WELL that’s the end of Saints in League One. Relief is the emotion I think the resounding majority of Saints fans feel now that we have won promotion back to the second tier. We’ve had some good times in this division. In fact, I’d go so far to
A FAMILY firm from Hampshire has won a lucrative contract to supply tiles to the exclusive public school where Kate Middleton was educated. Totton’s Clay and Slate Roofing Products run by Bob Turnball, 63, with his two sons, Ian, 33, and Matthew
IT was a day filled with breathtaking entertainment, an exclusive tour and food cooked by award-winning chefs. Five lucky Daily Echo readers and their guests got the chance to take a look around MSC Opera, as she arrived for her first season of cruises
The future of Southampton's historic ship, SS Shieldhall, which was in danger of being scrapped, has been safeguarded thanks to a handful of enthusiasts and the generosity of the public. Last year, Shieldhall was facing the breaker's yard, with a
A HAMPSHIRE college student who feared she was being stalked has been found dead. Emily Longley, 17, told friends on her social networking page: “Someone just called me. “They said ‘You don’t know me but I know everything about you’.
WITH bayonets fixed and colours flying, sailors from HMS Collingwood looked ready for action as they marched through Fareham. But they were simply exercising their rights through having the freedom of the borough. Hundreds of people gathered
POLICE are investigating the stabbing of a man in a Southampton park. As reported yesterday, a 53-year-old local man was attacked in Park Walk, near the entrance to East Park, yesterday at about 2.20pm. He was walking through East Park when he
NEW Forest Show bosses have dismissed fears that a late start to the school holidays could cost the event thousands of pounds in lost income. Schools across the county will not break up until July 27, which means children will be unable to attend the
A NIGHTCLUB closed early after a woman collapsed. Police and ambulance were called to Flares in Above Bar Street, Southampton, at around 12.15am yesterday. The woman was treated by South Central Ambulance staff and taken to Southampton General
TODAY is the last day companies can nominate themselves for a prestigious new industry award. The South Coast Business Awards, organised by the Daily Echo and Business Southampton, is looking for excellence in the fields of corporate social responsibility
A ROW has flared over claims that councillors broke the rules when they took a decision that cost taxpayers more than £70,000. Critics claim that a Hampshire town clerk was sacked by a three-man sub-committee that had no power to make the decision
FIREFIGHTERS were called after a baby was accidentally locked in a car. A crew from Eastleigh attended the incident in Westfield Crescent, Eastleigh, shortly before midday on Saturday, after the parents raised the alarm, but found they had
MANY fans fear they may have seen the last of Alex Chamberlain in a Saints shirt. But the winger, who sealed Saints’ final win of a memorable campaign with the third goal against Walsall, is thinking no further ahead than revelling in the promotion
SAINTS’ promotion-sealing win over Walsall had a special significance for Kelvin Davis. The goalkeeper was with Saints when they were relegated from the Championship in 2009 and has now helped them get back up. “These are amazing supporters
Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity are encouraging young people to get involved in this year’s British Red Cross Dance for Life project. In 2011, Dance for Life hopes to get over 5,000 young people supporting it at the 45 events taking place at theatres
AN ELDERLY man is in hospital this morning suffering from serious burns after a gas explosion in his kitchen. Firefighters were called to the home in Elson Road, Gosport, at 2.21am today, following the blast which blew out the windows of the
THE spring heatwave has led to the biggest and best quality English strawberry crop for 20 years, a Hampshire producer said today. A major supermarket has cut its foreign imports of strawberries by 50 per cent thanks to the glut of home-grown
A REGIONAL airline is to provide the first regular air travel link between Southampton and the French city of Dijon. Southampton Airport will be the launch venue for the three times a week service run by Eastern Airways that travels to Dijon
A HAMPSHIRE family that was dealt a double dose of heartache has become the face of a national campaign. The Davidsons from Sarisbury Green have been chosen to be the faces of Cystic Fibrosis Week to help other families come to terms with the
PARENTS have given an enthusiastic welcome to plans to create Hampshire’s first free school. Scores of people packed into a public meeting in Whiteley to hear from the group wanting to set up a new independent school in the town. The
ONE of the largest health trusts in the south has a new name. To mark the merger with Hampshire Community Healthcare, Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is now called Southern Health. The trust employs more than 7,200 staff in the region and
