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.

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.

Updates and chat as England take on Costa Rica in their final game of this year's World Cup

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.

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.

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.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious incident.

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

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

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.

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.

THE Eighties has never left our house.

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.

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.

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.

HAMPSHIRE's own Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls have announced the release of a new album, Live In Newcastle.

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.

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

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.

Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido is one of those games that is far more fun than it has any right to be.

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.

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

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.