A SOUTHAMPTON neighbourhood was at the centre of a chemical scare today after a potentially radioactive container was unearthed. The small, potentially-hazardous chemical container - said to be the size of a Coke can - was discovered by a member of the
PRANKSTERS have been putting walkers and cyclists' lives at risk by throwing a wire across a footpath in a Hampshire woodland. Eastleigh police are warning people using Stoke Park Woods at Bishopstoke to be extra vigilant. It follows reports of thin
A pensioner who had to be rescued from a flooded ford which he tried to drive through has been fined for careless driving. Douglas Whitcher was fined £65 and given three penalty points after driving his car into the 3ft ford in February. Foxes Ford
THE man in charge of Hampshire's most controversial traffic lights has revealed that they could be removed if tailbacks do not improve - but only as a last resort. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Echo, Highways Agency boss Guy Berresford warned
POLICE were today appealing for help finding a vulnerable missing man from Southampton. Officers said they were "very concerned" for the safety of James Searle, pictured, who failed to return home on Wednesday night. The 27-year-old, of Chelveston Crescent
The Southampton Office of Lambert Smith Hampton have sold Universal House, 1 Phoenix Park, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, SO50 6RP comprising 10,150 sq ft to Skoolkit for £700,000. Lambert Smith Hampton acted on behalf of the Vendor, Pickwick Estates
A DOZEN people appeared in court today following a major investigation into a network of cannabis factories across the south. They all appeared before Southampton Magistrates' Court on charges of conspiracy to produce cannabis. All 12 defendants will
MOTOR giant Ford has accelerated the Nuffield Theatre's Capital Appeal with a £2,000 donation. The cash is earmarked to help the Southampton theatre improve its services for disabled users The Nuffield, which won a Destination Southampton Award for
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Autoline, roro, 0100, 203; Grand Benelux, roro, 0430, 105; Aegean Breeze, roro, 0530, 202; Saga Rose, passenger, 0600, 101; CMA CGM Don Carlos, container, 0715, 207; Margareta B, container, am, SCT; Santa Cristina
SCIENTISTS in America have found a substance in bull frogs that can fight the MRSA infection that so blights our hospitals. This treatment if successful would save countless lives all over the world. The information was tucked well inside a national
MAY I use ME Awareness Week (May 7 to 13) 2007 to dispel a couple of myths about it? First, that it isn't a very serious illness, beyond tiredness or fatigue: The most severely affected 25 per cent - maybe up to 60,000 people -are mostly housebound or
IT has long been rumoured that Tony Blair aspires to be President of Europe, and this has now been confirmed by a reliable press report. Unfortunately for him, that exalted position does not yet exist. It would have been created by article I-22 of the
I AM worried by the results of the local elections in England where the Conservatives have done well. Why? Central Government decides how councils are run and councillors are elected to ensure that work is carried out. The people have very little influence
CUSTOMERS with goods ordered at Hampshire branches of ailing furniture chain Klaussner must wait to see if they will get their money back after it collapsed into administration for the second time in as many years. Fewer than ten Hampshire staff are
I HAVE stumbled upon a solution that is so simple it has baffled me why the scientific community has failed to arrive at a similar conclusion. I was on Southampton Common with my husband and our conversation ran through how nice it was for us to be able
THE situation with the NHS is dire. The experience with dentists is only a small part of the story. Theere is the mistreatment of the 100,000 stroke patients each year, the poor level of service for the mentally ill, cancer prevention and the care of
IT is vitally important that treatment for glue ear, the common childhood illness is not rationed by the NHS, as suggested in some press coverage of the British Medical Association's report for the future of the NHS in England. One in five children between
In the past twelve months Bays Curry McCowen (BCM) has seen feverish activity negotiating wayleaves and compensation for clients who have the Barton Stacey to Humbly Grove gas storage project across their land. In addition they have negotiated terms on
LIBERAL Democrats in the New Forest have ditched their leader following a Tory landslide in last week's elections. Totton councillor Alan Weeks has paid the price for a string of Lib Dem defeats in the elections, which saw the Conservatives increase
IT'S a huge offer from Saints' smallest fan. At just 2ft 11in, Michael Henbury may not have the largest physical stature but he's certainly proved he has one of the biggest hearts. Avid Southampton FC fan Michael has left fellow supporter Matt Pearce
THEY are the one thing that you would think are immune from the greedy hands of thieves. Stored safely in glass display cabinets and book cases tucked in the corner of quiet rural Hampshire churches - they were being protected for the worshippers of
Saints legend Matt Le Tissier believes his former club have the form and firepower to book a place in the £60m play-off final showdown for a place in the Premiership. Saints host Derby, who finished third in the Coca-Cola Championship, tomorrow in
Just over 20 years ago when I had made my ill-fated move to Sunderland - which prompted my friend Jimmy Tarbuck to say what had Lawrie and the Titanic got in common - neither one should have left Southampton'- I was duly elected onto a committee. It
There was an unmistakable big game buzz around Saints' Staplewood training ground yesterday. This season's Saints pre-match press days have attracted at best a handful of journalists - the majority being the same few faces from the local media outlets
Marek Saganowski is desperate for a Saints recall - for the sake of his health. The Polish striker missed the last three games of the season after tearing his groin, an injury which halted his purple patch of ten goals in his previous ten Championship
FIREFIGHTERS were today tackling a major incident after 60,000 litres of used cooking oil went up in flames. More than 40 firefighters were tackling the blaze at a steel framed building in Droxford Road, Swanmore. Crews from Bishops Waltham, Droxford
Two young Hampshire men are today fighting for their lives following a horror road crash. The men, both aged 20, were back seat passengers in a black Peugeot 306 which collided with a Transit van. Both men, one from Chandler's Ford the other from Eastleigh
More than 70 firefighters tackled a blaze that broke out in a boat yard in Southampton early today. An investigation has been launched into the cause of the fire in Vespasian Road which started just after 3am. A number of nearby residents were evacuated
A CELEBRATION of the life of a Southampton teenager fatally stabbed as he walked home from a night out will take place today. Hundreds of Lewis Singleton's friends are expected to join his family at the funeral service to say their last goodbyes. The
ROMAN treasures unearthed near Winchester have been saved for the community with the help of a council grant. The council's museums service has given more than £1,000 for three separate hoards of coins, found by a local metal detector enthusiast. The
THEY are rarer than both white rhinos and giant pandas with only 600 examples left worldwide. But a Hampshire farm is celebrating after three Poitou donkeys were born to three separate mothers during the space of one week. Dubbed "woolly mammoth" donkeys
