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

A NEW drive to urge people to stack their shopping trollies with healthier foods could help tackle Southampton’s shocking premature death rates, an academic has said.

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.

A MAN who fell from a cruise ship and gouged his leg open on a propeller has been airlifted to hospital.

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

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.

RALPH Hasenhuttl admitted creating the SFC Playbook was a ‘huge project’ but it’s one that he hopes will benefit the club in the years to come.

Woodlands School prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Unexpected treat in store for girls in Race For Life

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.

THE largest producing community theatre in Europe is looking forward to a season of new plays in 2021.

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

THE Road Not Taken has been selected as the theme for a national playwriting festival to be launched in Hampshire this week.

If two words could sum up Saints' season they would be 'missed opportunities' - and, boy, did we see the most extreme example at Palace.

GENEROUS music lovers have secured the immediate future of an iconic Southampton music venue after a desperate plea for help over coronavirus cancellations.

A CYCLIST in his 80s has been found collapsed in a Hampshire road.

PRO-LEVEL tributes to Oasis, Queen and the Foo Fighters are to headline at a festival celebrating fakes in Southampton this weekend.

STEVE Claridge's Salisbury have completed the loan signing of pacy, young Saints winger Siphesihle Mdlalose.

BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY say they are “broken” following the death of co-assistant manager Chris Farrell earlier today.

ANDY Samuels is standing down as manager of Sydenhams Wessex One side Romsey Town at the end of the season.

Ryan Garner's return to the ring has been delayed by a month.

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

A HELICOPTER has launched over the Solent to rescue an injured sailor.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious incident.

South Coast surveying practice, Realest have been instructed alongside joint agents Lambert Smith Hampton to market The Director General’s House in Southampton. The iconic building which was given its name as the former residence of the Director General of the Ordnance Survey, is located at the head of London Road fronting The Avenue and Rockstone Place.

The South Coast Development Team at Savills has successfully sold Southbrook Rise, the former council offices in Southampton, with planning permission for 60 flats.

DEVELOPERS are planning to bulldoze a landmark hotel and replace it with up to 65 flats for the elderly, the Daily Echo can reveal.

DRIVERS are facing delays as a key Hampshire road closes for works.

NEW proposals are being put together for the first new railway station in Hampshire for 25 years, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Dream Records' We Are Leo collaborate with Elizabeth Grace on single

We’re headed out on a massive tour to celebrate 10 Years of Dada Land!

Simon and Garfunkel, Mitchell and Webb, Batman and Robin – some of the best things come from the power of two minds combined.

PLANNERS last night backed three major waterfront developments that are set to change the face of Southampton’s waterfront.

Vistas from Sydney to South Africa and Copenhagen to Canada could inspire Southampton’s own £450million Royal Pier development.

PLANS for a new £15m ferry terminal in Southampton's flagship Royal Pier development are set to go on display.

THIS is the vision for what a new ferry terminal in Southampton could look like.

RESIDENTS have had their first chance to have their say on major plans for a new ferry terminal on Southampton’s waterfront.

PLANS for the £450m redevelopment of Southampton's Royal Pier have taken a step forward after plans for a new ferry terminal were approved.

LEISURE bosses are today bracing themselves to make the next step towards the development of a huge, multi-million-pound, Las Vegas-style casino planned for Southampton.

EVER fancied being a shepherd in a steampunk environment, filled with perilous danger which wouldn’t be out of place in a Saw movie?

IT’S been three months since we were treated to the rip-roaring hilarity-fest which was the opening episode of Tales from the Borderlands. It’s been a long wait.

Like Frankenstein, the guys at Activision have breathed new life in to something that was otherwise dead.

Sir Ben Ainslie steered Land Rover BAR back to winning ways in the America's Cup Qualifiers on Tuesday by comfortably beating Sweden's Artemis Racing in Bermuda.

British sailor Alex Thomson is the early leader of one of the most famous French solo offshore races, La Route du Rhum: Destination Guadeloupe.

VENUES showing the upcoming Rugby World Cup Semi Final between England and New Zealand taking place on Saturday October 26 at 9am.

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

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

Sir Ben Ainslie has taken a major step towards winning the America's Cup.