SPORTS coaching firm Team Elite is on the expansion trail with three new licensees in the region. The Winchester-based company specialises in delivering well-organised and high quality sports activities for children in extra-curricular courses as well
BARBARA LARGE, independent governor at Southampton Institute, plays a key role in the three day London Book Fair at Olympia this week. Mrs Large led a seminar yesterday on Self-Publishing and Marketing your Book, sponsored by Redwood Books, and today
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced a budget that directed money to health care, transport and education to position his party for a possible general election next year. NHS spending will rise to £54.2bn in.2000-2001, to £58.6bn in 2001
HAMPSHIRE County Council school bosses have revealed a list of schools which may be in need of urgent repairs. The list covers all of Hampshire outside Southampton and Portsmouth. The bill adds up to £150 million to remedy a catalogue of problems including
THE South is continuing to turn the tide against dirty sands and filthy water with 19 tourist spots gaining clean beach awards. Resorts including Cowes, Lepe Country Park, Ventnor and Ryde have all today received a clean bill of health from the Tidy Britain
A WAR hero, who has beaten all odds in battle, wants to help a toddler who has a fight of his own on his hands. Sergeant Peter Fyfe, 34, will be dressed in full uniform this Saturday in Winchester city centre to help raise cash for three-year-old Callum
SOUTHAMPTON'S Iris Gundry was being presented her MBE at Buckingham Palace today after devoting almost 50 years to voluntary work. The 78-year-old from Warwick Road, Shirley, first joined the Women's Royal Voluntary Service in 1952. Ever since Southampton-born
Trond Soltvedt has knocked back speculation of a possible return to Norway by vowing to stay at The Dell and battle to regain his place. Newspaper reports have suggested the Saints midfielder might be about to join Viking Stavanger after failing to win
SOUTHAMPTON Golf Club have been celebrating one of their most famous victories - over the auld enemy from up The Avenue. There was a heap of local pride at stake when Southampton met Stoneham in the second round of the Mail on Sunday Team Challenge, and
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS: Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Estoril, vehicle carrier, 0001, 201 link; OPDR Porto, general, AM, 205E; English Star, refrigerat, 1230, 101W; Celtic King, general, 1300, 207E; Spes, vehicle carrier, 1430, 202; CGM Pasteur,
A new luxury super-yacht, costing nearly £400,000, has set one of Hampshire's major boat building companies on course for success. Moody, based at Swanwick Marina, near Southampton, has officially unveiled a new flagship model. The Moody 54, designed
Two local businesses have been playing a part in helping the South's leading medical research charity, Hope, raise money to help fund vital medical research projects. Chilworth Manor Hotel and Conference Centre held an open day and wedding exhibition
A MAGICAL evening featuring the world famous Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra playing on board Southampton's spectacular new superliner Aurora will be one of the glittering highlights of the ship's naming celebrations. Tickets for the concert, one
EDUCATION chiefs in Hampshire have revealed plans for a huge shake-up in school admissions procedures. The move, based on government guidelines, is aimed at making the system both fairer and simpler when a school is over subscribed. It follows discussions
TONY PULIS may have lost his battle to sign one of the most important components of Pompey's recent revival. Pulis agreed a cut-price £300,000 fee with Derby for keeper Russell Holt, but the deal was on the verge of collapse today after the keeper failed
