Tom Alsop's second first-class century lifted Hampshire on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Hampshire were looking for leaders in their batting, having lost Aiden Markram and James
EMERGENCY services were called to a chip shop fire in Shirley this evening. The incident happened at Lin's Fish & Chips, at the corner of Malmesbury Road and Shirley Road in Shirley, at about 5.20pm. Shirley Road was shut in both directions between
CAMPAIGNERS are protesting outside the civic centre ahead of a crunch meeting over a controversial respite centre in Southampton. They are calling for action to be taken after investigations into the way Southampton City Council (SCC) dealt with
THREE people have been arrested in connection to a theft from a Winchester store. Police were called at 2.11pm on Monday, May 13 after receiving a report from Boots in the High Street. A vehicle connected to the incident was followed from the
EASTLEIGH have released four players, including veteran strikers Chris Zebroski and James Constable. Constable’s departure ends a five-year spell, during which he scored 42 goals from 162 appearances (126 starts) after joining from Oxford.
LECTURERS will go on strike later this month in a bid to fight proposed job cuts at Winchester University. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) have announced they will be on strike on Tuesday May 28, Wednesday May 29, and Monday June
POLICE are hunting for a man after a "till snatch" at a Southampton shop. A CCTV image has been released by police after a report of a till snatch that happened in Portswood Minimart on Portswood Road. The incident happened on April 7. The
POLICE are investigating a report of a "serious sexual assault" on a 24-year old woman in Winchester. As part of enquiries, officers have cordoned off an area of garden outside Windsor House in Lawn Street. The incident took place in the early
ITV has been urged to end broadcasts of the Jeremy Kyle Show for good after the apparent suicide of a man who failed a lie-detector test on the programme. The confrontational talk show was pulled off the air indefinitely by the broadcaster following
A PERSON has been taken to hospital after a two-car crash on a Southampton road. Emergency services were called to Bassett Avenue, near the junction with Glen Eyre Road, at 10.35pm last night. *22:35* @Eastleigh32 and @Redbridge53 assisted
A SOUTHAMPTON school has been targeted for the third time this year by vandals just days before pupils were due to sit their exams. Teachers discover shards of broken glass yesterday morning after a group of teenagers used a drain pipe to smash
HAMPSHIRE teens will be trained up to combat hackers and cybercrime this summer. They are being offered free cybersecurity courses provided by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The CyberFirst courses are coordinated by charity Smallpeice
CAMPAIGNERS are set to protest ahead of a crunch meeting over a controversial respite centre in Southampton. Carers are set to meet up outside the civic centre in the city ahead of an extraordinary governance committee meeting set to start at 5pm
Nathan Redmond has been told he is one of a handful of core players Ralph Hasenhuttl wants to build his new look Saints side around. The Daily Echo Player of the Season winner has really stepped up over the past year and started to deliver goals
NATHAN Redmond has travelled to Ghana on behalf of Right To Play. The Saints ace is an ambassador for the charitable organisation that works in 15 countries and uses sport to help empower and educate children who are affected by poverty, conflict
IT’S the annual international music extravaganza that people love to hate and this year Eurovision has a special link to one Hampshire town. While Israeli city Tel Aviv prepares to host the 64th Eurovision Song Contest this week, most people living
MARWELL Zoo is celebrating a small victory in the battle to save an endangered species. A female okapi calf has been born at the zoo, safe and well. The calf has been named as Niari, which means ‘rare’ and is an area in the Democratic Republic
POLICE have launched an arson investigation after a blaze broke out at a Hampshire van centre. Residents described seeing “billowing black smoke” at the scene of the incident that took place sometime between 12.50pm and 2.30pm at the Vansco Centre
PARK runners found a man drowned in mud in a drained pond on Southampton Common. Amandeep Singh Sansoa was discovered dead in the Model Yachting Pond which had been drained by still contained mud and patches of water. The 21-year-old was found
A SOUTHAMPTON university has received £1.7 million to launch a new trial into helping women who suffer from acne. Doctors at the University of Southampton are looking to recruit women in Hampshire to take part in the study, which will investigate
JOIN us on another nostalgic trip through time with the help of local photographers’ images. It was May 1979 when these pictures were taken, one showing table tennis enthusiasts taking a well deserved nap during a sponsored marathon at Bitterne
SCIENTISTS from Southampton University will sharing some of their their latest findings with the city’s residents - in a pub or coffee shop. Run by volunteers, scientists will be found in pubs and venues across the city discussing their latest
AN OFFER has been made on a formerly rat-infested and rundown Southampton pub. Estate agents Savills have confirmed the offer by a “private and local” individual for The Old Farmhouse, one of the oldest pubs in the city. As previously reported
HAMPSHIRE wildlife expert Chris Packham has criticised “vicious bullies” after pulling out of a major festival for dog lovers. The Springwatch presenter had been due to host Dogstival at Pylewell Park in the New Forest this weekend but has cancelled
EASTLEIGH dads are at risk of being seized and cautioned for committing “crimes to fashion” this weekend. The fashion police will be at large at the Swan Centre this Saturday to apprehend fathers in need of ‘fashion rehabilitation’ in time for Father
A NEW soft play area could be coming to the heart of the city after plans have been submitted to civic chiefs. Farplace Animal Rescue located in the Marlands Shopping Centre on High Street could be turned into a two-storey indoor soft play area
A BANKING firm has revealed the location of a new office which will create 150 jobs in Southampton. Online bank Starling has chosen Beresford House at Town Quay for its first office outside of London, citing the area’s wealth of tech talent as one
ROMSEY town council is set to run the town market to ensure it has a “successful future”. The authority has signed an agreement to run the market with department store Bradbeers for the next 15 years. The market which runs on a Tuesday, Friday
PLANS have been lodged to extend an amenity building at a Hampshire service station. The plans have been submitted to Test Valley Borough by Roadchef Motorways Limited to extent the amenity building at Rownhams East Motorway Service Area at the
A HAMPSHIRE restaurant boss has been caught more than three times the drink-drive limit. Luigi Presutti, who is the director of Amalfi Restaurant and Pizzeria, in Hythe, was stopped on Above Bar Street in Southampton on March 16, a court was told
