David Beckham does not want it to be 100 and out after racking up a century of England caps in tonight's 1-0 defeat by France in Paris. The midfielder started the match on the right side of midfield and put in some trademark crosses before he was replaced
SOUTHAMPTON could get £150m of Government money to transform its secondary school buildings by this summer. The multi-million-pound cash offer comes weeks after the city was declared bottom of the class for its truancy levels and teen pregnancy rates
A HAMPSHIRE woman who became British Airways' first female pilot is making history again by being the first to fly into Heathrow's new Terminal 5. Captain Lynn Barton will pilot flight BA026 from Hong Kong which will be the first plane to fly into the
A NEW hi-tech crime deterrent is being unveiled in Southampton today in a move to catch criminals. SmartWater can be painted onto valuables to leave a forensic fingerprint encoded with the owner's details which is virtually impossible to remove from
I WOULD like to thank the council staff who have been working so hard in Riverside Park in the past two weeks. They have faced awful weather as they have tried to make the park look its best for everyone's enjoyment. The men have been removing excess
LABOUR MP and minister John Denham and Labour MP Alan Whitehead both voted for the Government's plans to close post offices. Yet Mr Denham protested about the closure of the Oaktree post office in Itchen. Double standards? COUNCILLOR ALEC SAMUELS, leader
I READ with interest the story featuring Matt Le Tissier about saving water (Daily Echo, March 18). On thinking about the claim that having a three minute shower will save 23 million litres of water in Southampton alone, I did a few calculations. The
A NEW campaign has been launched to get drivers to slow down on New Forest roads. I regularly ride my horse around the Bartley, Woodlands area, and while I endeavour to get onto the Forest as quickly as possible, I am astounded by the number of motorists
I TAKE issue with Nick Johnson's claim that lighting reduces crime (Letters, March 22). It is to be commended that the installation of better directed, less wasteful lighting is on the agenda. However, to assert that lights reduce crime is unsound.
I WORK as a HGV driver and travel all over the UK. I feel utterly disgustedby with the facilities for HGV drivers in Southampton docks. There are no toilets and nowhere to buy food since the shop closed. It's time the council built a secure truck stop
I WELCOME the debate about turning Southampton into a Capital of Culture (Daily Echo, March 22). A Capital of Culture could bring wealth and a real buzz to our city. By turning our city into the cultural capital of the south we could give Southampton
THE Government decided that bars could stay open 24 hours if they wanted, thus encouraging drinking. A few months later the Government increases the price of alcohol to discourage drinking. Funny old world isn't it? A CAWS, Aldermoor, Southampton
P COLEMAN (Letters, March 21) blames youth crime on the absence of facilities such as youth centres from Southampton. I completely disagree, and it angers me that people use these shallow excuses to condone thuggish behaviour on the streets. When I
WHILE the main football focus in this area is whether Saints can avoid the nightmare drop into League One, one of the greatest success stories in Hampshire footballing history could well be written over the next few weeks. Following their 1-0 home win
Everywhere in David Maund's Hampshire home there are bottles, thousands of them, upstairs, downstairs and in his conservatory - although he now no longer has any in the bathroom. At one time his collection of miniatures was so extensive he did have to
STARS of the south's biggest theatre will be taking a break from the spotlight on Saturday when the Mayflower joins landmark buildings across the globe for a dramatic one-hour light switch off. From 8pm the striking lighting used to illuminate the Southampton
ONE of Hampshire's first environmentalists has been forced to stop recycling after scrap yards refuse to buy aluminium foil. Over the past 50 years, eco-friendly Norman Hebdige, has collected 11 tonnes of foil, raising £4,000 for charity. But to his
RESIDENTS in the Test Valley still have time to sign up to fortnightly collections of garden waste from their doorstep. Subscriptions for this year's service are being taken and those applying before April 4 receive an early bird discount on the service
IT'S certainly not the kind of thing you normally expect to see in a school hall. For children at Fryern Junior School in Chandler's Ford it was a real treat to see top world gymnast Ryan Bradley in action. The Commonwealth and European medal-winning
AN elderly man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after his car collided with both barriers of a busy Southampton road this morning. The link road between the M3 south bound and the A33 Bassett Avenue was closed off for two and a half hours
Food giant Heinz was cleared today of misleading the public into believing that its "Farmers' Market" soup range is made from locally-sourced ingredients. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rejected 25 complaints, inlcuding one form Hamsphire
MAP makers at Hampshire-based Ordnance Survey have raised more than £21,000 for the Naomi House children's hospice in recent months. As well as individual and corporate donations, staff across the national mapping agency held cake sales, raffles and
POLICE investigating the rape of a Southampton schoolgirl 13 years ago have arrested a man this morning, the Daily Echo can reveal. Detectives swooped on an address in the Somerstown area of Portsmouth just after dawn where a 52-year-old man was arrested
VOTERS should be allowed to cast their ballots at weekends to help encourage a better turnout, Southampton MP Alan Whitehead has said. Dr Whitehead backed proposals currently under consideration by the Government to scrap a rule which says all General
The England and Wales Cricket Board has made Kevin Pietersen available for his first LV County Championship match for three years. Pietersen has not played a first-class match for Hampshire since June 2005, when he had yet to make his England debut
CIVIC dignitaries and guests gathered in Southampton to celebrate the achievements of Jim Dowdall. More than 60 people packed the Mayor's office to see the 82-year-old, who was recently made an MBE for services to the community of Thornhill, presented
Earls F.C are seeking a Manager for their Under 8's Season 2008-2009. We have teams in Mini Soccer & Tyro League and the ongoing success of our Club starts with the New Managers who we welcome to The Club. If you would like to take up the challenge
CHOPPING down Sid the Sycamore cost the taxpayer around £3,000, the Daily Echo can reveal. The 72-year-old tree in Eastleigh was at the centre of a year long "save it" campaign, before it fell victim to the chainsaw on Easter Monday. Council have felled
Earls F.C are seeking a Manager for their Under 8's Season 2008-2009. We have teams in Mini Soccer & Tyro League and the ongoing success of our Club starts with the New Managers who we welcome to The Club. If you would like to take up the challenge
Earls F.C are seeking a Manager for their Under 8's Season 2008-2009. We have teams in Mini Soccer & Tyro League and the ongoing success of our Club starts with the New Managers who we welcome to The Club. If you would like to take up the challenge
"Make Your Race Count" With 94 days to go to this year's JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, entries at 507 show an increase on the same point in 2007 and there are still savings to be made for those entering before 29th March 2008.
A Hampshire MP has branded teachers' calls to ban the use of Army enrolment methods in schools "nonsense". Despite the Ministry of Defence saying it does not recruit in schools and only visits students when invited, delegates at the National
IT IS an honour usually bestowed upon dignitaries and celebrities, but now a nationwide search has been launched to find an unsung hero to reign as Godmother over the world's newest and largest cruise ship. Royal Caribbean International is calling
UP to 620 Hampshire runners are set to join more than 32,000 people for the 27th London Marathon on April 13. Among the runners will be Southampton fundraiser extraodinaire Aurelio Bello, pictured, who is hoping to raise more than £7,500 from
SOUTHAMPTON had one of the earliest municipal water supplies in the country. In 1420, the town took over a fresh water supply, the pipes for which were laid down by Franciscan Friars in 1304. One of the Friars' stone Conduit Houses can still
Seventy-five percent (30,000) of Southampton pensioners have applied for an April 1 bus pass.
SOUTHAMPTON'S Victorian Cemetery on the south west side of Southampton Common is the second oldest such cemetery in the country owned by a municipal authority and retains its original buildings from 1846.
MORE affordable houses are being built in Fareham than ever before. In 2006/7 the borough council's target of 100 new homes being completed each year was exceeded for the first time, and it is expected that at least 116 will be finished by the
THE number of birds visiting gardens in Southampton is on the decline, new figures have revealed. The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch showed the average number of birds seen in gardens across the city has dropped by 20 per cent in the last four years.
SOUTHAMPTON'S Cenotaph is the model' for the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. Sir Edwin Lutyens took his design from this city, simplified it and it became accepted as the design for the capital.
A TAKEOVER battle for a hefty slice of Hampshire's airwaves is going into extra time after the firm behind a £371m bid for the parent of Ocean FM and Power FM asked for another week to work on its offer. Global Radio, which owns Heart and Galaxy, had
SOUTHAMPTON'S largest independent restaurant group is to expand this spring with the launch of two new restaurants and the conversion of its Casa Bodega Romsey restaurant into a "gastro pub" called the Cromwell Arms. The move will increase Dalmeny Leisure's
Today's Southampton arrivals Arklow Fame, cargo, 0300, 36; Montlhery, roro, 0630, 201; Maersk Wave, roro, 0730, 34/35; John Mitchell, container, 1000, 203; Vega Stockholm, container, am, 205; Douwe S, cargo, 1800, 201; Chikuma Reefer, refrigerated,
A HAMPSHIRE teenager suffered head injuries after his van smashed into a tree. Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash, on Springles Lane in Whiteley, at 9.50pm on Sunday. Fire crews cut free an 18-year-old man from Totton who was driving the
SHE was the experienced dance teacher, he was the older man eager to learn new moves. When Jack Earley first took lessons from Doreen Redmond in the 1960s, it began a love affair with dancing that never went away. Now, more than 40 years after they
ONE of Southampton's biggest residents groups has joined the battle against controversial plans to charge for parking outside your own home. They are also urging others to get behind the Daily Echo Parking Mad campaign demanding a council U-turn over
CARDIFF boss Dave Jones could have a defensive headache when his former club Saints visit Ninian Park this weekend. Youngster Darcy Blake has been playing at right-back after taking his chance following a hamstring injury to Kevin McNaughton. But
THOUSANDS of Hampshire's over-60s have not yet claimed free bus passes which they are entitled to. It is estimated that more than 68,000 over-60s living in and around Southampton may not be aware of the free nationwide pensioner bus pass scheme due to
SIR ALEX Ferguson once famously called this stage of the season squeaky bum time' when it came to chasing a Premiership title. Well, it's not just title hopefuls that suffer from it. For Saints, the final six games of this Championship season could
SAINTS fans are being asked to roar on Eastleigh as the latter bid for a spectacular fourth promotion in six seasons. The Spitfires are currently third in the Blue Square South and looking good to clinch a play-off spot - with a place in the top division
CLAUS Lundekvam has been told by Nigel Pearson: You've still got a role to play in keeping us up. Lundekvam has been forced to admit defeat in his battle to overcome serious ankle problems and will officially retire at the end of the season. However
JAMIE Musselwhite sank his old club, Hamble ASSC, with a hat-trick last night to move VT FC level on points with second-placed Wimborne in the Sydenhams Wessex Premier League. While the Boatmen were enjoying a 6-2 romp at Follands Park, Wimborne lost
Click here to read the full report. STAFF and children at Harefield Primary School in Southampton have every reason to celebrate. The school, formed out of the amalgamation of Harefield Infant and Junior schools in September 2006, has been given a
WINCHESTER civic chiefs are set to back a traffic scheme in Alresford that aims to alleviate its parking problems. The city council is proposing to put forward £50,000 towards the £150,000 cost of the Putting Pedestrians First scheme in Alresford. Alresford
A HAMPSHIRE man who spent his life producing some of the nation's favourite television and radio shows has died. Peter Whitmore, 84, who lived in the New Forest, had a long career with the BBC and was part of the BAFTA award-winning team which produced
