A FIVE car collision on a busy Hampshire motorway was causing tailbacks for rush hour traffic this evening. The accident happened at 4.15pm just before junction 11 of the southbound M3 at Winchester. Police said congestion was caused by debris and oil
CHAOS could hit rush hour traffic in the centre of Southampton this evening after a power failure struck a major set of traffic lights. None of the traffic lights along and joining Havelock Road are currently working, and engineers are on the scene trying
A Hampshire policeman appeared in court today accused of sex acts with three women in his patrol car whilst on duty. PC Gary Bayldon, 47, is charged with nine counts of misconduct in a public office between August 1998 and January 2007. The officer
THE S' emblem that spells extraordinary performance in the Audi range graces the TT for the first time this month in a new, even more focused version of the iconic sports car debuting at the North American International Auto Show. Destined for the UK
WE'RE lucky to live in a part of the country where the Isuzu Rodeo pick-up's advertising theme "Even works weekends" really comes into its own. This three-model range is tough enough to handle anything a hard-working day can throw at it, with plenty
HAMPSHIRE Alfa Romeo dealers Meridien Milano are celebrating their part in helping the evocative Alfa Romeo marque post the single biggest percentage increase in UK sales by any mainstream manufacturer, according to new figures from the Society of Motor
THE engineers and designers at Lexus continue to use their groundbreaking LF-A premium sports car concept as a medium for expressing their ideas about what a high-performance sporting vehicle not only can be, but should be. Now at the Detroit show,
WEEKEND FA CUP TEAM NEWS. Saturday, January 26. Arsenal v Newcastle. Defenders Philippe Senderos (nose) and Gael Clichy (groin) return but Denilson is out for a month with a hamstring injury while Johan Djourou (groin) and Robin van Persie (thigh
TOMORROW'S clash brings a welcome distraction from this week's events - and, indeed, the league campaign - with Saints the shortest price we have seen all season at just 4-11 for the home win. This means Bury can be backed at 7-1 to pull off one
Alan Shearer will not be returning to former club Newcastle as Kevin Keegan's number two. However, the 37-year-old could yet have a role to play in the new regime at St James' Park after holding lengthy talks with Keegan last night, with another meeting
Labourer Kevin Scriven expects to be the busiest man in football tomorrow when Havant & Waterlooville step out at Anfield for their fairytale FA Cup clash with Liverpool. The Havant goalkeeper works six days a week for his father's property development
Havant & Waterlooville manager Shaun Gale believes the exploits of his FA Cup minnows have brought some of the magic back to this season's competition. The Blue Square South side travel to Anfield to take on five-time European champions Liverpool tomorrow
Andrew Surman says his Southampton teammates only need to glance along the south coast to know that the FA Cup is full of surprises. The midfielder will line up against struggling League Two side Bury in the fourth round at St Mary's tomorrow, a game
Click here for the complete archive of articles related to the murder of Georgina Edmonds. A SPATE of burglaries involving elderly victims could hold the key to finding the killer who beat a Hampshire grandmother to death in her home. Detectives leading
A HEALTHCARE firm has been given exclusive rights by Southampton City Council to develop a 15-storey tower of apartments and a medical centre. CareCapital will get nine months to work up its proposals to redevelop a 53-space council car park site in
A DEVELOPER has increased the size of a hotel and restaurant complex it wants to build on the edge of the New Forest. Stoneclose Ltd is now seeking consent to build 28 hotel and leisure suites on the former site of the Flying Boat Inn in Calshot, which
I HOPE I can throw some light on the subject of brown sauce being missing from supermarket shelves. Recently I could not find Daddies sauce at our local Tesco. It has always been a favourite since my childhood, so I asked at customer services why it
I WAS amused to read the letter from Sauceless (January 18). My sister loves OK Sauce but several years ago it disappeared from the supermarket shelves. When I was on holiday in Barnstaple in the autumn of 2006 I was amazed to find it on sale but labelled
A LOT is being said of late regarding the wow factor in relation to Southampton. It is rather sad to see how the city seems to have deteriorated over the years since I opened a business here in 1961, especially in comparison with Portsmouth I suppose.
IN response to the letter from Claire Lamont (January 21), I find it very sad that people still look down at single parents and assume they live on microwave meals. I know many families both single and paired that use ready meals, there is no connection
BEFORE we start rejoicing at the Tory U-turn regarding the free bus pass, let us all spare a thought for the Pensioners' Forum and the dedicated work by Messrs Don Harper, Big John and the team and supporters who have campaigned relentlessly for a service
TEST Valley Council leader Ian Carr's comments in your recent article (We Need Free Travel, January 15) confuse two key issues: Government funding for concessionary fares and council decisions on whether to fund community transport schemes. From April
I WOULD like to thank the wonderful people who came to the aid of my wife when she fell on the escalator at the WestQuay Shopping Centre. If it not been for two or three people who broke her fall she could have sustained a serious injury. The security
MY mother's funeral procession was going down Mortimer's Lane, Fair Oak, in the early afternoon. A young man was walking up the lane with a pushchair and a toddler by his side and when the hearse passed him he stood still and bowed his head. This was
AM I dreaming? I hope so after reading the report headlined Motorway Into the Heart of Southampton (Daily Echo, January 21) Years ago thousands fought off the Portswood link motorway, which was finally killed off by the inspectorate. Who led the fight
GLENN Hoddle has ruled himself out of the running to become the new Southampton manager. The former England boss, who was in charge of Saints from January 2000 until March 2001, had been linked with a possible return to the club. However, the 50
A HAMPSHIRE company has been told to pay more than £36,000 in fines and costs after an employee was hit by a forklift truck and left disabled. Lee McMahon suffered a crushed heel and other injuries in the accident. He is now in continuous pain and has
A HAMPSHIRE businessman is accusing his borough council of abusing his company's success with rocketing rent charges. Paul Godfrey, pictured, was stunned when he was told Eastleigh Borough Council wants to increase the cost of the lease for his
VIDEO game giant Nintendo has revealed that its Wii console, the top Christmas gift in the UK, is responsible for doubling profits. The Japanese firm has now sold more than 20 million Wii machines worldwide, helping to generate profits of £1.23
AN accident at Southampton docks cost motor giant Honda 1,000 cars in delays at its Swindon factory and could scupper plans to celebrate the building of its two millionth car. Hundreds of staff were sent home at the Japanese firm's £1.3 billion
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Hoegh Trove, roro, 0930, 40; Jan V, cargo, 1430, 107; Lapis Arrow, roro, 1745, 43; Lauren C, cargo, 1830, 36; OOCL Shenzen, container, 2000, 207; CMA CGM Otello, container, 2000, 207; OOCL Belgium, container,
IT may not be the French Riviera, or a patch on our neighbour's beach in Bournemouth. To be honest it wasn't even as good as the pebbly beachfront at Weston Shore. But just for a day Southampton residents got an early taste of summer fun after a mobile
A HAMPSHIRE bus driver who put the lives of his passengers at risk by getting behind the wheel after drinking has walked away from court with a ban and a fine. Peter Coe crashed his single-decker bus into a verge as he was called back to the depot by
The Hampshire based Tudor warship Mary Rose has been given a £21 million lifeline by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The money will enable further conservation work on King Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, and enable the ship and thousands of artefacts
Claus Lundekvam has urged the Saints board to appoint a manager who will be committed to the club for the long term. The experienced Saints skipper will be on his TENTH permanent manager since joining the club in 1996 when a successor to George Burley
Oakwood played their first league match since 25/11/2007, and only their fifth of the season tonight. Under floodlights at the BAT ground in Totton,Oakwood started well and passed the ball around effortlessly. Within 10 minutes Oakwood opened the scoring
A HAMPSHIRE hospital where two new mums died from the same infection shortly after giving birth on the same day has some of the lowest staffing levels in the country, according to a national review of maternity services published today. The Royal Hampshire
AN 84-YEAR-OLD sports club is warning it will be forced to close at the end of the season because the council is refusing to give it the long lease it needs to raise much needed investment. BTC Sports and Social Club in Southampton says it needs to upgrade
BOSSES of an annual summer show want to build a new road to avoid a repeat of last year's muddy disaster. Hundreds of vehicles were stuck in the mud as the car park at the New Forest and Hampshire County Show became a quagmire following heavy rain.
FORMER Saints player Micky Adams has thrown his hat into the ring for the vacant manager's job at St Mary's. Adams made over 150 appearances during his spell at the Dell, between 1989 and 1994, and has previous managerial experience in the Championship
HAMPSHIRE health chiefs say that they will look at research by Romsey MP Sandra Gidley which shows that hundreds of residents feel that more needs to be done to improve healthcare in the region. The Liberal Democrat MP sent out 33,000 surveys to residents
WORK is set to begin at last on a multi-million pound plan to transform a Hampshire town centre. The long-awaited scheme for Totton includes improvements to Rumbridge Street, where engineers will resurface the carriageway, improve the lighting and install
A DRUGS pusher has begun a four-year jail sentence. Manley Geddes, 51, acted as the middleman between cocaine suppliers and undercover police officers making test purchases in the latest phase of Operation Phoenix, a major police initiative to stamp
