CHRISTMAS has come early for one of south Hampshire's biggest Roman Catholic churches. An anonymous person has given thousands of pounds in shares to the Waterside parish of St Bernard and St Michael. The donation is currently worth £43,000 to church
Hedge End car sprinter Neil Armstrong has just gone within an ace of taking the BARC Car Conversion Speed Championship - in a motor he uses to take the kids to school. The 34-year-old motorsport all rounder, who has been competing in sprints and hillclimb
THE FUTURE of club cricket in Winchester is hanging by a thread as the city's two senior clubs wait to hear whether they can merge to form one of the most progressive outfits in Hampshire. Talks between Winchester KS and St Cross Symondians have been
A MILLENNIUM bridge will cost Gosport council £6,000 more than expected - because it was thought a licence application was just a technicality. The council and May Gurney Construction Ltd from Norwich were prosecuted by the Ministry of Agricul-ture, Fisheries
TRAFFIC was held up in yesterday's morning rush-hour when a motorcyclist was hurt after a collision with a car on Rowner Road, Gosport. The bike rider was taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, with leg injuries. The car driver suffered minor injuries
A SOUTHAMPTON doctor has written a book aimed at helping people who suffer from allergies create a healthy home environment. Looking more like a decorating style book, Allergy-Free Living by Doctor Peter Howarth is packed full of useful medical advice
Hedge End car sprinter Neil Armstrong has just gone within an ace of taking the BARC Car Conversion Speed Championship - in a motor he uses to take the kids to school. The 34-year-old motorsport all rounder, who has been competing in sprints and hillclimb
TWO Rainbow Guiders from the same Chandler's Ford unit have recently received their 30-year service awards. They were presented to Janet Turner and Wendy Battle by Hampshire West Guide County Commissioner Mrs Karolyn Culverwell. Janet started her service
DUTCHMAN Jerone Evelein scored on his Jewson Wessex League debut for Eastleigh last night - but the Ten Acres crew had victory snatched away from them two minutes from time in a 1-1 draw with Brockenhurst. Eastleigh's second-half dominance was rewarded
GRAEME MASSIE finds out how Susan Lawrence has become a physiotherapist at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester despite being blind WHEN you have been blind all of your life you come to rely on trust and a highly developed sense of touch
Southampton pharmacist David Coleman gives some advice on the annual problem that parents face nits Pharmacists across Hampshire will be familiar with the annual invasion of parents in a state approaching hysteria having heard the word nits outside the
Chinese herbal medicine has been practised for over 5,000 years. Practitioners believe that our health is determined by the state of our qi (chee) or vital energy and xue (blood), which must flow freely at the correct strength in the body for good health
ROBERT HURD of Winchester made it three-out-of-three when he won the final round of late season races organised by Twickenham CC for the Surrey League at Chobham on Sunday. Racing for RCS Bioagrico of Belgium, Hurd repeated his successes of the previous
A STUDENT at Winchester's King Alfred's College is recovering in hospital after being struck down by the potentially deadly meningitis virus. Doctors say that he is now in a much better condition than he was when he was admitted on Monday and is able
THIS is the sort of exhibition that most children will enjoy. Toys and games from the past will be on display at the Historic Resources Centre in Winchester for the next four months. The city council museums service has gathered items from its collection
WINCHESTER Preservation Trust has honoured some of the city's finest new buildings and chosen the most modern-looking addition for the top prize. Winchester School of Art's textile conservation centre on Park Avenue was judged to be the best new building
Keeping up to date with the latest business information is a key to commercial success - and the task has become much easier following the launch of new services provided by Southampton Central Library. The city's Business Library has made two database
A TELEPHONE receptionist who claimed she was sacked because of her accent has received an out-of-court settlement of nearly £14,000. Sri Lankan Yasmin Rajiah, 42, claimed that property consultants FPD Savills Ltd discriminated against her because of her
A NATIONAL charity will target Southampton after a new report placed the city as a "hot spot" for young people in need. The Prince's Trust has identified South-ampton as a priority area after the first major study into young people needing help. The charity's
A MAN who fell overboard from a boat in Southampton Water was lucky to be alive today after spending nearly an hour in the water. Alex Whitcher, 36, of Lymington, was alone in a rigid inflatable boat when he was plunged into the sea off Fawley. The craft
TWO raiders were caught in the act stripping a Hampshire horse riding store of £15,000 worth of equestrian gear. The two men spent about 40 minutes calmly removing or disarming video cameras and a security light to carefully select high-value items off
THE SEARCH for the ideal final resting place for her grandmother led Terena Plowright to design one of the only natural burial sites of its kind in Hampshire. The environmentally-friendly burial ground between Clanfield and East Meon uses native British
FORMER Southampton City and Havant athlete Zara Hyde-Peters has been appointed technical director of endurance events by UK Athletics. Hyde-Peters, 37, has competed for Great Britain at distances from 3,000 to 10,000 metres in an international career
WHEELCHAIR users in Eastleigh have been promised a helping hand despite the threat of closure hanging over one of the town's leading access groups. Members of the Eastleigh Disabled People's Consultation Group (EDPCG) have vowed to keep up vital work
If you want to roar your way to being a better badminton player then the Wyvern Dragons could be the club for you. The newly-formed Dragons are based at Wyvern Technology College, Fair Oak and run themselves as a non-league enterprise offering a friendly
Once she was a familiar site in Southampton Docks but recently the liner Britanis went to a watery grave. Keith Hamilton looks back at the ship that once flew the Chandris Line flag... It was an appropriate end for the former favourite of Southampton,
HOCKLEY'S golfing girls are this week gunning for their second national team title in four years. The club's top quartet of Helen Wheeler, Liz McCombe, Jenny Ray and Judy Lewis are playing in the semi-finals of the Mail on Sunday National Team competition
DUTCHMAN Jerone Evelein scored on his Jewson Wessex League debut for Eastleigh last night - but the Ten Acres crew had victory snatched away from them two minutes from time in a 1-1 draw with Brockenhurst. Eastleigh's second-half dominance was rewarded
THE RECENT storms mean Palmerston will be on more familiar territory when their travelling rinks play Arun in the Vivienne Trophy. The Fareham club romped through their first-round match 91-64 against Bridport and now face the Bognor Regis team who inched
RESIDENTS of a Hampshire town are being invited to help clear the way for a major overhaul of their local transport network. Hampshire County Council, Eastleigh Borough Council and consultants WSP Transportation are urging Hedge End locals to have their
IT'S business as usual today for car company Daewoo's distribution and sales centre at Portswood, Southampton, after the troubled South Korean industrial conglomerate was formally declared bankrupt. Owners of Daewoo cars were being reassured by the Portswood
HAMPSHIRE-based construction group Warings has signed a valuable new deal with the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). The Portsmouth company has been appointed a partner of Dera to carry out its capital works estates redevelopment programme
THE marine safety division of Chemring, Pains Wessex Safety Systems, has won a top industry award. It has won the safety equipment award and the overall supreme award at the Marine Excellence Awards, for its new GPS emergency-position radio beacon. Using
A CLOCK costing £30,000, with a colourful barometer feature, will mark the passing of time in an area of Southampton which is experiencing a renaissance. The 20ft clock, with a matt stainless steel casing and a coloured acrylic temperature dial, will
YOUNG mothers in Southampton have launched a new video to help prevent teenagers from becoming pregnant. They hosted the debut screening of the tape It's Your Choice in front of city MP John Denham and social service staff last week. The video, made by
Richard Watts could have been forgiven for blowing a fuse as Southampton Men's first team slumped to a 2-2 draw with Weymouth despite leading 2-0. Watts twice converted Rhobet Willams' crosses against the high-fliers but Weymouth found their way back
THE FUTURE of club cricket in Winchester is hanging by a thread as the city's two senior clubs wait to hear whether they can merge to form one of the most progressive outfits in Hampshire. Talks between Winchester KS and St Cross Symondians have been
CLEAN sea breezes and tons of organic pony manure have helped produce the best fungi season for years in the New Forest. Millions of mushrooms and toadstools are putting on a spectacular display right across Hampshire's world-famous woodland. With some
AN elderly Hampshire couple, on their way to a hospital appointment, were admitted to casualty after their car was involved in a car crash. The couple were being driven to Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, by a volunteer ambulance driver, when he was
WICKHAM'S centuries-old annual fair could break with tradition next year after a wrangle between organisers, councillors and traders. The horse fair and funfair attracts thousands to the village near Fareham. But it causes major traffic disruption and
PARLIAMENT is to debate highly-controversial plans to overhaul frontline health services in Eastleigh today. Local MP David Chidgey has secured time for a Commons debate on proposals to merge health care provision for 50,000 residents in the south of
SHOWSTOPPING songs from blockbuster musicals will raise the roof next month, at The Point Dance and Arts Centre in Eastleigh. Making sure that the show goes with a swing will be members of the award- winning Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre, who are pictured
A VALUED Hampshire village police station will close if controversial proposals being touted by constabulary chiefs are given the go-ahead. Months of speculation were brought to an end by the official announcement that Netley station could soon be shutting
SAINTS have suffered a scare over Claus Lundekvam ahead of Saturday's trip to Sunderland. The Norwegian pulled up in training yesterday after tweaking a groin muscle and was immediately withdrawn as a precaution. He said: "It is just a twinge and I should
