George Burley hailed hat-trick hero Andrew Surman after Saints' biggest Championship win of the season. Surman fired Saints into the top four with his first goals of the season in his first game at St Mary's since suffering a knee injury on Boxing
Andrew Surman helped himself to a hat-trick and Kenwyne Jones bagged a brace of goals as Southampton continued their Coca-Cola Championship promotion push in style with a comprehensive 5-2 victory over 10-man Barnsley. Surman, who had not scored since
IT'S one of the most talked about rumours in town. Go into any pub, club or shop in Lymington and everyone will tell you that there's a Hollywood star living in the town. He has been spotted drinking in local pubs, eating in restaurants and it is rumoured
Play video SWAN Lake on Ice comes to the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton on Monday for a week-long run, and Daily Echo entertainments reporter, Lorelei Reddin, got her skates on. Lorelei was given a masterclass by two of the stars of the production
THE home of Hampshire cricket is ready to deliver a ban that will bowl out smoker's months before a nationwide ban is enforced. The Rose Bowl in West End will be leading the way in the south as it is due to become one of the first public places to introduce
Grieving widow calls for wider health and safety probe after learning her husband was part of study in face-to-face meeting with Ford health director GRIEVING widow Julie West has finally discovered her husband was at the centre of a health investigation
BOGUS callers are targeting residents in the New Forest. Police are warning householders to be on their guard after a report of a doorstep trader stealing a handbag from a New Milton home on Tuesday. A bogus caller knocked on the door of the home in
IT is about time Southampton Council got to grips with antisocial behaviour within our city. Not a day goes past where we do not hear about some form of antisocial behaviour occurring somewhere in Southampton. Unfortunately for us residents we have
A SOUTHAMPTON man, who hurled a glass tumbler at his girlfriend which struck her in the back, has been jailed for 20 months at the city crown court. Richard Phillips and his girlfriend Marie Collins had been at a local pub watching England play in a
Is this the way to treat our dedicated home carers, who have reached very high nursing standards? Is cutting their wages the way of saying 'well done' and 'thank you'? I had these carers visiting my home for 12 years, attending my very sick late husband
I WOULD be interested in knowing what others feel about the NHS and indeed what can be done about. I attended the Diabetic Resources Unit recently and was told that I could not attend a study day because I lived in the New Forest. I understand that
IT is hard to find the words to express our sincere gratitude to Dr Hutchinson and all the wonderful staff at Snowden House rehab centre, Ashurst, for all the wonderful care, love and compassion shown to Ricky during his stay. From the day he walked
I DISAGREE entirely with roads for the rich and privileged but would prefer toll roads to be built on the 90 per cent of land owned by the privileged, and they could charge whatever they liked. It is obvious some congestion will occur on our roads, so
BRAD Watson (Echo on line, February 12) suggests that the Channel Arc Manche Assembly would "put England on the map''. England is already on most maps, Mr Watson, and has been for more than 1,000 years. It is only the regionalists who have attempted
TOM SPRING-SMYTH decryies a European Union directive (Letters, January 25) about that old chestnut metrication. Steady on, Conservative Tom, we'll have you joining UKIP if you go on like that! A little late on the scene but better late than never, I
SO Alan Lloyd's politically motivated book promoting a republican memorial has been quietly put in place near the Cenotaph in Watts Park. He must wonder why the names of the men who fell in the Spanish Civil War were not added to it at the same time
AS reported by the Daily Echo, the Liberal Democrats have postponed their decision on the Laser Gateway and also the travellers' transit site. This postponement has been caused by the Lib Dems panicking that the wrong decision will cost them votes at
BY all accounts the travellers' camp at Stoneham will go-ahead. There is not one person in the Mansbridge and Swaythling areas who wants this to happen. Residents of Swaythling and Mansbridge have stated unanimously listen to us', but unfortunately this
Play video THE MSC Napoli hit the headlines last month after it was damaged in storms off the Devon coast. The hull of the Napoli was damaged in a storm during which her 26 crew were airlifted from a life raft. It was then grounded near Branscombe
YOU MAY think you have gone quackers but your eyes are not deceiving you - this little duckling has definitely got four legs. There have been reports of crows with white feathers and cows with two heads but Hampshire farmer Nicky Janaway had never seen
ONLY a fraction of the profits made by a couple who ran a brothel at a luxurious house will be paid back, a court has been told. It was calculated that John Fellingham, 55, had personally benefitted by more than £90,000 from the racket which he ran
A DEAL to bring to life the centrepiece of a culture quarter for Southampton after more than two years of delays is hanging on the decision of a bunch of shareholders on Monday. They could give the green light to developers City Lofts to sign an agreement
HAMPSHIRE'S darts team looked to be on track for victory in Cornwall, but ended up drawing. The women's B side gave Hampshire a 4-2 winning start with victories from Maria Agozzino, Jo Senior, Nikki Stevens and Jane Monaghan. And Danny Smith got
TIM Dunkley has been selected to attend a World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association coaching course. The 48-year-old heads off to the Sheffield Academy next month thanks to a partnership deal with Chandler's Ford SC. Club boss Jim Everett
NICKY Banger has bounced back from his Romsey Town disappointment to land a job as corporate sales manager with ambitious Conference South outfit Havant & Waterlooville. The former Dell striker joins the growing band of Southampton-based sports personalities
MORE than ever, managers are being charged by the FA after comments made about certain decisions which have cost their team. Lawrie McMenemy has some sympathy. In today's exclusive Daily Echo column, he says: Take the case of Paul Jewell at Arsenal
THERE will be no room for sentiment when Brian Howard runs out at St Mary's with Barnsley today. After several years in the Saints youth ranks, the 24-year-old returns to St Mary's for the first time as an opposition player. The Barnsley midfielder
HAMPSHIRE FA officials have hit back at claims they hand out too lenient' suspensions that don't fit the crime of verbal and physical abuse of refeeres. County FA officials insist their hands are tied - that they are only handing out suspensions and
SAINTS' reserve team coach Stewart Henderson remembers the day he first spotted Brian Howard playing 15 years ago. Howard plays against Saints at St Mary's today but Henderson was the youth team coach at The Dell when he first saw the former Tyro
BOURNEMOUTH followed up their interest in Saints striker David McGoldrick by signing him on a one-month loan last night. Cherries boss Kevin Bond, a former assistant manager at St Mary's, has made it clear he wanted to take the 19-year-old to Dean
