Emergency fire cover at the airport serving one of the Caribbean's busiest holiday destinations has been boosted by a special cargo which has been shipped through Southampton docks. Geest Line, based in Southampton's Windward Terminal in the city's Western
CUNARD'S American boss says the shipping line will not be rushed into making quick decisions over Southampton's millennium mega-liner, Project Queen Mary. Some details have emerged but many other aspects about the building of the first true ocean-going
In Port Today's arrivals: Arroyofrio Uno, ro-ro, 0330, 30; Connemara, container, 0400, 204E; Estoril, vehicle carrier, 0530, 201; Arcadia, cruise liner, 0630, 106; Asian Breeze, vehicle carrier, 0630, 43/44; Autorunner, vehicle carrier, 0730, 105; Falstaff
Feathers were flying this weekend at Eastleigh Working Men's Club but it was all for a good cause. Fifty-year-old Tim Hill, of Barton Road, Eastleigh, hatched a good plan for raising cash for Children in Need by dressing up as a chicken. And everyone
A TEAM of Hampshire youth workers has been improving the lives of young offenders - in Syria Led by Sue Wade, Hampshire's deputy chief probation officer, the team, working with an international charity and the Howard League for Penal Reform, is the first
THE threat of strike action at Fareham civic offices hangs in the balance after borough councillors decided to end car perks for many staff. Members of the Fareham branch of Unison are threatening industrial action after councillors endorsed green commuter
Matthew Le Tissier must look to the future rather than the past, according to Saints boss Dave Jones. For years the crowd hero (pictured above) has been the saviour of the club but, with other players performing strongly, he is currently out of favour
JUSTIN ROSE cruised through, Steve Richardson and Matt Blackey made it by the skin of their teeth - but for the golfing trio there were collective tears of joy as they completed a hat-trick of Hampshire passes at European PGA Tour School last night. All
STAFF at Marks & Spencer Hedge End are working round the clock to ensure that the £12 million-store enhancement programme will open on time next week. Extensions to the selling area are set to make the shop one of the leading retail stores on the
CRAB Wood nature reserve near Winchester turned into a hive of activity when more than 30 woodland crafts enthusiasts tried there hand at hurdle-making, pole-lathing, rake and tent-peg making. The event was organised by Hampshire Wildlife Trust in an
COURAGEOUS amateur footballer Shaun Lynham,who stunned his family and doctors by making a remarkable recovery after collapsing from a brain haemorrhage has been handed a £10,000 "get well" bonus. The popular Fair Oak man lay in a coma at Winchester's
ANIMAL welfare groups have pledged to crack down on thieves stealing lurchers around Hampshire to sell them on for breeding and poaching. Four dogs were taken from The Ark RSPCA Centre in Ranvilles Lane, Stubbington, on Saturday night. In a similar snatch
MAJOR refurbishment work on Winchester's Theatre Royal is set to resume early next year following a delay of more than six months. The £3.8 million project has been mothballed since July when the original contractors, Grist Construction Limited, ran into
WE'VE done it! Daily Echo readers have won the fight to give some of the country's most vulnerable children a new lease of life. The government has finally bowed to pressure and vowed to give justice to young amputees. Hundreds of readers joined our campaign
OPPONENTS of National Park status have been accused of not representing their parishes' views. Marchwood Parish Council representative Alan Shotter and Denny Lodge Parish Council chairman Ralph Hayward both criticised delegates of the government's Country-side
PEOPLE in the New Forest are being asked to help flush out vandals who are inflicting thousands of pounds' worth of vandalism on public toilets. The latest incident involved the ripping down of a ceiling in the toilets to the rear of the Waitrose supermarket
More than 250 boys and girls converged on the Sports Centre on Sunday for the biggest-ever Southampton mini-hockey tournament supported by Southampton City Council Sports Department. Organised by the Hampshire Schools & Youth Hockey Association and
PAUL Wykes was still reeling today less than 24 hours after receiving a master class in top-level snooker tuition from the head teacher. The 28-year-old Dorset star was left watching helplessly on the sidelines as world number one Stephen Hendry recorded
FEW SPORTSMEN in the county have been as successful as David Porter and it certainly hasn't escaped the attention of the Hampshire Schools Sports Association. They have awarded the 16-year-old golfer from Lordshill the Michael May Trophy as Hampshire
SOLENT Stars Under-16s knocked spots off East London Leopards with a devasting second-half display at Fleming Park in the National Basketball League Cadet Division 3 South. Leading 39-32 at half-time, Stars stepped up a gear to run out handsome 97-62
GOSPORT schoolboy Kenneth True has been selected to play for the England men's netball team - at the tender age of 15. Kenneth, a pupil at Brune Park Community School, is hoping to go to Jamaica in December to play in the team's next tournament. "I was
