FROM Spike Island to The Boney, the weird and wonderful nicknames for Southampton’s streets and buildings are being compiled into an “alternative gazetteer” of Britain. To celebrate English Language Day, Ordnance Survey and Winchester based charity
A DOG walker lay injured through the night on a Hampshire cliff ledge after falling 60ft. The 64-year-old man was stranded for more than 12 hours with leg and chest injuries before rescuers were alerted. They described it as “miraculous
THE man who has gone missing after taking part in a clinical trial for malaria has been caught on CCTV. Detectives investigating the disappearance of Southampton man Matthew Lloyd have today released a picture of a confirmed sighting of him
SOUTHAMPTON’S Max Brick says he has no problems being in the shadow of diving partner and golden boy Tom Daley – providing they keep winning medals together. Brick and Daley took Commonwealth gold together in the 10m synchronised platform event
NIGEL Adkins takes rejuvenated Saints to Huddersfield this weekend having enjoyed one of the most impressive starts to a managerial career at the club. In fact, only one post-war manager has enjoyed a better record in their first six games
THE public can have their say on plans to build a giant wind farm the size of Anglesey off the Hampshire coast. Dutch-based Eneco is staging an exhibition of its proposal to construct 200 wind turbines rising 145 metres from the water west
THE autumn harvest was celebrated in the New Forest with children from some nine local schools. Two hundred and seventy children and their parents from schools in Southampton and the New Forest descended on Sandy Balls Holiday Park in Fordingbridge for
Shoppers at Hampshire Farmers’ Markets are able to vote for their favourite producer in the annual HFM Producer Awards 2010. Shoppers will be able to vote for the Best Product, Best Personality, Best Dressed Stall and Best Food To Go. Voting forms
MUCH like Doctor Who’s Tardis, I was taken aback how large this Winchester restaurant was after stepping inside. It was a Sunday evening and my girlfriend and I wanted to try out some Indian dishes at Rimjhims on City Road. It’s modern, contemporary
A FORMER longstanding member of the Daily Echo staff has died. Stella Clark from Ticonder-oga Gardens, Weston, worked at the paper for over 30 years. She ran the subscriptions department during the 60s and 70s and during her retirement gave tours
A GRIEVING wife has today paid tribute to a Hampshire motorcyclist who was killed in a collision with a tractor. Jackie McIndoe described her husband Jimi as “one of a kind” with a “cheeky smile that lit up a room”. The 37-year-old,
EIGHT people have been arrested in connection with a string of break-ins at shops across Hampshire. This morning, officers arrested six men and two youths following the execution of a number of search warrants across Southampton. Led
A MOTORCYCLIST has been banned from the roads after being caught on camera performing a dangerous wheelie at 50mph. Risking his life, as well as the lives of others, Christopher Gelpi recklessly sped down a busy dual carriageway while executing
ESSENTIAL changes to guarantee the future of high-quality learning and research, or a dangerous step towards a divided two-tier higher education system. Hampshire’s universities have given a mixed reaction to the news that they are likely to
PROMOTED as a tribute to the music of Golden Globe-winning television show Glee and other gleeful tunes, this show did exactly what it said on the tin. It ticked all the boxes with its devotees, but anyone expecting the full theatrical package of elaborate
EVERYTHING that could go wrong, did go wrong. Basil is completely manic, Sybil utterly domineering and Manuel, just a languid, impaired train wreck. And the show was all the better for every one of their mishaps. It was wonderful, controlled chaos
EAST End rapper Plan B has come a long way since his first gritty hip hop album Who Needs Actions When You’ve Got Words. The grimy lyricism laced with violence is still there, but now it’s layered beneath Motown and Blues that suit the star’s incredibly
A heart-rending postcard written on Titanic by a third-class passenger who died along with all nine members of her family has emerged after nearly 100 years. The card was posted by Eliza Johnston to her father-in-law William Johnston and describes
TENANTS facing eviction from their warden assisted housing have vowed to fight the council over its decision to sell the site to a developer. Angry residents in Southampton have formed a battle group to take on the council in an attempt save
Romsey Carnival officials are setting the wheels in motion for next month’s winter parade. There are a series of fundraising events and the Winter Carnival season begins with a tea dance at Romsey’s Crosfield Hall on November 17 at 2pm. Entry
A NEW crane worth £3m is set to give the booming bulks business a lift at Southampton docks. It’s the latest expansion of Solent Stevedores’ 20-year agreement with port owner ABP, which was extended two years ago to include the King George
THE New Forest has been named in the top ten least affordable places in the South East to buy a home. Figures released today reveal how residents have to part with 14 times a typical income to buy an average priced property in the sought-after
PROTESTERS are celebrating after Winchester city councillors narrowly threw out controversial plans to build a log cabin holiday village in an ancient woodland. The proposed development of 98 cabins in Black Wood, near Micheldever Station
No spark. No creativity. No goals. Just a final flurry of boos. Same old England really as Fabio Capello's side spluttered to a goalless draw against little Montenegro at Wembley. True, Montenegro were stubborn. They denied England rhythm
BARRY Mason’s spectacular sixth-minute strike clinched unbeaten Sholing a 1-0 home victory over Hungerford Town in the Zamaretto South & West last night. It was a match the visitors dominated for long spells – and yet Dave Diaper’s Boatmen
MORGAN Schneiderlin gave his international future a huge boost by scoring for France Under-21s last night. The Saints midfielder found the net for Erick Mombaerts’ side in a friendly against Denmark, in Aalborg. Schneiderlin’s goal towards the end
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: Morning Camilla, roro, 0600, 34/35; Arcadia, passenger, 0615, 106; Grande Colonia, vehicle, 0930, 102; NYK Adonis, container, 1015, 204; Huelin Dispatch, cargo, am, 4; MOL Charisma, container, 1400, 206; Arklow
HAMPSHIRE stars won two more Commonwealth Games medals this morning. Southampton-born Alex Danson helped England’s women hockey team to a bronze medal while New Forest resident Julia Shaw was third in the women’s cycling time trial in India
The first of the Chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days were being winched to fresh air and freedom today amid cheers from their families and countrymen. Florencio Avalos, 31, wearing a helmet and sunglasses to protect him from the
BARRY Mason’s spectacular sixth-minute strike clinched unbeaten Sholing a 1-0 home victory over Hungerford Town in the Zamaretto South & West last night. It was a match the visitors dominated for long spells – and yet Dave Diaper’s Boatmen hit the
EASTLEIGH now know that they will travel to Blue Square Bet South rivals Woking in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round on Saturday week (October 23). Having snatched a last-gasp draw at Brentwood Town on Saturday, Graham Baker’s Cards had to wait until
Southampton-born businesswoman Joy Stefanicki hits our screens again tonight in the second episode of The Apprentice. Joy who is a former pupil of Sherborne House school in Chandler’s Ford, was on the winning side in the last task when the candidates
FROM Weston Shore to Gosport, all along the Waterside to Calshot and across the northern coast of the Isle of Wight, they came to watch Southampton’s latest cruise ship set off on her maiden voyage. Thousands of people lined Southampton
Hampshire Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock was questioned by police following allegations of improper behaviour towards a female constituent. In a statement on his website, the Portsmouth South MP said he had gone voluntarily to a police station last
A 32-YEAR-old man is being treated for a broken jaw in Southampton General Hospital after allegedly being assaulted in Milford. Police say the incident happened near the Zaika Indian restaurant in the High Street. Anyone with information should call
MEON Valley MP George Hollingbery is calling on Hampshire’s top cop for more to be done to tackle “serious levels of rural crime”. He said farmers were angry about expensive machinery being regularly stolen and said the theft of hay, which has recently
MEDIATION talks in a bid to solve a bitter row over plans to close two libraries in Southampton and replace librarians with volunteers will continue at the end of the month. Unison, which represents nine out of ten library staff, said no agreement
A Southampton mum who reported to the Daily Echo she’d been hounded out of her home, has found a place to live. Sam Chappell, 22, says she had to leave her housing association property in Ashurst Close, Weston, because of a campaign of threats and vandalism
