A WATERSIDE man is believed to have died from the affects of a wasp sting he suffered ten months earlier. Neville Hayward had been in perfect health but suffered what is known as an anaphylactic shock after the sting. He was then taken to hospital and
SALLY CHURCHWARD looks back at the life of movie mogul J.Arthur Rank - sleepy Hampshire village Sutton Scotney's most famous resident... TO the world at large he was J. Arthur Rank, millionaire miller and movie mogul - the man behind the gong that heralded
PUPILS jumped to it at Marchwood Junior School - springing into action in pursuit of science. All 320 children and nearly 20 staff at the New Forest school joined nearly 4,000 other schools across Britain, all jumping up and down for the same 60 seconds
If the sign of a good team is winning even when you are playing badly then Graham Rix has every reason to be very excited. Defeating Gillingham 2-1 at Fratton Park with an injury time winner has lifted Pompey to the dizzy heights of seventh in the table
Andover used three goalkeepers and had Shaun Dyke sent off but still managed to beat Eastleigh 4-3 at the Portway Stadium, despite trailing 3-2 at half-time. The JWL champions, rocked by a first-minute header from Eastleigh's Matt Jones, levelled through
SKIPPER Robin Smith, branded his team's performance as "unprofessional" as Hampshire astonishingly threw away victory in their Norwich Union League tussle with Middlesex, and possibly with it, promotion. With three overs left, Hampshire were cruising
A BASINGSTOKE man is facing an uncertain future after breaking his neck in a paddling pool accident. Steve Wilkins, from Burns Close, Popley, is paralysed in his lower body following the tragic incident. As he faces a difficult road to recovery, his wife
A MISPRINT in Basingstoke council's mass circulation Refuse News has thrown a spanner in the works of the council's campaign to increase its level of recycling. Under new Government rules, Basingstoke, which recycles only 10 per cent of its refuse at
NORTH WEST Hampshire MP Sir George Young has hit out at a total failure to meet waiting time guidelines for the treatment of women who have had breast cancer surgery. The Conservative MP says it is "unacceptable" that in May this year the 28-day guideline
Cheshunt 16pts, Basingstoke 16 BASINGSTOKE were lucky to come home with a point from their opening league fixture after another sub-standard performance on Saturday, writes Peter Phipps. Just as in their Senior Cup defeat at Marlow the previous week,
Winchester's disappointing start to the season continued, as Hampshire rivals Havant returned east with the London One spoils, thanks to a 21-3 victory at Nuns Road. An even, if somewhat scrappy, first half, when Andy Pryce and Stephen Claffey exchanged
Friendlies were the order of the day for the majority, as last minute preparations were taken ahead of the start of the competitive league campaigns in the Hampshire Leagues in a fortnight. Eastleigh triumphed over Ellingham & Ringwood 27-10 in a
A CYCLIST involved in a collision with a motorcycle after travelling the wrong way down a Southampton slip road has died. Israel De Francisco Barroso, 30, of Northlands Road, was involved in the accident in Freemantle at 1.45am on Friday. The cyclist,
IF THEY gave Academy Awards for jam, Terry Paull-Edwards would be the proud director of an Oscar-nominated production. Terry's Thick Cut Whisky Marmalade has won a silver medal in this year's Great Taste Awards - known in the catering trade as the UK
SAINTS boss Stuart Gray is set to ask chairman Rupert Lowe to loosen the purse strings to solve Saints scoring problems. After Saints drew their third successive blank at Spurs yesterday, Gray described his side's shortcomings in front of goal as: "a
SAINTS have told Spurs how much they will need to divvy up to sign Dean Richards. But you can't put a price on what Stuart Gray needs at the moment. The Saints boss is hungrily chasing a striker but what he really needs is that certain, indefinable something
FIONA GRIFFITHS spent a night in the company of some top showbiz stars - or did she? So what exactly was Leonardo Di Caprio doing in Portchester? LEONARDO Di Caprio sits next to me. Sandra Bullock faces me on my right and Dorian from Birds of a Feather
Football legend Jimmy Greaves has enjoyed the footballing glory days yet has also suffered the knock-backs. JEREMY MILES met the soccer star... THERE are times, says soccer legend Jimmy Greaves, when he wishes he'd been born 40 years later. And no wonder
FRESH moves to ban drinking in public areas of Hythe could soon get under way as the parish declares war on late-night hooliganism and vandalism. The revelation follows a storm of protest by residents over noise and damage to their properties. A deputation
ABOUT 20 workers at a Totton firm are facing the prospect of redundancy. Taylor Barnard Container Services has chosen to axe its transport division following its sale to cargo giants Roadways Container Logistics. It plans to "focus on its core activities
FURIOUS manager Derek Binns reckons Bashley's band of under-achievers would struggle to live with the top guns of the Jewson Wessex League. Accusing his side of "schoolboy football" after Saturday's galling 1-0 defeat by fellow basement boys Rugby United
THEY were getting into the spirit of things as Bursledon's historic regatta took on a horror movies theme for its 131st year. Skeletons hung from yardarms, tombstones littered decks and there were enough Dracula's about to keep Buffy the Vampire Slayer
WORRIED owners of a cat who got stuck under a back gate called in the fire service to help release it. Firefighters arrived at Wilmott Lane, Gosport but found the one-year-old cat had managed to wriggle free. The owners said the cat used to be able to
BATTLE-weary Eastleigh councillors say they hope they have seen the last of planning applications centred on the controversial scheme to build a Waitrose supermarket at Fryern Hill, Chandler's Ford. Developers now have permission to build the store, a
A DETECTIVE from Basingstoke has played a key role in bringing to justice a paedophile who sold pictures of children being abused. Detective Constable Neil Cussen's inquiry into car fraudster Alan Hughes unravelled a web of filth and deceit that led to
A DAD whose two-year-old son is fighting for his life against cancer says he's delighted with the support he's received for his fundraising mission. Mike Bowler, whose son Daniel is undergoing chemotherapy treatment, has received scores of phone calls
Today's Principal Arrivings: Norwegian Sun, cruise ship, 0630, 106; Queen Elizabeth 2, cruise ship, 0630, 38/9; APL Germany, container, 1300, 207; OOCL Narva, container, 1400, 206; APL Iris, container, 1500, 205. Today's Principal Sailings: Porto Express
Basingstoke Bison 7 Invicta Dynamos 4 BASINGSTOKE Bison recorded their first home win of the season but far too often made defensive errors to allow visitors Invicta Dynamos to score. The plus point of the game was once again the all-British line of Jake
A BEST performance of the season has almost certainly saved Basingstoke and Mid-Hants women athletes from relegation in the southern league. The Down Grange team played host to four other clubs in their final fixture. The team, aided by a full turn-out
Tottonians proceeded to put Trojans to the sword as they turned in what can only be described as a scintillating performance of running and passing rugby to crush them 64-5 in this much anticipated London Four South-West clash. Not a single person on
VILLAGERS have given a cautious welcome to plans to develop the site of a former chemical works in Hampshire. Totton-based Linden Homes aim to build about 200 homes at the former Borden Chemical site in Rownhams Road, North Baddesley, but Test Valley
THE head of Britain's national mapping agency, Southampton-based Ordnance Survey, has received a prestigious accolade from a leading surveyors' organisation. Vanessa Lawrence, chief executive and director general, has been awarded a life-long honorary
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth's new £200m entertainment, shopping and leisure waterfront, is cutting berthing charges for the winter in a bid to encourage south coast boat owners still to visit. From October 1, winter visitors will pay £3 for a short stay
Jonathan Harry, sales and marketing director of south coast print firm RPM Reprographics, is to co-host a workshop in Portsmouth with AWC WordCreate entitled "Self Publishing Your Book". Other speakers at the event on September 29 will be Barbara Large
OLD School comedy comes to the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth next month, with an all-star line-up of comedy giants. Frank Carson, Duncan Norvelle, Jimmy Cricket and Norman Collier's Make 'Em Laugh show promises to have the audience rolling in the aisles
A DRINK DRIVER who killed a dad crossing a street near his Southampton home has been jailed for three years. Alan Griffiths had just bought sweets for his children when he began walking across Radstock Road in Woolston. He died instantly after 34-year-old
THIS is the first picture of St Mary's murder victim Devon Anthony Adamson. Detectives are continuing their investigations into the murder of the young man stabbed through the heart in Southampton. Mr Adamson, 23, died from his injury last Tuesday after
THOUSANDS of people young and old flocked to this year's Romsey Show as town and country met. The annual event, which included a wide range of events for all the family to enjoy, took place on Saturday at the Broadlands Estate and proved to be as popular
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage has been caused to an ancient Southampton church after vandals went on a window smashing spree and left a trail of destruction. The 12th century St Mary's Church in South Stoneham was targeted by wreckers during the
SINGING superstar Anuradha Paudwal, the voice behind more than 500 Bollywood soundtracks, is heading for Southampton. Paudwal, who is internationally famous thanks to the 25 years she has spent singing for films, will be performing at Southampton Guildhall
BEAULIEU was swept by motor mania at the weekend as thousands of car-crazy visitors flocked to the International Autojumble. A 12-acre site at the National Motor Museum was transformed into an outdoor department store selling a huge range of auto accessories
IF THEY gave Academy Awards for jam, Terry Paull-Edwards would be the proud director of an Oscar-nominated production. Terry's Thick Cut Whisky Marmalade has won a silver medal in this year's Great Taste Awards - known in the catering trade as the UK
Fareham Borough Council and the police are being urged to wage war on vandals to cut down the soaring costs of vandalism to borough residents. Damage to play areas, trees and shrubs and other facilities has cost the council's leisure department more than
IT WAS a step back to medieval times at Portchester Castle as visitors were greeted with jousting knights and falconry displays over the weekend. Ferocious combat between knights on horseback proved a great spectator sport as crowds gathered to take part
THE future of Eastleigh's farmers' market could hang in the balance after the number of stalls dramatically dwindled. Eastleigh was keen to jump on the rural retail bandwagon and provide an extra outlet for farmers hit by the foot-and-mouth crisis. At
A new three-day Eastleigh Community Show has blossomed from the town's threatened horticultural event - and now organisers are hoping it will become firmly rooted as an annual fixture. A fashion show, a horticultural show and an antiques and collectors
EASTLEIGH firefighters held open house at the weekend in a bid to ensure they never have to pay return visits to their guests with sirens blaring. Besides driving home safety messages, the open day at the town's Steele Close fire station was also designed
STUART GRAY and Glenn Hoddle embraced warmly like long-lost friends after their teams did battle - but then stonewalled over the tug-of-love for Dean Richards. Richards' towering performance against the club who have made no secret of their desire for
HEDGE End police are appealing for witnesses who saw a car crash into a wall on the A27 at neighbouring West End. The white Ford Granada car had just left the Texaco garage on the A27 heading towards West End before crashing into the boundary wall of
