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  • Saints sack manager Pellegrino

    Saints have sacked manager Mauricio Pellegrino. The club have axed the Argentinian tonight after a run of just one win in 17 Premier League games, which has left Saints just outside of the relegation zone. Saints have now begun the search for

  • Port of Southampton sees its biggest container ship yet

    THEY just keep getting bigger. Southampton welcomed the largest container ship yet this weekend with the arrival of the CMA CGM Antoine De Saint Exupery. The 400m long, 59m wide vessel is one of the world’s most fuel efficient and environmentally

  • CAMERA CLUB: Snow... What snow?

    THE snow seems little more than a distant memory despite the county being blanketed in the white stuff only just over a week ago.Looking through the Daily Echo Camera Club it appears spring is certainly here as the photographers’ attention turns away

  • Nine half marathons in nine weeks for Mayflower's Robin

    MAYFLOWER Theatre’s press and marketing manager Robin Hancox has set himself a big challenge.He aims to do nine half marathon distances in nine weeks finishing with Southampton half marathon on Sunday April 22. Robin is completing ‘9 in 9 for Mayflower

  • PHOTOS: £15,000 raised as Abby's Heroes dance returns

    THE second Abby’s Heroes Dinner Dance,which took place at the Ageas Bowl, was attended by 230 and raised more than £15,000.The charity was set by Sally and David Randall in memory of their daughter Abby who died, aged 11, of a rare form of bone cancer

  • Burst pipe is heartbreaking for village football team

    BRAISHFIELD Football Club are still counting the cost of ‘The Beast From The East.’ The Southampton Saturday League Premier Division outfit suffered serious damage to their clubhouse when blizzard-like conditions swept in from Siberia. A frozen

  • "Ruthless" Andover Town are too good for the champions

    SYDENHAMS Premier Division leaders Andover Town are back on track after sliding down the slippery slope of two straight league defeats. Having lost to AFC Portchester and title rivals Blackfield & Langley, Town took their frustrations out on

  • Alresford Town climb back into the Wessex top-five

    ALRESFORD Town climbed back into the Sydenhams Premier Division top five with a 3-2 victory at Cowes Sports. The Islanders drew first blood with good work from Gareth Bricknell setting up John McKie to score. But, come half-time, Alresford were

  • Rugby Union: Eastleigh's spirit goes unrewarded

    London 2 South-West EASTLEIGH are still anchored to the bottom of London 2 South West – but it is not for the want of trying. The battling Bishopstoke Road side have shown their fighting spirit in recent games and it was no different against

  • Rugby Union: Title hopes dented as Romsey are beaten

    Snows Group Hampshire 2 ROMSEY’S Hampshire 2 title hopes took a huge dent as they lost out to fierce rivals Farnborough. The north Hampshire side made themselves favourites to finish the campaign top of the table as they won the ill-tempered

  • Brace yourselves! It's Wort at the double again for Sholing

    SHOLING made it six wins in a row with a dominant 3-0 victory over Shaftesbury at the Universal Stadium on Saturday Jake Hoole was the star of the show, picking up the Snows Toyota man-of-the-match award. But it was two Sholing stalwarts –

  • QK Southampton launch search for new manager

    HAMPSHIRE Premier League outfit QK Southampton have launched the search for a new manager following Mark Sainsbury’s resignation. Former Downton boss Nigel Green has taken over on a caretaker basis for the rest of the season, assisted by Dean Phillips

  • Lower Than Atlantis announce UK tour

    LOWER Than Atlantis have announced a massive 22 date tour across the UK, visiting every possible corner and heading to towns they have never performed in previously, including a date at the Engine Rooms, Southampton on Thursday April 12. The tour follows

  • A tribute to Ken Dodd

    By Hilary Porter IT was a day many of us could never imagine – the day the curtain finally fell on the Ken Dodd Happiness Show. The self-confessed “stage struck” comic entertainer famed for five-hour marathon shows, had vowed he would never

  • Arranging a tribute to medieval Bible

    TICKETS are now on sale for Winchester Cathedral’s annual Flower Festival. Illumination: A Festival of Flowers runs from September 5-9, with a stunning array of flower arrangements inspired by the Winchester Bible, the largest and finest surviving 12th-century

  • Pupil inspired by friend's hair loss shaves off locks

    MAISIE Lake wanted to highlight a cause close to her heart.Her friend Anna Robinson lost her hair through alopecia aged around 13 and wears a wig.So Maisie set out to raise money for Alopecia UK by having most of her own long brown locks lopped off.Guy

  • Woman suffers head injuries after being hit by boom on yacht

    A WOMAN has suffered head injuries after being hit by the boom of a sailing boat.The incident happened in the Solent near Browndown and the yacht issued a mayday call at about 1pm on Sunday.Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS) was called

  • PHOTOS: When Southampton was a leading wine port

    FOLLOWING their Conquest in 1066 the Normans realised that Southampton was ideally located for trade with Northern France and many French merchants settled in Southampton which became a leading wine port. At the same time merchants from Flanders dominated

  • Top tips for getting in shape ahead of the Southampton Marathon

    AS THOUSANDS prepare to get out on to the streets of the city and take on the ABP Southampton Marathon, organisers have released a guide of their top training tips.When the runners line up on April 22, they will be hoping that all their training has paid

  • READER LETTER: Double standards over Lidl plans

    WITH regard to the planning permission for the new Lidl store on the site of the former police station in Shirley, I read with interest that Southampton planners are looking to refuse permission for the building of this store.I respectfully suggest that

  • Family could sue care home over fatal infection

    THE family of a man who died from suspected legionnaires’ disease are considering legal action against the care home in a bid to find out how he contracted the lethal illness.Andy Clegg died in November 2017 nearly two weeks after he was admitted to Salisbury

  • Hampshire council to bring in brown bins for garden waste

    RESIDENTS will be charged for their garden waste to be collected after a Hampshire council waste collection system will undergo an overhaul next year. Gosport Borough Council is introducing brown wheelie bins to collect garden waste once a fortnight in

  • THE VERDICT: Players cannot avoid the blame

    Saints’ players need to realise how lucky they are and get on with the job in hand. This isn’t a footballer bashing type of point being made. It’s not their fault they happen to be good at kicking a ball around and society awards that so disproportionately

  • Eleven medals for Eastleigh students

    EASTLEIGH students scooped several awards at a major competition.Eastleigh College hospitality and catering students competed in the UK’s largest chef competition and won 11 medals including the desired gold.The aspiring chefs competed against apprentices

  • The early bird does more than just catch the worm

    As the frosty veneer of winter melts away and the earth mellows for spring, you may notice little flurries of activity around your garden. Perhaps a robin is collecting leaves, or a song thrush is searching for a suitable place to settle. A small number

  • Green scheme to tackle Southampton's dirty air

    CIVIC chiefs, environment bosses and volunteers teamed up this week to mark the launch of a new green awareness scheme.The group took to the streets of Southampton to roll out the city council’s new ‘No-Idling’ campaign.Launched on Tuesday, the campaign

  • Badger cull could be coming to Hampshire

    THE slaughter of thousands of badgers in Hampshire is being planned for the first time as part of a controversial extension of the cull to curb the spread of TB in cattle.The news has enraged animal campaigners and the highly emotive issue is set to divide

  • Sorry Saints not broken yet

    SAINTS looked completely lost and crushed after their shocking 3-0 Premier League defeat to Newcastle but Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is adamant the bigger picture isn’t broken. A snapshot of Saints’ predicament after the Magpies loss is unchanged, with