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Southampton City Council criticised for paying £2,000 towards Rhino

SHE was one of the most eye-catching of the iconic beasts that captured the imagination of animallovers and tourists alike in Southampton this summer.




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Rare portrait of Titanic survivor unearthed

A RARE portrait of an early suffragette and Titanic survivor has been discovered by an auctioneer whose own ancestor shared a lifeboat with her after the liner sank.




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A small, corroded key for a locker on the Titanic has sold for £85,000 at auction

A small, corroded key for a locker on the Titanic has sold for £85,000 at auction.




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Winning design for Titanic memorial revealed at Titanic Society convention

THE WINNING design for a stained glass window to the Titanic crew who perish in the disaster has been revealed this weekend.




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New memorial to Titanic helmsman buried in unmarked grave

The family of the helmsman of the Titanic, whose final resting place was a mystery for decades, have now marked his grave with a headstone in Aberdeen.




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Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed - PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii U, 3DS

Handheld gamers are treated to an enjoyable on-track romp around the Sega world, in an effort to catch up with the race-leader Mario Kart.




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Scribblenauts Unlimited - Nintendo Wii U, 3DS, PC

Reviewed On: Wii U




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Dead Rising 4 - co-op mode revealed

Capcom have been demoing the four-player co-op mode for their upcoming zombie smasher, Dead Rising 4.




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Kodi: A quick guide to the media player that's taking the country by storm

Whether it's at home, at work, on the bus, in the pub or on social media, everybody is raving about Kodi and what it can do.




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Dark Souls Remastered pushed back on Switch

Bandai Namco announced today that the release of the Switch version of Dark Souls Remastered has been postponed.




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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Switch launch date revealed

Bethesda announced today that the Switch version of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will launch on Friday, June 29.




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11-11: Memories Retold announced with trailer

Bandai Namco announced they are collaborating with Aardman Studios and game studio DigixArt on WWI game 11-11: Memories Retold.




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Couple ordered to pay Nintendo £9.5m

A COUPLE from Arizona, USA, have been ordered to pay Nintendo £9.5m in damages for operating two websites which hosted pirated ROMs.




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Man awarded £15,000 by Valve for reporting bug

While testing a web application on the Steam developer site, Artem Moskowsky came across a bug that yielded strange results.




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NEWS: Final Fantasy XV release date revealed... ...Kind of.

According to a Gematsu report, Final Fantasy XV will see a worldwide release on September 30, 2016.




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Plan is postponed for lorry park on A31 near Winchester to cope with no-deal Brexit congestion

HAMPSHIRE civic chiefs have postponed their no-deal Brexit traffic plan after the UK was granted an extension.




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The Conservatives' Steve Brine holds Winchester but with majority slashed by Lib Dems Paul Ferguson

THE Liberal Democrats came close today to snatching Winchester and Chandler's Ford in what would have been a stunning victory.




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ELECTRIFIED AIR

Citroen C5 Aircross SUV Hybrid




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NHS 'track and trace' app: What you need to know - and how it works

A new app to show users if they've come into contact with someone with Covid-19 is being trialled this week.




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Visit Wales. Later: People urged to avoid all non-essential travel ahead of the bank holiday

PEOPLE in Wales are being asked to act responsibly and to avoid unnecessary travel until coronavirus restrictions have been lifted by the Welsh Government.




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14 gifts to send when the wedding is cancelled

Because yes, you should still get them a present.




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BREAKING: Let's Rock Southampton 2020 line up revealed

SYNTH pop legends OMD will headline Let's Rock Southampton 2020, it has been announced.




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Hat Fair 2020 cancelled amid spread of coronavirus

THE longest running festival of outdoor arts Hat Fair, which attracts nearly 100,000 people to Winchester each year, has been cancelled for 2020 amid coronavirus fears.




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The Daily echo joined Hampshire students who walked in the footsteps of World War One soldiers 100 years on since the conflict

IT was a personal journey for each and every one of them.




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The Daily Echo looks back 100 years at two local soldiers killed in action during World War One

AS the war in Europe continued apace, the daily reports of the Allies’ progress on the battlefronts were being forced to share the column inches of the newspaper with the reports and portraits of lost sons, whose lives had been claimed by the fighting, and were appearing with painful regularity.




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Family remembered as princess unveils war horse statue

THE unveiling of the war horse statue by Princess Anne in Romsey today has special family significance for Vera Blundell, from Ashurst, in the New Forest.




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Key naval battle at Jutland claimed 8,000 lives

IT was the biggest naval battle of the First World War and claimed the lives of no fewer than 8,000 men.




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Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, has opened the Spinnaker Quarter which contains new restaurants, Pho, HUBBOX and Cosy Club.

GUNWHARF Quays are celebrating the New Year by opening a new dining area.




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‘She had so much love to give her children’: Mum-of-five dies of cancer aged 33

TRIBUTES have been paid to a “passionate and loving” Southampton mum of five children who has died of cancer aged 33.




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Commuters urged to check temperatures to ease coronavirus lockdown

COMMUTERS could be asked to check their temperature before travelling under plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown being considered by the Government.




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West End resident rescued by emergency services using stretcher

A HAMPSHIRE resident has been rescued from their home by emergency services.




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Concerns raised over Southampton GP appointments drop due to coronavirus pandemic

SOUTHAMPTON GP surgeries have seen a significant drop in appointments due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.




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'Student nurses are owed huge thanks'

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.




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Hundreds take up the sporting challenge

WITH 70 activities at 16 venues there was plenty of chance to burn off the calories during Southampton’s 30-Minute Sportathon.




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Families invited to sports day

SPORTING challenges will take place at a family fun day to raise cash for charities.




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PHOTOS: The £1.5m secluded seven bed country house with floodlit tennis court and wine store

BOASTING a floodlit tennis court and wine store and set in 3.6 acres, this beautiful country house in the South Downs National Park could be yours for £1.5 million.




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Making HMRC a preferred creditor 'could hit small businesses'

MOVES to put HMRC near the head of the queue for money when businesses become insolvent could damage small businesses and the economy, it is claimed.




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TEDxSouthampton to take place in November

SOUTHAMPTON is set to get its own TEDx conference dedicated to “ideas worth spreading”.




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Hythe Ferry says it needs public cash to survive the Covid-19 crisis

A HAMPSHIRE ferry operator hit by the lockdown has launched a Crowdfunding campaign in a bid to keep the service afloat.




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REVIEW: The Jolly Sailor in Bursledon

IT may be hidden away but managers of a Hampshire pub say its location and its historicTV fame have made it a hotspot for tourists and locals alike.




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Echo editor lunches at luxurious No Man's Fort in the Solent - probably the world's most fascinating venue and hotel

The band played, the flags waved, and the beef was served. It was all very British.




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Southampton MP Alan Whitehead: 'The Brexit vote was too close to say I defied my constituents'

IN ONE of the most historic weeks in British history MPs voted in favour of triggering article 50 - Britain’s formal notification of our intention to leave the EU.




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Hampshire council considers new dog walking rules - will you be affected?

A Hampshire council is considering a rule change to lower the amount of dogs one person can walk in a public space.










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Flexible 3D printed ears for binaural audio capture

Sam (Corridor Digital) has been experimenting with 3D printing scans of his ears for binaural sound capture. He's using a pair of Sennheiser wireless lav mics inside the fake ear's canals. For a quick proof of concept experiment, this worked extremely well.