SAINTS have completed the signing of highly-rated goalkeeper Angus Gunn from Manchester City. The 22-year-old, who spent last season on loan at Norwich City, arrives in a deal worth a reported £10m, rising potentially to £13.5m, signing a five-year
BELL STREET will be closing again for urgent works tomorrow. Colas Ltd, the company carrying out the town centre improvement works, say it is necessary for them to return to the street to carry out some additional works to the foul sewer. That
HISTORIC planes have landed at Southampton Airport after taking part in a dramatic flypast in London to mark the centenary of the RAF. Three Spitfires and two Hurricanes were snapped by members of the Daily Echo Camera Club as they touched down
THIS takes the biscuit – the couple's two vehicles were stolen but to have to pay for them (Echo, July 6) is, to say the least, appalling, and at a time when the public's view of the police is at an all-time low. Years ago we had inadvertently parked
THE DAILY ECHO takes a glimpse back in time through the lens of photographers from half a century ago. June 1968 was a big month for both the silver screen and television screen. On July 17, the Beatles’ animated feature, Yellow Submarine, debuted
LOOKING back, Sarah* still doesn't fully understand why she spent five years of her life with a man who beat her. She can't completely explain why she dropped the complaint after calling the police on more than 20 occasions, nor why she not only
A grieving widow who lost her husband to a brain tumour has told a Westminster inquiry of the economic and social burden placed on their family by the harrowing disease. Jenny Farthing, 70, from Winchester, was at Westminster on Tuesday 3rd July
A GOSPORT man has been jailed for three years after he burgled a pensioner. Terrance Patrick Braden's DNA was found by investigators following the attack on an 80-year-old woman in Britten Road, Lee-on-the-Solent. The 38-year-old stole a handbag
SAINTS are closing in on the signing young Manchester City goalkeeper Angus Gunn. The club have been tracking the 22-year-old all summer and the Daily Echo understands the final touches of a deal are being put in place. It is believed the
CONTROVERSIAL plans to develop a former doctor's surgery into flats have been called "un-neighbourly" by planning officials. AJ Developments Limited had hoped to transform the site of Regents Park Surgery, on Park Street, Shirley, into a block of
A SUMMER holiday play scheme has received a welcome boost in the form of a generous donation. The Southampton annual playday and summer holiday play scheme will go ahead thanks to cash from the Barker-Mill Foundation. Southampton Children's Play
A record-breaking British astronaut will be giving a talk as part of the celebrations to launch a new space zone at Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium NASA Astronaut, Michael Foale – the most experienced British-born astronaut in the history
SOUTHAMPTON’S young people will be represented on the British Youth Council after the city authority was accepted into the scheme. Shanté Jackson, 16, has been elected by Southampton’s Youth Forum and to be the voice for the young people of Southampton
SAINTS have now moved to the city of Xuzhou on their two-week tour of China. Having played out a 3-3 draw with German side Schalke in Kushan, to the east of Shanghai, Mark Hughes’ side have now moved to the location of their second game. They
A RETIRED carpenter died as a result of exposure to asbestos. Winchester Coroners’ Court heard David Marsh, 69, was exposed to the carcinogenic substance while working as an apprentice carpenter at Southampton Builders Ltd in 1964. In October
TWO men have been arrested on the A31 after a man was sprayed in the face with an unknown substance. Officers were called at 7.43am to reports a man had been sprayed in the face in Youngs Road, Bournemouth. Ambulance attended and the man was
After a whirlwind nightmare in A&E and a three day stay in the hospital, my lungs were pumped full of enough steroids and antihistamines to be deemed well enough to be discharged. I had missed three days of my holiday and knew my family were on
A Southampton woman's family card game has become a best seller on Amazon since its release in October. Emma May's game Quirk was showcased for the second year at the UK Games Expo 2018, in Birmingham, in June. The game has been so successful
A charity that could help the estimated ten per cent of people in Southampton who suffer from phobias and the two to three per cent who suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is looking to re-start its self-help group in the city. The charity
EASTLEIGH Film Festival, curated by The Point, returns for a fifth year from Monday September 25 to Saturday 29. The popular event has garnered a reputation for putting the fun back into going to the movies by screening cult, classic and iconic
DEVIL May Care is the new stand-up show from multi-award-winning comedian Marcus Brigstocke, and it’s heading to Theatre Royal in Winchester on Friday September 21. Snowflake, Nazi, Remoaner, Trot, Libtard, Brextremist, Feminazi, Piers Morgan...
Ten space-related innovation projects have been selected from a field of nearly 70 to receive a comprehensive package of incubation support worth more than £12,000 each over the next six months. The aim of the OI Space Incubator programme, supported
SNOW Patrol confirms 11 headlining dates in the UK and Ireland throughout December and January, including one at Bournemouth International Centre on January 27. Snow Patrol’s album Wildness, their first album in seven years, is out now. Wildness
A ROW has broken out after it was confirmed that there will not be a big screen showing the World Cup semi-final live in Southampton. The Three Lions have sent fans into raptures as they reached the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since
DOZENS of people flocked to Bishopstoke to back a campaign against plans for thousands of new homes near ancient woodland and try to break a record. There were 150 people at Stoke Park Junior School in an attempt to break the current record of 1,000
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Ocean Village after reports that the ongoing heatwave cracked a window at a luxury tower block. Emergency services rushed to Moresby Tower in Southampton on Saturday after reports of a window on the 23rd floor being cracked
CHILDREN at Wicor County Primary School in Fareham are celebrating after becoming double prizewinners in the Better Energy School Awards 2018. Their project ‘#turnthetide, #raise the bar’ was named as the best entry received in the ‘Totally Creative
SOUTHAMPTON Common is a wonderful leisure resource and is enjoyed by many. I live on the edge of the common and delight to cycle there daily. I must ask, however, is it appropriate to mount a rock concert on the common? Temperatures approach
A NEW Forest office centre is now 100 per cent occupied. Acting on behalf of Wessex Institute of Technology Primmer Olds has concluded seven office lettings within the refurbished Ashurst Lodge. New occupiers include Quarakglun Limited, Premium
FANS would probably expect a France and Barcelona star to be focussing on football, given that his national team is playing in a World Cup semi final this evening. But as it turns out, Ousmane Dembele has been thinking about success with a Hampshire
The National Farmers Union has launched a new service for farmers and the public to give information anonymously about rural crime, in partnership with Crimestoppers. The “Rural Crime Reporting Line” is part of the NFU’s ongoing work to tackle serious
SOUTHAMPTON will not be getting a big screen for England's World Cup semi final game, it has been confirmed. The Three Lions have delighted fans across the country by progressing to England's first World Cup semi final since 1990, and cities including
KATY Lemin-Stone has been banned from driving for again being caught speeding. Lemin-Stone, 64, of Wainsford Road, Everton, near Lymington, was measured going at 35mph in a 30-zone in a 06-reg Volvo on Ramley Road, Pennington, on November 22 last
A BUS ploughed into a field after the driver took a wrong turn. The Stagecoach double-decker bus drove into a grain field in Enham, near Andover. According to post on, Andover police’s Twitter the bus driver was unharmed and there were no passengers
A HUNT has been launched for two people after a suspected stolen car crashed following a police chase. Officers were called at about 4.45am today to reports that a VW Golf, which was believed to be stolen, was driving in the Lordshill area.
