COUNCIL chiefs are drawing up plans to give the public a say on a Las Vegas style casino in Southampton as early as this summer. After a series of delays the House of Lords has finally confirmed the city as one of eight authorities allowed to grant
MUSIC students at Totton College are preparing to finish their studies on a high note this summer by staging a fundraising concert to help raise cash for a Southampton special school. The talented students are looking to bring a variety of music
I HAVE been greatly encouraged by those who have written letters to express their appreciation for the men and women of our armed forces. Others - especially the National Union of Teachers who so disgracefully disparaged our service personnel - might
WHAT a brilliant article by Sue Cotton for Deafness Aware Week (Daily Echo, May 6). No one who is not deaf can completely understand what it's like. People sympathise but that's it. The feeling of isolation is, as she says, dreadful with everyone talking
PETER Moorby's relatives' experience was the opposite to what I and my family experienced when we sat for two days when my mother was dying at Southampton General Hospital (Letters, May 10). We were shown where the makings for refreshments were kept
THE New Forest was originally intended for hunting. Is it now solely for sedate walks? The New Forest Rangers are ordering kite boarders to cease. My grandson is a sensible hard-working lad. He spent several hundred pounds that he had saved on a board
WE are being told the number of new homes being built plunged by 27 per cent. Not in my area it hasn't as new homes are springing up like mushrooms, overcrowding areas and at prices which locals cannot afford. They are spoiling the town (ie one building
WE booked with Red Funnel to take our car across to the Isle of Wight on the 9pm sailing on the Friday of the May bank holiday weekend. We arrived early and the 8pm boat was in dock. To travel on this ferry we were asked for £30 on top of what we had
HOW sad it is that the council must ask cabbies to be well dressed. This is like having to ask a hairdresser to get her hair done. I smiled at the licence conditions for private hire drivers- no jeans, jogging trousers, singlets, shorts and no bathing
I AGREE with WR Shail (Letters, April 26) about the mass of charity appeals we receive through the post. Even charities that I have been supporting for years send further requests when I have sent a cheque to them. It is nice to have thanks for a gift
YOU can stroll in the park, relax over a coffee at a pavement cafe or enjoy an alfresco meal at an exclusive bistro. On balmy nights there is always time for cocktails under the stars before indulging in a gourmet dinner, then sitting back in the
THEY banged a drum, waved banners and placards screaming "This is Woolston not Manhattan" and made sure their message hit the streets of Southampton. In a noisy demonstration through the city centre Woolston residents last night marched on
IT WAS one of the most shocking crimes committed in Hampshire. A dinner party ended in horror when handyman George Stephenson massacred the family who had sacked him three weeks earlier. Five people were murdered at Burgate House, Fordingbridge
I COMPLETELY agree with AJ Bryant, Asda continues to rip the heart out of Totton. I have felt this for many years and boycott it. Owner Wal-Mart has a history of freezing out local competition until a town becomes totally dependent upon it. Look around
I TOTALLY agree with Mrs A J Bryant (Letters, May 10) regarding Asda in Totton, the only difference being I started boycotting them about 18 months ago. I, too, was frequently disappointed with, in particular, the quality and availability of fresh fruit
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have called for urgent action after new maps showed for the first time the extent of noise pollution around Southampton. The maps provide a revealing snapshot of the level of noise caused by major industries, roads, railways
RUPERT Lowe and Michael Wilde will sit down with Nigel Pearson next week to discuss his Saints future. The two men returned to the club on Thursday and have had two full days of meetings with various parties as they try to hit the ground
POLICE found cannabis plants worth more than £10,000 when they raided a flat in a sheltered accommodation block for elderly people in Southampton. Two police cars and a lorry arrived at Coronation Homes sheltered accommodation in Meon Court, Harefield
WEEKS don't come much better than this one for AFC Totton manager Stuart Ritchie. Not only have the Stags had promotion to the Southern League Division 1 South & West confirmed, but they are going from strength to strength in the central defensive
CAN you feel the force of the Gladiators? One Hampshire man certainly has. Super-fit schoolteacher Ian Deeth beat off competition from more than 20,000 entrants to become one of 32 contestants in the new version of the 90s TV show. During his interviews
IT was a turbulent start to the year but that will not spoil their big day today. Proud parents Lauren Cowley and Gregory Hiscock are set to tie the knot at Fawley Church in front of up to 80 friends and family. Their baby twins Kieran and Oliver,
THE DAUGHTER of a Second World War veteran who died after being exposed to asbestos for more than 40 years is suing an electronics giant for an undisclosed five figure sum. An inquest into the death of the former mayor of Totton Wilfred Glenn, 84, heard
A gardener's pick-up was taken while he was working just yards away. Marc Nokes, husband of Romsey's Conservative parliamentary candidate Caroline Nokes, had his Nissan Navara pick-up stolen as he worked in Maurys Lane, Romsey. Mr Nokes said he didn't
WORSHIPPERS across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will be inviting their friends to join them in the pews Eight parishes across Portsmouth's Anglican diocese will be taking part in Back to Church Sunday 2008. It's a national initiative based on
