A POPULAR festival is returning to Southampton after thousands of drum and bass lovers danced their hearts out at Docklands Festival last year.

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.

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.

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

THE continued success of the Allied forces was being acknowledged on the pages of the Daily Echo 100 years ago this week following the latest communications from the various theatres of conflict across Europe.

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.

A ROYAL is saddling up for the unveiling a hampshrie 's tribute to horses that died on the battlefield in the Great War.

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.

ROMSEY’S £86,000 tribute to horses that died in the Great War has been give royal approval.

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

IT was a moving Hampshire tribute to remember those who died in the Battle of the Somme.

Author Hugh Sebag-Montefiore has written for the Daily Echo about the involvement of the Rifle Brigade, a Winchester-based regiment, on the first day of the battle of the Somme.

SEVEN war memorials in Hampshire are among hundreds to be listed in a bid to protect thousands of memorials by next year - marking the centenary of the end of the First World War.

TALENTED Hampshire youngsters twisted and twirled as they took part in a special dance workshop.

A OUTDOOR trim trail to encourage Southampton residents to get fit has been launched at the city’s Sports Centre.

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

EATING five portions of fruit and vegetables a day was the message when children as young as six learned about eating healthily.

SHOPPERS can get free advice and information about healthier lifestyles at a special event at Southampton’s WestQuay Shopping Centre today.

MORE than 1,000 obese people have gone under the knife at a Southampton hospital – and lost a combined total of 51 tonnes.

OVERWEIGHT children can get fit and active for free as a Hampshire centre launches its specialist programme to tackle obesity in the county.

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

FREE mini-health checks and a cycle challenge will take place in Southampton to boost fitness levels in the city.

A GYM owner was today lobbying the Govern-ment to make gyms across the county cheaper for members.

PLANS for 182 new homes in Whiteley have been approved.

THIS exceptional country house on an exclusive private estate close to the River Hamble could be yours for £2.65 million.

THIS unique period property, set in rolling grounds and paddocks of nearly eight acres, is a rare find, having been owned by the same family for more than 40 years.

PALACE House on the outskirts of Bishop's Waltham enjoys stunning gardens and an intriguing medieval history.

THIS imposing eight bedroom family home of over 6,000 sq ft with a tennis court, guest lodge, annexe and grounds of more than five acres could be yours for just £2.65 million.

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.

The Old Parsonage is a handsome country house on the edge of Stockbridge with beautiful countryside views, a pool and tennis court. It's on the market for £2,150,000.

THIS fine country farmhouse in the New Forest is on the market for £2.25 million

THIS stunning Hampshire barn conversion with period charm and a side gate to one of the county's best golf clubs could be yours for less than £1.5 million.

AN EXQUISITE £2.5 million sanctuary originally built for the man who was the solicitor for the White Star Line during the Titanic enquiry, this 6,000 sq ft property is the only Test Valley home designed by the revered Arts and Crafts architect MH Baillie Scott.

Rachel Masker visits an oasis just a stone's throw from Winchester's busy city centre

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

LIKE Dorset many rush on past here to get somewhere else – but it’s an area well worth getting to know.

Omid Safi, professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke, knew that the months of April and May would be difficult for the Muslim community this year. Like Easter and Passover, the holy month of Ramadan will be celebrated much differently due to COVID-19’s ongoing social distancing restrictions.

Nursing homes are the source of more than 40% of North Carolina’s reported COVID-19 deaths so far. These facilities house some of our most vulnerable community members, many of whom need personal care — things like help going to the bathroom or brushing teeth. As of Tuesday, the data from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services shows that 48 nursing homes and 20 residential care facilities (which include adult and family care homes) have outbreaks .

“Writers write.” “Publish or perish.” Even without a global pandemic, writers face constant pressure to produce new material. But for the first-time novelist, publishing a book when bookstores are closed for browsing, signings and readers is particularly tough.

North Carolina lawmakers gaveled in Tuesday for a legislative session unlike any other — their first since the coronavirus pandemic hit the state.

When in-person classes were cancelled for the semester at Wake Forest University, Professor Justin Catanoso knew he would have to break some of his own rules.

As death tolls rise, new testing information surfaces and doctors race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, breaking news is not in short supply.

Can you do condom demonstration over Zoom? What about teaching comprehensive sexual education? In the midst of a pandemic, the answer is unclear. On this segment of Embodied, host Anita Rao talks with Elizabeth Finley about gaps in sex ed brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

The nation’s meat supply was declared ‘critical infrastructure’ by the White House Tuesday. The order detailed that ‘the closure of a single large beef processing facility can result in the loss of over 10 million individual servings of beef in a single day.’

Former Vice President Joe Biden denies a sexual assault allegation by former Senate aide Tara Reade. The presumptive Democratic nominee spoke publicly about the allegation this morning for the first time.

Eleanor Spicer Rice spent her childhood fascinated by ants, flies, maggots, bones and other natural curiosities. Her family encouraged that inquisitiveness — her father would take her on walks in the swamps near their Goldsboro home, and her parents never told her the bugs that enchanted her were gross.

She did not expect to be the only person of color in a classroom, and certainly not as the teacher. Before she was elected mayor of Elizabeth City, Bettie J. Parker taught math for 33 years at the local high school.

North Carolina’s coastal counties draw millions of visitors each year with their scenic shorelines and festive events. Tourism is the primary economic driver in beach communities like Corolla, in Currituck County, but the coronavirus will prevent hotels, restaurants, vacation rentals and events from operating at full capacity this summer.

Stimulus checks are rolling into bank accounts across the country, but many have experienced confusion about when, and if, their portion of the $2 trillion economic relief package is coming.

The Carolina Times faces an uncertain future after its publisher Kenneth Edmonds died Saturday, May 2. His tenure at the historic black newspaper started when he was just 4 or 5 years old.