NEWLY-installed Lymington & New Milton boss Graham Kemp got his managerial career off to a dream start on Saturday. The newly-appointed player/manager was part of a stirring second-half performance as Linnets thumped Forest neighbours Christchurch
IT wasn't the best of Saturdays for Portsmouth manager Graham Rix. In the morning he had taken a telephone call at the team hotel to tell him about the death at the age of just 33 of former Arsenal teammate David Rocastle. Hours later, Rix was facing
A WHITCHURCH mother is struggling to come to terms with the devastating news that her tiny son's brain was removed and cremated following a postmortem. Lorraine Haysom said the news had come as an even bigger blow than having to bury her premature baby
A FAMILY of five has won a long battle to get Thames Water to take action about sewage spewing out of the drains into their village. Andrew Sworn and his wife Carol bought their North Warnborough house last October because they thought it was the perfect
THE Basingstoke Bison left themselves a mountain to climb in the British National League play-offs after crashing to their biggest home defeat of the season. The Wella-backed side were second best for the first 40 minutes and were 7-1 down after two periods
Westcombe Park 28pts Basingstoke 7 BASINGSTOKE remain firmly rooted in the bottom three after a disappointing showing in Kent on Saturday. The visitors gave only glimpses of the form which gave them three straight wins and hopes of survival in the national
A sophisticated traffic management system to speed up public transport has been introduced in Edinburgh by the Winchester company Peek Traffic. It operates on the busy A90 road between the Forth Bridge and the west of the Scottish city and is all part
THE former head of Wain Homes in Romsey has joined Totton-based Linden Homes Southern as its new construction director. David Cole already has some experience of the firm after helping set up its western division based in Bristol and said he likes the
WHAT'S in a name? Everything - if you are one of the people living in a development of smart flats and townhouses called after a city alderman. For a year now, homeowners have been unhappily living in Kathie Johnson Gardens - especially when most of them
A MAN woke up in the middle of the night with a fractured cheekbone, a cut face and bruising - and totally oblivious how he came by his injuries. It transpired the victim Andrew Jordan had been struck with a brick after being woken up by two people he
A DRIVER who attacked a jogger in a road rage incident is starting a six-month jail sentence. Paul Ryves, 39, lost his temper with David Murchie when he ran in front of his Ford Fiesta in Hursley Road, Chandler's Ford, last November, Winchester Crown
BARRY Foote made an extraordinary gaffe when he made a hoax bomb call - he gave police his phone number. The 52-year-old man was incensed after being sacked from a painting job at a Shirley off-licence. So he phoned the police, claiming to be a former
A YOUNG Hampshire mum was appearing in court today charged with murdering her six-month-old son. Shahida Akbar was arrested following the death of Shoiab Tahir in Southampton General Hospital on Friday. Police said baby Shoiab, who was one of twins, had
A HAMPSHIRE man died in a car crash after his first night out with a woman he met through an Internet dating agency. David Harvey, 30, had only spoken to 26-year-old Alison Flint on the telephone before their meeting at a pub on the A33 near Basingstoke
A man who plunged a sharp instrument into the neck of a neighbour in Southampton, has been convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. George O'Hara, 58, burst into the flat of British Gas customer services adviser Duncan McGarrity to complain
Saints' English stars will at last get their first chance to impress Sven Goran Eriksson tonight. The national coach will be at The Dell for the game against Ipswich to check out the likes of Dean Richards, Wayne Bridge, Matthew Oakley and James Beattie
HASSAN KACHLOUL wants to get up close and personal to a team he turned his back on not once, but twice this season. Saints Moroccan midfielder came within a whisker of joining Ipswich who tried to prise him away from The Dell twice this term. But with
There could hardly be a better time for Ted Bates to receive the Freedom of the City than tonight. In the first match following the walk-out by Glenn Hoddle, Mr Southampton will be rewarded for his own very special brand of loyalty. Before kick-off the
Luckless Saints striker Dani Rod-rigues has suffered a shattering set-back, breaking his leg for the second time this season. The popular Portuguese Under-21 international will be out of action until at least August after being badly hurt in a training
CLOSING the tourist car parks in the New Forest during the foot-and-mouth crisis could mean a drop in crime. The Forest's top policeman is expecting to see a fall in the number of offences committed across the area. Divisional police commander Superintendent
TWENTY years ago farms across the south were plunged into a full-scale foot-and-mouth scare. In March 1981 a huge exclusion zone was thrown across the region after the virulent disease was discovered on the Isle of Wight. As almost 400 cattle and pigs
Saints chairman Rupert Lowe has insisted Spurs do not poach any of their staff for at least a year as part of the agreement to release Glenn Hoddle. Lowe (pictured left) warned he will still not release either the registrations of Hoddle (right) and assistant
BASHLEY have stressed that they would not be the 'poor relations' of any future amalgamation with Lymington & New Milton. Responding to L&NM chairman Terry Morris's statement that the Linnets would not be a "financial crutch to prop Bashley up
Runs and time spent at the crease were Hampshire's priorities in the three-day match against the Stellenbosch University students, which began in South Africa's Cape Province today. Both comodities were in abundantly short supply in the three-day Winelands
ANGRY mothers stormed out of an emotionally-charged meeting after they felt their concerns about playground safety were being ignored. A group of concerned Oakley mothers attended the annual meeting of the parish council on Thursday to question senior
ANXIOUS hospital chiefs at Basingstoke have had to install a mobile generator as problems with the emergency back-up system continue. On Friday afternoon, 13 day case operations were cancelled because of uncertainty about the emergency system. Hospital
A BID to stop the production of Trident nuclear weapons at AWE Aldermaston has failed in the High Court. Anti-nuclear campaigners had tried to block decisions by the Environmental Agency last April authorising the discharge of radioactive waste into the
Basingstoke Town 0, Croyden 2 BASINGSTOKE crashed out of the Ryman League Cup at The Camrose on Thursday with a disappointing display in front of their home support. The outcome of this game could have been so completely different if Tim Sills had found
Southampton overcame Cranleigh 13-6 in a desperately disappointing London 4 South West encounter at Test Park. The referee had travelled from Westcliff-on-Sea and his adviser said afterwards: "I feel I need to apologise to him for having travelled all
A LUCRATIVE £1.7 billion contract to run the south's railways was today won by South West Trains' parent company Stagecoach Holdings. This morning's announcement followed a long-running battle between three companies to take over the south western franchise
THE DISTRAUGHT parents of a student who died from the human form of mad cow disease have described the condition as "an evil thing". Kate Richer (pictured), 22, was diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in July 2000 and lost her battle
AN OUTSPOKEN Hampshire pensioner battling for a much-needed road improvement has told highway experts he'll show them how to do it himself. Peter Watson, 82, was exasperated when Eastleigh Borough Council looked set to refuse to shell out for a turning
Saints chairman Rupert Lowe has insisted Spurs do not poach any of their staff for at least a year as part of the agreement to release Glenn Hoddle. Lowe (pictured left) warned he will still not release either the registrations of Hoddle (right) and assistant
There could hardly be a better time for Ted Bates to receive the Freedom of the City than tonight. In the first match following the walk-out by Glenn Hoddle, Mr Southampton will be rewarded for his own very special brand of loyalty. Before kick-off the
Saints' English stars will at last get their first chance to impress Sven Goran Eriksson tonight. The national coach will be at The Dell for the game against Ipswich to check out the likes of Dean Richards, Wayne Bridge, Matthew Oakley and James Beattie
HASSAN KACHLOUL wants to get up close and personal to a team he turned his back on not once, but twice this season. Saints Moroccan midfielder came within a whisker of joining Ipswich who tried to prise him away from The Dell twice this term. But with
