A CAMPAIGN group has issued a rallying call to villagers to fight controversial proposals for an "eco-town" in the heart of Hampshire. More than 200 people packed into Warren Hall in Michel-dever Station to discuss plans for 12,500 new homes. Khalid
A TROUBLED Hampshire hospital at the centre of an investigation could reopen to new patients sooner than expected. The last patients at Fordingbridge Hospital were discharged at the end of last month while an external company investigates its patient
STAFF at the University of Winchester have been drumming out their stress as part of an innovative workshop. Dennis Eluyefa, a professional drummer who also co-ordinates staff development activities at the campus, has been leading an interactive drumming
A CAR ferry officer walked free from court today after being cleared of any involvement in the deaths of three sailors who died in the English Channel when their yacht sank without a trace. Michael Hubble, 62, said he would now get on with his life and
RnB superstar Rihanna has re-scheduled her cancelled Bournemouth International Centre gig. The teenage US pop singer will now be performing at the BIC on Thursday March 6 2008. Tickets for Tuesday's scrapped show will now be valid for the new gig and
WORKING as a fashion buyer, Kate Middleton will have a good grasp of what's hot and what's not. Now Prince William's girlfriend's sense of style could prove good for business for one Hampshire firm. Miss Middleton has commissioned a line of jewellery
THEY came to Southampton to start a new life as a family. But the dream turned to tragedy when Andrejs Hohlovs took one life - and ruined his mother's and his own at the same time. Today the 23-year-old is behind bars, having been jailed for five years
THE giant Southampton wind turbine would be a grand symbol of the city's green credentials, says the organisation behind the idea. Soaring 120m (393ft) from the ground to the tip of its blades, there are plans to build Hampshire's first major wind turbine
POLICE have arrested four teenagers in a crackdown on arranged fights in the Meon Valley. The quartet were detained after a series of violent incidents in Droxford and Shedfield. Operation Hardtop was launched after a number of arranged fights or confrontations
SEVEN people have been arrested after an immigration raid on a Winchester restaurant. The Border and Immigration Agency, acting on intelligence, raided the Charles House Chinese restaurant on Eastgate Street. Six officers wearing stab vests sealed all
SIX men have been charged with supplying class A drugs following a series of raids in the Lymington area yesterday. The defendants are due to appear at New Forest magistrates' court later today. Zachary Matthew Hollister, 19, of Bankview, Lymington,
INTERNATIONAL superstar Michael Bolton is to play a concert at the Bournemouth International Centre next year, it was revealed today. The multiple Grammy award winner and prolific US singer/songwriter, will come to the south coast venue on October 10
WORKERS for two Hamp-shire construction businesses are facing a tough Christmas after the firms went bust owing them a week's wages. Builders Bartley Construction Services and plant hire firm Vallis Limited have collapsed with estimated debts of £200,000
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Columbine Maersk, container, 0130, 207; Grande Portogallo, roro, 0200, 102; OOCL Asia, container, 1030, 205; Asian Dynasty, roro, 1330, 40; Lea, cargo, 1530, 107/8; London Express, container, 1630, 205; Autotransporter
YOUNG Sophie Pinckney's happy giggle and lovely grin help make every day more bearable for her mum who she cares for. The 12-year-old has been nominated by the Southampton Young Carers' Group for the junior section of the Daily Echo Carer of the Year
A SECOND Southampton lollipop person has told how he was warned he could face legal action if he dressed as Santa Claus while helping schoolchildren across the road. Bill Evans, who has dressed as Father Christmas for the past four years, feared he too
HUNDREDS of staff at a Hampshire mortgage lender face an uncertain Christmas after the company went into administration. Already 80 of the 250 workers at TML's Whiteley headquarters have been laid off and the rest are waiting to hear if they will have
YOUNG Sophie Pinckney's happy giggle and lovely grin help make every day more bearable for her mum who she cares for. The 12-year-old has been nominated by the Southampton Young Carers' Group for the junior section of the Daily Echo Carer of the Year
IT WAS more like Saint Andrew, Saint Claus and Saint Inigo than Saint Nick as 30 families joined Southampton footballers on a special Christmas flight. Youngsters who are being treated at the Piam Brown children's cancer ward at South-ampton General
WELL it is now December and November 5 is some 27 days past and my god the fireworks are still going off in Shirley Warren. Where we live these air assaults have been going on since the middle of August? These firework come bombs are even getting louder
HOW strange that it takes a woman, and a German woman at that, Angela Merkel, to have the backbone to tell Mugabe exactly what she thinks of his treatment to his country. Amazingly we have heard nothing from Baroness Amos sent to the meeting to represent
WE recently watched a DVD of the early part of the last war, in which we were involved, and found it very good and true to life, (or death, if you wish). After watching such a moving film, one has thoughts on what one has seen, and my thoughts turned
MY partner and I arrived in Southampton on December 6 amid wind,rain and heavy traffic, from Grimsby in Lincolnshire. Our reason, to see and experience the historic arrival of the Queen Victoria. I was amazed at the clearing in the weather for her
NOT a day passes when there is a letter defending the actions of speeding motorists. When are these people going to wake up and realise that travelling above the speed limit is breaking the law? If you do not want to pay the penalty fines, then don't
ORGANIC turkey sales are on track to break through the £1m barrier for the first time at one food chain. Marks & Spencer said that its record sales were partly due to shoppers switching to organic for animal welfare reasons. Rival food chain Waitrose
Adam Voges believes he has benefited from his Twenty20 experience at Hampshire. Voges, who averaged 17.66 in seven Twenty20 games for Hampshire, hit 26 on his Twenty20 debut for Australia in the 54-run win against New Zealand on Tuesday. He said
Ten-man Saints were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup last night. Tottenham beat Saints 6-0 in a league encounter at the beginning of September and ended the home side's nine-match unbeaten run with a 60th minute goal from Norwegian striker Alec Olsen
MICHAEL Carberry is targeting a maiden one-day century in 2008. The Hampshire batsman struck 134 for England's Performance XI in a four-day tour match in India earlier this week, but knows he must improve his one-day figures in 2008. He is currently
Bradley Wright-Phillips has thanked boss George Burley for keeping the faith. The 22-year-old will equal the number of starts he was handed in his debut season if he makes the starting line up for the 15th time this term at Coventry on Saturday. Wright-Phillips
MORE than 120 firefighters from across Hampshire have spent the night tackling a blaze at a food packing site. The fire broke out at Randell Parker Foods in Tilly Down, Andover, around 10.50pm. Latest reports suggest that more than half of the building
A HAMPSHIRE council is pressing ahead with controversial plans to shake up the way motorists pay for parking. Winchester civic chiefs want to end "pay on foot" in several city centre car parks. The city council cabinet has set the wheels in motion
TEENAGE vandals have ruined the fun for New Forest children by trashing their new playground. The £70,000 play park in Marchwood village centre has been damaged by youths only weeks after it was opened. The playground is specifically for under-12s and
MYSTERY today still surrounds the death of a man whose body was found during the morning rush hour at one of Hampshire's busiest motorway junctions. Police shut the sliproad from the northbound M3 at junction nine near Winchester for nearly seven hours
CAMPAIGNERS have issued a rallying call to villagers to fight controversial proposals for an "eco-town" in the heart of Hampshire. More than 200 people packed into Warren Hall in Micheldever Station to discuss plans for 12,500 new homes. Khalid Aziz
A TROUBLED Hampshire hospital at the centre of an investigation could reopen to new patients sooner than expected. The last in-patients at Fordingbridge Hospital were discharged at the end of last month while external investigators looked into its patient
POLICE are hunting for burglars who stole a haul of wrapped up Christmas presents from the home of an elderly widow in Southampton. They struck at the home of the 79-year-old and made off with gifts including tins of sweets for her grandchildren and
