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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

New Liverpool signing Adam Lallana believes England's World Cup failure will make him mentally tougher.

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

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

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

NO further deaths from coronavirus have been reported in Hampshire hospitals in the past 24 hours.

I have a really romantic view about taking my child to a festival. The reality is very different. We went to Let’s Rock last week. She is of course bored by the time we reach 2 metres past the entrance, but I persevere and blow up an air lounger which entertains her for approximately 5 seconds because she has her own personal bouncy castle. But, after she has fallen into 10 people and knocked over five drinks, it's time to put it away. This will carry on for approximately five hours while I try and drink a pint of cider and watch a band.

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 I didn't see that one coming.

By Hilary Porter

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

Superorganism “Superorganism”

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

AN AWARD-winning folk singer is bringing music fans from across the world into her little Hampshire cottage with her weekly Facebook live concerts.

A NEW public artwork for Southampton is a step closer.

LIVE Art Local are set to ease Covid-19 isolation boredom with a series of free online creative workshops later this month.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a cool package that Switch owners and fans of the original WiiU release will not want to miss.

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

If you ever wondered what Mad Max would be like if it were made by Disney then Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers is probably the closest you are going to get to it.

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

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

Playing Agony feels like penance for all your past gaming sins.

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.