As my last hour of work experience draws near, I'll let you in on my experiences of the past few days. I went out with a photographer to a school - where my hand became famous in the pages of the Echo for a picture story on text messages being sent to
As my last hour of work experience draws near, I'll let you in on my experiences of the past few days. I went out with a photographer to a school - where my hand became famous in the pages of the Echo for a picture story on text messages being sent to
A MOTORCYCLIST has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a collision with a car in Eastleigh. The accident happened at the junction between the Bishopstoke Road and Sayers Road. Passing motorists alerted the emergency services
MASSIVE tailbacks that spelled misery for commuters on the M27 today were the result of a fault in controversial traffic lights, highways chiefs have admitted. The breakdown of the lights left thousands of motorists facing delays of up to an hour after
DETECTIVES are investigating after two rabbits were found beheaded in the back garden of a Hampshire home. The pets were brutally killed in Hilsea, Portsmouth, last weekend. A child made the gruesome discovery on Saturday morning. Police say the family
YOUNGSTERS were getting all in a spin in Winchester this week thanks to a course in circus skills being run at a top Hampshire attraction. The chance to learn how to tumble, balance and juggle was being held at Winchester's Intech Science Centre at Morn
A HAMPSHIRE community is celebrating after residents joined forces to raise more than £160,000 to save their village shop from closure. The residents of West Meon clubbed together to collect the sum allowing them to not only buy the listed building,
A HAMPSHIRE boarding school for children with disabilities could be forced into temporary closure after four of their nine carers resigned when their hours were slashed. The care worker's hours were cut as part of a cost-cutting drive by bosses at the
For all the fun of the farm and the chance to see some new arrivals make a visit to Manor Farm Country Park this Easter. The Victorian farm, Bursledon, is holding its annual Lambing weekend on April 7 and April 8, giving you the chance to see the new-born
MOST families who take their children out in their buggies usually opt for a leisurely walk through a park but one Southampton family will be dashing towards the finishing line when they take part in a fundraising run for a heart charity. Lisa and Nathan
THE DAILY Echo's recruitment advertising team has been highly commended in a prestigious national competition. The team was singled out for praise from more than 200 rivals at newspapers across the country in the Newsquest Media Group Advertising Awards
HAMPSHIRE public relations firm McKenna Townsend has appointed account executive Lucy Bridgewater and office manager Rose Metcalfe to its 14-strong Ringwood-based team. Lucy joins from Webline, part of the Capita group - her first job after graduating
HAMPSHIRE rail passengers are facing an Easter weekend of travelling misery after Network Rail began major rail works over one of the busiest weekends of the year. The company will tomorrow start work a £130m resignalling project in the Basingstoke area
Tesco has averted a planning hitch over its latest Southampton store. The retailer persuaded councillors to give it retrospective planning permission for alterations to the building - five weeks after it opened. Dozens of letters of objection were received
THEY are putting themselves forward to shape the lives of hundreds of thousands of Hampshire residents. Candidates were yesterday announced in the running to become councillors in local elections on May 3. Some are veterans of the game, others newcomers
A HAMPSHIRE community is celebrating after residents joined forces to raise more than £160,000 to save their village shop from closure. The residents of West Meon clubbed together to collect the sum, allowing them to not only buy the listed building,
Daily Echo launches campaign to get knives off the streets Knives cause untold heartache to innocent families and bring violence and terror to neighbourhoods across Hampshire. Today the Daily Echo is taking a stand - and demanding that they are removed
OUTRAGEOUS TV favourite Alan B'Stard caused a stir when he took to the streets of Southampton yesterday. Rik Mayall transformed into his hilarious comedy creation to promote his show The New Statesman, which is set to enjoy a week-long run at the Mayflower
Knives cause untold heartache to innocent families and bring violence and terror to neighbourhoods across Hampshire. Today the Daily Echo is taking a stand - and demanding that they are removed from the streets. We are launching a campaign that calls
THE maximum sentence for someone caught in possession of a knife has just been doubled from two years to four years. The change comes after the introduction of the Violent Crime Reduction Act, which was given royal assent in November last year. A Home
THEY are putting themselves forward to shape the lives of hundreds of thousands of Hampshire residents. Candidates in the running to become councillors in local elections on May 3 have now been revealed. Some are veterans of the game, others newcomers
AN investigation has been launched into a blaze which broke out at a Hampshire college early today. Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to the sports hall at St Vincents College in Gosport but there was extensive damage to the toilets. They
HUNDREDS of jobs are to be created in Hythe after regional development agency SEEDA snapped up the former military base there. The 17-acre former RAF Hythe site is set to disappear beneath a new marine business centre taking advantage of the base's specialist
MORE than 1,000 women in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have started their own companies in the past four years with the help of Business Link Wessex. The business advice agency started a series of Women Mean Business events to help boost the numbers
I WAS a little dissappointed by the Conservative councillor Peter Baillie's comments towards Nick Chaffey and the Save our Services campaign. His references to supporting different parties I found a bit rich considering he himself, before becoming a
IT'S always pleasing to get on the wrong side of Councillor June Bridle, you just know you have to be doing something right. Perhaps if shee had displayed a bit of political backbone, like Perry McMillan did when he was a councillor and refused to vote
IN THE ten years they've been in power this country has had the heart and soul ripped out of it by Tony Blair and his party. Because if things are as great as they lead us to believe how come, for a start, our schools, hospitals and transport system
CAR parking throughout the city of Southampton, like most British cities, has been a problem for many years and we expect our councillors to do their best to alleviate the situation when and where possible. However, when it comes to parking on the city
A PRIZE-WINNING British pedigree herd was recently destroyed on EU orders because (allegedly) some of the cattle's EU identity cards were wrong. DEFRA seized Cheshire farmer David Dobbin's paperwork and ordered him to identify his cows in 48 hours (or
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Morning Champion, roro, 0430, 43; Don Juan, vehicle, 0700, 38/9; Grande Anversa, roro, 1000, 105; Bangkok Express, container, 1145, 206; CMA CGM La Traviata, container, 1400, 207; Fair One, cargo, 1830, 102/3
OPERA supergroup G4 are reportedly splitting up - but their summer show in Romsey may still go ahead. The classically-trained quartet, who rose to fame as popera' pioneers after being runners-up on The X Factor in 2004, have announced their break-up
KEVIN Pearce can often be spotted walking his beloved pet around the streets of Southampton. There's nothing unusual about that - unless the animal on the end of your lead is a 5ft 6in-long iguana. Heads turn and cars stop in the street when they see
I am dreadful at sitting in the stands watching football, but it was better last weekend than it normally is! I had to sit out the 6-0 win at Wolves with a pelvis injury. I was one of about seven or eight regular first team players out, but the
George Burley will factor in Saints' two games in three days as he wrestles with the dilemma of whether to change a winning team. Burley's injury-ravaged side, so desperate for players they had to recall Martin Cranie from his loan spell at Yeovil
THE Hampshire FA have instructed all their referees NOT to take charge of Southampton Tyro League matches until further notice. The stunning bombshell has been dropped by the county in the wake of a series of communication breakdowns among league clubs
A HAMPSHIRE schoolboy who died suddenly in his sleep will be laid to rest today following a funeral service attended by family and friends. The funeral of Ryan Gilmore, 12, will take place at Southampton Crematorium followed by a get-together afterwards
STREETS in a Hampshire town could soon become alcohol-free if councillors vote tonight to ban booze in all public areas. If plans to make the whole of Farehamthe subject of a Designated Public Place Order are rubber stamped, police would have the powers
A HAMPSHIRE boarding school for disabled children could be forced to close temporarily after four of its nine carers quit when their hours were slashed. Bosses at Osbourne School in Winchester say the cost-cutting move - which will see the carers' working
FIREFIGHTERS from across Hampshire spent part of the night tackling a gas leak on an industrial estate. The alarm was raised shortly after 2.30am by staff at Polimeri Europa Ltd on the Cadland Industrial Estate, Hardley, where the leak occurred. More
A MAN was recovering in hospital today after being stabbed in the leg on a Hampshire road. Paramedics had found the man after responding to a call in Fawcett Road, Portsmouth. Police believe the injuries followed an incident in nearby Palmerston Road
DETECTIVES in Hampshire have launched a hunt after a teenage girl was the victim of a sex attack as she walked home. The 15-year-old girl was on a footpath close to Warsash Road, in Park Gate. Police say her attacker followed her before making a grab
WORK on a a multi-million pound leisure package for Eastleigh will start this summer. The council has already announced that Vue Cinemas, one of the country's leading cinemas, is to open a nine screen multiplex in the £25 million leisure complex which
