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  • Saints manager Mark Hughes: We were too passive

    SAINTS boss Mark Hughes admitted his side was ‘too passive’ during their 3-0 defeat against Chelsea. The home side began with three central defenders for the first time since the start of the season. But it failed to have the desired effect

  • Southampton 0-3 Chelsea: Saints' poor home form continues

    SAINTS' poor home form continued as Chelsea strolled to a comfortable win at St Mary's this afternoon. Eden Hazard continued his sensational start to the season as unbeaten Chelsea inflicted more misery on Southampton. The Premier League's

  • REMEMBER WHEN: Wildground Infant held a football tournament

    THEY wore rosettes with pride and punched the air in triumph as football teams took battled it out at Wildground Infant School. The date was July 6, 1998, when the kids wore their best smiles and gathered in the school hall for the Daily Echo photographer

  • Blackfield & Langley can't quite hang on at Highworth

    BLACKFIELD & Langley came within ten minutes of returning to the top of the Evo-Stik Division One South table at Highworth Town yesterday. The Watersiders twice led with a couple of well-taken penalties, but the Worthians hit back each time

  • Winchester's Joe Marchant scores bizarre try for Harlequins

    Winchester's Joe Marchant scored a bizarre try for Harlequins before Saracens came from behind to secure a sixth Gallagher Premiership win out of six. Billy Vunipola's try and 20 points from the boot of Owen Farrell gave Saracens a 25-20 win.

  • Revamp for school

    TEACHERS, parents, volunteers and children at Orchard Lea Junior School in Fareham picked up their trowels to give the school grounds a make-over last week. The willing volunteers created different areas of the school grounds into interactive sensory

  • REMEMBER WHEN: The sun shone on Southampton Common

    ALTHOUGH it may not have been as glorious as this year, when the summer of 1993 came about, it brought with it some scorching temperatures. The belated arrival of summer that year meant that grass and vegetation had matured so, when the blazing

  • Southampton church set for major revamp

    A SOUTHAMPTON church is set for a major revamp to modernise its building and create a space fit for the wider community. Leaders at Elim Christian Centre say parts of its building, in Park Road, Freemantle, are in “such a poor state it can no longer

  • Vets in warning to dog owners over fatal infections

    A VET has issued a warning to dog owners after a husky from Southampton dies from a fatal infection Breeze, the eight- year old husky owned by Aimee Crockford from Weston passed away after contracting lungworm. Claire True, the vet from Sanctuary

  • Robber who targeted Hampshire shops is jailed for five years

    A ROBBER who demanded cash from two stores in the Eastleigh area, while possessing a blade, has been jailed for nearly five years. Connor Davis and two other men raided the Co-op, at Falkland Court, Chandler’s Ford, demanding money in an evening

  • New neighbourhood congregation launched

    A BRAND new congregation has started in Gosport. Leesland Neighbourhood Church congregation has been launched by Pioneer Minister Reverend Tim Watson in the effort to create new worshipping communities in the area. The congregation is designed

  • Steve completes hospice run

    A HAMPSHIRE marathon enthusiast has completed 21 marathons in 21 days in aid of a children's hospice. Steve Radjen, 56, crossed the finish line at Naomi House in Winchester on September 29 after running 550 miles. Steve was greeted with cheers