Harry Redknapp has put the block on out-going loan-players at Pompey and told Walsall they can forget any notions of reuniting midfield maestro Paul Merson with exciting youngster Gary O'Neil. Boss Redknapp last week gave his blessing to unbeaten Pompey's
AFC Totton boss John Robson has emerged as hot favourite to be appointed the new manager of Bashley today. The club confirmed yesterday that they were within a whisker of unveiling a successor to Barry Blankley, who quit on the eve of their FA Cup tie
BASIngstoke Town's skilful frontman Neville Roach faces a late fitness test ahead of tomorrow's home game against Hornchurch in the Ryman Premier Division. The ex-Reading striker - a summer target of Eastleigh - sat out the 1-0 midweek win at Bishop's
TOURING versions of successful West End shows tend to be scaled-down versions of their London counterparts, with small sacrifices made here and there in order to bring the show to regional audiences. Miss Saigon looks like being the exception. Even Cameron
CRAIG'S coming home! Southampton's number one soul sensation, Craig David, has announced he is to play a FREE concert near his home city - as a thank you to his friends and fans. The 22-year-old R & B singer-songwriter, who was brought up on the city's
THE heat is on in Saigon - and in Southampton too! Audiences will be packing out the Mayflower Theatre tonight for the opening of smash West End musical Miss Saigon. The classic show, which had a gala premiere in aid of Wessex Heartbeat last night, runs
A SOUTHAMPTON butcher is celebrating after scooping a top award for his produce for the second year in a row. Upton Butchers, in Winchester Road, Bassett, took home a gold award in the national Great Taste Awards 2003 for its smoked back bacon, after
THEY say every cloud has a silver lining. And while thousands of Southampton residents were down in the mouth about city bosses plans to revamp waste collection in the city - one Hedge End businessman was laughing all the way to the bank. The Liberal
YOUNGSTERS at Southampton General Hospital's children's cancer ward got a pizza the action when a local fast food restaurant paid a visit. Domino's Pizza donated an auction prize to the Leukaemia Busters Grand Hawaiian Ball, which took place in May, to
IT WASN'T all plain sailing for Ocean Colour Scene in the early days. The four-piece formed in Birmingham in 1989 and the NME raved about them, with their second single Yesterday Today going Top 50. Their local indie label sold out to Phonogram and the
AFTER what seems like a lifetime in the wilderness, the prodigal sons of pop music are back in the limelight with a new album and UK tour to boot. Prodigal Sons, which was released on Monday, is their first album in ten years. For anyone whose too young
TWO legends of British folk music are joining forces at The Tower tonight. Martin Carthy CBE was a major player in the post-war revival of folk music. He is known for his incredible guitar style as well as his passion for the narrative ballad. Dave Swarb
REMAKES of classic movies are familiar territory but this is a remake with a difference. Because The Italian Job 2003 bears almost no relation to the original whatsoever. This is what the two films have in common - Minis, a couple of character names,
HAMPSHIRE League leaders Poole Town can rest safe in the knowledge that new Brockenhurst manager Graham Kemp will not be pillaging their players. Although Kemp has a major rebuilding job to do on a beleaguered Badgers side who have already shipped 33
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AWE Rec Soc has given assurances that the cricket pitches will not be out of action during the planned revamp at the club. Last month, members of AWE Tadley Cricket Club told The Tadley Gazette they believed they would lose their league positions if sports
Today's Principal Arrivals: Saga Rose, cruise liner, 0100, 101; MOL Promise, carrier, 0230, 205; Queen Elizabeth 2, cruise liner, 0630; 38/9; Setubal, vehicle carrier, 0700, 201; Tanabata, carrier, 0800, 40; Triton Highway, ro/ro, 0900, 202; Euro Melody
IT'S been a long time coming - but it's here at last! Miss Saigon takes up a three-month residence in Southampton's Mayflower theatre tonight, giving British audiences their last chance to see the West End and Broadway spectacular in its current form.
THE extremely talented Fareham Musical Society present the southern area premiere of Billy - a musical based on the hit novel Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse. The comedy musical tells the story of daydreaming Billy, a habitual liar with three girlfriends
A HORRENDOUS catalogue of abuse suffered by a Hampshire boy at the hands of his own mother can today be revealed by the Daily Echo. The youngster, now aged 14, was routinely beaten with a slipper from the age of six, slapped around the head and on one
ANGRY anti-nuclear protesters staged a demonstration outside Southampton City Council. Members of SCANS (the Solent Coalition Against Nuclear Ships) dressed in radioactive suits as part of their campaign against nuclear vessels being allowed to enter
IT'S probably every errant school pupil's dream - the chance to drop their headmaster right in the manure. And the opportunity has been presented on a plate to students at Eastleigh's Crestwood Community School. For the Boyatt Wood school is staging a
YOUNGSTERS at a Southampton school are to be let loose behind the wheel of a car as part of a crackdown on dangerous driving. The teenagers at Millbrook Community School are to take part in the initiative next week. As part of the scheme the 15 and 16
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a 15-year-old Hampshire schoolgirl was sexually assaulted yesterday. The youngster, who was wearing her uniform, was walking along a footpath, which runs alongside Applemore Sports Centre from Cygnus Gardens
A HAMPSHIRE father who had to plead with health bosses to give him the operation that could save his life has had his hopes dashed yet again after the procedure was postponed. As reported in the Daily Echo in April, obese Neil Crouch faced a 50 per cent
SINGER, songwriter and musician Sam Brown is back to amaze the crowds once again as she appears at The Brook on Tuesday, accompanied by the Moses. With early 60s, chart topper Joe Brown as her father and a mother who was a backing vocalist in the early
AFTER what seems like a lifetime in the wilderness, the prodigal sons of pop music are back in the limelight with a new album and UK tour to boot. Prodigal Sons, which was released on Monday, is their first album in ten years. For anyone whose too young
A YOUNG car designer of the future has won the Southampton Audi Young Designer of the Year title. Nicholas Thompson, of Campion Close, Warsash, received the accolade after submitting his A-level design project for the competition. Although the 18-year-old
ISABEL Walker (Kate Hudson) arrives in Paris from America to stay with her heavily pregnant sister Roxeanne (Naomi Watts), whose hot-headed husband Charles-Henri de Persaud (Melville Poupaud) has just walked out to be with his Russian mistress, Magda
IN A dark Gothic future, a war is raging between the aristocratic Vampires and the violent menacing Lycans (werewolves). Sworn enemies for many centuries, they battle fearlessly for control of the underworld, while the human race continues with its day-to-day
GOING boldly against the tide of films being bigger, louder, more hi-tech and gadget-filled is Belleville Rendez-vous, an almost dialogue-free French pen and ink animation which took this year's Cannes Film Festival by storm. The film centres on Champion
CALENDAR GIRLS (12A): Uplifting true story about a Women's Institute group who decide to strip off for their charity calendar to raise funds for their local hospital. Stars a great British cast, including Helen Mirren. THE HARD WORD (18): Australian heist
