HAMPSHIRE computer games company SCi Entertainment Group is believed to be close to clinching a deal with movie giant Paramount to produce a game based on the classic 1960s film The Italian Job. Shares in the games publisher have surged ahead on speculation
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SHIPPING giant P&O is to make sweeping cost cuts across its joint venture, P&O Nedlloyd, one of Southampton's major port customers, after the division sank into the red last quarter. The group is hoping to save at least £62.5 million over the
Principal arrivals and sailings Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Oualidia, container, 0130, 206W; Roger, general, 0530, Marchwood; Connemara, container, 0800, 207W; Pelayo, container, 1000, 207; Jarama, ro-ro, 1130, 201; Spes, ro-ro, 1530, 202;
A COUPLE who gave thousands of disabled people sailing pleasure on Southampton Water after losing their daughter in the Clapham rail disaster have been honoured. Jimmy and Muriel MacGregor lost their daughter Alison at Clapham and were driving home from
POLICE hunting a man in connection with the murder of a South Coast spinster have turned their attention to the New Forest. Detectives want to quiz Ray-mond Price over the bludgeoning of 87-year-old Jean Barnes at her Worthing home on July 26. They have
A SAILOR seriously ill in a Gosport hospital with the flesh-eating bug is continuing his brave fight against the deadly disease. The Daily Echo exclusively revealed on Wednesday how the man, who has not been identified, was admitted to the Royal Hospital
HOSPITALS in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are to be among the first in the world to come under the scrutiny of new anti-fraud inspectors. All 14 health authorities and 62 trusts in the south east region will take a leading role in the ground-breaking
SALISBURY manager Geoff Butler was desperately trying to shore up his defence before tomorrow's Dr Martens League Premier Division match against Halesowen at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Butler has targetted two players to plug the holes in a rearguard
SOUTHAMPTON'S Iwan Thomas will doubtless be delighted to hear that American legend Michael Johnson is all revved up and gunning for 400 metres gold. Any other year the Texan titan's ominous announcement that "I feel in the best shape since Atlanta '96
PHONES have begun buzzing at the South's colleges and universities as anxious students seek last minute places on courses. Southampton University is running a clearing hotline despite a go-slow by some admissions tutors in the Association of University
COMMIS chef Justin Whithan has been named employee of the month by the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel at Southampton in only his second month at the hotel. Justin, 19, joined the hotel in May and won the award for his commitment and personality. He is working
THOUSANDS of teenagers were finally able to uncross their fingers yesterday as A-level results were released. Their remarkable success comes as examiners point to rigorous studies by Ofsted and government advisers showing marking standards are being kept
THIS cute canine may have strayed more than 200 miles from her real home. For Yorkshire terrier bitch Rosie was discovered all alone in a street in Fair Oak. Apart from her nametag the only clue as to her background is a Penzance, Cornwall phone number
THE NEW millennium is now just 134 days away and as the South prepares for a new age it is time to look back over the decades to the events and personalities that have shaped our lives today. Next month the Daily Echo launches a major series of special
THOUSANDS of children and teenagers across the South are set to benefit from a mass immunisation programme against meningitis. The government is rushing to licence a new vaccination that can protect babies against the C-strain of the deadly disease for
THE number of trains passing through red lights in the South, has shot up, the Daily Echo can reveal. Figures obtained by the Echo show the number of incidents in the region has risen by almost a fifth in the past year. In 1997-98 there were 123 such
HEROIC Hampshire firefighters today plucked a miracle survivor from the ruins of the Turkish earthquake disaster. The victim had spent four days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in searing temperatures before the expert team from Hampshire
DEREK KENWAY threw a large heavy monkey off his back by making his first championship century. Although Kenway's reputation grows by the day, any batsman knows he can't be considered the Real Deal or the finished article until he's got a three-figure
KEVIN DAVIES received a hero's welcome as he prepared for a return to the scene of his greatest moment. It was at Goodison Park two seasons ago that the Saints striker ran from the halfway line to beat the entire defence before hitting one of the goals
BEN AINSLIE will give up Laser racing once the Sydney 2000 Olympics finish next year, his eyes firmly set on big boat competition in the Volvo Ocean Race which starts from Southampton in September 2001. The gifted 22-year-old from Lymington, currently
