Hampshire 203-4 beat Nottinghamshire by six wickets with 40 balls to spare Hampshire edged closer to the Friends Provident Trophy quarter finals with a third sucessive win, against Nottinghamshire at the Rose Bowl. The emphatic six-wicket
FIGHTING in the sweltering heat of the Malayan jungle, veteran Mike Stoneham got used to blood-sucking leeches crawling all over him. It was just one of the things he had to deal with during his two years fighting Communist terrorists in the then
THE massive cruise ship Voyager of the Seas is due to be berthed alongside Southampton's Western Docks tomorrow. The Royal Caribbean International ship has just undergone a refit in Germany and is visiting Southampton en route to Barcelona, Spain where
AGROUP which helps support mums who breastfeed their children in public is set to be relaunched in Southampton. The news comes as the city backs National Breastfeeding Awareness Week that runs until Saturday under the theme of ‘Breastfeeding
I’M having trouble coming to terms that my little boy is the grand old age of two. Not five minutes ago I am sure I was struggling with sterilising, feeding and talking to my health visitor about the colour of his poo. The time has flown and
THEY have been treading the boards for more than 40 years. Members of the Waterside Musical Society have been singing their way into people’s hearts since they first started entertaining audiences in the late 1960s. Based at Cadland Primary
LATELY I’ve really got into going green. I’m focusing my attention on trying to buy local and minimising waste. I’ve been trying to imbue some of my enthusiasm in my boyfriend. He lives with me and does half the shopping, so my home going green
TWO people had a lucky escape after their motorboat burst into flames and sank off the Hampshire coast this afternoon. The pair got into trouble in waters off Lee-on-Solent shortly after 3pm when a fire broke out onboard. They managed
I know you are often asked to write on guaranteed products and structured products but I have seen one offering full capital protection plus 22.5% more than any growth in house prices or 22.5% if house prices remain unchanged. I'll once
HAMPSHIRE County Council elections in June will cost taxpayers £1m. This is equal to £12,820 to elect each of the 78 councillors who sit on the council. The bill includes costs such as ballot papers, poll workers and polling stations but not campaign
POLICE have named the man who died in a road accident in Hampshire. Graham Vaughan, 64, was only a short distance from his home in Eastfield Lane, Ringwood, when his car was in collision with a van. His widow Jane said he would be sorely missed by his
A BAKERY firm has been fined more than £18,000 for breaches in food hygiene at one of its Hampshire branches. Cooks The Baker Ltd was prosecuted after a member of the public complained about cleanliness at The Palmerston in Romsey’s Market
A MAN has today been charged with the murder of a teenager who died five months after being allegedly attacked in a Hampshire park. Luke Woolf spent five months in intensive care battling serious head injuries for which he had undergone surgery
ANDREW Surman has revealed he does not want to leave Saints, but will have to reassess his situation this summer. The midfielder is under contract at St Mary’s until the summer of 2011, but is already rumoured to be attracting interest from the
THIS is the letter Leon Crouch first sent to Saints back on October 28, 2008. At that time the club had played almost a third of their Championship fixtures and bagged 13 points from 14 matches. That put them third from bottom, two points adrift
BARLCAYS Bank “supported” Leon Crouch writing a cheque for £600,000 to pay off the former executive directors – even though it was money the club didn’t have. The executives – Jim Hone, Ken Dulieu, Andy Oldknow – left St Mary’s in December
LEON Crouch had two former Premiership managers lined up to take charge of Saints had he returned to power last October. The New Forest businessman claims that last October he had spoken to two managers who had previously won promotion from the
THE dangers of carrying knives and imitation guns were brought home to schoolchildren from Southampton as a city-wide campaign was launched yesterday. Students and staff from eight schools attended Hampshire police’s training and support headquarters
A SOUTHAMPTON man pleaded guilty today to sexually abusing boys at a Jersey care home. At the Channel Island's Royal Court, Michael Aubin admitted two counts of gross indecency and two counts of indecent assault on children under ten years
A HAMPSHIRE mum is demanding answers after her son died in her arms just minutes after a doctor claimed he was suffering from nothing worse than indigestion and sent him home. Nathan Wheeler took his last breath in the back of his uncle’s car
THOUSANDS of people in Hampshire with an asbestos-related condition will have to wait even longer to find out whether they will get compensation. People diagnosed with pleural plaques – scarring of the lungs usually caused by exposure to the
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A HAMPSHIRE mum has spoken of her pride and apprehension as her son prepares to embark on the longest unaided Arctic expedition ever attempted. Former soldier Adrian Hayes, pictured right, is just days away from the start of a 2,200-mile journey
A WEDDING turned to a violent punch-up outside Southampton Guildhall last night. More than 400 people were at the venue celebrating the Sikh wedding when trouble flared. Around 30 guests were involved in the fight which took place outside
HUNDREDS of Hampshire workers whose futures rely on contracts to manufacture parts for the Eurofighter Typhoon jet are anxiously waiting to find out if the remainder of the project is to be axed. The Treasury and the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
A SOUTHAMPTON man has been killed after a car collided head on with the van he was driving. Dean Everson was at the wheel of the U Drive transit van as it travelled along the A303 in Wiltshire. According to Wiltshire police a Mini Cooper
SET around a committee table in the ballroom of the local hotel, director Barbara Large’s excellent direction made full use of the village hall venue by having action on the stage, amongst the captivated audience and utilising every entrance into the
RE the interesting article in the TV & Leisure magazine Saturday May 2. Pilgrims progress, the picture of the memorial opposite the 'gates' of Mayflower Park. I must ask: what gates? Those lovely gates were removed years ago, with no warning but promises
A DEAL to save Saints could be completed within the next 24 hours, the Daily Echo can reveal. Administrator Mark Fry is today due to hold talks with one of the frontrunners – believed to be the Matt Le Tissier-backed Pinnacle group – in what
ANY chance of Southampton City Council offering a tenancy to Joanna Lumley? She may then be persuaded to fight the stealth tax the government imposes on council rents. Alan Kebbell, Southampton.
READING of the campaign to reduce biker deaths with which I fully agree, I cannot recall reading anything about the speed the motorcyclists were doing prior to these dreadful accidents. Whilst not on the A326 five motorbikes overtook a line of motorists
THE months of hard work are behind them, the studying has been done, and now it is crunch time. Across Hampshire, thousands of teenagers will today begin sitting down at their exam desks with not just a pen, but their whole futures in their hands
IT would appear rather ironic that Jacqui Smith is about to launch her identity card scheme in Manchester in a trial and voluntary basis at £30 each and in case the idea does not take off, has agreed with the providers of the cards to pay them £ 40,000,000
When will work repairing potholes start? RECENTLY on the news it was said that Southampton had £330,000 to spend on roads. It appears that this will only cover a small percentage of road damage in Southampton, 95 per cent need repairs. In
RICHARD Grant of the LibDems writes [ Echo April 11] that the United Kingdom should be in the European Union, as one of its 27 member states, because “this country has always been European........as a land mass, we were joined to France’’. However
SWANSEA have tabled an increased bid for Nathan Dyer – but it still falls far short of being respectable. That revelation came from head coach Mark Wotte, who said the Welsh club had upped their bid for the midfielder who finished last season
RESIDENTS were evacuated from their homes last night after a fire that started on an industrial estate spread to gardens and sheds. Families whose homes back on to the Acorn Industrial Estate in Shirley Warren were woken by the sounds of exploding
POLICE raiding a Southampton flat while the occupier was away on holiday, discovered about £4,000 worth of cocaine. Thomas Weir, pictured, initially denied knowing how the drugs got there but later changed his story, saying they were for his
An MP who reportedly claimed £22,500 to treat dry rot at a property in Southampton 100 miles from her constituency said today she would pay back all monies claimed on the house. Margaret Moran, Labour MP for Luton South, said she was repaying
A DRIVER and her dog became trapped after the car they were in crashed on the outskirts of Romsey. Fire crews were called at around 6pm on Sunday amid reports of a single car smash on Pauncefoot Hill By the time they arrived, the Stafford Bull
ONE of Hampshire’s most eye-catching buildings has been shortlisted for a top award. Known as the Marchwood Dome, the £50m rubbish burner on the shores of Southampton Water has dominated the local skyline for the past five years. The revolutionary energy-from-waste
THERE is still time to enter the hunt for Hampshire’s brainiest business, which takes place tonight. The Rose Road Association, which cares for disabled youngsters, has teamed up with the Daily Echo and Wise Catering to challenge the region’s
