YOUNG motorcycle racing starlet Brody Crockford made a dramatic return to the British Junior Supersport series.

Hitman developers IO Interactive have made it clear that they intend for all seven episodes of their new stealth assassin game to be available "by the end of summer."

According to a Gematsu report, Final Fantasy XV will see a worldwide release on September 30, 2016.

It's been a long time coming, but Heavy Spectrum has finally announced the release date for Shadow of the Beast.

Tonight will see a livestream showcasing gameplay from upcoming Persona 5.

The colourful, cutesy aesthetics are enough to make a gamer vomit, whilst the complexity of the combat system could keep the most hardcore of role-players happily entertained for dozens of hours.

HAMPSHIRE civic chiefs are swinging their no-deal Brexit plans into action next week in case the UK crashes out of the EU on October 31.

HAMPSHIRE civic chiefs have postponed their no-deal Brexit traffic plan after the UK was granted an extension.

CITY bosses have reversed their decision to ban doormats from all council-owned properties in Southampton.

A NEW hotel has been included in revamped plans for a major city centre development, the Echo can reveal.

THIS election in Winchester is widely seen as the closest since 1997.

THE Liberal Democrats came close today to snatching Winchester and Chandler's Ford in what would have been a stunning victory.

CITY bosses are to crack down on lazy litterbugs by hitting them in the pocket.

MPs have called for urgent clarity and a plan to safeguard Hampshire jobs following the collapse of Southampton Airport's largest airline operator.

Citroen C5 Aircross SUV Hybrid

PEUGEOT calls its brand philosophy “unboring the future”.

A new app to show users if they've come into contact with someone with Covid-19 is being trialled this week.

PEOPLE in Wales are being asked to act responsibly and to avoid unnecessary travel until coronavirus restrictions have been lifted by the Welsh Government.

Kia adds another option to the Ceed range with this trendy XCeed SUV. Jonathan Crouch checks it out.

Mazda MX-30

Because yes, you should still get them a present.

ENVIRONMENT Secretary, George Eustice, says fast-food restaurants like KFC, McDonald's and Burger King can re-open for deliveries and take-aways, but stressed the need for safety and social distancing.

WE’VE come to respect Lexus as a brand that delivers comfort and refinement in luxurious cars.

A second win in three matches has given Romsey hope of avoiding the drop into the Hampshire League.

Lacklustre Fareham slipped to a third England Hockey West Conference defeat in four matches when Bristol-based Clifton Robinson lifted themselves off the league basement with a 2-1 win, their first of the campaign.

Window cleaner George Davey mopped up with four goals – all penalty corners - as Fareham seconds thrashed Hampshire/Surrey Regional Division 1 rivals Chichester 6-2 at Henry Cort.

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FORMER Trojans hockey star Alex Danson has reached a half-century of goals for Great Britain.

HOT shot Amy Sheehan has returned to her old Stoneham haunts to lead Trojans’ attack in the Investec England Hockey Western Conference.

TWO goals each by Craig Jeffrey and Micah Smithart, alongside a Ben Hibberd penalty stroke, swept Winchester to a 5-2 opening day win over ten-man Indian Gymkhana at Osterley in hockey's South Premier 1.

ENGLAND hockey star Alex Danson has revealed she is on the road to recovery after suffering a brain injury.

WICKHAM Festival chiefs have promised to top their best ever event next year.

THE biggest music festival in Hampshire is now under way.

TWO major festivals will bring tens of thousands of music lovers to Southampton on one day this weekend.

SOUTHAMPTON'S biggest and best free music festival is back.

SYNTH pop legends OMD will headline Let's Rock Southampton 2020, it has been announced.

AN all star line up of music greats has been unveiled for 2020 by Isle of Wight Festival bosses.

TICKETS go on sale this morning for an all star Isle of Wight Festival 2020.

A POPULAR festival is returning to Southampton after thousands of drum and bass lovers danced their hearts out at Docklands Festival last year.

THE longest running festival of outdoor arts Hat Fair, which attracts nearly 100,000 people to Winchester each year, has been cancelled for 2020 amid coronavirus fears.

WICKHAM Festival organisers are still hoping to go ahead with the 2020 event amid a host of other coronavirus cancellations to Hampshire events this summer.

IT was a personal journey for each and every one of them.

THE continued success of the Allied forces was being acknowledged on the pages of the Daily Echo 100 years ago this week following the latest communications from the various theatres of conflict across Europe.

AS the war in Europe continued apace, the daily reports of the Allies’ progress on the battlefronts were being forced to share the column inches of the newspaper with the reports and portraits of lost sons, whose lives had been claimed by the fighting, and were appearing with painful regularity.

THE unveiling of the war horse statue by Princess Anne in Romsey today has special family significance for Vera Blundell, from Ashurst, in the New Forest.

ROMSEY’S £86,000 tribute to horses that died in the Great War has been give royal approval.

IT was the biggest naval battle of the First World War and claimed the lives of no fewer than 8,000 men.

IT was a moving Hampshire tribute to remember those who died in the Battle of the Somme.

Author Hugh Sebag-Montefiore has written for the Daily Echo about the involvement of the Rifle Brigade, a Winchester-based regiment, on the first day of the battle of the Somme.

SEVEN war memorials in Hampshire are among hundreds to be listed in a bid to protect thousands of memorials by next year - marking the centenary of the end of the First World War.