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Stories for 6 March 2004

Southampton Creative

Radio's the perfect medium to inspire

STEPHEN Boyce lives in Winchester. He has worked in theatre and for arts and heritage funding bodies.   more...

Southampton Leisure

Jungle star Andre is off to the seaside

TV's I'm a Celebrity star Peter Andre will be swapping the heat of the jungle for the slightly less hostile surroundings of Bournemouth this summer.  more...

Past era captured on camera

Keith Hamilton takes a look at a new book, which shows how the face of Hampshire has changed over the decades...  more...

The write way to do it

Chris Chambers describes getting published as "a bit like climbing a mountain with a whale and ten hippos strapped to your back - while trying to coax a particularly obstinate donkey to follow you."  more...

TOP TEN PAPERBACKS

This week's best-selling paperbacks supplied by Waterstone's for week ending 6 March.  more...

TOP TEN HARDBACKS

This week's best-selling hardbacks supplied by Waterstone's for week ending 6 March.   more...

The Terra-Cotta Dog - an Inspector Montalbano Mystery by Andrea Camilleri

INSPECTOR Montalbano is as everyday a commodity in Italy as pizza and pasta and now, for the first time, he is trying to emulate the export of his native cuisine to a British palate.  more...

Gregory Peck by Lynn Haney

WITH SOME justification, the film actor Gregory Peck was once described as "the handsomest man in the world".   more...

Southampton News

Make your mum's day with a picture

MUM'S the word - and the Daily Echo's Mother's Day Competition has certainly discovered that there is an artistic bunch of youngsters out there keen to put their mums at the top of the polls.  more...

Last chance to hail the heroes of Normandy

THERE will be fewer events than ten years ago - but the 60th anniversary of the allied landings in Normandy will have the added poignancy of probably marking Operation Overlord on a grand scale for the last time.  more...

My father should be honoured for Spitfire

BRITAIN should salute the designer of the legendary Spitfire with a posthumous award.  more...

Police accident tally sparking national review

POLICE vehicles in Hampshire were involved in more than TEN accidents a week, new figures have revealed.  more...

M-way mum has a speedy delivery

AS an officer in the Royal Navy's Mobile Aircraft Support Unit, Nigel Blewitt is more used to handling helicopters than babies.  more...

Man faces Giltinane murder charge

POLICE last night charged a man with murdering James Giltinane, who was found lying dead in a Southampton street.  more...

Can you help our boys live?

HUNDREDS of people are expected to turn out for a special event to help four Hampshire brothers who all have one of the world's rarest genetic defects.  more...

WIFE SEES HUSBAND PLUNGE FROM FERRY

A WOMAN watched in horror as her elderly husband plunged into the sea from a Hampshire ferry after complaining of feeling unwell.  more...

Southampton Shipping

Why Victoria's heading south

IT seems we can't get enough of life on the ocean wave these days as the UK goes cruise-crazy . . . and Southampton is anchored firmly in the middle of all the action.  more...

Bay watchers

Supporters and objectors are anxiously waiting for the decision on whether Southampton should be allowed to build a massive container port at Dibden...  more...

Dibden Bay - is it yes?

A HAMPSHIRE MP is today demanding answers from the government over whether the decision on controversial plans for a £600m container port at Dibden Bay has been made.  more...

Port user in plea to give Dibden Bay the go-ahead

One of the most influential names in the global containership industry is urging the construction of dockside terminals such as the controversial plans for Dibden Bay on Southampton Water.  more...

MP acts over hasty port move rumour

HAMPSHIRE MP Julian Lewis said it would be "outrageous" if the government approved proposals to build a £600m container port at Dibden Bay before a report on an alternative site is published.  more...

Bay verdict due in the summer

MINISTERS are unlikely to decide whether to approve controversial proposals to build a huge container port at scenic Dibden Bay until the summer, it has been hinted.  more...

DIBDEN BAY INQUIRY: DAYS 51-60

DAY 51: Call for termination of container scheme  more...

DIBDEN BAY INQUIRY: DAYS 61-70

DAY 61: ABP salmon stock donation derided  more...

DIBDEN BAY INQUIRY: DAYS 71-80

DAY 71: Totton wants £3m to limit impact  more...

DIBDEN BAY INQUIRY: DAYS 81-90

Day 81: Expert hits out over port light pollution  more...

DIBDEN BAY INQUIRY: DAYS 91-100

DAY 91: Expert hits out at port plans  more...

DIBDEN BAY INQUIRY: DAYS 101-110

DAY 101: Sleepless nights `unlikely'  more...

DIBDEN BAY INQUIRY: DAYS 111-120

DAY 111 - Complex condition discussed  more...

In Port

Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, roro, 0100, 201; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 25; NYK Phoenix, container, 1000, 207; Arabian Breeze, roro, 1130, 201; APL Pearl, container, am, 206  more...

Southampton Sport

Rowing: Joyce gets handpicked for Wessex

Budding young rower Paul Joyce recently made a significant breakthrough for Wessex when he was selected to train at the National Under-16 sculling camp.  more...

Paultons pull out plum knockout tie

Paultons have landed a plum home tie against 2002 winners South Wilts in the opening round of this summer's Southern Electric Cricket Knockout Cup.  more...

County contest brewing nicely

Renowned Horndean brewers George Gale & Co are backing the Hampshire section of the National Village Cricket KO.  more...

`Toddy' could be super sub

HARRY Redknapp has revealed that long-term knee injury victims Eddie Howe and Svetoslav Todorov are ready for first-team action - and could put one of them on the bench for tonight's FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal (6pm).  more...

  
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