ON SATURDAY the Daily Echo ran an article about Cara Sandys who has had the same television set for more than 45 years. Cara won the JVC Videosphere when she was just 12 years old and has used it ever since. These pictures show some of the programmes
WINCHESTER University is the first in the south to be named a University of Sanctuary. It received the award in recognition of its initiatives to welcome refugees and asylum seekers and support them in higher education study. It waives tuition
STEVEN Davis will be remembered as a crucial cog in the Saints midfield during the first five years after the club’s return to the Premier League. The 34 year-old was often under-rated but his many qualities did not go unnoticed by Saints fans or
SAINTS great Matt Le Tissier has accepted an offer to become an official ambassador for the club. Le Tissier made 540 appearances for Saints and scored 209 times during a career that was dedicated to the St Mary’s side. TRANSFER WINDOW
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a spate of bin fires in Winchester during the early hours of Monday. Reports claim that about 12 wheelie bins were set alight in the Winnall area. A 31-year-old man from Winchester has been detained on suspicion of causing
A FORMER Southampton public art officer who went on to become a global arts leader is coming back to the city where she started her career. Twenty five years ago Rosy Greenlees OBE - who worked for Southampton City Council then - commissioned poet
PLANS have been approved to turn a listed coach house into extra accommodation in a village near Winchester. Winchester City Council has given applicant Felix Holzapfel the go-ahead for the scheme at St Patrick’s, in Carmans Lane, Compton Street
POLICE are searching for a man wanted in connection with a series of thefts at shops in towns across Hampshire. Officers want to speak to Tomas Lloyd, 27, following the incidents in Romsey, Fareham, Gosport and Andover. The most recent theft
SAINTS have welcomed Josh Sims and Alfie Jones back to the club. Sims has been on loan at Championship side Reading, with Jones taking residence at St Mirren in the Scottish Premier League. TRANSFER WINDOW LIVE: Saints transfer gossip
SAINTS boss Ralph Hasenhuttl confirmed the club have received offers for Manolo Gabbiadini. The striker has been subject to intense speculation surrounding his future on the south coast with AC Milan, Real Betis and Fiorentina all reported to be
RESIDENTS have expressed their concern after a convenience store was broken into in Romsey. The Co-op in Winchester Hill in Romsey was broken into at 2am on January 7. According to Hampshire police cigarettes and tobacco products were stolen
THE aim of the game is to capture the golden snitch whilst flying through the air on a broomstick. These are the rules of the fictional game Quidditch in the Harry Potter series written by author J.K. Rowling. One Southampton man won that game
A HAMPSHIRE scout was expecting to reach the South Pole today after more than a month of battling freezing temperatures and extreme conditions. Joe Doherty, a former Sparsholt College student, has been skiing across Antarctica for more than 40 days
STAFF at a village restaurant have raised thousands of pounds for a terminally ill three-year-old girl. Staff at Purbani in Botley have raised £2,910 in aid of charity Eva’s Dreams, which was set up to raise money for Eva Smith, pictured, who suffers
TODAY the Daily Echo launches our annual hunt to find Southampton’s unsung hospital hero. Whether they are a nurse providing life saving treatment, a midwife bringing a newborn baby into the world, or a dedicated volunteer who turns up everyday
SECURITY guards could return to Romsey this year as part of a crackdown on shoplifters. Town bosses and shopkeepers will discuss plans to have security guards patrolling the town centre in a bid to prevent shoplifting. This comes after two security
THE Daily Echo ran a live transfer blog throughout the January window. To read the blog, which was updated at regular intervals, just click here.
PAUL McCallum’s second-half volley was not enough to prevent Eastleigh from crashing to a fourth defeat in seven games - beaten 4-1 at Tim Flowers' Solihull Moors. McCallum’s 53rd-minute strike gave the Spitfires hope after Danny Wright and Nathan
MOTORISTS in and near Southampton this morning are facing heavy traffic after two sets of roadworks started. Drivers are stuck in lengthy delays on Redbridge Road, Southampton, as a result of roadworks on Millbrook Roundabout. Bus firm Bluestar
ALMOST a third of invoices issued by small businesses in the south east are not paid within the recommended time period of 30 days. According to new research undertaken by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking in partnership with the UK Small Business
A HAMPSHIRE-made unmanned sub is being used to monitor the level sediment build-up in Norwegian harbours. Norway’s Agder Dykk, is employing new Saab Seaeye Falcon, the most successful underwater robotic vehicle of its class in the world, built in
IT’S the start of a new year and the Daily Echo’s Camera Club members have been capturing the best in wildlife and countryside across the region. From dramatic coastal scenes, to colourful woodland and a cross section of our feathered friends the
BUSINESS leaders have urged civic chiefs to be ‘big and bold’ in a major Winchester project. That call came after Winchester City Council met businesses and cultural and creative entrepreneurs at a workshop to share their ideas and desires for how
HUNDREDS of guests packed into a glitzy Southampton hotel for an awards ceremony in honour of a city radio station. On Friday, more than 300 guests including volunteers from the station, as well as partners from the private, public and voluntary
A WELL-KNOWN Southampton club is to see a change in use following the retirement of the former manager. St Deny’s Boat Club has officially taken over the popular Riverside Club in Southampton after the owner of 15 years, Ve Lewis, retired. Used
SOUTHAMPTON road teams repaired more than 5,000 potholes in the city last year, the authority has said. Crews filled in the damaged roads 5,220 over the course of the year, which equates to around 435 a month, or 100 a week. The authority added
RESIDENTS are calling for CCTV after rotting turkey carcasses and other household waste were dumped at a Hampshire recycling centre. Tonnes of “disgusting” litter that was found discarded in a car park beside the River Itchen in Southampton has
DRIVERS face a Monday of motoring misery when two major roadwork schemes get under way. Southampton City Council’s third phase of its reconstruction work on Millbrook Roundabout will start again tomorrow. At the same time, official work will
POLICE have launched a hunt for a masked gang of robbers who raided a Southampton shop early Sunday morning. Officers are appealing for information following the robbery at Central Convenience in St James Road, Shirley, at around 6am. The four
POLICE have launched an investigation after a female pedestrian was knocked down and killed by a car in Southampton. The tragedy, just five days into the new year, occurred in The Avenue, close to its junction with Padwell Road, in the early hours
THOUSANDS of hens are in need of homes for the new year or could face slaughter. Fresh Start For Hens (FSFH) is calling on Hampshire animal lovers to come forward and save 3,000 hens by offering them a loving home in time for the new year.
RESIDENTS have just a week left to have their say on plans to raise Hampshire’s police precept tax, in a bid to get more cash for frontline officers. Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Michael Lane said he wants to raise the monthly public
I SEE that Eastleigh’s Conservative MP got a joke book in her Christmas stocking: ‘Well-worn Tory Smears of the Liberal Democrats’. Over the 25 years of Lib Dem control in Eastleigh, whenever an increase in members’ allowances is proposed the Tories
THE operator of Winchester's new £38million leisure centre is set to be decided on later this month. However, the identity of the preferred firm is not yet being announced, referred to in a council report only as 'Bidder B'. According to a report
THE consultation period for Southampton Airport's pre-application plan to extend its runway ends this weekend. Residents can now have their say on the proposals, but bosses say another 12 week consultations will also be held later in the year as
HE BEGAN to investigate what looked like a sinkhole – and unearthed a long-forgotten relic of the Second World War. Gas engineer Daniel Hibdige discovered his back garden had been hiding a concrete bunker built during the dark days when Nazi bombers
