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Hampshire | Archive | 2006 | July

Stories for 6 July 2006

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In search of the right deal

Southampton-based foursome Dead!Dead!Dead! seem to be coming to life as their debut single has started to prick up some influential ears. more...

Arts

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is a much loved family favourite. The Alan Bennett adaptation, first produced at the National Theatre, has a very special twist of humour that will appeal to adults as well as children. more...

Riverbank fun

It’s toil and trouble

Winchester Cathedral has programmed four open air theatre events into its summer calendar, starting with Shakespeare's Macbeth, performed last week by innovative theatre company, Illyria. more...

Business

Julian named MD of garden centre group

JULIAN Winfield has been promoted from retail operations director to MD of Haskins Garden Centres. more...

Business Magazine

Always looking forward

AS DOUG Morrison left school at 16 his mother's advice was to work in an organisation with the word Board' in the title the electricity board was top of the list. This, she said, was the route to a "safe" job. Instead her steer set him on a career path which would result in him becoming an influential player in a regional economy, board director of a FTSE 250 company and head of one the busiest ports in the UK. more...

A top 20 spot for Bond Pearce planners

HAMPSHIRE commercial law firm Bond Pearce has been ranked in an independent survey as having one of the top 20 planning teams in England, and the fourth largest in the country. more...

Five new partners celebrate tenth birthday

SOUTH coast law firm Warnergoodman Commercial has reinforced its commitment to growth with the appointment of five new partners. more...

In the wars for charity

PUTTING up with heavy rain, missing toenails and a colleague's snoring was all part of the adventure for 11 commercial property consultants during their 60-mile charity walking weekend around First World War battlefields. more...

Opportunity knocks for Davies

INDEPENDENT chartered accountants HWB, based at Chandler's Ford, has made another key appointment to its rapidly growing team. more...

Back at the beginning

It's always a treat to fall into an industry by accident, and then 17 years on still wake up every morning and enjoy it, but that's kind of what happened to me with radio. And it's never been more exciting for me than it is now building, from scratch, a new radio station in a new country. more...

A Taylor Made award

A FAMILY firm that began life 12 years ago after literally being formed on the hoof after a shock redundancy is the first-ever monthly winner of the Daily Echo/Jurys Inn Southampton Doing the Business Awards. more...

Business News

Contract means it's curtains for moths

HAMPSHIRE-BASED pest control firm Exosect has landed a deal to get its unique phero-mone technology into the vast Turkish market, where it will protect sultanas from moth infestations. more...

HMV charts plummeting sales

MUSIC and books retailer HMV reported plummeting sales this morning as it continued to struggle to compete with supermarkets and the internet. more...

Smiths £11.5m deal

HUNDREDS of Hampshire workers for Smiths Aerospace are celebrating today after winning an £11.5m deal to supply equipment to the army's cutting edge Future Lynx helicopter programme. more...

Charity News

Think lucky urges Trust

HAMPSHIRE charity the Jubilee Sailing Trust is looking for people in the region to think lucky next week as they are set to benefit from the online lottery Monday. more...

Cricket

Carberry eyes revenge on Surrey

Michael Carberry is hoping to knock his former Surrey teammates out of the Twenty20 Cup at The Rose Bowl tonight. more...

Easton to be showcased

Easton & Martyr Worthy cricketers are set to appear on Sky Sports' Cricket AM magazine programme on Saturday morning, from 9am onwards. more...

Havant hit by Loat’s injury

Havant's delight at getting a home draw in the ECB Cockspur Cup sixth round has been tempered by news that veteran left-arm spinner Phil Loat has broken his wrist in two places. more...

Fashion, Health And Beauty

Weeke salon gets its own makeover

Frances Anne Hair & Beauty, in Weeke, Winchester, has a chic new salon and therapy zone and a new director. more...

Football

Dyke released by City

SHAUN Dyke and Matt Bicknell, two of the heroes of Winchester City's 2004 FA Vase triumph, have been released by the newly-promoted Southern League club. more...

‘Tizer’ makes move to VT FC

VT FC have underlined their Sydenhams Premier ambitions by signing Eastleigh's pocket dynamo midfielder Tyronne Bowers. more...

Gardening

Out, damn spot and other seasonal afflictions

Roger Davies, of Wyevale Garden Centres, offers advice on how to deal with those summer pests and diseases more...

General Sport

Injured Amy misses out

SPEEDY Mountbatten schoolgirl Amy Matthews has been ruled out of the weekend's English Schools' Track & Field Championships. more...

FISHING - Monster eel one of the biggest yet

Eastleigh and District AC water lakeside at Eastleigh has produced one of the country's biggest eels a monster of 9lb. more...

BOWLS - Park topple the champs

BANISTER Park scored an excellent 38-35 victory against Bournemouth and District champions Boscombe Cliff in the EBA Two Fours competition. more...

TENNIS - High five for Hannah

IT WAS a perfect day for Hannah Crawford in the tennis finals of the Winchester Tennis and Squash Club. more...

BOWLS - Waterside hit buffers

WATERSIDE surrendered the only unbeaten record in the Championship leagues in startling style. more...

BOWLS - Saunders misses out on revenge mission

HAMPSHIRE have been forced to make a change for their revenge mission today against Devon in the Walker Cup. more...

In Port

Dock Movements

Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Montlhery, roro, 0545, 201; OCL New York, container, 0700, 205; NYK Antares, container, am, 206; Grand Benelux, roro, 1530, 105; Autoprestige, rro, 1730, 203; Autoline, roro, 2030, 201 more...

ALMOST 1,400 Southampton schoolchildren were suspended from classrooms last year, the Daily Echo can reveal. more...

Survey reveals Sotonians have the third largest mouths in the UK

IT'S official, South ampton residents have got big mouths! more...

Tap water tops our tipple taste test

WATER surprise. more...

Tap water tops our taste test

It is clean, fresh, easily available, costs next to nothing and has been voted the best in Southampton. more...

Church left with £30,000 vandalism bill

VANDALS have caused thousands of pounds damage to a Southampton's main church once again - the third time it has been targeted in five weeks. more...

Drive up for a movie beneath the stars

A FLAVOUR of 50s America could be coming to Southamp-ton. more...

Uganda bound

ELECTRONICS giant Philips Semiconductors has sponsored one of its Southampton-based employees on a mission to help people who don't even have electricity Department manager Simon Bramwell took part in a two-week housebuilding project organised by international charity Habitat for Humanity. more...

We’re backing campaign for babies’ safety

MUM Debbie Pearce and her six-month-old son Jake have added their backing to the Daily Echo Keep Them Safe campaign aimed at warning parents of the dangers of sleeping with their babies. more...

Art ambition blossoming for Joan, 91

NINETY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Joan Aubrey can still remember the precise moment as a girl that she realised she wanted to be an artist. more...

Art ambition blossoming for Joan, 91

NINETY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Joan Aubrey can still remember the precise moment as a girl that she realised she wanted to be an artist. more...

Two join board of new health body

THE FORMER chairman of Hampshire Ambulance Service and the former director of social services at Hampshire County Council are just two of the non-executive members of a new health authority. Tony Barron and Terry Butler will join Joe McLoone and Alyson Coates as the four new non-executive directors of the newly merged NHS South Central. more...

10,000 women have a challenge in Common

THE MEDICAL expert leading cancer research in Southampton has added his backing to the thousands of woman taking part in this year's Race for Life. more...

Gipsy Moth to resume global voyage

JUST months after hitting a South Pacific reef, the legendary yacht, Gipsy Moth IV will soon be continuing her round-the-world voyage. more...

News

Street festival is hot stuff for visitors

Winchester Hat Fair sweltered in the sunshine on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The event, which is Britain's largest street theatre festival, attracted thousands to the city as the temperature soared. more...

Soccer club pleads for return of stolen kit

THE coach of Sutton Scotney Junior Football Club has a message for thieves who broke into a pavilion on the recreation ground: "Give us back our kit!" more...

Pole star takes the title

THE new Miss Winchester, Sophie Childs, has been busy this week, preparing for the Miss England competition. Sophie, 21, took the title at Eastleigh's Concorde Club and is already perfecting her moves for the national pageant. more...

Street festival is hot stuff for visitors

Amnesty success

MORE than 90 bladed instruments, from hunting to kitchen knives, were handed in at Winchester police station during the knife amnesty. more...

Call for more donors to give the gift of life

A COUPLE from Littleton are urging people to support National Transplant Week so that others can benefit from the gift of life like their daughter did two years ago. more...

Neighbours fight ‘infill’ housing bid

TEN out of 11 homes in a Kings Worthy cul-de-sac could be knocked down to make way for scores of new houses and flats in a multi-million pound development. more...

Saints

Saints believe Wright-Phillips can provide the push for promotion

SAINTS today unveiled new signing Bradley Wright-Phillips who manager George Burley believes can provide the spark his side needs to be among the promotion front-runners this season. more...

Saints believe Wright-Phillips can provide the push for promotion

SAINTS today unveiled new signing Bradley Wright-Phillips who manager George Burley believes can provide the spark his side needs to be among the promotion front-runners this season. more...

Saints believe Wright-Phillips can provide the push for promotion

SAINTS today unveiled new signing Bradley Wright-Phillips who manager George Burley believes can provide the spark his side needs to be among the promotion front-runners this season. more...

Bale not off to Liverpool

Malcolm Elias has assured Saints he will not be tempting Gareth Bale, left, to Liverpool. more...

Searchline

Jeannie Hodkinson

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Kenneth Leal

kenneth@kenleal.plus.com comments My grandfather, Harry L Page lived in the cottages, Mousehole Lane, Millbrook. 1901 Census. more...

Shipping News

Ferry giant sets sail on £25m modernisation plan

FERRIES-to-holidays operator Wightlink is to undergo a £25m modernisation programme. more...

Sport

FOOTBALL: Charity match in Winchester - City and Spitfires set to warm up in Chronicle Cup

OLD RIVALS Winchester City and Eastleigh will meet next Wednesday (July 12) in the annual battle for the Hampshire Chronicle Cup. more...

FOOTBALL: Charity match in Winchester - City and Spitfires set to warm up in Chronicle Cup

OLD RIVALS Winchester City and Eastleigh will meet next Wednesday (July 12) in the annual battle for the Hampshire Chronicle Cup. more...

SAILING: Royal Southern Yacht Club hosts J80 national championships

A fleet of 19 boats, including visitors from Wales, the West Country and east coast, assembled at the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble for the 2006 J80 National Championships held from June 2224 but in the event it was local skipper and Royal Southern member Kevin Sproul who carried off the trophy. more...

CRICKET: Dramatic finale in Lapstone Park runfest

Southern Electric Premier League Division 3 Fair Oak (297 for 8) beat Easton & Martyr Worthy (296 for 8) by 1 run THEY'RE at it again! Fair Oak chalked up their sixth win of the season on a baking hot afternoon at Lapstone Park, and lived up to their reputation of taking it right to the wire before scraping home. more...

CRICKET: Dramatic finale in Lapstone Park runfest

Southern Electric Premier League Division 3. more...

FOOTBALL: Worthy girls win the World Cup!

Worthys Girls' Under 14s were successful in winning the Dorking World Cup six a side tournament last Saturday at Brockam near Dorking. Prior to the tournament Worthys were drawn as England, so the girls proudly turned out in their England kit. more...

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