ECHO fishing correspondent Mark Simmonds landed his fifth Amazon Red Tail over 100 lb when taking Black Spot at 110 lb from Teak Trees, Chang Mai in Thailand.

A FORMER world champion angler from Hampshire has won a national award after inspiring hundreds of youngsters to aim for glory.

ONLY one game was played in the Wessex League on October 24, 1998 – the appalling weather made sure of that.

LOCAL sport will be bidding a sad farewell to Alan Frederick, doyen of Southampton Schools’ football for close on 60 years and popular bowls enthusiast, tomorrow.

A SOUTHAMPTON football team has scored big after being newly kitted out.

Hundreds of budding young footballers took part in Oakwood Youth FC's annual, six-a-side tournament at Test Park in Southampton.

AMBULANCE crews rushed to the scene of a football match in Hythe after a player was knocked unconscious.

BRITISH No 2 Heather Watson believes rising star Gabi Taylor deserves a Wimbledon wildcard.

GABI Taylor will make Hampshire tennis history when she makes her full Grand Slam debut tomorrow.

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

SIR Ian Botham believes Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove is more deserving of a knighthood than Sir Geoffrey Boycott.

JAMES Vince will interrupt his wedding weekend to find out who the rest of his Southern Brave teammates are.

HAMPSHIRE legend Gordon Greenidge has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year honours list.

CIVIC chiefs are being urged to approve plans to replace a redundant New Forest theatre with better facilities for sports teams.

HAMPSHIRE fast bowler Chris Wood has opened up about his long-running gambling addiction.

THESE pictures were snapped at a football tournament in Millbrook on November 7, 1999.

ROLAND Tilley pedalled his way to victory in the senior race of the Crabwood CC’s East Street Centre series around Hoglands Park, Southampton.

STOKE Park Infant School was built in 1988/89 to replace the Victorian building which became an infant school in 1958.

HE may have made his first on-screen appearance more than ninety years ago, but in 1989 he showed his happy face at Marks and Spencer, Southampton.

THE annual event was one which saw local residents flock to the streets to catch a glimpse of the colourful and humerous floats as they trundled down the road.

IT’S TIME for everyone connected with Saints to take stock, a deep breath and get ready for a massive few weeks.

A HAMPSHIRE charity has provided food for pupils entitled to free lunches during the school shutdown.

A COLLEGE in Eastleigh has ranked as the best in Hampshire and tenth nationally for student achievement rates.

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

Luis Suarez is set to learn his fate today as his lawyer claimed calls for the Uruguay striker to face a lengthy ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini were part of an Anglo-Italian conspiracy.

New Liverpool signing Adam Lallana believes England's World Cup failure will make him mentally tougher.

HE has found the purr-fect home thanks to some help from the Daily Echo.

A POLICE probe continues as part of efforts to catch a masked flasher.

SAFETY will come first in all plans for recovery in Hampshire, it has been revealed.

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.

A POPULAR Hampshire town market has began to make steps towards opening more stalls following their closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

JOBS are at risk at a well-known Hampshire engineering company.

Well, that's it, my career has reached a pinnacle and I can now retire.

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

A NEW digital publication will allow Hampshire Cultural Trust to keep its doors open online.

AN AWARD-winning folk singer is bringing music fans from across the world into her little Hampshire cottage with her weekly Facebook live concerts.

A NEW public artwork for Southampton is a step closer.

WICKHAM Festival organisers are still hoping to go ahead with the 2020 event amid a host of other coronavirus cancellations to Hampshire events this summer.

HAMPSHIRE's own Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls have announced the release of a new album, Live In Newcastle.

LIVE Art Local are set to ease Covid-19 isolation boredom with a series of free online creative workshops later this month.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a cool package that Switch owners and fans of the original WiiU release will not want to miss.

Dark Souls Remastered is the perfect opportunity to return to one of gaming’s most rewarding and memorable series.

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.

Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido is one of those games that is far more fun than it has any right to be.

If you missed it the first time around now is the perfect time to go on an adventure with Toad. 

PILOTS monitoring the stricken Hoegh Osaka in the Solent have been sent back to land as 75mph gales threaten to bear down on the region.

RESCUE crews are today weighing up whether to return to the stranded Hoegh Osaka before 75mph gales are set to hit the region.

DIVERS are today set to return to giant Hoegh Osaka transporter ship marooned in the Solent.

THE operation to pump water from the stricken Hoegh Osaka has begun.

A car carrier which was stranded next to a busy shipping lane could be towed back to port as early as Wednesday, according to the Marine and Coastguard Agency (MCA).