AN Alresford couple are celebrating a milestone, 70 years of marriage this month.

SAINTS have had the ninth-highest amount of VAR reviews in home matches across Europe’s five major leagues.

MARIO Lemina wants to remain at Galatasaray beyond the end of the season.

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

STUART Armstrong is starting to feel like he finally belongs in the Premier League.

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.

FORMER Saints manager Ronald Koeman took to Twitter to thank everyone for their support after undergoing a heart procedure last Sunday.

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

Upper Shirley High School prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Valentine Primary prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Wellow Primary prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Wildern School prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Wordsworth Primary prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Colden Common Primary School prepares for this year's Rock Challenge.

Video from the first night of the Rock Challenge 2015.

Video from the second night of the Rock Challenge 2015.

Video from the third night of the Rock Challenge 2015.

WHEN Lesley Hamer's best friend Jackie Matthews died of breast cancer earlier this year she penned a moving tribute to her pal in the Daily Echo.

Hotel fitness team are working out and hoping to raise £300 for research

Unexpected treat in store for girls in Race For Life

THESE firefighters will be doing what they do best this Sunday - saving lives. But they will not be fighting any fires. Instead they are running 5km to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

AT just three years old, little Ellie Maddox is one of the youngest participants in this Sunday's Race for Life.

Ever wondered how your Race for Life money is used? On the eve of the Southampton race PAULA THOMPSON talks to the city scientist at the forefront of cancer research to find out.

RETIRED engineer Brian Cramp is a medical pioneer.

PINK paper messages on the runners' backs said it all - the moving tributes to those whose lives have been claimed by cancer and the celebrations of those who have triumphed over the disease.

TOWN crier John Melody is helping launch this year's Race For Life - afte revealing he is battling cancer himself

THOUSANDS of Hampshire women are preparing to take on cancer by entering Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Southampton in just two day’s time.

SCHOOL of Rock - The Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit, award-winning West End show, will go on a major UK Tour in 2021, and will come to Southampton in August., the Daily Echo can reveal.

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

BE prepared for a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On…

MAJOR opera and ballet shows due to take place at Mayflower Theatre this month have been cancelled.

FORMER Strictly Come Dancing champion Kevin Clifton is to star in the 2020/2021 UK & Ireland tour of Baz Luhrmann’s smash hit Strictly Ballroom The Musical, which comes to Mayflower Theatre next summer.

THE Olivier Award-nominated production of Singin’ in the Rain will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour in 2021, making a splash in Southampton next spring.

THE largest producing community theatre in Europe is looking forward to a season of new plays in 2021.

THEATRE lovers due to watch Jason Manford in Curtains the Musical in Southampton last week can get their fix as the show is streamed online for charity tonight.

A CELEBRATED Guide and Scout show which was cancelled for the first time in 63 years was turned into an uplifting online video instead.

THE Road Not Taken has been selected as the theme for a national playwriting festival to be launched in Hampshire this week.

IF THERE was any hint of complacency about Saints before the weekend, it damn well had better have gone now.

GOALS, goals,goals!

SAINTS first game at Turf Moor in 28 years ended with the same result as the last - a draw.

THE GOOD times are back at St Mary's.

You could not have blamed Dave Jones for wanting to punch Claus Lundekvam when the pair bumped into each other after the final whistle.

September 11, 2001. That is the only other time Saints have visited Brighton's makeshift Withdean Stadium.

IF THIS is a taste of what is to come for Saints under George Burley next season, then roll on August.

JUST a few short weeks ago it was pointed out to the Saints squad that plenty of them still had a lot to play for.

If two words could sum up Saints' season they would be 'missed opportunities' - and, boy, did we see the most extreme example at Palace.

THERE may well be many questions to be answered at Saints during the summer, but at least there is hope.

THE future of a much-loved Southampton band considered one of the rising stars of British indie pop is in doubt after music equipment worth thousands was stolen.

FRANK Turner's Hampshire homecoming gig this week has been cancelled due to the threat of Coronavirus.