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A HAMPSHIRE Cricket League match will start at 8.30am on Saturday so players can watch England’s World Cup quarter-final against Sweden.

SEVENTEEN points separate the top five in Hampshire League County Division 1 – after the leading three sides crashed to defeat.

FORGET the fairytale, this is Cinderella for the 21st Century.

IT delivered the promised 'sparkle and shine' in spades.

MORE than sixty years since his untimely death, the musical that celebrates the life of Buddy Holly is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

TIMING is everything and the latest tour of We Will Rock You is certainly riding the revival wave created by last year's release of Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

MAMMA Mia the stage show and movie are now a phenomenon almost on the scale of the band whose music they celebrate.

HARRY Redknapp has “no doubt” Cherries will steer clear of trouble – and the club’s former boss says he admires Eddie Howe’s refusal to sacrifice his footballing principles as the survival battle hots up.

Bournemouth have been fined £35,000 after accepting a charge from the Football Association for a breach of anti-doping rules.

Orchard Xmas Match at Bashley produced the best weights in the various Xmas matches that took place at the weekend. Doug Wright took 61 lb 8 oz of carp to 9 lb dapping bread to the far bank on the pole early before switching to pole and maggot in the closing stages to win from peg 37. John Pole finished second from peg 16 with 51 lb of small carp to the far bank on pole and maggot. Others M.Rowe 49 lb 14 oz, N.Cornwell 44 lb 4 oz and N.Fox 42 lb 12 oz.

GABI Taylor has credited her new team for her improvement as she prepares to make her Fed Cup debut alongside Great Britain teammates Johanna Konta and Heather Watson.

A father-son tennis double act from West Tytherley strutted their stuff on the big stage at the National Finals of the .

NEARLY a decade since the last sell-out tour, Les Misérables is touring again and is back at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre.

Southern Brave will have the chance to add a wildcard signing before the inaugural edition of The Hundred.

In recent years, scores of pubs across Southampton have shut down.

THEY raced over obstacle courses, juggled about on drum races, strenuously made stakes, mended punctures and rode a furious musical chairs on motorcycles.

THIS game was a stark reminder that ultimately no matter what the fans or administrators do off the pitch, it is the players on it who will decide the team’s fate this season.

PRESSURE or no pressure, relegation battle or title tilt, there are certain basics you need to achieve to win games of football.

WHATEVER the long term future may hold for Saints, they have given themselves short term hope.

IT SEEMS very un- Saintslike, almost unnatural, to go into the last day of the season with nothing to play for.

A SOUTHAMPTON school has been using its specialist equipment to produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the NHS.

IT is the biggest game that England have played in years.

A MAN used homophobic slurs and threatened to "spread coronavirus" towards two Southampton police officers after he broke a window.

A DAILY Echo campaign calling on the government to scrap tuition fees for student nurses doing their part in the battle against coronavirus has been backed by civic chiefs.

WELL I didn't see that one coming.

X FACTOR and Strictly Come Dancing have come to mean it's nearly time for Father Christmas to fall down the chimney of TV addicts.

HE'S a snooker legend, get him in there!

If you ever wondered what Mad Max would be like if it were made by Disney then Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers is probably the closest you are going to get to it.

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is a love letter to the venerable franchise that both fans and newcomers alike will not want to miss.

St Mary's Stadium, Championship, Saturday September 10, 2011.

St. Mary's Stadium, Championship, Friday April 13, 2012.

London Road Stadium, Championship, Tuesday April 17, 2012.

Active Nation fitness coaches at Chamberlayne Leisure Centre are supporting the Daily Echo’s Staying Alive campaign, urging Sotonians to burn off those extra calories in a bid to battle killer diseases and illnesses.

HEALTH chiefs in Southampton have thrown their weight behind a national campaign to tackle lung cancer.

A POPULAR Southampton tea rooms will not reopen following the coronavirus crisis after becoming the latest victim of the pandemic.

A WOMAN has been banned from the road for drug driving.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a "much loved" mum of three who died after being hit by a car.

IT'S only rock n roll, but I like it.

MARIO Lemina wants to remain at Galatasaray beyond the end of the season.

THIS week I wanted to do something a bit different by revisiting two of my most memorable games since joining Saints back in 2016.

STUART Armstrong is starting to feel like he finally belongs in the Premier League.

SAINTS remain in support of Project Restart despite other clubs voicing their concerns.

WHEN Lesley Hamer's best friend Jackie Matthews died of breast cancer earlier this year she penned a moving tribute to her pal in the Daily Echo.

PINK paper messages on the runners' backs said it all - the moving tributes to those whose lives have been claimed by cancer and the celebrations of those who have triumphed over the disease.

TOWN crier John Melody is helping launch this year's Race For Life - afte revealing he is battling cancer himself

THE Olivier Award-nominated production of Singin’ in the Rain will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour in 2021, making a splash in Southampton next spring.

A CELEBRATED Guide and Scout show which was cancelled for the first time in 63 years was turned into an uplifting online video instead.

IF THERE was any hint of complacency about Saints before the weekend, it damn well had better have gone now.

THE GOOD times are back at St Mary's.