The last time Michael Carberry played against Nottinghamshire he feared his England ambitions would not be realised. At Trent Bridge last August, Carberry was 86 not out and on course for a fifth hundred in six Championship matches when his
SHOPPERS have been evacuated from a Hampshire shopping centre after a fire alarm went off. Fire crews from St Mary's and Redbridge have been sent to WestQuay Shopping Centre in Southampton, following the emergency call shortly before 6pm. A spokeswoman
HEALTH chiefs have banned new admissions at a Hampshire hospital, sparking fears about its future. NHS bosses have blamed staff shortages for the sudden decision not to admit patients to Hythe Hospital. Now campaigners believe that the hopsital,
A GENUINE global phenomenon, this show has covered more miles than a trip to the moon and back on dozens of tours around the world since its humble beginnings back in 1994. Riverdance was of course the surprise hit during the interval of the Eurovision
In an overwhelmingly, male dominated world, where women were once considered bad luck, Sarah Breton is master of all she commands. Sarah is Britain’s first female captain of a British cruise ship and, while she is on board the Southampton based
THERE are few things as draining and disappointing as an awkward date. That awful feeling a couple of minutes in when you realise you have nothing to say to each other and are going to have to stagger through clunky conversation until a suitable amount
CAN you believe it, my little boy is three this week. I surely can’t. I have no idea where the time has gone. I am sure it was only yesterday I was wandering around in the supermarket looking more than slightly dishevelled with yesterday’s tracksuit
LPG-fuelled cars have scored their first victories in the history of the British Touring Car Championship. The liquid petroleum gas-fuelled Team Aon Ford Focus racers of Tom Chilton and Tom Onslow-Cole took a brace of wins at a very wet Brands
AN out-of-work lorry driver in the grip of heroin threatened to chop off his father’s head with an axe unless he was given money to feed his escalating habit. Nicholas Wood, 35, made repeated demands for cash from his beleaguered father before
SOME people may think that managers, especially the ones finishing in midtable, will be saying ‘roll on the next couple of weeks so we can put our feet up on a beach somewhere for a month or two’. But that is far from the truth. In many ways
WE are all hurting after our poor start to the season, but are working very hard to turn results around. It is not an easy time at the moment but this is when we have to stand up and be counted. To begin the season with five successive defeats is very
“DEVASTATED”. That’s how one staff member felt after being told about the three-month closure at Hythe Hospital. “Everybody is devastated. The meeting where we were told about the plans came completely out of the blue. “There were several
SAINTS have been linked with Sunderland striker Roy O’Donovan. Alan Pardew revealed after the weekend defeat at Gillingham that he would be stepping up his efforts to sign a new striker in the summer. The Saints boss was unhappy at how
THE sea cadet who died after falling from the rigging on a training vessel has been described as 'a wonderful son and grandson.' The teenager has been named as 14-year-old Jonathan Martin from Ashford, in Kent. He was one of a number
Labour and Liberal Democrats in the south are counting on a recent surge in support for Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg to help them hold off an advancing Conservative Party at Thursday’s general election. The Tories had been considered a threat
The trailer from a lorry crashed into a block of flats in Southampton today causing traffic chaos on a main route into the city. It comes after a lorry and trailer became separated and the trailer crashed into a block of flats in Bitterne Road
Championed by Eric Clapton and praised by B.B. King, Joe Bonamassa is currently being hailed as the hottest blues rock guitarist on the planet, and what’s more, he’s coming to the UK to perform four special concerts in May. Voted Breakthrough Artist
VOTERS do not want the state to “walk away’’ from public services and leave them to “sink or swim’’, Southampton Itchen MP and Communities Secretary John Denham said. He defended Labour’s imposition of targets alongside investment but said
The Mayflower will host an all-star tribute evening in aid of the James Shears and Alan Bannon Memorial Fund next month. The show, scheduled for June 16, is the brainchild of Jim Davidson. The comic will present the evening, which will also
WINCHESTER’s Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running street theatre festival, will take place between July 1 and 4 this summer. Now even bigger and better than last year, Hat Fair 2010 presents innovative outdoor performances, exciting small-scale shows
THE showcase jazz event of the year will take place at Ventnor Botanic Gardens on the Isle of Wight on May 22. Headlined by award-winning jazz legend Courtney Pine, Jazz in the Meadow kicks off with young saxophone prodigy Benedict Branca. It continues
I’VE read a lot about the horrors of the Spanish Civil War but this is the first time I’ve seen a play that tries to capture the tragedy of the vicious fighting that tore the country apart. Antonito is a young boy growing up in Andalucia in southern
THE rain clouds were just kept at bay as visitors enjoyed the annual May Day fair at Cranbury Park at Otterbourne, near Winchester. The property, kindly made available by Major and Mrs Nigel Chamberlayne-MacDonald, opened its gates for the event yesterday
HAMBLE lifeboat crews were called out to five separate incidents over the holiday weekend. The first incident happened on Saturday lunchtime when a lifeboat helped free a yacht with a fouled propeller off Lepe spit. At 1pm on Sunday a crew were despatched
A FUNDRAISING breakfast with a talk from record-breaking disabled sailor Geoff Holt will be held at The Royal Southampton Yacht Club on May 25. Organised by The Rose Road Association, the event will mark the launch of the charity’s Children’s Appeal-What
ONE of Southampton’s best-loved buildings gets a new lease of life today, thanks in part to the UK’s largest landowner. When the shutters went up in front of the Dolphin Hotel after it collapsed almost exactly a year ago with debts of nearly £5m and
THREE first-time voters today tackle three leading candidates from the main parties in a Daily Echo general election video special. Students Ally MacMillan, 20, Nick Whithers, 19, and working mum Karmel Smith, 23, put the questions that matter
A HAMPSHIRE man will stand trial today charged with the murder of Saints steward Paula Poolton. Roger Kearney, 56, of Painswick Close, Park Gate, will appear at Winchester Crown Court this morning for the start of the three-week murder trial
IT is a modern masterpiece making screen siren Marilyn Monroe look sweet enough to eat. But if you look close enough you will see the mosaic is made up of thousands of jelly beans. Artist Malcolm West, who has also created portraits of the Queen,
THE Southampton based boss of accounting giant Grant Thornton’s south coast operation has stunned industry watchers by switching to rival firm RSM Tenon. Duncan Swift, formerly managing partner of the landmark Southampton office, said he saw “huge
ENTRIES are now flooding in for the Daily Echo-backed Hampshire Business Awards. In the second of our series of profiles of each of the three categories, we speak to The Royal Bank of Scotland’s Dan Salanson about the RBS Management Team of the Year
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: LA Surprise, roro, 0615, 105; Saga Pearl II, passenger, 0630, 101; Triton Leader, vehicle, 0630, 34/35; Stavros S Niarchos, 1100, 25; Beluga Frequency, cargo, 1500, 31 Today’s principal Southampton sailings
AN investigation is underway today after a fire broke out next to exposed gas pipes in a Hampshire town. Fire crews were called at around 11.30pm last night amid reports of flames coming from a portable cabin near a gas mains excavation site
AN UNSUNG Hampshire hero could be whisked off on a luxury yacht to be treated like a celebrity. The Daily Echo is on the lookout for truly worthy members of the community to be rewarded with a millionaire trip of a lifetime for Cruise The Coast
PREDICTING when devastating landslides are going to happen could be possible by the end of the year thanks to a team of Hampshire scientists. Hundreds of lives are lost around the world every year because of sudden erosion slips, while millions of people
SAINTS this morning declined to comment on a national newspaper report claiming Alan Pardew is fighting to hold onto his job. Pardew has won widespread praise from fans and former Saints players in recent months for injecting some feelgood
100,000 views in its first week on YouTube, John Lewis have done it again with their brilliant new TV ad showing the store playing its part in our lives from cradle to grave (well, old age). It sometimes seems that the nation's favourite retailer
AFTER a gap of two years a major fundraising event is set to return to a Hampshire town. Ringwood’s Market Place will be the venue for the 2010 pedal car spectacle, which hopes to raise £30,000 for charity on July 11. Thousands are expected
WINCHESTER civic chiefs are telling the public how it will tackle antisocial behaviour. The Winchester Community Safety Partnership (WCSP) has launched a document outlining its minimum standards for dealing with yobbish behaviour. It sets out
THE FAMILY of a Hampshire student who fell seven storeys from a hotel in Mexico say they will have to sell their house to meet the cost of huge medical bills. Philip Pain, pictured, 20, was flown back to the UK for surgery to save his injured leg
A PENSIONER who went to a Second World War evacuees’ reunion with her two sisters died in a car accident on a dual carriageway just hours later, an inquest heard. Joyce Watson, from New Zealand was visiting her family, from Salisbury, in the UK
A JUDGE showed mercy towards a seriously ill defendant who specifically left hospital for his court hearing. Mark Berrow, 49, who admitted harbouring more than £23,000 in fake currency, went straight back to his ward after receiving 12 months’
