Hampshire's top professional golfing trio Kevin Saunders, James Ablett and Rob Edwards are set to renew battle across the Irish Sea in the Hampshire PGA's second Ring of Kerry Pro-Am Tournament. The players, who have staged a virtual three-cornered battle
AN SOS has gone out to young people to join the booming boat building industry in the south. It comes from the industry's training body as new figures show that leisure boating revenues in the region have jumped by over 400 per cent to a staggering £600m
A major re-development plan for Southampton Boat Show is set to confirm the city as a global showcase centre for the international marine industry. Talks are now underway aimed at transforming the show, already the biggest of its kind in Europe, by constructing
AN SOS has gone out to young people to join the booming boat building industry in the south. It comes from the industry's training body as new figures show that leisure boating revenues in the region have jumped by over 400 per cent to a staggering £600m
MAP users can print out tailor-made mini versions of Britain's most popular maps in a matter of minutes - thanks to a groundbreaking move by Ordnance Survey being pioneered in the New Forest. An interactive touch screen kiosk at the New Forest Visitor
Container traffic through Southampton increased by ten per cent as the port again stamped its presence on the UK's international trade in the first six month of the year. Figures indicating further growth in the bulk trade, cruising and roll-on/roll-off
PETE LANDON has spent the last seven months turning his dream into a reality. With £70,000 of his own savings and a £73,000 Regional Enterprise Grant, he started his own engineering company, Wave Engineering. Assisted by some 'around the clock' independent
THEY said "no-one could have scripted that" 1 . . . and I was there! Of course, I'm talking about when Matt Le Tissier scored the final ever Premiership goal at The Dell to beat Arsenal 3-2 at the end of last season. They said "no-one could have scripted
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD was made to wait at Southampton General Hospital for nearly 24 hours for an emergency operation on a broken arm. Charlie Parker did not eat for 12 hours and was not offered painkillers by a member of hospital staff according to his angry
A MILLIONAIRE lawyer has been found guilty of stealing £73,000 from an elderly aunt who trusted him to take care of her affairs. David Benham, 59, was convicted of 11 charges of stealing from 91-year-old Kathleen Benham at Winchester Crown Court yesterday
A BID for government funding is being made to clamp down on some of Southampton's most notorious rat runs. Eight pilot projects will go on trial across the country and Southampton City Council hopes to attract £1.45m to put an end to motoring misery at
POLICE in the New Forest are hunting a knifeman who tied up and robbed an elderly woman in her own home. The heavily-built raider, who was wearing a red balaclava pulled over his face and brandishing a carving knife, pounced on his 74-year-old victim
TWO Hampshire friends are proving they have the stomach to take advantage of a gap in the market. Jane Moore and Becky Purves are setting up what is thought to be the country's first "bellygrams" service. They have both been belly dancers for four years
AMERICAN families of firefighters who died in the World Trade Centre attack have been received fiancial support from the people of Hampshire. A crew from St Mary's Fire Station raised an amazing £6,800 during a street collection in Southampton city centre
RESIDENTS in crime-hit areas of Hampshire are to sit in judgement over the young tearaways. In the latest move against law-breaking youngsters, crimebusters are looking to recruit people to oversee the punishment of offenders as young as ten. By spring
A major re-development plan for Southampton Boat Show is set to confirm the city as a global showcase centre for the international marine industry. Talks are now underway aimed at transforming the show, already the biggest of its kind in Europe, by constructing
JAMES Beattie's meaty goal against Middlesbrough has got the Saints striker in a big and bouncy mood. Beattie goes into tonight's Worthington Cup tie against Gillingham in bullish mood after breaking his Premiership duck against Middlesbrough, and with
Jason Dodd will tonight put almost five months of frustration behind him when he is drafted in to answer a defensive crisis for Saints at Gillingham. Club record signing Rory Delap is both suspended and injured while Tahar El Khalej is struggling with
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Daniel Mogridge from Fareham stamped his authority on the penultimate round of the Wessex Division of the NSFA pegged measure & return series held at Hordle where the youngster recorded four fish worth 113 points to beat a star-studded
WITH the season now over in England - for some of Hampshire's cricketers it was a case of just a few weeks off before starting a brand new campaign. Derek Kenway and Chris Tremlett are just about to head Down Under with the new 'National Academy'. Meanwhile
Today's Principal Arrivings: Cap san Antonio, container, 0500, 204; Montlhery, vehicle carrier, 0600, 105; Hual Transporter, ro/ro, 0700, 40; Autosun, vehicle carrier, 0730, 201 link; Saga Rose, cruise ship, 0730, 38/9; Hyundai General, container, 1230
Hampshire's fastest growing marketing agency, LeepeckGreenfield, has achieved 100 per cent growth in the first six months of merged business. Now the expansion continues with the launch of a new sports and leisure division headed by Titch Blachford, well-known
PARK GATE company Good Directions has appointed a German distributor after joining a trade mission to Germany organised by Trade Partners UK. Export manager Rosalie Bulmer said: "Trade Partners UK arranged a mini-showcase of 12 UK companies as part of
A HAMPSHIRE punter has claimed a huge win on the lottery - just hours before the deadline ran out. The mystery gambler is now £162,822 richer after picking up the prize that had been on offer since April 11. As the 160-day deadline started to run out
AMBITIOUS plans to transform Southampton into the undisputed 24-hour capital of the south are being thrashed out well into the new year. Controversial proposals for "after-dark leisure hubs", including pubs, clubs and late-night coffee shops, "quiet at
ELDERLY residents of a Southampton old folk's home facing the chop are set to be moved by December, but staff are unhappy, a city council report has revealed. Northlands House is due to be demolished and a new joint residential and nursing home built
SAINTS chairman Rupert Lowe and director Andrew Cowen have received the backing of shareholders after picking up bonuses of £100,000 each. The payments were reward for delivering the new stadium on time and for turning a projected loss of £2.3 million
SOUTHAMPTON goalkeeper Paul Jones is confident his side have forgotten about last season's cup humbling at Tranmere and are ready to take on Gillingham tonight at the Priestfield Stadium. Comparisons can be drawn between the two ties with this evening's
