A COMPANY specialising in creating high-tech new materials that was founded on technology from Southampton Uni-versity has increased turnover by 37 per cent in the first half of its second year as a public company. Ilika plc, which offers
ALL children who had not been given a place at Southampton primary schools are now attending classes – two months after term started. As reported by the Daily Echo last month, some 75 youngsters had been left waiting for places at infant, junior
UNION members have rejected a final proposal to end six months of industrial action in Southampton over council pay cuts. The union members voted three to two to reject the proposal to lift around half the workforce from wage cuts of two to
ONE million pounds worth of Premium Bond prizes are lying unclaimed in Hampshire, the Daily Echo can reveal. National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has launched a nationwide hunt for winners of more than 740,000 unclaimed prizes worth in excess
AN elderly woman died when the car in which she was travelling crashed into the back of a stationary lorry, jurors heard. The pensioner accused of causing her death claims he was blinded by the sun and didn’t realise the vehicle was there until
ANTI-cuts campaigners last night staged a protest against Tory plans to slash costs by a quarter at Southampton City Council. The Southampton Anti- Cuts Union and Southampton Shop Stewards Network warned there was no way that the council could
THE quality of school meals that are now enjoyed by record numbers of Hampshire schoolchildren has always been a priority for Hampshire County Council Catering Services, HC3S. I was therefore disappointed to have a Daily Echo article from Monday
AARGH! Our rotten ruling elite! Just four months after the cheque guarantee scheme was scrapped, they are bringing it back because of public anger! Had they not realized a significant part of the UK economy hinges on cheques? Did they not care? But
I DRIVE my horses early on Sunday mornings to avoid the build-up of traffic, but even doing so I still have impatient drivers who will drive their vehicles too close, too fast and try to force me off the road. Do they not understand the dangers of
CONGRATULATIONS to the families who belatedly had names added to the war memorial in Southampton, pictured left. This led me to think of something I have often wondered about. Do those who die of their wounds after the war is over, get on the memorials
I KNOW this is an old chestnut, but with a new year beckoning, isn’t it about time that Southampton City Council considered scrapping the tolls on the Itchen Bridge? I know the arguments “it was never promised in 1977,” “it would take an Act
VANDALS have destroyed a flower display outside a Southampton funeral directors. They targeted Waters and Son Independent Funeral Directors Ltd, in Spring Road, Sholing, overnight on Sunday, ripping out flowers from two of the six wooden barrels
A GANG of burglars who targeted dozens of secluded houses in Hampshire have been jailed. The raiders picked 27 targets and struck when the properties were empty, often with the owners away on holiday, Winchester Crown Court heard. They netted
A HAMPSHIRE pensioner has not been seen for over a week, prompting fears for her safety. Mavis Hardy, 77, was last seen by friends on Sunday, November 13, in her home town of Fordingbridge. She is known to be frail and suffering form
An airline pilot told an inquest today how he flew over the wreckage site where a light aircraft flown by his father and brother had crashed during a race. Michael Willis, 73, of Stanmore, Middlesex, and 42-year-old James Willis, of Hillingdon
FORMER Saints keeper Tim Flowers has been installed as caretaker manager at Northampton. The 44-year-old, who was working as a goalkeeping coach at Sixfields, takes over from David Lee, who has parted company with the League Two club. Lee had initially
The party season has arrived and it’s that time of year again when we need to be pampered and primed for all those after work drinks and festive parties coming up! If you find yourself short for time and rushing to get ready at your desk, have no fear
A YOUNG boy was shoved off his bike and threatened with a knife before a gang stole it in a callous robbery. The 12-year-old victim was riding home through the woods off Warren Avenue in Southampton when he was subjected to the ordeal and now police
TWO Southampton FC fans have been charged with making homophobic chants during a home game against Brighton at St Mary’s on Saturday. Rikesh Sakaaria, 28, from Bassett Avenue, in Bassett, Southampton, and Joseph Webb, 26, from Field Close, Romsey
POLICE are hunting a knifeman who burst into a fish and chip shop in San Diego Road, Gosport, and ordered the 50-year-old server to empty the till. However, the shop worker refused and called out for a colleague in the back of the shop to call
The mother of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan today paid tribute to her son, describing him as a ''fun-loving action man'' who was ''so proud to be a soldier''. Private Thomas Lake, from the Hampshire-based 1st Battalion The Princess
SHANE Thomas had been in love with the same girl since he was nine. Helen Peel left him in April after six years and he was devastated. But the 23-year-old from the New Forest didn’t get even – he got fit! Shane admits that he
THIS hilarious farce follows the antics of the four redoubtable ladies of The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild attempting to present Murder at Checkmate Manor, an ambiguous and cunning Agatha Christie-style drawing room murder
TERRIFIED residents were confronted by a gang of masked men who forced their way into a Southampton block of flats. The robbers tore through Havelock Chambers, in Queens Terrace, breaking down the doors of three apartments and beating up occupants
CONSENT for an £80m upgrade of Southampton’s container port has been withdrawn for reassessment after legal action from its largest UK rival, the Daily Echo has learned. Hutchinson Ports, which owns Felixstowe Port, applied for a judicial
TROJANS were outplayed by a strong and talented Basingstoke side in their London 1 South Hampshire derby at the weekend. There was not much to choose between the sides in a recent cup tie but ’Stoke stepped up a gear to claim the league clash
SAM Hutsby is going back to where it all began in a bid to regain his place among golf’s elite. The Hampshire ace will head to qualifying school next month to fight for his European Tour card. And he will do so with his best friend and
EASTLEIGH chairman Paul Murray has revealed the club have received a confirmed offer of investment. The Spitfires said this morning that three parties had enquired in the last week about investing in the company Eastleigh Football Club Ltd. One
MORE than 30,000 homes in Southampton have now had meters installed in a bid to save enough water to more than fill Wembley Stadium three times over every week. This comes as the first 100,000 water meters have been fitted under Southern Water
A TEENAGER has been arrested by detectives investigating a stabbing in a Southampton street. Police yesterday detained a 17-year-old boy in connection with the incident in Gordon Avenue, Portswood, on Friday evening. The youth, who is from Greater London
POLICE have dropped a murder investigation against a Hampshire man arrested earlier this year. A 58-year-old from Winchester was arrested in August on suspicion of murdering Stuart Horsman, a 34-year-old who died on August 3. Police
AN elderly woman has had her handbag stolen from her Fareham home. The 95-year-old victim woke to find her house had been broken into overnight and her bag, which contained £50 cash, was missing. Anyone with information about the break in, which happened
Saints are interested in signing Coventry striker Lukas Jutkiewicz before the loan window closes on Thursday. The 22-year-old, who scored for the Sky Blues against Saints when the sides met at the Ricoh Arena earlier in the month, could join
A WOMAN motorist was treated by paramedics after her car ended up on its side following an accident in Linford Road, Poulner. Fire crews from Ringwood and Burley made the scene safe.
