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  • Brockenhurst hoping to hold onto midfielder

    Brockenhurst are negotiating to keep John Bailey on board for the rest of the season. The former AFC Bournemouth midfielder is expected to recover from a swollen knee to face AFC Newbury in the Jewson Wessex League Cup quarter-final, first leg at Grigg

  • Cath at her best on home ground

    OVERTON Harriers' Wales veteran international Cath Wheeler got just what the doctor ordered with a dogged second place in the senior women's race when the village club recently hosted this season's penultimate Hampshire Cross Country League meeting at

  • Speedo squad sort problems

    ALTHOUGH the Andover club has suffered with disqualifications at recent galas they seem to have finally sorted the problems out in their last Speedo League outing of the season at Aldershot. Only two swimmers were disqualified as the town team recorded

  • Rusher routs Somborne

    Andover 6 King's Somborne ANDOVER, holders of the North Hants Senior Cup for the past two years, cruised into this season's semi-finals after hitting local Hants Division Two side King's Somborne for six at The Portway on Tuesday night - despite having

  • Motorsport finish line for Warwick

    Derek Warwick has ended his long and successful association with the British Touring Car Championship. The ex-Formula 1 driver from Hampshire has sold his shareholding in the Triple Eight Race Engineering team who ran the Vauxhall cars in the BTCC. Last

  • Banister go out in a blaze of glory

    BANISTER Park bowed out of the Famous Grouse Home Nations Classic with all guns blazing. Needing to beat mighty East Dorset 13-2 to snatch Group L from the Christchurch club was mission impossible - yet they so nearly pulled it off. The Eastleigh men

  • Brockenhurst hoping to hold onto midfielder

    Brockenhurst are negotiating to keep John Bailey on board for the rest of the season. The former AFC Bournemouth midfielder is expected to recover from a swollen knee to face AFC Newbury in the Jewson Wessex League Cup quarter-final, first leg at Grigg

  • Hampshire on fire

    Hampshire under-14s hit both Kent and Middlesex for six to boost their prospects of success in the County Championship. They nailed Kent 6-3 and then whipped Middlesex 6-1. Michael Dela-Merrick scored twice and James Kemp snapped up a third as Hampshire

  • Graffiti vandals' victim speaks out

    THE latest victim of a gang of graffiti vandals in Overton wants police chiefs to reconsider their decision to close the village police station. Marian Legg, aged 61, has suffered repeated attacks on her Milldown House home, with the louts spraying paint

  • All set for speedier poll

    COUNTING the votes at the last general election took eight times as long in Andover as it did in one of the Sunderland constituencies - but it should be quicker next time, Test Valley borough councillors were informed by chief executive Alan Jones. Sunderland

  • Diamond pair

    WHITCHURCH couple Ken and Peggy Alexander celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on Monday, 60 years after their wedding was almost halted due to a snowstorm. The pair, who live in Chatter Lane, are marking the special day with a party on Sunday

  • A34 set to get quieter

    THE Minister for Transport has said the A34 near Whitchurch should get a quieter surface within three years. In a letter sent to North Hants MP Sir George Young, John Spellar MP said in the case of the A34, 'the Highways Agency would expect to meet its

  • Intrepid workers Walk the Wall

    INTREPID staff at Ro-Hill Bodies in Andover raised a massive £4,000 for the Cancer Research Campaign after their managing director matched the money they were promised to abseil down Twining's landmark coffee tower. The 100ft Walk the Wall event raised

  • Attack shock pensioner thanks public

    A PENSIONER who had her handbag grabbed by a gang of teeny thugs in Andover in broad daylight earlier this month says she has been heartened by the warm-hearted public response to the attack. The robbery took place near the Jehovah Witness Hall at Enham

  • Swaggering back

    YOU can see for yourself whether The Mission are going through a return to form when they visit the Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea tonight. The band released their new album, AurA, in August of last year and it is said to be a welcome return for the band's

  • St John's in a flap

    A tawny owl that fell down a chimney faces a long road to recovery at the Hawk Conservancy at Weyhill. The bird, aptly given the name of St John-Smythe, has had every single flight feather on both wings and tail totally singed and ruined. Some feathers

  • Tidworth takes step nearer town status

    A PLAN to make Tid-worth an official town rather than a village is set to take another step forward shortly with the publication of Kenn-et District Councils proposals for the redrawing of the community wards. Tidworth, which was historically split between

  • Sizzling success!

    CRACKLING bacon, sizzling sausages and bright yellow eggs were the tasty offerings served up at a farm shop in North Houghton as the Farmhouse Breakfast Campaign took off this week. The Dairy Barn Farm Shop, specialising in home-grown produce including

  • Slim and tonic for mine host

    SHEDDING the pounds is a tough challenge for most people. But big Clint Daniel has the motivation of knowing that every bit he loses will raise cash to help sick children. Weighing in at 23 stone 4lb, the imposing pub landlord decided a diet was well

  • Andover back-up squad comes up trumps

    Andover I 19pts High Wycombe I 10pts HSA sponsored Andover 1st XV went into last Saturday's friendly against High Wycombe with a much changed side with the coaching duo Keith Mitchell and Paul Dodds deciding the time was right to experiment. Player-coach

  • HSA beaten by local rivals

    The HSA Youth League's last interest in the county cup ended in the slippery mud of Whitchurch United's Longmeadow Ground on Sunday when Roger Smith's Under-14 representative side were beaten 3-1 by their near neighbours from the Peter Houseman League

  • Angry Lions blast referee

    CFL sponsored Andover's growing fixtures back log could become the one major obstacle to Ken Cunningham Brown's town side lifting the JWL crown against this season and the mood in the Lions camp after last Saturday's game at Swanage Town was called off

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivings: CMA CGM Pasteur, container, 0130, 204; Magic, refrigerat, 0300, 104; Arno, ro/ro, 0330, 102; Hual Tropicana, ro/ro, 0430, 40; Tristan, ro/ro, 0730, 34/35; Northsea Trader, container, 1930, Con Term; Nedlloyd Asia, container

  • Champion for the future

    The organisation behind World Superbike racer Neil Hodgson have teamed up with Ducati to take part in the search for a British champion of the future. The GSE Racing team, who are backing Hodgson and teammate James Toseland's world championship challenges

  • Bond will be star in Denny quarter-finals

    HIGH-Flying Ian Bond is the star attraction when Atherley stage a Denny Cup quarter-final on Saturday (midday). The 28-year-old Devonian has burst into the world elite over the past 12 months winning two ranking tournaments before reaching the semi-finals

  • Rail link is just the ticket for St Mary's

    A NEW rail link to the £32m Saints' stadium could be on track after city transport chiefs revealed they hope to be in line for government cash. The news comes as residents by the St Mary's ground expressed fears about the level of crowd congestion on

  • Boys enjoy £210,000 boost

    A BOYS' SCHOOL in Southampton has been granted a share of nearly £2m in government funds as part of a scheme aimed at improving health, education and housing. Weston Park Boys' School in Portsmouth Road, Weston, is one of seven projects in the city set

  • Cuban cycle epic to aid disabled children

    PEOPLE in Hampshire are being encouraged to have the ride of their lives and help raise money for the Rose Road Children's Appeal. The charity is organising a special event to celebrate its 50th birthday and help achieve its goal of £4.75m to build a

  • New look for village high street

    LUDGERSHALL High Street is set to receive a significant makeover when the E E Roy premises is redeveloped. A pair of houses will replace the dilapidated former bank building adjacent to the site and the main shop frontage will be converted to form four

  • An everyday story of country folk

    VERNHAM Dean parish magazine carries its own story of farming people in every monthly edition. On The Farm is written by Mark Melly who, with wife Jane and supported by three sons, Matthew aged seven, Gay aged five and three-year-old Charlie, describes

  • Vehicle threat to rural byways

    CHUTE Parish Council has identified a 'streng-thening tide of opinion' against opening up footpaths and bridleways in its area to motorised traffic. In a letter to Wiltshire County Council, which is investigating a possible upgrade of a route from Chantry

  • On track for retirement

    NOW that he has given up the job of secretary to Andover Chamber of Commerce, Jan Wilson is about to go on an interesting journey into retirement. Chamber members discovered he had a passion for steam trains and promptly handed over a ticket for a steam

  • Warming boost from charity

    THE new bird of prey hospital at The Hawk Conservancy near Andover has received a tremendous boost from the RSPCA. The society has donated £2,400, with the money going towards two new bird-rearing incubators. They'll assist the conservancy's work with

  • Rock-bottom morale in police, MP hears

    ANGRY, demotivated, undermined and insulted, were the words used by Andover's MP Sir George Young to describe the county's demoralised police force. With desperate recruitment problems, rock-bottom morale and talks of militant action, the future does

  • Breeze along to savour funk rock

    BREEZE will be blowing into Southampton's newest live music venue, Greene Cellars, on January 31. The band got together in Bournemouth in 1990, and have been writing and playing their distinctive material ever since. Their style has ranged from blues

  • Top oral skills

    IF actions are supposed to speak louder than words, a cross-section of Andover's youngsters proved that a skilful combination of the two can have an impressive impact. Four secondary schools and Cricklade College mustered teams to take part in the annual

  • They're very special specials

    A GROUP of nine volunteers who have spent a combined total of more than 55 years patrolling the streets of Andover and district as special constables have been recognised by the police authorities. Andover police chief Supt Keith Cockburn presented certificates

  • Vehicle threat to rural byways

    CHUTE Parish Council has identified a 'streng-thening tide of opinion' against opening up footpaths and bridleways in its area to motorised traffic. In a letter to Wiltshire County Council, which is investigating a possible upgrade of a route from Chantry

  • New boss for farmers' market

    THE first Hampshire Farmers' Market to be run under the management of a new limited company will be held in Winchester on Sunday. Hampshire Farmers' Markets Ltd is a stallholder-led company of which local producer Martin Martindale from Anna Valley is

  • Grafitti vandals' victim speaks out

    THE latest victim of a gang of graffiti vandals in Overton wants police chiefs to reconsider their decision to close the village police station. Marian Legg, aged 61, has suffered repeated attacks on her Milldown House home, with the louts spraying paint

  • Bank moves on to the streets after boiler deluge

    STAFF at Barclays Bank in Fareham were helping customers on the streets yesterday after the branch was closed due to flooding. A faulty boiler caused water to pour through three floors of the West Street building affecting the electrics and raising health