Principal arrivals and sailings: Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Aegean Leader, ro-ro, 0330, 34/5; Tendo, general, 1230, 107; Varangerfjord, ferry, 1515, 25; Saudi Jeddah, container, 1700, 206; Hope, general, 1900, Marchwood; Flintereems, general
MILLIONS of pounds worth of new business will safeguard jobs into the millennium at Eastleigh's railway works. More than a month ago the Daily Echo exclusively revealed that new maintenance orders, worth about £15 million, were in the pipeline at Alstom
IT WAS the first and last modelling assignment for champion tot Bailey Barnes. As he perched on a caf table in Southampton's Marlands Shopping Centre, proud parents George and Gemma insisted the Daily Echo Baby of the Year 1999 would not be chas-ing more
IN a tough-talking move Associated British Ports has listed the reasons why the Essex Shell Haven site will not replace controversial plans for a world-class container terminal at Dibden Bay on Southampton Water. This comes as part of a war of words between
A NATIONWIDE hunt has been launched for two historic pistols stolen from a Hampshire museum. The pistols were once owned by Captain Thomas Hardy, who served alongside Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. They were snatched in a raid on the
HAMPSHIRE extracted everything they could from a rain-affected draw against Warwickshire at The County Ground. But as Hampshire trousered 12 points yesterday it only revealed how thin the line between tight competitive cricket and a dreary spectacle can
SAINTS endured a nightmare on Merseyside again as three goals in seven minutes early in the second half sent them crashing to a heavy defeat. They had gifted the first goal on 36 minutes when Francis Benali needlessly conceded the corner which led to
SOUTHAMPTON Cycle Speedway Club sit proudly at the top of the British South West League table following their narrow 93-87 victory over early season pacesetters Swindon. World Individual Champion Steve Harris top-scored for Swindon with 22 points, but
MARK RICHARDSON has mixed feelings about the absence of his great 400 metres rival Iwan Thomas as the curtain goes up on the World Athletics Championships in Seville. While Thomas's ankle injury moves Richardson one step closer to the medal rostrum, the
VULNERABLE youngsters and ethnic minorities are set to benefit from a massive £1.1 million cash injection, it was announced today. No Limits, a charity advice service for young people aged 14-25 in Southampton, is getting £700,000 over three years to
HALF TIME SCORES Everton 1 - Saints 0 (R.Gough) Portsmouth 0 - Stockport 0 Bournemouth 1 - Colchester 0 (M.Stein) Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
JULIAN JENKINSON was in a class of his own at possibly Britain's toughest triathlon - beating his nearest rival home by a massive 23 minutes in the aptly-named Longest Day Ironman event in Wolverhampton. And the Southampton triathlete and GB record-holder
