IT’S something every child has done. But the extreme tree climbers who came to Hampshire this weekend took things a step or two further. Apart from a head for heights, the climbers had to be incredibly fit. Competitors in the two-day UK and Ireland
TORY councillors have backed MP Mark Hoban who has been spending taxpayers' money on silk cushion covers, chrome shower racks and expensive furniture. Conservative leader of Fareham Borough Council, Sean Woodward, said his political colleague
IT is the question on the lips of every Saints fan – just WHO is the mystery man behind the bid to rescue their beleaguered club? The announcement that Pinnacle has paid a £500,000 non-returnable deposit and been granted a period of exclusivity
LAWYERS acting for residents of two council care homes threatened with closure say they are prepared go back to court to protect their clients’ health. It comes as Southampton Tory councillors were today due to decide whether to give the go-ahead
THE building of a new town will be one of the things at the forefront of people’s minds when voters in Fareham head for the ballot box in the Hampshire County Council elections on Thursday. Work on the 10,000 homes in the north of Fareham is due
THE HAMPSHIRE man who died after losing control of his motorbike has been named. George Parker, 78, from Hayling Island, died after coming off his bike while riding along the slip road of the A27 at Langstone. At about 1.40pm yesterday, Mr Parker attempted
Entertainer Danny La Rue has died after a short illness, his spokeswoman said today. He was 81. The legendary female impersonator, who lived in Southampton for 21 years, had been suffering from cancer. His spokeswoman said: "Danny died
A FIVE-year-old boy was seriously injured at Matchams Raceway on Saturday night when a runaway wheel from a car crashed into the crowd. The frightening incident happened at about 8.30pm and left the little lad unconscious and suffering serious
A HAMPSHIRE MP has defended himself after splashing out on a £35 toilet roll holder, £79 on silk cushion covers, £100 on a shower rack at the taxpayers' expense. Other claims made by Conservative MP for Fareham Mark Hoban include £240 for eight cushions
A MAN’S body has been found in a bedroom of a Southampton hotel. A horrified cleaner made the grim discovery as she went about her routine duties. It is thought the dead man, who had been staying at the budget Etap hotel in the city
CYCLISTS can save hundreds of pounds off a new bike by signing up to a cycle to work scheme. The Government initiative encourages companies to get their workers to ditch their cars in favour of pedalling to work by offering them up to 50 per
YOU could tell summer had truly arrived. It wasn’t just the scorching temperatures and long tailbacks on roads to the coast. It was the sight of reckless youngsters ignoring safety warnings and leaping off the Redbridge Causeway into
THE £1.1 billion takeover of Southampton based plastics giant Lucite is to go ahead after Chinese authorities dropped their objections. The future for the 12 Southampton workers in the firm’s Queen’s Terrace headquarters is now unclear, although
WORKERS from Hampshire have just put the finishing touches to £14m worth of refurbishment work for cruise giant Princess Cruises. It’s the end of a “massive” contract for 14-month-old Southampton ship outfitting firm Maritime Services Corporation
PINNACLE hope to reveal the structure of Saints’ new board this week. Lawyers are today starting the process of de-listing Southampton Leisure Holdings from the stock exchange. A new holding company will be set up, which will be privately
THANK goodness Lauren White is going to have the Insulin Pump. My husband has been having insulin injections for 43 years. He is now 78. On four injections a day we know all the problems diabetes bring. W We call it a silent illness but for children
I USED to buy Eco friendly washing up liquid in gallon containers from a man very much into conservation. He had the containers back, filled them with water and placed in his greenhouse. He said they warmed up during the day, the heat from which kept
THIS is a personal thank you to Pro-Dent Dental Surgery, St Edmunds Road, Shirley, Southampton for work carried out to save most of my teeth. I am grateful for every appointment and the gleaming smile to meet family and friends. God Bless you all. MRS
NOT so very long ago petrol went up yearly when the budget was announced. Can anybody please explain why, over the last six or seven months, petrol has been rising by a penny a week if not more! Do the petrol stations think we are all idiots and
THE new tower building planned for Southampton would be built on land that was originally salt marsh. We should copy the Italians and build it with poor foundations so that it gradually leans to one side. This clever idea gave Pisa its 'Wow' factor, together
WHY is everyone surprised at the news Mayflower Park could be developed. I wrote to Echo Letter Box about two years ago and warned the people of Southampton that development of Mayflower Park was imminent. I even suggested that someone in the legal profession
ON Wednesday reaching the cash desk with my shopping I realised my purse was missing. Naturally I thought the worst. My apology to all in the store for my thoughts. Enquiries made, I was told a man who didn't leave his name handed it in intact at the
WHEN an MP is asked about the expenses they claim and the answer is 'its within the rules', the next question to them should be 'who made the rules?'. They will have to reply 'We did'. N DARWOOD, Southampton.
AT long last Westminster is to get a deep clean concerning all politicians' expenses, but don't let it stop there as I also feel that local, district and county council perks should also be very closely looked at. And also all the unelected quangos whose
Re: Soapbox in Tuesday May 5th edition of Daily Echo. I PERSONALLY have never seen the charm of flying out to Africa to rough it for two or more weeks on safari to see, or not see, wild animals 'in the wild' with a chance of being attacked by lions,
SINCE my daughter was admitted to the Princess Ann Hospital we've had nothing but trouble parking. You're lucky if you get 100 cars over there now. What with staff parking. Also, they've lowered the time to park on the road to one hour instead of putting
WOW! The aerial performance by Transe Express and Walk the Plank brought a creative vibe to Southampton that I had almost given up waiting for. As well as being beautiful and exciting, it was inspiring to think that we can have events like this in our
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after a collision on a Hampshire road moments after leaving a race circuit. Police have not revealed details of other vehicles involved in the smash, at around 6.25pm yesterday, which killed the rider of a red Ducati
TAXPAYERS cash was spent on a scheme that lets groups of teachers go on fact-finding trips across Europe. Fair Oak Infant School is one Hampshire school which seized the opportunity to strengthen European ties by taking part in the Comenius
THE death of a man found lying in the River Itchen remains a mystery after a Southampton coroner recorded an open verdict. Allen Bowles, 52, was found in mudflats near Hazel Road in Woolston, and died from a severe head injury and drowning,
MILLVINA Dean, the last survivor of Titanic, died yesterday at the age of 97. Miss Dean was just nine weeks old when the historic liner sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg on her maiden transatlantic voyage from Southampton.
A PERVERT plagued women, including a 90-year-old, with obscene phone calls, a court heard. Anthony Manning made more than 100 sexually explicit calls for almost two years from December 2005. Manning, 41, of Station Road, Southampton,
JIMMY Adams has revealed his winter with the batting coach who rejuvenated Justin Langer’s career is a factor in his sparkling Twenty20 form. The left-hander is thriving in his new role as Michael Lumb’s opening partner in the Twenty20 Cup. Adams
PINTS were turned into pounds as punters at a Hampshire pub raised money for brave service personnel injured while serving their country. The Lapstone in Horton Heath hosted a special family fun day to raise hundreds of pounds for the Daily
FRUIT flies and a popular spice used in Indian cooking could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s, Southampton scientists are hoping to prove. The University of Southampton’s school of biological sciences plans to use the insects to study an
