Archive
-
Date
Ancill's West Lepe gamble pays off with monster cod
WHILE most anglers have been heading off to marks to the south of the Needles or the Nab Tower area, Shawn Ancill from Blackfield settled for a session just off the West Lepe buoy in the western Solent where he heaved a huge cod over the gunnels. Ancill
-
Date
Celebrations with a difference in Southern Ocean
CHRISTMAS Day was just another day in the Southern Ocean for Golding, his fiancee Andrea Bacon explained. While she sat down with her family and tucked into a traditional festive lunch of turkey and trimmings, washed down with Chablis, her husband-to-be
-
Date
Golding: A man with a mission
THE Christmas scene at Mike Golding's waterside home in Hampshire is one of tranquillity and order. Beautiful house, perfect calm, idyllic views. Compare this with 47 degrees south, a few hundred miles off the Kerguelin Islands deep down in the turbulent
-
Date
Weeks lined up as new captain
HAMPSHIRE'S high-ranking amateur golfers could have their first playing captain for over a decade when former English champion Kevin Weeks takes over the reins from Lionel Smith. Brokenhurst Manor clubman Weeks was announced as captain-elect at the Hampshire
-
Date
Cox storms to smooth Boxing Day 10km win
HEDGE END time trialist, Malcolm Cox (VC St Raphael Waite Contracts) ended a year of fluctuating fortunes on a high when he won the New Forest CC Boxing Day 10 at Ringwood. Timekeepers, Margaret Gannaway and Roger Bacon, relied on their watches to confirm
-
Date
Plans get short shrift
PLANNERS have rejected proposals to enlarge a Hampshire pub, accusing the owners of trying to turn it into a hotel. The Mortimer Arms at Romsey Road, Ower, near Romsey, had applied for planning permission to build a two-storey extension and a first floor
-
Date
Health shake-up is attacked by Labour
HEALTH bosses have vowed that patients in Eastleigh's southern parishes will not lose out if a proposed shake-up of their services goes ahead. Overseers of frontline health care from the Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority promise existing
-
Date
Landmark now in receivership
FURNITURE giant Land-mark, which has its southern division based in Eastleigh has collapsed and is in the hands of receivers from BDO Stoy Hayward. The company employs 200 people nationally in 23 stores. Andrew Pepper from BDO Stoy Hayward said he was
-
Date
CBI chief vows to support South East
THE South East England Development Agency - SEEDA - has been given a pat on the back by CBI director general Digby Jones who said the agency was making a big difference to business and the quality of life in the region. The CBI chief said he was "a huge
-
Date
2000: HOW WE HERALDED A NEW MILLENNIUM
THE NEW year started with a bang - literally - for thousands of revellers across the South as they welcomed the long-awaited dawn of the new millennium. As champagne corks popped and fireworks lit up the night sky, a party mood gripped Hampshire people
-
Date
Winter arrives at last - after floods
BRACE yourself. For the first time this winter, it's going to get rather cold. Experts say freezing weather, already affecting much of the rest of the country, will reach the South today. The time has come to rummage in your underwear drawer for that
-
Date
Residents to have input over revamp
SCORES of residents on a troubled housing estate in Hampshire are being given the chance to see the latest plans for a project to give their homes a much-needed make-over. The doors have opened on a new drop-in centre based in The Gardens, Eastleigh,
-
Date
No peace and goodwill at pub's festive punch-up
A HAMPSHIRE pub landlady told today how she curled up in a ball to protect herself from thugs who left her boyfriend hospitalised. Deborah Thorn could hear her partner and son shouting for help as she cowered on the floor at The Henry Paget pub in Shirley
-
Date
Man fights for life after home attack
A MAN was fighting for his life today after being found with serious head injuries in the bedroom of a shared house in Southampton. The victim, a Russian national believed to be in his 30s, was rushed to Southampton General Hospital, where his condition
-
Date
Prison risk quest goes on for Les
A HAMPSHIRE father is prepared to risk prison to highlight the desperate plight of people living in Iraq. Les Gibbons was moved to volunteer for the sanction-breaking trip after hearing about the suffering. According to some observers, more than a million
-
Date
Mini estates with massive appeal
ESTATE agents don't perhaps enjoy the best of reputations. But there are two quasi members of the profession in Hampshire who devote all their time to bringing joy and enjoyment into children's lives. In an age when parents rely on high-tech entertainment
-
Date
Big queues on cue
SNOW and freezing temperatures failed to keep the bargain-hunters at home yesterday, as the annual post-Christmas sales started at stores across the South. Hampshire's multi-million-pound West-Quay centre welcomed more than one million visitors in the
-
Date
Taking centre stage
YOUNGSTERS at St Mary Bourne Pre-School Playgroup performed a traditional nativity play in the village hall. The children dressed up and sang songs to an audience which included the primary school as well as theirproud mums and dads.
-
Date
Residents polled on county spending
A TELEPHONE survey is being carried out next month to discover the views of Hampshire residents before Hampshire County Council sets its budget in February. The poll will be used to gauge reaction to budget priorities and different levels of budget and
-
Date
Making the most of your tree
THE presents have been unwrapped and the turkey is just a distant memory but there is still one reminder of the festivities to be dealt with - the tree. The ideal place to take it for recycling is to one of Hampshire's 24 household waste recycling centres
-
Date
Speeders fined
MORE than 1,400 irresponsible drivers have been caught speeding through the 50mph limit in M27 road works. Drivers ignored repeated warnings to slow on their commuter route on the stretch of road between Hamble and Fareham. Most were fined and had penalty
-
Date
It's full steam ahead for Thomas and Friends on the mini-railway
BRITAIN'S rail network has had its problems but it has been full steam ahead for a popular Hampshire miniature railway. The Eastleigh Lakeside Railway was in Boxing Day action with its Day Out with Thomas event which operates until New Year's Day from
-
Date
Intruder forced to flee home
BURGLARS fled with jewellery and cash after being confronted by the occupier of a house in The Crescent, Eastleigh. The intruders had forced a back window on the ground floor and made an untidy search of the dining room and two main bedrooms. After being
-
Date
Davies seals Spurs win with festive cracker!
SAINTS 2 SPURS 0 What's red and white and turns up with something special this time each year? No it's not Santa but Kevin Davies who ended his 16-game goal-drought by scoring in a third successive festive fixture for Saints. Both last season and in his
-
Date
BEATTIE: I AM READY TO SIGN
Make me an offer I can't refuse! That's the plea from Saints' in-form striker James Beattie who is ready to commit his future to the club. Beattie extended his scorching scoring run to nine goals in as many matches by hitting the first in last night's
-
Date
Hoddle: I can't afford mistakes
SAINTS BOSS Glenn Hoddle admitted there are times when he dreads the phone ringing, but then stressed that if he does need to bolster his squad, he can't afford to make mistakes. James Beattie's ninth goal in as many games again thrust him into the limelight
-
Date
Charity links
LADY golfers from the New Forest will be swinging their clubs to raise cash for the South's leading medical research charity, Hope. Pauline Palmer, ladies captain of the Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club, plans a coffee morning in March, followed by a Captain's
-
Date
No-roof school to reopen
A HAMPSHIRE school badly damaged by 80mph winds is all set to reopen in time for the new term. Orchard Junior School at Water Lane, Waterside, had part of its roof ripped off during a severe storm that wreaked havoc across the South on December 8. Classrooms
-
Date
Andover 'All Blacks' learn haka
BRIAN Asuncion is just 20-years-old but this talented young rugby player could be destined to play for arguably the best rugby-playing nation in the world, his home country of New Zealand. But instead of honing his skills in the southern hemisphere, this
-
Date
Point-to-point racing enjoys new lease of life
THE standing of point-to-point racing has never been higher. With two of the last three Cheltenham Gold Cup winners - See More Business and Cool Dawn - having learnt their trade between the flags, the reputation of the sport has flourished. The sports
-
Date
Local derby Knight-mare
Andover 4 Whitchurch 0 CFL sponsored Andover grounded out a 12th successive victory at the Portway in a dour but fiercely fought Boxing Day local derby with neighbouring Whitchurch that had seven bookings and a sending off. In what was always going to
-
Date
Line remains on course for four titles
FORMER international Wendy Line still has her sights set on four titles as the English Women's Indoor BA championships move into the Zone 14A semi-finals. The Atherley bowler has reached the last four in the singles, triples, fours and over-50s two-wood
-
Date
Get your 2001 Sports Calendar
After such a glorious Millennium year fro British Sport 2001 has a lot to live up to. But, judging by whats in store over the next 12 months you won't be disappointed. See tonight's Daily Echo for a comprensive list of meetings and fixtures for 2001
-
Date
Buy-out market surges by 25pc
MANAGEMENT frustration at the low rating of their shares during 2000 has led to an explosion in the value of public to private transactions, according to figures just released by the Centre for Management Buy-Out Research (CMBOR). The research, sponsored
-
Date
A crucial message on value of innovation
Innovation and invention - two key concepts for knowledge-based businesses were the subject of the first external meeting held at the new incubator unit at Chilworth Science Park, Southampton. The joint Hampshire Economic Partnership and Business Link
-
Date
OS steps into black
FOR the first time in its 209-year history, Southampton based Ordnance Survey has ended the year in profit. The balance sheet reveals a £12.7 million trading surplus on a record turnover of £99.6 million for the 1999-2000 financial year. The results are
-
Date
Travel Pound
Australia 25652. dollars Austria 21.39 schillings Belgium 62.91 francs Canada 2.1835 dollars Cyprus 0.8901 pounds Denmark 11.68 kroner Euro 1.5888 euro Finland 9.2621 marks France 10.18 francs Germany 3.059 marks Greece 532.39 drachma Holland 3.4293 guilders
-
Date
CAT-KILLER ON PROWL?
FEARS are growing that someone with a sickening vendetta against family cats is deliberately poisoning them to death. So far five pets have died of suspected poisoning, one fell seriously ill and another is missing. The incidents, which have led the RSPCA
-
Date
Festive deliveries bring joy to mums
THEY didn't need unwrapping - but these new arrivals made this the best Christmas ever for their parents. Fourteen Hampshire families welcomed a bundle of joy into their ranks on December 25. Eight babies were born on Christmas Day at the Princess Anne
-
Date
Church rocked as thieves grab priceless haul
THEY are the priceless treasures that survived everything three centuries could throw at them. But thieves have succeeded where the elements could not. Raiders stole the historic and irreplaceable books from Southampton's oldest church. Five rare volumes
-
Date
Villagers swamped as floods continue
RESIDENTS in a swamped Winchester village will be continuing a 24-hour floodwatch over the New Year holiday to help protect their homes. Over the past two weeks Twyford has become a "sandbag city" with around 200 homes affected by overloaded culverts
-
Date
Bench project due to blossom at last
A MILLENNIUM project in Totton, dogged by a series of delays, is due to be opened within days. More than £5,000 of public money has been spent on the New Forest. That's the name given to an unusual bench which will soon be available for shoppers who need
-
Date
Take 2 as CCTV bid for funds delayed
KENNET'S Community Safety Partnership has decided to defer a bid for funding to install a closed circuit TV system in Ludgershall and Tidworth because a government deadline gave them insufficient time to carry out a full feasibility study. It had also
-
Date
Snow brings road chaos
A HEAVY snowfall early yesterday morning brought chaos on the roads - despite salting. A Hampshire County Council spokesman said 42 lorries were used on priority roads, moving on to minor roads, to cover most of the county's 6,000 mile road network. Despite
-
Date
Hurricane Harry and Bobby's Girl win prizes
A SOGGY New Forest gave riders in the area's Boxing Day Point-to-Point an added challenge. Riders traditionally have to find their way from a point not revealed until shortly before the event to a finish where they are watched by huge crowds. But in this
-
Date
Crewless dinghy
RESCUERS sent out on an emergency call in the Solent found themselves confronted by a "ghost ship" after its crew were left stranded on a beach while their boat floated off. A team from Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (Gafirs) were called out
-
Date
Garment on heater sparks fire in flat
A FAMILY was evacuated when a dressing-gown drying on a heater started a fire in their Gosport flat. The couple with two toddlers left their flat at Hillary Court in Nimrod Drive, Rowner, when the portable gas heater filled the lounge with smoke. Three
-
Date
Focus on tourism at the leisure centre
THE SOUTH's tourist trap attractions will be put under one roof at Eastleigh's Fleming Park Leisure Centre on Sunday, January 14. And the Group Travel Fair will be a fountain of knowledge for anyone organising events and outings for their social club,
-
Date
Health shake-up is attacked by Labour
HEALTH bosses have vowed that patients in Eastleigh's southern parishes will not lose out if a proposed shake-up of their services goes ahead. Overseers of frontline health care from the Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority promise existing