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  • Cork leads by example at Headingley

    Yorkshire came up against a defiant Dominic Cork who belied his 39 years with another energetic bowling display on the third day of the LV= County Championship match with Hampshire at Headingley. Having enjoyed a return of five for 75 in the first

  • Echo man puts craziness into new mini-golf course

    IT probably won't be chosen to host the Open Championship any time soon. With a golfing handicap closer to my own age I've become accustomed to pitting my pre-round jitters against 300 yards of narrow fairway, lined by thick rough and unforgiving

  • "Not so crazy" mini-golf opens in city park

    It has been dubbed the “not so crazy” golf course. The new 18-hole attraction in Southampton’s East Park opens today, without a windmill or a lighthouse in sight. Instead of the usual variety of wacky objects, players will be able to

  • Flahavan one of ten released by Pompey

    Former Saints youngster Darryl Flahavan is one of ten out of contract players released by Portsmouth. Flahavan, 32, began his career at Saints but left for Southend without a first team appearance to his name. He now finds himself searching for a new

  • Gang try to steal 30 sailing masts

    POLICE are looking for a gang who tried to steal more than 30 sailing masts. The haul would have been worth several thousand pound. Residents at Westfield Common, Hamble, were woken up by noises in the early hours of the morning and

  • Benefit staff facing axe

    GOVERNMENT offices in a Hampshire town are being axed as part of a national cost-cutting drive that could result in the loss of 2,400 posts. The benefit-processing centre in Totton is expected to shut within the next 12 months. However, the Department

  • Wrongful imprisonment man spared new jail term

    A MAN freed after 27 years of wrongful imprisonment for the rape and murder of a Southampton woman has been spared a further jail term for sexually assaulting a young woman. Sean Hodgson was released in 2009 after having his conviction for

  • Man denies murdering Hampshire grandmother

    A MAN this morning denied murdering a Hampshire grandmother by bludgeoning her to death with a rolling pin. Georgina Edmonds, 77, suffered multiple wounds inflicted by the weapon as well as a knife and was found dead on the kitchen floor of her Brambridge

  • Two-for-one day at the races offer

    THEY’RE under starter’s orders, and now you can enjoy one of the most popular race days of the season – thanks to the Daily Echo. We are sponsoring a day of races at the world-famous Goodwood Racecourse in West Sussex and we want as many readers

  • Ex-Saint Jones relishing underdog tag

    FORMER Saints striker Kenwyne Jones is pleased Stoke will go into their “momentous” FA Cup final as underdogs. The Trinidad & Tobago star is set to lead the line for the Potters against favourites Manchester City at Wembley tomorrow.

  • 10 family tickets to Bournemouth Oceanarium to be won!

    ‘Otterly’ brilliant chance to win! Two Oriental small clawed otters have been introduced into a luxurious new enclosure, ‘Otter Oasis’, at the award-winning Oceanarium in Bournemouth. The exhibit is the attraction’s first-ever mammal display, creating

  • Former Saint wants end to FA Cup nightmare

    EX-SAINTS midfielder Rory Delap is set to put his 2003 FA Cup final misery behind him tomorrow. Delap, who remains Saints’ most expensive ever signing at £4m a decade ago, was a key part of Gordon Strachan’s squad that made it to the Millennium

  • Brenda bags £43,000 in Daily Echo Find the Ball

    A LUCKY pensioner who loves entering competitions is “in shock” after winning £43,000 jackpot in the Daily Echo’s Find the Ball contest. Brenda Fieldhouse, 77, is over the moon after beating thousands of entries to win the star prize after

  • Charity match for Jay

    THE local non-League community will be coming together tomorrow to raise money for their good friend Jay Young. The popular 22-year-old former AFC Totton and Brockenhurst player was left paralysed from the neck down while rehearsing for an

  • Fire crew attend kitchen blaze

    Fire fighters were called to a Southampton block of flats last night, after a woman fell asleep while cooking her dinner. The pan she had left on the hob at the flat in Telephone House, Briton St, caught fire and crew from St Mary’s fire station had

  • MP joins fight for sacked station master

    RAIL chiefs are being urged to think again over their decision to sack an award-winning employee with an “outstanding” record. A Hampshire MP has written to the head of South West Trains following a public outcry over the dismissal of Lymington

  • Vince Cable to open new passenger terminal

    A new international passenger terminal at was due to be officially opened today in Hampshire by business Secretary Vince Cable. The new building at Portsmouth is part of a £16.5 million investment in new passenger facilities at the south coast