A VILLAGE pre-school group based in the same hall for nearly 30 years fears it will be left out in the cold if council plans to close the venue go ahead. Organisers of the Holbury Pre-school Playgroup, which has been based at Holbury Village Hall since
SWEEPING redevelopment of a huge part of Winchester city centre will soon be put before local people. The city council has issued a report for public consultation stating how it would like to see the four-acre Broadway-Friarsgate area developed over the
WINCHESTER city councillors are moving with these electronic times. The Internet revolution has hit the council with 15 of the 55 members now hooked up to e-mail. In the latest list of addresses of councillors many have given for the first time their
A FAREHAM councillor has urged that a retained fire station scheduled to close must be kept open to serve the fast-growing Whiteley community. Jack Englefield says Hampshire Fire Authority must be informed of plans to build high-density housing at Whiteley
CAMPAIGNERS have pledged to help Southampton leaders explore options to retain a closure-threatened community swimming pool. Efforts to save the council-owned Frank Johnson pool, part of the Red Lodge School in Bassett, are bound up with a feasibility
TEAM Solent pole vault starlet Ashley Swain is on course to crack the magic five-metre barrier before the end of the season. Just a week after scaling new heights of 4.81 metres at the Hampshire Schools' Championships, the 18-year-old Peter Symonds College
TOP dogs from all over the country converged on Hampshire over the weekend as Southampton and District Canine Association staged its own version of Cruft's. Canine competitors came from as far afield as the Midlands, and leading judges from Scotland,
Two chairs that would grace any sitting room in Hampshire are go on sale next month. But if you want to rest your weary legs on these gold and blue beauties it could cost a cool £50,000. That's the staggering price tag on the 18th century armchairs and
TROUBLED Southampton nightspot Celebration Plaza could be back in business by the autumn. Owners of the club, formerly leased by soccer ace Matt le Tissier and comedian Mike Osman, hope to re-open at the end of the summer. The Terminus Terrace nightclub
EASTLEIGH traders are on "store wars" alert following news that the world's largest retailer could be set to take over a hypermarket on the edge of the railway town. A special meeting is scheduled for this evening to discuss a plan for managing the impact
AS the Disney Wonder cruise liner sails full steam ahead towards Southampton, two local women are counting down the days until the ship comes in. And they're not taking the Mickey. That's because Liz Shannon, 33, from Rownhams, and her friend Lisa Booth
RETIRING Hampshire police chief Sir John Hoddinnott has received an official thank you for his support of a crimebusting phoneline. The chief constable was presented with a special plaque from Southern Crimestoppers at a break-fast gathering last week
A TODDLER drowned and her baby sister was left fighting for her life after an horrific bathroom tragedy at their Hampshire home. The three-year-old girl and her one-year-old sister were in the bath when the incident happened. Emergency services raced
CHRIS WILKINSON fought one more courageous battle then dramatically drew down the curtain on his illustrious Wimbledon career. The British number three from Fair Oak announced after yesterday's first-round exit: "I'm quitting!" but insisted that his straights-sets
CHRIS WILKINSON was never in with a chance of victory against an inspired Gustavo Kuerten during his first-round Wimbledon exit on a strangely hushed Centre Court yesterday. The 6ft 3in Brazilian wielded a cud-gel of a forehand and a helicopter rotor
PAUL BULLEN blew the opposition away at the Hampshire Open Ten-pin Bowling Championship - winning not only the under-18s event but the men's open competition as well. The 18-year-old Applemore College student has been bowling for the past three years
HAMPSHIRE made a powerful start to a new-look county golf week with a crushing 7-3 victory over Oxfordshire in the first of their sub-divisional matches at Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, yesterday. Sue Gardiner's Hampshire team face four matches this week
IT'S not every day you beat the women's world 400 metres champion, but Melanie Purkiss is taking it all in her talented stride. The 20-year-old from North Baddesley left Australian golden girl Cathy Freeman trailing in her wake over 100 metres at the
BY waxing lyrical, four Bishopstoke pupils have chalked up a tree-mendous literary achievement. Stoke Park Infant scholars Joe Bennett, seven; Danica Claydon, five; Jessica Collings, six; and Emma Cox, seven, have won national recognition for writing
