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Stories for 22 September 2000

Andover News

Welcome home my son of a gun!

WELCOME home, son. Olympic hero Richard Faulds gets a hug from proud dad Bruce at Heathrow airport.  more...

Fareham,Hamble News

Cafe hit by fuel shortage

MILKSHAKES have been off the menu at a Hampshire cafe for the last week and a half - thanks to the fuel shortage.  more...

Hamble Business

SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

Today's arrivals and sailings  more...

Hampshire Business

TRAVEL POUND

Today's foreign exchange rates  more...

Hampshire News

For love of Karen

A GRIEVING husband is preparing to canoe around the Isle of Wight to raise funds for the charity that helped his dying wife.  more...

Hampshire Sport

MATTY WAITS IN THE WINGS

Matthew Le Tissier is hoping for his first Premiership start of the season after his starring role against Mansfield in midweek.  more...

Lymington,Hamble,Winchester Sport

Shirley sailing ahead in the chase for gold

Britain's sailing squad is reaping the rewards of four years of high intensity preparation with some outstanding early form at the Olympic Games in Sydney.  more...

New Forest Business

Good staff is the recipe

The Cloud Hotel at Brockenhurst has been named as a finalist in The Daily Telegraph/ Energis Customer Service Awards 2000.  more...

Southampton Business

Dimplex purchase

GLEN Dimplex, the world's largest manufacturer of electric heating products and owner of Southampton-based Dimplex, has acquired Faber, a gas heating business based in Holland.  more...

Southampton News

Cadets win fight for pal to stay

JUBILANT Army Cadets spent their drill night celebrating after hearing that their Lithuanian pal - threatened with deportation - has been allowed to stay.  more...

KNOCK IT DOWN AND START AGAIN

THE OWNERS of one of Southampton's top waterfront attractions have revealed how they would love to knock it down and start again.  more...

Boat Show info

Boat Show timetable  more...

Sailing on green wave

New green rules to help safeguard and maintain the South's fragile marine environment have been launched at the Southampton Boat Show.  more...

Child-harm training for Saints staff

FOOTBALL coaches are to receive specialist child protection training under a pioneering new scheme launched by Hampshire police.  more...

Southampton Sport

No tea party for Boston-bound BT Challengers

Crews in the BT Global Challenge, who left Southampton two weeks ago, are resisting the temptation to play a game of follow my leader.  more...

Southampton,Andover News

Pioneering Alzheimer's drug is launched

A NEW drug to combat Alzheimer's disease, derived from the common daffodil, pioneered in Southampton has been launched today.  more...

Southampton,Basingstoke Sport

An ex-Saint ponders a City return at 43

FORMER Saints defender Kevin Bond could be making a comeback in football with Salisbury City at the tender age of 43.  more...

Southampton,Romsey News

Mum died after routine surgery

A DEVOTED mother-of-three died of an "exotically rare" condition following routine surgery at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton.  more...

Southampton,West End Sport

Farewell to The County Ground

The County Ground was a sea of canvas last night as the biggest sporting dinner ever held in Southampton formally said goodbye to the home of Hampshire cricket for the past 115 years.  more...

Southampton,Winchester News

Looking back at the South

KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines  more...

Southampton,Winchester,Gosport,Andover Sport

Prebble seeks to justify scratch rating

ANDOVER course record holder, Richard Prebble (Team Clean Fresh Start) heads an entry of 68 for Sotonia Cycling Club's eleventh autumn 25 this Sunday.  more...

Totton News

Plea to vandals by war heroes

A heartfelt plea, "meet us and we'll talk" comes from the Totton and Eling Royal British Legion members after yobs ripped drainpipes from the walls and smashed a drain at their HQ just weeks after they spent thousands of pounds doing it up.  more...