ECHO fishing correspondent Mark Simmonds landed his fifth Amazon Red Tail over 100 lb when taking Black Spot at 110 lb from Teak Trees, Chang Mai in Thailand.

A FORMER world champion angler from Hampshire has won a national award after inspiring hundreds of youngsters to aim for glory.

Hundreds of budding young footballers took part in Oakwood Youth FC's annual, six-a-side tournament at Test Park in Southampton.

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GABI Taylor lost in the quarter-finals of the Surbiton Trophy, but has a wildcard entry for a WTA international tournament in Nottingham next week.

BRITISH No 2 Heather Watson believes rising star Gabi Taylor deserves a Wimbledon wildcard.

Gabi Taylor put up a brave fight but her maiden senior Wimbledon outing ended in a three-set defeat to Eugenie Bouchard.

Totton & Eling Tennis Centre has celebrated its 15th birthday by winning a national award at Wimbledon.

SHE’S the woman behind such beloved creations as The Gruffalo, Zog and Stick Man.

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.

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.

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

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

STOKE Park Infant School was built in 1988/89 to replace the Victorian building which became an infant school in 1958.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

IT is the biggest game that England have played in years.

MOST of us will be watching the game from the comfort of our settees – but one young Hampshire boy will lead the Three Lions out in Brazil.

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.

A BRAZILIAN restaurant is set to bring the carnival atmosphere from the streets of Rio to the heart of Southampton as Brazil face Colombia in the quarter-finals of the World Cup tonight.

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

SAFETY will come first in all plans for recovery in Hampshire, it has been revealed.

A DAILY Echo campaign calling on the government to scrap tuition fees for student nurses doing their part in the battle against coronavirus has been backed by civic chiefs.

A POPULAR Hampshire town market has began to make steps towards opening more stalls following their closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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

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.

WELL I didn't see that one coming.

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

A NEW public artwork for Southampton is a step closer.

Packing all the content from previous releases the Switch version of Hyrule Warriors certainly is the definitive edition of the game.

Dark Souls Remastered is the perfect opportunity to return to one of gaming’s most rewarding and memorable series.

Poignant, creepy and incredibly compelling Little Nightmares is one of this generations most unnerving and intelligent horror titles.

Mario Tennis Aces is a welcome return to form for the long-running arcade sports series.

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is a love letter to the venerable franchise that both fans and newcomers alike will not want to miss.

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

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

Pumping of water from a car carrier stranded close to a busy shipping lane has completed as salvors prepare to tow the ship back to port.

SHE has been at the centre of one of the biggest and most dramatic rescue operations ever launched in the Solent.