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  • Sara joins chamber

    SARA Sullivan, a commercial law specialist with solicitors Blake Lapthorn, has been appointed honorary solicitor to the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Sara, based at the law firm's New Court commercial centre at

  • Simon's sailing by

    SIMON BREWER has moved from his job as sail-making shift supervisor for North Sails at Fareham to head up the service team at North's sail loft in Hamble. After eight years with North, he brings substantial sailmaking expertise to the Sailcare department

  • Sound of sweet moo-sic

    HAMPSHIRE'S Douglas Paterson has managed to plough two very different career paths. When he's not working on one of his dairy farms he's playing the viola in the Schubert Ensemble. Douglas, who lives in the village of Hunton, near Sutton Scotney, will

  • Get--a-Vindaloo @Shalimar.net

    NET A KORMA: Khalilur Rahman and his new website. IT'S the modern solution for anyone who needs a curry in a hurry. Dial up the Internet, select your meal, and have your steaming hot chicken madras, poppadums or cauliflower bhaji delivered to your doorstep

  • Rebirth of Wessex man

    THE decision to bestow the title of Earl and Countess of Wessex on Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones has perplexed some and delighted others. After all, Wessex, which stretched from Hampshire to Devon, ceased to exist when the descendants of King Alfred

  • End to Chaos

    CONTROVERSIAL plans to install traffic lights on the South's motorway slip roads have been unveiled today. But the scheme could spark motorway misery for thousands of drivers across the region, it has been warned. The new lights would be placed along

  • Storytime bridges generation gap

    THEY were using words to bridge the generation gap in a quiet coroner of Southampton yesterday. For the city's Bitterne Eastern Library was the setting for a special story time telling session. The listeners were a group of pre-school children and the

  • FA award recognises 62 years at The Dell

    TED BATES, affectionately known as 'Mr Southampton Football Club', had his outstanding service officially recognised at the annual meeting of the Hampshire Football Association. The Dell legend was at Eastleigh Football Club's Ten Acres ground to receive

  • Smith belongs at centre of things

    MIKE SMITH knows a thing or two about coaching - as track kings Todd Bennett, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black and Iwan Thomas would be the first to vouch. Small wonder then that the Thornhill-based sprint supremo who did so much for their careers was at the

  • Lovell to try his luck Stateside

    HAMPSHIRE PGA's new matchplay champion John Lovell is seeking fame and fortune across the Atlantic. After five years as club professional at Brokenhurst Manor, the 35-year-old Merseysider is packing his bags and heading for the USA where he will try and

  • Stubbs shares honours twice

    AFTER topping the Southern PGA order of merit for the last two years, Gary Stubbington is setting his sights on number one spot in the Hampshire PGA rankings. The Dummer club professional advanced his claims with a share of victory in two of the latest

  • War breeding civil hostilities

    "THEY couldn't hit an elephant at this dist" So went the last words of a Union general in the American Civil War while scrutinising the enemy. The war is being brought to life at Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, next month, with a spectacular clash between Confederate

  • AAnyone for tennis

    AA signs technician Paul Spurdens has helped produce some of the 400 AA signs that are guiding tennis fans to the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. The signs - all produced by Paul and his colleagues at the AA's work-shop at Lister Point, Basingstoke - took

  • QE2's mega-refit may have local spin-offs

    CUNARD'S multi-million pound face-lift for the liner, Queen Elizabeth 2 will be the most important work in the 30 year lifetime of the most famous pas-senger ship in the world. Although the news QE2 will undergo refit in Germany, not in its home port,

  • To the Island manor born

    THERE will soon be a new "lord and lady" of Arreton Manor on the Isle of Wight. One of the Island's most historic properties - a top tourist attraction - is being sold to a main-land couple for close to its asking price of £550,000. Retired shipping businessman

  • Children stamp their mark on the post office

    HOW do you get 130 children into a post office for one minute Well, quite easily, actually, as Twyford Primary School pupils at Winchester showed when they decided to give it a try. The school decided to cram into Twyford Post Office in Hazeley Road and

  • MPs greet bus-rail link service

    IT WAS all aboard for two Southampton MPs marking the start of a controversial new commuter line linking the Waterside to the city. Itchen MP John Denham and Southampton Test MP Dr Alan Whitehead were at the city's central station to greet the arrival

  • Millennium pay dilemma unresolved

    GOSPORT Borough Council is being asked to meet a massive millennium wage bill to keep key staff on duty while the rest of their council colleagues are out celebrating the new century. Unison - a union representing public sec-tor employees - has called

  • £300k sports hope for the inner city

    CHILDREN from one of Southampton's most deprived areas could benefit from a £300,000 sports ground if a lottery bid is successful. Leisure chiefs in Southampton are applying for lottery cash to put in a games area in Northumberland Avenue, Bevois Valley

  • Chelsea stating intentions

    THE £3million capture of France's World Cup winning captain Didier Deschamps is a further sign of Chelsea's intention to make a big impression in the Champions League. The 30-year-old midfielder is the latest name in an impressive cast list of internationals

  • Wetherall's on the verge

    SAINTS manager Dave Jones was today hoping to sort out personal terms with centre-back David Wetherall after agreeing a £2 million fee with Leeds. If the deal goes through it will equal the Southampton club record transfer fee paid for David Hirst 18