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Stories for 17 November 2004

Andover Sport

Overton promoted

Overton United are celebrating this week after confirming promotion to Hampshire division one at the weekend.   more...

Promoted Overton look for a goal rush

Overton United 5 QK Southampton 1  more...

Aldridge win classic battle

Aldridge Vehicles 2 Station Hotel 1  more...

Is this Justin's time?

COMPETING at the highest level in world rallying has become second nature for Longparish's Justin Dale, but this week he returned to his roots.  more...

At last, Rob hits victory!

Penton 160-9 beat Liss 63 Penton II beat Tichborne Park III   more...

He's Roy of the Overs

Old Arlesford 67 lost to Over Wallop 210  more...

Priors keep momentum

Hurstbourne Priors 208-6 beat Colden Common 120  more...

Bone of contention!

Amport 90-5 rrt beat Ellingham 157  more...

The summer league takes over

Andover & District Netball Association's new summer league has begun, despite the recent rain.  more...

Results don't go well on rink

It was not a good week for Andover Bowling Club's teams, and in the Whitchurch league only the C team came out on top, beating Laverstoke 4 to 1. Both our A team and our B team lost by the same result.   more...

Andover colts beat Leckford

The Travail-backed U15s beat Leckford in the quarter-final of the Millard Cup on Friday evening.   more...

Monks take a big scalp

SEMI-FINAL day produced the result of the competition when division two champions Merrie Monk B beat Wolversdene A from division one.   more...

Looking to the future

Andover FC took another step towards their goal of being a true community club this week as they welcomed the youth sides of RPM to the Portway.  more...

Functions at Andover FC

Andover FC is asking anyone with a function booked at the Portway in the next six months to contact the club and confirm the booking, as the current list has been misplaced.   more...

Triumphs at national multi-events championships

THREE trophies were brought back by Andover Modern Triathlon Club from this year's British Triathlon Championships at Wolverhampton on 17 and 18 May.   more...

Cricket: Wilts ease to win

South Wilts, the Salisbury club, won the all-day encounter at London Road on Saturday by a comfortable margin.   more...

Time beats first team

Andover 100 lost to South Wilts 184-8  more...

Seconds Lynched away at Hale

Redlynch & Hale beat Andover II 187-8  more...

Century hero

Andover III 210-4 beat Ampfield 158-8  more...

Fourths are tie specialists!

Andover IV 143 tied with Compton & Chandler's Ford 143  more...

Washed out

Andover V 113 lost to Stockton 115-8  more...

Back to the future!

Andover welcomed home two signings to the Portway this week as Phil Andrews and Danny Barker joined the Lions' promotion push.  more...

United stay in Wessex

Whitchurch United are staying in the Wessex league -- and have enlisted the services of a former manager to help keep them there.  more...

Rugby minis do their sides proud

Overton Minis U10s made it all the way to a thrilling final at Gosport recently, and, with the U9s, showed Basingstoke sports council's coach of the year, Overton's Gary Millar, exactly what they were made of!   more...

Andover frustrated again

Andover suffered another 90 minutes of frustration at the Portway on Tuesday night as Portland United came away with a point.  more...

Reasons to be cheerful

Andover 1 Cowes Sports 2 Andover 1 Portland United 1  more...

Dignified derby day

Whitchurch United 1 Andover 3  more...

Kyle's sign of the chimes

ANDOVER schoolboy Kyle Swayne has signed for Portsmouth Football Club on a three-year PFA scholarship.  more...

Tough contests on court

FM Eclipse 21 AD Aspinal 29  more...

Whitchurch need to win

Whitchurch United must win on Saturday against Christchurch at the Hurn Bridge Sports Ground to have a chance of staying in the Jewson Wessex League.   more...

Radford hits form

Andover Cricket Club's Toby Radford was the star of the show again on Saturday as Roger Miller and Tim Keighley's sides did battle at London Road on Saturday.   more...

Cherries match set to top celebrations

HAMPSHIRE Premier League side Stockbridge FC will mark the 25th anniversary of the opening of their recreation ground with a match against an AFC Bournemouth XI on Sunday.   more...

Street's second final

A second cup final awaits Andover New Street after they saw off Stockbridge in the Andover Open Cup on Tuesday.   more...

Centre of attention!

It's been a remarkable year for Hayley Legg.  more...

Freezing start to this year's cricket

Andover Cricket Club began the season last Saturday, like most clubs, in freezing conditions.   more...

Justin gets another hat-trick

Justin Bennett bagged yet another hat-trick as Andover breezed past Thatcham Town at the Portway on Saturday. The result takes them to seventh in the Jewson Wessex League.   more...

Cup distracts Lions from league action

Portland United 3 Andover 1  more...

Look ahead to the future

Andover cricket club is looking forward with relish to the new season, which starts on 19 April.  more...

Lions left to pay the penalty

Wimborne Town 2 Andover 0  more...

Whitchurch fail to avoid last place

Christchurch beat Whitchurch United 1-0 at the Hurn Bridge Sports Ground on Saturday to keep Derek and Dave Smalley's side in the relegation spot on the last day of the season.   more...

Billiards: It's father against son

Philip Langley's Leckford B overwhelmed their A team when the sides met this week.   more...

Pride of the Lions

Hampshire Senior Cup Andover 2 Aldershot 2 (Aldershot 4-2 on aggregate)  more...

Squash: Redrice men go top of Premiership

Despite two defeats in four games Redrice are top of the Hampshire Premier Division.   more...

Golf: Celebrating women's wins

IT WAS ladies' night at Andover golf club recently as the women's section held their AGM.  more...

Athletics: They're sub-zero heroes

Wintry weather didn't put off Andover Athletic Club's athletes in the recent Ferndown cross-country event.   more...

Hatch Warren keep winning

It was back to league action in the HSA Youth League this week.   more...

Golden Bennett!

Andover 4 Basingstoke 2  more...

Reacord signing for Andover

Eastleigh midfielder Kevin Reacord has signed for Andover. The 24 year old, a former Totton player with a prolific goalscoring record, will be in the squad for tomorrow (Saturday's) game away to ASSC Hamble. For the latest match reports, features and interviews, see your Andover Advertiser.  more...

Andover leave it late at Hamble

A late strike from Steve McNulty saw Andover squeeze past Hamble at Folland Park on Saturday, after Danny Sullivan's goal had been cancelled out by Hamble's Rob Ackroyd.   more...

Jewson Wessex League table

Eastleigh 26 21 4 1 70 17 53 67  more...

Chances go begging

Trojans 5 Andover 3 Andover came so close and yet were so very far away from a deserved victory. On two occasions they held a two-goal lead, but it never seemed a big enough margin. To watch the opening half, it would have been hard to tell bottom of the league Andover apart from second-placed Trojans. The lightning quick and skilful runs of Brendan Viggers troubled a static Trojans defence, while the play between Rob West and Andy Winnett was often too good for the home side. West's perfectly timed pass put Winnett through on goal and Andover's leading scorer slotted past the diving Trojans keeper to make it 1-0. Just before the break Nigel Downing deflected Andy Cole's free hit into the goal to make it 2-0, and Andover were in dreamland. But back came Trojans, who got a deflected goal of their own before a well-placed penalty corner flick from Cole flew between goalkeeper and defender. Trojans got another one back before Andover's West, normally so reliable from the spot, had a penalty flick saved. This save was the extra incentive the home side needed and they laid siege to the Andover goal. And Trojans completed their comeback as a well-placed pass cut through the Andover defence and the Trojans forward calmly pushed the ball past advancing keeper Ed Butterworth. Trojans continued to dominate and scored two winning goals in the final minutes, firstly from the penalty spot, and then with another deflected goal, which gave the home side a rather flattering winning margin. l Andover's second XI can count themselves unfortunate to have lost 2-0 to Hamble, in a game which could have gone either way. In the opening ten minutes, Andover completely dominated, creating several chances and a handful of short corners, but a very physical Hamble side grew in confidence, and midway through the first half grabbed a 1-0 lead. The battle on the pitch took its toll as Nick Peebles was sidelined for 15 minutes with a strike to the knee, and Ian Gardner lay in agony after a deflected shot back off the keeper's pads added to his ball collection. Andover could have strolled to a three or four goal advantage, but only one found the backboard, and this was cancelled out; and in the dying seconds Hamble won with strike from a short corner.   more...

Sprinters race to their personal bests

The sprinting squad of the Andover Athletic club had a fantastic weekend's racing and the AAA championships in Birmingham recently, with every athlete achieving a PB. Holly Croxford had the most rewarding weekend. In her 200m heat she won in a P.B of 26.44, taking her to the semi-final, where she again ran a new PB in second place, then had a very close race in the final with yet another PB. In doing so, she managed to beat girls a year and a half older than herself. Coach George Williamson was very impressed with her fourth place in the final. Rachel Harris got through to the 60m semis with a PB in her heat, and her seventh place wasn't quite quick enough to get her in to the final, but overall she was 12th out of a large group of competitors. Once again in the 200m she got into the semi finals with a PB in her heat. The fifth place she gained in the semi was a very respectable result, but she just missed out on reaching the final. Dominic Adams had a tough heat in the 60m, but his 3rd place sadly wasn't enough to take him on to the next round. Fern Parker had a very pleasing weekend by gaining PBs in both her 60m and 200m. To run faster than ever is all that can be asked of an athlete, and Fern positively fulfilled her coach's brief.  more...

Abbotts win it at the death

Aces 36 Abbotts Ann 37 Abbotts Ann's shooting pair of GS Alison Needham and GA Jo Coles were in fine form, but GK Liz Smith rose to the challenge and GS Jen Best finished off the moves with some fine shots. Abbotts Ann managed to snatch glory by a single goal.  more...

Hockey teams' success

Andover's mixed U12s hockey side took took on Farnborough & Camberley at Charlton recently. The Barker, Son and Isherwood sponsored side played well, with Andover's back line of Sam Lonsdale, Jonty Hadfield and Cloe Watling, with Ellie Stenner sweeping, absorbing all their opponents threw at them; Jonty was particularly impressive. William Turner, Laura Molloy, Matt Hodgson and Tom Cantley defended well and provided excellent support, while the attack of Oliver Williams, Robbie Bowry, Tom Wilson, Daniel Turner and Kieron Molloy did their job to perfection. Scorers were: Bowry (3), Hodgson, W Turner, D Turner, and Molloy. Andover U8 Minicolts were at the Salisbury Minicolts Festival, playing Romsey, Bournemouth, Southampton and Salisbury. Goals were scored by James Osmond (3), Oliver Bridge (2), Simon Manton and Max Clark.   more...

Simon's rides are real class act

Sunday's racing belonged to Simon Gates.  more...

100 per cent heroes

There are still five teams with a 100 per cent records from the nine divisions - but Andover New Street had their first league defeat at home, to third-placed Upper Clatford. Hatch Warren at U14, Salisbury Juniors at U12 (who have knocked in 116 goals), Fordingbridge at U10, and Upper Clatford and Shrewton at U9 all stay unbeaten. U15 Clarendon Celtic defeated Salisbury 3-1 at home, a defeat which leaves the Wiltshire side at the top but with Stockbridge and Clarendon hard on their heels. Meanwhile, bottom club Swifts went into the next round of the cup courtesy of a surprise win against Test Valley Lions. Hatch Warren U14 continued their 100 per cent record; their 10th straight win was an 8-0 win over Test Valley Lions to give them a six-point lead over Castledown. Third-placed Whitchurch keep a comfortable position safe with a 4-2 away win over Swifts, and Lyndhurst will be thrilled with their 9-1 home win over Vernham Dean. The U13 table is lead by Test Valley Lions A, who maintain a two-point lead over Porton through a 15-nil win over Barton Stacey. RPM are third, and Whitchurch defeated Swifts 8-1. Salisbury Juniors head the U12 league by 12 points, while Swifts moved into second with a 3-1 win at Whitchurch, and Hatherden got back to winning ways with a 16-0 defeat of bottom club Durrington at Saxon Fields. Lyndhurst got a point at Test Valley Lions in a pulsating 4-4 draw in a game not for the faint-hearted! Four teams contest the top spot in the first of the U11 mini soccer leagues, with Vernham, Swifts, Clatford and Porton all within two points. Vernham maintain a point advantage following a 8-1 win over Broughton B, while Upper Clatford won 2-1 away win at Porton. In mid-table Broughton spoiled Lyndhurst's weekend with a 4-2 home win. In the U10s, Andover New Street were beaten 1-0 at home to third placed Upper Clatford, but still have a massive 12-point lead over Clarendon Celtic. In the second division Fordingbridge notched up their 14th straight win, which gives them an eight-point lead over Test Valley. The Bridge beat the Lions 3-1 at their Den, while Lyndhurst added to their happy weekend with a 3-2 win over Collingbourne, while Porton won 4-1 at Upper Clatford. Most U9 rested younger limbs from the pitch conditions, but Clarendon Celtic made the long journey to South Wonston and came away with all three points.  more...

Treacle isn't so sweet

Andover NS Ladies 0 Portsmouth Ladies FC 2 The recent heavy rain made the Charlton running track pitch the consistency of treacle in midfield, so both teams had to battle it out in the mud for every ball. It was a very physical encounter, with Pompey out for revenge for a 3-2 home defeat to Street earlier in the year, but Street gained the upper hand from the start as Anja Clapham won the battle of midfield, feeding the forwards with pass after pass. Warwick, Lewis and Clapham all hit the woodwork in the first half and it seemed that Street would not turn the territorial advantage into a goal lead. So at half-time nil-nil seemed the destiny for this hard-fought contest. Pompey had little to show for the first half as Tracey Hughes and Emma Burberry again cancelled out the periodic Pompey attacks with determined defending. It was a shock when from a goalmouth tangle Pompey poked the ball passed the dive of keeper Kingswell, who could only watch as the ball struggled across the goal-line. Street almost countered immediately, but were denied by a superb save from the Pompey keeper, and a miserable day was concluded as a second Pompey goal was accompanied by a hail and sleet gale. Keeper Kerry Holton made a welcomed return from injury, coming on as sub for Lewis and playing upfront for the first time, but she will be in goal for the visit to Shanklin IOW next Sunday. Player-of-the-match was Anja Clapham.  more...

Big Mac's tasty winner

Hamble ASSC 1 Andover 2 BAT Sports 2 Andover 1  more...

In-form Turpin Nics a couple more

l In the Hampshire Premier, Andover New Street drew 2-2 with Horndean, while Stockbridge went down 2-1 to Bishops Waltham Town, a result that keeps them in 15th place. New Street boss Gary Prince was pleased with the way his side competed against Horndean, as two goals from in-form striker Nic Turpin earned his side a point. He told the Advertiser: "In the first half we didn't play as well as we have been doing, and we went 1-0 down with a bit of sloppy defending from a corner. "But we equalised straight from the kick-off, through Nic, and then we went ahead 10 minutes later, with a well-taken goal from him again after some good work from Jay Mann set him up. "We had three or four good chances to go more goals ahead; Nic had a couple of one-on-ones with their keeper, and Jay had a header well saved from a corner, and then Horndean equalised from a set-piece. "In the second half we were kicking up the slope and it was hard to create chances, but we played really well, and the defence was outstanding, and really held them off. They're a good team, only a few points behind us, so we're pleased with a point." On Saturday New Street face Petersfield away. Prince said: "It's not an easy place to play at and go for points, as it's a small pitch with a slope, and not always in great condition. But we're confident of going out there and getting all three points."  more...

Justin at Pompey

Andover's Justin Bennett has spent the week training with Premiership-bound Portsmouth FC. The Lions' 20-year-old striker, a hat-trick hero last week against Basingstoke in the Hampshire Senior Cup, has been rubbing shoulders with the likes of former England stars Paul Merson and Tim Sherwood at Eastleigh in a week of intensive training. His performances for Andover this year have caught the eye of many clubs, and Lions boss Howard Goddard wasn't surprised that Pompey wanted a closer look at the talented youngster. He told the Advertiser: "Pompey weren't the only club who were looking at Justin last week, and they liked what they saw." If the 29-goal striker did leave the Portway, it would leave a hole up front for the Lions - but it would be good business, with Bennett on a three-and-a-half-year contract. But Goddard said he didn't expect any transfers to take place before the end of the season. He added: "I know the Pompey connection well, as I used to play with Harry Redknapp, and I know their chief scout. "If we let Justin have a week at Portsmouth it's helping him towards his dream, and he'll come back to us full of confidence."  more...

It's Aldershot in the semi

Andover have drawn Aldershot in the Hampshire Senior Cup semi-final. Howard Goddard, an ex-Aldershot player, said: "It's a brilliant draw. If you're going to win the cup you're going to have to beat Aldershot. It'll be a big test, and if we get a decent result in the first leg, we can do it." Andover travel to Town, who are averaging crowds of about 2,500, on 11 March, then host the Ryman Premier leaders in what will be a massive night at the Portway on 25 March.  more...

The Dear Hunter

Effingham & Leatherhead 6 Andover 56 A superb hat-trick of tries from giant lock-forward Chris "Monster" Collins (pictured) shattered the ambitions of former Andover coach Simon Dear on Saturday, as HSA-sponsored Andover smashed their way to their first away win of the season, writes Andy Waite. Dear's new charges were never a match for Andover, and were firmly put in their place as the Town team took a giant step towards securing their London South Division Two status. Indeed, a win at home against bottom club Maidenhead tomorrow (Saturday) should see Andover home and dry; and with the added incentive of avenging the away defeat earlier in the season, the Town side should need no further motivation to continue their outstanding recent form. From the start Andover set out their stall against a side who clearly fancied their chances. Both teams made early chances with some excellent open rugby, but after an early exchange of penalties Andover moved up a gear. Collins grabbed his first score, and soon after Marc Wilding added a second, with a second Keith Mitchell penalty giving Andover a 16-3 lead. Any thoughts of a home recovery were soon dashed as, from the kick-off, Andover ran in their third try of the game. Some slick interpassing saw the irrepressible Collins pop up on the wing to grab his second, and Andover were out of sight. Mitchell converted, and the rest of the half was a procession as Effingham folded. Collins completed a fine hat-trick, a feat in itself for a second row, but even after that he popped up in support of Fijian winger Tiko Viliamu as he scored a neat brace himself. There were further tries for veteran Dave Sussex and centre Nick Rowe as Andover ran riot. Mitchell added five out of eight conversions to complete the rout, and afterwards the player-coach was cock-a-hoop. He said: "I am so proud of the boys today. They made the opposition look very ordinary and played with real passion. "I asked for more commitment, and the response has been superb. Chris Collins has been a revelation and Tiko has given us a real cutting edge. Marc Wilding, Tiko and Craig Patterson all made a great effort to get here from fire strike duty and Adie Furness journeyed from Exeter University to make the game. That is the spirit that will see us through." As for Dear, the former Harlequin could only look on in envy as Andover revelled in his discomfort.   more...

England call-up for keeper Daisy

Fourteen-year-old goalkeeper Daisy Burnfield from Chilbolton has been selected to join the England U15 women's football development pool. Daisy, who is in her third season as keeper at Southampton Football Club's women's academy, has enjoyed success against many premier league clubs in the south and south east and has created an enviable reputation as a fearless shot-stopper. One of triplets, Daisy has been playing with her sister Rowena for five years. Her talent was spotted by coach Robin North, who believes her ability as a keeper is almost unique in the women's game at her level. The teenager will spend two days in the U15 development pool at the end of February in Reading, under the watchful eye of women's national coach Hope Powell. Daisy's mother Josephine is delighted about her daughter's selection, and her enthusiasm has been crucial to the girls' success in the fast-developing game of women's football.  more...

Speeding in the pool

Andover Swimming Club has joined the Wey Valley Junior B League, with races run to a time limit with "speeding tickets".   more...

Aggie's medal delight

Possibly one of the best performances in the February Medal competition at Andover Golf Club was by Aggie Boulton (15).   more...

Basement battlers run Andover close

Andover 28 Maidstone 19  more...

Street stay unbeaten

Petersfield 2 Andover New Street 2   more...

Stags hunted down

Andover 3 AFC Totton 2  more...

Church's elation at victory is short-lived

Brockenhurst 0 Whitchurch United 2  more...

New manager, same old bad luck

Whitchurch United 1 Brockenhurst 2  more...

Andover's away-day blues

Old Blues I 24pts Andover I 10pts HSA sponsored Andover 1st XV returned from London last Saturday empty handed after a disappointing display saw them drop from third to sixth place in London League Three (SW). In the first quarter Andover were pinned on their own line by the Old Blues and it was only due to good defending that Old Blues were restricted to a 12-3 lead at the break. It always looked a matter of time before the home side broke through and they went ahead when a kick and chase found Andover short of cover, the Old Blues managed to win the ball from the resulting ruck and go over on the blindside for a try which was converted. For the last 10 minutes of the first half Andover managed to push forward into the Old Blues half and pulled back three points with player-coach Keith Mitchell kicking a penalty awarded for offside. Almost immediately after the restart the ball was back in Andover territory and Old Blues went over for a second try. Stern words at the break saw a more a more determined Andover come out for the second half and some fine play saw them narrow the deficit to 12-10 with a try and conversion. From the kick-off the ball was caught on the touch line by Jim Wallace, who drove forward into the middle of the park where quick ball set the Andover backs in motion and fine inter-linking play between centres Craig Runciman and Nick Rowe set up another ruck on the Old Blues 22 metre line and the visiting pack made good ground before Brian Asuncion picked up and lunged over the line for Mitchell to add the extras. The Andover side were looking better in most areas but a breakaway try on 60 minutes gave Old Blues a seven-point cushion a 17-10. Andover did have a couple of chances to close the gap with kickable penalties but opted for line-out ball, which was eventually lost. Heads then began to drop and with five minutes left Old Blues sealed the game with a further try, which they converted. A disappointed Mitchell said afterwards: "I'm afraid we were not streetwise enough in certain areas on the park. They deserved their win and you cannot take that away from them. I would like to think that these are the sort of matches that we should be winning but are letting ourselves down. There were far too many basic errors made, which will be addressed in training this week. Andover 1st XV: Worle (A), Nolan, Asuncion; Collins, Bissell; Tait, Wallace, Wilding (capt); McRae, Mitchell (K); Runciman, Rowe (N); Culley; Replacements: Reilly, Borg-Neal.  more...

Power of Money

Lacklustre Lions were dumped out of the Jewson Wessex League Cup 3-1 (aggregate 5-2) in a bad-tempered clash with Moneyfields on Tuesday.  more...

Church boss forced to go

There was sadness all round at Longmeadow this week, as Whitchurch United boss Brian Drury was sacked after seven years at the club.  more...

New owners of the Lions

Manager Howard Goddard and managing director Rob Read are the new owners of Andover FC.  more...

Whitchurch win at last

Whitchurch United finally got the results their efforts this season have deserved, when they won 2-1 at home to Bemerton Heath Harlequins on Saturday. For a full match report and reaction, see Friday's Advertiser.  more...

Andover bury Newbury

Lions won 3-0 at AFC Newbury on Saturday to consolidate their Jewson Wessex League position thanks to goals from Vince Rusher, Sam Rea and Justin Bennett. For a full match report and reaction, see Friday's Advertiser.  more...

Street beat Fawley

Andover New Street walloped Fawley 7-0 to continue their unbeaten run and push for an even higher finish in this year's Hampshire League premier division. For a report and reaction, see Friday's Advertiser.   more...

Hampshire squash leagues premier

Redrice 1 9 6 3 141 76   more...

Home-grown heroes

It's not just the goals that are getting fans back to the Portway this season.  more...

Test Valley Billiards League table

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Old boy's hat-trick

Epsom first XI 5 Andover first XI 1  more...

Warren in final

Great news for the fledgling league came with the semi-final victory of Hatch Warren in the U15 Hampshire Youth Cup, over Locksheath Lions.   more...

First junior hole-in-one

SMANNELL teenager Ben Hay has become the first junior ever to record a hole in one on the Hampshire Golf Club course and the first person ever to record a hole in one in a club championship match.  more...

Last-gasp win

ACES 36 Abbotts Ann 37  more...

Church's prayers finally answered

Whitchurch United 2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1  more...

Justin has to wait

Andover striker Justin Bennett (pictured) will have to wait for another chance to impress at Pompey.   more...

Home is where Lions' heart is

It's not just the goals that are getting fans back to the Portway this season.   more...

Overton United 4 Ludgershall Sports 1

Overton took a giant leap towards the Hampshire division two title when they defeated Ludgershall at Bridge Street on Saturday.   more...

Rugby team just miss out

An agonising last-minute defeat at Portsmouth put Andover's recent revival on hold as they lost 34-32 on Saturday.   more...

Whitchurch United 2 Gosport Borough 2

Whitchurch United staged an incredible comeback against second-placed Gosport at Longmeadow on Saturday, with Gregor Restell's last-minute equaliser keeping United's good form going.   more...

Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2 Andover 1

A penalty in injury-time saw Andover beaten on Saturday in a game where they enjoyed the majority of the possession. A goal from Mario Nurse seemed to have secured a point for the Lions until they were shellshocked at the death.  more...

Andover 6 Micheldever 1

Lions coasted into the final of the North Hants Senior Cup with a professional performance against Hampshire division one side Micheldever on Tuesday night.   more...

Lions are up for the cup

Tuesday night sees Andover travel to the Recreation Ground, Aldershot, in the first leg of the Hampshire Senior Cup final.   more...

Table-topping KJM can't stop winning

ACES 17 McTimoney 43   more...

Last-kick heartbreak

Portsmouth 34 Andover 32  more...

Squash team have title in their sights

Three players from Redrice entered the national championships in Manchester recently.   more...

More away-day agony for Andover

Bournemouth first XI 5 Andover first XI 1  more...

Four-midable United go top

Overton United 4 Ludgershall Sports 1  more...

Ready for survival

Whitchurch United 2 Gosport Borough 2 UNITED'S league survival hopes flickered once more when they battled from 2-0 down to earn a point against second-placed Gosport on Saturday.   more...

Defeat despite the Lions' share of the ball

Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2 Andover 1  more...

A stroll into the final

Andover 6 Micheldever 1  more...

Cup heroes look to call the shots

Andover face their toughest game of the year on Tuesday night as they travel to Aldershot in the away leg of the Hants Senior Cup semi-final.   more...

Borough battered by Lions

Gosport Borough were humiliated 5-0 by Andover at the Portway on Saturday, as goals from Dean Cole (2), Danny Sullivan, Justin Bennett and Sam Rea destroyed the Jewson Wessex League's second-placed side.   more...

Pride of the Lions

Andover put in a defiant performance at the Recreation Ground on Tuesday night as Aldershot won the first leg of the Hampshire Senior Cup semi-final 2-0.   more...

Two Step triumph with six of the best

Abbotts Ann 25 Two Step 2nd 37  more...

Fantastic win for the youngsters

Hampshire North 36 Kent 40  more...

More away gloom

Woking first XI 7 Andover first XI 1  more...

Hard work by the juniors

Andover U18 XI 0 Farnborough U18 XI 4  more...

Church denied again

Whitchurch 1 Moneyfields 2  more...

Tadley nick a nine-goal bonanza

Vernham Dean crashed out of the North Hants League Cup at home to Whitchurch United Res, while in the League Winchester City A beat Broughton Res but were hard-pressed to do so, and Tadley Town Res came out best of a nine-goal bonanza at home to New Street A.   more...

Clubs' centenaries

Whitchurch United football club are celebrating their 100th anniversary this July, and to celebrate, Lloyd Stratton is preparing to write a book on the club's centenary. If you have any photographs, newspaper cuttings, player information or other memorabilia, especially stories, about the club, call him on 01256 893314.   more...

Flye buzzes on his debut

Stockbridge 4 Brading 1  more...

Borough battered

Andover 5 Gosport Borough 0  more...

Lionhearts

Aldershot 2 Andover 0  more...

Andover sides go head to head

Andover will take on Andover New Street in the final of the North Hants Senior Cup next month, after New Street beat Stockbridge 2-0 at Foxcotte Park on Tuesday night.   more...

Whitchurch get a lifeline

Whitchurch United beat Blackfield & Langley 3-2 on Saturday to keep their Jewson Wessex League hopes going. The win against their fellow strugglers means they are now just a point behind.   more...

New Street shine

A fine second-half performance saw Andover New Street cruise past Locks Heath on Saturday and leapfrog them in the table. An own goal and a Jay Mann strike did the damage.  more...

We can win it!

Andover are looking forward to their biggest night of the year at the Portway next Tuesday - and Lions boss Howard Goddard is adamant his side can overturn Aldershot in the second leg of the Hampshire Senior Cup.   more...

Le Tissier will play

Andover confirmed this week that Matthew Le Tissier will be coming to the Portway with Eastleigh in April.  more...

Sue captains county team to promotion

Sue Williams has captained the Hampshire Ladies' first team to victory in the Inter-County Championships.  more...

Andover's cup hangover

After their fine performance against Aldershot in the cup, Andover toiled in the league on Saturday as a goal from Justin Bennett wasn't enough to see off Cowes.   more...

Gary's delight at debut racing season

When he found his bike becoming too powerful for the roads around Andover, Gary Curtis (pictured left) had a novel solution.   more...

Tribute match for club stalwart

ANDOVER stalwart Alan Kennedy enjoyed his testimonial game against old club Forest Green Rovers at the Portway on Saturday.  more...

Lights on at Overton

OVERTON United Football Club has been given full planning permission to erect eight 15m floodlighting columns at its Bridge Street ground, writes Julie Skinner. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's development control committee approved the application, which will see two lighting columns to the north, south, east and west of the pitch.  more...

Andover Sprt

Breakers come back in style

Andover Breakers 55 Basingstoke Blizzard 60 Andover finally got their home campaign underway with a narrow five point defeat to unbeaten league leaders Basingstoke Blizzard in the Wessex League Division 3, last Friday at the ALC.  more...

Royal Oak go down for first time

Chute Club reclaimed top spot as they overwhelmed Tidworth RBL 7-2, and their major rivals Royal Oak Charlton crashed to their first defeat of the season going down 6-3 to the Borough Old Boys.   more...

Trip to Old Dons has Andover Wombling under the pressure

Old Wimbledonians 25 Andover 16  more...

Petersfield stung with six of the best

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Harroway stay top after drubbing

The Harroway quartet of Richard Moger, Chester Burbidge, Chris Farrar and Scott Chappell continue to lead the way in Division Three, after another 10-0 win, this time over Hanson Ladies.   more...

Single goal victory for Polycomp

HSA Simply Health 17 Polycomp 18  more...

Trojans whitewashed at home by Overton

Trojans 0 Overton RFC 36  more...

Upper Clatford stay top in U9

Under 9 leaders Upper Clatford A continued their winning ways at Clarendon while secondplace CK kept up the pressure with a win at home to Whitchurch.  more...

New Street denied win in injury time

Andover New Street 1 Bishops Waltham Town 1  more...

Rovers share six in Entertaining game

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Stockbridge go nap on the island

East Cowes Vics 0 Stockbridge 5  more...

Vase campaign starts tomorrow

ANDOVER begin the long haul towards the FA Vase Final tomorrow when they entertain Fareham Town in the 2nd Rd.  more...

Late double enough for Lions

FOR AN hour of Saturday's game with Alton Town at the Bass Ground, the travelling Lions' supporters who doubled the attendance must have wondered why they bothered.  more...

Arlesford News

Storms cause chaos

Storms on Sunday night have caused widespread damage and disruption.  more...

Lib-Dems look back on past year

Sarah Witchard, chairman of the Alresford and District Liberal- Democrats, described the past year as another curate's egg when she addressed the annual general meeting. Success and joys had been tempered with disappointment.  more...

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Basingstoke Jobs

Get your working life back on track

AS WE approach the end of another year, do you find that New Year resolutions for your career are the same as last year and your "things to do" list never seems to get any shorter?  more...

Basingstoke Motoring

Test-driving the Renault Megane Sports Tourer

WHEN a car's as good as the Renault Megane hatch, it tends to overshadow everything else in the model line-up.   more...

Basingstoke News

Cash prize for festive display

DON'T forget to nominate homes in your street for The Gazette's Most Festive House competition.  more...

Town no longer heart blackspot

BASINGSTOKE is on the road to recovery for heart health and looks to be leaving its past record as a regional blackspot behind.  more...

Glass hazard prevents woman from going out

A DISABLED woman was left housebound for almost two weeks after the wheel of her motorised scooter was punctured in a glass-strewn subway in Basingstoke.  more...

Wasted Environment

WHEN it comes to litter, Gazette readers have plenty to say.  more...

Common litterbugs drive family dotty

As part of The Gazette's Litter - Let's Bin It campaign, we put the spotlight on a family which is doing its bit to blitz the rubbish.  more...

Wildlife rescue centre warns of litter hazard

HEDGEHOGS and swans are some of the animals that suffer at the hands of litterlouts.  more...

One woman's crusade against the litter louts

ONE little lady is making a big impact on litter in the Cranbourne area of Basingstoke.  more...

Security increased at sheltered homes

PROWLERS, distraction burglaries and anti-social behaviour at a Basingstoke sheltered housing scheme have forced an increase in security.  more...

Garages targeted in spate of burglaries

RESIDENTS in the Kempshott area of Basingstoke are being urged to be vigilant following a series of garage break-ins and burglaries.  more...

Burglary risk spelt out in police letters

DETECTIVES have sent warning letters to residents of South View, Basingstoke, after a spate of burglaries involving elderly victims last week.  more...

MP's call for burglars to be jailed

MORE police officers and more prison sentences are two of the prescriptions from Basingstoke Conservative MP Andrew Hunter for cutting down on burglary.  more...

Website has long been promoting Basingstoke

ONE of Basingstoke's biggest fans has thrown his support behind The Gazette's Basingstoke - A Place To Be Proud Of campaign.  more...

Headteacher fights for her school

IT'S been a tough two years for Beech Down headteacher Ann Macdonald (pictured).  more...

School's closure will `improve education'

PRIMARY school and early years provision in the south-west of Basingstoke will be significantly improved because of the decision not to rebuild Beech Down Primary School, says Hampshire education chief Don Allen.  more...

Support is strong for school rebuild

SUPPORT is flooding in for The Gazette and Basingstoke Extra campaign to rebuild Beech Down Primary School.  more...

Beech Down governors ready their appeal

THE fight to save Beech Down Primary School will gather pace tonight when governors at the school meet to take the first steps in preparing their appeal against closure.  more...

Sam is spurred on by his granddad's plight

SPORTY Sam Sleap epitomises what the Alberto-Culver Run 4 Fun in Basingstoke is all about.  more...

Celebrity hairdresser lines up for Run4Fun

TOP hairdresser Andrew Collinge will be downing his scissors to don his trainers for today's Alberto-Culver Run4Fun - and he says he won't be taking any short-cuts.  more...

Runners raise cash for cancer charity

NEARLY 1,000 men and boys did their bit to help the fight against cancers that affect the male population by turning out for Basingstoke's Alberto-Culver Run4Fun.  more...

Council scores ratings winner

IT WAS a time for celebration at Basingstoke and Deane council earlier this year after Government watchdogs gave the borough authority an "excellent" rating - the highest they can give.  more...

Website has long been promoting Basingstoke

ONE of Basingstoke's biggest fans has thrown his support behind The Gazette's Basingstoke - A Place To Be Proud Of campaign.  more...

Carnival Hall reopens after £100,000 refit

A NEW chapter in the life of Basingstoke's reinvigorated Carnival Hall got off to a vibrant and colourful start.  more...

...without whom none of this would have been possible

AS WELL as sponsors of the awards categories, there was support on the night from other local companies.  more...

The Carbon Trust Environmental Award

WHAT a night the 2003 Basingstoke Business Awards were for Ian Crossley and Timi van Houten, co-founders of Basingstoke-based Greenhouse Graphics.  more...

Business Excellence Through People Award

MOBILITY Seating managing director Alan Holloway promised to be back at the Basingstoke Business Awards after his firm made it onto the shortlist in 2002 - and his determination paid dividends.   more...

Business in the Community Award

JUDITH Armstrong, principal of Basingstoke College of Technology, was 100 per cent right when, at the 2002 Basingstoke Business Awards, she said: "We're going to enter again and we're going to win next time!"  more...

Contribution to the Economy Award

IT WAS a beautiful night for Alida Health & Beauty, as its first-ever entry in the Basingstoke Business Awards won the HSBC Contrib-ution to the Economy accolade.  more...

Small Business of the Year Award

WINNING the 2003 Barclays Asset Finance Small Business of the Year Award helped Premier Business Audio hit a top note.  more...

New Business of the Year Award

EX-ROYAL Marine Commando Hilary Nickell fought off the competition to win the Hampshire County Council-sponsored New Business of the Year Award.  more...

Council leader's praise

BASINGSTOKE is a place to be proud of - that was the keynote message to the 2003 Basingstoke Business Awards from council leader Rob Donnelly.  more...

Award winners pick up business 'Oscars'

STARS of the local business world were honoured with the 2003 Basingstoke Business Awards "Oscars", only hours after Hollywood's celebrations ended.  more...

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Theatre board's dramatic u-turn

THE Haymarket Theatre's board has reversed its decision not to renew the contract of artistic director Alasdair Ramsay, and has instead asked him to stay on.  more...

`Dangerous' stretch of A33 could be dualled

AN EIGHT-MILE stretch of the A33 north of Basingstoke could be considered for a dual carriageway, according to a leading Hampshire county councillor.  more...

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Town no longer heart blackspot

BASINGSTOKE is on the road to recovery for heart health and looks to be leaving its past record as a regional blackspot behind.  more...

Safety first

THE creative flair of school pupils was let loose when they took part in a special road safety poster competition.  more...

Are these images the best way to educate our children?

Schools across north Hampshire are considering whether to use a graphic video about the death of 21-year-old heroin addict Rachel Whitear to deter pupils from taking drugs. Gazette reporter CHARIS MASTRIS talks to staff and pupils about the impact of drugs education.  more...

The one and pony!

CHESNEY Hawkes has had a Godfather moment.  more...

Never giving up hope

ONE of the worst things a parent could possibly be told is that their child has cancer or leukaemia.  more...

A Special sort of person

SPECIAL Constables are voluntary police officers who give up their time to plug the hole in police resources.  more...

Workplace racism - still a burning issue

IT is hard to see how anyone could dislike Lud Ramsey.  more...

How did it happen here? Trying to understand the tragic death of Milly

THE remote woodland where Milly's remains were found is still swarming with police, desperate to find any shred of evidence which might lead them to her killer.  more...

Drummer's different tune

RUSSELL Butler, a drummer with B Company 1ST Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (The Tigers), is one of many soldiers from north Hampshire who have served as part of NATO's multinational Kosovo Force (KFOR).  more...

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From metal to digital

Not only has The Gazette changed in its appearance over the years but there have also been major changes in the way it is produced. Reporter HUGH CADMAN looks back on how it has gone to press during its 125 years  more...

At the heart of the community

Gazette editor Mark Jones looks back over the long and varied history of Basingstoke's favourite local newspaper  more...

Individual Learner of the Year 2003

CHRISTOPHER O'Connor is off to university in Derby this September - and will be several years older than the teenage students.  more...

Higher Education Learner of the Year Award 2003

THE winner of the Higher Education Learner of the Year Award works in the glamorous world of fashion. Karen Budge, 37, from Farnborough, achieved a lifetime's ambition when she decided to return to learning to get away from her secretarial career and take an Honours degree in texiles for fashion.  more...

Community Learner of the Year Award 2003

WHAT a night the Milestones celebration turned out to be last year for childminder Susan Hill.   more...

Senior Learner of the Year 2003

IRIS Wait proved the old cliché: "It's never too late to learn," by scooping the Senior Learner of the Year Award last year at the age of 68.  more...

Employee Learner of the Year 2003

TEENAGER Kelly Wrightson didn't feel that university was right for her, even though many of her friends left home to study for a degree.  more...

IT Learner of the Year 2003

KATY Blay is a girl who battled her way back from illness and then went on to triumph this week, by scooping the title of IT Learner of the Year - as well as being a runner-up in the Individual Learner of the Year Award.  more...

Learning to achieve

"SUCCESS through learning" is the new mission statement from Basingstoke College of Technology and one that was celebrated in style as the borough's army of adult learners were saluted at last year's awards.  more...

Fun in the farmyard

Why not get back to nature this Easter with some farmyard frolics?  more...

Dedicated to young people

CHESSINGTON World of Adventures has proven its dedication to the younger members of the family by opening a new major area specially created for two to eight-year-olds.  more...

White knuckle rides

A LINE-UP of high-octane thrill rides promises a sensational spring at Thorpe Park.  more...

A step back in time

Milestones,Hampshire's living history museum,is a great place to take the kids when they 're off school. And with plenty of new attractions and special events,it's worth a visit this Easter  more...

Play in a world of excitement

Basingstoke is the venue of a brand-new family entertainment centre -JJ 's World of Fun.So head on down to the Morse Road site for some Easter excitement.  more...

Fun for the family

CELEBRATING its 20th birthday this year, Paultons Park attracts more than 550,000 visitors annually.  more...

MPs urged to oppose boundary proposals

HAMPSHIRE County Council is calling on MPs to back its opposition to proposals that would change the authority's electoral divisions in the Basingstoke area.  more...

Tories promise to rip up humps

SPEED humps on Pack Lane will be ripped up if Conservatives regain control of Basingstoke council in June's elections, according to a leading Tory.  more...

Safety first

THE creative flair of school pupils was let loose when they took part in a special road safety poster competition.  more...

This new section will allow us to provide useful links for people within the Basingstoke area.  more...

Cash woe is a real worry

AT Winchester last week, I discussed with the Chief Constable matters of concern to the police in general and the Hampshire Constabulary in particular.  more...

Creating the perfect CV

YOU never get a second chance to make a first impression. Your CV is a perfect example of this - it is your entry into the job race and if it doesn't immediately make an employer sit up and take notice, it will probably get tossed to the bottom of the pile.  more...

Projected rise in employment will add to HR strain

EMPLOYMENT levels will rise by 250,000 this year, according to a review of HR prospects by people management experts the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).   more...

Ageing problems at work

AGEISM is so rife in the British workplace that people have only five years in their entire working life during which they are unlikely to be judged too young or too old for a job, according to a new report.   more...

Session 6 - Grenache, Tempranillo, Sangiovese and Nebbiolo

GRENACHE is the world's second most widely-planted black grape. The first is the relatively unknown Airen, which is only planted in La Mancha, Spain.   more...

Session 5 - Gamay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Zinfandel

THE Gamay grape is the source of all Beaujolais wine, producing dry, easy-drinking wines. Even with the low tannins, the wines can be weighty. Its key flavours include banana, bubble gum and red fruits.  more...

Session 4 - Chenin Blanc, Riesling and Gewürtztraminer

CHENIN Blanc, Riesling and Gewürtztraminer have lost their social standing in recent years, losing out to other wines such as Chardonnay. Even so, some very good examples can be found.  more...

Session 3 - Cabernet Franc, Merlot & Cabernet Sauvignon

In this session, we are going to look at and compare three red grapes, whose wines are often blended together to utilise the different qualities of each one.   more...

Session 2 - Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Chardonnay

THIS week, we introduce three grapes - Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Chardonnay.  more...

Session 1 - Wine tasting

The wine tasting process can tell you more than you think about a wine and consists of three steps.  more...

A highly commendable effort

SEVERAL organisations and individuals were highly commended in the A Place to be Proud of Awards.  more...

Customer Service - sponsored by Festival Place

DELIGHTED staff from Tadley Swimming Pool were rewarded with the winners' award for their customer service skills.   more...

Sense of Place - sponsored by the Local Strategic Partnership

MEMBERS of the Basingstoke Heritage Society have been handed a top honour in the Sense of Place category for their work in the town.  more...

Sense of Place - sponsored by the Local Strategic Partnership

WITH exhibitions covering more than 200 years of Basingstoke history, The Willis Museum offers visitors a real glimpse into the town's past.  more...

Learning - sponsored by BCOT and Queen Mary's College

TOP honours in the Learning category went to the headteacher of a north Hampshire school.  more...

Learning - sponsored by BCOT and Queen Mary's College

BASINGSTOKE'S Queen Mary's College picked up one of the top Learning category awards at Tuesday night's ceremony.  more...

Judges' Special Award

A JUDGES' Special Award was handed out to officers from Basingstoke CID for their huge fundraising efforts after a colleague was diagnosed with cancer.  more...

Creativity - sponsored by Wella

THE Haymarket's French season received acclaim from far and wide - and this week it enabled the theatre to pick up a winner's award in the A Place to be Proud of Creativity category.  more...

Creativity - sponsored by Wella

JACKY Josey has dedicated her life to Basingstoke fashion - and it has now resulted in a top award.  more...

Healthy Community - sponsored by The Hampshire Clinic

THE Sports Centre has provided first-class fitness facilities for the people of Basingstoke and Deane for 34 years - and now its service to the people has been rewarded with a top honour.  more...

Healthy Community - sponsored by The Hampshire Clinic

CONSULTANT urologist Christopher Eden was rewarded in the Healthy Community category for his pioneering work for the North Hampshire NHS trust.  more...

Safe Community - sponsored by Consolidated Global Resources

A POLICEMAN who "truly reflects all that is best in a modern community beat officer" was recognised with the top honour in the Safe Community category.  more...

Good Citizen - sponsored by Gazette Newspapers and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

LOCAL hero George Potten received a standing ovation after being presented with the winner's award in the Good Citizen category.  more...

Successful debut for pride awards

BASINGSTOKE'S first-ever A Place to be Proud of Awards event was a resounding success as it celebrated some of the remarkable achievements by individuals and organisations who have really made a difference in the town and borough.  more...

Taking pride of place

IT was a night for winners as individuals and groups who have made their mark in the Basingstoke area were honoured at the first-ever A Place to be Proud of Awards.  more...

Burglary focus hits the spot

BASINGSTOKE'S police chief has praised The Gazette's Burglary - Let's Beat It campaign for helping his officers cut the number of burglaries in the town.  more...

Security increased at sheltered homes

PROWLERS, distraction burglaries and anti-social behaviour at a Basingstoke sheltered housing scheme have forced an increase in security.  more...

Fry chooses a new direction

YOU always get your money's worth with Stephen Fry that's for sure. A fan of lively debate and intelligent conversation, his rapier wit is razor sharp, and is certainly on top form today.  more...

From screen to stage

BASINGSTOKE native David Allard, who you may have seen in local theatrical productions in the past, is certainly multi-talented.  more...

From Bridget to Barbara

LIFE is looking rosy at the moment for Renee Zellweger. Having established her acting credibility through a variety of high-profile roles, she has been nominated for an Oscar twice in as many years for Bridget Jones's Diary and Chicago.   more...

The view from the flightdeck

Captain Adrian Thompson gives his personal account of Concorde's historic last flight from Heathrow to New York.  more...

Meeting a true Noble man

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, let me introduce to you the best EVER interview of my journalistic life so far - Mr Ross Noble, who is coming to The Anvil on Thursday, 13 November.   more...

Flying experience is right on target

AS A wannabe high-flying journalist, this wasn't necessarily what I had in mind.  more...

Can Meg Ryan cut it?

IT WAS the question on everyone's lips (boom boom) at the press conference - did Meg Ryan have the Leslie Ash collagen catastrophe?  more...

Phoebe's sword to a new level for musketeers role

GIVEN that the Haymarket's Christmas play is called The Three Musketeers, you'd feel perfectly safe to assume that it's all about men.  more...

In the presence of beauty

HEAT magazine has nothing on working for The Gazette. Not only was I lucky enough to attend the recent Lord of the Rings premiere, but, that same week, I then found myself sitting in a press conference waiting for the arrival of the woman of the moment, Nicole Kidman.   more...

More of a French revelation

ALL possible jokes have already been made - but one man who'll have you munching humble pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner is Jon Lee, ex-member of S Club, who has moved on from (relative) pop poverty to stage glory in the West End as a cast member of Les Misérables.   more...

Tim tells some fishy tales

JOANNE MACE catches up with Big Fish director Tim Burton  more...

Child Rescue Alert Information

What is Child Rescue Alert... The Child Rescue Alert scheme seeks the assistance of the public where a child has been abducted and it is believed that the child will be seriously harmed.  more...

A Vine of the times

He may have a reputation for being hard-nosed and aggressive, but Jeremy Vine is really an affable family man, as JENNY LEGG discovers.  more...

Ralph proves he's streets ahead of the competition

RALPH McTell loves to talk about his obsession with music.  more...

Basingstoke Property

Invest in a bit of Holly this Christmas

HOLLY Cottage is one of a semi-detached pair of homes constructed in Odiham in the late 1990s by local builder Peter Cook.  more...

Basingstoke Sport

Interviewing... Shawn Maltby

CANADIAN Shawn Maltby proudly wears the "C" on his shirt this season as the new captain of the Basingstoke Bison.  more...

Please send us your views and opinions on any local sport issues.  more...

'Stoke lose new centre

MURRAY Roeske is leaving Basingstoke after receiving an offer to play in America.  more...

New home for the county cup

BASINGSTOKE'S disappointing season took another turn for the worse when they lost the Hampshire Cup to Andover.  more...

'Stoke are punished for their early errors

Basingstoke 26pts, Barking 49  more...

New chief is on the way

SENIOR officials at Basingstoke RFC hope to announce the club's new director of rugby by the final home game of the season.  more...

Dixon of Down Grange

Jim Dixon, Basingstoke RFC's community development officer, fills us in on the latest news from the rugby club.  more...

Westcombe Park taunt 'Stoke again

Westcombe Park 66pts, Basingstoke 7  more...

Fans flock to rugby club to glimpse cup

MORE than 500 people of all ages packed into Down Grange a week ago to see the rugby world cup in all its glory and grab a treasured picture alongside the gold-plated trophy.  more...

Coach to bow out

THE end of an era in Basingstoke rugby history takes place tomorrow when Ian Calder plays his final game as the club's player-coach.  more...

Ruffy tributes flow

TRIBUTES to outgoing director of rugby Ian Calder for his sterling three years' service as player and coach at Basingstoke flowed at Down Grange on Saturday.  more...

I'm going to play one more season

IT'S the final Ruffy writes...  more...

Cavaliers earn trophy

BASINGSTOKE Cavaliers were winners of the Michael Rogers Trophy for the second time in the competition's seven-year history on Saturday.  more...

Awards night at 'Stoke

PLAYERS and officials who have made significant contributions on and off the pitch were recognised at Basingstoke's annual dinner.  more...

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Lamb Inn FC

THIS season has started well for the young footballers of Lamb Inn in the Basingstoke and District Saturday League.  more...

Club page opens up a new chapter for 'Stoke

BASINGSTOKE RFC chairman Dr Steve Tristram is pleased that, from today, the rugby club has a new weekly page to inform the local community of the latest developments at Down Grange.  more...

`We're lucky to get a second chance'

Basingstoke Town 0, Bracknell Town 0  more...

Away duck is broken

London Racers 1, Basingstoke Bison 4  more...

Bison complete a four-point weekend

Basingstoke Bison 3, Manchester Phoenix 0  more...

'Stoke claim first win of the season

Basingstoke 26pts, Dings Crusaders 5  more...

Scholarship winners

TEN new sports scholarships from Basingstoke Sports Trust were announced at The Gazette Sports Awards.  more...

Cheques are not taken for granted

GRANT aid cheques worth a total of £7,600 have gone out to 120 top performers, Basingstoke and Deane Local Sports Council chairman Kevin Laing told the audience on Friday night.  more...

Win helps club jump for joy

A HAT-TRICK of successes was celebrated by Basingstoke Gymnastic Club as it was again crowned Club of the Year.  more...

Service to Sport Category Winner: Trevor Shanks

BASINGSTOKE'S man of Badminton Trevor Shanks was surprised to be nominated for, let alone win, the Service to Sport award.  more...

Junior Men's Category Winner: Scott Simmonds

SCOTT Simmonds - who is fighting his way back from injury - was given a further boost when he was named as the Junior Men's winner at The Gazette Sports Awards.  more...

Coach of the Year Category Winner: Ed Campbell

ALL-CONQUERING Basingstoke Buffalo coach Ed Campbell scooped the Coach of the Year award to complete a perfect year.  more...

Senior Men's Category Winner: Robert Tobin

BUDAPEST'S loss was Basingstoke's gain on Friday night.  more...

Senior Women's Category Winner: Jean Maton

JEAN Maton completed a straight hat-trick of Senior Women's titles at The Gazette Sports Awards.  more...

Double delight

THERE was double joy for world champion indoor bowler Claire Spreadbury as she scooped two of the top honours at The Gazette Sports Awards 2003.  more...

Basingstoke Whatson

See The Gazette for news about many more local productions  more...

Calling all budding thespians

IF YOU'RE an aspiring actor or interested in stage production - King Alfred's, Basingstoke, is looking for you!  more...

It's not our town that's rubbish!

Crap Towns, Edited by Sam Jordison and Dan Kieran, Boxtree Press   more...

The Boy by Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer's latest book is a tribute to the charms of the teenage male as portrayed in art through the ages.   more...

Niv

This excellent biography of the British film star David Niven (1910-1983) describes the life of a man who personified the words "dapper", "debonair", "witty" and "charming." He was always the toff whom everyone loved to love.  more...

Hornby hits all the right notes

31 Songs, Nick Hornby, Penguin £6.99   more...

Cult pop book a hit for trivia buffs

The Rough Guide to Cult Pop, Edited by Paul Simpson, Penguin £7.99  more...

Food for thought

Great British Dinners, James Martin, Mitchell Beazley £16.99  more...

Rough Guide does a great job

The Rough Guide to Books for Teenagers, Nicholas Tucker and Julia Eccleshare, Penguin   more...

Play the part of Norwich's finest broadcaster

Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word   more...

Natasha's tale of adventure

Walking Down a Dream, Xlibris Corporation, pp235  more...

Bishop'S Waltham News

Movie star feasts on garlic sausage

GLENN Close wouldn't be impressed if she was rewarded at the end of a hard day's filming with a garlic sausage.  more...

Bid to keep village at its best

MOVES are being stepped up to prevent further large scale development in Swanmore and safeguard important open spaces.  more...

Wood restoration needs memories

A PROJECT to restore woodland and marsh needs the help of residents with long memories.  more...

Pilot steers from danger

A HERO pilot steered his stricken helicopter away from homes after it suffered engine failure above a Hampshire housing estate.  more...

Ensuring cheer at night shelter

BISHOP'S Waltham area deanery is after donations for its Christmas charity, Hackney Churches Night Shelter for the homeless.  more...

Pointing in right direction

A POINT in the right direction is the aim of an orienteering course for primary school children.  more...

BMX-skateboard clash over track

A BMX-skateboard clash is looming in Swanmore.  more...

Raise the roof

ST JOHN Ambulance members at Bishop's Waltham could soon be raising the roof to expand their activities.   more...

Safety measures at last for killer road

CAMPAIGNING villagers should soon see the success of years of pressure to reduce a high accident rate to people and pets on a dangerous road.  more...

Chandler Ford News

STORE D-DAY

THE BATTLE over controversial plans to build a Waitrose superstore is hotting up.  more...

Chandler'S Ford News

Residents force homes' re-think

PEOPLE power looks set to win the day over a controversial scheme to build 28 flats at Chandler's Ford which locals feared could swamp their narrow road with even more traffic.  more...

TOWN IS DIVIDED BY STORE

RESIDENTS in Chandler's Ford are split over controversial plans for a 24,000 sq ft Waitrose superstore at Fryern Hill.  more...

MP looks at issues surrounding station

CAR parking and access issues came under the spotlight when Romsey MP Sandra Gidley visited the Chandler's Ford area to discuss plans to re-open the railway station.  more...

Staff delight over new hospital site

STAFF and patients at Hampshire's newest hospital are settling in after their move from Chandler's Ford to Winchester.  more...

Tools go in raid

GARAGE raiders made off with £170 worth of power and hand tools after targeting an address in Neilson Close, Chandler's Ford.  more...

Good causes win grants

VARIOUS organisations will be on the receiving end if the Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury Local Area Committee rubber-stamp community support grants amounting to £1,390.  more...

Community bus to stem parking woe

A NEW blue bus in Chandler's Ford could be blazing a trail in an effort to beat the parking mayhem found outside dozens of schools across the county.  more...

Flood fears sink flats application

AS acres of land in the South lie under water, Eastleigh councillors have scuppered controversial plans to build a block of flats on low-lying land at Chandler's Ford.  more...

Controversial supermarket given go-ahead

CONTROVERSIAL plans to bring supermarket giant Waitrose to Chandler's Ford have been given the go-ahead.  more...

Eastleigh News

Signs of the times put skids under the speeders

FROM classroom to kerbside - that is what has happened to the work of two young artists from a Chandler's Ford school.  more...

Cabbie talks of his kidnapping ordeal

A TAXI driver who was forced to take two robbers on a 40-minute early-morning terror drive before having £300 and his mobile phone stolen has spoken of his ordeal.  more...

Eastleigh Sport

Eastleigh's Dutch ace scores in league bow

DUTCHMAN Jerone Evelein scored on his Jewson Wessex League debut for Eastleigh last night - but the Ten Acres crew had victory snatched away from them two minutes from time in a 1-1 draw with Brockenhurst.  more...

Russell Cotes Cup: Christchurch 2 - Eastleigh 3

WESSEX League Christchurch made Eastleigh fight every inch of the way for last night's 3-2 extra-time victory in the Russell Cotes Cup at Hurn Bridge.  more...

Echowinchester News

Don't take away our green space

ANGRY residents turned out in force at a public planning inquiry in Winchester to complain about the increasing number of backyard developments in the city.  more...

Police accused of ripping tents to bits

POLICE raided a site in Winchester in a fruitless search for drugs yesterday morning.  more...

Echowinchester Sport

Alton Town 3 - Fleet Town 1

ALTON Town warmed up for Saturday's big FA Vase showdown with holders Winchester City by beating Fleet Spurs 3-1 in the Aldershot Senior Cup.  more...

Fair Oak News

PROTESTS OVER CLUB PLAN

A £500,000 youth centre has run into a storm of protest before it even gets off the drawing board.  more...

Vandals may wreck skatepark plans

SKATEPARK and BMX facilities could be driven off course because Fair Oak and Horton Heath Parish Council is having to spend thousand of pounds on beating the vandals.  more...

GATE MUST STAY OPEN

ANGRY Fair Oak parents are calling for a proposed experimental closure of a school gate used by hundreds of pupils to be put on hold until a "safe" access to the Wyvern Technology College campus can be arranged.  more...

Residents saved by smoke alarm alert

A SMOKE detector that alerted residents to a blaze at a block of flats in Fair Oak early today was being hailed as a possible lifesaver.  more...

Charles will miss the big park party

HOPES of Prince Charles giving Fair Oak's new-look recreation ground a right royal send-off have been dashed.  more...

Now it's Santa paws

FATHER Christmas was given paws for thought when dogs temporarily replaced his reindeer - but it was all in the name of raising cash for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.  more...

Youth centre plan may go to minister

WHITEHALL could have the final say in a controversial plan to build a £400,000 state-of-the-art youth centre at Fair Oak.  more...

ZOOMING IN ON VANDALS

CLOSED-circuit TV cameras are set to roll across Fair Oak as parish council chiefs step up the war against vandals who have cost the village thousands of pounds.  more...

Resident's objection halts crossing scheme

SCHOOLCHILDREN still have to cross a lethal stretch of a Fair Oak road more than two years after a high-profile campaign to get a pedestrian crossing.  more...

Green light hope on risky crossing

A LONG-RUNNING campaign to win a safer crossing for hundreds of Eastleigh schoolchildren is a small step from seeing it become a reality.  more...

Fair Oak Sport

Improve your badminton

If you want to roar your way to being a better badminton player then the Wyvern Dragons could be the club for you.  more...

Farehamandgosport News

Guiding light on the mercy calls

EMERGENCY services are being given a helping hand to find addresses in a Meon Valley village thanks to a pioneering new scheme by the Women's Institute.  more...

Plans for £77,000 skate park unveiled

COUNCILLORS have quashed claims that they won't back a Bishop's Waltham skate park by producing a comprehensive mission statement detailing a £77,000 facility for the village's youngsters.  more...

Forestandwaterside News

Club counts cost of latest vandal attack

A WATERSIDE football club has been left with a bill running into hundreds of pounds after a spate of attacks by vandals.  more...

Fly-tipping menace doubles in decade

FLY-tipping in the New Forest has almost doubled in the past ten years.  more...

MARKET STALLS

ONE of the New Forest's biggest markets is under threat for the second time in less than two years, the Daily Echo can reveal.  more...

Forestandwaterside Sport

Ringwood chase promotion

IN Division 2 of the Wessex League, Ringwood Town put themselves in the promotion picture after they followed up Saturday's 4-0 demolition of former leaders Locks Heath with a 2-1 victory at Hythe & Dibden.  more...

Russell Cotes Cup round-up

BROCKENHURST player-manager Graham Kemp has ended a personal eight-year scoring drought!  more...

Hampshire Christmas

Santa Q&A

WE catch up with Santa for ten minutes over a mince pie, a glass of milk and a carrot for Rudolph  more...

Eat, drink and be wary...

DORSET Police and Bournemouth Borough Council want you to be safe in Bournemouth this Christmas, and are offering the chance to win access to top clubs and bars in the town if you sign-up for free safety advice.  more...

Gifts for him

WHETHER he's a gadget man, a big kid at heart or would prefer something more practical, you will find gift ideas for your brother, boyfriend or dad here.  more...

Gifts for her

GET her something luxurious and treat her to the things she's been hinting at all year.  more...

Hampshire Election

LATEST RESULTS

LATEST RESULTS FROM AROUND HAMPSHIRE   more...

Thornber king of Castle as Tories sweep back in

THE Tories may have suffered a mauling on the national stage but in Hampshire they managed once again to romp home ahead in the county council elections.  more...

Crumbs of comfort as Island goes blue

TORY politicians were today celebrating after regaining the Isle of Wight constituency. Some 16 hours after the polls closed, Conservative Andrew Turner was finally declared the Island's MP at 2.15pm yesterday.  more...

Hampshire Food

La Lupa, High Street, Southampton

BUSTLING, busy and bursting, La Lupa is a hubbub of activity to awaken even the most docile of visitors.  more...

Manhattans, 12 Upper High Street, Winchester

THE LITTLE slice of Italy next to Winchester Castle has been feeding the city's diners for decades.  more...

Mr So - Winchester

I ONCE tried to contemplate an existence without crispy duck and pancake rolls - and ended up giving myself nightmares for weeks.  more...

Willows Cafe Bar - Southampton

A CHARMING hotch-potch of styles greets you when you enter Willows Café Bar.  more...

Pebble Beach Café/Bar/Restaurant, Marine Drive, Barton-on-Sea

PERHAPS it was just the view of the open sea from our window table, but there was an unmistakable holiday feel about dining at the Pebble Beach.  more...

Kama Café, Bar and Indian Restaurant, Queensway, Southampton

FIRST-TIME visitors to Kama - one of the best of Southampton's latest crop of Indian restaurants - could be forgiven for wondering what to expect.  more...

Old fashioned Sherry Trifle

Great for family gatherings - and a very good simple pudding for any event throughout the year.   more...

Boeuf a la Bourguignonne

Boeuf a la Bourguignonne - French for a beef stew made 'in the style of Burgundy,' or Burgundian beef.  more...

Jubilee Cake

GOLDEN celebrations are always memorable. As I write, the country is gearing up for one of the most special celebrations in many years.  more...

Raspberry and orange bread and butter pudding with a raspberry coulis

Ingredients  more...

Fried Whitebait

Dominic Bucknall gets nostalgic about seafood and hungers for classic blends of crispiness, spice and subtlety   more...

Bhuna Meat (Lamb)

When the Hampshire Chronicle's cookery expert Venika Kingsland prepares a picnic, her guests are in for a treat.  more...

Avocado stuffed Tomatoes

Ingredients  more...

Pizza Baked Eggs

Quick and easy  more...

Spanish Omelette

A very tasty dish  more...

Quatre Fromage Salade

Enjoy light but tasty four cheese salad  more...

Mackerel wrapped in basil leaves

The leaves fall as the summer fades, but cookery expert Venika Kingsland takes the sunshine taste of basil, and makes it last well into the winter months.  more...

LEICESTER BAKED FISH

Cheese is a firm favourite for 98 per cent of the UK's population, so here is a recipe to help you celebrate British Cheese Week (28 September - 6 October)  more...

Crème Brûlée

As a nation, we eat nearly 10 billion eggs a year; that's 26 million every day. If placed end to end, the line of eggs would reach from the earth to the moon. Hampshire Chronicle cookery expert, Venika Kingsland, serves up a special dish for National Egg Month.  more...

BEEFSTEAK AND APPLE PIE

Apples are usually associated with Pork dishes but try out this recipe of Beef and Apple for a change.  more...

Turkey with a twist

This fantastic recipe was created by executive head chef Steve Hurst from Allertons Restaurant at the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton make interesting use of turkey leftovers.  more...

The Jolly Sailor, Lands End Road, Old Bursledon

CRACK open the champagne - warm, hazy, almost summer-like days are here and we're only in March.  more...

Ambassadors at launch of food festival

HAMPSHIRE Ambassadors will attend a drinks reception to launch the Hampshire Food Festival on 29th June at Winchester Guildhall.   more...

Winchester now boasts UK's largest farmers' market

SHOPPERS in Winchester are to get the chance to get their hands on the freshest local fruit this weekend, courtesy of the city's Farmers' Market.   more...

Cream of Watercress Soup

A great traditional Hampshire recipe using watercress from our clear, clean chalk streams.   more...

Hampshire Baked Gammon with Herby Lemon Rub

The classic spring choice is, of course, lamb.  more...

Hampshire Strawberry Muffins

Hampshire-grown strawberries are appearing in farm shops throughout the county. The Chronicle's cookery expert, Venika Kingsland, can't resist their appeal. For her, it is a trip down memory lane   more...

Hampshire Pasta with Watercress and Basil Pesto

Head Chef at The Grapevine Bistro, David Bennett created the dish for the Hampshire Food Festival - Hampshire Pasta with Watercress and Basil Pesto, with flour sourced from Botley Mills in Botley and watercress from The Test Valley.  more...

Magical mushrooms

Cookery expert Venika Kingsland went in search of local mushrooms at the Farmers' Market.  more...

Spicy Hampshire pumpkin soup

Tour the county any time in late October and almost every field is a-glow with bright Orange pumpkins. Try our special Spicy Pumpkin Soup using the flesh and seed left over after making a pumpkin face.  more...

Crusty top beef and ale stew

I was sent advance notice of the Campaign for Real Ale's national winter ales festival this weekend.   more...

Lamb with port, blackcurrant and cheese

Noisettes of lamb with port, blackcurrant and blue cheese sauce serves 4  more...

Turkey en croute

Turkey en croute with Danish Blue cheese, walnuts and celery serves 4  more...

Onion, nectarine and cheese salad

Red onion, snap pea and nectarine salad with Danish blue cheese dressing serves 4  more...

Blue Cheese burgers

Beef burgers with blue cheese slices serves 4  more...

Watercress sauce for mackerel, salmon or trout

THE familiar watercress is a member of the mustard family and its origins can be traced to Persia and ancient Greece.  more...

BAKED TROUT WITH WATERCRESS AND MUSHROOM STUFFING

Trout has a wonderful delicate flavour, and needs very little cooking, and even less in the way of sauces, flavourings and seasonings. Here it's been matched with watercress and mushrooms. All the flavours work well and are not fighting against each other.  more...

Celebrating the food of the farm

NATIONAL Farmers' Market Week is to be launched with a gathering in the New Forest.  more...

Sourcing good food

A good chef will go to considerable lengths to get hold of top quality ingredients, but why should anyone settle for second rate?   more...

Strawberry Fields Forever

THE glorious smell of succulent, and juicy Hampshire strawberries in our local farmers' shop transported me straight back to our own farm, where, among other organic produce, we grew seven-and-a-half acres of strawberries.   more...

Great taste of success

THREE Hampshire traders have proved they are top of the tastebud-ticklers by clinching gold medals in the national Great Taste Awards.  more...

Put heart in love apples

LYCOPENE is the red pigment in ripe tomatoes giving them that rich, succulent hue. Tomatoes and tomato products are the main sources of lycopene in the British diet, although some is present in watermelon, pink grapefruit and canned apricots.  more...

Organic options

ORGANIC Gardening GM, BSE, HFCJD, pesticide residues in our fruit and vegetables, the environmental damage of high nitrate levels as a consequence of inorganic fertiliser application...so the list goes on and on, and on.   more...

Fancy a taste of the wild?

HOW does nettle soup, real horseradish sauce or mushroom stuffing take your fancy?  more...

An apple a day probably does keep the doctor away

A team of researchers from St George's Hospital Medical School studied the lung function of more than 2,500 men aged from 45 to 49, and found that good lung function was associated with high intakes of vitamins C, E and beta-carotene.   more...

Don't scoff, healthy food can cost less

IT'S a fallacy that healthy food needs to cost the earth, says community dietician Jenny Davies.  more...

Hampshire Farmers' Markets for 2003

Hampshire Farmers' Markets Ltd have just launched their new programme of markets for 2003.   more...

The candyman can . . .

WHILE travelling through India more than a decade ago, Islander Erling McCracken met an old yoga guru who prescribed for a happy and fulfilling life a daily discipline of yoga, meditation and a stick of liquorice.   more...

Search to find top sausage and pie

THE Great Hampshire Sausage and Pie competition is set to take place near Winchester early next month.  more...

Butcher's bangers mash opposition

KING of the sausage makers Les Smith has struck gold with more sizzling successes.  more...

Ready for flavours of Hampshire

SOUTHAMPTON City College catering students cooked up a storm in a challenge based on TV's Ready, Steady, Cook.  more...

Toad at the Park

THIS vibrant new bar has been a real hit since it opened in August and every Saturday night it is packed to capacity. The design downstairs is trendy and sophisticated with deep red and light purple décor. It is quite spacious with plenty of room at the bar and comfortable, leather seating. The bar is brilliantly lit and the back wall constantly changes colour.   more...

Mandarin Chef, Winchester Road, Romsey

REMEMBER your first Chinese meal? I do. It was about 25 years ago when my parents brought home this strange-smelling food in cartons and tried to teach me the basics of chopsticks.   more...

Asha Indian and Bangladeshi Restaurant, Lyndhurst Road, Ashurst

AT FIRST glance, the Asha Indian and Bangladeshi Restaurant seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary - but on closer inspection it proved to be an eatery of considerable merit.  more...

Dog and Crook, 18 Church Lane, Brambridge

I'D HEARD lots of good things about the food at the Dog and Crook, so I was very keen to put its restaurant to the test.  more...

The Fox and Hounds and Lone Barn

THE FOX and Hounds at Bursledon has been providing excellent food for years - and its standards are still as high as ever.  more...

Ghandi Indian Cuisine, Swan Centre, Eastleigh

THOSE who simply see curry as a good way to wash down ten pints would hardly know a chicken vindaloo from a chicken kebab.  more...

Lainston House Hotel, Sparsholt, Winchester

IT HAS been said that to show something is important you must give it time, for time is the most precious thing we possess. You may think the taking of a proper English afternoon tea is not important, but it must be given a goodly amount of time and I believe it repays the investment handsomely.   more...

Hampshire Jubilee

Sculpture to mark Queen's Jubilee

A UNIQUE sculptured wrought iron gate will be built off Fareham's West Street at a cost of £20,000 to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  more...

We're in tune for the Jubilee

TALENTED teenagers Vickie Rayment and Andrea Ware will be performing before an audience of hundreds of thousands of people this summer.  more...

Jubilee Marking the Silver Jubilee

THE Queen received a scroll containing the congratulations of Southampton people to mark her Silver Jubilee year.  more...

Invincible task for Queen to perform

WITH the sun shining brightly and crowds of thousands cheering from Southampton docks, the Queen boarded Britannia at the start of her annual holiday to the Western Isles of Scotland.  more...

Jubilee tattoo

THE Isle of Wight branches of the Royal British Legion are to stage a special military tattoo at Carisbrooke Castle on June 2 to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  more...

Ex-mayor's glowing tribute to the Queen

IT WAS in response to a plea from Prince Charles to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee that a pioneering activities centre for the disabled was built at Bursledon.  more...

Four days of celebration

NOISE rather than silence will be golden in one Southampton city centre park over a four-day period in June.  more...

Golden Jubilee schedule

Full events guide to London's Golden Jubilee celebrations  more...

Royalist Ruth wins seat at main event

A LUCKY Southampton family has won a VIP trip to London's Golden Jubilee celebrations thanks to the Daily Echo.  more...

Thieves wreck party

THIEVES have ruined Golden Jubilee celebrations for a group of pensioners - by stealing their decorations.  more...

Royalist Pat keeps the flag flying here

SHE'S hooked on the monarchy.  more...

Town is gateway to Jubilee events

FAREHAM residents had an early opportunity to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee with a weekend of events to commemorate the occasion.  more...

That's Jubilee life as Esther opens garden

SHE was dubbed the queen of consumer journalism by millions of fans.  more...

Professor's tribute hymn for Jubilee

A WINCHESTER academic has been granted the honour of writing a hymn to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  more...

In the picture again - after 25 years

HOW life has changed for Andy Chase since he and his brother were schoolboys staring into an Daily Echo photographer's camera at a Silver Jubilee street party in West End.  more...

Days of celebration all along the Valley

PEOPLE in Test Valley are gearing up for partying to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  more...

This one's our crowning glory

Gilt-edged and adorned with paintings, the Lilliput Coronation Coach is every inch a regal carriage.  more...

Celebrations begin for Queen's jubilee

SOUTHAMPTON'S Golden Jubilee celebrations start today when a four-day fun-filled extravaganza kicks off at Mayflower Park and a unique exhibition opens in the city.  more...

Pages of history can be yours forever

Today we have produced a special edition of the Southern Daily Echo to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  more...

Fun reigns supreme over royal weekend

IT'S TIME to party!  more...

Celebrations mean a lot across the generations

THERE may have been just one reason for the weekend's Golden Jubilee celebrations. But revellers across the south used their imagination to come up with dozens of different ways to mark the Queen's 50 years on the throne.  more...

Easy rider mayor revs up procession

THE DEEP rumble of mechanical thunder filled Romsey's ancient Cornmarket as a jubilee procession of Harley Davidson motorcycles toured the Test Valley.  more...

PARTY HARD

IT WAS the party the cynics said would never happen. But despite the wet weather thousands took to the streets of Hampshire yesterday to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  more...

It's lift off for balloon race

SOUTHAMPTON gave a soaring send off to the Golden Jubilee celebrations yesterday.  more...

Fun right on target

ARCHERS at Sway spent Sunday morning doing what England's footballers would love to have done - they spent 90 minutes hitting the target.  more...

Fiesta's 15 hours of non-stop fun

CHARITY groups at New Milton teamed up to stage a bumper 15-hour Golden Jubilee Fiesta.  more...

Southern flame joins nation's beacon tribute to royal Jubilee

A BURNING beacon of light shone out from the top of Toot Hill near North Baddesley on Bank Holiday Monday.  more...

King's Way makes it the Queen's Day

Thousands of people across the Eastleigh area celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee in style.  more...

Fun all the way at town Jubilee event

HUNDREDS of people turned out to Fordingbridge's Golden Jubilee Family Fun Day at the town's recreation ground.  more...

Jubilee starts up a community

A new community marked the Queen's Golden Jubilee with all the traditional trimmings.   more...

Thousands flock to four-day jamboree

SOUTHAMPTON'S Mayflower Park was awash with colour and noise for four days during the city's Golden Jubilee Jamboree.  more...

IT'S PARTY TIME!

IT WAS the weekend for the south to party as hundreds of thousands of people indulged in Golden Jubilee celebrations.  more...

Carnival capers!

LITTLE Stephanie Pratt maybe just five, but when it comes to motorbikes she's something of a veteran.  more...

Hampshire News

FURY AT ANIMAL DEATHS

ANIMALS living in "appalling" conditions in the New Forest are having to be slaughtered at the rate of 100 a day.  more...

An anxious wait for burial site decision

RESIDENTS around a Hampshire landfill site that could be used to bury animals from the foot and mouth cull face another four weeks of anxious waiting.  more...

Freedom is too late for many

FARMERS across the New Forest breathed a sigh of relief as their animals were allowed to return to their rightful grazing grounds.  more...

Couple fined £6,000 over F&M breach

A HAMPSHIRE couple who breached foot-and-mouth-regulations by moving their animals have been fined a total of £6,000.  more...

Farmers' plea to keep path closures in place

A LARGE number of Hampshire farmers have applied for the continuing closure of footpaths near their property, it has emerged.  more...

Paths to be given all clear

HAMPSHIRE'S footpaths are set to be reopened this weekend after months of foot-and-mouth enforced closure.  more...

Riders ruin F&M crisis measures

IRRESPONSIBLE horse riders in the New Forest are ruining an attempt to contain any outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.  more...

Crisis fails to halt the area's popular show

HAMPSHIRE'S biggest summer show is all set to go ahead.  more...

Car parks reopen as fears linger on

ALL New Forest car parks still closed because of foot-and-mouth restrictions are set to be reopened tomorrow.  more...

Hampshire Sailsolent

Brit win

The British Challenge rebounded from a poor showing on Thursday to beat Team New Zealand and advance to the finals of the America's Cup Class match racing series for the Louis Vuitton Trophy.   more...

Strong tides but light winds test competitors

The GBR Challenge for the America's Cup more than fulfilled its modest ambitions for the America's Cup Jubilee when both of its entries advanced from the fleet racing portion of the event into a four-boat match racing series.  more...

Brit Cup entry causing a stir

THE British America's Cup team raised the stakes for the 2003 America's Cup in Auckland last Friday by unveiling a boat that looks set to cause an upset.  more...

GBR CHALLENGE YACHT NAMED BY HRH THE PRINCESS ROYAL

It was a historic day for British sailing on April 12th in Cowes when HRH The Princess Royal named "Wight Lightning", the first ever modern America's Cup boat to be designed and built in Great Britain.   more...

Syndicate chief Harrison plans second hull

With work on the British America's Cup boat well underway in Cowes, syndicate head Peter Harrison has announced he is to build a second hull for completion next year.  more...

Bubbly mishap as cup challenger launched

HISTORY was made in Cowes on the Isle of Wight yesterday when the Princess Royal named Britain's challenger for the prestigious America's Cup trophy.  more...

The best of British

On A historic day for British sailing, HRH the Princess Royal named Wight Lightning, the first, ever modern America's Cup boat to be built in Great Britain.  more...

Harrison to fly out second boat to help GBR Cup bid

Determined not to be outdone by other America's Cup syndicates, GBR Challenge chief Peter Harrison says he will fly their second boat out to Auckland as soon as possible to give his British team time to practise on two new generation boats.  more...

Oracle BMW aim for America's Cup

Oracle Corporation has teamed up with BMW in an attempt to bring the America's Cup - sailing's most prestigious prize - to English shores.   more...

Wight Magic Starts Its Journey To New Zealand

At a reception at Skandia Life Cowes Week this evening to mark the departure of the second British America's Cup boat for New Zealand, Peter Harrison, Founder and Chairman of GBR Challenge announced that GBR 78 will be named 'Wight Magic'.   more...

Back in the race

To seasoned observers, the 2003 America's Cup has already proved a classic with the syndicates bogged down in secrecy, tantalising controversy and legal ping-pong.  more...

GB outsiders

The British America's Cup team are firm outsiders to win the America's Cup, according to odds released this week by bookmakers William Hill.  more...

Portchester Sailing Club

Portchester Sailing Club has been actively encouraging junior sailing for a number of years.   more...

Cup nerves kick in as race date nears

Britain's America's Cup crew - including their south coast contingent - face a nerve-racking weekend before they start their bid for honours in the Louis Vuitton Challenger series on Tuesday.  more...

Hamble River Sailing Club

The Hamble Warming Pan, organised by Hamble River Sailing Club and sponsored by Holt, was held over the weekend of the 16 / 17 March and attracted a total of 83 dinghies.   more...

GBR Challenge well placed

Peter Harrison's British America's Cup team, skippered by Ian Walker, won three out of their four last races in the first round of the Louis Vuitton Challenger series, moving up the rankings from seventh to fourth position.   more...

Southampton Yacht Club's Spring Series - Race 2

Victory for X-Parrot, Big Boys Toys and Shakatak in Southampton Yacht Club's Spring Series Race 2 - Sunday 24 March 2002  more...

Americans hit back to level in Cup quarter-final

The action was hotting up in Auckland yesterday after the British America's Cup team, GBR Challenge, was defeated in the second race of the Louis Vuitton quarter-finals to make it all square at 1-1 with five races remaining.  more...

Perfect marks for three boats in Spring Series

THE finish of the third race of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Spring Series on Sunday saw three boats X-Parrot, Big Boys Toys and Shakatak all with perfect scores of three wins each.  more...

Frisky winds cause havoc

FINE weather and frisky winds brought thrilling racing to the third round of the Barclays Marine Finance Warsash Spring Series last Sunday leading to overboardings, groundings, a broken rudder and an entanglement with a lobster pot line.  more...

Lymington Town Sailing Club - Open Day set for April 27th

Lymington Town Sailing Club is holding an open day on Saturday April 27 when anybody can come along, meet the members, see the boats they sail and the facilities the club offers and get a special membership offer.  more...

Royal Southampton Yacht Club - Double hander to Spain

On Saturday morning 12th July the Royal Southampton YC's inaugural Double-handed Solent to Santander race started in bright sunshine and a gentle easterly breeze, building during the afternoon to a useful force 3-4.  more...

ROYAL SOUTHAMPTON YACHT CLUB HOST RYA SAILABILITY

This month the Royal Southampton Yacht Club will be welcoming some very determined disabled sailors who will be participating in this year's RYA Sailability South Coast Blind Week.  more...

Royal Southampton Yacht Club - Spanish crew win double hander

After a tough passage from the Solent, the clear winners of the Royal Southampton YC's inaugural Double-handed Santander race was Flying Neleb, a Swan 39R from the destination club Real Club Maritimo Santander, sailed by Alvaro Lopez-Doriga and Antonio Cuervas-Mon, who were presented with the Real Club's prestigious King's Cup - the first Spanish yacht to take the trophy for many years.  more...

Royal Southampton Yacht Club - Two-Handed Round the Island Race

The monohull record for the Island Double race was well broken on Saturday, having stood for 11 years.   more...

Lymington Town Sailing Club - Beggs takes handicap win

The annual Lymington Town Sailing Club Perisher's Race saw nine brave entries on the start line last Sunday, despite a strong easterly wind and a delicate snow flurry.  more...

Boost for town from regatta success

THIS year's Skandia Life Cowes Week was one of the most successful ever, it has been revealed.  more...

Fastnet moves with the times in getting sponsor

For the first time in its 76 year-old history, the Fastnet Race, one of the classic events in the yacht racing calendar, has a sponsor.  more...

Back to the Solent for Admiral's Cup

Commodore of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, Peter Rutter, has announced the Admiral's Cup 2003 event will now be run from Cowes and not Dun Laoghaire, in Ireland.  more...

Crews under starter's orders for the Fastnet

The Rolex Fastnet Race starting from Cowes on Sunday is set to feature some of the fastest and slickest boats in the racing world.  more...

High expectations for 2003 Skandia Cowes Week - Entries to top 950

Cowes Combined Clubs (CCC) are anticipating upwards of 950 entries for this year's Regatta.   more...

Eure et Loir's the first to cross the line

The big boats started arriving in Plymouth on Tuesday but the overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet race will not be known until all have crossed the finish line and when the handicappers have logged all ratings.  more...

New races for Cowes Week

Skandia Cowes Week 2003 is set to stage a number of additions this August.  more...

Record could go

This year's Rolex Fastnet Race will have yet another supermaxi in town turning heads.   more...

The big bang comes to Cowes

Cowes Week is arguably the oldest, the largest and the most prestigious annual sailing regatta in the World. Added to this, the Skandia Cowes Week Regatta organisers, Cowes Combined Clubs Ltd (CCC), have taken the decision for the first time since 1872, to contract a new fireworks display company to orchestrate the highlight of the Week on Friday 8th August.   more...

Catamaran service a first

Skandia Cowes Week sponsor Wightlink are running a special Lymington-Cowes catamaran service for the first time in its history throughout the 2003 Regatta.   more...

Annual sailing festival is in a class of its own

ALMOST 900 entries have been received for Skandia Cowes Week which begins next Saturday.  more...

Runners and Riders

BOOKIES may have named their favourites to win the Volvo Ocean Race on the back of pre-race preparations but, until the first leg from Southampton to Cape Town is completed and the true thoroughbreds established, the field remains wide open.  more...

Life on the ocean waves. .

CREW comfort remains a woefully low priority for designers of the ocean going yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race.  more...

The start line

THE Volvo Ocean Race crews, and the thousands who are expected to watch the start from Southampton this weekend, are in for a treat.  more...

And they're off!

A SPECTACULAR eve-of-race send-off was planned for the Volvo Ocean Race yachts at Southampton's Ocean Village today.  more...

Culmination of great summer

COMPETITORS in the world's premier yacht challenge were given a spectacular send-off in Southampton at the weekend.  more...

Volvo race gets off to blistering start

CREWS of the Volvo Ocean Race put on a Grand Prix-style show for the thousands of spectators who turned out to witness the fastest ever start from Southampton yesterday.  more...

Global science will benefit from race

PARTICIPANTS in the Volvo Ocean Race are also taking part in a global science project that will provide information about the health of the world's oceans.  more...

A thundering start for the Volvo fleet

TODAY was day six for the crews in the Volvo Ocean Race, with three of the front runners in sight of each other as the fleet heads out west into the Atlantic.  more...

Rationing introduced as food runs low

Concerns over food and water shortages have seen the introduction of rationing on boats in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet after a slow passage through the doldrums left them three days behind schedule.  more...

SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW 2003

A host of exciting features together with some celebrity faces promise to make this year's Southampton Boat Show a sparkling day out for all the family to enjoy. The show will take place at Mayflower Park, Southampton 12-21 September 2003.  more...

Big plan for boat show

SOUTHAMPTON'S annual feast of all things nautical is set to move to a single site in time for next year's event.  more...

Illbruck's late dash is rewarded with victory

Southampton yachtsman Ian Moore navigated Illbruck through the final blustery approaches into Cape Town to earn his crew victory in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.  more...

Berth 101 boat show deal to be discussed

A DEAL with Associated British Ports to use its Berth 101 next to Mayflower Park for the city's future boat shows is due to be discussed by members of the city council's Cabinet.  more...

END OF THE FIRST LEG: SOUTHAMPTON TO CAPE TOWN

Dates and finishing times of all the yachts.  more...

illbruck under the microscope in Cape Town

WITH the sea battles of the first leg done and dusted, the crews of the Volvo Ocean Race, who have all now arrived in Cape Town, are preparing for more clashes on the docks after leg winner illbruck was twice protested.  more...

Tales from the ocean

Following the arrival of the Volvo Ocean Race yachts in Cape Town, KATE LAVEN talks to sailors from the south about life on the ocean wave...  more...

Third Solent skipper in Volvo Ocean race

The promotion of Hamble yachtsman Neal McDonald to skipper of Swedish entry Assa Abloy has brought the number of Volvo Ocean Race skippers from the Solent region to a three.   more...

Kilpatrick ill as supplies run low

The all-important position reports in the Volvo Ocean Race have taken second place to progress reports concerning the health of Amer Sports One crewmember Keith Kilpatrick, who is suffering from abdominal pain and a suspected blocked intestine.  more...

Volvo Ocean Race hit by yet another drama

THE extraordinary series of dramas that have marked the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race continued this week when Team SEB navigator Marcel van Triest jumped over the side of the boat with 1,800 miles of the leg still to go.  more...

Neal's position in doubt

NEAL MCDONALD'S position as skipper of Assa Abloy could come under threat after he steered his boat to a disappointing sixth place in the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.  more...

illbruck's proving tough to live with

THE finish of the second leg in the Volvo Ocean Race proved every bit as exciting as the previous 6,000 miles, but it was John Kostecki's illbruck which crossed the Sydney finish line first, giving him his second victory in two legs.  more...

END OF THE SECOND LEG: CAPE TOWN TO SYDNEY

Dates and finishing times of all the yachts.   more...

Tactical error won't cost Neal his job

DESPITE a tactical error which cost him dear in the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, Hamble yachtsman Neal McDonald looks set to keep his job as skipper of Assa Abloy on the third and crucial leg from Sydney to Auckland.  more...

Team Tyco have it all to do in Volvo race

FOR the crew on Team Tyco, the Volvo Ocean Race 2001 has been a bit of a chequered game.  more...

Tyco could yet finish on podium

THE third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race starts on Boxing Day as the fleet takes its place alongside the starters of the 650-mile ocean racing classic, the Sydney to Hobart Race.  more...

Assa makes it to Auckland first

ASSA ABLOY last night won the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race by a clear 20 miles from Amer Sports One.  more...

END OF THE THIRD LEG: SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND

Finishing dates and times:  more...

Fit-again Jason ends Assa winner

Things are looking up for Jason Carrington following his illness during the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.  more...

Top duo face Volvo challenge

Southampton yachtswomen Emma Richards and Miranda Merron have signed up with women's team Amer Sports Too for the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, starting from Auckland later this month.  more...

Race's future in balance as Dalton hits out

FEARS over the future of the Volvo Ocean Race surfaced in Auckland last week after it was revealed that the organisers had called in consultants to review its format following a stream of criticisms.  more...

Cayard gives Amer Sports One a boost

THE fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race starts from Auckland on Sunday with another gruelling passage across the Southern Ocean set to present the sternest test for the eight boats and their crews.  more...

McDonald leads Abloy to victory

IT has been a case of mixed fortunes for south coast sailors as the Volvo Ocean Race reached half distance in Auckland  more...

Winds play havoc with Volvo boats

The roller coaster ride through the Southern Ocean has given crews in the Volvo Ocean Race endless days of gruelling but fast sailing, causing damage to the boats, including Swedish boat Team SEB, which has lost its mast.  more...

Warmer times ahead for race crews

Having emerged from the Southern Ocean unscathed, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet has moved into calmer warmer waters, giving all the crews a chance to catch up on their sleep.  more...

Carrington is ready for more Volvo action

Lymington yachtsman Jason Carrington says he hopes to return to the Volvo Ocean Race having recuperated from the illness that ruled him out of the fourth leg.  more...

News Corporation breaks rudder

With just a few hundred miles left to sail, Jez Fanstone's NewsCorp has been ruled out of contention in the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race after the rudder broke off during the sprint up the coast of Brazil.  more...

END OF THE FOURTH LEG: AUCKLAND TO RIO DE JANEIRO

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Tough going in the light winds

AN excruciating finale to the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race saw Southampton's star sailors battling with impossibly light winds to achieve a podium place.  more...

Richards revels in Maiden II role

Emma Richards returned to the Volvo Ocean Race in Rio de Janeiro this week after a frantic visit home to announce her involvement in Tracy Edwards' high-profile campaign for the Jules Verne Trophy.  more...

It's make-or-break time for McDonald

A good result in the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, starting on Sunday from Rio de Janeiro, could put Hamble's Neal McDonald in sight of an overall podium place.  more...

Women score a tactical victory

Emma Richards's hints at different tactics for the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race have proved invaluable for the women on Amer Sports Too.   more...

Leg win for Assa Abloy

ASSA ABLOY took their second victory of the Volvo Ocean Race by winning leg five after crossing the finish line into Miami.  more...

Neal tastes victory for a second time

Neal McDonald scored his second triumph of the Volvo Ocean Race this week when he won the fifth leg after a nerve-jangling finish in Miami.  more...

END OF THE FIFTH LEG: RIO DE JANEIRO TO MIAMI

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McDonald ready to steer Assa home

HAMBLE skipper Neal McDonald will have his sights set on overall victory in the Volvo Ocean Race when Assa Abloy starts the fifth leg from Miami to Baltimore on Sunday in second place.  more...

Lymington skipper has fleet in a flap

Lymington's Jez Fanstone scored his first victory of the Volvo Ocean Race when he arrived first into Baltimore yesterday to win the fifth leg.  more...

END OF THE SIXTH LEG: MIAMI TO BALTIMORE

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Broken mast puts paid to seventh leg

Hamble skipper Lisa McDonald has been forced to abandon the seventh leg of the Volvo Ocean Race after the mast on her boat Amer Sports Too came crashing down in the Atlantic.  more...

END OF THE SEVENTH LEG: BALTIMORE TO LA ROCHELLE

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McDonald still in the shake up for places

Neal McDonald produced another strong performance in the seventh leg of the Volvo Ocean Race to increase his chances of an eventual podium place for Assa Abloy.  more...

Frightening time for Volvo sailors

LOCAL companies around Southampton have come to the rescue of Lisa McDonald and her crew on Amer Sports Too in the Volvo Ocean Race.  more...

McDonald refusing to lie down in Volvo

Neal McDonald's Assa Abloy leaves La Rochelle tomorrow with one aim in mind - to beat the Volvo Ocean Race leaders Illbruck Challenge in the tricky 1,075-mile obstacle course to Gothenburg.  more...

END OF THE EIGHTH LEG: LA ROCHELLE TO GOTHENBURG

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McDonald has Volvo trophy in his sights

HAMBLE yachtsman Neal McDonald has the Volvo Ocean Race trophy in sight after posting his third leg victory in Assa Abloy and beating race leaders illbruck in the eighth leg from La Rochelle to Gothenburg.  more...

'HENRI-LLOUD' ROCKS GOTHENBURG AT CREW PARTY

For one night only, the band 'Henri-Loud', which guest-starred Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell from Motorhead rocked Gothenburg at the Henri-Lloyd Crew Party.  more...

END OF THE NINTH LEG: GOTHENBURG TO KIEL (FINISH)

Finishing dates and times:  more...

McDonald misses out

HAMBLE yachtsman Neal McDonald missed out on victory in the Volvo Ocean Race yesterday when favourites illbruck claimed the title after a gruelling 32,700 miles of racing.  more...

FINAL STANDINGS

Overall positions in the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race  more...

Hants well represented

The careers of Hampshire's leading offshore yachtsmen will all have been boosted by their success in the Volvo Ocean Race and more opportunities in the world's top events now beckon.  more...

McDonald so close to glory

Until Neal McDonald takes to the water again, with the British America's Cup team in Auckland, he is bound to wonder what might have been, had he been skipper of Assa Abloy from the start of the Volvo Ocean Race.  more...

Neal and Lisa waiting for news

Husband and wife yachting team Neal and Lisa McDonald are keenly awaiting the announcement next month over the future format of the Volvo Ocean Race.  more...

City to host race stopover

SOUTHAMPTON will host a spectacular stopover start and finish as part of the new look unveiled today for the world's premier ocean challenge.  more...

Revamped ocean yacht challenge unveiled

SOUTHAMPTON may have lost out on the glory of hosting either the beginning or climax of the world's toughest ocean challenge - but could be even better off financially as a result.  more...

Volvo Race will bring carnival atmosphere to City

THE return to Southampton of one of the world's most famous yachting challenges in three years' time will herald a new era for the race.  more...

Races' tent HQ

RACE control centre for Skandia Life Cowes Week will be a tent.  more...

Lymington trio shatter record

Lymington trio Neil McGrigor, Tony Jenvey and Simon Rogers have shattered the Round Britain record.  more...

Injury and a breakdown fail to hold back fearless Jory

FEARLESS Southampton powerboat racer Shelley Jory still managed to win herself a place on the podium despite nursing a broken ankle and her boat breaking down on the start line.  more...

Numb second in nationals

Local racers performed well in the fourth RYA National Powerboat Championships at Ramsgate.  more...

SOUTH COAST GEARS UP FOR FESTIVAL OF SPEED ON WATER

The South Coast is gearing up for a Festival of Speed on Water in August, as an International field of offshore powerboat racers take to the waters off Poole and the Solent to vie for winner's laurels on the 100th Anniversary of the Daily Mail British International Harmsworth Trophy.  more...

Curtis lays down title gauntlet

SOUTHAMPTON'S world powerboat champion Steve Curtis made it two wins out of two in the race for the 2003 Championship.  more...

Speed merchants to wow crowds

The south coast is gearing up for a festival of speed on water in August.  more...

HAMPSHIRE BIRTHDAY BOYS BATTLE FOR BRITAIN IN THE DAILY MAIL HARMSWORTH TROPHY

The Sunseeker XS 2000 offshore powerboat racing team from Ringwood in Hampshire joins the prestigious line up for the Daily Mail British International Harmsworth Trophy in its Centennial year.  more...

Cats set to purr

THE fastest-growing powerboat class in the world comes to the south coast this weekend.  more...

Curtis in record chase

SOUTHAMPTON'S Steve Curtis is aiming for another place in the powerboating record books tomorrow.  more...

Race defeat keeps Steve off the top

SOUTHAMPTON'S world champion powerboat star Steve Curtis has failed in his bid to become the most successful racer in the sport's history.  more...

Men from Hook are racing ahead

Hampshire powerboat racing duo Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton are well on their way to clinching a national title.  more...

Setting sail for the London Boat Show

SOUTH Coast manufacturer of super-yachts Sunseeker International heads the lengthy list of marine interests from the south at the London International Boat Show which opens at Earls Court today.  more...

Ellen targets Trophy

FOLLOWING a busy round of acceptance speeches for the plethora of awards she has collected, Ellen MacArthur was due in London today to open the 2002 London Boat Show at Earls Court.  more...

Dates for the 2003 London Boat Show are changed

The dates for the 49th London Boat Show have been brought forward to January 2-12 2003.   more...

Last year at Earls Court

Earls Court is gearing up to play host to the world's best known boat show for the final time from 2-12 January 2003(the show is moving to ExCeL in January 2004).   more...

DUNSTONE ISSUES CHALLENGE ON HOME WATERS

Charles Dunstone, founder and CEO of the Carphone Warehouse Group, has announced that he will be competing aboard his new Reichel-Pugh Maxi Sled - ENIGMA OF LONDON - at Skandia Cowes Week 2003 (2-9 August).   more...

RYA TEAM GBR ON TOP FORM AT HYERES REGATTA

A regatta for Olympic classes is running in France this week and in the early stages Cowes-based Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson was dominating the newly introduced Yngling division.   more...

SOUTHAMPTON STUDENTS LEARN FROM VOLVO OCEAN RACE EXPERTS

The Volvo Ocean Race media team has linked up with an inner city school in Southampton to give pupils an insight into what is involved running an international performance sailing event.   more...

RYA ENCOURAGES KEEN HOBIE SAILORS

A grant from the RYA has enabled Ross Clark (18) from Winchester with his crew Richard Deyes (18) to compete against world class sailors at the recent Eurocat Regatta.  more...

NEW TRAINING FLEET FOR GURNARD SAILING CLUB

Gurnard Sailing Club on the Isle of Wight is keen to extend its training programme and the recent acquisition of six "Pico" dinghies will certainly be a great help to Club members wanting to improve their skills through RYA schemes.  more...

NATIONAL TRUST WITHDRAWS NEWTOWN CREEK HARBOUR PROPOSAL

RYA Southern Region welcomed the National Trust's announcement that they will not now proceed with their proposed Harbour Empowerment Order for Newtown Creek in the Western Solent.  more...

VOLVO RYA SOUTH ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2002 Lee-on-the-Solent Sailing Club

Lee-on-the-Solent Sailing Club will be buzzing with activity this weekend (6th and 7th July) when over 200 entries are expected for the Volvo RYA South Zone Championships.  more...

RYA SOUTHERN REGION WELL REPRESENTED IN COMMODORE'S CUP SELECTION

The two English teams for the 2002 Rolex Commodore's Cup were announced at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club on 2nd July 2002 by the RYA Chairman of Selectors, Ian Macdonald-Smith.  more...

VOLVO RYA ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS

For the third time running, the Volvo RYA South Zone Championships were held at Lee-on-the Solent Sailing Club and this year there was a record 300 young sailors afloat for the two-day event on 6th and 7th July 2002.  more...

RYA and Dibden Bay

RYA wins assurances from ABP over proposed Dibden Bay development on Southampton Water.  more...

HONDA RYA YOUTH RIB CHAMPIONSHIP

World Powerboat Champion Steve Curtis was on hand to give tips and advice to finalists in the Honda RYA Youth RIB Championships held in Southampton.  more...

RYA YOUTH SAILORS HEAD FOR TASMANIA

Ned McNulty (14) and Tom Hodkinson (13) from Hill Head Sailing Club will be part of the British Team GBR competing in the Mirror World Championships in Tasmania next January.   more...

BBC SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FROM RYA SOUTHERN REGION

Sailing and powerboating came to the fore in this year's BBC South Sports Awards when the winners of two categories came from the RYA Southern Region.  more...

GOOD NEWS FOR VOLVO RYA CHAMPION CLUB AT HILL HEAD

Two young sailors from Hill Head Sailing Club have returned from competing in the Mirror World Championships in Tasmania with their best ever performance. Ned McNulty (14, from Curdridge, Hampshire) and Tom Hodkinson(13, from Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire) came 3rd in the under 16 category.  more...

Yachting HQ receives royal launch

IT WAS back in the late 1980s that the Princess Royal officially opened the Royal Yachting Association's landlocked headquarters in Eastleigh.  more...

CONTACT RYA SOUTHERN

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is the national governing body for all forms of sailing, windsurfing, and powerboat racing. Sailing is the most successful Olympic sport in this country and Great Britain is the world's top Olympic sailing nation.  more...

Challenging time for Peter Harrison

Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK: Cowes Combined Clubs, the organisers of Skandia Cowes Week, have today confirmed that Peter Harrison has accepted a challenge laid down by Kit Hobday to match-race Harrison's Farr 52 CHERNIKEEFF against Tim Louis and Kit Hobday's BEAR OF BRITAIN during Skandia Cowes Week (August 2-9).   more...

Numbers down but Island race is top quality

Numbers may be down on last year but the 2001 Hoya Round the Island Race is set to be one of the most tantalising contests in recent years, featuring five International America's Cup Class yachts.  more...

Rousing winds may mean big boat bonanza

All eyes will be on the wind tomorrow morning as 1,750 boats, ranging from folkboats to America's Cup yachts, line up in the Solent for the start of the Hoya Round the Island Race.  more...

Choppy Seas

WHEN the going got tough in the Hoya Round the Island yacht race, the tough got going in recordbusting fashion.  more...

Slade's crack crew rewrite record books

Mike Slade and a hot shot crew of America's Cup sailors rewrote the record books on Saturday when his 90-foot monohull Skandia Leopard set a new time for sprinting round the Isle of Wight in the 65th Hoya Round the Island Race.  more...

ROUND THE ISLAND RACE TOPS 1,500 ENTRIES

The Island Sailing Club's annual race round the Isle of Wight is proving as popular as ever, this year with over 1,500 boats lining up for the start on Saturday 21st June.  more...

TELEVISION PRESENTERS RACE ROUND THE ISLAND

Top international sailors will be joining complete newcomers in the Round the Island Race which takes place on 21st June. Among the novices will be two children's television presenters - Fran Beauman and Ania Dykczak, from 'Bring It On'.   more...

FAIR WINDS FOR SUHAILI'S RETURN TO THE SOLENT

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston set sail once again in his beloved "Suhaili" this morning, bound for the Solent from Falmouth, and ready to compete in the Round the Island Race this Saturday 21st June.   more...

ROUND THE ISLAND RACE FACTFILE

1 The largest yacht to have entered the Round The Island Race was Velsheda, the 120ft J Class yacht which raced several times in the 1980s and early 1990s.  more...

Richards ready for her return

HAMBLE sailing heroine Emma Richards returns to competitive racing in the Around the Island race.  more...

Record boats join big entry

ALMOST 1,600 boats will compete in this weekend's celebrated Round the Island race.  more...

100-year-old boat competes

WHILE there will be many modern boats competing in the Round-the-Island race, there are also some veteran hulls.  more...

Island records looking safe

THE current monohull record held by Mike Slade's Skandia Life Leopard of 4hr 5m 40secs does not look like being threatened in the 67th Round-the-Island race off the Isle of Wight tomorrow.  more...

Race report

After a gentle start, conditions in the Round the Island Race freshened as the fleet rounded the Needles and headed for St Catherine's, the most southerly point on the Isle of Wight.  more...

RESULTS - 2003

Results from the 2003 Round-the-Island race  more...

Two boats prove main attractions

THERE were two double champions on Around-the-Island race day.  more...

It was a day for star-spotting ...

THE 67th Around-the-Island race was never going to be one which saw record-breaking times.  more...

The history of The America's Cup

The America's Cup Jubilee, being staged in August, celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the America's Cup. This International Sailing Event will take place in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, the venue of the first America's Cup Challenge in 1851, from Saturday 18th August through to Saturday 25th August. This will be a week of racing, nostalgia and future America's Cup preparation.  more...

Back to the Solent for Admiral's Cup

Commodore of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, Peter Rutter, has announced the Admiral's Cup 2003 event will now be run from Cowes and not Dun Laoghaire, in Ireland.  more...

America's Cup Class preparations

The modern America's Cup Class yachts, due to race over America's Cup style windward-leeward courses to the east of the Isle of Wight, are busy preparing all over the Solent.  more...

UBS to partner the Jubilee Race Around the Island

As a silver sponsor of the America's Cup Jubilee UBS will partner the sporting highlight of the week - the UBS Jubilee Race Around the Island.   more...

Shipping arrivals in the Solent

The two ships, bringing the valuable deck cargo of America's Cup Jubilee entries to the event have arrived in the Solent.   more...

Exciting first day for competition

Winds, gusting up to 30 knots at times, combined with an opposing current to create thrilling racing on the Solent for Phillips Day, the first day of competition in the America's Cup Jubilee.  more...

Stealth takes the line honours in UBS Round the Island race

The UBS Jubilee Race Around the Island celebrating the Jubilee of the America's Cup started off the Royal Yacht Squadron's starting line in Cowes today in ideal conditions.   more...

Slow Wednesday for the fleet

After two days of incredible racing at the America's Cup Jubilee, the pace slowed on Wednesday, as hot, hazy weather was the order of the day.   more...

Strong tides but light winds test competitors

The GBR Challenge for the America's Cup more than fulfilled its modest ambitions for the America's Cup Jubilee when both of its entries advanced from the fleet racing portion of the event into a four-boat match racing series.  more...

Brit win

The British Challenge rebounded from a poor showing on Thursday to beat Team New Zealand and advance to the finals of the America's Cup Class match racing series for the Louis Vuitton Trophy.   more...

Nautical nostalgia

ONE OF the world 's greatest and most glamorous sailing events graced the Solent this year as crews from all over the globe helped to celebrate 150 years of the America 's Cup.  more...

Walker suffers America's Cup loss in Auckland

The British America's Cup team suffered another defeat yesterday in Auckland ruling them out of the finals of the America's Cup International Regatta.  more...

Syndicate chief Harrison plans second hull

With work on the British America's Cup boat well underway in Cowes, syndicate head Peter Harrison has announced he is to build a second hull for completion next year.  more...

Brit Cup entry causing a stir

THE British America's Cup team raised the stakes for the 2003 America's Cup in Auckland last Friday by unveiling a boat that looks set to cause an upset.  more...

Low pressure interfering with training schedule

Training report by James Stagg of the GBR Challenge team in New Zealand.  more...

Minor delay for GBR team

James Stagg, a member of the GBR Challenge team who is writing exclusively for the Daily Echo in the run up to the America's Cup later this year, reports on the team's daily schedule and latest developments from the GBR base in Auckland, where Britain's new boat GBR 70 is being launched for the first time.  more...

Britain unveil Cup hope Wight Lightning

Britain's America's Cup, the first ever America's Cup Class boat to be built in Britain, was launched in Auckland earlier today following delays in stepping her mast and preparing her for racing.  more...

Closing in on cup debut

The countdown to the start of Britain's challenge to the America's Cup has begun with just two weeks to go before GBR Challenge goes into battle in the Louis Vuitton Challenger rounds. GBR crewman and Daily Echo columnist James Stagg describes the pressure on the team and assesses the opposition.  more...

Walker's Cup crew cause a stir

The combination of light breezes and stiff regulations have made for a hesitant start to the Louis Vuitton Challenger finals in Auckland - but the underdog British team caused a stir on their first outing.  more...

GBR picks up point

GBR Challenge overcame a nightmare start to earn their first point in America's Cup challenger racing yesterday.   more...

Green is left out as Brits struggle

Disappointing results in the Louis Vuitton Challenger finals in Auckland have led to starting helmsman Andy Green being replaced on GBR Challenge's Wight Lightning.  more...

Andy's so handy

GBR Challenge won their third successive race in the Louis Vuitton Cup when they defeated Italian yacht Mascalzone Latino by 54 seconds at Hauraki Gulf today  more...

Round robin confidence-builder

In his exclusive Daily Echo column, British America's Cup yachtsman (and passionate Saints fan) James Stagg looks back at GBR Challenge's performance in the first of the Round Robins in the Louis Vuitton Challenger finals in Auckland. How does he think they did, what does he think of his rivals and what is the mood in the British camp?  more...

Lightning leaves the Americans trailing

Hopes are riding high in the GBR Challenge team this week after they posted a superb victory over Denis Conner's Stars and Stripes.  more...

GBR request redress

GBR Challenge suffered a defeat at the hands of Swiss yacht Alinghi in the Louis Vuitton Cup this morning.  more...

Walker's crew facing a seven-match thriller

The second round robin of the Louis Vuitton Challenger finals ended in disappointment for the British America's Cup team this week after they won just two of their eight races to finish fifth.  more...

Superb start for Wight Lightning

GBR Challenge today got off to a winning start in the quarter-finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup - the elimination series for the Americas Cup.  more...

GBR70 was not good enough

Daily Echo columnist James Stagg has had time to reflect since GBR Challenge were knocked out of the 2003 America's Cup competition. We weren't good enough, he admits candidly but the defeat was still a bitter pill to swallow...  more...

Harrison: We must find extra funding for Cup bid

British America's Cup team boss Peter Harrison has thrown down the gauntlet to potential sponsors for the next event by announcing he will pull out unless his investment is matched by corporate money.  more...

America's Cup comes to Europe at last

FOR the first time in the tournament's 152-year history, the America's Cup has come to Europe.  more...

Royals asked to help snare America's Cup

PRINCE Philip and the Princess Royal are to be asked to help bring the prestigious America's Cup competition back to the Solent.  more...

Beadsworth is well up for the cup

Titchfield's golden boy Andy Beadsworth announced this week that his sights are securely focused on the next cup series.   more...

Alinghi rides the cash flow into history

That's it. Millions of dollars, thousands of man hours and many months of sailing later and the 31st America's Cup is being brought to Europe for the first time in its 152-year history.   more...

MEP - let's cash in on yacht race

HAMBLE and other areas around the Solent could be key economic winners from the European victory in the America's Cup yacht race, according to local MEP Chris Huhne, a former economist.  more...

Caborn backing too late for Solent

Sports Minister Richard Caborn today insisted he is ready to back a Solent bid to host the America's Cup.  more...

Class of 66 is the largest

The XOD Class is the largest class racing at Cowes Week, with 66 entries.  more...

Melbourne date

When Hampshire sailors in the next Volvo Ocean Race reach Australia, it will be Melbourne in Victoria where they touch down.   more...

Goodison gets a welcome boost for Olympic bid

Paul Goodison, the ISAF world ranked number one Olympic Laser sailor, has just won a sponsorship deal to help ease the financial burden of getting to the next Olympic Games.   more...

X-Yacht Gold Cup

The Royal Southern YC X-Yacht Gold Cup attracted an international fleet for some high action on the water. Racing was close throughout the whole event and a 25-knot breeze certainly meant a fast pace.  more...

Tune in for a Caribbean trip

Some lucky competitors at this year's Skandia Cowes Week may see themselves racing in the Caribbean at next year's BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival.  more...

Mulcahy sets new record mark

Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy, former chief executive of Kingfisher plc, together with Mike Gilburt, smashed the anticlockwise round the Isle of Wight double-handed race record on Sunday.  more...

Skip Daniel quick to make an impression

In only his third leg as skipper of New York Clipper, Gosport's Ross Daniel proved his expertise as he steered the boat across the finish line into Salvador in pole position last Friday morning.   more...

Ellen in fast lane - thanks to Renault

With one dismasting now drifting into the distance and with a sexy new 75ft trimaran currently in-build, Ellen MacArthur has received yet another boost with the announcement that Renault UK are to be the official vehicle supplier to Offshore Challenges.  more...

Setting the scene

AFTER the fun of Cowes Week and the glamour of the America's Cup Jubilee comes the sheer power of the Festival of the Sea.  more...

Festival success

ORGANISERS of the greatest maritime show on Earth declared it was so successful they are planning a return visit to Hampshire.  more...

LITTLE BRITAIN JUST GETS BIGGER AND BETTER

The Little Britain Challenge Cup, the annual construction industry regatta is now the largest corporate sailing event in Europe and is aiming this year to raise a record £100,000 for the charities, the Cirdan and Jubilee Sailing Trusts.  more...

LITTLE BRITAIN GIVES LARGE

The Little Britain Challenge Cup, the construction industry regatta, proves that it is possible to have fun and raise in the region of £125,000 for charity, which is £50,000 more than last year.   more...

"LITTLE BRITAIN `2002'ENTRIES COMPLETED IN DAYS"

The Little Britain Challenge Cup, the construction industry's annual regatta held at Cowes in September, has received over 200 registrations for this year's event within days of issuing the brochure to the 500 applicants.   more...

LITTLE BRITAIN JUST GETS BIGGER

The Little Britain Challenge Cup held in Cowes annually and, now in it's 15th year, is an event organised by the construction industry for the construction industry.   more...

Tie for first place

The Little Britain Challenge Cup, the construction industry regatta now in it's 15th year, was held off Cowes, Isle Wight, from 12th to 15th September.  more...

Atlantic racer Seb drops in

SEB Clover, the world's youngest single-handed ocean racer, will be at Cowes - but not competing.  more...

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Bournemouth cause a shock

Bournemouth swept to success in the NatWest Hampshire Under-16 Indoor League, beating South Wilts and Havant to lift the Rose Bowl trophy for the first time, writes Mike Vimpany.  more...

Newbury News

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Romsey Letters

Store in search of good cause

Sir,-Romsey Woolworth store is seeking a new local good cause or children's charity to support as part of the Woolworth's Kids First charity.  more...

Sure- footed appeal for action

Sir, - Nearly three months ago I was what is now termed `a pavement victim', having cracked a bone in my right foot after tripping on the kerb near Romsey park.  more...

Everything in the garden is not rosy

Sir, - Can I say how disappointed I am with the services we are supposed to receive with money paid out in Council Tax.  more...

Southampton Craigdavid

CRAIG IS IN A FINE MESS!

SOUTHAMPTON'S pop sensation Craig David really is an Artful Dodger! (28/11/00)  more...

Goalie Craig had superstar quality

SOUTHAMPTON'S singing superstar Craig David could well be belting out his hits in stadium gigs around the world in the future. (29/11/00)  more...

Craig's notching up his awards

UNSTOPPABLE Southampton singing sensation Craig David, pictured, has begun 2001 as he finished last year - with a nomination for another top award. (10/1/01)  more...

Craig nominated for top music awards

Southampton stars Craig David and The Artful Dodger are set to dominate the British music industry's biggest event of the year. (16/1/01)  more...

Superstar Craig is a winner again

SOUTHAMPTON pop sensation Craig David has scooped yet another award. (26/1/01)  more...

Stamp albums? - I used to fill them in

Craig David is an avid stamp collector? Strange but true, apparently. These and other intriguing facts about Southampton's premier pop genius - soon to be seen at the Bournemouth International Centre - are revealed in a new interview with the teen sensation. (9/2/01)  more...

Craig's extra date

POP superstar Craig David,pictured,has added a second night Bournemouth International Centre to round off his UK our in front home fans. (12/2/01)  more...

Craig has put city firmly on the map

MONDAY night promises to be a more than usually nerve wracking occasion for Craig David. (23/2/01)  more...

BE A STAR LIKE CRAIG

POP superstars Craig David and Artful Dodger are ready to invest in their home city to help local youngsters follow in their footsteps, the Daily Echo can reveal. (24/2/01)  more...

Craig rocked by Brit awards snub

SOUTHAMPTON singing sensation Craig David is set to be the centre of attention at tonight's Brit awards after it has been revealed that he is to win no gongs. (26/2/01)  more...

Craig left walking away without a Brit award

DESPITE walking away from last night's Brit Awards empty handed, music legends lavished praise on Southampton's record breaking superstar Craig David. (27/2/01)  more...

Honesty is the key for upbeat Craig

HE MAY have failed to walk away from the Brits with a single award, but Craig isn't the sort of person to get down-hearted. (28/2/01)  more...

`Death threats' to singer denied

CRAIG David's public relations company today denied claims that the singer received death threats after he played London's Wembley Arena. (2/3/01)  more...

Craig David death threat concerns

SOUTHAMPTON singing superstar Craig David has drafted in extra security after receiving a death threat before the latest leg of his sell-out tour. (6/3/01)  more...

Craig sued for millions

SOUTHAMPTON superstar Craig David is being sued for millions of pounds by the man who claims to have discovered him in 1998.  more...

Just another face in the crowd

TO THE thousands on the terraces at the Dell that day he was just another face in the crowd. (15/3/01)  more...

Craig notches up awards hat trick

BRITAIN'S favourite groover Craig David scored a hat trick of wins as he was rewarded for his song-writing prowess at a showbiz awards ceremony.   more...

Silent Soul making a big noise in the city

A FILM project based on the early life of Craig David will be given a high-profile launch today.  more...

Oh Craig, haven't you changed!

YOU might not recognise him immediately, but the young lad pictured here is Southampton-born pop star Craig David.  more...

Pop star Craig tells of bobble cap bother

SOUTHAMPTON pop star Craig David has admitted a brush with the law - after being arrested for wearing a bobble cap.  more...

Craig wins again

SOUTHAMPTON star singer Craig David is celebrating after walking away with yet another award.  more...

Spotlight to fall on the young hopefuls

BUDDING actors will be in the spotlight this weekend when auditions take place for a film on Craig David's rise to fame.  more...

Wannabes audition for chance to shine

HUNDREDS of Hampshire young wannabes had the chance for a shot at stardom when they attended a film audition in Southampton.  more...

Four nominations for Craig David

SOUTHAMPTON music star Craig David has picked-up four nominations in the MTV Europe Awards.  more...

Craig provides solidarity theme

CRAIG David, Southampton's number one singer, was among the stars who took part in a concert paying tribute to John Lennon - and to the people of New York, the city where he died.  more...

Craig walks off with top prize at glittering event

SOUTHAMPTON superstar Craig David walked off with the coveted prize for the best UK act at the glittering Mobo Awards ceremony last night.  more...

Star Craig's in orbit

FANTASTIC! That's what Craig David's producer, Mark Hill, said when the Daily Echo broke the news to him of the Southampton superstar's Mobo Award win.  more...

Wad a lot Craig's got!

SOUTHAMPTON pop superstar Craig David has been named as one of Britain's highest earners.  more...

High-flyer Craig jets off to MTV awards

SOUTHAMPTON superstar Craig David flew out from the UK this morning to prepare for the prestigious MTV music awards.  more...

Craig takes on Robbie

SOUTHAMPTON R&B star Craig David heads the British contingent in this year's MTV Europe Music Awards taking place in Frankfurt tonight.  more...

It's double awards delight for Craig!

SOUTHAMPTON'S singing sensation Craig David has walked away with two major gongs at the star-studded 2001 MTV Awards held in Frankfurt last night .  more...

Craig's MTV awards taken in raid on HQ

THIEVES have stolen Craig David's two treasured MTV awards won at a star-studded ceremony in Germany last week.   more...

Ali's such a big hit!

SOUTHAMPTON'S latest music sensation was celebrating last night after entering the charts at number 20.  more...

City film heads for worldwide stardom

A SLOT in front of the judges at the famous Cannes Film Festival awaits a short film written, produced, directed by and starring Southampton people.  more...

Star Craig simply loves all types of stuffing

SOUTHAMPTON'S favourite pop star has added his voice to the Daily Echo Save Our Stuffing campaign by admitting it is a seasonal must with Christmas poultry.  more...

Craig defiant in race dispute

SINGING sensation Craig David is today at the centre of a race row in the USA - over his white guitarist.  more...

Has beauty ended Craig's love quest?

CRAIG David could soon be bringing a new girlfriend home to meet his mum.  more...

Craig to sing for Mandela

SOUTHAMPTON singing sensation Craig David is going to sing for former South African President Nelson Mandela.  more...

Will it be third time lucky for Craig at Brits?

SOUTHAMPTON superstar Craig David will be hoping it is third time lucky after being nominated for two gongs at this year's Brit Awards.  more...

Craig wants Brit of lady luck

SOUTHAMPTON superstar Craig David hopes he will be walking away with Best Male Artist at next month's Brits - to improve his luck with the ladies.  more...

Will Craig be the flava of the Brits?

ANOTHER year, another set of Brit nominations for Craig David. This year the Southampton superstar has picked up two nominations, for Best British Male and Best British Urban Act, as easily as he has done for the past two years.  more...

Craig's Brit part

WILL it be third time UNLUCKY for Craig David in the Brit Awards tonight?  more...

Same old story as Craig misses out

AND the winner isn't . . .Craig David. For the third year running, the Southampton singer has lost out at the Brit Awards.  more...

Craig as you have never seen him before

IT'S a sight that's sure to put a chill into the hearts of the nation's grandmothers.  more...

New single from Craig

Having already received considerable radio and TV airplay, our Craig's latest single Rise & Fall featuring Sting hits the shelves on May 28.   more...

Craig jumps up Rich List with £8m fortune

SOUTHAMPTON singing sensation Craig David has amassed a fortune estimated at £8m from his music career.  more...

Craig's set to rock BIC again

IT'S BEEN two years since Craig David played to a home crowd.   more...

Saint Craig David

IT'S NOT every day an A-list celebrity engages you in conversation about the finer details of your love life.  more...

Craig is flava of the month

CRAIG DAVID last night just missed out on a third number one when his latest release Rise & Fall went straight into the charts at number two.  more...

Sally wins Craig's signed shirt

NO WONDER young Sally Roe looks happy - she's just won a Saints football shirt signed by her favourite singer, Craig David.  more...

Craig David linked to Amazonian beauty

SOUTHAMPTON singing sensation Craig David has been linked to a new girlfriend - Miss Amazonia. The 22-year-old has been spotted on a luxury yacht with Venezuelan Aida Yespica in Corsica.  more...

No ticket, no entry, Craig's fans told

FANS hoping to catch a special concert at West End by Southampton's international singing superstar Craig David are being warned by police to stay away.  more...

Heart and soul man

SOME fans feared he might never play to a home crowd again - but Craig David proves the doubters resoundingly wrong this week with a double whammy of local dates.  more...

Questions & Answers

Sally Churchward put your questions to Craig...  more...

This city slicker

Southampton's very own 22-yearold international star rewinds with SALLY CHURCHWARD in the men's changing rooms of a leisure centre...  more...

Review: Craig David Bournemouth International Centre

HE'S at it again. In every interview and every concert, Craig David plugs Southampton and the south coast with the fervour of a two-step Billy Graham.  more...

Craig comes home to say thank you

CRAIG-MANIA is to sweep Southampton today as Craig David returns to his home city to play a free gig as a `thank you' to loyal fans.  more...

Singer on a Saintly mission at St Mary's

CRAIG David's visit to Southampton had a serious side. As well as visiting his old haunts and performing a concert at the Rose Bowl, he was also at the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium to support Southampton FC's Racism Just Ain't Saintly campaign.  more...

Review: Slicker than your average

AFTER a day of personal appearances and countless interviews - not to mention that this was the last date of a huge UK tour - Craig David would have been forgiven for putting on a half-hearted performance at the Rose Bowl.  more...

Craig goes back to his city roots

ONE MINUTE mother-of-two Sharon Johnson was sitting at home at her computer, the next she was welcoming international celebrity Craig David into her home.  more...

Craig still looking for love!

HE may have the fame and fortune but Southampton superstar Craig David is still heading into the new year without a love in his life.  more...

Radio One refuses to play Craig

INTERNATIONAL pop star Craig David has been dropped by Radio One - but his management say they are not worried.  more...

You're a star in our eyes again, Craig

How things can change in just a couple of months in the fickle world of pop music!  more...

Craig: Motormouth Moyles too harsh

MOTORMOUTH DJ and self-styled saviour of Radio One Chris Moyles broadcast his breakfast show from Southampton this morning.  more...

Supermodel Roxy is Craig's new love

SOUTHAMPTON'S home-grown R&B star Craig David has a new girlfriend, who he has been reportedly dating for four months in secret.  more...

Craig asked to sing for President

SOUTHAMPTON'S superstar Craig David has been invited to perform at the White House by one of his many American fans - George W Bush.  more...

Singing star's bid to wow US

HE'S already conquered the UK with a hit album and a string of singles showcasing his smooth soul sound.  more...

Craig is on exclusive list of world's beautiful people

SOUTHAMPTON superstar Craig David has picked up another top award - only this time not for his singing.  more...

Craig still longs for home

International music star Craig David talks to the Daily Echo's entertainment editor Andrew White about life as a superstar . . .  more...

ARTFUL DODGERS TAKE CLIFF TO EDGE

A SOUTHAMPTON trio are expecting to be top of the pops tomorrow by knocking Cliff Richard off the number one spot. (4/12/99)  more...

Artful Dodger only just fails to topple Sir Cliff

A SOUTHAMPTON music trio has narrowly missed scaling pop's legendary league ladder. (6/12/99)  more...

New soul on the block

CRAIG David is a name that will be on everyone's lips soon and his melodic, soulful voice will probably be resonating in many ears for years to come. (31/3/00)  more...

Craig on track for chart No1

SOUTHAMPTON singer Craig David looks certain to storm straight into the charts at number one tomorrow. (8/4/00)  more...

Boy wonder wows them at the port

SOUTHAMPTON'S chart-topping boy wonder came home for his first live performance since rocketing to the number one spot. (17/4/00)  more...

52,000 rock in for free park concert

DREAMS came true for 52,000 pop fans yesterday when they saw their idols in the flesh at the South's biggest free outdoor concert. (12/6/00)  more...

A home-grown musical prodigy

Craig David fills Andrew White in on what it feels like to be thrust into pop stardom at such a young age and his aspirations for his blossoming music career... (12/8/00)  more...

Six of the best for Craig

SOUTHAMPTON teenage star Craig David said he was "blown away" today to pick up six nominations for the annual Mobo Awards, setting the seal on his album and singles chart success. (6/9/00)  more...

Homegrown talent returns in triumph

HE'S coming home. Craig David - one of the most exciting singers to come out of Southampton for years - will be back for a triumphant concert as part of a 16-night UK tour. (23/9/00)  more...

Fans left fuming as call lines open first

GEMMA Terry was determined to be there for her idol's star turn on his home turf at Southampton Guildhall. (25/9/00)  more...

Star Craig on song for three music awards

SOUTHAMPTON'S teenage superstar Craig David was the toast of the prestigious Mobo Awards last night after picking up three prizes to crown a remarkable first year in the music business. (5/10/00)  more...

Back home among his biggest fans

TEN years ago, Craig David was among an adoring crowd of fans who saw singer Terence Trent D'Arby perform at Southampton Guildhall. (22/11/00)  more...

Southampton Creative

STABBED IN THE BACK

Daniel, his girlfriend Claire and best friend Joseph walked, already drunk and full of joy, to the Hivegrove pub.  more...

NAIVETY PLAY

Playing a shepherd in her forthcoming nativity play, Jo was trying to establish the facts.  more...

DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BLUE CHEESE

As I sit in the cold landscape of my Derby plate, close to suffocation in a cling-film prison, I remember my days in the dairy farm and sigh.  more...

SAMPLE THE VINEGAR

The butterfly forgot to bow and the whelk died painlessly.  more...

RANDOLF

Randolf stood at the edge of the cliff.   more...

MUTATION BURGER

Lunchtime strikes and Ben Twillie strolls through the canteen.   more...

SPARDA

Sparda stood at the fiery gates of Hell, his mouth dry and his broadsword drawn.   more...

A CRIME OF PASSION

A chilling howl of pain filled the bedroom.   more...

RUMPLED

I rained: I dripped big puddle tasting tears.   more...

THE DAY TRIPPER

Was the uniformed stranger staring?   more...

MALCOLM'S UNDERGROUND SAGA

Malcolm lived in a dank and dirty cave.   more...

ONE NIGHT STAND

She lay on her back, he stroked her back, she tightened up, began to struggle. He puffed and panted, trying to keep her still. She moaned with pain? excitement? joy?   more...

MONSTERS UNDER THE BED

A creak, small, almost beyond hearing - a subtle change in the fabric which shakes the bones and makes the skin crawl. Fear grips the spine, nerves shatter with tension. The bed creaks.   more...

MY DAY WILL COME

When I have a roast dinner, I like to hide some of my meat under my mashed potato, because one day someone will enquire 'Why do you have only a small amount of meat?' and on that glorious day I shall uncover my meat to whomever that person may be.  more...

POINT OF VIEW FROM SOMEONE, WHO IN SOME PEOPLE'S VIEW, IS NOT PERFECT

I sit in a world of my own. People gather round, smiling, talking, encouraging. I walk away.   more...

DOES BEING NAKED MAKE YOU THIN?

"NO!" she yelled as she unzipped her trousers and flung them across the room.   more...

SORRY

The world was still there when I woke.   more...

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Southampton Food

Charlie Chan's

A FEW years ago Oxford Street used to just be known for its selection of pubs and bars but over more recent years this area of Southampton has been transformed into the eating mecca of the city.  more...

Manhattans, 12 Upper High Street, Winchester

THE LITTLE slice of Italy next to Winchester Castle has been feeding the city's diners for decades.  more...

Dragon Marina, The Boardwalk, Port Solent

THERE seems to be a real influx of Chinese restaurants opening up around the area at the moment.  more...

Blonde Beer Café, 5 Bridge Street, Winchester

FINDING a spot in Winchester to ingest a good Sunday lunch while working your way through the newspapers is as rare as the Royal Family enjoying a month without a major scandal breaking.  more...

Southampton Leisure

Review: Three Men in a Boat, Titchfield Festival Theatre

IN THIS classic adaptation, three friends and a dog take a holiday on the Thames in a small boat.  more...

Review: Boeing Boeing, Bursledon Players

BERNARD is a successful businessman who shares his Parisian flat with three charming air hostesses, whose tastes tax the patience of Bernard's long-suffering housekeeper.   more...

Review: Mortimer's Miscellany, New Theatre Royal

SIR John Mortimer celebrated with theatre fanatics at the re-opening of Portsmouth's New Theatre Royal.  more...

Review: Gritty musical still entertains

Blood Brothers, The Mayflower, Southampton  more...

Southampton Mediacareers

Directors welcomed aboard

Such has been the success of Wired Wessex, the network for companies operating in new media and screen-based media markets, that the organisation has appointed its first board of directors.  more...

Media stars at careers day

UP TO 3,000 people are expected to attend the biggest media careers information day ever held on the south coast.  more...

Getting into print

One of the most popular stands was the Daily Echo's. Visitors were able to see a "virtual" Daily Echo newsroom where they could produce their very own front page complete with a photograph taken at the event.  more...

How Sally started.

BBC South Today news presenter Sally Taylor told a crowd of people about her first steps into presenting.  more...

Ian's advice

Editor of the Daily Echo Ian Murray advised the attendees about how to get into the business and what it is really like. He said tongue firmly in cheek: "It is my pleasure for the next 45 minutes to try to put you off becoming a journalist.  more...

Meet Fred

Broadcasting legend Fred Dinenage sat on a chair and offered words of wisdom to visitors gathered around him sitting spellbound on the floor.  more...

A great day

SOUTHERN media celebrities gave visitors to the biggest careers day in the south the benefit of their years of experience.  more...

Southampton News

Pig Sick

FARMERS in the Basingstoke area face an anxious wait as the foot-and-mouth crisis shows no sign of easing.  more...

Car park closure angers villagers

VILLAGERS and shopkeepers have reacted angrily to the closure of the car park in the centre of Burley as part of the foot-and-mouth precautions.  more...

Mats go down in F&M fight

THE first disinfected mats are due to be placed on minor roads across the New Forest today.  more...

We are just waiting for news

HAMPSHIRE farmers still await news about the suspected outbreak of foot and mouth at Monkwood near Alresford. One of the farmers most affected is Steven Wren at nearby Barracks Farm who has kept a diary for the Echo.  more...

Forest zones to avoid a mass slaughter

THE New Forest has been divided into six zones in a bid to prevent the mass slaughter of animals if the area if hit by foot-and-mouth disease.  more...

Mats laid in a bid to halt foot-and-mouth

DISINFECTED mats have been laid at key entrances to the New Forest in a bid to stop the outbreak of the nationwide spread of foot-and-mouth disease.  more...

Marwell: is it doomed?

MARWELL Zoo, one of Hampshire's biggest tourist attractions could be forced out of business because of a financial crisis caused by foot-and-mouth disease.  more...

South gripped by virus stranglehold

As the impact of the foot-and-mouth crisis spreads beyond the farming community, with Marwell Zoo facing permanent closure, Daily Echo reporter Sian Davies looks at the effect of the crippling disease on Hampshire's tourism industry...  more...

Staff take pay cuts to keep zoo alive

STAFF at Marwell Zoo, which is threatened with closure, are supporting voluntary pay cuts to keep the park in business, according to a senior keeper.  more...

Town suffering

LILLIE Bakery and Tea Room is an institution in Stockbridge providing a welcome break and a warm atmosphere to locals and tourists alike - as well as hundreds of home-made jams, chutneys and sweets for souvenirs.  more...

Gardens re-open

THE Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum will throw open its doors tomorrow, welcoming its first visitors in almost four weeks.  more...

Don't put farm in the address

A COURIER company has told an Ampfield businessman that it will not deliver to him because his address has the word "farm" in it.  more...

Virus fear has put us in state of siege

ALTHOUGH the exclusion zone around the nearest confirmed foot-and-mouth case is across the county boundary, Test Valley traders have known for weeks that the district was under siege.  more...

Sitting on the edge of a precipice

TWENTY years ago farms across the south were plunged into a full-scale foot-and-mouth scare.  more...

Forest may see a fall in crime

CLOSING the tourist car parks in the New Forest during the foot-and-mouth crisis could mean a drop in crime.  more...

A 24-hour vigil to keep disease out

Immediate government action is being demanded as a round-the-clock watch is maintained in Southampton Docks in the fight to keep out imported food contaminated with foot-and- mouth.  more...

Farmers begin trading at last

HAMPSHIRE farmers whose livelihoods have been threatened by the foot-and-mouth epidemic were thrown a financial lifeline yesterday as the farmers' market rolled back into Eastleigh.  more...

Not in our back yard

FURIOUS farmers today demanded the government scrap plans to bury thousands of animal carcasses in foot-and-mouth-free Hampshire.  more...

The countryside is still open says Mo

MO Mowlam visited a Hampshire riverside pub to try to persuade the world that the countryside is open.  more...

Keep dogs on leads!

LARGE areas of Forestry Commission land on the Hampshire-Dorset border are opening this weekend - with a warning that people who don't keep their dogs on leads will be prosecuted.  more...

Job fears prompt Paultons opening

PAULTONS Park has opened for the new season with £500,000 worth of new rides and an all-out effort to keep staff in work despite the foot-and-mouth crisis.  more...

Foot-and-mouth close to Dorset border

DORSET farmers are bracing themselves for the worst this weekend after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth close to the county border.  more...

Forest opening `is just the beginning'

COUNTRYSIDE minister, Elliot Morley, toured the New Forest yesterday and was told just how tough things are for the people who own its animals and who run its tourism businesses.  more...

Close all car parks in the New Forest

HUNDREDS of people last night called for the closure of all New Forest car parks - but today the Forestry Commission went ahead with a decision to increase the number of re-opened car parks to 15.  more...

Hope amid the gloom

ONLY 25 New Forest businesses have so far claimed a share of the £250,000 lifeline thrown to traders hit by the foot-and-mouth crisis.  more...

Sun lifts clouds of gloom for tourism

HAMPSHIRE shone through the wet conditions of the last six months with a bank holiday weekend that warmed the hearts of businesses everywhere.  more...

Walkers frustrated at paths still closed

FRUSTRATED ramblers predict the public may soon break the ban on walking closed footpaths, angry at the slow progress in reopening.  more...

Pupils get active in aid of Pudsey

FUN and games were in store for pupils at Hamble Community Sports College, all hoping to raise more than £150 for Children in Need.  more...

Swan holds up M27

A SWAN caused traffic chaos when it found its way on to a roundabout near the M27.  more...

What a glorious feeling at Hardley

NEW Forest residents are invited to a school production of Singin' in the Rain.  more...

Spot checks on suspect fly tippers

FLY tippers who illegally dump waste in the Hampshire countryside will be targeted this week by Environment Agency officers working alongside the police and local authorities.  more...

Cabbie talks of his kidnapping ordeal

A TAXI driver who was forced to take two robbers on a 40-minute early-morning terror drive before having £300 and his mobile phone stolen has spoken of his ordeal.  more...

Ban could help thousands to quit smoking

A SMOKING ban across Hampshire's pubs, restaurants and workplaces could encourage more people to kick the habit - and slash the county's massive health bills.  more...

Fox-hunting ban in place in just three months?

FOX-hunting in Hampshire will be banned within three months - unless anti-blood sport MPs perform a dramatic U-turn.  more...

ALL CHANGE

THOUSANDS of rail commuters face changes to their lives with the introduction of the first new timetable since 1967.  more...

Council fears over rail upgrade delay

CIVIC chiefs in Southampton are to debate growing concerns over delays on a planned £40m upgrade of the city's rail connections to the Midlands.  more...

Number's up for accountants

PAUL Boddie and Jon Nash of business advisers Grant Thornton are celebrating passing their accountancy exams - continuing a run of successes for the Solent office.  more...

Quantity Surveyor joins Archstone

COLIN Bunday, a quantity surveyor from Hampshire, has joined Bournemouth based homes developer Archstone Developments.  more...

Recruited for graduate trainee programme

OLIVER Ball has joined Southampton based property consultants Vail Williams as part of the firm's graduate trainee programme.  more...

Taking the credit as success grows

FACTORING specialist Rob Sims is now well into his new job as a director to Southampton based Fanshawe Lofts, where he heads its growing independent credit management division.  more...

So what is your future career?

MANAGEMENT at TML Financial Solutions in Southampton predict a bright future for their staff - and to prove it they've lined up a fortune teller for a major recruitment night.   more...

Childcare team gets show on the road

CHILDCARE is on the increase and the Southampton Early Years Development and Childcare Team will be on the lookout for new recruits at The Southern Daily Echo Job Scene Roadshow taking place at The Guildhall on May 20.   more...

Accolade for advert

LAWTONWARE, a division of Southampton based Lawton Group, has been presented with a sought-after `RAD' at the annual Recruitment Ad Awards for the most effective ad in the IT, electronics and communications category.  more...

Timetable for disruption?

South West Trains has unveiled massive changes to train times. The Daily Echo sees how they will shape up . . .  more...

Never-ending fight for a normal life

Most 11-year-old girls' biggest worry is what to wear - but for Stacey Edwards, life is full of tablets, intravenous injections and physiotherapy. Her mum, Marilyn, talks to EMMA BARNETT about living with cystic fibrosis...  more...

Save £2m - don't waste the tablets

AS MUCH as £2m of NHS cash is being wasted in Hampshire every year by people ordering prescriptions they do not want, the Daily Echo can reveal.  more...

Sex and health website may spare blushes

A NEW website devoted to improving men's sexual health has been launched in Hampshire.  more...

We knew we could beat Dave's cancer

Most women pride themselves on regularly giving themselves health checks, but are men as aware of changes in their bodies? To mark Male Cancer Awareness Month and National Men's Health Week, EMMA BARNETT talks to a Hampshire couple about their experiences with cancer  more...

There's always Hope for diabetes cure

A SOUTHAMPTON-BASED medical research charity is to fund a study to help find a cure for type 1 diabetes.  more...

Eye test on-line

COMPUTER users will soon be able to check their eyesight while sitting in front of their screens.  more...

FSP: Love has seen us through

A FEW years ago, Sharon and Kev Gradidge were riding high. Kev, 42, was ready to start his own building firm with his new wife - and Sharon, 41, was planning a career in teaching following the successful completion of her degree.  more...

So many to thank in Lauren's name

The death of their infant daughter has prompted Chris and Lorraine Braiden to start an appeal to save other babies. Here the couple tell CLARE KENNEDY their moving story...  more...

I feel so lucky

JANE Hartley will feel a special sense of achievement this Sunday as she lines up to take part in the Race for Life. Only last week she finished radiotherapy after a cancerous lump was discovered in her breast.  more...

The heat is on . . .

With the rainy British weather finally hotting up the chances are most of us are going to make a beeline for the sun in the coming weeks. But baring all may not be such a good idea. Here Mary Fry, senior health promotion specialist for New Forest Primarty Care Trust, explains the risk people face in the midday sun..  more...

Singing praises of Chi Kung art

BLESSED with a name like Clara Apollo, you have got to either be a rock singer or an alternative health guru.   more...

Apathy warning over diabetes

DIABETICS across the south need to be better educated about the risks of diabetes, according to an Isle of Wight GP.  more...

Actors join push for bone marrow donors

ASIAN cast members from the hugely successful musical The King and I have joined a drive to get more people to donate life-saving bone marrow.  more...

On a coach journey to self-improvement

Life coaching is the new buzzword - and yet another American phenomenon that has found its way over to our shores. SALLY CHURCHWARD met life coach Jenny Bird to find out all about it - and ended up being a total convert...  more...

HRT: What are the risks?

The six million women in the UK taking hormone replacement therapy are frantically trying to find out more about the treatment after an American study found HRT increases the risk of breast cancer by 26 per cent, heart attacks by 29 per cent and strokes by 41 per cent. EMMA BARNETT talks to women's health specialist Dr Carolyn Sadler about the real risks to women taking HRT...  more...

School place crisis

It should be the biggest day in any child's life. And that is no different for four-year-old Haiden Watts who is only too glad to pose proudly in his new uniform.   more...

Recalling the great liners

As QM2 continues to create excitement in the city, a new book tells the incredible stories of three of our most famous transatlantic ships...  more...

Memories of Queen Mary

FROM Frank Sinatra to Harry Belafonte and Joe Louis to Bette Davis, all the world's mid 20th century glitterati sailed on board the original Queen Mary.  more...

More memories of Queen Mary

A day before Queen Mary 2 is named in Southampton, former ship workers remember the original vessel to carry the name...  more...

Recalling a sea legend

On the day the Queen was due to officially name the spectacular £550m Queen Mary 2 in Southampton, the Daily Echo continues its collection of memories from people who worked and sailed aboard the first ship to bear the royal name...  more...

Homing the travellers

SECRET plans by Southampton City Council to earmark a site at Stoneham Sports Ground as a permanent "transit" camp for travellers have outraged one of the city's leading sports clubs.  more...

`Mum won't see justice'

FOR the last four years of her life it was all she wanted. But tragic mum Margaret Yule died without ever seeing justice done.  more...

Corporate quiz raises £7,000

BARNARDO'S Southampton Professionals' Fundraising Group has raised a record £7,000 at its annual corporate quiz night in aid of the UK children's charity.  more...

Girls get taste of engineering

A CLASS from Sholing Technology College got "hands-on" as Southampton Engineering Training Association (SETA) hosted an engineering taster day for them.  more...

Electronic bidding may give you a nasty shock

BUILDING firms in Hampshire face being hit in the pocket if they pitch for contracts in cyberspace.  more...

Southampton Sailsolent

Emphatic defeats for GBR Challenge

GBR Challenge slipped to fifth place in the Louis Vuitton Challenger series in Auckland this week after suffering emphatic defeats by the American OneWorld team and regatta favourites, Alinghi of Switzerland though they picked up a point against Italian team Mascalzone Latino.  more...

Numbers down but Island race is top quality

Numbers may be down on last year but the 2001 Hoya Round the Island Race is set to be one of the most tantalising contests in recent years, featuring five International America's Cup Class yachts.  more...

Rousing winds may mean big boat bonanza

All eyes will be on the wind tomorrow morning as 1,750 boats, ranging from folkboats to America's Cup yachts, line up in the Solent for the start of the Hoya Round the Island Race.  more...

Slade's crack crew rewrite record books

Mike Slade and a hot shot crew of America's Cup sailors rewrote the record books on Saturday when his 90-foot monohull Skandia Leopard set a new time for sprinting round the Isle of Wight in the 65th Hoya Round the Island Race.  more...

The Maiden II team is preparing for their first major challenge

If the current weather pattern holds out, then at midday tomorrow, UK time, the 110ft maxi-catamaran will leave Cadiz for San Salvador - following the legendary route of discovery.   more...

Powell catches the eye to earn ticket to Madeira

THERE were mixed emotions at the 2003 RYA Youth Championships and Trials as the sailors left the shore of Hayling Island Sailing Club on the final day of racing.   more...

Robertson rules the waves in Palma to boost Olympic bid

WITH two Olympic class regattas completed this season and two championship crowns to her name, life is sweet for Cowes-based Shirley Robertson and her crew of Sarah Ayton and Inga Leask.  more...

Crew find vessel ship-shape

THE FUTURE crew of a mixed ability boat trip enjoyed an ice-breaking tour around the ship they will sail from London to Southampton.  more...

Royal Southampton Yacht Club - Twilight Series Race 7

Victory for Respect, Whippa Snappa, Zumbido and Shakatak The seventh race of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Twilight series on Thursday 13 June saw a south westerly breeze of around ten knots and low tide.  more...

Hunt for craftsmen

A recruiting drive is under way to find apprentices and skilled craftsmen keen to join Britain's boating and yachting industry centred in the south.  more...

Heroine Ellen back for launch

Round-the-world yachts-woman Ellen MacArthur returned to Southampton yesterday to a rapturous reception.  more...

SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW 2002

Details of the 34th annual Southampton Boat Show have been announced.  more...

2002 Boat show set to be one of biggest yet

SOUTHAMPTON is gearing up to make a splash with the city's annual Boat Show spectacular.  more...

Southampton Shipping

Radio link-up for Titanic Wireless Commemorative Group

THE HEROIC actions of one of the illfated Titanic's radio operators are set to be commemorated in April.  more...

Titanic poetry competition

DON"T forget to enter the latest Daily Echo Poetry and Short Story Competition.  more...

Historic Watch goes on sale

A HISTORIC watch which stopped at exactly the time the ill-fated Titanic sank beneath the waves of the north Atlantic is expected to sell for around £25,000 when it is auctioned in Southampton in April.  more...

Council fears over rail upgrade delay

CIVIC chiefs in Southampton are to debate growing concerns over delays on a planned £40m upgrade of the city's rail connections to the Midlands.  more...

Former crew recall glory days of liner

FROM glamorous parties to sheer hard graft, every individual had a story to tell.  more...

ARCADIA

DURING 25 years service the 29,000-ton Arcadia carried 430,000 passengers and steamed 2,650,000 miles, equivalent to 100 times around the world.  more...

NORTHERN STAR

The 24,700-ton Northern Star, was only 13 years old when she was withdrawn for breaking up.  more...

CANBERRA

IT IS more than 40 years ago that Canberra, one of the most revolutionary ships of her time, left Southampton on her maiden voyage.  more...

LAKONIA

Sadness touched many homes at Christmas 1963 due to the loss by fire off Madeira of Greek Line's 20,300-ton vessel Lakonia.  more...

RUAHINE

For many years the 18,500-ton Ruahine called regularly at Southampton on homeward voyages from New Zealand.  more...

NEVASA

British India Line's centenary year - 1956 - was marked by the handing over of its biggest ship, the 20,527-ton Nevasa.  more...

WINCHESTER CASTLE

IN ADDITION to peacetime voyaging on the South Africa service, the Union-Castle liner, Winchester Castle served during the Second World War as an assault training ship and troopship, and for a time was code-named Radio Diego Suarez.  more...

ATLANTIS

In September, 1943 cinema audiences were able to watch a newsreel film of the first exchange of wounded British and German prisoners-of-war, carried out by the hospital ship Atlantis with her Royal Mail Lines crew.  more...

TRANSVAAL CASTLE

By introducing the first hotel-class liner, Transvaal Castle, in the early 1960's, the Union-Castle Line brought a new attitude to ocean travel.  more...

PENDENNIS CASTLE

The famous fun-ship of the Union-Castle fleet, the 28,582 ton Pendennis Castle, was on the South African service for only 17 years before being withdrawn in 1976.  more...

ARANDORA STAR

A particularly graceful liner operating from Southampton in the 1930s on full-time cruising was Blue Star Line's 15,000-ton Arandora Star.  more...

PRETORIA CASTLE

Union-Castle Line's Pretoria Castle, which entered the South Africa passenger-cargo service in 1948, was sold in 1965 to the Safmarine Corporation with the result that she was named SA Oranje for the second part of her career.  more...

ORSOVA

ORIENT Line's 28,000-ton Orsova is remembered as the first passenger liner in the world with an all-welded hull and the first without a mast.  more...

STRATHEDEN

One of P&O's best known ships for many years was the 24,000-ton Stratheden, which had the distinction of reopening the company's Australian service after the Second World War.  more...

WASHINGTON & MANHATTAN

PLENTY of competition for British and foreign liners on the North Atlantic in the 1930s was provided by two US Lines' ships, Washington and Manhattan, both more than 24,000 tons each.  more...

DUNERA

The 12,615-ton Dunera was associated with Southampton in two distinctly different careers - the first as a troopship and second as Britain's pioneer educational cruise liner.  more...

UGANDA

The Falkland Islands crisis 20 years ago resulted in the call-up of British India Line's 17,000-ton educational ship, Uganda.  more...

ASTURIAS

One of the principal liners on Royal Mail Lines' service from Southampton to South America between the two World Wars was the 22,048 ton Asturias.  more...

SCYTHIA

Although one of the smaller Cunarders, the 19,700- ton Scythia had a successful career and a particularly long life span of nearly four decades.  more...

ATHLONE CASTLE

Union-Castle Line's 25,550-ton Athlone Castle was one of the fast new ships of the 1930s.  more...

LIBERTE

ONCE the pride of North German Lloyd on the Atlantic, the 49,750 ton Europa had a second career as French Line's Liberté, while in between she served as a US troopship.  more...

ORONSAY

THE second liner ordered by the Orient line for its Australian service after the Second World War was the 28,000 ton Oronsay, which entered service in 1951.  more...

SAMARIA

Cunard's 19,700 ton Samaria was well known between the two world wars on the New York route taking in Boston as well, and then later in the Canadian trade.  more...

NORMANDIE

The first liner of more than 80,000 tons to cross the North Atlantic was the beautiful glass and gold masterpiece from the St Nazaire shipyard, the 83,400-ton Normandie.  more...

BERENGARIA

THE only foreign-built liner in Cunard's "big three'' on the North Atlantic in the 1920s and 1930s was the 52,250-ton Berengaria, formerly the Hamburg Amerika liner Imperator.  more...

Death at sea

A DAILY ECHO report dating from Friday August 27, 1920 has helped in one man's search to find out more about the death of his great-grandfather on the famous liner, the Berengaria.  more...

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

Ordered by Canadian Pacific in the late 1920s, the 26,000-ton Empress of Japan had a particularly long life of 37 years and sailed under four different names.  more...

ALBATROS

Southampton Docks welcomed back an old favourite with the arrival of the 24,803 ton Albatros.  more...

GEORGIC

The 27,750 ton Georgic has a special place in maritime history as the last liner ordered by the old White Star Line before the merger with Cunard.  more...

QUEEN MARY

SHE was Southampton's best loved ship, a legend that was the nation's pride both in war and peace.  more...

ORANJE

NEDERLAND Line's 20,166-ton passenger ship Oranje made her maiden voyage in September 1939 and later enjoyed a second career as Italian vessel Angelina Lauro.  more...

CHUSAN

THE 24,000-ton Chusan is remembered as the first P&O liner to undertake a world cruise. Made in 1959, it involved 32,000 miles of steaming and called at 24 ports.  more...

New Australia

Monarch of Bermuda, which served during the 1930's out of New York, later carried emigrants to Sydney as New Australia and was then renamed Arkadia by the Greek Line.  more...

CORFU AND CARTHAGE

TWO of the best known sister ships in the P&O passenger fleet were the 14,300-ton Corfu and Carthage, built on the Clyde in the early 1930s.  more...

DUNERA

The 12,615-ton Dunera made her maiden voyage from Southampton to China in September 1937.  more...

AQUITANIA

Before jet aircraft, the shipping lines had the North Atlantic to themselves and there were departures almost every day from Southampton to New York.  more...

HOMERIC

Some liners are scrapped at 20 years while others continue into older age - the latter group includes the 26,000-ton Homeric, formerly Mariposa, which served for a total of 45 years.  more...

BREMEN

On her maiden voyage to New York in 1929, the 51,650-ton German liner, Bremen, captured the coveted Blue Riband speed trophy from the Cunard veteran Mauretania, which had held it for 22 years.  more...

ORIANA

FAR away in a Chinese seaside resort a part of Southampton history is about to start a new lease of life.  more...

Oxfordshire

Ordered from Govan in the 1950s, the 20,600-ton Oxfordshire was one of Britain's top-class troopships.  more...

ARUNDEL CASTLE

A LINER still remembered with affection in Southampton is Arundel Castle, which served in the Union-Castle fleet for 37 years.  more...

STIRLING CASTLE

Union-Castle Line's 25,554-ton Stirling Castle proved to be a fast liner on her maiden voyage from Southampton to South Africa in 1936.  more...

SS United States

SHE was truly an ocean greyhound, a sleek, powerful liner that cut through the Atlantic waves for 17 years between New York and Southampton.  more...

Reina del Mar

One of the most attractive of the medium-sized liners to be built following the Second World War was the 20,236-ton Reina del Mar - Queen of the Sea.  more...

MAJESTIC

DURING the 1920s and early 1930s the White Star Line operated the world's biggest passenger liner, the 56,550-ton Majestic, known to her crew as "the Magic Stick".  more...

SOUTHERN CROSS

The greatest post-war trend-setter in liner design was Shaw Savill Line's 20,203-ton Southern Cross, which entered service in 1955 on the Southampton to Australia route.  more...

ARAWA

Two liners named Arawa were operated by the Shaw Savill Line in its service to Australia and New Zealand from the 1930s and, by coincidence, both began life with other names - Esperance Bay in the case of the first vessel, and Arlanza in the second.  more...

WINDSOR CASTLE

THE biggest liner to sail in the mail service between Southampton and South Africa was the 38,000-ton Windsor Castle, the flagship of the Union-Castle fleet.  more...

BRITANNIC

The twin-screw motorship Britannic launched at Belfast in 1929, was one of the last liners ordered by the White Star Line and despite the merger with Cunard in 1934, carried White Star markings to the end of her days.  more...

Durban Castle

One of the few liners to be involved in a murder case was the 17,400-ton Durban Castle, which was owned by Union-Castle Line.  more...

STATENDAM

The tradition of naming ships at their launching ceremonies was broken by the 24,290-ton Statendam, ordered by the Holland America Line in the early 1950s.  more...

FLANDRE

WHEN the 20,000-ton Flandre was completed at Dunkirk in the early 1950s she was France's biggest-built liner since its liberation from German occupation during the Second World War.  more...

SAXONIA

The 22,000 ton Saxonia was the lead ship in the quartet ordered by Cunard in the 1950s to give a much needed boost to their cargo and passenger vessels.  more...

DOMINION MONARCH

One of Shaw Savill Line's principal ships for many years was Dominion Monarch, which lived up to her regal status by having only first- class accommodation for 523 passengers.  more...

DUNOTTAR CASTLE

IN THE middle of the Second World War the Union-Castle liner Dunottar Castle, then serving as an armed merchant cruiser, made a voyage in great secrecy from Cape Town to the remote island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic.  more...

ORION

Orient Line's 23,371-ton Orion, built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow and launched by radio, was always regarded as a landmark in British shipbuilding.  more...

ALCANTARA

ON BOARD the 22,607-ton Alcantara was a small glass case containing a key, a reminder of an earlier ship of the same name that became a casualty of war.  more...

GALICIAN

One of the most unusual confrontations of the First World War involved the Southampton ship Galician. Keith Hamilton recalls the incident during the `gentlemen's war'...  more...

RANGITIKI, RANGATARA & RANGITANE

The New Zealand Shipping Co. placed orders in the 1920s for three 16,700 ton passenger-cargo ships for its service between the UK and down under.  more...

OLYMPIA

THE 23,000-ton Greek liner Olympia made a major contribution in the 1950s to raising standards of accommodation for tourist-class passengers on the North Atlantic route.  more...

ASCANIA

ONE of Cunard's best-known liners on the Canadian passenger service was the 14,000-ton Ascania, which had a career of 31 years in peace and war.  more...

CHITRAL & CATHAY

WHEN Belgium left the Congo in 1960, the two sister liners which had linked the two countries, the 14,000-ton Jadotville and Baudouinville, became redundant.  more...

LLANGIBBY CASTLE

This rare photograph shows Southampton's 11,951-ton vessel, Llangibby Castle after returning from the Second World War Normandy invasion beaches in June 1944.  more...

QUEEN MARY: Anchored in the people's heart

Some that slip away from Southampton, not to return, are now just fading memories but there are others, no longer with us, that will never be forgotten.  more...

Rescued from the scrap yard

SHE is a gallant old girl who just refuses to die - in fact, the former Southampton favourite is set for another lease of life.  more...

NEW YORK

Southampton is at present enjoying great success as the country's number one port for cruise ships and as the local economy reaps the not inconsiderable benefits of the trade it's a good time to look back on how this all started.  more...

S.S. HILDA: Part two

IT WAS the warmth of the masthead light that saved him from certain death, apparently.  more...

S.S. HILDA

IT IS the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle. Staring solemnly at the camera are the six survivors from the wreck of a steamship that had struck rocks in a snowstorm just a few miles from the safety of the French port of St Malo.  more...

EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA

The first thing the officers heard on the bridge of the liner, which was to become a familiar sight in Southampton, was a deep rumble, then the shock waves hit as the terrible power of the earthquake ripped through the port.  more...

Those magnificent men and their sailing machines

BACK in 1928 a group of 21 master mariners, who had all served before the mast in the days of sail, met in Southampton's Royal Mail House, close to the Eastern Docks.  more...

Aurora's sick passengers would have fared worse in days gone by

WITH MORE than 400 of the 1,800 British passengers sick aboard the P&O cruise ship Aurora recently, the headlines were vitriolic.  more...

No date for decision in Dibden Bay

A CRUCIAL report on plans for a huge container terminal at Dibden Bay could still be under consideration when another report on a rival dock scheme hits the desk of Transport Secretary Alistair Darling.  more...

The contract is signed

IT IS a name that will launch a thousand memories, for no other ship in the history of the port of Southampton is thought of with such affection and high regard.  more...

Majestic grandeur of new liner

The sheer scale of Queen Mary 2 makes it one of the most important industrial projects of this century and next year the 150,000 ton passenger liner will make her dramatic entrance in Southampton.  more...

Birth of a Megaliner

A Southampton dream, born of a past age of luxury, elegance and style, became reality in a vast, cold industrial machine shop in France this week  more...

Line up for QM2

History will be made when Southampton's spectacular 150,000-ton megaliner, Queen Mary 2, the biggest passenger ship the world has seen, arrives in port next year.  more...

PRIDE OF THE FLEET

THE countdown has begun to a moment in history when the largest, widest, tallest and most expensive passenger liner the world has ever seen arrives in Southampton for the first time.  more...

She is at the helm of one of the most exciting projects of the century and steering a steady course

As president of Cunard, Pam Conover is at the top of her profession. Keith Hamilton meets one of the most powerful names in the world of international shipping.  more...

Majestic voice to echo once again

ONE of Southampton's most famous sounds is to echo across the city once more recalling a past golden age.  more...

Can you help tell Cunard's story?

Cunard, one of the greatest names in British shipping history, is looking for help from Daily Echo readers to help launch the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen.  more...

Here's something about Mary

ONE of the most significant events in the construction of the future Southampton megaliner, the 150,000 ton Queen Mary 2 is to take place in a few weeks time.  more...

Megaliner arts deal works out mighty fine for gallery

A leading local art gallery has secured a deal to supply 327 pictures for Cunard's Queen Mary 2.   more...

Historic voyage

SOUTHAMPTON'S Queen Mary 2 - the biggest and most expensive liner in the history of shipping - is set to leave the city's port for her maiden voyage on January 12, 2004.  more...

Superstar of the sea

SHE will be the Queen of all ocean liners, a Southampton superstar of the 21st century and the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal a look into the future of Queen Mary 2.  more...

An entrance fit for a Queen

A DREAM became reality when the keel of the biggest liner the world has ever seen, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, was laid in a special shipyard ceremony today.  more...

QM2 now history in the making

A QUEEN has been born - signalling a new chapter in Southampton's sea-faring history.   more...

Awaiting the arrival of new flagship

Never before in the long history of Southampton Docks will there have been an occasion to compare with the arrival in port of Cunard's 150,000 ton megaliner, Queen Mary 2 next year.  more...

Mary 2 maiden voyage a sell-out

BOOKINGS for the maiden voyage of Cunard's 150,000-tonne Queen Mary 2 from Southampton have almost sold out - just a day after being offered to the public.  more...

Cunard's flagship takes shape

It was an historic moment, a dramatic piece of theatre as the vast overhead gantry crane slid into view carrying just one part of Southampton's Queen Mary 2 and eased it into place on the floor of the dry dock.  more...

Queen Mary 2 is already a sell-out

The maiden voyage of Southampton megaliner, Queen Mary 2 is already a sail-away sell-out and the ship is not even due into port until December of next year.  more...

Steady as she goes

GRADUALLY, little by little, the water crept in and took the weight of the huge metal block and for the first time Southampton's Queen Mary 2 was afloat.  more...

Queen Mary 2 Factfile

BUILDER: Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France  more...

Queen Mary 2 is rising to occasion

The largest passenger liner the world has ever seen, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, rises up into the night sky in this dramatic and exclusive photograph.  more...

QM2 takes major step forward

Gently does it! Another major section of Southampton's record-breaking Queen Mary 2 is lowered into place and the 150,000-ton megaliner takes another step towards completion.  more...

Building a grand vessel

SOUTHAMPTON'S Queen Mary 2, the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen, is gradually taking shape in France.  more...

A hull of a size: Queen Mary

Cunard has repeatedly said Southampton's Queen Mary 2 will be built on an unprecedented scale but nothing quite prepares you for standing in a dry dock dwarfed by the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen.  more...

Queen Mary 2 reaches for the sky

Bit by bit, section by section, Southampton's new ocean monarch, Cunard's massive 150,000-ton Queen Mary 2, the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen, is gradually taking shape ready for her arrival in the city next December.  more...

QM2 wins race to earn Olympic title

SOUTHAMPTON'S 150,000-ton megaliner of the future, Queen Mary 2, has won the race to become the flagship of the 2004 Olympic Games.  more...

New wonder of the world

FORGET the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre or Disneyland Paris - France has a major new tourist attraction and it is all thanks to the wondrous new liner that will be based in Southampton.  more...

QM2's size puts delay on float out

THE sheer size of the world's biggest passenger liner, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, has delayed its shipyard float out ceremony due to take place this weekend.  more...

QM2 hits a power hitch

THE launch of the 150,000 ton Queen Mary 2 could be delayed by problems with the ship's propulsion system.  more...

QM2 starts to make her way home

Southampton's giant transatlantic liner, Queen Mary 2 will make the first stage of her initial voyage to her future home port in a few days time.  more...

Queen of the sea

SOUTHAMPTON'S nearly-completed Queen Mary 2, the world's biggest cruise liner, has moved out of dry dock and into open waters for the first time in a "float-out" ceremony.  more...

Liner builds bridge between countries

SOUTHAMPTON could soon be forging civic, cultural and business links with the French shipbuilding city of St-Nazaire in Brittany.  more...

Captain leaves QE2 for Queen Mary 2

CAPTAIN Ron Warwick, master of Southampton's Queen Elizabeth 2, has left the liner to prepare to take over command of Cunard's brand new megaliner, Queen Mary 2.  more...

Building a giant

Queen Mary 2 is the biggest passenger liner in the history of shipping and she is heading for Southampton. Keith Hamilton takes you on a tour of her decks  more...

The art of cruising in luxury

Southampton's megaliner of the future, Queen Mary 2, has already been hailed as a masterpiece of shipbuilding, so it's only appropriate that the vessel will feature the best of today's works of art.  more...

Pods in place on QM2

Southampton's massive 150,000-ton passenger liner Queen Mary 2 has received its four propulsion pods at the French shipyard of Chantiers de l'Atlantique.  more...

Shipping forecast

Southampton's future is taking shape, a new era for the city is emerging and the shape of things to come is simply breath-taking.  more...

A work in progress

These are the latest exclusive Daily Echo photographs of Southampton's Queen Mary 2, the biggest passenger liner the world has ever seen due to arrive in port in December.  more...

Alstom's storms

Cross-channel concern over beleaguered industrial giant Alstom has resulted in worries over hundreds of jobs in Hampshire and troubled times at the French shipyard constructing Southampton megaliner Queen Mary 2.  more...

Will Queen be at launch of QM2?

FEARS have been raised that the Queen will not be present at the launch of Southampton's new superliner the Queen Mary 2.  more...

Arriving on time . . . and here's £50,000 to celebrate

BOSSES at cruise giant Cunard have vowed to deliver Southampton's new Queen Mary 2 ship on time - and there will be a £50,000 party to celebrate.  more...

£50,000 for QM2 party

A MASSIVE £50,000 party to celebrate the arrival of the giant superliner Queen Mary 2 is on the cards for Southampton.  more...

Delay not an option

SOUTHAMPTON'S Queen Mary 2 will be delivered to her home port on time despite financial problems dogging the French shipyard where she is being built.  more...

QM2 takes to the open seas

QUEEN Mary 2 - the world's biggest and most expensive cruise liner - which will have Southampton as its home port put to sea for the first time today for her sea trials.  more...

New twist in slave labour claims row

BITTER allegations of slave labour conditions on the £550m Queen Mary 2 today took on an extraordinary new twist.  more...

Queen will name QM2

THE Queen is to name the Queen Mary 2, the Daily Echo can reveal today.  more...

Dock plans dealt a last-minute blow

PLANS for a huge new dock on Southampton Water have been dealt a last-minute blow by the port's biggest container terminal shareholder.  more...

Queen of the ocean

Daily Echo business editor Ron Wain has been given an exclusive tour of Queen Mary 2 at her shipyard in western France...  more...

RUNNING A TIGHT SHIP!

IN HIS private life, Captain Ron Warwick pottles around in a 2.5 litre Mitsubishi motor that is on the relief side of £30,000.  more...

On-board brain home made

THERE may have been a right old royal fuss about the £560m Queen Mary 2 being built in France, but some of it comes from right here in Hampshire.  more...

Queen Mary sets the pace in sea trials

THE Queen Mary 2 has just completed her final sea trials in which she broke the 30 knots (34mph) barrier.  more...

A town in mourning

Business editor Ron Wain, who visited the QM2 less than 14 days ago, reflects on the aftermath of the tragedy.  more...

QM2 royal naming ceremony is still on course

PLANS for the Queen to name the Queen Mary 2 in Southampton are still on despite the weekend's shipyard tragedy that left 15 dead and 30 injured.   more...

Queen's message for QM2 shipyard tragedy

THE Queen has sent a message of sympathy in the wake of the weekend's Queen Mary 2 shipyard tragedy in France.  more...

QM2: Probe continues into tragedy

INVESTIGATIONS were continuing today into the deaths of 15 visitors at the French shipyard where Southampton's Queen Mary 2 is being finished off.  more...

QM2 arrival will be muted with respect

BOSSES at Cunard are planning to mark the celebrations of the arrival of the superliner QM2 with a short ceremony in memory of the people who died at the St Nazaire shipyard tragedy last Saturday.  more...

Finishing touches

MARINE outfitters Trimline have ensured that there will be a little piece of Hampshire in every one of Queen Mary 2's 1,300 cabins.  more...

Anti-terror alert for QM2 launch

THE launch of Queen Mary 2 from Southampton next month could be a major target for terrorists.  more...

Keeping you postered on QM2's arrival date

EXCITEMENT is building in Southampton ahead of the arrival of the largest passenger liner ever built.  more...

QM2 handed over to owners Cunard

Queen Mary 2 is to be handed over to her owners Cunard today.  more...

Cunard take ownership

WITH a final payment of about £500m, Cunard took ownership of Queen Mary 2 yesterday at St Nazaire, France.  more...

QM2 to sail into history books

HUNDREDS of thousands of people are expected to line the Solent to watch the arrival of the giant superliner Queen Mary 2 in Southampton on Boxing Day according to Cunard bosses.  more...

A £100m CRACKER

SOUTHAMPTON will be handed a £100m Christmas cracker when Queen Mary 2 sails into her home port for the first time on Boxing Day.  more...

Queen Mary 2

Because of technical difficulties the 36-page Queen Mary 2 supplement, which was due to be published today, will now appear in the Echo on Wednesday 7th January.   more...

THE TITANIC DISATER

To the Editor of the Hampshire Chronicle...  more...

WINCHESTER "TITANIC RELIEF FUND"

To the Editor of the Hampshire Chronicle...  more...

The Wreck of the Titanic: April 20th, 1912

We direct attention to a letter from Canon Braithwaite (Vice-Dean) in another column stating that the offertories at the Cathedral tomorrow (Sunday), which were to have been set apart for the Church missionary Society, will now be given to the Mayor of Southampton for immediate help to those who have been rendered widows and orphans by the sinking of the liner Titanic.   more...

BEREAVEMENTS IN THE CITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

The first intimation in Winchester of the sad news of the wreck of the liner Titanic was received at the office of the Hampshire Chronicle at 10.44 a.m. on Monday morning, the following being a copy of the Central News telegram posted in our window shortly afterwards:-   more...

April 20th 1912 : WRECK OF THE TITANIC 1635 PERSONS DROWNED

Yesterday, after a most agonising suspence of four days, details of the loss of the great liner Titanic were received.   more...

A LULLABY: APRIL 15th, 1912.

Ye mourners, be strong, be strong! Sing them a lullaby-song! They gave-thy men so brave- Themselves in a glorious trying, now richa nd poor are lying, Engulphed in a common gave.  more...

GREAT DISASTERS OF PAST TWENTY YEARS

The tragic fate of the Titanic naturally recalls other great disasters within memory. In the past twenty years the principal wrecks have been as follows:-   more...

FORECAST FULFILLED

How strangely imagination may anticipate history has seldom been more remarkably shown than in the disaster to the Titanic. It was foretold in many of its details in a curious little novel by Mr. Morgan Robertson, entitled "Futility," published in the United States fourteen years ago.   more...

DAY 87: Added hazard for small boats

SMALL yachts and pleasure boats in the Solent will be endangered by even more giant ships if the proposed £750m Dibden Bay terminal is built, according to the largest yachting association in the UK.  more...

SOME FEATURES OF THE TITANC.

The Titanic, build by Harland and Wolff, has the same dimensions as the Olympic, which was also in collision last autumn, the other vessel being the cruiser Hawke, her length being 832ft, and her breadth 92ft. Her gross tonnage is, however, 43,682 or 1004 tons greater than the Olympic, and 4394 more than the Mauretania.   more...

DAY 88: `Deep dredge needed'

SOUTHAMPTON Water's main approach channel is not deep enough for the world's biggest ships.  more...

RELIEF FUNDS

The Lord Mayor has opened a Mansion House fund for the relief of the sufferers from the disaster, which is being liberally contributed to. Among the earliest contributions received were sums of 500 guineas from King George and 250 guineas from Queen Mary. Queen Alexandra forwarded £200.   more...

Day 89: Park boundary plans slated

THE New Forest national park issue - due to go under the microscope at a public inquiry soon - is already on the agenda of another major planning hearing.  more...

UNIVERSAL SORROW

The whole civilised world has been thrown into grief by the unparalleled disaster to the Titanic, and already this universal feeling has been expressed in a very striking way.   more...

DAY 90: Grazing rejected

SOUTHAMPTON docks bosses will not open the door for animals from the New Forest to be led on to Dibden Bay if plans for a port there are rejected, a public inquiry has been told.  more...

GLOOM IN SOUTHAMPTON

In Southampton people to the last moment clung to the hope that better news of the Titanic would be received, but on Tuesday afternoon the whole town was overcome with gloom.   more...

Bay debate calls refused

TOTTON councillors have rejected calls to hold a public meeting about the planned port at Dibden Bay.  more...

WINCHESTER, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912

SOME OF THE LOST...  more...

DAY 91: Expert hits out at port plans

PLANNING expert Ted Johnson has hit out at proposals to build a massive dock development on the edge of the New Forest.  more...

SCENES OF GRIEF IN LONDON

Throughout the whole of Tuesay London lived in an atmosphere of suspense waiting for the wireless messages which came through the air with their words of comfort or desolation, or, almost worst still, bringing neither the one nor the other, but leaving a sharper pain of gnawing anxiety in the hearts of those whose near and dear ones were on the doomed vessel.   more...

Greens issue call to arms over bay plan

GREEN campaigners have urged Southampton residents to join in the fight against plans to build a new container port at Dibden Bay.  more...

TERRIBLE STORY TOLD BY CABLE

A Standard New York cablegram, dated New York, Tuesday, says:-   more...

Day 93: North example used against port

PLANS for energy-saving wind farms were blown out because they were too close to national parks in the north, and the same rules could prevent a huge container port being built on the edge of the New Forest.  more...

WINCHESTER, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912 : WRECK OF THE TITANIC APPALLING LOSS OF LIVES WOMEN AND CHILD

A terrible disaster, unparalleled in the records of the sea, has overtaken the world's greatest ship, the White Star liner Titanic, which sailed from Southampton on Wednesday in last week on her maiden voyage to New York.  more...

Day 94 - Port would destroy country paths

A NEW port at Dibden Bay would spoil the area for those who currently enjoy countryside paths around the development site, according to a top council officer.   more...

The arrival of the Titanic: from the Hampshire Independent Saturday April 6th 1912

Quietly and unostentatiously, without any blare of trumpets, the Titanic, the world's latest and biggest ship, steamed up the silent waters of the Solent and docked at Southampton at midnight on Wednesday, taking the same berth in the new wet dock that the Olympic occupied 12 hours before.  more...

Day 95 - Capt Banks, 100, defends footpaths

SOME of the New Forest's most energetic senior citizens have leapt to the defence of footpaths threatened by plans for a container port at Dibden Bay.  more...

From The Hampshire Independent: A HUGE CALAMITY

The civilised world is suffering from the shock of a huge calamity, the sorrow attending which is brought home with particular force to our own town of Southampton.  more...

National Trust speaks out at Dibden Bay

GUARDIANS of Britain's heritage have hit out at proposals to build a massive dock development on the edge of the New Forest.  more...

DAY 96: Inquiry postponed by official's illness

THE full resumption of the Dibden Bay public inquiry in Southampton was put off until tomorrow when the inquiry's deputy inspector, Andrew Phillipson, was taken ill at the start of yesterday's hearing.  more...

DAY 97: Low noise plan for new docks

MAJOR efforts will be made to cut down noise made by building and operating a huge new dock on Southampton Water if it goes ahead, a public inquiry has been told.  more...

Day 98 - Expert plays down noise fears over new port plan

A NOISE specialist has rejected claims that a planned £750m port at Dibden Bay will cause a deafening din.  more...

DAY 99: Inquiry chiefs see for themselves. . .

THE two men at the helm of a public inquiry into plans for a new dock on the shores of Southampton Water are quietly making sure that they do their job thoroughly outside of the inquiry hall as well as on the inside.  more...

DAY 100: Noises off include a birthday speech

THE SOUND of laughter punctuated proceedings as the Dibden Bay public inquiry continued to debate the noise impact from the proposed container port on surrounding villages.  more...

DAY 101: Sleepless nights `unlikely'

PEOPLE living near a big new port on Southampton Water would be unlikely to lose any sleep because of the noise coming from it, a public inquiry has been told.   more...

DAY 102: Scheme would ruin our retirement

INTOLERABLE and unacceptable - a Hythe Marina resident has given his own heartfelt assessment of the potential noise threat from the proposed container port at Dibden Bay.  more...

Day 103: Please don't spoil our coastal walks

A GROUP representing more than 130,000 walkers has rapped plans to turn a deserted stretch of Southampton Water into a £750m container terminal.  more...

DAY 104: Port inquiry takes stock of progress

HOUSEKEEPING was the order of the day at the Dibden Bay public inquiry - tidying up and checking on the progress of points agreed by parties for and against the scheme during the 48 weeks of the hearing so far.  more...

DAY 105: Even insects will be stressed

WARNINGS of the impact on everything from the insects of the New Forest to historic structures in and near Southampton Water have marked the brief return of the Dibden Bay public inquiry to the area which will be most affected.  more...

DAY 106: School would `suffer' also

ONE of Hampshire's top comprehensive schools has lodged a powerful plea for the new dock to be rejected.  more...

DAY 107: New port will create a heavy lorry nightmare

LORRIES will thunder through New Forest villages 24 hours a day if a new port is built at Dibden Bay, it has been claimed.  more...

DAY 107: Army is unlikely to air objections

THE Army now looks set to avoid giving evidence in public against plans for a new port development at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 110: Pressure on for the final submissions

OPPONENTS of the planned £750m container terminal are scrabbling to negotiate the most favourable fall-back position should their nightmare come true and the plan is approved.  more...

DAY 111 - Complex condition discussed

LEGAL top brass behind the plans for a new dock at Dibden Bay will continue their behind-the-scenes battles next week.  more...

DAY 113: Objectors spell out marine safety plea

SAILING groups have launched a major plea for safety on Southampton Water in their parting shots to the Dibden Bay public inquiry.  more...

BACK ME IN BAY BAT TLE

THE chairman of the main campaign group fighting plans for a huge port development on the Waterside has appealed to residents to put up a show of strength when he has his final say at a public inquiry tomorrow.  more...

Action plan in case port gets go-ahead

AN EMERGENCY action plan has been drawn up by Hampshire County Council in case the controversial Dibden Bay development gets the green light.  more...

DAY 114: Protesters out in force

THE PEOPLE'S pressure group Residents Against Dibden Bay Port showed its muscle yesterday when its members left standing room only at the public inquiry into the scheme for a new container terminal on the south side of Southampton Water.  more...

The battle of Dibden Bay

THE greatest debate ever to hit Southampton Water is now heading into its final stages - but when the talking stops, the decision-making will begin...  more...

XDAY 116 - Threat to birds underlined

A LEADING wildlife group has hit out at plans to build a massive dock development at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 117: Final shots fired for marina home owners

PEOPLE and businesses facing the prospect of a £750m port development as their new next door neighbour have fired their final shots against the scheme at a public inquiry in Southampton.  more...

DAY 118: QC's assault on bay scheme proposals

A LEADING QC has made a 240-page assault on plans to build a huge container terminal on environmentally sensitive land at Dibden Bay.  more...

House agents reject Bay blight claims

HOUSE prices on the east of the New Forest could soar if a dock development at Dibden Bay is rejected, councillors have forecast.  more...

`This plan will be rejected'

COUNCILLORS in two parishes have confidently forecast that plans for the major container terminal at Dibden Bay will be rejected.  more...

DAY 119: Final day of inquiry into bay proposals

A LAST warning has been issued at a public inquiry that if a huge new dock is not given the go-ahead, Southampton will lose trade and some of the world's biggest companies will go elsewhere.  more...

Mammoth inquiry into controversial port plans comes to an end after 13 months

THE Daily Echo has covered each day of the public inquiry since it began on November 27 last year. You can see all our reports below.  more...

DAY 120 - The talking's over in battle of Bay

"FEELINGS are very strong, but everyone has behaved in a civilised and courteous way - and I'm grateful for that."  more...

Dibden Bay action group guards secret weapon

PROTESTERS are set to bombard the government with a 14,000-signature petition if it shows signs of giving the go-ahead to a huge new container terminal in Southampton Water.  more...

ABP slams Bay inclusion in park plan

SOUTHAMPTON docks bosses have slammed moves to put their planned site for a big new dock into the proposed national park boundary.  more...

Dibden Bay rival better placed, inquiry told

A PLANNING inquiry has been told that a rival scheme to the proposed new Dibden Bay container terminal on the shores of Southampton Water would have better rail links.  more...

Green activists take docks fight to ABP meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have fired yet another salvo of criticism at Southampton docks operator Associated British Ports over its plans for a £700m dock at Dibden Bay.  more...

Ex-Cabinet minister backs battle for Bay

FORMER Cabinet minister John Redwood has joined the battle to save Dibden Bay.  more...

Bay verdict expected in February

FEBRUARY could be one of the most monumental months in the history of Southampton docks.   more...

DAY 1: Dibden Bay battle begins in earnest

SOUTHAMPTON City Council has thrown its weight behind plans for a new dock which it hopes will take the port to new frontiers and levels of prosperity.  more...

DAY 2:Dibden: The Army's a bit grumpy . . .

SOUTHAMPTON Docks bosses not only face opposition to the Dibden Bay plans from neighbouring residents, a posse of environmental groups and an MP.  more...

DAY 3: Solent will never be the same again

HOUSES will lose value, people's lives will be changed for ever, the environment will be wrecked and Southampton Water and the Solent will never be quite the same again for the huge sailing fraternity.  more...

Day 4: Now things really will get heated . . .

ASSOCIATED British Ports will on Tuesday begin taking the top off the biggest crate of controversy ever to hit the shores of Southampton Water.   more...

Day 5: Creek is key to dock isolation

A planning expert representing Southampton Port bosses has outlined the need for a huge container terminal to be built at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 6: Concern over dust clouds from roads

DIBDEN Bay project bosses have been quizzed over what they would do to prevent dust clouds from billowing off their approach roads if a huge port development went ahead on Southampton Water.  more...

DAY 7: Bay will increase the port's kudos

DIBDEN Bay will cost £600m if it goes ahead - but ABP remains confident it can make a profit. It will boost the strength of Southampton as a trading port.   more...

DAY 8: Flak flies over hill that shields marina

THE battle of the bund has taken off in earnest at the public inquiry into plans for a huge new container port between Hythe and Marchwood.  more...

DAY 9: 'Land marked for future port'

LAND between Hythe and Marchwood has been earmarked for port development for more than half-a-century, a public inquiry has been told.  more...

DAY 10: The economy of scale for cargo

SOUTHAMPTON'S big ship business is vital to the prosperity of other ports around the south, a planning inquiry has been told.  more...

DAY 12: Bay approval would degrade village life

A LEADING critic of plans to develop Dibden Bay has warned that the controversial scheme would "degrade" Hythe Marina Village.  more...

DAY 13: Port `not that vital' - claim

THE building of a new container port at Dibden Bay is "not vital" to the future economic prosperity of Southampton, the public inquiry into the proposal has heard.  more...

DAY 15: Rail freight must grow, inquiry told

A HUGE new dock on the shores of Southampton Water is vital to the future port policies of the UK, a public inquiry has heard.  more...

DAY 16: Port bosses say they won't sell off city terminal

SOUTHAMPTON'S port bosses have hit back at suggestions that they only want to build a new container terminal at Dibden Bay so they can sell off their existing one.  more...

DAY17: `Ideal location for a new terminal'

A SHIPPING expert has described Dibden Bay as the ideal location for a new container terminal.  more...

DAY 19: Terminal will bring a `jobs bonanza'

MORE THAN 2,000 full-time jobs will be created if a new container terminal is built at Dibden Bay, a public inquiry was told.  more...

DAY 20: Public inquiry but where's the public?

ON the first day that not a single member of the public turned up at the inquiry, a Southampton City Council spokesman chose to warn that the region's economy  more...

DAY 21: Expert rejects trade claims

A SHIPPING expert has rejected claims that the Dibden Bay project is vital to the future of the UK's container trade.  more...

DAY 22: Costs of building new dock `soaring'

THE ORIGINAL estimated costs of building a new container dock at Dibden Bay have soared.  more...

DAY 23: Witness accused of omitting details

A KEY witness at the Dibden Bay public inquiry was yesterday accused of leaving vital information out of his evidence.   more...

DAY 24: Port protester says better sites on way

LOCAL residents' hero Paul Vickers took the stand yesterday and said the UK would need no new port facility for many years yet, when better sites than Dibden Bay could be on offer.  more...

DAY 25 `We just do not need extra jobs'

SOUTH Hampshire can manage without the jobs created by a new port at Dibden Bay - and it can also do without thousands of extra vehicles clogging its roads.  more...

In Port

Today's Principal Arrivals: NYK Sirius, container, 0100, 207; OOCL Rotterdam, container, 0130, 206; P&O Nedlloyd Sydney, con5ainer, 0330, 204; Aegean Leader, roro, 0430, 38/9; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Ocean Ace, vehicle, 0530, 40; Hurst Point, roro, 0600, rlc3; Chikuma Reefer, refrigerated, 0730, 104; Don Quijote, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; Dart 2, roro, 1830, 30  more...

DAY 109: Subsidence warning to villages

A PUBLIC inquiry into a new dock on Southampton Water has been warned of the "jam sandwich" that could mean major subsidence in nearby villages if the scheme goes ahead.  more...

The final break for great ship of Cape

Another old friend of Southamp-ton, remembered with great   more...

Oceana turned away by US

CRUISE bosses have today launched an inquiry after the Southampton-based cruise ship Oceana was turned away from a Caribbean island.  more...

DAY 27: Rival port schemes could delay decision

PUBLIC inquiries into two other port plans could be well under way before a decision is taken on whether a huge new dock development can go ahead at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 28: Port bosses raise fears of job losses

SOUTHAMPTON port bosses have rejected claims that they could meet increasing demand by making better use of the existing docks.  more...

DAY 115: MP reveals fears over port plans

A COMPANY planning a massive £750m port at Dibden Bay has been accused of trying to make a fortune at the expense of residents.  more...

DAY 30: UK plc the loser if Dibden is rejected

PLANNING and transport experts took an in-depth look at the south's deep-water ports at the Dibden Bay public inquiry yesterday.   more...

DAY 31: No green light for rival port plans

NONE of the major port expansion schemes rivalling Dibden Bay have the permission they need to go ahead, a public inquiry heard yesterday.  more...

DAY 32: Planner hits out at move

A FORMER Hampshire planning officer has warned that a new port between Hythe and Marchwood would cause more environmental damage than any of the UK's other new dock schemes.  more...

DAY 33: Proposed dumping of mud defended

CIVIL ENGINEER Ian Townend has hit back at criticism of plans to dump huge amounts of mud on the foreshore between Hythe and Fawley.  more...

DAY 35: Expert says dredging is not harmful

A CIVIL engineering expert has sought to quash fears surrounding plans to change the face of Southampton Water.  more...

DAY 36: A real stuck-in-the-mud!

A RESEARCHER carrying out tests on Dibden Bay's mudflats had to be rescued - after becoming stuck in the mud.  more...

DAY 37: Dredging `threat to ecosystem'

A COASTAL science expert has hit out at plans to dredge Dibden Bay and dump the mud on part of the Hythe foreshore.  more...

DAY 38: Safe haven scheme biggest ever

DREDGING and dumping schemes planned to offset the effects of a new container port at Dibden Bay would be the biggest ever attempted in the UK.  more...

DAY 39: Data on coastal erosion questioned

THE focus of the year-long Dibden Bay container terminal inquiry has turned to the environment, ecology and leisure.  more...

Brian gives blessing to Bay campaigners

CAMPAIGNERS fighting the planned container port at Dibden Bay are to make a countrywide plea for support via BBC radio.  more...

DAY 40: `No proof' of need to dump mud

A NEW row has erupted over plans to dredge Dibden Bay and dump huge amounts of mud on the foreshore near Hythe.  more...

DAY 41: Fears that dredging will damage homes

DREDGING for a major dock between Marchwood and Hythe could send muddy water into homes in the Hythe area, a public inquiry has been told.  more...

Environmental groups issue a message: Time to put Dibden docks plan on hold

PLANS for a massive dock development at Dibden Bay should be put on hold until a national ports strategy is devised by the government.  more...

Activists target port plans

Environmental activists are due to protest against the Dibden Bay Terminal development plans at Associated British Ports' annual meeting in London.  more...

DAY 42: Birds would find new feeding sites

FLORA and fauna came under the microscope at the Dibden Bay public inquiry - relaunched yesterday after a three-week Easter break.  more...

Scheme protesters take fight to ABP

PEOPLE opposed to plans to build a huge container terminal at Dibden Bay took their protest to the applicant's annual meeting in London yesterday.  more...

DAY 43: Debate over wildfowl takes off

WIRED-UP widgeon and the health of the local worm population occupied the day's business at the Dibden Bay public inquiry.  more...

DAY 44: Birds' habitats under threat?

PLANS for a huge new deep-sea dock between Southampton Water and the New Forest have been challenged by the government's main wildlife watchdog.  more...

PORT PERIL TO WILDLIFE

LEADING wildlife watchdog English Nature has slammed major plans for a huge new deep-sea dock on the edge of the New Forest which would "finish" vital habitats for thousands of birds.  more...

Day 45: Why waders give shoreline the bird

SEA birds are put off feeding on the foreshore near Fawley Refinery because of poisonous chemicals, a public inquiry has been told.  more...

DIBDEN BAY INQUIRY SHOCK

THE biggest critic of a planned £750m container terminal in Hampshire may have to withdraw from the public inquiry because of a lack of money.  more...

DAY 46: If I were a bird would I choose here?

HAMPSHIRE'S top spot for wading birds could be the Hythe to Cadland foreshore - if the Dibden Bay development goes ahead.   more...

DAY 47: Port bosses coming under fire

SOUTHAMPTON port bosses have come under fire for failing to find out how the food for birdlife will be affected if they build a huge new dock at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 48: Bird species threatened by terminal

A MASSIVE container terminal at Dibden Bay could contribute to a sharp decline in the number of lapwings, a public inquiry was told.  more...

DAY 49: Fresh mud would boost Cadland shore

ASSOCIATED British Ports has done its best to plan new homes for wildlife doomed to be evicted if the proposed Dibden Bay container terminal goes ahead.  more...

DAY 50: Bay scheme `could damage bird life'

ONE OF Dibden Bay port's major supporters has admitted that the planned container terminal on Southampton Water could damage its bird life.   more...

DAY 51: Call for termination of container scheme

ASSOCIATED British Ports (ABP) have failed to follow nature conservation regulations and the government should turn down their scheme for a container terminal at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 52: Port bosses accused over birds

BRITAIN'S top nature conservation body has accused Southampton port bosses of under-estimating Dibden Bay's importance to the local bird population.  more...

DAY 53: Wildlife provision `too little and too late'

"TOO little and too late" is English Nature's assessment of plans by Associated British Ports to lessen the blow of their proposed terminal on the wildlife of Dibden Bay.  more...

Dibden Bay meeting will review inquiry

TORY MP Julian Lewis and Liberal democrat councillor Brian Dash will be among the speakers at a public meeting called by Residents' Against Dibden Bay on Thursday, May 16.  more...

DAY 54: Bay is vital to ecology

DIBDEN foreshore is a vital part of an internationally-important ecological system - so said English Nature's leading bird expert at the public inquiry into proposals to build a container terminal at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 55: Warning of wildlife devastation

WILDLIFE sites in the Southampton area will be devastated if a £750m container terminal is built at Dibden Bay, a public inquiry was told.  more...

DAY 56: Six species would suffer the most

BIRD life on the shores of Southampton Water will be hit for six if the new dock goes ahead.  more...

Dibden: We'll take fight to Westminster

OPPONENTS of plans for a huge new dock development on the shores of Southampton Water have vowed to fight the scheme all the way to Westminster.  more...

DAY 57: Otters spark criticism of ABP

OTTERS, great crested newts and pipistrelle bats could all suffer if a new dock development went ahead on the shores of Southamptpon Water, a public inquiry has been told.  more...

DAY 58: Warning on woodlands

WOODLAND dating back thousands of years would be wiped out if the Dibden Bay terminal is built, and compensation schemes could only patch up the damage.  more...

DAY 59: Terminal outcome for wildlife

ONE of the south's top conservation groups has hit out at plans to build a £750m container terminal at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 60 : Move costing millions

STOPPING dredging work on a new dock on Southampton Water for four months of the year to avoid damaging salmon stocks would cost millions, a public inquiry has been told.  more...

DAY 61: ABP salmon stock donation derided

WATER watchdogs from the Environment Agency have poured scorn on the £250,000 fund set aside by Associated British Ports to help save local fish stocks.   more...

DAY 62: Plan `would hit anglers badly'

SOUTHAMPTON'S sea anglers will be left with nowhere to fish if a major port development goes ahead at Dibden Bay, one of the area's leading fishermen has warned.  more...

DAY 63: Test and Itchen salmon `in peril'

SALMON could become extinct on Hampshire's two main rivers if a new dock development goes ahead, a leading fishery consultant has warned.  more...

Global focus on Bay

THE government has been warned that the world will be watching when it decides whether a new dock can be built on Southampton Water.  more...

DAY 64: Dibden traffic fear being analysed

THE threat of an extra 4,700 vehicles a day on the country lanes of Marchwood and Dibden is being analysed at the long-running public inquiry into plans to build a £750m container port at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 65: Gridlock fear of new port

TEA-TIME tailbacks on an already congested stretch of Hampshire would increase if a new dock is built between Hythe and Marchwood, a public inquiry has heard.  more...

DAY 66: Fears over road and rail traffic

TRANSPORT and traffic once again dominated discussions as the Dibden Bay public inquiry entered its 66th day.  more...

Inquiry rallying call by port protesters

THE New Forest village which could have a huge container port built in its backyard last night renewed its battle to save Dibden Bay from development.  more...

DAY 67: Transport issue looms large

THE focus of the public inquiry into the construction of a huge new container terminal on reclaimed land at Dibden Bay yesterday turned to the issue of rail transport.  more...

Half-time analysis

The Dibden Bay inquiry has reached mid-point, with both sides desperate for the ultimate victory...  more...

DAY 68

Day 68 of the inquiry comprised of a brief session at which the hearing was adjourned for 24 hours   more...

DAY 69: A326 poised to be four-lane highway

A MAJOR breakthrough has taken place over controversial traffic issues surrounding the planned £750m port at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 70: Hearing told of £1bn rail bill

THE Strategic Rail Authority won't be taking sides in Associated British Ports's battle to build a new container port at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 71: Totton wants £3m to limit impact

"UNREALISTIC, unproven, insufficient, impractical, questionable". These are just some of the critical adjectives fired at Associated British Ports over its plans for rail access to a new Dibden Bay container terminal.  more...

DAY 71: `£10m a year' would compensate town

CAMPAIGNERS in Totton are raising the stakes dramatically over their demands for cash compensation if plans for a new dock go ahead.  more...

Day 73: Fears of knock-on congestion

COUNCILS and environmental groups have warned that a new dock at Dibden Bay will have a major knock-on effect on roads right out through the countryside of Hampshire and Wiltshire.  more...

Day 74 - Fears for air quality are misplaced

AN air quality expert says there is no reason for objectors to kick up a stink over possible dust pollution.  more...

Taxpayers' bill for dock inquiry rises

THE BATTLE to prevent a £750m container terminal being built at Dibden Bay is to cost New Forest taxpayers an extra £235,000.  more...

Top actor attacks container port bid

TOP actor and mountaineer Brian Blessed has rapped plans for a huge new dock on the edge of Southampton Water.  more...

Day 75 - Expert says cranes would improve view

DIBDEN Bay is flat, featureless and unremarkable and does not deserve to be in the proposed New Forest National Park - so said a landscape expert at the mammoth inquiry into plans to build a container port on the site.  more...

Day 76 - ABP seeks to play down `fear factor'

SOUTHAMPTON docks operator Associated British Ports (ABP) has continued its battle to convince a public inquiry in Southampton that a huge container terminal at Dibden Bay will not look as imposing as some people fear.  more...

CHANGING VIEWS

IT COULD be the shape of things to come.  more...

DAY 77: Terminal loss of views for marina users

ASSOCIATED British Ports' landscaping consultant Martin Kelly yesterday conceded there would be a "substantial and adverse" visual impact for people living near the proposed Dibden Terminal.  more...

DAY 78: Dim view of claims

A LIGHTING expert has rejected claims that the planned £750m port at Dibden Bay will have a disastrous impact on the area at night.  more...

DIBDEN BAY DESCENDS INTO FARCE

THE battle of Dibden Bay descended into farce last night.  more...

DAY 80: Dibden impact `maximised'

NEW Forest District Council has been accused of putting the very maximum emphasis on the impact of Dibden Bay on its surrounding landscape.  more...

Day 81: Expert hits out over port light pollution

A PHYSICIST has hit out at the amount of light pollution likely to be caused by the planned £750m port at Dibden Bay.  more...

DAY 82: Workers' views may be ruined by port

SOUTHAMPTON'S high-rise office blocks would be less attractive places to work in if their views of the New Forest were "obliterated" by a dock at Dibden Bay, a public inquiry has been told.  more...

DAY 83: Don't be beguiled by new technology

DON'T rely on photographs. Go down to Hythe and judge for yourself the potential impact of putting a massive container port at Dibden Bay!  more...

Pictures `bring home size of Bay cranes'

THE Daily Echo's recent publication of computer-generated pictures showing what a new container terminal at Dibden Bay will look like has been welcomed by councillors at Hythe.  more...

DAY 84: Conflict on public's role in dock policy

SOUTHAMPTON City Council has been accused of pumping a fortune into supporting plans for a dock at Dibden Bay without finding out whether its residents were in favour of the scheme.  more...

MEP's vision of development future

HAMPSHIRE'S Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas has released dramatic artist's impressions of the impact a Dibden Bay dock would have on Southampton's popular waterfront areas.  more...

Residents ask to have say on Dibden Bay

WE don't want Dibden Bay and we deserve a say!   more...

DAY 85: Technology is a guiding light

HI-TECH helps to make Southampton safer than the average port and it will remain so even if a new container terminal is built at Dibden Bay - so says Captain Jimmy Chestnutt of Associated British Ports.  more...

DAY 86: Port bosses are failing customers, inquiry told

PORT bosses ABP are failing their major customers - the big commercial shipping lines - by not providing a deeper channel to access Southampton Water, according to an opponent of plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay .  more...

Does this all really add up?

THEY are very fond of figures at Associated British Ports. A report out this week shows group turnover up to £213.7m, profits up to £74.3m, cruise ship calls up six per cent, and container handling up 16 per cent.  more...

Southampton Sport

SAINTS 0 - CHELSEA 2

If money talks then its message was shouted loud and clear above the deafening din of a new club record crowd. Saints must invest in a top quality striker.  more...

SPURS 2 - SAINTS 0

SAINTS have told Spurs how much they will need to divvy up to sign Dean Richards.  more...

BRIGHTON 0 - SAINTS 3

It turned out Brighton beautiful as Saints at last found their scoring touch to kick-start their season.  more...

Bolton 0 - Saints 1

IF THERE'S one thing in common between being at the top and at the bottom, it's that there's only one way to go.  more...

SAINTS 1 - ASTON VILLA 3

THE RED mist hanging over this game cannot be allowed to cloud the picture for Saints.  more...

Middlesbrough 1 - Saints 3

Stuart Gray will tell you it was just three points and nothing personal - but he must have enjoyed putting one over Steve McClaren.  more...

GILLINGHAM 0 - SAINTS 2

JAMES BEATTIE probably won't win a Mr Popularity contest in Gillingham - but his grin after Saints eased their way into the fourth round of the Worthington Cup showed that wouldn't bother him one bit.  more...

Saints 0 - Arsenal 2

AS HIS best footballing friend lay in a hospital bed, Arsene Wenger's sympathies went out to him.  more...

WEST HAM 2 - SAINTS 0

KING KANOUTE turned the tide for washed-up West Ham to leave Saints all at sea once more - and ultimately cost Stuart Gray his job.  more...

SAINTS 3 - IPSWICH 3

GORDON STRACHAN flopped into his chair in the press room and issued a big sigh before answering the question: "Was it a fair result?"  more...

Fulham 2 - Saints 1

WE can only guess whether Monsieur and Madame Malbranque named their baby boy after their favourite character in The Avengers.  more...

SAINTS 1 - BLACKBURN 2

The bells of St Mary's are ringing loud - and sounding a chilling alarm for new boss Gordon Strachan.  more...

Derby 1 - Saints 0

THE pantomime season is still a few weeks away, but Saints' whacky warm-up act was no laughing matter.  more...

SAINTS 1 - CHARLTON 0

IF you're looking for one possible turning point to Saints' season, one solitary moment in time which could transform what has been a dire first three months in the Premiership, then rewind the clock back to the 86th minute on Saturday.  more...

BOLTON 2 - SAINTS 2 (Bolton wIn 6-5 on pens)

THERE was hurt and heart in equal measure for Saints as they crashed out of the Worthington League Cup on penalties.  more...

EVERTON 2 - SAINTS 0

If only the PFA hadn't called off the proposed strike for this weekend, a lot of misery would have been spared!  more...

LEICESTER 0 - SAINTS 4

AT training on Thursday, Gordon Strachan and Anders Svensson were joking about next summer's World Cup and the previous weekend's draw in Pusan which had pitted Sweden in the same group as England.  more...

SAINTS 2 - SUNDERLAND 0

MARIAN PAHARS is one of life's quiet, and unassuming souls off the football pitch.  more...

MAN UTD 6 - SAINTS 1

ALL week in training, Saints had one main game plan.  more...

SAINTS 1 --- SPURS 0

"THAT'S me sorted for tonight" suggested an elated Gordon Strachan half an hour after yesterday's game.  more...

Saints 0 - Leeds 1

THE script was tailor-made for Lee Bowyer after a spell which has seen him go from hell and back the space of 24 months.  more...

CHELSEA 2 - SAINTS 4

"CRAZY football, crazy Chelsea," chimed a dazed Blues' boss Claudio Ranieri, who had seen his championship-chasing Chelsea well and truly floored by a spectacular Southampton comeback.  more...

SAINTS 2 - LIVERPOOL 0

THIS was the night when Gordon Strachan's fast-improving side finally came of age.  more...

SAINTS 1 - MAN UTD 3

HERE'S a statistic worth chewing over with your mates tonight - in their two games with Southampton this season, Manchester United have mustered a total of 14 shots on target, and scored with nine of them.  more...

ROTHERHAM 2 - SAINTS 1

OVER the past three weeks, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Lee Bowyer and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink have shown that, when you get the faintest sniff of a chance, you bury it.  more...

LIVERPOOL 1 - SOUTHAMPTON 1

EXPLAIN this. Michael Owen's right leg is probably insured for more than the value of the entire Rotherham first team.  more...

SAINTS 2 - WEST HAM 0

HALF an hour after the final whistle, a weary-looking Matt Oakley emerged from the home dressing room, showered and dressed, but delighted after a good night's work.  more...

ARSENAL 1 - SAINTS 1

SIX weeks ago, Jo Tessem's future at Southampton looked as bleak as an Enron shareholder's dividend, his confidence as low as a snake's stomach.  more...

NEWCASTLE 3 - SAINTS 1

Paul Jones might have let in three goals at St James' Park on Saturday.  more...

Saints 0 - Bolton 0

THE wind was swirling in off the Solent, hailstones were lashing down from the skies, in fact conditions were downright ugly to play football.  more...

IPSWICH 1 - SAINTS 3

RORY DELAP had a point to prove.  more...

SAINTS 1 - MIDDLESBROUGH 1

Anders Svensson has been given plenty of jip from manager Gordon Strachan in recent months.  more...

SAINTS 2 - LEICESTER 2

Paul Jones could probably have thought of better ways to celebrate his 300th league appearance than conceding a freak goal for the second time this season.  more...

SUNDERLAND 1 - SAINTS 1

IT didn't take Jo Tessem's teammates too long after they arrived in the visitors' dressing room at the Stadium of Light to remind the Norwegian of the horror he endured on Wearside 15 months ago.  more...

SAINTS 1 - FULHAM 1

GATHERED by the players' tunnel an hour after the final whistle, Gordon Strachan was holding court with the guys and gals from the media.  more...

Blackburn 2 - Saints 0

PRINCESS XANTIA was doing quiet business along a rainswept Blackpool seafront yesterday afternoon.  more...

SAINTS 2 - DERBY 0

MATTHEW OAKLEY and goalscoring have not exactly been the snuggest of bedfellows this season.  more...

Dowie double helps Saints to draw

SAINTS produced one of the shock results on Boxing Day 1991 when they held high-flying Leeds United to a 3-3 draw at Elland Road.  more...

CHARLTON 1 - SAINTS 1

AT a quarter to five, a trickle of red and white shirted Southampton fans began heading out of the gloriously named Jimmy Seed Stand.  more...

Wayne big enough to look out himself

Wayne Bridge is ready to meet fire with fire as he renews hostilities with Alan Smith at Elland Road tomorrow.  more...

SAINTS 0 - EVERTON 1

BOY, was Gordon Strachan hurting on Saturday evening.  more...

Hoddle would have stayed at The Dell!

Glenn Hoddle has insisted he would not have left Saints if they had been bottom of the Premier League.  more...

ASTON VILLA 2 - SOUTHAMPTON 1

AFTER 45 atrocious first-half minutes at Villa Park on Saturday, some Saints players were seriously wondering whether they would have to give up their Sunday morning lie-in for a second successive week.  more...

They came from the USA and Dublin to fulfill a Dell dream

DELL dreams came true for two dozen Saints fans who fulfilled their lifetime's ambitions by playing on the hallowed turf in a special charity match.  more...

BOURNEMOUTH 0 - SAINTS 1

Quite what last night's friendly at the succinctly-named Fitness First Stadium at Dean Court achieved, is difficult to fathom.  more...

Saints still considering options over Hoddle move

Saints have taken the first steps to see if they can mount an official protest against Spurs for enticing Glenn Hoddle away from The Dell.  more...

SAINTS 3 - NEWCASTLE 1

A TALE of two World Cup hopefuls.  more...

Results not right but Gray enjoying life at The Dell helm

STUART Gray is desperately looking for his first goal and first point as Saints catretaker manager - but he's still enjoying the job.  more...

EASTLEIGH 3 - SAINTS RES 4

FORGOTTEN man Mark Draper turned in a classy display as Saints Reserves beat ambitious Eastleigh 4-3 last night, writes Jeremy Wilson.  more...

Leeds Utd 2 - Southampton 0

SAINTS at least finished with 11 men on the field this time - but that's probably not a good sign.  more...

SKELLEFTTEA 0 - SAINTS 5

ANDERS SVENSSON was the star of the show last night as Saints romped to a 5-0 win in Sweden - and he didn't even play.  more...

Le Tiss goal can't save Saints

SLOPPY Saints squandered a two-goal lead as they went down 4-2 at home to Wimbledon in the FA Premier Reserve League.  more...

TP47 1 - SAINTS 4

Saints came from a goal behind to roll over TP47 of Finland 4-1 in the second game of their pre-season tour thanks to three headed second half goals and some wing wizardry from Fabrice Fernandes.  more...

Franny keen to return to his roots at Southampton

FRANCIS BENALI is hoping that Glenn Hoddle's departure will pave the way for a return to Southampton.  more...

BODENS BK 0 - SAINTS 1

THE SVENSSON'S finally took to the field together in red and white for the first time last night but the Swedish fans were left wanting more.  more...

NO REASON TO WORRY

SAINTS caretaker boss Stuart Gray dismissed suggestions his players are still brooding over Glenn Hoddle's departure.  more...

CHELSEA 1 - SAINTS 0

If there were any doubts about whether Saints are playing for Stuart Gray, they were eradicated with this strong and spirited showing.  more...

Stimac tried to get me sent off

Kevin Davies accused Igor Stimac of trying to get him sent off as Saints went down 3-0 at West Ham.  more...

Gray lays down law to players reporting back overweight

SAINTS BOSS Stuart Gray relieved a trio of players of a few pounds from their wallets after they reported back with a few extra pounds on their hips.  more...

jinxed paul is shown door

SAINTS boss Stuart Gray has lightened his midfield load by releasing Paul Hughes.  more...

Fit-again Dan is desperate to prove himself

DAN PETRESCU is desperate for the new season to get under way so he can prove his commitment to Saints and new boss Stuart Gray.  more...

Time to pack up The Dell

TODAY is the last ever day of trading for the Saints Shop at The Dell.  more...

Saints in chase for Bierhoff

SAINTS are closing in on ace German striker Oliver Bierhoff in a sensational bid to boost their firepower.  more...

More to Rupert than meets the eye . . .

AS a football pundit with a media-friendly knockout punch, I guess I'm about as popular as greenfly at the Chelsea Flower Show.  more...

Forfeit fears spur on Charlton

SIMON CHARLTON is delighted to see Saints struggling for Premiership goals this season - given Bolton's bizarre "bonus" scheme.  more...

ALLBACK DEAL NOT OVER YET

Saints will today try to salvage their move for Swedish striker Marcus Allback after their initial bid was turned down by Heerenveen.  more...

Wigley's selection headaches

AS FIRST team regulars have returned from injury, Saints' squad has suddenly started to seem quite deep again.  more...

Saints so quick off the mark

SAINTS scored possibly the fastest goal ever at St Mary's as the reserves defeated Chelsea 2-0 last night.  more...

Crouch's `don't forget me plea'

PETER CROUCH hopes his brace for the reserves last night will give Steve Wigley a selection headache going into this weekend's crunch match at Norwich.  more...

BLACKBURN 1 - SAINTS 0

THE SPINE of any football team is easily the most important part and, despite losing this match, Saints will take heart that theirs is still one of the best around.  more...

Trojans look in mood to capture the title

TWO matches to go - and Trojans are within touching distance of a place among the elite of England Women's hockey next season.  more...

Anxious wait for Premier pair

SOUTH PREMIER League pair City of Portsmouth and Fareham, are awaiting their fate - either to go up, or stay up!  more...

Campbell collects Hampshire trophy

TROJANS have been formally crowned Hampshire League, Division 1 champions after finishing the season a massive nine points ahead of Wimborne Wayfarers, their nearest rivals.  more...

Women's Hockey: Trojans hoping for big night in Bradford!

TROJANS are on the brink of a memorable English Hockey League championship triumph.  more...

Draw good enough for Trojan women

TROJANS will be crowned English Hockey League Women's champions if they draw their final match of the season at bottom of the table Bradford on Saturday.  more...

Trojans crowned champions

TROJANS clinched the English Hockey Association Women's Division 1 title after forcing a 1-1 draw at relegated Bradford on Saturday.  more...

Men's Hockey: Fareham escape the drop

FAREHAM'S relegation fears are over. They will take their place in South Premier League, Division 1 next season after all.  more...

What's ahead for Trojans...

Trojans title winning girls are facing a massive step up in standards, but should be good enough to hold their own in the top flight of English Women's hockey next season.  more...

Peveril pride of county

Barton Peveril College's boys' team have taken top honours in the Hampshire Sixth Form College's Cup after beating Havant 3-1 in the final.  more...

Trojans back among elite

TROJANS are England Women's Hockey League, Division 1 champions - and are back among the country's Premier Division elite.  more...

Winchester rue missed opportunity

WINCHESTER were left to reflect on what might have been after being beaten 3-2 by Fareham in the Hampshire HA Cup semi-finals at King's School.  more...

City facing uphill battle

CITY OF PORTSMOUTH'S EHA National League hopes took a five-goal knock at Ipswich.  more...

Colin signs off with key penalty

Colin Bradbury celebrated his Fareham farewell in the best possible manner - by firing home the penalty that won the Bath Lane club Hampshire Hockey Association Cup!  more...

Opening day judged a winner

Mad For It's verdict on the first game at St Mary's.  more...

Now supporters have good grounds to smile!

IT was a new era for Saints fans, directors and staff and what a tremendous new beginning it is.   more...

It's a white out for the `Men In Black'

Saints fans were hoping it would be a case of the `Men In Black' killing off their opposition.   more...

Young fans getting a good deal

Saints are one step ahead when it comes to dealing with the young supporters of the club.   more...

Rosler proved he is a rotten tipster

JUST as the season got into full swing (or not as the case may for Saints supporters) it came to a halt at the weekend.  more...

After the Spurs loss, it's crunch time now

WE now have to wait another week for Saints' first league win of the season and it will, no doubt, be a long wait.  more...

What a win and I was home by 9.30pm!

WHAT a relief! When that ball went in the net on Saturday, you could tell how much it meant to the fans, the players and the coaching staff.   more...

LOOK-A-LIKE

Martin Jones, a mechanical engineer from Ashurst wrote to us to tell us how often he's mistaken for Saints striker James Beattie whilst out clubbing.   more...

SURFING THE NET

www.totalfootball.co.uk is my website of the week and is dedicated to the beautiful game.   more...

Could Bridge follow Deano to Spurs?

THE worst thing about not having a Premiership match on a Saturday or a Sunday is that you have no control over the position of your team.   more...

Meeting Big Bruv Brian made my day

THERE were four highlights from my day out to Teesside on Saturday.   more...

Let's make it a dream trilogy ...

THEY said "no-one could have scripted that" [1] . . . and I was there! Of course, I'm talking about when Matt Le Tissier scored the final ever Premiership goal at The Dell to beat Arsenal 3-2 at the end of last season.  more...

So-called `regulars' have no cause to perform

WE were all hoping it would be third time lucky at St Mary's for the Arsenal game when, at last, we would see a change in performance and result.  more...

This is worst Saints team for decade

ANOTHER week on and another poor performance by a Saints team which is beginning to look a little too weak for the Premiership.  more...

This is The Saints online match-reports

This is the Saints.co.uk - the Southern Daily Echo's special website dedicated to Southampton FC - will once again be publishing its full archive of match reports in the new season.  more...

SKELLEFTTEA 0 - SAINTS 5

ANDERS SVENSSON was the star of the show last night as Saints romped to a 5-0 win in Sweden - and he didn't even play.  more...

TP47 1 - SAINTS 4

Saints came from a goal behind to roll over TP47 of Finland 4-1 in the second game of their pre-season tour thanks to three headed second half goals and some wing wizardry from Fabrice Fernandes.  more...

BODENS BK 0 - SAINTS 1

THE SVENSSON'S finally took to the field together in red and white for the first time last night but the Swedish fans were left wanting more.  more...

Oxford United 3 Saints 3 (3 - 5 on Penalties)

Five out of five from the spot for Saints  more...

LUTON 3 - SAINTS 2

Saints slipped to their first pre-season defeat last night when Luton came from two goals down to win 3-2 at Kenilworth Road.  more...

EXETER CITY 1 - SAINTS 1

Simon Gilletts was Devon sent as he saved a scratch Southampton side from coming a cropper at Division 3 relegation candidates Exeter City.  more...

SAINTS 0 - MIDDLESBROUGH 0

EXCELLENT pace and a good body swerve sent the fans wild - and certainly brought extra tackle to St Mary's.  more...

LIVERPOOL 3 - SAINTS 0

In any football match, you are going to have periods where you are on top and periods where the opposition are.  more...

Swimming: City and Romsey clubs speedo ahead

CITY OF Southampton Swimming Club fought off tough opposition to finish second in the second round of the Speedo League at Bracknell.   more...

SAINTS 1 - CHELSEA 1

FABRICE FERNANDES was the St Mary's hero last night as he scored Saints' first goal of the season.  more...

Hockey: Trojans' `best' put to the test

IT'S SIX wins out of seven for Trojans - but now comes the crunch for the unbeaten Hampshire/Surrey Regional League leaders.  more...

SPURS 2 - SAINTS 1

Sometimes in football you don't get what you deserve.  more...

Cycling: Phillip gets the family bragging rights after starring role

PHILLIP GOUGH held off most of the field - and his family - in Sunday's Tatchbury Mount cyclo-cross race.  more...

SAINTS 1 - EVERTON 0

SOUTHAMPTON'S early season form turned full circle last night as they netted their first win of the Premiership campaign.  more...

WEST BROM 1 - SAINTS 0

A second-half goalkeeping error from Paul Jones left ten-man Saints still without a point on their travels this season as they lost 1-0 to West Brom.  more...

SAINTS 0 - CHARLTON 0

ANTTI NIEMI provided the highlight of a dull 0-0 draw between Saints and Charlton at St Mary's this afternoon.  more...

BOLTON 1 - SAINTS 1

GORDON STRACHAN shuffled his pack once again but didn't quite pull out the ace he was hoping for.  more...

SAINTS 6 - TRANMERE 1

BRETT ORMEROD became the first Saints striker to score from open play this season as his team romped to an emphatic thrashing of Tranmere.  more...

SAINTS 2 - MAN CITY 0

KEVIN KEEGAN'S first managerial visit to St Mary's must have revived memories of his playing days as Saints played some great football and dished out a comprehensive mauling.  more...

ASTON VILLA 0 - SAINTS 1

FOOTBALL'S god of coincidence was at it again - Gordon Strachan facing Stuart Gray, the man he replaced as Saints boss, exactly a year after replacing him.  more...

SAINTS 4 - FULHAM 2

JAMES BEATTIE hit the goal trail in dramatic fashion yesterday, sparking hopes for another of his famous scoring sprees.  more...

MAN UTD 2 - SAINTS 1

SOUTHAMPTON'S 2002 trip to Old Trafford will be remembered as entertaining, encouraging and comical - but ultimately heartbreaking.  more...

LIVERPOOL 3 - SAINTS 1

TO WIN football's major trophies these days you need more than 16 world class players, you need a whole squad bristling with talent.  more...

SAINTS 1 BLACKBURN 1

It's unusual to hear Gordon Strachan say he's lost for words, but anybody who was at Saturday's demolition of Blackburn will understand why.  more...

NEWCASTLE 2 - SAINTS 1

It was the same old story for Saints on Saturday - chances to win the match missed and ultimately rued.  more...

SAINTS 3 - ARSENAL 2

THERE'S just something about Saints v Arsenal 3-2 scorelines ... there's more magic in them than Harry Potter and Paul Daniels put together.  more...

WEST HAM 0 - SAINTS 1

FOOTBALL moves fast. It was a little over 13 months ago that Gordon Strachan watched from the stands as Saints lost 2-0 at Upton Park.  more...

SAINTS 2 - BIRMINGHAM 0

WHAT A DAY for Saints - three wins in a row, the Premiership's leading scorer playing up front and a leap to eighth in the table after 17 games.  more...

SAINTS 1 - NEWCASTLE 1

IF ANYBODY needed reminding why football is the best game in the world, they should be forced to sit down and watch a video of this match until they concede that it is.  more...

LEEDS 1 - SAINTS 1

SAINTS reached the halfway point of their season on Saturday and picked up another valuable point - but Gordon Strachan knows that the hard work is far from over.  more...

CHELSEA 0 - SAINTS 0

WHATEVER anybody might say about Saints, nobody can accuse them of not working to match whoever they are playing.  more...

SAINTS 2 - SUNDERLAND 1

ANY manager will tell you that records mean nothing in football, but Saints can afford themselves a little smile as they welcome in 2003.  more...

SAINTS 1 - TOTTENHAM 0

James beattie's 13th goal of the season was not only his best but also one of his most important.  more...

SAINTS 4 - SPURS 0

KEVIN KEEGAN described Manchester City's display at St Mary's this season as the worst since he has been manager. Graeme Souness described Blackburn's display at St Mary's this season as the worst since he has been manager. And on Saturday, Glenn Hoddle described Tottenham's display at St Mary's as the worst since he has been manager.  more...

MIDDLESBROUGH 2 - SAINTS 2

Referees have a tough job but you couldn't help but walk away from Saints' match on Saturday with a feeling of disappointment.  more...

SAINTS 0 - LIVERPOOL 1

It had to come to an end sometime. Saints' amazing run - unbeaten at home all season and ten games without defeat - couldn't go on forever.  more...

SAINTS 1 - MILLWALL 1

TALK about the romance of the cup - this was football's equivalent of Valentines Day.  more...

SUNDERLAND 0 - SAINTS 1

OFTEN the most forgettable of wins can be the most important.  more...

SAINTS 0 - MANCHESTER UTD 2

STATISTICS are everywhere in football but, when it comes to the crunch, all that really matters is the final score.  more...

MILLWALL 1 - SAINTS 2

IF THERE was one player who deserved to be a hero in this cup tie it was Matthew Oakley. The big question is - just how far can his talent take him?  more...

SAINTS 2 - NORWICH 0

SUDDENLY Cardiff doesn't seem so far away.  more...

EVERTON 2 - SAINTS 1

BATTLING for a European place on two fronts this late in the season is an unusual experience for Saints. It's one they want to repeat regularly, but they're finding it hard work.  more...

SAINTS 1 - WEST BROM 0

YOU'D HAVE NEEDED the concentration of a chess grand master to focus on Saturday's game against West Brom and not let your mind drift to the FA Cup.  more...

SAINTS 2 - WOLVES 0

SOMETIMES things happen in life that just make you think something's meant to be.  more...

FULHAM 2 - SAINTS 2

AM I DREAMING? Is there something wrong with my eyes or are Saints really becoming the most wonderfully bizarre team in the country?  more...

SAINTS 2 - ASTON VILLA 2

IT'S JUST as well referees are keen to add on injury time at the end of games - Saints' season could almost seem mundane without it.  more...

SAINTS 1 - WEST HAM 1

THERE WAS every danger of this match being the one that got in the way of the semi-final.  more...

SAINTS 2 - WATFORD 1

Occasionally in life things come along that you want so much it hurts - for Saints fans another FA Cup final is one of them.   more...

SAINTS 3 - LEEDS 2

PRIOR to important games, the legendary Hungarian side of Puskas apparently used to warm up against works teams in an effort to establish the patterns of play they would require for the major occasion.  more...

BIRMINGHAM 3 - SAINTS 2

EXCITEMENT seems to follow Saints wherever they go these days - unfortunately on this occasion they were on the receiving end of an entertaining turnaround.  more...

CHARLTON 2 - SAINTS 1

GORDON STRACHAN said after this game that if Saints are to move on a level in the league next year they need to win more games away from home - and the stats back him up.  more...

SAINTS 0 - BOLTON 0

SAINTS fans turned up in buoyant mood to cheer their team off to Cardiff in the last St Mary's match before the FA Cup final but went home more muted than they had hoped.  more...

ARSENAL 6 - SAINTS 1

THIS MATCH was billed as a dress rehearsal for Cardiff - let's hope not.  more...

MANCHESTER CITY 0 - SAINTS 1

AFTER 38 hard fought matches, the perceived success of Saints' league campaign rested on one game - thankfully for them they won it.  more...

FA CUP FINAL: ARSENAL 1 - SAINTS 0

HISTORY will forever record that the 2003 FA Cup was won by Arsenal - but the magical legacy it has left in Southampton will never be forgotten.  more...

ABERDEEN 2 - SAINTS 0

Saints boss Gordon Strachan last night returned to Aberdeen, the club where he was a legend as player, and left an even bigger hero after the Dons defeated his FA Cup finalists.  more...

JONKOPING SODRA 0 - SAINTS 4

Saints kicked-off their preparations for the new season with a polished performance and a 4-0 win over Jonkoping Sodra.  more...

Tacticics see Morgan move down to three

MANAGER John Plomer has applied a little fine tuning to the Hampshire side for their next Middleton Cup match.  more...

Fleming Park add to Sports Centre woe

FLEMING PARK moved four points clear at the top of Championship 1 in the Southampton and District BA League with a 6-2 (81-65) victory over Sports Centre.  more...

Hampshire reach Top Four finals

JOHN KEAT came off the substitutes' bench at the last minute to help Hampshire reach the regional finals of the Top Four Championship.  more...

Line still on song

WENDY LINE may have retired from international bowling but she is still England class.  more...

Banister slide into the last four

BANISTER PARK are through to the Hampshire semi-finals of the Travelsphere English Women's BA National Club Championship for the first time.  more...

Hampshire have Wendy to thank

SOUTHAMPTON Women's skip Wendy Line scored a runaway 30-13 success to help Hampshire win their annual women's friendly against Middlesex 131-100 at West London Bowling Club.  more...

Ward still on course

PETER WARD stayed on course for Worthing in all four main disciplines by winning his latest singles and triples matches in the Hampshire championships.  more...

Old Green return to pole position

OLD GREEN emphasised their title credentials in the Southampton and District BA League with a crucial 7-1 (77-64) triumph over Fleming Park.  more...

Dorset put to the sword all over again

HAMPSHIRE women, who swept past Dorset in the double rink championship the previous week, handed out identical treatment to their neighbours in the Johns Trophy over six rinks.  more...

Disastrous defeat for Hampshire

HAMPSHIRE'S hopes of winning their Middleton Cup group were rocked in a disastrous 18-4 (148-106) defeat by Oxfordshire at Banbury.  more...

Determined Southampton bite back after two defeats

REIGNING champions Southampton women showed in their latest match, that although they have already lost twice this year, they are determined to retain the Southampton Women's League title.  more...

Ward falls to Hamilton in the Hampshire singles

PETER WARD is out of the Hampshire singles. Sports Centre's former county champion fell 21-17 at home to David Hamilton from Andover.  more...

Fleming Park go back to top

FLEMING Park returned to the top of Championship 1 in the Southampton and District League thanks to their own efforts - and a favour from Sports Centre.  more...

Southampton ladies win annual friendly

Southampton & District Women's Bowling Association had an exciting win over their north Hampshire counterparts in their annual friendly match held at Kingsclere Bowling Club.  more...

Pit stop haults Kaye's victory bid

CIRCUMSTANCES conspired to deny Hampshire's James Kaye a class win in the Britcar Endurance Series at Donington Park.  more...

Collard takes on top men

HAMPSHIRE'S former British Touring Car Independents champion Rob Collard takes on a new challenge in the Far East on Sunday.  more...

Xeros to heroes with superb win

SOUTHAMPTON'S Ricky Cole and co-driver Pete Le Bas finished the motor racing season on a high note, with a superb victory in the British Racing and Sports Car Club's Donington Open.  more...

Record entry in veterans event

VETERAN tennis players from across the south flocked to the Milford Tennis and Squash Club for their annual doubles tournament.  more...

Hampshire Club field young guns

YOUTH is leading the men's national title challenge this summer at Hampshire Tennis Club.  more...

City tennis youngsters find their feet

THE elitist image of tennis was dealt an overhead smash by David Lloyd Leisure last week when they staged a tournament for inner-city kids.  more...

Barrett stars but Hants miss out

A WILLIAM Barrett-inspired Hampshire tennis team missed out on promotion in the County Cup by the narrowest of margins.  more...

Tennis quartet in national debut

FOUR Southampton youngsters met some hot competition when they travelled to Liverpool to take part in an inner-city tournament.  more...

Racquets: Mac fan Mary credit to us all

MARY Cullen is living proof that sport is for all.  more...

Wilko backs local talent in clay series

HAMPSHIRE'S brightest tennis talent compete in the prestigious clay court summer series finals this weekend.  more...

Craig is the star of junior tournament

TENNIS players from 14 different countries took part in the 2002 Eastleigh Open Junior Tournament.  more...

Wylde's triumph an inspiration to deaf

JOSEPH Wylde's Plate-winning coup at the Deaf Tennis Championships in Wales has pointed the way ahead for Southampton youngsters.  more...

Winchester date for doubles

ENTRIES are now being accepted for the Hampshire Schools under-16 tennis doubles championships.  more...

Wimbledon 2002: Tomorrow Never Dies for comeback Krajicek

Former British number one Chris Wilkinson from Fair Oak knows a thing or two about the Wimbledon scene, having reached the third round there on four occasions. So Wilko is the perfect person to report for The Daily Echo on a daily basis during the two weeks of the tournament.  more...

Tennis: Radford back to best after an injury scare

TOP tennis prospect Lisa Radford is back to her best after coming through a winter injury scare.  more...

Point-To-Point: Busy Hackwood card to act as final qualifiers

HACKWOOD PARK near Basingstoke is the setting for the Hampshire Hunt point-to-point on April 14.   more...

Point-to-Point: Close finishes thrill the crowds despite firm going

FIRM going decimated the turn-out of runners at Hackwood Park near Basingstoke - two walkovers leaving only five races to be decided among 20 runners.   more...

Point-to-point:Double first for couple

IT MAY only have been a two-horse affair, but the men's open at Larkhill on Saturday was a race Clare Anthony and John Cornett will never for-get.  more...

Tony's got full licence

A NEW racing chapter opens for former Hampshire-based jockey Tony Charlton when he saddles his first runner as a trainer tomorrow.  more...

Dick Hern, one of horseracing's giants, dies

Training legend Dick Hern has died, aged 81.  more...

Balding to push on with his plans for a dream training site

TOBY Balding is taking his dream move to a state of the art yard to appeal.  more...

Royal winner for Elsworth as Duty Paid romps home

HAMPSHIRE trainer David Elsworth celebrated his 12th Royal Ascot winner when Duty Paid battled to a thrilling victory at the showpiece meeting on Saturday.  more...

Clipperton does the double after seven-year famine

AFTER so many disappointments Anthony and Valerie Hogarth are now experiencing the good times as racehorse owners.  more...

Jawhari takes Echo win

IT was very much a case of horses for courses when the favourite Jawhari held off a sustained challenge of the top weight Budelli to win the Daily Echo-sponsored apprentice race at sun-drenched Goodwood last night.  more...

Richard's luck is in as he clocks up race double

Hampshire-based Richard Thomas had the night of his life, riding a 168-1 double - the first of his career - at Salisbury's evening meeting.  more...

JONKOPING SODRA 0 - SAINTS 4

Saints kicked-off their preparations for the new season with a polished performance and a 4-0 win over Jonkoping Sodra.  more...

IFK VARNAMO 1 - SAINTS 2

Even the freak thunderstorm and torrential downpour which saw this game abandoned four minutes from the end couldn't dampen the thought that Saints need a new striker.  more...

HALMSTADS BK 2 - SAINTS 1

Saints boss Gordon Strachan wasn't at Halmstads last night to watch his side lose their final pre-season tour match 2-1, but the reports that have no doubt filtered back to him will contain mixed reviews.  more...

Reading 2 Saints 3

Midfield goals offer reason to be cheerful  more...

MILLWALL 2 - SAINTS 2

Fitz Hall scored his first goal for Saints yesterday as they battled out a 2-2 draw with Millwall in the August heat.  more...

REDS 2 - YELLOWS 3

THERE was no doubting the highlight for the 6,000-plus Saints fans who turned up at St Mary's for last night's inter-squad friendly.  more...

SAINTS 1 - PARMA 0

The heat took its toll as Saints finished off their pre-season friendly programme with an energy-sapping 1-0 win over Parma.  more...

LEICESTER 2 - SAINTS 2

Premiership openers can sometimes be a bit dull.   more...

SAINTS 0 - BIRMINGHAM 0

THE slogan on the matchday programme promised `Red Hot Saints', yet there was something rather sub-zero about much of Saturday's performance.  more...

LEEDS UNITED 0 SAINTS 0

Football teams can't always play brilliantly but the sign of a good one is that when they don't, they're still hard to beat. That's why Saints are a good team.  more...

SAINTS 1 - MANCHESTER UTD 0

It may not have had the excitement of the 6-3, it may not have had the shirt changing of the 3-1, it may not have had more than one goal but yesterday's 1-0 win was as special as any of Saints' famous home victories against Manchester United over the years.  more...

SAINTS 2 - WOLVES 0

AFTER beating Manchester United even another win can still feel like a comedown - but make no mistake, these three points against Wolves were probably more important.  more...

TOTTENHAM 1 - SAINTS 3

THIS WAS the day when Saints fans could finally bury their animosity for Glenn Hoddle, because this was the day Saints proved to him they are better off without him.  more...

UEFA CUP: SAINTS 1 - STEAUA 1

AT HALF-TIME last night the Happy Mondays were blaring out of the St Mary's PA system singing "You're twisting my melon, man." It seemed quite apt.  more...

SAINTS 0 - MIDDLESBROUGH 1

KEVIN PHILLIPS' dismissal will naturally attract the spotlight, but it should not deflect from what really ended Saints' unbeaten start to the season.  more...

NEWCASTLE 1 - SAINTS 0

IT was billed as the sorcerer versus the apprentice. And, with his 250th league goal and his sixth already this season, Alan Shearer proved he can still cast a spell over even the meanest of Premiership defences.  more...

STEAUA 1 - SAINTS 0

Southampton's first European adventure for 19 years came to an abrupt end last night.  more...

EVERTON 0 - SAINTS 0

IT WAS a case of close but no cigar once again as Saints always looked the more likely against Everton but again failed to find that killer touch.  more...

SAINTS 2 - BLACKBURN 0

THAT OLD footballing adage `a game of two halves' might well have been coined with this match in mind.  more...

CARLING CUP: BRISTOL CITY 0 - SAINTS 3

THERE WAS a distinct whiff of nostalgia in the air at Saints' Carling Cup win at Ashton Gate last night.  more...

SAINTS 0 - MANCHESTER CITY 2

THERE ARE several key things you need to do in order to hope to win a football match.  more...

SAINTS RES 1 - POMPEY RES 1

Everything was in place for the local derby - Saints in red and white, Pompey in blue, fans baying for a home win, Gordon and Harry in the stands - but this was most definitely the calm before the storm.  more...

BOLTON 0 - SAINTS 0

IF only Saints could add a Jay-Jay Okocha to their squad.  more...

SAINTS RES 4 - WATFORD RES 0

Saints reserves stung the Hornets with a powerful performance at Staplewood last night.  more...

Saints 0 - Chelsea 1

Changes in personnel, three attacking substitutions at once - a new way of playing or a final hurrah?  more...

ASTON VILLA 1 - SAINTS 0

GORDON Strachan may have committed his immediate future to Saints but he has some very serious problems to solve - most critically in midfield.  more...

SAINTS 2 - PORTSMOUTH 0

After seven long years without a derby, the south coast was keyed up for a real cracker - but in the end it was no contest.  more...

Drew Smith League: Jake's arrival prompts Palmer to go for the jugular - in 6-5 loss!

LEE PALMER of Wellow Res has had a magnificent week following the birth of his baby son Jake. He celebrated by scoring all five of his team's goals last weekend and dedicated to his son.   more...

SAINTS 3 - CHARLTON 2

FROM POSSIBLY the least inspiring team in the league to the most entertaining, it's been a funny old week for Saints.  more...

Wessex League: Ringwood chase promotion

IN Division 2 of the Wessex League, Ringwood Town put themselves in the promotion picture after they followed up Saturday's 4-0 demolition of former leaders Locks Heath with a 2-1 victory at Hythe & Dibden.  more...

LIVERPOOL 1 - SAINTS 2

THE RACE for the Barclaycard fourth place championship is hotting up - and Saints could win it.  more...

Mandaric confident of future

CHAIRMAN Milan Mandaric has secured the services of Velimir Zajec as executive director at Fratton Park.  more...

Ryman League: Davis comes up trumps for City

SALISBURY City breathed sighs of relief all round after easing their league worries with a 3-2 win at Tonbridge Angels last night.  more...

CARLING CUP: BOLTON 1 - SAINTS 0 (AET)

SAINTS almost pulled off a smash and grab raid at Bolton, but in the end their Cardiff return dream died.  more...

Russell Cotes Cup: Defender James is Eastleigh goal hero

WESSEX League Christchurch made Eastleigh fight every inch of the way for last night's 3-2 extra-time victory in the Russell Cotes Cup at Hurn Bridge.  more...

SAINTS 3 - POMPEY 0

CHRISTMAS is traditionally a time for turkey and stuffing. Yesterday at St Mary's Pompey played the part of the turkey and Saints duly gave them a stuffing.  more...

FULHAM 2 - SAINTS 0

CHRISTMAS cheer was rather short on the ground for Saints fans at Fulham yesterday. In fact they had nothing to cheer about.  more...

SAINTS 0 - ARSENAL 1

SOMETIMES it's not whether you lose but the manner in which you do it that can be most disappointing.  more...

FA CUP: SAINTS 0 - NEWCASTLE 3

IT MAY BE time for the January sales but Saints are desperately short of one thing money can't buy - confidence.  more...

SAINTS 0 - LEICESTER 0

AFTER last night's match, Losing My Religion by REM pumped out on the St Mary's PA. Perhaps it should have been Keep the Faith.  more...

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 - SAINTS 1

IN SOME ways, Gordon Strachan's announcement this week could lift a weight off his shoulders. If results continue like this, it could yet hasten his departure.  more...

SAINTS 2 - LEEDS 1

IF EVER proof was needed that there's not a lot to choose to between the bottom and the top of the Premiership this season, then this game was it.  more...

SAINTS 1 - BAYERN MUNICH 1

AS FAR as Saints legends go, they don't come any bigger than Ted Bates and Francis Benali.  more...

MAN UTD 3 - SAINTS 2

WHAT A GAME! At 1-0 United it was all over for Saints, at 2-0 United it was definitely all over, at 2-1 there was a slim chance, at 2-2 what was going on? At 3-2 United it was in the balance and, by full time, the score could have been anything.  more...

SAINTS 0 - FULHAM 0

KEVIN PHILLIPS is starting to produce the kind of displays Saints bought him for - and proving it's all about partnerships.  more...

ARSENAL 2 - SAINTS 0

WHOEVER takes over, whenever that may be, following in the footsteps of Gordon Strachan will surely be a double-edged sword.  more...

SAINTS 3 - EVERTON 3

STEVE WIGLEY'S first taste of Premiership management showed just what a fine line there is between success and failure.  more...

BLACKBURN 1 - SAINTS 1

WHETHER Steve Wigley is the Saints manager until the summer or a new man comes in soon, they need to get a few wins to stop a promising season slipping into obscurity.  more...

SAINTS 2 - LIVERPOOL 0

IT'S OFTEN said that the best football managers are the lucky ones. After this game you have to think Paul Sturrock could do very well at Saints.  more...

POMPEY 1 - SAINTS 0

PAUL Sturrock probably learned more about his players in 90 minutes yesterday than he has in three weeks on the training ground - and it's not all good.  more...

SAINTS 1 - SPURS 0

PAUL STURROCK could write a football manager's cookbook.  more...

Double birdie finish seals Blackey's card

MATT BLACKEY mounted an astonishing finish at Tour School to salvage his European Tour card.  more...

Cowes Week: Not a good ending for Robertson

Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson was back in the fray yesterday helming her sportsboat, the Cork 1720 sponsored by Skandia Life.  more...

Crews under starter's orders for the Fastnet

The Rolex Fastnet Race starting from Cowes on Sunday is set to feature some of the fastest and slickest boats in the racing world.  more...

Students sail to success in top French yacht race

A GROUP of students from the University of Southampton has scooped top honours in a prestigious yacht race around France.  more...

Fastnet fleet off to a flyer

SOME of the fastest racing yachts in the world gathered in a breezy Solent yesterday for the start of the classic Rolex Fastnet Race.  more...

GBR going all out

GBR Challenge will put out their strongest crews for the America's Cup Jubilee next week, as they get their first chance to assess the progress made in the past four months.  more...

World's best head for Cowes for the America's Jubilee

The world's sailing hotspots of San Diego, Hauraki Gulf and Rhode Island will be desolate this weekend as all eyes turn to Cowes for the start of the America's Cup Jubilee.  more...

Eure et Loir's the first to cross the line

The big boats started arriving in Plymouth on Tuesday but the overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet race will not be known until all have crossed the finish line and when the handicappers have logged all ratings.  more...

AMERICA'S CUP JUBILEE

Results from Monday's racing  more...

Solent is host to a spectacle

The Solent has been awash with billowing sails this week as 200 of the world's fastest, biggest and most historic racing yachts came together to create spectacular scenes that will be neither repeated nor forgotten for many years to come.  more...

Golding romps home in third place onboard Ecover

While Ellen Macarthur's Open 60 Kingfisher put in a convincing performance - without her - on the last leg of the EDS Atlantic Challenge to take the title, Southamp-ton's Mike Golding and his crew finished third on Ecover.  more...

Record entry geared for Cowes marathon

The most famous offshore powerboat race, the Honda Cowes Classic, takes place tomorrow with the world's fastest ocean-going mono-hulls race from Cowes to Torquay and back.  more...

Fanstone leads News Corp in Volvo Race bid

IN the absence of a British entry in the Volvo Ocean Race starting from Southampton in two weeks' time, race watchers will be forced to spread their attentions across the fleet to follow the fortunes of Hampshire's top yachtsmen and women.  more...

Bowditch brothers boost their reputation

Local anglers have been sampling some hectic sport along the Purbeck coastline.  more...

Chalkie way ahead after his slow start

HANSFORD's Chalkie White ran away with the sixth round of The Nigel Turner/ Thompsons Financial Planning Sunday Series on Longbridge.  more...

Eastleigh favourite to make next stage

Eastleigh Angling Club may just prove the stronger in the second round of the Reelcare Knockout Cup on Long-bridge on Sunday.  more...

Deathe remains clear of rivals at halfway

Southampton anglers continue to dominate the overall leader table of the ISAC open league with Steve Deathe leading the series at the midway point of the season with 21 points.  more...

Woodington a knock-out again

For the third year running Woodington Feeds have battled their way to the Reel Care Knockout Cup final.  more...

Keith bags a bass first

Some cracking bass have again been recorded, with Keith Passant heading to Southbourne where he landed his first-ever fish, a beauty that tipped the scales down to 11lb 8oz.  more...

Milford success for county anglers

Local anglers figured prominently during a Champion-of-Champions shore heat held along the Milford Shingle bank where smoothhound, black bream, wrasse, pout and gurnard supplied the action.   more...

Young anglers show how it is done

Eastleigh held the Inter Schools Angling Competition Teams of Four on Stoneham Lakes and despite Stoneham not fishing its best the young anglers showed how it was done.  more...

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SAINTS 3 - ESPANYOL 4

Saints' biggest home crowd for more than 19 years stood open-mouthed in wonder at the magnificence of their new stadium. Unfortunately the players joined them!  more...

LEEDS 2 - SAINTS 0

JUST about the only issue to stand out in black-and-white from this match was the respective kits.  more...

Southampton Titanic

Titanic Wireless Commemorative Group worldwide linkup

THE HEROIC actions of one of the ill-fated Titanic's radio operators are set to be commemorated in April.  more...

Frozen in time

A HISTORIC watch which stopped at exactly the time the illfated Titanic sank beneath the waves of the north Atlantic is expected to sell for around £25,000 when it is auctioned in Southampton in April.  more...

Widow to make Titanic tribute

THE WIDOW of a former Cunard White Star line chief engineer is set to make an emotional farewell to her husband next week when she scatters the ashes of her husband over the site where Titanic sank in the north Atlantic 90 years ago.  more...

Titanic anniversary marked by events

SOUTHAMPTON will mark the 90th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with five days of commemorative events.  more...

They all love the Titanic!

THE sinking of ill-fated liner Titanic is one of the 20th century's most enduring tragedies.  more...

Lucky to be alive

As Titanic slipped under to a watery grave beneath the Atlantic two Southampton seamen watched in horror. Keith Hamilton recalls their stories  more...

Personal effects

JOHN CONDIE explains why personal items from Titanic attract so much interest  more...

Did Titanic really sink?

The moment the "unsinkable" Titanic sank below the waves, a legend was born. Inevitably, with that legend came rumour, myth and speculation. Today, can anybody be sure they really know the true story of Titanic?  more...

A watery graveyard

Seventeen years ago the wreck of the ill-fated liner was discovered deep in the Atlantic. MALCOLM PRIOR looks at whether she should be left to rest in peace or raised up above the waves  more...

One family's loss at sea

There are many individual human stories that have survived the decades from the sinking of Titanic. Keith Hamilton recalls just three  more...

I survived the sinking of Titanic

She was only a tiny baby when Titanic sunk, but Millvina Dean lived to tell the tale and is now one of only four survivors still alive today. MALCOLM PRIOR spoke to her 90 years on  more...

All aboard the ship of dreams

The ill-fated ship of dreams was the wonder of her age, the ultimate in sea-going luxury. Keith Hamilton looks back at the White Star liner, Titanic  more...

Simple but moving Titanic tributes. . .

SOUTHAMPTON'S ill-fated liner Titanic will be remembered in a series of simple ceremonies as the city commemorates the 90th anniversary of the world's most famous shipping disaster on April 12.  more...

Survivor Milvina opens exhibition

BRITAIN'S only living survivor of the sinking of Titanic has opened an exhibition marking the 90th anniversary of the tragedy.  more...

Titanic watch is sold for £18,000

A GOLD watch that stopped the moment the world's most famous liner slipped beneath the waves fetched a staggering £18,000 at an auction of Titanic memorabilia held in Southampton.  more...

Memory of a tragic night

On the ninetieth anniversary of Southampton 's worst seafaring disaster we look back at how the tragic news of the Titanic was reported.  more...

Tears for victims of Titanic sinking

AN OPEN air commemorative service took place yesterday on the eve of the 90th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  more...

Moving tribute to Titanic disaster

TITANIC survivor Millvina Dean unveiled a plaque in Southampton yesterday to mark the 90th anniversary of the ship's sinking.  more...

The never ending story of Titanic

The tale of Southampton's ill-fated Titanic continues to cast its spell over the decades. Keith Hamilton looks at a new book on the White Star liner  more...

Court keeps sale ban on Titanic finds

A SOUTHAMPTON Titanic expert has welcomed a court ruling preventing an American firm from selling artefacts found aboard the sunken ship.  more...

Jacob turns back time on SS Shieldhall

SOUTHAMPTON schoolboy Jacob Tilley took his school project to a new dimension when he played an immigrant child on the Titanic for BBC2's Timewatch tonight.  more...

A slice of Titanic's history for auction

THE SERVICE record book of a Southampton Titanic crewman who survived the sinking of the ill-fated liner is expected to fetch up to £5,000 when it is auctioned by Sotheby's at the end of this month.  more...

Children of Titanic

Ninety years after Titanic's tragic maiden voyage, scientists are close to discovering the identity of `the unknown child'. ALI KEFFORD speaks exclusively to those involved and retells this heart-rending story...  more...

Titanic survivor dies

ONE of the last survivors of the Titanic has died aged 98.  more...

Titanic story of love rises to the surface

THE ill-fated Titanic has given up another secret in the shape of a unique postcard that hints of a potential romance between one of the liner's postal workers and the teenage daughter of a Southampton publican.  more...

Retelling of Titanic tragedy

NOTHING in Southampton's long sea-going history has captured imaginations more than the story of the ill-fated Titanic.  more...

The iceberg that sank the Titanic

THIS is the iceberg which sank Southampton's ill-fated liner, Titanic beginning a story that refuses to die even after 90 years.  more...

Titanic switch theory floated

Of all the seafaring stories linked to Southampton there is one that will never die as generation after generation continues to be fascinated by the ill-fated Titanic.  more...

Titanic baby test under fire

SOUTHAMPTON'S leading Titanic expert has criticised a project designed to solve one of the most enduring mysteries of the world's biggest shipwreck.  more...

How can they make fun of Titanic tragedy?

A HAMPSHIRE survivor of the Titanic disaster has slammed American manufacturers who have made a novelty inflatable slide based on the liner.  more...

Titanic medals go under the hammer

BIDDERS from around the world were today due to vie for a rare set of medals that once belonged to a man reputed to be the last person to have stepped off Titanic before the liner's ill-fated maiden voyage.  more...

Titanic link for auction medals

A SET of medals that once belonged to the last person to have stepped off the Titanic before the liner's doomed maiden voyage were sold at auction yesterday for £23,000.  more...

Brave Annie undeterred

BRAVE Annie Caton could not have picked a worse time to start working on ocean liners.  more...

Titanic baby gets a name

SCIENTISTS have solved the 90-year-old riddle of the identity of an infant who perished when the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton.  more...

Man who missed Titanic dies, 101

A PASSENGER who missed the Titanic's sailing from Southampton in 1912 has died at the age of 101 in America.  more...

Titanic rescue awards sell for £14,000

A GOLD watch and silver medal presented to a ship's engineer who helped rescue survivors after the sinking of the Titanic was sold for £14,100 at auction last night.  more...

Sign inspired by Titanic memory Disaster

A FORMER West End resident and crew member of White Star Line's Titanic has had a road named after him more than 90 years after he perished in a watery grave.  more...

Relics from Titanic's grave

A NEW exhibition of artefacts recovered from Southampton's most famous ship, the Titanic, goes on display at London's Science Museum this summer.  more...

New chapter in long-running Titanic saga

THERE are some stories from Southampton's past that just refuse to fade away, none more so than that of the ill-fated liner, Titanic.  more...

Take a deep breath: step aboard Titanic

SPECIAL tiny robotic camera pictures of the wreck of the Titanic will be featured in a keenly awaited new book on the famous sunken liner.  more...

Titanic relic expected to fetch £22K per foot

A section of the Titanic's famous Grand Staircase is expected to fetch up to £22,000 when it sells at auction.  more...

Hatband heading list of Titanic lots

THE fascination with a maritime tragedy that happened more than 90 years ago shows few signs of ending.  more...

Titanic ribbon nets £31,000

AN embroidered sailor's hat ribbon given as a souvenir to a young boy who survived the sinking of the Titanic has been sold for a record £31,000.  more...

Sunken treasure

People's fascination with Titanic, lost on her maiden voyage from Southampton in 1912, has never waned over the decades. Keith Hamilton looks at the latest photographs of the great liner beneath the waves...  more...

A Titanic undertaking

ONE of the largest models ever built of Titanic was on display at the annual British Titanic Society convention which took place at Southampton's Hilton Hotel in Chilworth.  more...

Millvina, meet our own little Millvina!

A YOUNG couple were so inspired by the story of the youngest survivor of the Titanic disaster that they have named their baby after her.  more...

Liner inspiration for food festival night

A PERIOD dinner attended by actors playing Titanic crew members will be held during a food festival in Eastleigh borough.  more...

It's your ticket to board Titanic

It is perhaps the best known of all Southampton stories. It tells of courage, sorrow, bravery and survival.  more...

Survivor Millvina tours new Titanic exhibition

One of only three living survivors of the Titanic disaster toured an exhibition of artefacts salvaged from the wreck of the ill-fated liner, describing the display as "fantastic".  more...

Row brews up over Titanic exhibition

A ROW has erupted over whether a Titanic exhibition, which has a convicted paedophile as its main contributor, should come to Southampton.  more...

City won't host show on Titanic

SOUTHAMPTON will not be playing host to an exhibition about Titanic in October.  more...

Titanic: Still making waves after 91 years

Why we remain enthralled by the sinking of the `unsinkable' liner that will be forever linked with her home port of Southampton...  more...

Memoirs tell final hours of Titanic

A MANUSCRIPT which describes the final hours of the Titanic, written by the most senior officer to survive the sinking, was being auctioned today.  more...

Titanic menu to fetch a record price

IN the Oscar-winning film Titanic he was the man who plucked Kate Winslet to safety from the freezing north Atlantic.   more...

It's your ticket to board Titanic

It is perhaps the best known of all Southampton stories. It tells of courage, sorrow, bravery and survival.  more...

The £20,000 bookmark

IT could be the most expensive bookmark in history.  more...

Titanic archive may earn £50,000 profit

A UNIQUE collection from the Titanic bought for just £102 last month is likely to fetch up to £50,000 at an auction.  more...

Shipwreck survivor

A CHILLING account of the sinking of the Titanic written by the highest ranking crewmember to survive the disaster has been revealed.  more...

Letter from Titanic passenger makes £13,000

A LETTER written by a Titanic passenger which was used as a bookmark for years was sold at auction yesterday for £13,000.  more...

Mutiny at White Star

LOCAL interest in the awful Titanic disaster is for the moment transferred to the sister of that ill-fated ship, the Olympic.   more...

WINCHESTER "TITANIC RELIEF FUND"

To the Editor of the Hampshire Chronicle...  more...

THE TITANIC DISATER

To the Editor of the Hampshire Chronicle...  more...

A LULLABY: APRIL 15th, 1912

Ye mourners, be strong, be strong! Sing them a lullaby-song! They gave-thy men so brave- Themselves in a glorious trying, now richa nd poor are lying, Engulphed in a common gave.  more...

BEREAVEMENTS IN THE CITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

The first intimation in Winchester of the sad news of the wreck of the liner Titanic was received at the office of the Hampshire Chronicle at 10.44 a.m. on Monday morning, the following being a copy of the Central News telegram posted in our window shortly afterwards:-   more...

PREVIOUS WRECKS: GREAT DISASTERS OF PAST TWENTY YEARS

The tragic fate of the Titanic naturally recalls other great disasters within memory. In the past twenty years the principal wrecks have been as follows:-   more...

FORECAST FULFILLED

How strangely imagination may anticipate history has seldom been more remarkably shown than in the disaster to the Titanic.   more...

RELIEF FUNDS

The Lord Mayor has opened a Mansion House fund for the relief of the sufferers from the disaster, which is being liberally contributed to. Among the earliest contributions received were sums of 500 guineas from King George and 250 guineas from Queen Mary. Queen Alexandra forwarded £200.   more...

UNIVERSAL SORROW.

The whole civilised world has been thrown into grief by the unparalleled disaster to the Titanic, and already this universal feeling has been expressed in a very striking way.   more...

TERRIBLE STORY TOLD BY CABLE

A Standard New York cablegram, dated New York, Tuesday, says:-   more...

WINCHESTER, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912

SOME OF THE LOST...  more...

The Hampshire Independent: A HUGE CALAMITY

The civilised world is suffering from the shock of a huge calamity, the sorrow attending which is brought home with particular force to our own town of Southampton.  more...

SCENES OF GRIEF IN LONDON

Throughout the whole of Tuesay London lived in an atmosphere of suspense waiting for the wireless messages which came through the air with their words of comfort or desolation, or, almost worst still, bringing neither the one nor the other, but leaving a sharper pain of gnawing anxiety in the hearts of those whose near and dear ones were on the doomed vessel.   more...

GLOOM IN SOUTHAMPTON

In Southampton people to the last moment clung to the hope that better news of the Titanic would be received, but on Tuesday afternoon the whole town was overcome with gloom.   more...

WINCHESTER, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912: WRECK OF THE TITANIC

A terrible disaster, unparalleled in the records of the sea, has overtaken the world's greatest ship, the White Star liner Titanic, which sailed from Southampton on Wednesday in last week on her maiden voyage to New York.   more...

April 20th 1912: WRECK OF THE TITANIC 1635 PERSONS DROWNED

Yesterday, after a most agonising suspence of four days, details of the loss of the great liner Titanic were received. The Carpathia, with 705 survivors, arrived at New York in the early hours of the morning.   more...

SOME FEATURES OF THE TITANC

The Titanic, build by Harland and Wolff, has the same dimensions as the Olympic, which was also in collision last autumn, the other vessel being the cruiser Hawke, her length being 832ft, and her breadth 92ft. Her gross tonnage is, however, 43,682 or 1004 tons greater than the Olympic, and 4394 more than the Mauretania.   more...

The arrival of the Titanic: from the Hampshire Independent Saturday April 6th 1912

Quietly and unostentatiously, without any blare of trumpets, the Titanic, the world's latest and biggest ship, steamed up the silent waters of the Solent and docked at Southampton at midnight on Wednesday, taking the same berth in the new wet dock that the Olympic occupied 12 hours before.  more...

Titanic's treasures

Young Frederick Sheath, his mind numbed by visions of hysteria, stepped into Lifeboat One where he joined a shivering woman in a silk kimono.  more...

UK signs up to Titanic treaty

AN agreement to protect the wreck of the Titanic as a memorial to the people who died when the ship sank, has been signed by the UK government.  more...

Townandcounty News

Pupils get active in aid of Pudsey

FUN and games were in store for pupils at Hamble Community Sports College, all hoping to raise more than £150 for Children in Need.  more...

Townandcounty Sport

Hockey - Hamble

HAMBLE, who entertain Winchester in a local derby at Satchells Lane on Saturday, will be watching the outcome of the Epsom-Trojans game with interest.  more...

Winchester News

Bar wins reprieve

Two city licensees have won a reprieve for their pub's late licence.  more...

Message sent out in farm fight

August 10th 1999: THE green pressure group formed to save Winchester's Barton Farm from potential housing development is looking for more supporters.   more...

Labour hits out at homes plan

October 6th 1999: WINCHESTER Labour councillors have branded plans for a huge housing estate north of Winchester as "vague, ill-considered and unjustified".   more...

New homes bombshell

October 9th 1999: PLANS to swamp Hampshire over the next 16 years with nearly 170,000 new homes have sent shock waves across the county.   more...

Groups divided over housing

November 19th 1999: CONTROVERSIAL plans to build more than 2,000 homes on the outskirts of Winchester have started to divide conservation groups.   more...

Rethink demanded over Barton Farm

November 26th 1999: A PUBLIC inquiry into contentious plans for 2,000 new homes on the outskirts of Winchester has been demanded by city Tories.   more...

Crowds march to save fields

March 6th 2000: HUNDREDS of greenfield campaigners fighting plans for massive house building marched through Winchester on Satur-day in one of the biggest demonstrations the city has ever seen.   more...

Battle to halt homes

January 25th 2001: HAMPSHIRE is today set for its biggest environmental battle since the protest over the M3 extension at Twyford Down, nearly a decade ago.   more...

Save country from homes

April 20th 2001: CAMPAIGNERS battling against plans for a huge new housing estate in Winchester took to the countryside to get their message across.   more...

Battlecry sounds for Barton Farm

April 26th 2001: Calling for 10,000 people to join the fight, Winchester's Save Barton Farm group is extending its campaign to stop the building of 2,000 houses.   more...

Barton Farm Group out in force

May 7th 2001: Supporters of the Save Barton Farm Group were out in force on Sunday.   more...

Barton Farm homes shock

June 28th 2001: Winchester city councillors are expected to choose land at Barton Farm, north of the city, to build 2,000 houses.   more...

Face up to Barton Farm

June 29th 2001: A panel of city councillors held back from recommending Barton Farm, north of Winchester, as the site where 2,000 houses could go.   more...

Planning pendulum swings back to Barton Farm

July 6th 2001: Barton Farm, north of Winchester, is back to centre stage as the place for 2,000 new homes.   more...

Claire Moriarty investigates - Part One

August 16th 2002: It's farmland versus bricks and mortar  more...

How will councils respond to Prescott's pressure

August 30th 2002: Claire Moriarty looks into the reasons why councils are obliged to identify land to accommodate new homes as she continues her series on the implications of building at Barton Farm, Winchester   more...

Be specific, council told

20th September 2002: Winchester City Council has been told that it must identify a specific site north of the city where houses could be built if needed.   more...

How would Winchester cope?

20th September 2002: Claire Moriarty continues her series on the pros and cons of building 2,000 homes at Barton Farm   more...

Spare us more urban sprawl

18th October 2002: Only 4% of Winchester district is urban, according to the current city council landscape assessment.   more...

November 22nd 2002: Cala Homes statement

Following the Chronicle series of features on the proposed building of 2,000 homes at Barton Farm, Winchester, the Chronicle has now invited some of the key players and figures to have their say. The first statement is from Cala Homes, prospective developers of Barton Farm.   more...

Save Barton Farm Group statement

29 November 2002: THE Chronicle continues its in-depth look at the planned development of the Barton Farm site, Winchester, with the building of up to 2,000 homes. Here Gavin Blackman of the Save Barton Farm Group gives his views. All the Chronicle's articles on Barton Farm can be found at www.thisishampshire.net/winchester   more...

3 January 2003: MP Mark Oaten's statement

As Winchester planners gear up to discuss the section of the district plan which deals with new communities, MP, Mark Oaten, gives his views on the possibility of building 2,000 homes at Barton Farm, north of the city   more...

Asbestos find puts engine off the boil

Steam preservation enthusiasts are hoping that the discovery of lethal asbestos in historic waterworks at Twyford, near Winchester, won't sound the death knell for an old friend.  more...

Residents win battle to roam

Campaigners have won their battle for the right to roam Bushfield Down, south of Winchester.  more...

Key worker homes in manor conversion

A few lucky firemen, police officers or teachers could be among the first residents of a new housing scheme in one of Winchester's grandest houses.  more...

Electronic Chronicle - Subscribe now for free trial period

The Hampshire Chronicle is now publishing an electronic version of the paper.  more...

Come dancing and support adventurer Laura

A young explorer from Chandler's Ford is organising a charity barn dance to raise funds for an expedition to Costa Rica and Nicaragua.  more...

Battle lines drawn at Barton Farm

The battle has begun to build 2,000 homes on farmland at the northern edge of Winchester.  more...

Fire service gets its fingers burnt in High Court trouncing

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service faces a bill which could run into millions after a High Court judge ruled that four firefighters, sacked over three years ago after allegations of bullying, must be reinstated.  more...

Smallest rise in 20 years, claims council leader

Council tax bills in Hampshire will rise faster than inflation again this year.  more...

  
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