ON the face of it, Southampton businessman Allen Taylor was a wealthy and honest man who was a familiar face on the car sales circuit. Previously involved in a host of organisations, the 39-year-old was best known for running two firms that sold 4x4
THE team at West Way Nissan Southampton is nearing the climax of its used car event, finishing this weekend at the Redbridge Causeway dealership. Due to a busy period in March with customers exchanging used cars for new Nissan vehicles, including the
HAMPSHIRE DREW WITH YORKSHIRE AFTER CLOSING ON 366-8, HAVING BEING SET 443 TO WIN Points: Hampshire (9), Yorkshire (9) Nic Pothas and Stuart Clark batted out the last 14 overs of the match as Hampshire held on for a tense draw with Yorkshire.
BUT DID THEY GET IT RIGHT? Click here to vote for your choice. IT IS the city I love and I will do it proud. That was the message today from the new Miss Southampton as she set her sights on becoming Miss England. The glamorous 17-year-old saw off
THREE illegal immigrants were stopped in their tracks as they tried to escape in Southampton. The three men from India managed to sneak their way past border controls in a German delivery lorry. The men made their attempted escape when the lorry pulled
THERE I was, sat high on this hill looking down at the River Torridge snaking its way through the valley below, a sweeping vista across the Devon countryside bathed in warm Spring sunshine. This was the life, I thought, as I tucked into my steak and kidney
AFTER the hangovers cleared, party chiefs on Southampton City Council were hitting the phones preparing for possible deals to form the next administration. Thursday's elections left Labour and Tories with 18 seats, gaining two each, while the Lib Dems
TOUCHING tributes have been paid to a Roman Catholic priest by his Southampton parishioners on his departure to a new parish in Northern Ireland. Last weekend, members of St Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Middle Road, Park Gate joined to say a sad
A SOUTHAMPTON cricket team have been left stumped after travellers forced their game to be moved by setting up camp on their ground. The team, due to play at Millbrook Recreation Ground tomorrow, were hit for six by the news that the travellers are camping
ONE would think from the patronising of the Spitfire, Hurricane, RAF etc, that the Army and Navy had little to do with fighting the Second World War. I was a telegraphist on board HMS Coventry until September, 14, 1942, when we were sunk along with two
WHO thinks that the proposed superdome would be an attraction on Portsmouth's waterside? It would be a monstrosity to look at from every angle and would completely detract from the wonderful outlook that is already there. It is an insult to the city's
WHY is it that rock musicians (usually four or five in number) mistakenly call themselves bands? Surely they are not bands and should be labelled appropriately as groups. In the 40s and 50s, bands comprised about 17 musicians who played trumpets, saxophones
READERS may be interested to know what happened to the duck and her ducklings who nested in Grosvenor Square (Daily Echo, April 27). I first saw them walking up Bedford Place at 11am and chatted to the man who had called the RSPCA at about 8am on April
THE burglar who was 13 when he committed the offences could could not be named by the Daily Echo because of our ridiculous juvenile protection laws. It is way past the days of the Artful Dodger when thieves were treated as criminals and hanged irrespective
I WAS disturbed to read the letter from K N (May 1) about global warming. At first glance it appears a reasonable argument; however K N is misinformed and the message is a dangerous one, because global warming as a man-made phenomenon is now recognised
ONLY a few years ago someone at the Highways Agency thought it would be a good idea to install traffic lights on the entry slip-roads on motorways, ensuring that cars would have to proceed from a standstill onto a road where traffic could be legally moving
Why we don't build ships IN reply to the question "Why aren't super liners built in Britain? (Letters, April 28), I worked in Harland and Wolff's shipyard in Belfast, the largest shipbuilder in Europe. It is now more or less empty. The chairman of P
DID you know that the penalty fare scheme on South West Trains is being enforced? If you board a train without a ticket you will be fined. If you arrive too late to queue to buy one or to cross the platform and back before the train departs you will
A SIXTH ward has now been closed at Southampton General Hospital as a highly infectious vomiting and diarrhoea bug that broke out more than a week ago continues to spread. Dozens more patients and staff have been struck down by the norovirus and the
A GANG who masterminded England's biggest cannabis factory on a Hampshire farm were today starting prison sentences totalling 25 years. Southampton businessman Allen Taylor, who ran two firms selling 4 x 4 vehicles, was jailed for seven years for his
Andrew Surman has experienced nervy last days in the stands of The Dell and is hoping to create more happy memories on the pitch at St Mary's. The young midfielder was born and raised a Saints fan and was a spectator on the terraces of The Dell as
There's never many pluses in going to a funeral. Thursday was actually a memorial, different to the normal to have the memorial the day before the actual funeral - but there again the fella we were remembering wasn't normal and wasn't just different
