IF you are looking for high quality, organic local meat, Hyden Farm Organic Meat and Poultry is a very good place to start.

SCRUMPTIOUS Preserves are handmade by Sarah Adamson in Woolston, Southampton.

TWO lucky families received an early Christmas present of unique New Forest Marque sausages this week made to their winning recipies.

HAMPSHIRE pork took on a Spanish flavour at a recent chorizo training session, held to help Hampshire pig farmers and pork producers to diversify into charcuterie products. The workshop was the first in a series of training events as part of the Prince’s Countryside Funded project, ‘Preserving the Hampshire Hog’ being run by Hampshire Fare The project aims to help local farmers add value to their meat at a time when market fluctuations can often mean a loss for every kg sold.

AHEAD of the annual Watercress Festival in Alresford later this month, new research has found that antioxidant-rich watercress, often labelled a super-food, can alleviate the natural stress put on our body by a workout.

It all started as a bit of banter over a few pints of not very good ale.

He has worked at some of the country’s top restaurants and is now impressing guests at Lainston House with his culinary talents. Head chef Phil Yeomans talks to Ed Stilliard

EVER fancied a banana split sausage or what about venison and chocolate?

The Berry Recruitment Group is a highly respected organisation based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and continues to expand, operating successfully from 34 locations nationally.

If you do not want to spend every day doing the same thing, we have just the job for you!

Job fair - Tuesday 19th September 10am - 3pm, O2 Guildhall Southampton

WITH just under a fortnight to go more companies are signing up to take part in the Echo Jobs fair.

WITH just a few days to go more companies are signing up to take part in the Daily Echo Jobs Fair.

EVEN from a young age he wanted to conquer the world of sailing.

THE Duke of Edinburgh has taken to the waters to watch Sir Ben Ainslie prepare in his bid to bring back the America's Cup to Britain for the first time in 165 years.

Although the house itself is no longer present, 51 College Street played a key role in something that intrigued many Titanic enthusiasts.

The Alliance Hotel is now known as The White Star Tavern, a bar and restaurant.

Sailors' Home is now a hostel run by the Salvation Army, however in 1912 it was home to many seafarers, some of whom had been raised from childhood with the intention of going to sea.

Generous Harvey White knew exactly how to tame the wild beasts that have charged into Southampton this summer - with an ice lolly.

PROVING that you are never too young to fall in love, this Hampshire toddler goes in for a kiss with his favourite rhino.

THEY may have charged out of the city, but now is your chance to keep the rhino legacy alive.

A NEVER-seen-before SOS telegram sent from the Titanic as it sank has come to light proving the doomed liner’s owners knew of the disaster unfolding - something they denied at the time.

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.

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

At almost 32 years-old Donkey Kong is still a regular star in many video-games, and a firm favourite amongst gamers

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

The Odeon cinema in Southampton is set to become a hive of entertainment for Final Fantasy fans.

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

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

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

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

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

British Touring Car Championship drivers have been meeting fans and signing autographs at Westquay shopping centre, Southampton, ahead of this weekend's races at Thruxton.

Brody Crockford has made his mark on the junior motorcycle road racing scene by finishing the 2017 season as runner-up in the Cool FAB Racing MiniGP70 British Championship.

MOTORCYCLE racing starlet Brody Crockford has already made his mark within the British SuperBike paddock with impressive performances in the Dickies British Junior Supersport championship.

Hitman developers IO Interactive have made it clear that they intend for all seven episodes of their new stealth assassin game to be available "by the end of summer."

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

It's been a long time coming, but Heavy Spectrum has finally announced the release date for Shadow of the Beast.

Dambuster's upcoming shooter Homefront: The Revolution is set to feature the daddy of all Easter eggs

Tonight will see a livestream showcasing gameplay from upcoming Persona 5.

The colourful, cutesy aesthetics are enough to make a gamer vomit, whilst the complexity of the combat system could keep the most hardcore of role-players happily entertained for dozens of hours.

HAMPSHIRE civic chiefs are swinging their no-deal Brexit plans into action next week in case the UK crashes out of the EU on October 31.

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

CITY bosses have reversed their decision to ban doormats from all council-owned properties in Southampton.

A NEW hotel has been included in revamped plans for a major city centre development, the Echo can reveal.

THE cost of dying in Eastleigh is about to shoot up.

MPs have called for urgent clarity and a plan to safeguard Hampshire jobs following the collapse of Southampton Airport's largest airline operator.

ENVIRONMENT Secretary, George Eustice, says fast-food restaurants like KFC, McDonald's and Burger King can re-open for deliveries and take-aways, but stressed the need for safety and social distancing.

A second win in three matches has given Romsey hope of avoiding the drop into the Hampshire League.

Lacklustre Fareham slipped to a third England Hockey West Conference defeat in four matches when Bristol-based Clifton Robinson lifted themselves off the league basement with a 2-1 win, their first of the campaign.