned the winners. For the second year running, the Best Bar None awards are taking place to mark the work
A QUIET corner of Hampshire will be blighted by noise, dust and extra traffic if gravel extraction plans are approved, it has been claimed. That was the claim made at a public inquiry into an application by New Milton Sand and Ballast to extract more
