FORMER England international Mike Finn still harbours a burning desire to make the grade as a professional snooker player. This week, during his last ever Chandler’s Ford Under-21 Roll-Up tournament, in an exclusive interview with Daily Echo snooker
FORMER England international Mike Finn still harbours a burning desire to make the grade as a professional snooker player. This week, during his last ever Chandler’s Ford Under-21 Roll-Up tournament, in an exclusive interview with Daily Echo snooker
MOTORISTS travelling westbound on the M271 near to junction one at Cadnam suffered lengthy tailbacks during this afternoon's rush hour. The inside lane had to be closed after a motorcyclist was in collision with a vehicle just before 5pm, police said
A MAN who raped and murdered Polish student Angelika Kluk is a convicted sex offender jailed for a double sex attack in Hampshire. Peter Tobin plied two schoolgirls with alcohol and drugs at his flat in Havant before raping one of the victims and sexually
UNION chiefs want to meet grieving families of men who died of cancer contracted while working at Southampton's Ford factory. The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) has offered to support relatives if they take legal action. It comes after
A HAMPSHIRE MP has demanded that Hampshire council bosses clamp down on poor hygiene in school kitchens. Liberal Democrat Sandra Gidley accused county council leader Ken Thornber of complacency in his response to a Daily Echo investigation which revealed
A QUESTION mark today hangs over a flagship £220m development in Southampton after Hammerson, the owner of WestQuay shopping centre, confirmed it is open to a takeover at the right price. The property giant, which is behind plans for West Quay Phase
A PLATE bought at a Hampshire charity shop for just £1 has sold for £1,760 at auction. Sandra Buckland saw the abstract Poole Pottery plate in a charity shop in Winchester three years ago and thought the bright colours suited her home. She had it hanging
CLOSE, DAY THREE: HAMPSHIRE ARE 16-1 (ADAMS 8*, BRUCE 0*) AFTER BEING SET 443 TO BEAT YORKSHIRE. Pakistan batsman Younis Khan made Hampshire suffer at the Rose Bowl with a magnificent double hundred for Yorkshire today. The right-hander made 106
A TERRIFYING haul of more than 150 deadly knives and other weapons - including a cross bow and a samurai sword - were seized during a raid on a home in Hampshire yesterday. Officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Unit (SOCO) swooped on houses in
A DISPERSAL zone credited with combating antisocial behaviour in Southampton may have to be lifted because it has been so successful. Home Office minister Tony McNulty told MPs that police powers to split up gangs in designated areas were generally withdrawn
RESURFACING work is being carried out on an Eastleigh approach road. Part of Leigh Road will be closed during half-term holiday while work goes on to improve the running surface and restore skid resistance to the carriageway. The £75,000 scheme is scheduled
SOUTHAMPTON Peugeot dealer Simon Moulton is off to sunny Spain this weekend, flying the flag for Britain in the second round of the Peugeot 207 Spider Cup. Simon, 34, a director of the Southgate Group which has eight dealerships including the Peugeot
NEW Hampshire gallery Art House has scooped the £20,000 prize in the Daily Echo backed Aon Business Accelerator competition. The Southampton start-up pipped rivals Electracare and Calm Amongst the Chaos to the £10,000 cash prize and £10,000 worth of
THE Campaign for an English Parliament has commissioned a survey (details to be found at www.thecep.org.uk) conducted by ICM Research asking the following question: "You may have seen or heard that a separate Scottish parliament, a Welsh assembly and
Rehashing EU dish again TWO years ago the French and the Dutch sampled a new dish, the European Constitution, and found it so unpalatable that they sent it back to the kitchen. Rather than disposing of that rejected meal, as one might expect, the staff
THE Daily Echo's feature about my memories of the Falklands War has proved to be very popular in Temperley, Buenos Aires. One of my sisters took a copy to the school where she works and it was read by pupils and teachers alike. My nephews and nieces
LAST Friday I was waiting for a very important letter, and was annoyed when the postman failed to materialise. Much later with still no post, I knocked on my neighbours' doors, and found out they too had no mail. At nearly 10pm there was a thud in the
MANAGERS should be sacked to safeguard the future of a Southampton factory for disabled workers, trade unions have demanded. The controversial rescue plan for the city's Remploy plant - and dozens of others across the country - would involve slashing
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WITH all the smokers standing outside office and shop doors, and from July outside pubs and restaurants, we will soon have to go indoors to get some fresh air ! ALAN TILL, Southampton.
I WAS interested to read the recent Daily Echo article about the sale of Myrtle Cottage, the home of the late Bert Betts. He was well known for his activities concerning the welfare of Bursledon village as testified by having his name now displayed on
IN my recent local election campaigning I met and spoke to a number of interesting people. Many were concerned about the political landscape of the UK and this country's connection with the EU. I would not deny that some of the legislation initiated
OUR industry, NHS, railways, airports, schools and publicly-owned land is being sold and there seems no end to this debacle. Thousands of our workforce are made redundant, jobs and employees are very insecure and we are becoming a nation of puppets and
IT was a remarkable send-off for a remarkable man. Will we ever again see a farewell like the one emotionally afforded to Saints legend Alan Ball at Winchester Cathedral yesterday? It was, in many ways, a unique occasion, but one totally befitting a
POLICE have praised a brave 11-year-old Chandler's Ford boy who fought off a youth wearing a hoodie, who attempted to snatch his computer games console. The attempted robbery happened in Ramalley Copse when the 11-year-old was approached by a youth who
THE campaign to reverse one of the worst highways blunders in the south is gathering pace. Scores of Daily Echo readers sent in letters and posted comments on our website backing the removal of traffic lights installed at the junction of the M27 and
Chris Makin has been there, done it and got the t-shirt and knows what Saints must do to contain their nerves on Sunday. The experienced full back, who won promotion to the top flight with Reading last season, is able to look upon the big game hype
BRADLEY Wright Phillips admits Saints can't have any negative thoughts going into Sunday's game against Southend. If Saints can carve out the chances, Wright-Phillips knows the strikers will HAVE to take them on this occasion. However, he insists
Chris Baird is gearing up for what he describes as the second cup final of his life. The Northern Ireland defender was thrust into the limelight in 2003 when he was a shock inclusion in the Saints team that lost the FA Cup final 1-0 to Arsenal at the
A 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a man as she went to meet her mother. The teenager was walking through a wooded footpath between Barnes Road and upper Deacon Road, Bitterne, Southampton, at about 10pm on Friday, April 27, when she was grabbed
A HAMPSHIRE teacher has been convicted of indulging in an illicit relationship with one of his pupils. David Le Brocq, of Barnsland, West End, was found guilty of five out of six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy. Speaking
BUT DID THEY GET IT RIGHT? Click here to vote for your choice. SHE has the heart of a true Saint and is in a premier league of her own. After months of anticipation and preparation, the search for a glamorous new face to represent the city has come
THE Liberal Democrats suffered a crushing defeat in one south coast town last night. Voters in Bournemouth returned the Tories to power with a landslide victory. Before yesterday's vote, the Tories had 18 seats while the Lib Dems had control with 30
FORMER Tory leader William Hague today claimed his party had made a breakthrough in the key electoral battlegrounds of northern England - despite failures in some of their top targets. Mr Hague said victories in Chester and South Ribble were the start
VOTES were today being counted for the local elections in the New Forest, Test Valley and Winchester. The councils for the first time put back overnight counts because of the new rules to combat fraud. Election chiefs said a law which requires postal
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS made it another record breaking polling night at Eastleigh's Fleming Park Leisure Centre last night. The biggest shock came as for the first time ever the true blue stronghold of Hamble sailed into Liberal Democrat hands. It was one
THE Liberal Decocrats suffered a bloody night in Southampton last night when they lost control of the city council. Their four year-old administration came crashing down with the loss of four seats as Conservatives and Labour picked up two gains each
