IT is the only event in the world where ordinary people dressed as wacky animals rub shoulders with top class athletes. After months of gruelling training, living off carbohydrates, and early nights, the big day has finally arrived for hundreds of runners
RINGWOOD and District Churches Together are holding a sponsored walk in aid of Christian Aid and The Stable Family Home Trust in Ringwood. The walk will be given the off at 10am on May 13 by the Rev John Turpin, vicar of Ringwood, who will be walking
THREE items of Titanic memorabilia failed to sell when they did not reach their reserve prices at an auction in Southampton yesterday. A silver Benson pocket watch, a silver-plated business card holder and a fur coat worn on the night of infamous sinking
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines. 50 Years Ago Initial work on converting the Southampton ruins of the bomb-shattered Holy Rood Church into a Merchant Navy war memorial was under way
CALL THEM the oldest swingers in town! You can set your clock by a terrific trio of Southampton Municipal Golf Course regulars with a combined age of 244! Former war veterans and now close pals Nick Nichols, 82, Sid Marks, 81, and Bert Misselbrook, 81
FURIOUS ex-servicemen who fought for their country are now at war with the Ministry of Defence to save their memorial garden. Although it is a battle the old soldiers never dreamed they would face, they are determined to fight to the bitter end to keep
CHRISTIAN Radio could be filling the airwaves over Southampton this October - if churches in the area back the vision of two young students. Henrik Dahle, 23, and Paula Studd, 21, both members of Southampton's Community Church, are busy signing up volunteers
Southampton 2 Watford 0 Saints removed any tiny lingering fears of relegation with a hard-fought victory over bottom club Watford. Kevin Davies gave them a flying start with his fifth goal of the season after just four minutes as the Hornets failed to
Full time results from the top clubs in the South Southampton 2 Watford 0 Wrexham 1 Bournemouth 0 Blackburn 1 Portsmouth 1 Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
How do you feel about Southampton as a city No complaints, good selection of shops. Wonderful parks, and, if you like the open spaces like I do, there is the common for a quiet walk and a place to exercise the dogs. What one thing have you always wanted
To celebrate the launch of Attire - the new storecard for men's fashion - we are offering Southern Daily Echo readers the chance to win £500 worth of designer menswear. There are two prizes of £250 worth of clothing to be won courtesy of Attire. The winner
A HELICOPTER flew into a top Hampshire boatyard just weeks after its type had been branded as unsuitable for the site, a court heard. New Forest magistrates were told that in January 1999, a letter was sent by the Civil Aviation Authority to Lymington's
PLANNERS have shelved a multi-million-pound development overlooking Southampton Water - because it is too boring. An application to build 175 homes on a former factory site has been put on hold by New Forest planners. A previous application to redevelop
HOORAY and up he rises! Crew members of the giant Russian sailing ship Mir gave Southampton's mayor, Councillor Derek Burke, a seamen's lift as they said a big thank-you to the city for hosting Tall Ships 2000. The message went out to the whole of Southampton
Oddbins expert Mark France finds the perfect wines for a dinner party The holidays are here again and with them the temptation to overspend in search of an Easter to remember. Looking for that special bottle(s) for dinner, though, can be traumatic, as
SHE has been called "one of the most influential women ever" (by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein); "Without question, one of the most significant contributors to our knowledge of the world around us", (Encyclopaedia Britannica) and
GARDEN enthusiasts will be sure of a warm welcome for the next two days at the pretty Hampshire village of Crawley near Winchester. Four gardens are opening to the public in aid of the National Gardens Scheme, giving us a chance to look behind-the-scenes
HE was one of pop's greatest showmen. And that it is how he was remembered as Sixties fans celebrated the life of Heinz Burt in true rock and roll style. It was an emotional final curtain for the former Tornados star (pictured top right) who, with his
