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THE road haulage industry will be badly hit by the shock closure of the Newbury bypass only ten months after it opened. It will be closed for resurfacing work at one of the busiest times of the year for the haulage industry. The southbound carriageway
THOUSANDS of A-level students across the South face chaos today due to industrial action by a lecturers' union. Now a Hampshire headteacher has condemned the disruption of the annual clearing process and is advising his sixth-formers not to apply to the
MULTI-millionaire composer Lord Lloyd Webber is auctioning a painting by Southampton-born artist Edward John Gregory as one of the highlights of a sale of his unwanted treasures. It is expected to fetch up to £30,000 when it goes under the hammer at Sotheby's
CRAIG LONGLAND made sure of his best-ever Junior National Tennis Champ-ionship campaign yesterday when he cruised into the last eight of the under-18 competition. And, prior to his clash with Yorkshire's Ben Riby today, the Southampton teenager had yet
TROJANS require a maximum 37 points from their final two matches against Winchester KS and Easton & Martyr Worthy to be assured of the Hampshire League County Division 1 championship. They are eight points ahead of Rowledge after a 74-run win over
EMERGING young strikers Dani Rodrigues and Shayne Bradley both found the net at Staplewood last night as Saints opened their new FA Premier Reserve League campaign with an impressive victory over Watford. It was an excellent performance by Saints who
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from Southampton have begun unearthing what could be one of Britain's most significant prehistoric relics. They are excavating a 4,500-year-old monument buried beneath the landscape of south-west Scotland which could prove as important
SIGNS aimed at keeping the Lymington River's otters alive have gone up on the edge of the town. The signs, the first of their kind in mainland Britain, have been put up by the Environment Agency as part of a joint initiative with the Hampshire and Isle
HAMPSHIRE building contractor Wilding Butler is celebrating £2 million in new orders in the last six months. The Chandler's Ford firm is working on projects from hotel work to new classrooms. In Eastleigh the firm is building a new 36-bed-room hotel for
Principal arrivals and sailings Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Monte Rosa, container, 0300, 205; Norasia Montreal, container, 0500, 204; Francop, container, 0530, 206E; Arcadia, passenger liner, 0630, 106; Kirishima, container, 2000, 204; Autoprogress
Price of today's Echo Shares 3i 826 +1 AB Ports 333 +7 Abbey National 1030xd +4 AIM 217 Alldays 66 Allders 117 Alliance & leics 823 +15 Allied Zurich 721 +5 AMEC 261 +4 Avon Rubber 573 +1 BAA 641 +4 Bass 865 +11 British American 501xd +1 Blue Circle
SOUTHAMPTON shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft is among the front-runners to win the British manufacturing industry's equivalent of an Oscar. The Woolston operation has been short-listed for Manufacturer of the Year and the Industrial Award for Management
A CARNIVAL crisis was solved "Cinderella" style after last-minute preparations for Eastleigh's annual fun week hit trouble. Organisers were put in a spin after Tracey Harvey stepped down from her carnival princess role with just two weeks to go to the
A NEW top church position for the Meon Valley, created for the millennium, has been announced with a former Fareham man chosen for the job. From November this year Rev Canon Peter Hancock, presently Vicar of St Wilfrid's, Cowplain, is to become Archdeacon
AT 19 MONTHS Lucy Norris likes to play with her teddies and toys just like any other toddler. But unlike other children her age she weighs three-and-a-half stone - more than twice the average weight. Her bubbly personality cannot mask the fact that she
DIGGERS searching for the tomb of King Alfred have located two new finds of great archaeological significance. The discoveries come after four weeks of digging at the site in River Park leisure centre, Winchester. Their first find is evidence of stolen
SEVEN highly-trained Hampshire firefighters have flown out to Turkey to help find survivors following Tuesday's devastating earthquake. They will join an international relief operation that is hoping to locate hundreds of survivors over the next few days
HAMPSHIRE police have come under fire after officers spent almost £1,000 dining out on lobsters and drink during a protracted undercover operation into suspected late night drinking at an Isle of Wight restaurant. The costly surveillance operation was
A NEW Forest-based conservation group is set to enter the new millennium with the backing of a new breed of online conservationist. The Game Conservancy Trust, based in Fordingbridge, has relaunched its website with a new look, easier to navigate menus
PLANNERS have praised strict conditions imposed on a giant gravel pit just yards from internationally important salt marshes in the New Forest. Hampshire County Council took action last month amid growing fears that gravel extraction is posing a threat
TWO PORTIONS of Special K gave Hampshire a substantial start against Warwickshire on the second day of their PPP Healthcare Championship match yesterday, even if it was a late one. But half centuries for Will Kendall and Derek Kenway only served to underline
MATTHEW Le Tissier has been ruled out of Saturday's trip to Everton and almost certainly the visit of Sheffield Wednesday the following week. The Saints striker has had a scan on the troublesome Achilles injury which has plagued him since the first match
SHOPPERS passing the window of an antiques shop in Winchester have been performing several double takes-on seeing a vintage car. Taking pride of place in Corbett, West and Wills antiques shop on Stockbridge Road is a 1959 Austin A35. The rare, 95 per
