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  • Tell us your story

    Can you help with three forthcoming features for Woman? Are you having a long distance relationship? Are you a single girl who doesn't want to marry? Are you married / in a relationship with someone from another country or race? If you answered 'YES'

  • Dawson's game is to help ease children's suffering

    EVERY time he plays on this year's European PGA Seniors Tour, Hampshire's Peter Dawson will be helping children who suffer from EB, an agonising skin condition. The former Ryder Cup and World Cup player (pictured) from Whitely near Fareham, has agreed

  • My wife saved my life

    Thanks to a vigilant woman, Phil Williams is alive today. His wife Sandy spotted a growth in his testicles and forced him to see a doctor. Now recovered from testicular cancer, the couple run their own helpline for other sufferers THERE'S no denying it

  • Full marks as school gets new £1m block

    PUPILS learning in makeshift classrooms at a Winchester school are to be provided with a £1 million new teaching block. Work is expected to get under way this summer after education chiefs backed the development at Henry Beaufort Secondary School. The

  • Zero defects adds clout

    WORKERS at Southampton shipyard Vosper Thornycroft (VT) have scored a major success in boosting their campaign to win a vital slice of a £6 billion Royal Navy contract. The government and the Ministry of Defence will be forced to recognise the quality

  • Chidgey calls for Gulf illness probe

    CALLS for a full inquiry into Gulf War-related illnesses have been backed by Eastleigh MP David Chidgey. Mr Chidgey has weighed in with his support for the Royal British Legion's campaign urging the government to hold an investigation into the cases of

  • SAINT LE TISS IS BACK IN BIZ

    MATTHEW LE TISSIER blasted his way back to form with a spectacular double for the reserves in a stunning 7-0 win over Spurs and then declared himself ready to face Everton on Saturday. The crowd hero scored with a trademark free-kick and a first-time

  • Murdock strikes it lucky with pair of rays

    While shore anglers are suffering with restricted access to many beaches because of the foot and mouth scare, boat anglers are not suffering from any restrictions with a number of excellent fish reported for the time of year, especially off the Needles

  • Just how safe is our city?

    40 per cent of women are scared to go out at night. Local women were given the chance to have their say on making the city safe at a recent conference. WOMAN reports It was rather apt that on International Women's Day which celebrates the freedom and

  • Life begins in 40s for ambitious Mew

    TOP Hampshire coach Martin Butcher has helped propel youngsters like Richard Bland and Darren Henley to the forefront of English golf. Now a player in his late 40's and seemingly in the autumn of his career has turned to the Paultons-based teacher to

  • SAINT LE TISS IS BACK IN BIZ

    MATTHEW LE TISSIER blasted his way back to form with a spectacular double for the reserves in a stunning 7-0 win over Spurs and then declared himself ready to face Everton on Saturday. The crowd hero scored with a trademark free-kick and a first-time

  • Flood rage attack firefighter resigns

    A WINCHESTER retained firefighter who attacked a man in a "flood rage" incident has resigned from the service. Jonathan Sankey, 22, attacked David Forster, 57, after he drove through flood-affected Sutton Scotney last December, Basingstoke magistrates

  • Marriage not made in heaven

    DON'T miss a rare opportunity to see Michael Hastings' study of the turbulent marriage of Nobel Laureate TS Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood. His tender and ironic play, Tom and Viv, will be on stage at the Chesil Theatre, Winchester from April 2 to 7. Director

  • Villagers win first greenfield battle

    A VILLAGE revolt against controversial major development proposals, which would have changed the face of Allbrook, have forced developers to go back to the drawing board. After a heated public meeting last week, when scores of angry Allbrook villagers

  • Volunteers rescue carnival's future

    VOLUNTEERS have stepped forward to ensure that the oldest carnival in the South of England - and possibly in the country - will roll on into its 114th year. Eastleigh Carnival committee had sounded an SOS plea for more person power to help organise this

  • Sex case dismissed

    A RAILWAY worker has been cleared of indecently assaulting an Eastleigh nurse, after allegedly dragging her down an alleyway. It took jurors at Southampton Crown Court about half an hour to reach their verdict. Ronald Parker, 58, of Darwin Road, Eastleigh

  • Saints Reserves 7 - Spurs Reserves 0

    SAINTS Reserves produced a blistering display to rip Tottenham to shreds and go some way towards making amends for the let-downs against Le Havre. Matthew Le Tissier's return to form may have grabbed the headlines but this was a top-class team performance

  • Singh hopes to be on song at The Dell

    SAINTS are giving trials to young Portsmouth-based hotshot Bickram Singh. Singh, who plays club football for Jewson Wessex League outfit Moneyfields, was spotted playing for the Hampshire Schools Under-19 team and has been offered a week's initial trial

  • West End prepares for parish meeting

    WEST End's annual parish meeting will be held in the Parish Centre, Chapel Road, tomorrow at 7.30pm. The agenda includes reports from the chairman of the village authority, the Friends of Hatch Grange, the West End Carnival Association, Eastleigh council's

  • Saints Reserves 7 - Spurs Reserves 0

    SAINTS Reserves produced a blistering display to rip Tottenham to shreds and go some way towards making amends for the let-downs against Le Havre. Matthew Le Tissier's return to form may have grabbed the headlines but this was a top-class team performance