Richard Garfield reports on his Sunday morning trip to a Basingstoke bar licensed to serve early for England's opening World Cup match BEER isn't normally on my Sunday breakfast menu, but when my boss told me to go to a Basingstoke bar that would be serving
FIRM going decimated the turn-out of runners at Hackwood Park near Basingstoke - two walkovers leaving only five races to be decided among 20 runners. But two desperately close finishes gave the good crowd something to shout about - and two riders enjoyed
HACKWOOD PARK near Basingstoke is the setting for the Hampshire Hunt point-to-point on April 14. The first of seven races is at 1.15pm and, with 92 entries, competitive racing is assured. Four of the races are qualifying events for finals to be run in
Today's Principal Arrivals: Lykes Innovator, container, 0900, 205; HMS Portugal, general cargo, 2200, SCT; Crystal Ace, ro-ro, pm, 202; Green Karmoy, refrigerated, pm, 104; Millennium, general cargo, 2359, 109; Valiant, due, 24. Today's Principal Sailings
ONE hundred and forty bacon rolls, 80 sausage sandwiches, 200 cups of teas and two vitally important World Cup goals. It wasn't your normal Sunday morning in church. Yesterday saw England fans pack into Holy Rood church in Stubbington to watch their team
The battle for individual crowns in the 2002 Road Runners 10 series is wide open in both the men's and ladies' races as the half-way stage approaches. New Forest's Chris Olden took the honours in race 4 at Westwood, Netley - staged by Team Solent and
BEST OF friends, best of enemies! Justin Rose beat best golfing buddie Ian Poulter in a glorious shoot-out for the Victor Chandler British Masters Championship at Woburn yesterday. The 21-year-old from Hook in Hampshire became the youngest winner of the
THE sun shone golden rays on Basingstoke as the town enjoyed its Picnic in the Park as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. The War Memorial Park came alive to the sound of music spanning the last 50 years, as entertainers mingled with the
THE mother of a murdered South Ham man has appealed for the public to help find the killer who scattered her son's butchered body across a housing estate. The severed head of Tristian Lovelock, 25, of St Nicholas Court, was discovered by Vic Mansi, 65
TOBY Balding is taking his dream move to a state of the art yard to appeal. The Hampshire trainer, still incensed by the planners' decision, will argue his case in front of a Government inspector in August. He wants his present yard at Fyfield to be demolished
Training legend Dick Hern has died, aged 81. Hern started training in 1957 and handled some of the greatest racehorses of the modern era, including the incomparable Brigadier Gerard, who beat Mill Reef in the 1971 2000 Guineas. He won 17 Classics during
A NEW racing chapter opens for former Hampshire-based jockey Tony Charlton when he saddles his first runner as a trainer tomorrow. He sends out Birth of the Blues in an apprentice handicap at Brighton hoping for a fairytale start to his new career. Charlton
IT MAY only have been a two-horse affair, but the men's open at Larkhill on Saturday was a race Clare Anthony and John Cornett will never for-get. The victory of veteran Hawaiian Youth at the South West and Wilts meeting was Anthony's first as a trainer
FORGET world number one Tiger Woods - the only professional golfer with four tour wins in the world this year is Justin Rose. The biggest pay-day of his four-year professional career came on Sunday when he won by a single shot in the Victor Chandler British
CHILDREN'S entertainment group HIT's takeover interest in Thomas the Tank Engine owner, Southampton-based Gullane, is in danger of going off the rails. HIT, which owns the rights to Bob the Builder, is reviewing a possible £157m offer after Gullane warned
YOU can dance until you drop at Eastleigh this month, as The Point plays host to the 10th Eastleigh Dance Festival. Organisers have pulled out all the stops for the milestone event, which takes place from June 16 to 30. As well as performances by some
Today we have produced a special edition of the Southern Daily Echo to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. With parties already under way, and with the nation preparing to celebrate 50 years in its history, it is fitting that this paper, which has chronicled
IT'S TIME to party! Hundreds of thousands of people in south Hampshire took to the streets, parks and open spaces as Jubilee time approached. Not since the Queen's Silver Jubilee 25 years ago have so many people enjoyed a carnival atmosphere, and with
Today we have produced a special edition of the Southern Daily Echo to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. With parties already under way, and with the nation preparing to celebrate 50 years in its history, it is fitting that this paper, which has chronicled
THE QUIET Hampshire countryside became the beating heart of the dance music world as thousands of revellers packed the Homelands festival this weekend. A crowd of around 30,000 partygoers from around the country came to Winchester on Saturday for the
