IT delivered the promised 'sparkle and shine' in spades.

JULIA Donaldson's beloved tale lends itself perfectly to a festive show with an appearance from Father Christmas and lots of lovely wintry scenes.

A CLOSE encounter with a menacing crocodile was not exactly what I had in mind for last night but, with panto, anything goes.

MORE than sixty years since his untimely death, the musical that celebrates the life of Buddy Holly is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

IT'S the ultimate fun bus.

TIMING is everything and the latest tour of We Will Rock You is certainly riding the revival wave created by last year's release of Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

MAMMA Mia the stage show and movie are now a phenomenon almost on the scale of the band whose music they celebrate.

AFC BOURNEMOUTH have completed the signing of flexible attacker Lys Mousset from French side Le Havre for an undisclosed fee understood to be in the region of 6.5million euros. The 20-year-old, who was reportedly on the radar of Arsenal, Spurs, Sunderland, Southampton, Copenhagen and Monaco, has signed a four-year deal at the Vitality Stadium. A product of the revered Le Havre Academy that brought through the likes of Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Lassana Diarra, Mousset scored 14 goals for the Ligue 2 outfit from wide and central attacking positions last season. Capped eight times at under-20 level by France, he appeared against England in the recent Toulon Tournament final and also attracted interest from Bristol City, Italian club Torino and Spanish top-flight side Sevilla. Mousset is Eddie Howe's third new arrival this summer following the permanent signing of midfielder Emerson Hyndman from Fulham and Nathan Ake's season-long loan from Chelsea.

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is fully committed to the club amid speculation of a move to Arsenal.

Sutton United's former Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell has no sympathy for Arsene Wenger following Arsenal's spectacular collapse against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Bournemouth have been fined £35,000 after accepting a charge from the Football Association for a breach of anti-doping rules.

STEVE Pomery and Dave Pool took an early lead in The Eastleigh Pairs Carp and Silvers League on Witherington Topmoor.

A HAMPSHRIE 12-year-old with cerebral palsy spent time with the captain of Southampton Football Club, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

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

Southampton's Gabi Taylor is in the Surbiton Trophy quarter-finals after a stunning win against GB teammate Heather Watson - and another victory today.

A father-son tennis double act from West Tytherley strutted their stuff on the big stage at the National Finals of the .

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

INTERVIEW: By Hilary Porter

JOFRA Archer will spearhead the Southern Braves attack alongside Chris Jordan when The Hundred begins next summer - and James Vince will also play for the Ageas Bowl-based franchise.

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

HAMPSHIRE all-rounder Liam Dawson will be playing for Southern Brave alongside Andre Russell, David Warner and Tymal Mills when The Hundred gets underway next summer.

Southern Brave will have the chance to add a wildcard signing before the inaugural edition of The Hundred.

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

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ALTHOUGH the city of Southampton emerged as winners of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight games on July 8, 1979, it was the district of the New Forest East who took the glory.

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

Cue sports have enjoyed a long life – stretching back to their inception in the 15th century.

PARENTS in Southampton were slapped with nearly 2,000 fines after their children missed school last year, new figures reveal.

COME on the Azzurri! That is the rallying cry from England fans across Hampshire.

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

AFTER more than a quarter of a century of record-breaking arena and stadium tours, Take That have now turned their attention to staging a musical phenomenon.

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

X FACTOR and Strictly Come Dancing have come to mean it's nearly time for Father Christmas to fall down the chimney of TV addicts.

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

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

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.

THE Hoegh Osaka could be fully repaired by next week.

THE Hoegh Osaka will return to Southampton's port today for the first time since becoming stranded in the Solent for 19 days.

AN UNDER-FIRE health trust has admitted it missed chances to intervene when a mentally ill Southampton man was in “crisis”.

IT'S only rock n roll, but I like it.

If your idea of a beauty regime is normally just a splash of water combined with a bit of soap when you're really making an effort, read on.

TWO visually impaired young Saints fans have been able to see their football heroes clearly for the first time.

THIS week I wanted to do something a bit different by revisiting two of my most memorable games since joining Saints back in 2016.

FORMER Saint Peter Crouch has revealed the "embarrassing" moment Theo Walcott and Nathan Dyer burst onto the scene.

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.

FOLLOWING that win against Bournemouth, I think you all know what came a few weeks later!

A major co-production between five leading regional theatres of The Merchant of Venice will open in Southampton this autumn.