PART of Southampton Docks was evacuated today after part of a crane collapsed and fell on to a container ship. No-one was hurt in the incident which saw the boom of the crane crashing down on to the Kyoto Express. Bosses at Southampton Container Terminals
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a brutal racist attack on a married couple in Southampton. The Polish couple were walking home along West Quay Road after a night out to celebrate the wife's birthday when they were assaulted by two men and a
SOUTHAMPTON'S Labour MPs have been accused of playing politics with the city's children. The claims come after the MPs asked city schools to pass on campaigning letters to parents. An investigation was launched after Cabinet member John Denham and fellow
Motherwell manager Mark McGhee has told the Scottish FA he does not want to leave his club before the end of this season. McGhee's emotional ties to the club tightened following the death of skipper Phil O'Donnell on December 29. And his debut season
GRANDMOTHER Lesley Bench could hardly believe her eyes when she spotted a tropical spider on her kitchen table. Lesley found the infant tarantula when her pack of bananas from the weekly shop started moving. Fortunately, her three-year-old granddaughter
Having a key figure' ally at a club can be more important to a football manager than being good at their job. That's the view of an expert in the psychology of leadership, who said people who succeed at impression management' can cultivate more success
THOUSANDS of Southampton pensioners are being urged to return a controversial survey about a proposed Tory council tax discount. The city council is reminding residents who received a letter asking if they would be eligible for the discount to return
Scottish FA chief executive Gordon Smith has stressed that none of the candidates who have been spoken to have ruled themselves out of becoming the new national team coach. Saints boss George Burley, Motherwell manager Mark McGhee, Celtic coach Tommy
Kevin Keegan insists he was the "best qualified" man to take charge of Newcastle. Keegan made a sensational return to St James' Park on Wednesday for a second spell as boss, after Sam Allardyce left the club a week previously. His appointment was
A HAMPSHIRE sub-postmaster has been jailed for 18 months for stealing more than £55,000 from the Post Office. Ian Kirk, who ran the post office at Sway Newsagents, had claimed he was burgled while he was in the toilet. But jurors at Bournemouth Crown
The England and Wales Cricket Board has named a new selection panel headed by Geoff Miller and including Ashley Giles and James Whitaker. Former Derbyshire and England all rounder Miller has been appointed to the newly created post of National Selector
THIS time next month they will be waking up in a mud hut with no running water or electricity. Instead of another day inthe office, they will face a hard day's physical labour in one of the world's poorest countries. Becky Mulley and Mark Richardson
A SOUTHAMPTON schoolgirl is to be reunited with the long lost dad she has never seen. After making an emotional appeal in the Daily Echo, Chloe Agius was left overwhelmed to find her New Year wish to trace her father had been granted. The 15-year-old
THINGS are hotting up in Hampshire - literally. Environmentalists are warning that the county is beginning to see the impact of climate change and their message is to take action now, before it is too late. Temperatures are on the rise, winters are
BY DAY he is a labourer who earns £80 for a hard day's graft. By night he is a heroic goalkeeper for his Hampshire non-league football team. Kevin Scriven's decision to dive to his right when faced with a crucial penalty could have helped his club claim
Coca-Cola Championship statistics. Saturday, January 19. Plymouth (9) v Southampton (13). Plymouth welcome back highly-rated midfielder David Norris from suspension. French ace Lilian Nalis and Luke Summerfield are also in contention, along with
Click here to see a copy of the police appeal poster THE stress and strain is etched on all their faces. Inside the major incident room that is home to one of the county's biggest murder enquiries, 150 police officers are working round the clock to
A PRODUCTION boss at Ford plant in Southampton is being investigated by police in connection with the alleged theft of thousands of pounds of materials. Specialist parts were among a haul of goods discovered to be missing by bosses at the Swaythling
A CANDIDATE called Amy Whiskerd is hoping to become Conservative councillor for the ward in which I live. She has sent me a letter and I suspect to all the other people who live in this area. She claims to be horrified to learn that the council tax is
IT would be nice if perhaps one of our national newspapers took up the gauntlet on the subject of 0870 phone numbers. Rip-off Britain never ceases to amaze me, both in ways in which we pay so much for everything, but also in the amazingly docile way
FEMALE readers may be interested in Henpals which is a club for women to make contact with other local women. I know, from my own experience, that when you move to a new place it can be difficult to make friends, as well as at other times in life such
IN the Oxfordshire town of Wantage, which is the birthplace of Wessex's greatest king, on the last Sunday of 2007, a reveller resolved to challenge King Alfred's statue in battle. During the evening fight' the king lost a hand and the shaft of his battle
I HEARD John McConnell on Julian Clegg's programme on Radio Solent talking about germs in hospitals. He was right - even more cleaning will never stop the germ problem - it's the fault of people. I know one nurse who wears her uniform to and from work
I'M LIVID about Dairy Crest, they've been delivering milk for years and years. One day last week I took the cap off my bottle and to my dismay I found a piece of glass in the bottle! Good job I didn't swallow it, as I'm a diabetic, also my friends weren't
I WRITE concerning the extraction of gravel along Titchfield to the Solent. While I appreciate gravel is needed, as are landfill sites, I do feel this is such an area of natural beauty it must be preserved for all the wildlife etc. I have only lived
I AM totally against the project to remove sand and gravel from Chilling and Brownwich for environmental reasons. B E FARROW, Sarisbury Green.
CHRISTMAS is a time when most towns and cities put on a show of lights and decorations. Because of this, my wife and I visited Winchester, Romsey, Salisbury and Hythe to see the Christmas lights. Out of all of them Hythe was the most disappointing.
MORE top acts have been added to the bill for this summer's Isle of Wight Festival. Amy MacDonald, Starsailor, Newton Faulkner, The Answer, One Night Only, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Blackstone Cherry and Southampton's very own Delays were added
PAUL Sturrock could give fellow ex-Saint Yoann Folly a home debut against their former employers tomorrow. Folly was signed in a £200,000 transfer from Sheffield Wednesday last Friday and came on as a sub in the 1-0 defeat away to Burnley the day after
POLICE have today made two arrests at a Hampshire address in the latest stage of an ongoing operation targeting animal rights extremism. A warrant was executed at a house in Alver Road, Gosport where a 24-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were arrested
St James school pitches are unplayable so the Green League fixtures for this weekend are cancelled.
TILES were torn away as a mini tornado style storm hit a block of flats at Fareham last night. Fareham firefighters were called to Compass Point in Elmhurst Road at about 7pm. About half dozen roof tiles had broken away as fierce storms hit the area
YOU can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink goes the saying. Beer? - now that's a different matter. Shire horses Pride and Griffin from Fuller's Brewery joined the staff, customers and special guests to celebrate the re-opening of The
SOUTHAMPTON'S multi-million-pound cruise industry is set to surge ahead on a forecast 14 per cent increase in UK cruisers. The new figures from the Passenger Shipping Association show the industry is resistant to the vomiting bugs that hit the second
Today's principal Southampton arrivals Autotransporter, roro, 0030, 201; Maersk Wizard, roro, 0330, 40; Boudicca, passenger, 0700, 38/9; Grand Benelux, roro, 0730, 105; Yohjin, roro, 1730, 30 Today's principal Southampton sailings Vantage, container
SCIENCE fiction is ever closer to becoming science fact - and to prove it a masters degree in artificial intelligence has been launched at Southampton University. Traditionally the preserve of futuristic films like Star Wars, pictured, and 2001 - A
Harry Redknapp believes Kevin Keegan is the right man to revive Newcastle's fortunes after the Portsmouth boss rejected the chance to do the same. Redknapp was Magpies owner Mike Ashley's first choice to replace Sam Allardyce but he turned the offer
He has been to Hampshire Cricket what Kevin Keegan is to Newcastle United, but Shane Warne's availability for his final season is hardly black-and-white. In his four years as Hampshire captain, Warne has insisted throughout that winning the
A HAMPSHIRE man arrested as part of a major inquiry into allegations of child sex abuse is believed to have shot himself. Police were called to a remote part of the New Forest after reports that a man had died from shotgun wounds. The body has yet to
George Burley is counting on Alexander Ostlund's return to fitness to bring enthusiasm, hunger and desire to the Saints team. The Swedish international right back came through his comeback game for the reserves on Tuesday after three months out with
A SENIOR investigator for the Independent Police Complaints Commission has said that no officer was at fault in the case of a man who collapsed and died after being struck by a taxi. Peter Orr said there was no evidence to suggest there was any misconduct
SHOPPERS were told to remain inside city centre stores by firefighters after a heavy sign broke away from a shop front threatening the safety of drivers and pedestrians. Forbidden Planet's advert was hung above its store in Hanover Buildings, Southampton
A SACKED village sub-postmaster was expected to be jailed today when he was sentenced for stealing more than £55,000 from the Post Office. Ian Kirk, former sub-postmaster at Sway in the New Forest, told police he had been burgled while he was in the
THE number of people caught drink driving in Hampshire fell by more than half over the festive period, it revealed today. Following a month-long drink and drive clampdown, a total of 5,564 breath tests were carried out by officers. Figures released
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE'S want-away defender Tom Jordan still wants to join Blue Square South rivals Eastleigh - even it means giving up a "once in a lifetime" chance to face Liverpool at Anfield. That was Havant's FA Cup fourth round reward for stunning
Saints new boy Stephen O'Halloran is hoping to correct a strange imbalance in his career during his one month loan spell at St Mary's. The 20-year-old left back, who is line to be thrust straight into the team to face Plymouth tomorrow, has been capped
George Burley insists he remains "open minded" over the Scotland job and wouldn't necessarily leave Saints if he was offered it. The Saints boss will meet SFA chiefs next week to discuss the vacant national team manager's job north of the border and
A MAN who launched a brutal attack on his girlfriend after she had dumped him was jailed for three-and-a-half years. Adam Abdullah shouted: "If I can't have you, then nobody else will!" before beating up Louise Shepherd in her father's flat where he
ONE of the New Forest's top public figures is leaving office in a move that has dismayed the people he represents. Official Verderer Oliver Crosthwaite Eyre offered to serve a third three-year term - only to be told that Whitehall was looking for a replacement
SAFETY campaigners are working hard to target drivers who fail to stop for lollipop ladies and men in Hampshire. The county council's road safety team is relaunching its Stop Means Stop campaign, punishing drivers who fail to stop when asked by school
