A HAMPSHIRE group has been awarded a hefty grant to support outreach work. Live Theatre Winchester Trust applied for a grant of £30,000 so it could support community activity and outreach programmes to engage with a wider diversity of Hampshire
The following cases were heard at West Hampshire Magistrates Court on May 8, 2018. ALAN ALBERT CASTLE, 43, of Victoria Road, Woolston, pleaded guilty to drink driving. Banned from driving for 12 months. Fined £374, ordered to pay £37 victim surcharge
A ROW over plans for a new 'green gas mill' look to have been reignited after developers lodged a bid to change some of the planning conditions. The controversial power plant is set to be built in near Winchester after being given the green light
SAINTS have opened negotiations with Mark Hughes and are hoping to confirm him as the club’s permanent manager before the end of the week. Hughes is the club’s overwhelming favourite to take the job having come in for the final eight Premier League
PETERFIELD Town’s vice-chairman Graeme Moir has stepped down after 11 years with the Sydenhams Wessex League club. During his long association with the Love Lane outfit, Moir has served as both chairman and vice-chairman, but has decided enough
FOR one night only, relive the extraordinary achievement and sacrifices made during the famous World War Two raid on Germany with a live screening of The Dam Busters at Showcase Cinema de Lux Southampton. Commemorate the 75th anniversary of the
DO you have plans to get your body ready for the summer? Banning chocolate, hitting the gym hard, or fake tanning, perhaps? Body coach Vie Portland has another suggestion – how about learning to love the body you already have? Vie, who
A MAN was caught driving a pregnant woman while more than three times the drink drive limit. When Marius Dogaru, of Kildare Close, Bordon, was tested by officers on Warren Crescent, Southampton, he was found to have 123mg of alcohol in 100ml of
IN A shock move, Portsmouth City Council will now be run by Lib Dem leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson after four years of Tory leadership. The shake-up came after Tory Cllr Donna Jones stood down in order to let the council take a vote. Cllr Jones cited
Jos Buttler has made a surprise return to England's Test squad at the expense of Hampshire captain James Vince. England's new national selector Ed Smith announced a 12-man squad on Tuesday to face Pakistan at Lord's next week, in which there is
CHILDREN from Sholing Junior School helped open the new Co-op store in Itchen. The new store, on Spring Road, replaces the previous location on Wodehouse Road and features an in-store bakery, hot food, Costa Coffee and self-service tills as part
POLICE are hunting a man after tools were stolen from a van in Droxford. Hampshire Constabulary want to speak to the man following the incident on Union Lane, between 11.20pm and 11.30pm on May 8. While the offenders were removing tools from
A FAST food bakery and coffee shop have unveiled new plans to build a drive-thru in Gosport. Greggs and Starbucks are aiming to build two drive-thrus at Gosport Leisure Park, on Forest Way, and submitted its intentions to Gosport Borough Council
SOUTHAMPTON'S annual family-friend festival to support environmental issues is back this month. The Hobbit, on Bevois Valley Road, will host Eco Festival, an event designed to promote awareness of the environment and sustainable living. A plethora
A PUBLIC showcase was held which gave residents the chance to take a look at plans for a major revamp of Winchester city centre.Officially known as the Central Winchester Regeneration project (CWR), plans for the Silver Hill 2 scheme aim to create a vibrant
A HUNT has been launched after golf clubs and equipment worth £50,000 were stolen from a shop. The burglary happened between 9pm and 10pm on Friday, May 11, at American Golf in Chestnut Avenue, Chandler's Ford. The burglars broke in and took
ROADWORKS on a 250ft stretch of road will send drivers on a staggering 18-mile diversion for several weeks. Christchurch Road in Ringwood, which is a busy route in the town, will be closed for 16 days while engineers carry out drainage improvements
YOUNG people in Hampshire fear for their emotional health, with over two thirds worried about their future, as fears about money and generally ‘not being good enough’ pile up on their generation, according to new research by The Prince's Trust.
DEVELOPERS have withdrawn a proposal to build a new seven-bedroom home in Bedford Place. Submitted by Huw Thomas Architects, the plan would have seen offices at Ambassador House, 8 Carlton Crescent, became the new development. Car parking, bin
PLANS to build new homes in Bevois have been rejected. Developers aimed to create four terraced houses following the demolition of 8A Bevois Hill. It would have been made up of one three-bedroom and three four-bedroom dwellings, along with associated
SOFIANE Boufal has admitted he may look for a way out of Saints this summer after a difficult time at St Mary's. The Moroccan international has never really reached the heights the club dreamed of when they signed the attacking for a then club-record
THE Southampton office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has chosen blood courier service SERV Wessex as its charity for the next year. Staff at the law firm will raise money and awareness over the coming year for the "blood bikers" who provide
A STRING of resignations and a loss of sponsorship has forced Andover Town to turn down promotion to the Southern League. After spending months at the top of the Sydenhams Premier Division, the north Hampshire club eventually finished league runners-up
THE re-elected Chairman of Hampshire Police Federation has vowed to not let officers down after he was voted in for another term. John Apter will continue to represent officers from across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Police Federation following
The Honeypot Children’s Charity is celebrating, after receiving a generous donation. Darren White, store manager from Sainsbury’s Bedford Place Local, in Southampton, arranged a huge collection of Sport Relief goods to be donated to Honeypot.
ARTISAN Theatre School, based in Bursledon Southampton, had a very special visit from top children’s casting director Ann Koska who came to observe one of the schools acting lessons. Following this visit, six of their pupils were selected for the
ALAN Fitzpatrick played his homecoming show at Switch in Southampton last week, and the Daily Echo caught up with the techno DJ after the show. Here, he talks about his career, inspirations and the dance music scene. "One of my first ever 12”
The Grandson of one of the early flying commander brothers, John and Geoff Salmond, will bring the amazing story of his grandfather to life at a special talk at the Museum of Army Flying on Thursday 17 May. Group Captain, David Baker, Grandson of
I FIND it very distressing the number of ram-raids that are attacking local shops. Is it not about time shops fitted external CCTV to protect themselves or at least capture images of those responsible to enable capture? Also fitting bollards
LAW firm Lester Aldridge has announced that head of real estate Matthew Barrow has been elected as managing partner. Matthew joined the firm as a trainee in 1999 and became a partner in 2009. He has been head of the real estate for the past seven
Nothing seems to happen in halves anymore; two of the largest events of the year happened within five days of each other – my TED talk and the scan results of Greg’s treatment we are paying for. Both have left me a jittery wreck in the weeks leading
SAINTS’ terrible season cost them £12.8m in Premier League prize and television money. Clearly it could have been far more costly had Saints been relegated to the Championship for the first time since 2004/05. But, nonetheless, Saints’ fall
“SOUTHAMPTON is already one of the top cities in the UK, but I want to take it to the next level.” That’s the ambition of Southampton’s soon-to-be city council boss, Chris Hammond. The former environment head was announced as Southampton Labour
ANOTHER pub has shut its doors in Portswood. The Waggoners Arms, on Portswood Road, has become the second establishment in the area to close its doors within a matter of days. Part of the building, which dated back to the early 19th century
HE WAS the juggernaut that shook the nation and made strongman competitions household viewing in the 1980s. And now former World’s Strongest Man Geoff Capes will get back into the world of strength and power as a referee at the Ultimate Strongman
LESS than 30 per cent of household waste in Southampton is recycled or reused, ranking it one of the worst in the country. This figure, from the 2016/17 financial year, puts the city council – who deals with recycling – in the bottom 10 per cent
A WINCHESTER school has told parents it needs to make savings following changes to government spending - but has stressed the quality of teaching won't suffer. In a letter to sent out by Kings' School, head teacher Matthew Leeming said: "Sadly,
I SEE with some trepidation that the naked bike ride is on again, on June 1, a date to be avoided if you are sensitive. This flasher's fair will cross Southampton Common, a suitable venue for it. I notice by the photograph that some are wearing
Motivation frequently takes a dip as holidays come to an end, change in weather, drop in seasonal sales and even with 9000 channels to choose from, nothing to watch on the TV! Any of the above can impact our day to day survival and how we feel.
