IT'S all change for one Southampton company at the beginning of September when the Parallel Applications Centre changes its name to become the IT Innovation Centre. Set up in 1991, managing director Dr Colin Upstill said the company's business had changed
FORECASTS of hot, dry weather bring a smile to the face of Nigel Palmer, who has this year lead a management buy-out (MBO) of the agricultural irrigation company Wright Rain. Long hot summers bring in the orders for the company's equipment, so long as
SOUTHAMPTON'S A&P shipyard has fought off fierce competition to win a £2 million contract which will see four huge container-ships arrive in the city one after another for refit. The first of Safmarine's container-ships is expected to edge into the
CARS exported through Southampton are reaching new markets following news that luxury car manufacturer Jaguar is selling to the Dominican Republic. Located in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, Jaguar Dominicana will operate through
A £1,100 reward is being offered in a bid to catch a motorist who left a cow rolling around a New Forest road in agony with a broken back. The nine-year-old cow, which had a four-month-old calf nearby, had to be put down by senior New Forest agister Brian
RESEARCHERS at Southampton University are investigating techniques for recognising asthma in children who wheeze before the age of three. Almost half of all infants experience wheezing before their third birthday, but only 15 per cent go on to be diagnosed
A NEW £12 million tennis complex is to get off the ground in Southampton later this year. Work is expected to begin before the end of the year on a public and private tennis and fitness complex at Lordshill, which will result in the city's first-ever
CAMPAIGNERS against a huge port between Hythe and Marchwood have expressed fears of a massive mound of mud. Southampton Docks owner Associated British Ports is planning to build a container terminal at Dibden Bay and has confirmed that it is looking at
THE parents of a missing man have expressed their bewilderment at the mysterious circumstances of his disappearance. Gavin Berry, 24, from Battery Hill, Winchester, vanished from his work place after just one hour last Tuesday. Apart from a siting at
A SCHEME to heat up the homes of some of the poorest people in Southampton has been given a near-£100,000 boost. The Energy Savings Trust charity has donated the cash to the city council's Rewarm Southampton project, which aims to improve energy efficiency
A TRANSATLANTIC cable being laid from America will turn Fareham into the Silicon Valley of Britain, it is claimed. Sixty per cent of the world's Internet services will be carried along the fibre optic cable through Fareham to London, says Fareham Borough
SAINTS today completed the swap deal to bring Kevin Davies back to The Dell with Egil Ostenstad moving to Blackburn. Davies passed a medical at The Dell this morning and has agreed personal terms and Blackburn this afternoon called a press conference
COUNTY president John Nettell described Hampshire's 10-2 victory over Surrey in the South East Counties Golf League as "one of the best of all time." The victory on Surrey's home territory at West Byfleet enabled Hampshire to secure victory of their group
WHEN the police arrived at Florinda Medus's Southampton flat in the middle of the night asking if anybody had been murdered she was speechless. The mum-of-two literally couldn't say a word - because of the two teeth she'd had removed earlier in the day
A COUPLE whose corner shop provided a taste of Italy to ocean-going passengers around the world have finally called it a day. The shutters have come down for the last time at Italo and Rosa Guttoriello's Eastleigh delicatessen. Since moving to the railway
VILLAGERS have dropped their chorus of disapproval against an opera festival at a derelict mansion near Winchester. People in Northington last year battled the proposal for the opera at The Grange claiming it would bring disruption and noise pollution
THE Prince of Wales official-ly opened the new headquarters for Pascall Electronics on the Isle of Wight. The new 35,000 sq ft design centre is now home to all departments including research and development, design, manufacturing and administration. Managing
THE South is set for strong gains as a result of the government's move to introduce a tonnage tax for the shipping industry. Laying at the heart of a wider shipping policy package, the new tax is aimed at boosting one of the country's most vital commercial
LITTLE Hannah Ridout could soon be sporting a life-like leg - thanks to Hampshire's football and cricket stars. Saints and the county cricket team have rallied round to help the four-year-old girl reach her dream of receiving a realistic artificial limb
TWO of the South's top radio presenters have been axed by BBC bosses after setting up their own company. Popular Radio Solent broadcasters Richard Williams and James Lush were given their marching orders following high-level meetings at the BBC's regional
A man went to sleep at the top of an 80ft high cliff - and then dropped off. Miraculously the countryside worker, who has not been named, survived the plunge. In the bizarre accident on the Isle of Wight a member of the public had spotted the man asleep
FORMER Bashley skipper Dave Morris has vowed never to play for the club again. The Bournemouth-based defender, currently sidelined with a knee injury, blames bad housekeeping by the New Forest club for their current plight of strapped finances and virtually
GOSPORT road international turned time trialist Paul Rogers (VC St Raphael Waite Contracts) showed no signs of fatigue a week after winning the bronze medal in the national 12-hour championship. But he confirmed after taking the honours in the Hampshire
GEORGE EVANS carded one of the most remarkable scores of this year or any year when he cruised round Brokenhurst Manor in 71. That's one over par and not that remarkable you might think - but it is for a chap of 87 coming up 88 years old! His extra-ordinary
