FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Hampshire care home today after a blaze broke out in a lift shaft. Crews from Eastleigh and St Mary's fire stations rushed to the Orchard Gardens care home in Garnier Drive, Eastleigh. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
CHRIS Wood has signed a new two-year contract extension at Hampshire The 28-year-old left-armer has made more than 200 appearances across all formats but has developed into a white-ball specialist. After helping his home county win the Royal
THE family of a Southampton businesssman who is battling an aggressive brain tumour is issuing a call to arms for Hampshire residents to join them and Stand Up To Cancer as they launch this year’s campaign in the county. Simon Mayne was told he
A CHARITY shop has reopened on Shirley High Street after three weeks of renovation work. Shop volunteer Ali Short cut the ribbon to officially reopen the Oxfam store on Shirley High Street in front of a crown of eager supporters on September 27.
SAINTS Foundation are hosting Matt Le Tissier's Big Saints Quiz at St Mary's next Thursday (October 18). Hosted by Le Tissier and Charlie Austin, teams will be tested on a range of Saints FC trivia throughout the evening, with the winning team
A HAMPSHIRE college student met a Nobel Prize winner after completing a project. Patrick Sear, 17, who attends Richard Taunton College met with physicist Professor Rainer Weiss who received a Nobel Prize for physics last year for his research on
FIREFIGHTERS have been seen outside a city tower block. Six fire engines were spotted gathered outside Albion Towers this afternoon (October 10). However the incident was not an emergency. Instead, Hampshire Fire and Rescue have confirmed
THE UK’s Top Phil Collins tribute production 'And Finally Phil Collins – The Collection Tour' arrives at The Regent Centre in Christchurch on Friday (October 12) at 7.30pm. Now in its eleventh year, the hugely successful And Finally... ‘Phil Collins
THE IMPACT of alcohol-related liver disease on the health service in Southampton is revealed in newly released figures. In the 12 months to March this year 117 people were admitted to hospital with the condition, according to Public Health England
BUSINESS leaders say they want a comedy festival to return to Southampton next year - despite complaints over the event's ticketing structure. Leaders at Southampton's Business Improvement District say more than 10,000 people attended Comedy Central
Hampshire have released wicketkeeper-batsman Calvin Dickinson – as well as Asher Hart and Chris Sole. Dickinson made the biggest impact in the first team, hitting 99 against South Africa A and 103 runs at 17.06 in six T20 Blast matches - including
AN APPEAL has been launched after two people were injured in a crash involving a ferry in the Solent. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has issued an appeal after a Red Funnel ferry crash with a motor yacht. The incident happened on Saturday
KATIE Price has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. The former glamour model remains at a south London police station. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "At approximately 2am, British Transport Police officers came across
I WAS interested to read Laurie McMenemy's kind appraisal of the Kevin Keegan's time at the Dell (Echo, October 6). Keegan at the time was probably the best player in the country if not Europe when Big Mac pulled off his amazing signing. I cannot
IT IS the small town pub with its very own brewery. Steam Town Brew Co on Bishopstoke Road located close to Eastleigh railway station has only been in business for 11 months but has already made its mark in the local community with their music
A MISSING teenager could be in Hampshire, police believe. Callum Hull, 15, was last seen at his home address in Blackwell, Carlisle on Wednesday, October 3. But police say he has links to Hampshire, specifically Portsmouth, and are asking residents
POLICE have found a missing man who went missing from his care home. Officers appealed for information about missing Colin Dyer, who has dementia. The 78-year-old was last seen at his care home in Petersfield at 8.20am on October 9. But
A BROKEN down vehicle is causing delays on a Hampshire motorway. A lane of the M3 northbound is blocked between junction 12 for Eastleigh and Junction 11 for Winchester. There are delays of about 15 minutes heading back to junction 13.
THE deal to merge Npower and SSE's retail operations has been given the all-clear by the competition watchdog, paving the way for the tie-up of two of Britain's biggest energy suppliers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its decision
INJURED passengers on a forty foot motorboat had to be rescued from the Solent after hitting a sand bank 'at speed'. Crews from Calshot Lifeboat Station rushed to help the boat, which hit Bramble Bank and ran aground around 5pm last night (October
RADHI Jaïdi wants his Saints under-21 side to use last night's 4-0 drubbing to Cambridge as a 'learning curve'. Striker Ade Azeez bagged a hat-trick for the hosts, with Jevani Brown also getting himself amongst the goals. Jaïdi was without
FIREFIGHTERS have rushed to a dramatic blaze at a Southampton housing estate. A crew from Hightown are at the scene of the car fire, in Napier Road, Thornhill. It is believed the fire started around 6.40am today (October 10). A spokesperson
THE scrapping of the Solent Super Authority deal represents another absolutely disgraceful waste of taxpayers' money. I knew it... I have been saying it all along.... all the hours of officers' time, the hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers
SHOP workers at a Hampshire supermarket are to put their oven gloves back on after the money they raised for a good cause was stolen. As previously reported, employees at the Co-Operative in Seymour Lane, North Baddesley were left in shock after
PRODUCTION has been cut by a third at a Hampshire cable company following strike action in protest at a "paltry" pay offer. Trade union Unite says that Prysmian Cables & Systems in Eastleigh has reduced the production target for this month
AN EIGHT-bedroom home has been put on the market for nearly £2.5million, but the sale would see the the new owner picking up the keys to more than just the house. The Bishop’s Waltham property, set in 9.7acres of land and owned by one Hampshire
PLANS to build six homes in a New Forest village have been withdrawn after sparking 60 objections. The district council is no longer considering an application relating to a site currently occupied by Barberry House in Wildground Lane, Hythe.
A HAMPSHIRE man has been told he must give police 24 hours’ notice every time he intends to have sex. Norman O’Neill has also been ordered to provide details of each woman’s identity – and inform her, before any sexual activity takes place, that
WESLEY Hoedt insists he is his own biggest critic. The Saints defender has been criticised more than most during the club’s first ten games of the season. But he says he is well aware of the areas in which he needs to improve. “I’m really
She liked the service so much she bought the business. A client of Southampton-based pet care franchise Petpals, has taken over the business after the retirement of owner Victoria McGuire. The business, which provides dog walking, dog boarding
MOTORISTS are to be charged an extra 20p per crossing of the Itchen Bridge as fees are hiked for the first time in two decades. Southampton City Council’s move, which has been branded “another tax on motorists”, will hit those who pay the toll
AN OLYMPIC hero who claimed gold at the 2012 London Olympics led an inspirational assembly for pupils at an Eastleigh school. Dani King, the Team GB cycling champion, who claimed gold at the London Olympics in 2012 as part of the women’s cycling
COUNCILLOR Neville Penman takes to social media to appeal for a new CCTV system at Forest Park School. Councillor Penman's Facebook post comes after youths vandalised some of the outside equipment at the secondary school site in Totton on October
A HAMPSHIRE tourist magnet has cancelled hundreds of holidays after gaining consent for a £10 million revamp. Sandy Balls has been given planning permission to build 108 holiday lodges on land currently used by visiting campers, caravanners and
