As murder scenes go it was a fairly cut and dry affair. The victim lay dead where he had fallen. The prime suspect had fled the scene. And the murder weapon was easy to find: it was still sticking out of the King's heart where he lay in the New Forest
SOUTHAMPTON'S flagship combined heat and power plant is at the centre of a fresh row. Millbrook residents are up in arms over controversial plans to site a substation for the £50m plant in the grounds of a local school. More than 100 residents have
Click here to see the video on Echo Video News GLORIOUS weather, colourful stalls, a good mix of entertainment and the aroma of freshly cooked cuisine can only mean one thing - the Southampton Mela 2006. Thousands of festival-goers flocked to the
HAMPSHIRE athlete Rob Tobin was part of the GB men's 4 x 400m relay team that won silver in the European Championships in Sweden yesterday. Tobin is a member of the Basingstoke & Mid Hants club but trains in Southampton and is coached by Todd Bennett
They were minus the injured Ray Morton and Chris Johnson and Jason Doyle was carrying a leg injury. Stoke Potters 53: Paul Thorp 8, Trent Leverington 3, Paul Clews 5+1, Robbie Kessler 11+1, Mark Lemon 15 (full maximum), Robert Ksiezak 10+3, Billy Legg
Newcastle boss Rob Andrew appears to have emerged as favourite to be named England's first director of elite rugby. Reports over the weekend indicated Andrew was in a two-horse race for the position with England's World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive
SAINTS teenage sensation Gareth Bale has been withdrawn from the Welsh Under-21 squad for Wednesday's European Championship qualifier against Israel. The 17-year-old suffered a recurrence of a thigh problem during the goalless draw against West Bromwich
WHAT a night to be a Saints fan. For the first time in a long time, St Mary's was rocking to a party atmosphere, a feeling of unity and a winning team. It's hard to pick a highlight from the evening. Normally it's fairly easy - the winning goal or
PASSENGERS at Southampton and Bournemouth airports are being allowed one piece of hand luggage to carry on the flights following a reduction in security measures. Among items permitted inside cabins include mobile phones, laptops and other electrical
HUNDREDS of residents and shopkeepers in a Southampton suburb have launched a mass offensive against plans to bring a Somerfield store to the neighbourhood. They claim the plans would tear the heart out of the community. More than 900 people from the
A SOUTHAMPTON entrepreneur is celebrating after landing a slot on a TV shopping channel, to sell his innovative Bean-2bed' invention. Matt Roberts, 23, has signed a deal with the UK's second-largest shopping channel Ideal World, which he hopes will "
A SALES assistant for country goods store Scats in Winchester is celebrating 40 years of service. Mike Baker, 56, joined the company along with his identical twin brother Christopher in 1966 and has never looked back. Christopher left after ten years
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Orion Leader, roro, 0730, 43; APL Ireland, container, 1400, 205; Maris, cargo, pm, 206e Today's principal Southampton sailings: Bunga Seroja Satu, container, 1430, 207; Orion Leader, roro, 1500, 43; Wolthusen
HEALTH chiefs are axing the posts of medical secretaries at the hospital. It's a move which has some people claiming lives will be put at risk. The work of the secretaries which involves typing up vital medical notes will be transferred thousands of
EARLY season title fancies AFC Totton made an impressive opening day Sydenhams Premier splash with a convincing 3-1 victory over Poole Town at Testwood Park. Totton assistant manager Sean New smiled: "I thought that we were very good value for our
The curse of the strikers came back to haunt Eastleigh yet again on Saturday as they kicked off the new Conference South campaign with a 1-1 draw at Bedford Town. With the injured Andy Forbes lasting only five minutes of a training match on Thursday
If Lewes are the best the Conference South have to offer this season, then new boys Salisbury City have nothing to fear. That was the confident conclusion of Whites coach Mitch Blake who, far from being intimidated by the bookies' 7-2 title favourites
Hampshire have been boosted by the news that Nic Pothas did not suffer a broken thumb during yesterday's Pro40 thriller against Derbyshire at the Rose Bowl. Pothas had to be replaced by John Crawley behind the stumps in the 15th over after a Dimitri
George Burley has backed his new signings to keep improving - and is still hoping to bring more in. John Viafara had his best game for the club in Saturday's 0-0 draw with West Brom at St Mary's but Rudi Skacel came off ten minutes after half-time
SAINTS technical support director Sir Clive Woodward should find out in the next 48 hours whether he has completed a sensational return to rugby union. The RFU will this week announce who will fill their newly-created position of director of elite
AFTER all the entertainment and distractions off the field at St Mary's last week, it was high quality football that took centre stage on Saturday. West Brom and Saints have started the season as two of the favourites for promotion and justified that
A Tory peer and an off duty coastguard sailing from Hamble rescued an injured crew member in the Solent. Northern Ireland peer Lord Glentoran and Ian Murdoch, a watch manager for Belfast Coastguard, were travelling to Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland,
POLICE were today expected to name a Southampton man found dead in a Blackpool public toilet. The 20-year-old was discovered by a cleaner alongside the body of a 22-year-old local girl. The pair had gone into an automatic toilet off Blackpool promenade
RECORD-breaking climber turned yachtsman Rhys Jones was reeling in the field after being delayed by broken rigging in a round Britain race. His yacht, Bean Around Britain, dropped to last place after it was forced to call in at Cork in Ireland just three
A dead rat was found on the premises of a Hampshire motorway services during a routine environmental health check. The dead rodent was removed from the kitchen of the RoadChef westbound services at Rownhams on the M27 by Test Valley council environmental
One of Southampton's first Jamaican immigrants has died - 58 years after coming to the city. Joe Malcolm, aged 84, was one of the founding members of the West Indian Association, now known as the African Caribbean Centre, a thriving centre for the present
VETERAN film director Ken Russell plans to rebuild his New Forest home following the huge fire which destroyed his cottage in April. He is planning a full restoration of the thatched cottage which was set in pretty East Boldre. As the building burned
