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  • Marathon dog hits road again

    MEET Barney, the Blue Cross dog - he doesn't need a home, but he could do with drumming up some sponsors. Fresh from running in the London Marathon, the charity's national mascot is set to hit the streets of Hampshire tomorrow in a bid to boost the animal

  • Success assured with new sponsor

    Fans of the green baize are bound to go potty as the Daily Echo strikes up a partnership with one of the biggest backers in the world of snooker. And Steve Davis and John Virgo know they can be right on cue with Bournemouth-based insurance company Liverpool

  • Memoirs of a commando

    After the fall of Dunkirk, Winston Churchill ordered that a special army unit be created to take the war back to the enemy, and the famous Commandos were formed. Among the first to join up was Hampshire trooper Jimmy Dunning. Now aged 80, the Romsey veteran

  • In Port

    Shipping movcements: Today's principal arrivals: Sundream, cruise liner, 0730, 38/9; P&O Nedlloyd Kobe, container, 1100, 207; Saudi Jubail, container, 1500, 206; Nataly N, general cargo, 2030, St Helens; Oulmes, refrigerated, 2200, 205. Today's principal

  • Recommended bid values NEWSCOM at £444 million

    NEWSCOM, which owns the Southern Daily Echo, is recommending shareholders to accept an offer from Gannett UK for its shares which values the company at £444 million. The recommended cash offer values each NEWSCOM share at 1800p, a 76.9 per cent premium

  • Sounds like top film award

    HAMPSHIRE sound recordist Maurice Hillier has received television's highest accolade - a Bafta for his work with the BBC. The veteran technician from Romsey scooped the award for his part in the making of Warriors, a drama about British soldiers in Bosnia

  • Royalty sets seal on scanner story

    A £1.8 million fundraising appeal to help save thousands of lives has proved an outstanding success - thanks to the support of communities across Hampshire. The ambitious Magpie Scanner Appeal, which is to be officially closed at the end of the month,

  • Tough goals drawn up for map experts

    WORLD-famous Southampton mapmaker Ordnance Survey has been told by ministers to raise £82.3 million this year from sales, licensing and other activities. It will also be required to cut costs by 1.5 per cent this year and make "efficiency gains" of five

  • Children's bright ideas go to wall

    BRIGHTLY painted murals will be adorning empty shops in an area of Southampton, thanks to the city's schoolchildren. Youngsters from St Mary's CE Primary School and Northam School took part in a workshop to create the murals which will feature along St

  • Seawings 2000 is set for the skies

    SOUTHAMPTON'S skies are set to come alive in a unique flying festival which will see the largest formation of Spitfires in recent history. The Seawings 2000 airshow, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, will take place above Southampton

  • Residents' joy in plant hire fight

    JUBILANT residents are celebrating after winning the latest stage of a battle with Europe's largest plant hire firm. Campaigners from Mill Lane, Nursling, Southampton, claim the quality of their life has deteriorated since Brooklyn 4x4 Ltd moved into

  • Cherries miss their chance to finish in style

    CHERRIES 2 - WIGAN 2 Elliott 26 Jorgensen 44 McGibbon 85 Roberts 89 Cherries were robbed of victory in their final game of the season after a dramatic late fightback by promotion hopefuls Wigan this afternoon at Dean Court Mel Machin's men cruised into

  • Op for Le Tiss

    Matthew Le Tissier's season is now over after Saints decided to bring forward his hernia operation. The Dell hero was due to have surgery after the final game at home to Wimbledon but will now go under the knife next week. The injury has become increasingly

  • Caddick causes a crisis

    HAMPSHIRE first-team coach Jimmy Cook still believes they can have a say in the county championship after falling to a crushing nine-wicket defeat by Somerset with a day to spare at The County Ground. But Cook warns: "We need to get away from the fear

  • Trillium treat

    Pat Holt is treated to trilliums and more in a unique Hampshire garden: TRILLIUMS are just one of the treats in store at this time of year at Spinners, a beautiful woodland garden near Brockenhurst. As their name suggests, trillums are constructed in