FEARS are growing for the safety of a 15-year-old Southampton schoolgirl who has been missing for eight days. Samantha Rogers, known as ‘Sammy’, went missing at the end of school at around 3pm on Monday last week. The Redbridge Community
PART of Shirley High Street in Southampton was closed this afternoon after a motorcycle was in collision with another vehicle. The motorcyclist, thought to be about 20 years old, was taken to Southampton General Hospital by ambulance following
THE jury in the case of a man accused of murdering teenager Hannah Foster has retired for the day. The panel of eight men and four women have been sent home for the night and will resume their deliberations tomorrow. They have spent
A TEAM of Hampshire netballers will be scaling new heights in aid of a local sailing charity. Members of the Slug and Lettuce team have accepted the challenge of climbing 125ft up the mast of the Southampton-based Jubilee Sailing Trust’s tallship Tenacious
Alistair Darling today slashed VAT in a £20 billion cash boost to revive the ailing economy. But he said the give-away would have to be paid for with increases in duty on petrol, alcohol and tobacco. National insurance will also have
THIS unlikely win at Reading must be seen as the beginning of Saints’ mission, not the conclusion. The total football experiment has at times floundered in this campaign, not in terms of whether people liked it, because they did, but with results. However
For a long while now I have thought international management in particular is better for a manager who has had a long career in league football. Fabio Capello is a prime example. Now in his 60s, having won most things at club level, he has already said
Among the bland development of Above Bar in Southampton after the Second World War there was one building which managed to stand out from all the rest. Above Bar Church was one of the few buildings in the centre of the city to survive the Luftwaffe
FIREFIGHTERS joined forces with a vet to rescue a New Forest pony entangled in barbed wire at a Hampshire nature reserve. The 12-month-old pony is thought to have been trapped at Keyhaven Marshes for several hours before it was spotted by a
STAFF in a local opticians and hearing centre in Fareham joined forces to raise £1,000 for Children in Need. The fundraising effort was a spec-tacular success, with staff from Specsavers putting on a great day and dressing up in children’s themed fancy
BUYERS forgot the credit crunch for an afternoon when they turned out to support a charity sale in aid of a children’s hospice. Tiff Needell, presenter of Channel 5’s 5th Gear opened the Grand Curiosity Sale at West Dean village hall. The former racing
CRAIG David is late, not just once, but twice. I’ve only been given a short time to interview him and as the time ticks on, I think I’ll be lucky if I’m even going to get to say hello. His lack of time-keeping is not the sort of everyone-else-can-wait-attitude
EARLY years learning was given a boost in Eastleigh with the opening of a children’s centre and a refurbished school. A brand new building for Norwood County Primary School and a new Sure Start Children’s Centre have been completed.
A HAMPSHIRE bus company has named a Southampton City College student as apprentice of the year. Robbie Wakefield, of Holbury, beat off competition from 20 others to win the prestigious title at the Bluestar bus company. He began working for the company
EASTLEIGH will finally have its own crematorium after a Government appointed inspector controversially approved a £2.5m scheme. It will mean that for the first time, Eastleigh residents will be able to lay their loved ones to rest in their
SOUTHAMPTON is to become one of the most expensive places to die in Britain, the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal. From January 1, cremation fees will soar from £450 to £600 – an extra £150 for each body – under plans due to be discussed by
A 15-year-old Southampton girl who had been missing for a week has been found safe and well. Ruhannah Cox from Coxford Road was found near Southampton General Hospital after going to visit her father on Saturday afternoon, November 22.
AFC Totton have been handed a massive incentive for winning tomorrow night’s FA Trophy third qualifying round replay at home to Welling United (7.45). The prize on offer is a December 13 south coast derby at home to Blue Square Premier outfit
TV presenter Debbie Thower will be the guest speaker at a carol concert in Winchester Cathedral to Raise money for a local charity. The annual Honeypot Carol Concert will be held on Monday, December 1. There will be performances from the Cathedral
HOW you would you like to bag your Christmas turkey, all the trimmings and other festive treats in one go – and all for a credit crunch-busting £1? Customers at a Southampton supermarket have a chance to get their big shop done in double quick time with
A GUTSY Winchester fundraiser will skydive from 13,000ft to help children with cancer and leukaemia. Kings Worthy-based Greg Hudson will make the brave plane leap to raise funds for The Ellen MacArthur Trust, which takes youngsters on sailing trips
THE head teacher of a troubled Southampton academy where pupils went on the rampage has resigned. Ruth Johnson has quit her post as the head of Oasis Academy Mayfield, one of the city’s two new academies. It comes just a month after
A CONTROVERSIAL blueprint for the future of the New Forest has come under fire from one of the area’s most prominent figures. The Hon Ralph Montagu, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu’s son and heir, has hit out at far-reaching plans published by the National
DATA on road accidents involving deer are to be centrally collected. The New Forest and the M3 are among the accident blackspots where the animals are involved in crashes. As many as 74,000 deer are thought to be hit by vehicles every year in the
EVERY home which would receive fluoridated water under a controversial scheme being considered by health chiefs is to be offered the chance to have its say. Letters and leaflets are being delivered to 110,000 households in a bid to get more feedback
A MAN died when he was in collision with a car as he crossed the road after posting a letter. Simon Durham, 44, was heading back to his home when he was in collision with a Fiat driven by a 25-year-old woman in Gorley Road, Ringwood, The female
MOTORISTS faced long delays on the M27 motorway following a three-car smash this morning. Emergency services were called to the westbound carriageway near junction five for Eastleigh after a DAF truck, a Volkswagen Passat and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved
FAREHAM sparkled with style as hundreds of shoppers enjoyed a feast of festive delights to celebrate the start of the Christmas season. From the darkness came an explosion of light that illuminated the town centre as families cheered the countdown to
POLICE are hunting an armed robber who held up a delivery driver at knifepoint before taking his van containing up to 80 parcels. The hold-up took place in the centre of North Baddesley in broad daylight. The 30-year-old victim had just dropped off
THE full details of how a Southampton dad murdered his two daughters before hanging himself will be revealed at an inquest this week. David Cass smothered his daughters Ellie, 3, and 14-month-old Isobelle in his caravan in the grounds of the garage
SOUTHAMPTON singer Rozie Rhodes has released her debut solo single, More Than An Apology. After being spotted at a Hard Rock Café talent competition by producer Adam Courquin, the pair decamped to a Welsh village to work on the singer’s forthcoming album
REGARDINGyour letter “FED UP’’ with fireworks (Echo, November 13) I do totally agree with this person. There is a name for this you know. it is called “Pyromania’’, the dictionary describes it as “A person’s suffering from incendiary mania
MANY of us think of the workplace as somewhere familiar and comfortable. Perhaps the place we know best after our own home. We don’t think of it as somewhere from which we might not return. But the tragedy is that last year five workers in Hampshire
I CANNOT believe how any Southamptonian could object to a Spitfire Memorial. Had it not been for the genius of R J Mitchell, the workers at Vickers and above all, the outstanding bravery of the “Few’’ who won the Battle of Britain in 1940, the whole
WITH less than two weeks to go before opening night, the cast of Cinderella, The Musical are deep in rehearsals, creating the brand new show for The Mayflower. Christopher Biggins’ infectious laughter can be heard from all sides of the rehearsal room
SONG-WRITING genius or ego-maniac without a sense of humour? That was the question on everyone’s lips after Ryan Adams and The Cardinals played on Saturday night. The American alt-country hero divided opinions with a slick two-hour performance devoid
Solent University Performing Arts Second Years BEING 14 is never easy, and it must be particularly challenging for a cast mostly going into their 20s. There are lapses into babyishness or other forms of inappropriacy, sometimes due to Ted Hughes’ rather
IN this day and age of highly sophisticated electronics, miniaturisation and underwater weaponry, it does appear rather ironic that a group of unsophisticated pirates can emasculate the combined navies of the world. Surely somewhere there is someone
Robin Higgs (Letters, November 11 concerning Oasis Mayfield ) is mischief making when he states that “those who can’t do, become teachers’’ then writes that my NAS colleague and I, “can’t teach and take jobs where they can criticise others’’.
LOOKING through the history of our Cenotaph I recently discovered that the name of my great uncle Thomas Blandford who was killed during the battle at Cambrai in 1917 aged 19 years is incorrectly recorded as “Blanford’’. The inscription is high on
TRAFFIC chaos hit a Hampshire village early today after two separate crashes. A total of eight vehicles were involved in the incidents in Southampton Road, Titchfield, just past the Shell garage. Emergency services were called at about 6.58 am. They
TRADERS, residents and shoppers gathered in a Southampton community to watch the switch on of the first ever Christmas lights. The festive season arrived in style to Bitterne Precinct with live music, children’s rides and Father Christmas joining local
A PUB ensured Romsey’s winter carnival parade and Christmas lights switch-on was a “monster” success – literally. Staff and regulars at the Star Inn bagged the top award in Saturday’s procession with their exhibit The Monsters’ Ball, which scooped the
TO celebrate the launch of his biography, Constant Paine, Dell legend Terry Paine was guest of honour at a “This Is Your Saints Life” event at St Mary’s yesterday. Former teammates celebrated and reminisced about the career of one of the greatest
Delighted Jan Poortvliet hailed his Saints side’s brilliant victory against Reading and admitted he had already forecast the unlikely result. Saints’ 2-1 win at the Madejski Stadium ended Reading’s incredible record of 30 home Championship games unbeaten
Saturday night’s eye-catching procession might have been the town’s last ever carnival. Four long-serving members – Pete Lomer, Jackie Fry, Andy Cash and the carnival committee chairman Ian Richards – are quitting at the end of the year – leaving only
A wet start this morning saw Baddesley start the better and take the lead after 10 minutes when Ollie slotted the ball home after some good work down the right. Weston were soon on terms when the Baddesley defence went walk about the ball nicely
AFC Totton will fancy their chances of progressing beyond the third qualifying round if they can go one step better and beat Welling United in tomorrow’s Testwood Park replay (7.45pm). They did everything but win at chilly Park View Road, but missed
AS part of his biography, Terry Paine has selected his best ever Saints XI. Ironically, there are some former players who will tell you this isn’t the first Saints side he has picked. It is a running joke among many in the Ex-Saints hospitality box
IAN Baird must be sorely tempted to buy his Eastleigh side a dictionary for Christmas to teach them the meaning of the word consistency. Prior to Saturday’s 2-0 Trophy upset by Southern Premier strugglers Bashley, Baird spoke of the need to build on
Bradley Wright-Phillips confessed his two goals at Reading “meant a lot” to him. The Saints man opened his account for the season with a brace that sunk the third placed Royals and gave his side a much needed win. It’s been a tough start to the season
Saints finance director David Jones has warned that further player sales and budget cuts will have to follow as the board try to ensure the club remains “sustainable.” The warning came in Jones' Financial Review as Southampton Leisure Holdings
AIRBUS has saved 19 Hampshire jobs by awarding a major county employer a contract to design and build components for its futuristic next-generation passenger aircraft. American engineering giant GE Aviation has announced the wing trailing edge
BOOM Not Gloom – that’s the title of the Daily Echo’s new campaign to lift flagging business spirits during the economic slump, writes Gareth Lewis. We know it’s not all bad business news out there and we want readers to send in their stories
Kevin Pietersen urged England to "keep their chins up" last night after slumping to a 19-run defeat to lose the one-day series against India with three games remaining. Chasing an adjusted target of 198 after India scored 166 for four at the Chinaswarmy
Today’s principal Southampton sailings: Vega Stockholm, container, 0530, 203; Madame Butterfly, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; Cassiopeia Leader, vehicle, 1130, 43; Grande Italia, ro/ro, 2230, 102, Redwing, cargo, pm, No 7 Dry Dock; CMA CGM Tosca, container,
POLICE refused to chase two young thugs on a stolen motorbike because of fears for their safety. Officers told the bike’s owner that it would be too dangerous as the pair were not wearing crash helmets. The teens were part of a ten-strong
A CLAMPDOWN on purse thefts, street robberies and anti-social behaviour was launched in Southampton today. Operation Yule will see extra uniformed and plain clothes police officers patrolling Shirley High Street and precinct in a bid to prevent crime
ALMOST 500 people signed up to back a petition to save free travel tokens in just one day. Public support was overwhelming when Fryern and Oakmount Residents’ Association hit the streets yesterday in the hope that people power could convince the council
FAMOUS faces from the world of comedy are lining up behind the campaign to bring a Benny Hill statue to Southampton. The team behind the campaign, including renowned sculptor Graham Ibbeson and TV pundit Garry Bushell, say they already have
Saints have today announced they made a loss of £4.9m in the last financial year even after making £12.7m through player sales. Saints PLC chairman Rupert Lowe also revealed how at one stage the player and coach wage bill was a huge 81 per
A HAMPSHIRE MP has backed a grandmother in her fight to get a cancer drug that could prolong her life. Liberal Democrat Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has come out in support of Linda Lemon, 60, who has made a desperate plea to health chiefs to be
VANDALS have targeted a speed limit sign for the third time. They have damaged a flashing speed limit sign placed in Sun Lane, Alresford. Winchester City Council chiefs have been using two flashing signs since April 2007 at different
EARLY years learning has been given a boost by the opening of a children’s centre and a refurbished school. A brand new building for Norwood County Primary School and a new Sure Start children’s centre in Eastleigh have been completed.
Baddesley Park B played Fawley Falcons in filthy conditions at Hunts Farm hoping to build on last weeks performance against Colden Common B. Baddesley started the brightest with an early break which required a smart save from Fouchs' shot from the
Baddesley Park B visited Colden Common B on the back of an excellent result against Totton the previous week. Baddesley started the game well with two or three attacks on the Colden Common goal but to no avail. Colden Common started
Pace started much the brighter of the two teams. The football played was quick and incisive and St Francis struggled in the opening minutes to get near the ball. The breakthrough came for the home team on 10 minutes. A break down the left was ended
The top two in this years Division one title chase met at Testwood College for the first time this season both protecting undefeated records. The early exchanges were frantic and the tackles were flying in, giving the referee some difficult early
