Glenn Hoddle has given the green light for a double Dell departure with Stuart Ripley and Patrice Tano moving out. Ripley was today poised to join First Division Barnsley on a month's loan with a view to a possible permanent move. The former England winger
YOUNGSTERS who are damaging a multi-million-pound millennium project with their skateboarding antics are to get a purpose-built rink. Tiles, benches and decorative walls at Gosport's £15 million waterfront millennium project are being chipped and broken
A BMX-skateboard clash is looming in Swanmore. Parish councillors are considering a scheme for a BMX track, with the Pylon Field being suggested as a possible site. A representative for the BMX riders is drawing up plans for a track. However, there is
A KICK-boxing instructor from the River Park Leisure Centre in Winchester has been ordered to carry out 120 hours community service for punching a barman in the face. Jermaine Broomes, 25, was convicted of assaulting town centre barman Ashley Rowe, who
WINCHESTER civic chiefs are mourning the death of councillor Ken Merritt. Mr Merritt, who died last week in his 60s, collapsed with a suspected heart attack while beating at a shoot on Friday. He had represented Durley and Upham for the Liberal Democrats
THREE local inventors have won accolades for their amazing inventions at the South East "Innovation 2000" Exhibition. The prestigious event saw almost 100 inventions, ranging from the technical to the wacky, vying for a share of the £40,000 prize pot.
Department store group John Lewis Partnership has appointed an external design consultancy to consider how to freshen up the chain's image. Design consultant Pentagram has been asked to conduct an audit of the group's image - looking at everything from
LYMINGTON'S new £1.1 million library moved a giant step closer this week when work finally got under way. The building, off Cannon Street, is likely to be completed within a year. When it opens, it will offer 10,000 more books than the existing library
ELVIS fan Wendy Champion will make the journey of her dreams after working in a Hampshire shop for a quarter of a century. Wendy has just celebrated 25 years with New Forest fashion store, Elliotts of Lymington. Now, thanks to a contribution from her
Glenn Hoddle has given the green light for a double Dell departure with Stuart Ripley and Patrice Tano moving out. Ripley was today poised to join First Division Barnsley on a month's loan with a view to a possible permanent move. The former England winger
Peter Price wrote another chapter into his extraordinary sporting life when he led a team of Southampton golfers to the national over 55's six-man championship. Price and four members of his victorious team, Malcolm Thorne, Dr Colin Macrae, Clive Cole
PORTSMOUTH legend Alan Knight is set to break the habit of a lifetime by making a one-off appearance for Dr Martens League side Bashley. The loyal 39-year-old goalkeeper has been a one-club man in over two decades of unbroken service at Fratton Park,
CLEANING staff are being intimidated and work in fear of their safety when cleaning public toilets in a Hampshire town. Police and council officials are taking action to try to reduce the danger to cleaners by keeping Gosport toilet blocks under observation
SOMETHING had to give when Roke Manor Ladies squared up to University Ladies in the Southampton & District Volleyball Association League. Both teams had beaten all previous opponents comfortably and neither had conceded a set. The clash of titans
Aerostructures B had a fine 6-0 win at Botley Institute in the Southampton Billiards League. They won the aggregate point 1000 - 681 with Chris Pullen proving decisive in beating Botley's Tony Aldridge 200-71. Chandlers Ford had a good 4-2 victory over
PRISON chiefs are set to spend more than a million pounds on a new visitors' complex at Winchester jail. The work will end years of embarrassment at the poor state of the facilities, which have been branded as unacceptable for the last ten years. Conditions
An in-depth survey and analysis of British American Tobacco's materials handling requirements carried out by The Locators Group of Companies has helped them beat off stiff competition to secure a five-year contract to supply the company's Southampton
HAMPSHIRE-based Hargreaves Sports has received accreditation as an Investor in People with assessors highlighting the high morale and optimism among the staff, excellent communications and nurturing home-grown talent. As the largest independent sports
A BATTLING Lymington businessman has held a champagne celebration after winning the right to display signs telling the town his business does trade throughout the world. Lymington Precision Engineers' managing director Leon Crouch has been fighting for
ANOTHER two communities in the New Forest have lost their local shops - and struggling traders are warning that more closures could follow. Long-established stores at Bartley and Godshill have shut after the owners decided to quit and failed to find a
A NEW foxhunting season has started in the New Forest amid reports that the government has shelved plans to ban the controversial bloodsport. Tony Blair has repeatedly promised to outlaw hunting with hounds since taking office in 1997 - but each pledge
TOUGH legal action has forced travellers from land at Sarisbury Green - but only as far as Warsash. And the council is again faced with going to court to get them off their latest settlement. As previously reported in the Daily Echo, Fareham Borough Council
