PUB backers have taken their campaign to one of Winchester's seats of power. Residents are trying to stop the demolition of the Stanmore Hotel and its replacement by a nursing home. They say the closure would rip the heart out of their community. A
THERE were no cat fights at the check-outs as the new fashion collection to hit our shopping rails received a muted reaction from Hampshire shoppers. More than 1,000 flustered fashion fanatics queued for hours in London's Oxford Street to get their hands
WINCHESTER busker Frank Williams has lost his long-running battle to stay in his unauthorised dome home. A planning inspector has rejected his appeal against enforcement notices from the city council ordering him off his camps by the Itchen Navigation
POLICE today appealed for help after a man was knocked unconscious and into a river during a robbery. The incident happened in the Riverside Park area of Southampton as the 51-year-old man walked along the riverbank. Officers say he was stopped by a
THE pilot of a helicopter that crashed as it was flying Chelsea football fans back south after last night's Champions League defeat at Liverpool was a Hampshire company boss. The chopper had been contracted from Lee-on-the-Solent based firm Atlas Helicopters
IT is blue versus yellow across the Test Valley in this year's local elections since the chase for votes is headed by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives are looking to develop the domination of seats that has seen them occupy
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.
RAIL passengers are warned that engineering works this Sunday will affect services to and from Hampshire. All lines in the Basingstoke area will be closed all day. No trains will run between Woking and Winchester or Andover, or between Basingstoke and
LOVE has blossomed for a Hampshire man taking part in the country's toughest job interview - much to the disgust of the boss. In tonight's episode of The Apprentice, multi-millionaire Sir Alan Sugar is left fuming after discovering that ex-Army lieutenant
DAY ONE: Hampshire closed on 25-0 (Brown 10*, Adams 10*) after bowling Yorkshire out for 299. Toss: Yorkshire Stuart Clark was involved in the key dismissals of Michael Vaughan and Jacques Rudolph after being handed a surprise Hampshire debut this
STAFF and pupils at the school attended by a teenager fatally stabbed in Southampton have joined the Daily Echo in taking a stand against knife crime. Teachers at Woolston School Language College have thrown their weight behind our campaign to get blades
HISTORIC cosmetics brand Avon is trying to shed its dated "Avon Calling" image with a beauty show in Southampton's WestQuay shopping centre. Professional make-up artists will be offering free demonstrations on how to apply Hollywood- style make-up at
SCORES of staff at a Hampshire travel agent are fearing for their futures in the wake of massive multi-billion industry mergers. Major job losses at Thomas Cook branches are thought more likely today after it emerged cost savings forecast to flow from
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: New Orleans Express, container, 0630, 204; Nagato Reefer, refrigerated, 0630, 104; Maersk Kuantan, container, am, 207; Sea Hawk, cargo, 1930, 36s; Favorite Arrow, cargo, 2030, 36n; Grand Ruby, roro, 2030, 40;
IN response to a number of inquiries being made to our office and to our bus drivers, could I let readers know that the new yellow City Clipper bus service in Southampton does accept free and concessionary passes. Either Southampton's, or any of those
STAFF and pupils at the school attended by a teenager fatally stabbed in Southampton have joined the Daily Echo in taking a stand against knife crime. Teachers at Woolston School Language College have thrown their weight behind our campaign to get blades
FOUR teenagers have been arrested following a crime spree in a quiet Hampshire village. It follows a series of incidents in Fair Oak at Easter. A fence was destroyed and there was damage to vehicles. Police are appealing for witnesses about the incidents
HAMPSHIRE police raided six homes across the county yesterday as part of the UK's largest ever clampdown on animal rights activists. The early morning raids were the culmination of a two-year probe by police forces across Britain and Europe into extremist
IT'S a scandal which is sweeping Hampshire's schools. Tales of mouse droppings, slug trails, mould, out-of-date food and a dry food store with a significant mould droppings - all found by health inspectors in schools in the county. Today the Daily
UNIFORMED police officers from across Hampshire will be allowed to take part in one of the country's biggest gay pride marches. In previous years staff have been banned from the Brighton Gay Pride March when in uniform. However, following a change in
ANDY MORGAN-LEE seems to be well and truly over the injury horrors which plagued him towards the end of last year after coasting to victory at the Marwell 10km race. The Southampton Running Club star missed several months of the season after picking
The great Ian Chappell gave us a fascinating insight into the mentality of a successful cricketer on the eve of our first championship game of the season. Shane Warne arranged for us all to meet the hard-as-nails former Australia captain in our London
CHELSEA have agreed to help out AFC Totton ahead of the latter's FA Vase final appearance at Wembley on Sunday, May 13. The Stags will travel up to London the day before and train at Chelsea's Cobham headquarters in the afternoon. Totton have been
Jack Wright was last night crowned Saints' first supporter of the year. The 17-year-old from Eastleigh has not let his cerebral palsy get in the way of his passion - supporting Saints. He was one of three short listed supporters that were featured
FOOTBALL celebrities will converge on Winchester Cathedral tomorrow to say farewell to Saints legend Alan Ball. The funeral of the England World Cup winner, who died last week aged 61, will attracted worldwide attention. The Cathedral holds around
CONTROVERSIAL referee Nigel Miller is set to take charge of Saints' match against Southend. The County Durham official once brandished eight cards in a 15-minute spell when refereeing Saints at Derby in 2005. For full story see today's Daily Echo
SOUTHEND are facing a striker crisis ahead of Sunday's visit to a sold-out St Mary's. The Shrimpers' hopes of scoring the goals that could end Saints' play-off dream have been savaged by a triple injury blow. The Essex club's leading THREE goalscorers
A LETTER that sheds light on one of Titanic's greatest controversies is expected to fetch up to £80,000 after it was put up for sale at auction in London. In it, Mabel Francatelli describes the harrowing events as the liner sank off the coast of Newfoundland
AROUND 100 aviation historians and close friends paid tribute to one of Britain's most decorated Second World War fighter pilots at his funeral. Squadron Leader Neville Duke, of Lymington flew 485 operational sorties during the war and achieved 28 air
SOUTHAMPTON'S Olympic medallist Peter Waterfield today paid tribute to his friend and colleague Gavin Brown. The pair had spent the evening socialising with friends before Gavin was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Bevois Valley Road, Southampton, in
MILLIONS of asthma sufferers will benefit from a multi-million-pound state-of-the-art laboratory which opened yesterday at Southampton General Hospital. The hospital is already a world leader in pioneering research into asthma, allergies and chronic
