SHAREHOLDERS in Kingfisher, the parent company of Hampshire-based B&Q, have supported a takeover of supermarket giant Asda. At an extraordinary general meeting in London, investors voted in favour of the £6 billion deal, although most had already
WINCHESTER MP Mark Oaten has come under fire from green campaigners for supporting genetically-modified food crop experiments near the city. The Liberal Democrat visited Adas Bridgets research farm at Martyr Worthy two weeks ago to look at the crops being
THE FUTURE will be definitely not be Orange if Fareham residents have their way. More than 1,000 protesters have signed a petition against a planned 15-metre high telecommunications mast at Meon View Farm, Hill Head. And at least 100 letters of objection
MARK HUGHES could face the dilemma of choosing between the heat of Premiership battle or the fire of the Welsh dragon after admitting he would fancy the job as Wales' team manager. Hughes and fellow Welsh stalwart Neville Southall have been given caretaker
GIFT Of Gold's owners were equally happy to pick up a 5lb penalty as well as the winner's purse of £5,700 after landing the Southern Daily Echo Handicap at Goodwood. The four-year-old is entered for the Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot a week on Wednesday and
A TORRENTIAL downpour that flooded the Sports Centre green, halting play for 90 minutes, failed to dampen the Hampshire performance in their opening Middleton Cup group match against Isle of Wight. Peter Kemp's men romped to a 145-96 victory taking the
I'M LATE, I'm late for a very important date - Mad Hatters from all over Eastleigh gathered at the town's museum for a fun-filled day out. Children aged from as young as four years up to teenagers went to the museum to make mad hats and take part in the
THE long arms of the law reached out to families across the South as Hampshire police staged their biggest ever annual show. Thousands of people gathered at the force's training and support headquarters at Netley, braving heavy showers. Among the weekend
SOUTHAMPTON warehouse and distribution firm Meachers has boosted its business after joining a new national network of overnight delivery services. Meachers has joined forces with Pall-Ex, the largest hub and depot network in the country which provides
HAMPSHIRE-based Pegasus Airwave is looking forward to a prosperous future following a merger with a Kent company. Pegasus, based in Waterlooville, is a pressure sore care company and has merged with hospital bed specialists Egerton Hospital Equipment
A HAMPSHIRE hospital has launched an investigation after claims a hypodermic needle was left inside a baby during a routine check-up. Seventeen-month-old Casey-Jane Angel was taken to hospital after her mother Alison spotted blood spots in her nappy and
BUSINESS advisors from the South took time out from the rat race to present Matty Mole with a £10,000 cheque for the Rose Road Children's Appeal. Representatives from Ernst and Young handed over the massive cheque - more than double the amount raised
WE all moan when we're stuck in a jam. But when you consider there are 651,000 cars and vans in the county -not to mention the 112,000 other vehi-cles, it is no sur-prise there are problems on our 9,000km of roads. Yet the AA says the environmental impact
AN articulated lorry overturned and crashed into the Commercial Union building in Southampton city centre yesterday afternoon. The lorry blocked the bus lane near Queen's Terrace, forcing police to close the road. No one was injured as a result of the
LORD Montagu of Beaulieu is selling one of his most treasured paintings in a bid to raise more than £1 million for the National Motor Museum. Lord Montagu is hoping the painting will fetch a small fortune when it goes under the auctioneer's hammer at
BOTH the young and young-at-heart in a New Forest village are set to enjoy all sorts of fun after helping to secure major lottery funding for a new play area. The East Boldre School Fields Playing Trust has received £67,700 to help redevelop the village's
A HAMPSHIRE motorway is set to be used to pilot a controversial new electronic tolls scheme. The M3 has been identified as a test site for the government's project to help cut traffic on Britain's congested highways. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott
MIDWEEK storms may have threatened to blow the HMS Sultan show off course but 10,000 people still turned. Crowds at Gosport were entertained by demonstrations from The Flying Gunners and RN Raiders parachute team. Show director First Lieutenant Paul Cass
WELLOW & Plaitford were skittled for 50 and fell by nine wickets to Havant in just 7.2 overs in the only Peter Cooper Volkswagen Southern League match to survive Saturday's downpours. Havant won a dramatic race to beat the impending cloudburst after
KEVIN KEEGAN has just 48 hours to find the magic formula for England to grab a lifeline they once dreaded. When the Euro 2000 qualifying campaign kicked off a year ago, England were desperate to avoid going into the nerve-wracking lottery of the play-offs
HAMPSHIRE League chiefs were given a blooded nose by their member clubs at a lively annual meeting held in Romsey Town Hall on Saturday. The Hampshire League committee must now hastily convene an emergency meeting after clubs threw out the league's constitution
