In Port Today's principal arrivals: Sir Percivale, military, 08.00, Marchwood; Tarka, tug and Rasendebol, crane barge, am, 102; Bever, tug, am, 102; Voacz 9101, am, 102; Estoril, car carrier, 1200, 201; Maersk Sun, ro-ro, 1400, Nab anchorage; Fides, ro-ro
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SOME of the world's most majestic sailing vessels are now gathered in Southampton for the great seafaring festival Tall Ships 2000. The city's Eastern Docks are lined with the vessels. Their decks and riggings buzzing with hundreds of youngsters that
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines, 50 Years Ago The Daily Echo chartered an aircraft, which took off from Southampton Airport, to help search for missing cabin cruiser Kit crewed by
TRANSPORT groups and business leaders have attacked plans to downgrade a major road link between Southampton and Bristol. The government has recommended that the A36, which passes through Whiteparish, Salisbury, Warminster and Bath, be removed from the
A VALUED Hampshire advisory service for young people could be lost unless vital long-term funding is found. Hedge End's teenage drop-in centre has successfully provided support to thousands of 13 to 25-year-olds from the town and surrounding areas for
A LONG-awaited modern new home for vulnerable children in care has finally opened its doors in Winchester. The £650,000 purpose-built home at Andover Road will provide accommodation for eight children and will replace an outdated Victorian unit in Northbrook
A BUILDING branded "ugly and unappealing" is to be deleted from a Waterside conservation area - despite objections from local councillors. Hythe and Dibden Parish Council had opposed plans to end the special protection enjoyed by PC Building Supplies
THE future of Fareham's problem-plagued Market Quay development is due to come back into the spotlight tonight. Councillor Sean Woodward, leader of Fareham Borough Council, has told the Daily Echo he is planning to make a statement on the scheme - which
Southampton-based BTC will be mixing with rowing's elite at Henley Royal Regatta for the first time in June. The BTC senior fours crew became the first in the 73-year history of the club to qualify for the Britannia Cup at Henley - without having to take
HUSBAND and wife acting duo Timothy West and Prunella Scales were among guests who attended a celebrity dinner for Eastleigh's Barton Peveril College. The couple's grandson Ben Jones is a student at the college. Music enthusiasts at the college have raised
A NEW business advice centre geared to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises formally opened yesterday to play a key role in the regeneration of central. The multi-million pound Southampton regeneration plan aims to provide Southampton's inner
A TEENAGE office worker saved from a blazing block of flats has praised the firefighters who came to her rescue. Shelley Doughty, 17, was plucked from the third- floor balcony of the Hyde Housing Association premises in Southampton city centre after furniture
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating victory in the first round of their battle to stop a 100ft mobile phone mast being built yards from a Southampton school. City councillors have rejected a planning application from One-2-One to erect a base station and mast
CRUSH the crusher campaigners have been given a pat on the back for their successful fight against plans for a concrete recycling plant at South Wonston. Winchester MP Mark Oaten said the campaign proved a victory for "people power" and has blocked plans
MARSHALL Rolfe Toyota have announced a brand new competition for this summer which gives local anglers from Eastleigh, Cormorants and Test Valley the chance to fish a big money final. Each club will nominate five club matches with the individual winner
HAMPSHIRE will go into Saturday's Benson & Hedges Cup opener against Middlesex without any competitive cricket under their belt after their clash with Oxford University was washed out without a ball being bowled. Hampshire face Middlesex with only
MATTHEW Flye was a late starter in the sport of gymnastics but he has quickly made up for lost time. The 14-year-old (pictured above) from Winchester chalked up his fourth British title at Portsmouth last weekend in the Sports Acrobatics National Championships
PETER WARD returned from the All-England Championships satisfied that he is making steady progress in both ability and attitude towards winning the national singles crown. The Hampshire and Atherley skip has qualified for the national stages (last 32)
ORGANISERS are testing the waters to prepare for a visitor which would normally be like a fish out of water at Eastleigh's Fleming Park Leisure Centre. For next month the centre's ten-court badminton complex will be netting a shoal of koi carp. The popular
SOUTHAMPTON'S historic market is to be saved, the Daily Echo can reveal today. The future of the threatened 600-year-old Kingsland Market has been safeguarded with the news that the city council is in negotiation with a rival market trader. Council chiefs
WHEN Susan Mowat popped into her local fish and chip shop in Brockenhurst, she didn't expect to find a set of wheels on the menu. But she had scooped the big prize in a regular contest organised by New Forest Cycle Experience, near Brockenhurst railway
A STUBBINGTON shop has dashed to the rescue of a marathon runner whose fundraising was put on hold because she had to look after her sick daughter. Terry Harper, of The Croft, Stubbington, was determined to raise £2,000 for Cystic Fibrosis in this year's
MANY visitors to Southampton's Tall Ships 2000 made a Titanic mistake when they thought they spotted film star Leonardo Di Caprio wandering around the seafaring festival yesterday. Their excitement suddenly sank when they realised the uncanny look-alike
