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

In recent years, scores of pubs across Southampton have shut down.

THEY raced over obstacle courses, juggled about on drum races, strenuously made stakes, mended punctures and rode a furious musical chairs on motorcycles.

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.

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

A LADIES’ night of food and fashion raised £700 for a cancer charity.

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.

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

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.

SAINTS cannot afford many more missed opportunities if they are to survive this season.

THIS game was a stark reminder that ultimately no matter what the fans or administrators do off the pitch, it is the players on it who will decide the team’s fate this season.

IF EVER there was a game that typified Saints’ season and underlined just why they are where there are in the table, this was it.

PRESSURE or no pressure, relegation battle or title tilt, there are certain basics you need to achieve to win games of football.

WHATEVER the long term future may hold for Saints, they have given themselves short term hope.

FOOTBALLING miracles do sometimes happen, but the chances of Saints getting one to keep them up looks very slim indeed.

SOMEHOW the pitch invasion at the end of Saints’ 2-2 draw with Burnley rather summed up not only a woeful season but a miserable few years.

IT SEEMS very un- Saintslike, almost unnatural, to go into the last day of the season with nothing to play for.

A NUMBER of schools are closing across Hampshire amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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

A COUNCIL has announced schools across Hampshire will continue to support children throughout the Easter holidays in a bid to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

A LEARNING Support Tutor from Eastleigh has been shortlisted for a national innovation award.

AN EX-Barton Peveril student has been nominated for "Rookie of the Year" after playing football at an American college.

ONE of Hampshire's top independent preparatory schools has appointed a new headteacher.

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

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

FOOTBALL fans across Hampshire were left in utter misery after England lost 2-1 to Uruguay tonight.

SUBBUTEO-style kits are a top seller at a Hampshire fancy dress shop despite England's World Cup exit.

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.

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.

A FURTHER four people who have tested positive for coronavirus have died in Hampshire in the last 24 hours.

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

A MAN used homophobic slurs and threatened to "spread coronavirus" towards two Southampton police officers after he broke a window.

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

SOUTHAMPTON'S buzzing live music scene has always been criminally underrated in my humble opinion.

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

WELL I didn't see that one coming.

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!

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

A NEW public artwork for Southampton is a step closer.

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

St Mary's Stadium, Championship, Saturday September 10, 2011.

St Mary's Stadium, Championship, Saturday September 17, 2011.

St Mary's Stadium, Carling Cup third round, Wednesday September 21, 2011.

Turf Moor, Championship, Saturday September 24, 2011.

Cardiff City Stadium, Championship, Wednesday September 28, 2011.

St Mary's Stadium, Championship, Saturday October 1, 2011.