THEY say a picture paints a thousand words. Well, Kevin, may your brush never run dry. Happy-snapper Kevin Legg celebrated his 53rd birthday today by popping into his second home with a box of chocolates and taking a few photographs before heading off
THEY say a picture paints a thousand words. Well, Kevin, may your brush never run dry. Happy-snapper Kevin Legg celebrated his 53rd birthday today by popping into his second home with a box of chocolates and taking a few photographs before heading off
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/_images/misc/blog_files/rant.gif Adam Leitch talks about the growing gulf between the rival darts organisations. IF THE BDO didn’t think they had much to worry about they had better think again. They’re fast becoming the poor
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/_images/misc/blog_files/rant.gif Adam Leitch talks about the growing gulf between the rival darts organisations. IF THE BDO didn’t think they had much to worry about they had better think again. They’re fast becoming the poor
George Burley admitted Scunthorpe probably deserved a point after his side defeated the Iron 1-0 at St Mary's. In a game of many chances Grzegorz Rasiak's first half strike proved to be the difference between the teams but in truth it was a patchy
GRZEGORZ Rasiak celebrated his birthday with a first goal in 14 games to hand Southampton a 1-0 win against Coca-Cola Championship strugglers Scunthorpe. Rasiak, 29 today, scored 21 goals in all competitions for the Saints last season to help fire
THE sight of thousands of chickens huddled together in a coop before being grabbed in the dark by their feet, electrocuted and drained of their blood has filled television screens all week. On Monday night Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall wept: "I really
RICHARD Bland left himself within striking distance of a decent placing in the Joburg Open following a third round 68 (-3) on Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club's 7,590-yard East Course. His five-birdie round pulled him up the field from 57th
FORMER criminals are to be questioned as part of the investigation into the murder of a 77-year-old woman in Hampshire. The pensioner's body was found in a home in Kiln Lane, Brambridge, at 5.45pm yesterday. It is thought that she had been stabbed repeatedly
SHE certainly proved to be a snap above the rest. Daily Echo reader Hazel Allen is celebrating after winning our autumn photographic competition. The 79-year-old great-grandmother and her husband George, 76, snapped some pictures while at Exbury Gardens
A SOUTHAMPTON graduate has jetted to the other side of the globe to teach people about the dangers of AIDS and HIV. Tom Mortimore raised more than £4,000 to fund his trip to Tanzania to work in communities. Tom took specially-designed football shirts
IT HAS BEEN a case of mistaken identity. Restaurateur Kuti Miah has been inundated with calls from people thinking he is selling up his Wickham restaurant - when it is very much business as usual. The sale notice was in fact for The Veranda in Wickham
A BUILDER accused of conning the father of a Hampshire MP yesterday denied taking money from elderly customers. Shadow Defence Minister Julian Lewis, MP for New Forest East, has launched a civil action against Paul Grey at Cardiff County Court on behalf
THE grieving family of a mother to be who died from the same rare condition as her mum and aunt are today being offered the support of a Hampshire MP. Fareham Tory MP Mark Hoban told the Daily Echo he was willing to help the family of Kelly Hutchings
HARRY Redknapp has turned down Newcastle United to stay at Portsmouth. The former Saints boss will remain on the south coast instead of replacing Sam Allardyce at St James' Park, it emerged this morning. Redknapp, 60, who lives at Sandbanks in Dorset
I WAS interested in the letter which appeared on December 29 concerning MRSA. Consultant nurse Tracy Cooper said people are swabbed for MRSA before having surgery as the infection can enter the body through a wound. What happens to people having minor
I WAS the driver of the BMW that was involved in an accident at the junction with Darwin Road on January 7. I would like to thank the men who helped pull my baby, my dad and myself from the wreckage, and apologise if I shouted at them, especially the
I FOUND David Haisman's letter (January 3), about the Dr Who Christmas special, frustrating. While I appreciate that the sinking of Titanic was a tragic event almost a century ago, the episode was so far removed from reality that links between the two
IF Lib Dem councillor Steve Sollitt wants to help relieve the unfair burden of excessive council tax on Southampton residents he should be backing the Conservatives. Over the past ten years Labour has more than doubled council tax in South-ampton, through
GORDON Brown is yet again talking about getting tough on knife crime, so I guess I will have to carry a nice heavy jemmy until his latest effort dies down. It'll be a bit of a nuisance if they get clever and actually clamp down on unlawful killing, wouldn't
WE want justice for our son. That was the passionate plea from the heart-broken parents of Peter Lawrence who died last weekend after a night out at a bar in Port Solent turned to tragedy. David and Irene Lawrence have flown from their home in Spain
I AM trying to reason with Bryan Woolston's letter detailing his personal views directed towards motorcyclists and the Itchen Bridge (December 22). I wonder if his anti-motorcycle views are really about being envious of bikers filtering past his stationary
THE Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial in London's Hyde Park is sinking because it was allegedly constructed in a rush. That may be true, but it certainly wasn't started in a rush. The committee sat thinking about it for seven years. Then came up with
SOUTHAMPTON City Council is proposing to spend £70,000 on lighting the old walls. I find it ironic that a council that pushes green policies is considering adding to the greenhouse effect. It is frustrating that time and money can be spent on this grandiose
THE cost of parking in Southampton is going up yet again, and they want to introduce nightly parking charges, and increase the hours we have to pay charges. Before I know it I will be paying a fee when I pick-up and drop my children at school. I will
I WRITE to warn readers about the appalling postal service in the SO14, 18 and 19 regions of Southampton. I work as a postman from Bitterne delivery office and during my time there have seen more and more hours cut from our office. The result of these
IT has been hailed as a multi-million-pound gateway into Southampton that will create at least 3,000 new jobs for people in one of the most modern developments in Hampshire. These images show the new £40m home of mapmaking agency Ordnance Survey, which
MOTORISTS will have to endure 16 months of traffic chaos when £79m plans to reduce congestion on two M27 bottlenecks get under way next week. Speed limits on two major stretches - junctions three to four and junctions 11 to 12 - along the motorway connecting
FIRE has destroyed a Hampshire restaurant just weeks after it appeared on a TV show hosted by foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay. Fire crews were called to The Granary in Whiteley Lane, Titchfield, shortly before 6.30am today as flames ripped through the
HAMPSHIRE chicken farmers are living in fear of attacks after a high-profile campaign by TV chefs Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall against intensive farming methods. Their crusade, screened nightly by Channel 4 this week, was billed as a
If Newcastle United are to be successful they have to follow the examples of the two Premiership clubs they visit this month. One look at the home dugout at Old Trafford this evening, and at the Emirates Stadium on January 29, should remind Newcastle
POLICE were today continuing their investigations into a ten-car motorway pile-up in Hampshire last night. A total of 18 people were involved and firefighters had to release seven people who were trapped in the smash. Officers said 11 were injured,
CAMPAIGNERS trying to overturn speeding convictions on a major Hampshire road where a judge ruled there was no legally-enforceable limit have failed in their latest court bid. Yesterday, the same district judge rejected applications to reopen cases of
HAMPSHIRE police have launched a murder hunt following the discovery of an elderly woman's body. Police were called to a house in Brambridge, near Eastleigh, shortly before 6pm yesterday following reports that a 77-year-old woman had been stabbed to
HARRY Redknapp's old boss Milan Mandaric believes the Portsmouth manager is at a "crossroads" in his life - and he expects him to move in the direction of Newcastle. But the main topic of conversation in Newcastle last night was the announcement by
WORLD record holder Cameron White has told Hampshire he would love to replace his former Victoria colleague Shane Warne for Hampshire's Twenty20 campaign next summer. Warne has only played two T20 matches for the county in four years - and none in
DELL legend Ron Davies has had further reason to thank Saints fans. The former Welsh international is booked in for a hip operation near his New Mexico home in April of this year. Saints fans have so far helped raise around £15,000 for Davies through
CHRIS Tremlett has been given some encouraging words of advice from Australian Test seamer Brett Lee. The 26-year-old Southampton-born fast bowler made his England Test debut last summer, playing all three games against India. But, despite impressing
SAM Allardyce's main problem at Newcastle was the chairman who appointed him in the pre-season left soon after, writes Lawrie McMenemy in today's Daily Echo. As is the trend, the club was bought and the new owner is rich enough to make big decisions
HE is regarded by many as the greatest player to ever step foot on a football pitch. He has scored more than 1,200 career goals, is the only player to have won the World Cup three times and is his country's all-time leading goal-scorer with a staggering
HAMPSHIRE adventurer Rhys Jones has paid his own tribute after the death of one of the world's greatest mountaineers. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to conquer Mount Everest, died after a heart attack in New Zealand. The 88-year old shot to fame
