TWO of the biggest names in marine business have decided to drop anchor in Southampton. In a welcome antidote to recent high profile job losses, prestige marine firms Carnival and Lloyds Register have announced plans to build headquarters in the historic
THE man at the helm of Britain's largest ports operator has raised the controversial prospect that a container port at Dibden Bay may one day be built. ABP chief executive Bo Lerenius, stressing it was his personal view only, said the growth in world
A HAMPSHIRE dentist has got his teeth into the booming market of implantology. West End based Dr Peter Sanders is expanding his business into the specialist area, which is an alternative to conventional bridges and dentures. Dr Sanders has just launched
Developer reveals plans for eye-catching 15-storey glass hotel it hopes will revitalise Ocean Village and Southampton's waterfront A 15-storey glass hotel is set to become one of Southampton's tallest landmarks. These dramatic images are the first
YOU WOULD expect most international superstars to celebrate their 25th birthday by throwing a glitzy star-studded bash in one of the world's most glamorous cities. But for Southampton's very own Craig David there was only one place he wanted to be
HE IS coming home - Southampton singing superstar Craig David has announced his 2006 UK tour dates and a homecoming gig at the city's Guildhall is among them. Craig told the Daily Echo he was particularly looking forward to playing in his home city
SOUTHAMPTON R&B star Craig David has been included in the Paris line-up at next month's Live 8 music concert. Craig, pictured, whose new album The Story Goes is out in August, joins Jamiroquai, Placebo, Youssou N'Dour and Andrea Bocelli at the French
Entertainments editor Noel Davies gives his opinion of Craig David's Power in the Park performance... IT was his first gig in his home city in nearly two years but was it worth the wait? Well he didn't perform any of his new material, which was
It was his first gig in Southampton in nearly two years and the Daily Echo was the only newspaper to get an interview with him. NOEL DAVIES talked exclusively to Southampton's Craig David about love, life, money and women..! It's your first gig in
MADONNA, Robbie Williams and Paul McCartney head the stellar line-up for Live 8 - the biggest music event since Live Aid 20 years ago- which will also include Southampton's Craig David Bob Geldof has masterminded five free concerts to take place simultaneously
IT'S exactly five years to the day that Southampton's number one pop superstar Craig David had his first UK solo number one with Fill Me In. To celebrate What's On's looks back at the rise of one of the biggest stars in British music... FIVE years
TWO Southampton-born stars have made it into a rich list of Britain's young music millionaires. Coldplay drummer Will Champion, pictured inset, and singer Craig David have estimated fortunes of £10m and £9m respectively, according to new figures compiled
POP stars have long been famous for jetting off around the world to record. David Bowie had his Berlin period, The Rolling Stones were renowned for spending long spells in the south of France, while a string of music legends including Sir Paul McCartney
"Don't tell anyone this yet son, but I'm not taking Gazza to the World Cup. If you do well today then you're in with a real chance of taking his place..." Not Glenn Hoddle's exact words to Matt Le Tissier before England's last B international in 1998
Michael Wilde will next week face Saints fans to tell them about his brave new world. The Saints Trust have been told the majority shareholder has "provisionally" agreed to fly in from his Jersey base to attend a members' meeting next Thursday, June
A national survey has revealed that Saints fans are among the most likely in the country to NOT renew their season ticketfor 2006/07 due to the standard of football they watch. More than 200,000 season ticket holders across England will not renew next
Chris Tremlett is out for the next fortnight with a side injury. The Hampshire bowler has suffered knee, ankle and hip problems in the last year and his latest setback means he is unlikely to feature before the next championship match at The Rose Bowl
NEWLY-PROMOTED Woolston squeezed to their first Championship 1 victory of the Southampton and District BA season 72-71 against visitors Eastleigh Rail. Following their opening-night drubbing by Sports Centre, a 6-2 success steadied the Woolston ship
Due to a printing error, the Winchester v Woolston Southampton and District BA Combination 3 fixture showed both teams playing away. Winchester duly went to Woolston, while Woolston travelled to Winchester. When the error was realised, however,
After his victory in the previous weekend's Cycle Kingdom Classic, Winchester's Rob Hurd made it two out of two in the midweek Goodwood Gallops Circuit race. The famous Goodwood Motor racing circuit suits Hurd's aggressive style and he sprinted to
WITH the cancellation of the Nigel Turner Sunday Series match at Orchard Lakes, a series of last-minute sweepstakes on various venues provided the weekend's action. Bournemouth Lodge held a sweepstake at Paul Miller's Whitemoor Lakes, a silver fish-only
Chris Tremlett is out for the next fortnight with a side injury. The Hampshire bowler has suffered knee, ankle and hip problems in the last year and his latest setback means he is unlikely to feature before the next championship match at The Rose Bowl
NEWLY-PROMOTED Woolston squeezed to their first Championship 1 victory of the Southampton and District BA season - 72-71 against visitors Eastleigh Rail. Following their opening-night drubbing by Sports Centre, a 6-2 success steadied the Woolston ship
Due to a printing error, the Winchester v Woolston Southampton and District BA Combination 3 fixture showed both teams playing away. Winchester duly went to Woolston, while Woolston travelled to Winchester. When the error was realised, however, Woolston
After his victory in the previous weekend's Cycle Kingdom Classic, Winchester's Rob Hurd made it two out of two in the midweek Goodwood Gallops Circuit race. The famous Goodwood Motor racing circuit suits Hurd's aggressive style and he sprinted to victory
NEW Forest tourism officer Terry Kane, 27, has signed up to run the Marathon Des Sables, a 150-mile, six-day slog across the Sahara Desert which brings a new meaning to the word "gruelling". Big-hearted Terry is hoping to raise £7,000 for Oxfam from his
NEW leader of Winchester City Council, George Beckett, says he and his fellow Tories hope to run the authority in a "businesslike fashion" and "give everyone a fair say". He chaired the first meeting of the cabinet since the elections, the main business
DETECTIVES in Winchester have widened their appeal for witnesses in an effort to find who attacked a 25-year-old, leaving him with serious head injuries. Police said CCTV showed Izaak Bullen leaving the city station, wearing a camouflage jacket and carrying
A LENGTHY day lies in wait for city councillors on Wednesday, with a special meeting earmarked for the evening. Cabinet members are already scheduled to meet earlier in the day, and planning is likely to dominate both events. Winchester City Council is
SHAMED Winchester MP, Mark Oaten, remained silent this week on the issue of whether he would be standing again at the next election. He has confirmed, however, that he does not want to return to front-line politics. The 43-year-old politician said on
HAMPSHIRE Ambulance Service will soon be no more and from the ashes will rise Hampshire and Thames Valley Ambulance Service - or possibly the Thames Valley and Hampshire Ambulance Service. The local service is set to be subsumed into a regional organisation
TWO Southampton schools face closure as part of a major overhaul of secondary education in the city. Education bosses have unveiled proposals to close Millbrook Community School and Grove Park Business and Enterprise College as they attempt to remove
ONE of Hampshire's smallest rural schools is certainly one step ahead when it comes to using the latest information and communication technology. Broughton Primary School in Broughton, Stockbridge, is one of the first in the country to receive the prestigious
Trojans hold on to their UK Trophy TROJANS survived a first half penalty scare to retain the UK Trophy with a comfortable 3-0 win over Banbury in the wind and rain at East Grinstead, writes Mike Vimpany. In complete contrast to last season, when they
A TEAM of Winchester schoolboy footballers has been reinstated after being thrown out of the Tyro League and an associated cup final. The Littleton Under-15s were one of three teams expelled by the league following the submission of false results. Littleton's
Following a successful 2005 season that saw him register half-centuries for the Winchester District and County U10s teams, the start of the 2006 cricket season could not come quickly enough for eleven-year-old James Sennett. The St Cross captain and opening
Hampshire League Division 3 North West - Wherwell (81 for 2) beat Dinton (80 all out) by 8 wickets AFTER relegation at the end of last season Wherwell put in plenty of practice over the winter, and were determined to shine in what they regard as a season-long
A Hampshire school has been awarded £7,000 to become a business and enterprise college. Thanks to the extra government funding, Crestwood College, which already has business and enterprise specialist status, can now lead a network of schools to promote
FOOD glorious food - that was what a group of Hedge End Brownies were looking forward to as they packed their rucksacks for a half-term camp. But those sunshine smiles have faded when all their camp grub was lost because of a freezer breakdown. The 19
SECOND-to-bottom Brockenhurst have been spared relegation from the new Sydenhams Premier Division, formerly the Wessex League Division 1. And with Portland United resigning from the top flight and the top three of Winchester City, Thatcham Town and Andover
WITH the cancellation of the Nigel Turner Sunday Series match at Orchard Lakes, a series of last-minute sweepstakes on various venues provided the weekend's action. Bournemouth Lodge held a sweepstake at Paul Miller's Whitemoor Lakes, a silver fish-only
A WINCHESTER pub is staging a fundraising disco for eight-year-old Joe Glover, who is battling a rare form of cancer. Joe, pictured, of Piping Green, Colden Common, has a one in 80 million form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. His parents, Paul and Maxine,
COUNCIL chiefs have unveiled plans to make part of Hythe more pedestrian friendly. The scheme, expected to cost up to £200,000, involves major alterations to the car park between St John's Street and New Road. Some of the biggest changes will take place
THERE will be no excuse for Winchester's new first lady not looking her best because her official escort is the internationally-renowned hairdresser, Guy Kremer. Sue Nelmes has asked Mr Kremer to be her civic companion as her husband, Ron, is in ill-health
A DEVELOPER has unveiled more details of the multi-million pound scheme to transform a slice of central Winchester with new shops, offices, bars and homes. Thornfield submitted the mass of documents associated with the scheme -- the most significant in
A PAIR of teenagers had something to brag about when they turned up at their local with a potentially lethal Australian Redback spider. Toby Hounslow, from Stockbridge, and Rob Floyd, from Kimpton, found the spider during a Monday shift at Hampshire Flexitanks
TENS of thousands of music fans will be arriving for the Hi:Fi South festival -- formally known at Homelands -- at Cheesefoot Head near Winchester this weekend. The three-day event, on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday, is expected to attract more
A VIGILANT neighbour became a lifesaver when she rescued an elderly woman from a blaze at her Winchester home on Tuesday evening. Janette Elkins, 56, spotted the fire on the first floor of 82-year-old Molly Richardson's home at Taplings Road, Weeke, when
THE Countess of Wessex dodged the showers yesterday to officially open a £1m expansion of Rotary Heartbeat House in Southampton. Sophie Wessex toured the extended 25-bedroom facility before switching on a commemorative weeping willow water fountain in
FREE bus travel for pupils attending faith schools looks set to be scrapped from Septem-ber next year to save money. Education bosses are today expected to agree on the abolition of subsidised bus travel to and from religious schools in Hampshire. Under
A HAMPSHIRE zoo is celebrating a population explosion. The unusual brood of new arrivals are all being treated with tender loving care at Marwell Zoological Park near Winchester. The latest arrivals follow the birth of Humbug the baby emu who hatched
ENVIRONMENTALLY-minded pupils have showed off their green credentials at school. Youngsters at Nursling Primary School, Nursling Street, were invited to design a poster with an environmental theme. The winning entry, designed by Sean Kirkup, aged nine
A QUIET Hampshire village is today at the centre of a hunt for a cruel badger baiting ring operating in the county. Animal welfare experts believe that baiters are at work after the gruesome discovery of headless badger corpses near Titchfield. They are
BOWLING and batting were something that these youngsters took in their stride as they received some top cricketing tips at the home of Hampshire cricket. Six pupils, aged eight and nine, from Fair Oak Junior, Hook with Warsash CE Primary and Locks Heath
Team Southampton's youngsters were narrowly squeezed into fourth place in their latest National Young Athletes' League fixture in rain-swept Kingston. The pressure of exams left them depleted of athletes, particularly in the under-17 age group, but they
"Don't tell anyone this yet son, but I'm not taking Gazza to the World Cup. If you do well today then you're in with a real chance of taking his place..." Not Glenn Hoddle's exact words to Matt Le Tissier before England's last B international in 1998
Tucked away among the narrow streets near Southampton's Spa Road in the 1960s and early 1970s stood the Adam and Eve Discotheque Club. During its time the Adam and Eve was one of the most popular spots for an evening out, with customers attracted by
Dee's new challenge is to inspire others ROUND-the-world yachtswoman Dee Caffari is to launch her own business using her experiences on the high seas to inspire top executives. The 33-year-old Southampton sailor, who made headlines by becoming the
MEET Mark Southgate, who has been appointed managing director of ITV Meridian. Mark, who has 18 years' experience in TV and joined the channel back when it was called Television South, adds MD to his roles as controller of news and regional programmes
"Don't tell anyone this yet son, but I'm not taking Gazza to the World Cup. If you do well today then you're in with a real chance of taking his place..." Not Glenn Hoddle's exact words to Matt Le Tissier before England's last B international in 1998
