HAMPSHIRE have signed Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon as their overseas player in next year’s Specsavers County Championship. The 31-year-old - considered the best off-spinner to ever represent Australia – has put pen-to-paper on a red-ball
POLICE have today launched an appeal for anyone with information regarding stolen jewellery as part of an investigation into a burglary in Fareham last month. The burglary took place sometime between 9.30am and 3.30pm on Monday October 7, while
PASSENGERS on South Western Railway are set to face major disruption on the railway next month after workers announced fresh strikes. Workers on South Western Railway are to strike for 27 days before the end of the year in the long-running dispute
UPDATE: Martin Hudson has now been found. AN APPEAL has been launched to find a missing Eastleigh man. Police say 79-year-old Martin Hudson was last seen in the Swan Centre, Eastleigh at around 10.30am this morning (5 November). Mr Hudson
SAINTS midfielder Stuart Armstrong has been Scotland’s squad for their upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Cyprus and Kazakhstan. Armstrong started for Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side during their narrow 2-1 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday.
MOHAMED Elyounoussi isn’t ruling out a permanent move to Celtic once his current loan deal expires. The Norwegian international moved to the Scottish side during the summer, along with goalkeeper Fraser Forster. Elyounoussi has so far made
POLICE have launched an appeal after a man approached a woman at a Hampshire railway station and told her "you are coming with me". Officers say the assault happened at approximately 7.25am on September 28 at Fareham station. They say a woman
A woman killed when a tree fell on to her car in stormy weather has been named as Flora Walsh. Now her devastated family have paid moving tributes to her. Mrs Walsh, 69, was pronounced dead at the scene in Verwood Road, near Ringwood at 8.41am
THOUSANDS of pounds have been raised from a weekend beer festival. The third annual Romsey Beer Festival, run by the Round Table, raised approximately £3,500 after attracting hundreds of residents who were treated to 30 different types of beers
PLANS to turn a popular Hampshire country park into a “luxury” glamping site have been approved. A plot of land at Manor Farm Country Park will be transformed to accommodate “high-end” 18 tents. The 2.8-hectare site, located off Pylands Lane
A SOUTHAMPTON mother has discovered a snake in the middle of the road. Natalie Hickman was on her way home when she saw a three-foot corn snake lying in Wodehouse Road, Sholing. On first glance the 22-year-old thought it was a decoration "left
A MAN who threatened to set fire to a chemist has been ordered to pay compensation. Robert Dioszegi, 42, threatened to burn down the Millbrook Pharmacy on Windermere Avenue on June 20. During the incident, he also harassed a woman by using threatening
THE pub group Marston’s – which owns some of Hampshire’s best-known watering holes as well as Ringwood Brewery – has sold 137 sites. The £44.9milion deal with rival Admiral Taverns covers mainly smaller tenanted and franchised pubs which are drinks-led
A NEW casino could be built in Southampton as part of a major scheme that would transform the waterfront. City bosses have granted provisional permission to Aspers Universal Limited for a casino that would be part of the Royal Pier development.
SHOP staff in Hampshire are among 2,500 whose jobs are at risk after Mothercare UK became the latest famous retailer to announce it was calling in administrators. The chain has branches at Southampton’s West Quay Retail Park and Solent Retail Park
A SOUTHAMPTON Transgender charity has slammed a brand new "LGB" group which excludes trans people. London based group, LGB Alliance, has been set up for people who are lesbian, gay and bisexual - but not trans and is being criticised by thousands
AN ELDERLY man who was found dead at home lived in a dark, soggy and rat-infested property, an inquest heard. The body of Leslie George Smith, 90, was discovered by his only friend Joseph Willett on February 8. He was thought to have lived in his
A DISCOUNT supermarket giant has submitted its plans to open a new store just 100 metres from a rival chain. Aldi have filed their proposals to New Forest District Council to build on land off Caird Avenue in New Milton – directly opposite the
ORGANISERS of a Southampton fireworks show have been given a rocket after would-be spectators missed one of the two displays. The show at the Testlands Hub in Green Lane, Millbrook, was billed as a replacement for an event which had to be cancelled
JOIN the Daily Echo on another glimpse back through years - this week to November 1959. A star shone bright over Southampton water as Hollywood legend Sir Alec Guinness arrived in Southampton onboard Queen Elizabeth. Disaster struck at the National
A MAN who committed a series of thefts across Southampton has been given a suspended sentence. Jody Khalid Moylette, 36, stole £538 from Mamas and Papas in Westquay on July 17. He also stole £150 of cosmetics from Boots in Southampton on May
A PORTSMOUTH man caught being drunk and disorderly in a Southampton train station has been fined. Alexander James Parker, 34, was at Southampton Central Station on October 2 when he behaved in a disorderly manner. Southampton Magistrates' Court
A PENSIONER was left with a suspected fractured arm during an attack by a group on mopeds. Officers say the 70-year-old victim and another man, 57, were assaulted by the group on in St Denys on Saturday. Police say the two men were walking along
A MAJOR discount supermarket has revealed plans to expand across the Solent area with nine new stores. Supermarket retailer Lidl plans to double its portfolio and continue its “phenomenal growth”. The German chain is now looking for “great
A WORKING forge is under threat from the very planning policies that seek to protect it. Planners have refused a unique application that will allow an artistic blacksmithing family to continue in business. William Normandale applied to remove
ORIOL Romeu doesn't need reminding about just how important Saturday's game with Everton could turn out to be. Like Saints, the Toffees have had a poor start to the season and find themselves just three points outside the relegation zone. Should
WE HAVE been told by the Brexiteers that we need to 'take back control'. As if we had somehow lost it. As members of the EU, we have been the second strongest economy and the third largest member. To cut to the chase. We have a December
