A MAN has tonight been rescued from the River Itchen in Southampton. A major search operation was launched after members of the public reported seeing a man falling from the Itchen Bridge at about 5pm. The coastguard helicopter, Calshot lifeboat, police
A 93-year-old letter discovered in a Hampshire attic and written by a soldier during the First World War has told how his own side arrested him as a German spy. The four-page letter from 24-year-old Second Lieutenant Trevor Bird to his father was penned
The Isle of Wight Festival 2008 is now officially sold out. Within days of being released, 50,000 tickets to the award winning festival have been snapped up. Next year's line up boasts The Police, punk rockers Sex Pistols and the Kaiser Chiefs. Festival
A kennel worker has had one arm amputated and may lose her other one after being attacked by a Rottweiler found stray in the New Forest . As Mandy eynado exercised the dog yesterday, it turned on her, sinking its teeth into her arms and causing horrific
BURGLARS have snatched three valuable diamonds from a house in Winchester. Detectives have appealed for help from the public after the theft of three diamonds, estimated value £7,000, from a house in Rewlands Drive, Harestock. The raider is thought
POLICE have named the motorcyclist who was fatally injured in an accident in the New Forest. Paul Hack, 36, of Long Lane, Holbury, was riding along the B3056 Lyndhurst to Beaulieu road on December 7 when he lost control of his machine. Mr Hack, who
ONE of the founders of troubled Hampshire mortgage firm TML has blasted a culture of lavish perks for putting 80 people on the dole before Christmas and threatening the jobs of a further 170. As reported in yesterday's Daily Echo, the Whiteley-based
THE organisation that runs the New Forest National Park has been given 12 months to find a new home. District councillors have rejected an application by the National Park Authority (NPA) to continue using South Efford House, near Lymington, pictured
A FORMER Eastleigh borough councillor, who went on to run one of the country's largest driving schools, has died. Clive Deacon, who was an influential figure on Eastleigh Borough Council during the 1970s, left the county as he worked his way up to BSM's
ALRESFORD residents have spoken out against a scheme to build homes in a railway cutting. Almost 40 people were at Alresford Community Centre to hear more about Chalkbank Estates' proposal to build the 16 houses and eight flats on part of the old railway
Beyond useless' CCTV system to be replaced A HAMPSHIRE CCTV system branded "beyond useless" by police is to finally be overhauled. Officers said that the pictures provided by cameras in Bishop's Waltham are so blurry they cannot be relied on in court
THIEVES have ripped £2,000 of copper cable from a dodgem fairground ride at Hampshire's Rose Bowl cricket ground. Police are now warning all businesses, property owners and building site managers to ensure metals are kept in secure storage areas, following
COVENTRY City have accepted the takeover terms of Sisu Capital and have avoided going into administration - with just half an hour to spare. The London-based hedge fund had previously been interested in taking over at Saints, but have now agreed to
Mini Clubman has been on sale for less than a month and is proving a huge hit with the British public, contributing to a record November total of 4,104 new Mini registrations. In many UK dealerships Mini Clubman allocations were quickly snapped up, leaving
THE THIRD member of the Peugeot 207 SW range, the Outdoor, is being launched this month, joining the S and the Sport. The 207 SW Outdoor is aimed at customers who enjoy outdoor pursuits and want a vehicle which is functional, fun, practical and full
WHILE most of us are counting down to Christmas, Mitsubishi and the rest of the world's top manufacturers are counting down to the gruelling Dakar Rally. Mitsubishi is preparing to defend its eight consecutive victories in the toughest endurance race
Ed Wright is convinced he can prove the sailing community wrong by beating Hampshire star Ben Ainslie to a place in Britain's Olympic team this weekend. The general consensus, supported by several members of Skandia Team GBR, is that the race-off between
Derby captain Matt Oakley would love nothing more than to emerge from "the hole" he finds himself constantly hiding in due to the club's wretched season. With the Rams rooted to the foot of the Barclays Premier League and now cut adrift by seven points
FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes the European Union's Lisbon Treaty will allow the game's governing body to cap foreign players in domestic leagues. The agreement was signed by all 27 nations that make up the EU in the Portuguese capital yesterday
We will be shortly starting our collection of boots and trainers that our children have outgrown, to send to underprivileged children in other parts of the world. Bootbank bins will be located at our various grounds after the xmas break, so please
We will be shortly starting our collection of boots and trainers that our children have outgrown, to send to underprivileged children in other parts of the world. Bootbank bins will be located at our various grounds after the xmas break, so please
The wind conditions are slowly improving for Dee Caffari onboard her Open 60 yacht Aviva. Caffari and her closest race rivals, Derek Hatfield and Rich Wilson, are hoping to enjoy some stronger winds over the coming 24 hours and make up the miles towards
We will be shortly starting our collection of boots and trainers that our children have outgrown, to send to underprivileged children in other parts of the world. Bootbank bins will be located at our various grounds after the xmas break, so please
There's magic for families at Marwell Zoological Park this winter, as its first ever ice rink and a host of colourful characters bring Marwell to life for the festive season. Perfect for both beginners and experts, the large outdoor ice rink is the ultimate
We will be shortly starting our collection of boots and trainers that our children have outgrown, to send to underprivileged children in other parts of the world. Bootbank bins will be located at our various grounds after the xmas break, so please
A SOUTHAMPTON man has been jailed for 13 years for a string of serious sexual offences on children in the 1970s. Former hospital porter David Connell was put behind bars after a court was told how he subjected two girls to years of abuse. Connell, 61
POLICE believe the man found dead by a Hamsphire motorway slip road may have been hitch hiking on a lorry, it was revealed today. Police have named the man whose body was found on the northbound slip road ofthe M3 at junction 9, outside Winchester, as
A HAMPSHIRE restaurant proprietor has denied illegally employing foreign workers after a raid by immigration officials. Chung Hui claims seven people arrested at the Charles House in Winchester were just friends of his staff who were staying in the flat
SPECIALIST educational builders Leadbitters look set to land the £30m contract to redevelop Southampton City College. The national company has been named preferred bidder over tender rivals Wates and Carillion for the high profile project on St Mary's
TWO Ringwood-based companies with a combined turnover of £18m have been taken over by a consortium of management and new investors. Domestic renewable energy specialists Solar Home Energy and roof insulation firm Warmroof Systems will keep their separate
Today's principal arrivals: Autostar, roro, 0030, 30; Velox, cargo, 0130, 36; Western Highway, roro, 0130, 40; Lark, cargo, 0600, 102/3; Queen Elizabeth 2, passenger, 0715, 38/9; Ryujin, roro, 07300, 46; Baltic Breeze, vehicle, 0830, 30; Birch, cargo
THREE Southampton athletes are hitting the slopes in a bid to represent Great Britain at the next Special Winter Olympics. Sophie Martin-White, Neale Hudson and Trevor Dundon are jetting out to the Italian resort of Pila to compete in the Special Olympic
AN assistant manager at a wine merchants was found dead in a swimming pool after a night of heavy drinking with colleagues, an inquest has been told. Benjamin Guiver was having dinner with four other employees of Majestic Wine at a New Forest house on
POLICE are hunting a boy aged just 11 who beat an elderly widow around the head after barging through her front door. The child slapped the petite 80-year-old on the cheek and hit her in the mouth after she told him off for throwing stones at her home
I WAITED for several days for a clear night to take some deep sky images at my telescope. On Friday night it was clear - until multiple bright beams of light ruined the starry skies. My wife tells me they were "celebrating'' a ship! Why do people feel
DOES the Leader of Southampton City Council take no responsibility for providing concessionary travel for older and disabled Southampton residents? As an elderly resident of West End, Councillor Samuels, himself, benefits from all the enhancements
So Labour Councillor June Bridle is still carrying on her despairing political campaign. She blames the Liberal Democrats for not supporting her. Perhaps they have the good sense not to join a sinking ship. Then she opposes the Conservative proposal
IT'S good to see so much coverage of the problems facing carers in the media at the moment. Carers save the economy a staggering £57 billion each year, yet many have little to look forward to but poverty, illness and becoming disabled themselves. There
WHY is Southampton not getting as much government grant as towns and cities in the midlands and the north? Not only do we receive £150 per head less than the likes of Leicester - as reported in the Daily Echo - but with the latest grant settlement,
I'M pleased that we won't be getting the 1,000 plus flats which were part of this proposed redevelopment. There are far too many bland blocks of flats in the city.. In Southampton we need to make the most of our heritage, not obliterate it so that
A SECOND floor bedroom was severely damaged by fire at a Southampton home. In total 11 firefighters tackled the blaze at the three-storey town house at Mark Close in the Regent's Park area of the city yesterday afternoon. No-one was injured in the fire
SOUTHAMPTON City Council has finally come clean about how much it has invested in the troubled bank Northern Rock. While all other councils in Hampshire said they had nothing to hide Southampton twice refused to open its books. After taking two weeks
POLICE have arrested four teenagers in a crackdown on arranged fights in rural Hampshire. Officers held the quartet on Wednesday after a series of violent incidents in Droxford and Shedfield in the Meon Valley. They had launched Operation Hardtop after
DETAILS of tomorrow's threatened fuel protests are still masked by a veil of secrecy. Campaigners have called for mass action outside oil refineries across Britain, with the Esso site at Fawley one of the major targets. Transaction 2007, a group of
Terry Paine believes Fabio Capello is the right man to manage England - but only if he is assisted by an Englishman, writes SIMON WALTER. Saints legend Paine, who won 19 England caps, reckons the Football Associaiton had no choice but to appoint
George Burley has challenged his players to prove they can string a consistent run of results together. Saints travel to Coventry tomorrow unbeaten in their last three games from which they took seven points. It has put them right back in the play-off
Coventry will find out by this afternoon whether they go into tomorrow's match against Saints owned by SISU - or in administration. The Sky Blues filed for administration to give themselves a ten-day period in which to try and complete a deal
Nathan Dyer is facing three months on the sidelines, writes ADAM LEITCH. The young winger who has nailed down his place in the first team this season, is seeing a specialist in London for a second opinion on the injured tendon in his leg. Dyer took
Youssef Safri says he has been sad to see Coventry's financial problems but is hoping to take advantage of any hangover at his former club tomorrow. The Ricoh Arena side were due to find out today whether they had been successfully taken over by London
THE organisation that runs the New Forest National Park has been given 12 months to find a new home. District councillors have rejected an application by the National Park Authority (NPA) to continue using South Efford House, near Lymington, for another
A HAMPSHIRE CCTV system branded "beyond useless" by police is to finally be overhauled. Officers said that the pictures provided by cameras in Bishop's Waltham are so blurry they cannot be relied on in court. The system will now be completely replaced
BURGLARS have targeted the same Southampton family twice in just six days. In the first raid they stole months worth of vital university coursework that was stored on a laptop. The work on the £900 computer was part of Isla Watson's forensic science
