THE SECOND leg of the BT Global Challenge was supposed to be the 'Gin and Tonic' leg for crews on board the 12 identical round-the-world race yachts. But, for the amateur sailors on Team SpirIT, who had a disastrous first leg culminating in the resignation
NEARLY 9,000 Waterside children are better prepared to survive a fire in the home - thanks to Target 2000. The Fire Service campaign to get a smoke alarm into every youngster's bedroom has achieved almost blanket coverage in schools from Calshot to Calmore
CLIVE Walker has graced the lush turf of Stamford Bridge, Roker Park and Wembley during his distinguished playing career - and he is about to experience the mud heaps of Totton. According to Stags' boss Ian Robinson, the former Chelsea and Sunderland
TOP students at a Hampshire community school are set to receive their accolades later this month. Hamble School's annual presentation of certificates and prizes will take place on Thursday, November 30, at 6.45pm.
TOP students at a Hampshire community school are set to receive their accolades later this month. Hamble School's annual presentation of certificates and prizes will take place on Thursday, November 30, at 6.45pm.
CHARITY Christmas cards are on sale at Gosport tourist information centre at its new site, next to the bus station and ferry terminal. A coffee morning will be held on Tuesday, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. This event will give people the chance to browse,
HEART disease is a bigger killer in Gosport than anywhere else in the region, a new report has revealed. The results for Gosport are in stark contrast to Fareham where residents have the lowest rate of heart disease death. The report was commissioned
QUEUES proved that an apple day kept no one away and managed to raise more than £600 for a wildlife garden. The day offered fruit pies, jams and chutneys as well as bottled fruit and wine, many made with produce from the garden at the Hermitage off South
CONTROVERSIAL plans to bring supermarket giant Waitrose to Chandler's Ford have been given the go-ahead. The decision to let the store be built at Fryern Hill was taken at a heated meeting last night, attended by hundreds of residents. After almost four-and-a-half
THE secrets of a floral illustrator were unveiled to a group of keen artists in Chandler's Ford. Members of the Chandler's Ford Art Group were addressed by popular artist Josephine Winzar. Mrs Winzar, who has been commissioned by the Hillier Arboretum
THREE years of lonely slog around the Satellite tennis tournaments of Europe could be about to pay off for Winchester tennis player Darren Emery. The confident 20-year-old has just won his first world ranking point by beating the tournament number six
Two Hampshire players will be battling for places in the final eight of the LTA National Tennis Championships at Telford today. Iain Bates of Basingstoke overcame fellow Hampshire player Ben Haran from Alton after two tie breaks. He now has the tough
ST JOHN Ambulance members at Bishop's Waltham could soon be raising the roof to expand their activities. The local branch is seeking planning permission to raise the roof at its hall in Little Shore Lane to provide a second floor.
ST JOHN Ambulance members at Bishop's Waltham could soon be raising the roof to expand their activities. The local branch is seeking planning permission to raise the roof at its hall in Little Shore Lane to provide a second floor.
Basingstoke face another four pointer tomorrow when they travel to Blackheath. Successive victories in mid-October suggested Basingstoke were adapting to life in National league 3 South, but defeats over the past two Saturdays against sides beneath them
A HAMPSHIRE man was today still suffering the after effects of a racist attack in which a substance was squirted in his face. The 25-year-old was set upon as he and a woman walked along Shirley High Street, Southampton. The incident happened after the
DORIAN Green, the Chigwell man-eater, wants to play Chekhov. I almost burst out laughing when Lesley Joseph, the actress who played Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson's tarty Jewish neighbour in the long-running sitcom Birds of a Feathers, tells me of her
YO HO ho and bottle of rum! A scurvy band of brigands is on its way to the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton - and its all in the name of family entertainment. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson's classic children's story beloved of generations of ten-year-olds
BackBeat is a band that plays every percussion instrument in the world, including the basketball! For those of you who didn't know a basketball could be included in a musical performance, that's not the only surprise you're in for when this young, fun
THE high standard of local basketball was demonstrated at Totton College where Solent Stars under-18s outgunned Southampton Trailblazers 93-57 in the RAF Careers NBL Junior Conference 4. The strength of Gavin Hart, the height of Paul Young and the control
A COURAGEOUS seven-year-old has received a special bravery award after being nominated by her Brownie leader. Charlotte Davies, of Ranvilles Lane, Fareham, was born profoundly deaf and with spina bifida, and is now fighting cancer after the shock return
HEART disease is a bigger killer in Gosport than anywhere else in the region, a new report has revealed. The results for Gosport are in stark contrast to Fareham where residents have the lowest rate of heart disease death. The report was commissioned
FED-UP residents have suggested putting up bollards or painting double yellow lines to prevent unwelcome travellers living in their village, as an eviction battle continues. Anger is growing among villagers as it is reported a Sarisbury Green resident
Bedazzled (12) *** PETER Cook and Dudley Moore's diabolically- lame take on the Faust legend may not seem the most obvious stuff for the writer-director of Groundhog Day and Analyze This to work with. That Harold Ramis has made it a relatively fulfilling
Pitch black (15) **** HERE'S a question for you. What transports a sci-fi film from the realms of bog standard into the stellar regions of universal greatness? Special effects? I think not. Remember Star Wars: The Phantom Menace? No, the secret to a great
The Yards (15) **** GRIM, gritty and superbly written, it will come as no surprise if The Yards features in the list when Uncle Oscar comes calling next spring. An essay on city corruption and big business conspiracy, director (and co-writer) James Gray
JUST AS they said it could not get any better, Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson received the most prestigious sailing award on the planet this week. The Cowes yachtswoman, who was one of three British sailors to win a gold medal at the Sydney
JOHN Derbyshire, the man who masterminded Britain's triumphant Olympic sailing campaign, has been appointed as the Royal Yachting Association's new racing manager. Not only has Derbyshire, 44, been responsible for developing the most successful Olympic
HAMPSHIRE council taxpayers may find themselves picking up a £1 million-plus bill for the Battle of Dibden Bay. Southampton City Council has already made a £300,000 provision to cover its legal and technical costs of assessing Associated British Ports
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a £40 million incinerator on the edge of the New Forest have cleared another hurdle. New Forest District Council has decided not to oppose an application by Hampshire Waste Services to build a burner at Marchwood Industrial Park
THE Bicycle belonging to a Gosport man whose death is under investigation, has turned up. John Cooper, 54, a known alcoholic, died at Haslar Hospital in the town on Sunday, October 29. He was rushed to hospital after his sister, Paula Gouge, found him
CONTROVERSIAL plans to bring supermarket giant Waitrose to Chandler's Ford have been given the go-ahead. The decision to let the 24,000 sq ft store be built at Fryern Hill was taken at a heated meeting last night attended by hundreds of residents. Eastleigh
A GROUNDBREAKING youth scheme in Eastleigh is to provide the blueprint for plans to set up after-school clubs across Hampshire. A pilot club run at The Basement Youth Centre, in Chandler's Ford, has been hailed a success after a five-month trial by county
SOLENT Stars cadet coach Steve Chant was named 'coach of the tournament' at the recent Lilleshall Inter-Area Tournament where he coached the regional team. Steve, a teacher at Toynbee School in Chandler's Ford, is pictured with five of Solent's most promising
WALKERS are invited to put their best foot forward for a series of outings in the Meon Valley. Bishop's Waltham Ramblers' group is meeting on Wednesday, for a five-mile walk round West Meon. Walkers are asked to meet at 10am, at a layby next to the West
CONTROVERSIAL plans to bring supermarket giant Waitrose to Chandler's Ford have been given the go-ahead. The decision to let the 24,000 sq ft store be built at Fryern Hill was taken at a heated meeting last night attended by hundreds of residents. Eastleigh
SHE may have ruled the waves for more than three decades and a new pretender to the ocean throne is on the horizon but Southampton's Queen Elizabeth 2 could sail on for another 20 years. Cunard, owners of QE2, the most famous ship in the world, believe
A website set-up by a small team of e-commerce enthusiasts, has been bought by the Basingstoke-based Automobile Association. It now owns and operates Petrolbusters.com, which will allow users to log in for free access to find the cheapest petrol in their
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: La Loire, container, 0030, 205; Tagus, ro-ro, 0630, 34/35; Autofreighter, vehicle carrier, 0700, 202; Autoracer, vehicle carrier, 0700, 201 link; Prestige Ace, ro-ro, 1030, 40; OOCL Fair, container, 1100, 204; Dutch
DON'T be misled by the name - the Easy Life Theatre Company clearly enjoys no such thing. Eight years ago, in a move which would have had most amateur directors reaching for the smelling salts, agricultural technical adviser Gordon Neagle founded a new
THE FIRST students to complete criminology degrees at Southampton Institute were due to graduate today as degree ceremonies continued at the city's Guildhall. Top of the graduating class is Mike Newman, who gained first-class honours, and was awarded
IS pop babe Martine McCutcheon the hardest-working woman in showbiz? With an autobiography just out and a film, album and a West End production looming, you'd be forgiven for thinking so. And the 23-year-old isn't about to rest on her laurels just yet
THE West End Singers have been on a transatlantic mission to strengthen the links between sister communities of Eastleigh and Temple Terrace, Florida. The choir was accompanied by the Eastleigh mayor and mayoress, Councillor and Mrs Peter Humphreys. During
PARENTS have won their fight against an increase in speed limits through a fast-growing new town. Residents were alarmed when they discovered the Hampshire County Council plan to increase speed restrictions on Yew Tree Drive, Whiteley. They could not
Films showing this week in the Southampton region BEDAZZLED (12) ***: Comedy starring Elizabeth Hurley - Odeon, Southampton; UGC, Ocean Village, Southampton; The Screen, Winchester. BILLY ELLIOT (15): ****young boy discovers he has a talent for ballet
Kevin Phillips insists tomorrow's clash against his former club will not turn into a revenge mission. The England striker was famously rejected by Saints as a trainee when he was a slightly-built full-back. He has since filled out and developed into one
NEW FOREST councillors were today being recommended to oppose plans for a massive dock development at Dibden Bay. A special meeting of the district planning committee was debating an application to build a container terminal on reclaimed coastline between
THE West End Singers have been on a transatlantic mission to strengthen the links between the sister communities of Eastleigh and Temple Terrace, Florida. The choir was accompanied by Eastleigh mayor and mayoress Councillor and Mrs Peter Humphreys. And
