THE murder trial of a 30-year-old man from the Fawley area, which was due to begin at Winchester Crown Court today has been delayed until Wednesday Davina Harris died when fire swept through the upstairs part of her house at Ash Close on Hythe's Netley
GOSPORT gardeners wishing to know how to turn or mulch properly got advice first-hand at a recent gardening extravaganza. Expert Brian Kidd, well-known for his gardening programme on BBC Radio Solent and a regular newspaper columnist turned up to help
THE worst night of violence at Stonehenge in more than a decade ruined the final summer solstice celebration of the millennium today. As up to 1,000 revellers gathered to usher in sunrise on the longest day of the year, trouble flared at 2am when a length
The campaign to get road users on their bikes has proved almost too successful in Brockenhurst, where holidaymakers now have a choice of four cycle-hire outlets. Freewheeling competition has led rival firms to try and put a spoke in each other's wheels
A BUS service for Whiteley residents, threatened with the axe, has won a reprieve from Hampshire County Council. First Provincial proposed to withdraw the Whiteley section of the 76/76A bus service to and from Fareham because they felt it was not viable
EROTIC dancers performed simulated sex acts at the Southampton nightclub formerly owned by soccer ace Matt le Tissier, a court heard today. But the dancers did not realise undercover vice cops were among their clientele at Celebration Plaza, in Terminus
HAMPSHIRE Hawks could hardly expect to find themselves anywhere other than at the bottom of the CGU National League Division 1, after all, they spent their tine kicking their own in losing by three runs to Leicestershire Foxes. Perhaps it's something
SAINTS are fighting an increasingly tough battle to succeed on the field while they continue to build for the future off it. The club are boldly pushing forward into the new Millennium with a new 32,000 seater stadium now tantalisingly close to becoming
SAINTS are not even keeping pace with many of their Premiership rivals - despite increasing their season ticket prices by around 15 per cent. Chairman Rupert Lowe has stressed the admission charges are symptomatic of a general problem of exploding wages
TOTTON chef Gareth Brown was forced to put his Olympic ambitions on the back burner after suffering a bout of food poisoning during selection. The ambitious British Tae Kwon Do South competitor travelled to Darlington along with teammates Scott Bowers
ATHERLEY - plus guest - came within an ace of being British Isles women's fours champions at Belfast yesterday. Marlene Kemp was unable to travel to Ireland because of a broken ankle suffered earlier this year and under English Women's BA rules, her place
SANDI Jones (MBE) is well known to BBC Radio Solent listeners as the voice of the early morning news. She also presents her own show from 6.30am to 9am each Saturday. Born in Wiltshire, her memories of her father remain very special. "I had enormous affection
June is the month for roses and the five-acre garden at Manor Lodge, Crawley, near Winchester, is full of the scented summer flowers. First sight to greet the visitor is a spectacular Pauls Himalayan musk rose which tumbles its pink blossoms over a disused
IT'S only 50 miles from Southampton but it feels like another world. The county of West Sussex which is home to attractions as diverse as the Body Shop Tour to Butlins in Bognor Regis has loads to offer if you're after a short break that's just on your
MARWELL Zoo in Winchester may be best known for its animals but it has highlighted its historic links to the time of Henry VIII. The zoo has opened a herb garden near Marwell Hall, the home of the uncle of Jane Seymour, one of the king's six wives. Herbs
HE'S an old master - in every sense of the word. Painter and teacher Stuart Beck is finally retiring - at the age of 96. As an artist and illustrator, Stuart ranks with the best. Beck seascapes are on permanent display at the RNLI Museum in Poole, Dorset
ROVER has heralded the start of a new era with the launch of a new garage in Southampton and the unveiling of a new Rover model. Mann Egerton's new premises in The Avenue were opened by Rover managing director Jim Macdonald who hailed the dealership as
GIANNI DELMASSO, senior consultant to Posthouse hotels in the Southampton area, has received an award for 26 years service with Forte. He and his wife Hilary were guests of honour at London's Posthouse Regents Park for an award ceremony hosted by managing
BISHOPSTOKE schoolboy Robert Aftanas gave his head teacher a good ear-bashing and got a sympathetic hearing. The 11-year-old was among more than 400 pupils at Stoke Park Junior School who were allowed to make as much as noise as they wanted. The playground
FEW people can boast such long-standing service as Hampshire pensioner Margaret Cole, who was been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. The 65-year-old has spent the past 29 years working as a lollipop lady at Stanmore Primary School in
MILLIONAIRE Richard Branson has come to the aid of Hampshire scientists in their vital battle to find a child cancer cure with colleagues in North America. The Virgin Atlantic boss has agreed to fly all-important antibodies and drugs across the Atlantic
FAIRS could return to Southampton Common on bank holidays - if the city council can't find any other alternative. The council is to advertise for new operators to run events on the Common on bank holidays, after they refused to renew the licence for Coles
BASHLEY boast the Peter Cooper Volkswagen Southern League's only unbeaten record after the seventh round of matches. Their emphatic 68-run win over South Wilts coincided with a thumping 110-run defeat for Portsmouth - the only other previously undefeated
HAMPSHIRE'S Angela Newport finished seventh over 3,000 metres in the weekend's European Cup Super League in Paris. The Basingstoke & Mid-Hants athlete, better known by her maiden name of Davies, clocked 9 minutes 13.71 seconds in a race dominated
THOUSANDS of revellers partied the night away last weekend as students at Southampton University and Southampton Institute celebrated the end of another academic year by having a ball. All thoughts of the recently-completed exams were put aside as they
THEY sailed away to anywhere from Accra to Zanzibar and carried cargoes as different as bacon and bullion to ostrich feathers and onions. Southampton ships roamed the oceans of the world, their holds full of exotic produce as they voyaged from one far
WHEN it comes to hunting one Hampshire puss has decided it's easier to use her loaf. Mitzi's lack of killer instincts means she turns her nose up at normal cat prey like bugs, birds and mice and is more than happy to be left on the breadline. Owner Phil
