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  • Martin owns up to a costly mistake

    ONE of Hampshire's finest golfers paid a high price for his honesty during a Matchroom/EuroProTour event in Portugal. Brokenhurst Manor tournament professional Martin Le Mesurier disqualified himself from the Quinta Da Marinya tournament after realising

  • Hampshire hold on for the draw

    Hampshire were left hanging on for a draw, grateful for the loss of 33 overs to rain and three dropped catches at The Rose Bowl yesterday. For some spectators, the second XI's trophy clash against Gloucestershire on the Nursery Ground provided more enterainment

  • Thank you for my life

    IT was a day little Charlotte Taylor thought she would never see. At the tender age of two she was diagnosed with cancer. She thought she was going to die. Three years later she was given a bone marrow transplant from her little brother, Ryan. It was

  • Wind in the sails

    Thirteen is a lucky number for Southampton's largest commercial law firm, Bond Pearce. For the firm has just secured a contract to handle the environmental and planning work for its 13th offshore wind farm. There are only 18 offshore wind farms with licences

  • Patience is a virtue in debt recovery

    Companies thinking of bankrupting someone who owes them money should think again. That is the verdict of insolvency specialist, Antony Fanshawe of Fanshawe Lofts reporting on the findings of a recent survey. Mr Fanshawe is regional chairman of R3, the

  • New generation of vessel launches

    HMS Tyne, the first in a new generation of fishery protection vessels for the Royal Navy has been launched at Vosper Thornycroft's shipyard in Woolston, Southampton. The 80-metre offshore patrol vessel is one of three River Class ships that are being

  • Celebrations mean a lot across the generations

    THERE may have been just one reason for the weekend's Golden Jubilee celebrations. But revellers across the south used their imagination to come up with dozens of different ways to mark the Queen's 50 years on the throne. One mother used a Golden Jubilee

  • Wendy's Red Cross service is golden

    AS celebrations continue to mark the Queen's 50th year on the throne, the British Red Cross is paying tribute to a Southampton volunteer in her own golden jubilee year of service. For 50 years Wendy Knight has dedicated more than 500 hours a year to the

  • Marinas still fly the flag

    HAMPSHIRE'S magnificent seven marinas have achieved coveted "Blue Flag" status for the fourth year in succession. The marinas were awarded Europe's highest honour for cleanliness and management after passing stringent checks on water quality, cleanliness

  • PARTY HARD

    IT WAS the party the cynics said would never happen. But despite the wet weather thousands took to the streets of Hampshire yesterday to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Tons of bangers, gallons of booze and miles of bunting turned towns and cities

  • Celebrations mean a lot across the generations

    THERE may have been just one reason for the weekend's Golden Jubilee celebrations. But revellers across the south used their imagination to come up with dozens of different ways to mark the Queen's 50 years on the throne. One mother used a Golden Jubilee

  • Let the freight roll

    Stevedores, Southampton Cargo Handling (SCH) have clinched an agreement to service the new trailer and roll-on/roll-off freight ferry operation between the port and Santander in northern Spain. The new contract is a further boost to SCH's list of ro/ro

  • Marinas still fly the flag

    HAMPSHIRE'S magnificent seven marinas have achieved coveted "Blue Flag" status for the fourth year in succession. The marinas were awarded Europe's highest honour for cleanliness and management after passing stringent checks on water quality, cleanliness

  • Easy rider mayor revs up procession

    THE DEEP rumble of mechanical thunder filled Romsey's ancient Cornmarket as a jubilee procession of Harley Davidson motorcycles toured the Test Valley. Mayor of Test Valley Tony Gentle and mayoress Rita Gentle strapped on their helmets and grabbed some

  • Students' export brainwave

    Andrew Rissik, managing director of the Southampton-based LG digital phone systems dealer Network Digital Communications Ltd, commended the three students who made a presentation relating to his company at Southampton Institute. As part of their Year

  • Keeping their cool in the Far East

    Fareham-based Searle Manufacturing Company is celebrating continued success in the Far East with three prestigious new orders for its coils division from Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. The UK's leading producer of commercial and industrial cooling

  • New businesses don't keep it in the family

    New research results from business and financial adviser Grant Thornton show that younger UK SMEs have different attitudes to their businesses than their older counterparts. Grant Thornton's European Business Survey (EBS), now in its tenth year, found

  • Serial offender back behind bars

    SERIAL offender Dean Hallam was back behind bars today as he began a three-and-a-half-year sentence for his latest brush with the law. Hallam, 35, had notched up 138 offences before he struck at the home of an engaged couple in Winchester and then rammed

  • Easy rider mayor revs up procession

    THE DEEP rumble of mechanical thunder filled Romsey's ancient Cornmarket as a jubilee procession of Harley Davidson motorcycles toured the Test Valley. Mayor of Test Valley Tony Gentle and mayoress Rita Gentle strapped on their helmets and grabbed some

  • Artistic port viewings

    Thousands of travellers passing through Southampton Docks will have the chance to see artwork by pupils of Romsey Community School. The youngsters have been visiting the port annually for more than three years to draw and sketch the many luxury cruise

  • ECUADOR DUO MISS CHANCES

    Saints fans caught their first glimpse of Ecuadorian pair Agustin Delgado and Cleber Chala playing in the same side yesterday as the duo lined up in their country's 2-0 World Cup defeat against Italy. Delgado and Chala, who between them cost Saints more