A SOUTHAMPTON supermarket was evacuated after reports of a raid. Residents who were shopping at Sainsbury's in Lordshill tonight said it was about 6.45pm when they were told to leave the store. The Daily Echo understands that armed masked men
STRIKE action over redundancy concerns at a Southampton School, which was scheduled to take place this week, has been suspended. Members of the National Education Union at Valentine Primary School say they have come to an agreement with Southampton
Detectives investigating an assault on a 15-year-old boy in Havant have charged a man. It comes after officers were called to Woolston Road at 3.45pm on Friday 15 March, following reports that the boy had sustained a stab wound to his arm.
A SOUTHAMPTON kebab shop could scoop three winning titles as part of a national award which is taking place tonight. Uni Kebab in Burgess Road has been shortlisted for best regional kebab restaurant, best value restaurant and best customer satisfaction
BRIGHTON manager Chris Hughton wants his side to carry their FA Cup momentum into the match with Saints at the end of the month. The Seagulls beat Millwall on Sunday in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time
“BETHAN was my world and being her daddy made me so proud. I miss her so much.” Those are the words of a grieving father who spoke out today after his wife was jailed for life for murdering their three-year-old daughter. Bethan Colebourn was
Saints are interested in signing Bournemouth’s Tyrone Mings, according to a report in the Daily Mirror. Mings is currently on loan to Championship side Aston Villa until the end of the season after struggling for game time at the Cherries.
A FORMER science teacher has been jailed for at least 18 years after drowning her three-year-old daughter in a bath when her marriage broke down. Claire Colebourn was handed the life sentence with the minimum term on Monday at Winchester Crown
A WOMAN has been rushed to hospital after a crash in Southampton this morning. Police were called to Dale Road, Shirley, at 8.05am after a Ford Mustang hit a pedestrian and crashed into a wall. The woman was injured and taken to hospital.
James Ward-Prowse has received a belated call-up to the England squad. The Saints midfielder was controversially overlooked when Gareth Southgate last week named his squad for the upcoming for the Euro qualifiers against the Czech Republic and
THERE are just weeks until ABP Southampton Marathon 2019 gets underway. Once again the city will see 10,000 runners pound the streets in the marathon, half marathon, or 10k distance on May 5. Up to 30,000 spectators are expected to line the
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze at a Southampton tower block. Teams from St Mary's, Redbridge, Eastleigh, Botley, Southsea and Totton rushed to Castle House in Castle Way shortly after midnight last night. Two people were treated for smoke
A PERSON has died after being hit by a train on the railway line at a railway station last night. Police and paramedics were called to the scene shortly before 8.45pm. A spokesperson for the British Transport Police said: "We were called to
A HAMPSHIRE man has been jailed after a video surfaced of him beating a cockerel to death with a metal kebab skewer. James Goddard, of Mayles Close in Wickham, was found guilty in his absence of one offence of causing unnecessary suffering to the
A FORMER biology teacher is due to be sentenced today after being convicted of murdering her three-year-old daughter by drowning her in the bath following the breakdown of her marriage. Claire Colebourn, 36, did not react as the jury foreman read
POLICE have isseud a tough warning to anyone harbouring an on the robber missing in Southampton. A manhunt has been launched for violent robber Lincoln McLean who has gon on the run. Now officers have warned anyone sheltering the 28-year-old
A FISHERMAN sparked a bomb scare after pulling a Second World War device from a river in Southampton. Police officers and a bomb disposal squad rushed to Riverside Park in Bitterne Park just after 1pm yesterday after reports of what appeared to
ONE of Southampton's busiest roundabouts is to face four days of roadworks. Motorists will see one lane closed on Redbridge roundabout from next week. Due to drainage works the lane closure will be in place overnight from 8pm to 6am from Monday
A HAMPSHIRE councillor has called on the county authority to ban lorries from a residential road, after “thousands of pounds” worth of damage has been caused. This, Councillor Alan Dowden says, has come in the form of crushed bollards, smashed ‘
AN INQUEST has opened into the death of pensioner at the centre of a murder investigation. Winchester Coroner's Court heard Peter Dunnings was found dead at his home in Boundary Road, Bursledon, on December 3. Home Office forensic pathologist
PART of the M27 that was closed after a lorry crash has reopened. The motorway between junction 11 and junction 12 was closed shortly after 8.30am yesterday after a crash involving a lorry caused fuel to spill across the carriageway. Traffic
WITH just weeks to go before its planned introduction, new research suggests nearly one in five businesses above the VAT threshold still know little or nothing about Making Tax Digital (MTD), according to the British Chambers of Commerce. From April
IT was the golden age of both cinema and cruising, so how fitting the two things combined to create a truly golden experience. Not only was Kenneth More’s comedy, Next to No Time, partly shot on Queen Elizabeth but she was also the location for
A SOUTHAMPTON father who survived a stroke is to run 13 miles to rise money for charity. Father of six, John Shiner, 58, had a stroke in December last year but will be taking on the London Landmarks Half Marathon this month. The run will take
A NEW woodland area is being planted at Marwell Zoo as part of a groundbreaking initiative to provide a source of food for its animals and expand the native habitat for local wildlife. In collaboration with the Woodland Trust, Hampshire conservation
A LEADING healthcare scientist has warned that the profession is being “hamstrung” by lack of awareness and investment. Dr Jo Horne, who works at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS), is among the experts who help prevent,
SHE WAS born in the year the Titanic sank with the loss of 1,500 lives during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. But 107-year-old Irene Taylor still lives in her own home - thanks to a community alarm system which enables her to summon
A Southampton free school has revealed plans to build a new site in the heart of the city. Hope Community School confirmed today they had submitted a planning application to construct a fully-equipped, high tech modern site that will cater for 420
A SOUTHAMPTON grandmother has been left “devastated” after her allotment was torched by arsonists. Vivien Buckley, 62, from Shirley had her allotment on Borrowdale Road set alight. The shed on the plot was completely destroyed along with all
RESIDENTS are in uproar after plans have been lodged to turn a popular Fareham sports club into flats. The plans lodged by London and Cambridge Properties Ltd propose to change use of Stubbington Sports Club in Stubbington Green into nine flats.
SOME of us travelling on South Western Railway like to read quietly or to reflect or even to snooze. One in five of the carriages are clearly marked as “quiet zone”. The trains used to say ‘no phones in the quiet zone’. Now they just say ‘please
PLANS to fund a multi-million pound congestion-battling scheme on a busy Hampshire road have been approved by civic chiefs. Hampshire County Council’s transport boss Rob Humby gave the go-ahead to collate cash for the around-£13.5 million scheme
PLANS have been submitted to build a new floating home near Winchester. Produced by Winchester-based architects AR Design Studio, the plans for 'The Water Lily House' show the house would float on top of an disused Alresford reservoir that once
MATT Le Tissier has revealed he lost nearly two stone during the making Harry’s Heroes: The Full English, which will be on ITV for the next two nights. The Saints legend is amongst a group of former England players who are put through a rigorous
MATT Le Tissier has backed James Ward-Prowse to break his Saints free-kick record. Ward-Prowse's back-to-back free kicks against Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur mean he has now scored four to the 12 that Le Tissier netted during his career
A SOUTHAMPTON window cleaner was caught trying to burgle the home of a customer who had died two days earlier. Joshua Hill was attempting to break into her property when he was disturbed by a neighbour and fled empty handed, leaving his DNA on
A DEFENDANT says he went into “panic mode” and feared for his life before the man he is accused of murdering was stabbed. Charlie Cooper told Winchester Crown Court he was acting in self-defence as he thought he was about to be stabbed himself.
