FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle a blaze that devastated a former Hampshire pub. Flames had already ripped through the roof of The Flying Boat Inn at Calshot when firefighters arrived on the scene at 9am yesterday. The building was part of the former
HAMPSHIRE HAWKS may not have held their catches but they held their nerve to beat Derbyshire Scorpions and maintain their challenge at the top of Division Two of the National League. Never mind the quality, feel the width and third-placed Hampshire will
BAT Sports swept to a fifth win in six matches, but still trail Southern Electric ECB Premier League Division 1 champions Havant by a single point. The two title contenders both won - BAT crushing South Wilts by eight wickets, and Havant found Liphook
FURIOUS allotment holders are up in arms at plans to build a doctor's surgery on their vegetable patches. Users of Camden Allotments in Forton Road, Gosport, say their plots are being unfairly targeted for a new surgery. Dr Knapman and Partners argue
A MAN was severely burned on his arms, hands and legs when he tackled a chip pan fire in his kitchen. The father, aged in his early 30s, put the flames out, but needed to call an ambulance to take him to Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham. Hospital staff
PITMORE Special School at Chandler's Ford is set to enter a new era from September with a change of name and new key staff. And the campus - which will be known as Lakeside School - will also go into the new school year with a positive report from Ofsted
A DREAM has come true for a campaigning wheelchair-bound stroke victim with the news that a community garden is to be built in his Basingstoke neighbourhood. George Potten beamed with delight after the council's Cabinet unanimously passed a recommendation
A PIONEERING action plan will seek to reduce the number of arson attacks in Basingstoke. It's the first time a community fire safety action plan has been drawn up for the town. The plan reveals there have been 295 cases of arson in the 12 months between
Today's Principal Arrivings: Arroyofrio Uno, vehicle carrier, 0800, 30; Weserberg, container, 0830, 206W; APL Germany, container, 0930, 207; APL Iris, container, 1130, 205; Hual Trooper, vehicle carrier, 1330, 40/41; Sir Bedivere, military, 1500, 39.
JUSTIN Rose tees up in the 130th Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St Anne's this week, looking to emulate the remarkable performance that catapulted him onto the world stage. It was at the 18th hole at Royal Birkdale three years ago where the then
HAMPSHIRE POLICE'S promotion hopes in Championship 3 of the Southampton and District BA League soared with two 7-1 victories over second-placed County inside a week. Although the Police are still third, they have three matches in hand over their beaten
SOUTHAMPTON Women saw their hopes of reaching the national stages of the English Women's BA pairs championship vanish in a dramatic finish to their Hampshire semi-final. Playing Linda Johnson and Eileen Deadman from Bournemouth's Richmond Park, Jean Seymour
MUSIC filled the air on Friday evening and all day Saturday when Romsey played host to the annual Beggars Fair. Up to 3,000 people enjoyed performances by 65 acts at numerous free events based around the Cornmarket. Organising team member Kim Grrthuis
MORE car parks in the Test Valley are heading for council control with a new plan for the borough council to watch over housing estate car parks. Test Valley Borough Council recently took over car parking enforcement for the entire region from police.
Police have named the woman murdered in a Winchester hostel last Saturday night. She was Valerie Ver'a - Tallett, 38. Mrs Ver'a - Tallett had lived at the address in Sussex Street since September last year. She was separated from her Spanish husband and
A HAMPSHIRE-based children's charity is challenging local companies to make a splash for cash by taking part in a bell boat race at this year's Southampton Boat Show. KIDS is looking for local companies to help boost their Play For All appeal by raising
HAVANT-based Sciona Ltd has received more than £130,000 of government funding to develop a screening process that will give people access to their own personal genetic information. The process will form part of an action plan, which will provide advice
BARBARA DICKSON isn't the only cast member of Spend Spend Spend to be treated like a star. For the singer and West End actress, who plays pools winner Viv Nicholson in the musical at The Mayflower from tomorrow, is joined in the show by two canaries -
AN investigation is under way after a student died on a Hampshire motorway when he was run over by at least three cars, one of them a police patrol vehicle. Up to 40 officers are trying to piece together the events that led to the accident yesterday morning
A COMMUNITY football club has been forced to sign up the long arm of the law to save changing rooms that haven't even been finished yet. Officials at Brendon FC fear bored youngsters responsible for vandalising fences and a disused cricket pavilion will
SOUTHAMPTON City Council is beating national targets for the proportion of its education budget which is spent directly on pupils. The authority is top of its comparator group - and tenth in the country for the amount of government grant and council tax
A HAMPSHIRE vicar took a leap of faith when he joined scores of people who abseiled down one of the tallest tower blocks in Southampton. The Rev Richard Burningham and his 15-year-old daughter Helen inched their way down the 260ft drop in an effort to
BOURNEMOUTH-BASED blues band The Producers have announced they are to split. The band, voted Best British Blues Band for the last two years by Blueprint magazine, will be going their separate ways at the end of the year, after a decade together. According
THE Daily Echo today launches a campaign to let dogs run free in the New Forest. We are joining forces with thousands of dog owners who made their feelings plain at one of the biggest protest meetings ever seen in the area. Some 2,000 furious animal lovers
HIGH-CLIMBING Ashley Swain marked his AAA senior debut by scooping pole vault bronze with a stunning personal best clearance. There were no signs of big stage nerves as 20-year-old Swain, the youngest competitor in the field, impressively scaled 5.20
STUDENT artists have been given a chance to have their say about how one of the most important town centre redevelopment sites in the south should look. Eastleigh council has already unveiled a draft blueprint of how it thinks hundreds of new homes should
SAINTS chairman Rupert Lowe has scoffed at suggestions that Rory Delap's record-busting £4 million transfer was financed by selling off old folks homes. Instead, the decision is seen as a piece of good housekeeping. Saints' parent company, Southampton
MATTHEW Le Tissier is looking in good shape for the pursuit of the second half of his dream double. Having scored the last ever league goal at The Dell, Le Tissier would dearly love to net the first at the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium. First, though
ANGRY residents fear their leafy Chandler's Ford suburb could be ruined by plans to put a mobile phone mast on land in an ancient country estate. People living in Hocombe Road are outraged by the prospect of a 23-metre BT Cellnet tower on their doorsteps
A SPECIAL police team had to be drafted in after women anti-nuclear protesters staged a tree climbing protest outside AWE Aldermaston. The activists spent a night in the trees in an attempt to prevent their eviction from outside the gates of the AWE base
BEDS on the children's wards are under threat as Basingstoke hospital bosses battle to get to grips with a looming financial crisis. This week, it emerged that the hospital, which is facing a £3 million deficit, has had to close a high dependency unit
IT ALL ended in tears for Jonny Wilkinson as the British Lions lost narrowly in the Test series decider against Australia in Sydney. The 22-year-old former Lord Wandsworth College captain sank to his knees and wept as the Lions just failed to last the
FOR THE second week running, Basingstoke were forced into a rearguard action to avoid defeat after their top order batsmen failed to dominate. Last week the rain came to save them from defeat by Slough. On Saturday, at home to Beaconsfield, the middle
COMEDIAN Donna McPhail will be entertaining next week at Jongleurs in Southampton. The former Sunday Show host will be appearing at the popular comedy venue on July 26-28 as part of a triple-bill each night. For tickets and information, call the Jongleurs
DETECTIVES investigating the death of a 38-year-old woman in Winchester today revealed she had been stabbed. A post mortem showed she had died from a stab wound following an incident at 80-86 Sussex Street late on Saturday night. A 30-year-old man and
ANGRY NHS staff in Southampton made their feelings about the government's cost of living allowance clear at protests outside city hospitals. Around 50 staff took part in the protest, organised by Unison Southampton Health Branch, outside Southampton General
With its sea views and sumptuous living pensioner Beatrice Muller has the most prestigious address in Southampton as she is the only full-time resident on board the city's luxury liner, Queen Elizabeth 2. Mrs Muller first stepped on board the 70,327 ton
THERE'S road tax in the window and the new paint job looks immaculate - but the Daily Echo minibus has no owner. All that is set to change this week however, as D-Day approaches for the scores of schools that have spent endless hours collecting tokens
Southampton medical research charity Hope has revealed TV news presenter Alastair Stewart as its new patron. Former ITN journalist Mr Stewart presents Police, Camera, Action! as well as the London news programme London Tonight. A well-known TV reporter
IWAN THOMAS faces a desperate race against time to make next month's World Championships in Canada. Although Southampton's European and Commonwealth 400 metres champion achieved one half of the qualifying criteria with a top-two finish in the AAA/Trials
THE GRIEVING mother of a nine-year-old girl who drowned in a school boating accident has described compensation offered for her daughter's death as an insult. Lesley Bee has pledged to campaign to change the law which values the life of any child who
SCHOOLS in Fareham could be swamped by an influx of new residents, according to the council leader. Councillor Sean Woodward says current education provision will be inadequate if new school places are not provided for families pouring into the area.
