FOOD and drink companies across Hampshire are being encouraged to enter into national awards to find the best exporter of goods in the country. The annual Food from Britain and HSBC Food and Drink Export Awards have been launched in association with The
Bashley manager Barry Blankley had made a vow to himself not to criticise officials - but he couldn't help himself after seeing yesterday's 0-0 Eastern Division derby draw with Dorchester ruined by the man in black. Referee Paul Brown of Taunton flashed
Gosport lost 2-0 to Bournemouth Poppies, who stunned them with a close-range Ryan Lucas header on 33 minutes and an 88th-minute breakaway goal by Lewis Till. To add to Borough's headache, eight-goal marksman Neil Scammell hobbled off after colliding with
SEVEN friends at Brighton Hill Community School exemplified the success of this year's GCSEs. Melissa Akers, Victoria Edwards, Rebecca Kingsbury, Kim Ruffell, Rachael Osgood, Peter Tompsett and Victoria Wheeler met up at the school on Thursday to share
POPLEY and Oakridge residents now have a brand-new one-stop medical centre. The purpose-built Shakespeare House Health Centre, in Shakespeare Road, Popley, houses two doctors surgeries, the Marlowe Partnership and the Bermuda Practice, together with a
TEACHERS got full marks from pupils who received their GCSE results last week. Robert May's School in Odiham scored the best results in its history. One pupil, Kathy Osgerby, 16, from Angel Meadows, Odiham, was almost speechless when she found out she
TEACHERS got full marks from pupils who received their GCSE results last week. Robert May's School in Odiham scored the best results in its history. One pupil, Kathy Osgerby, 16, from Angel Meadows, Odiham, was almost speechless when she found out she
A CRACK-addicted robber and his getaway driver who were involved in a terrifying hold-up at a Basingstoke post office have been jailed for a total of 11 years. Dwight Tabboner, 26, Gerald Howell and a third man fled with around £6,000 after targeting
SEVEN hundred and eighty of the countries finest anglers lined the banks of the Basingstoke Canal between Odiham and Aldershot for match anglings Blue Riband event - the Embassy division one National Angling Championships. With the sun climbing high and
WHITCHURCH bowls duo Rosemary Corney and Paula Rowntree are the new national mother-and-daughter champions of England, having won the title at Leamington Spa. Last year the pair finished runners-up but this time they went one better by winning the crown
Basingstoke 18, Marlow 17 Basingstoke opened their season with a win over visiting Marlow, writes Martyn Humberstone. But the FX-backed side will have to improve on Saturday's performance if they are to do well in the league, which starts this weekend
BASINGSTOKE Town moved to third in the table after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Grays Athletic on Saturday. Once again, Ernie Howe’s young side showed passion and hunger to overcome a Grays side who have invested heavily in experienced players
HAMPSHIRE slipped back into the relegation zone of the top flight of the county championship after a crushing innings defeat at the hands of league leaders Surrey at The Oval. The visitors arrived minus injured strike bowlers Alan Mullally and Chris Tremlett
Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell had only one word for yesterday's 2-2 Jewson Wessex League draw at Thatcham - "surreal." The ambitious Ten Acres side had nine players booked and two sent off and yet still fought back from a 2-0 half-time deficit. Two of
The maiden voyage of Southampton megaliner, Queen Mary 2 is already a sail-away sell-out and the ship is not even due into port until December of next year. The £534m ship will be the largest, longest, tallest, widest and most luxurious ocean liner ever
NEW businesses in the Southampton area now have a new home in which to grow and flourish following the opening of Basepoint. The new enterprise centre is proving a big draw for new businesses with fledgling companies attracted by the flexible leasing
THE TIN Soldier will be marching onto the stage of The Point Dance and Arts Centre, Eastleigh, on November 1. Staged by the Meningen Puppet Theatre, the show which is at 1pm and 4pm, has been adapted from the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. The
YOUNG thug Paul Carter is today behind bars and starting a four-year sentence at a detention centre for young offenders. Some of the ordeals the 17-year-old, right, subjected his victims to - which were virtually identical - lasted more than an hour.
CHILDREN in some of Southampton's most deprived areas will be given the chance to take part in rugby for the first time through an ambitious new initiative. Southampton Rugby Club will be targeting raw youth talent after the Outer Shirley Regeneration
THE coastguard had a busy time of it over the bank holiday weekend in the Solent and around the Isle of Wight. Four people were rescued by coastguards after their boat ran aground off the Isle of Wight. The Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat crew managed to tow the
THE sky was literally the limit for Eastleigh Carnival's royal court. For carnival queen Charlotte Howard, accompanied by princesses Katie Freemantle and Elizabeth Sides, took to the skies to survey her domain. The royal trio and Eastleigh mayor Councillor
TRAFFIC in Bishopstoke has reached unacceptable levels and with more housing in the pipeline it is likely to get worse. The stern warning comes hard on the heels of the publication of a traffic survey which was carried out by Bishopstoke Labour Party.
GORDON STRACHAN can directly compare the international form of rival goalkeepers Antti Niemi and Paul Jones on Saturday week. In a bizarre turn of fate the two men competing for the Southampton goalkeeper's jersey will go head to head when Finland take
SEVEN friends at Brighton Hill Community School exemplified the success of this year's GCSEs. Melissa Akers, Victoria Edwards, Rebecca Kingsbury, Kim Ruffell, Rachael Osgood, Peter Tompsett and Victoria Wheeler met up at the school on Thursday to share
TWO men who tried to attack each other - one of them using a bowling ball - in Basingstoke's Bowlplex stood side by side as a crown court judge sentenced them. Gary McKeown, 22, of Greenbury Close, Winklebury, and Michael Collins, 41, of Merton Road,
Today's Principal Arrivals: Celtic King, 0600, SCT; Autotransporter, ro-ro, 0600, 201 link; Millennium, general cargo, am, 109; Jakob, general cargo, am, 36; Vans Queen, ro-ro, 1300, 30. Today's Principal Sailings: Autotransporter, ro-ro, 1000, 201 link
Basingstoke Town Reserves 4 Corinthian Casuals Res 2 PETER GRAY’S side completed their second win of the season with a fully deserved victory at the Camrose on Wednesday night. But it was not all easy as the visitors came back twice. However
THE first Basingstoke Open Junior Tennis Tournament was held at Totally Tennis last week, providing an excellent opportunity for some of the country's most talented junior players to compete on home turf. It was the first tournament of its type to be
BASINGSTOKE and North Hants cricketers' hopes of runners-up spot in the Home Counties League vanished down the Bicester drain on Saturday. Having bowled out the home side for 159, the visitors looked on course for victory at 60-1 until the heavens opened
JUSTIN ROSE secured the best-ever finish from a debutante in a World Golf Championship tournament when he finished fifth in the NEC Invitational at Sahalee Country Club in Seattle. In the process, the 22-year-old Hook golfer picked up a cheque for £121,974
Basingstoke Town 2 Canvey Island 1 BASINGSTOKE Town completed a great bank holiday weekend as they followed up their victory at Grays on Saturday with their first-ever win over Canvey Island. Yesterday's victory at the Camrose means that in the space
As the number of people making personal injury claims rises, a new programme explores the claims and the companies helping people make them. BRITAIN, it would appear, has gone suing bonkers. It was recently revealed that personal injury claims have now
Bashley manager Barry Blankley had made a vow to himself not to criticise officials - but he couldn't help himself after seeing yesterday's 0-0 Eastern Division derby draw with Dorchester ruined by the man in black. Referee Paul Brown of Taunton flashed
Totton are going well after brushing aside Whitchurch 3-0 at Testwood Park through Michael White (penalty), Martin Whiddett and Ollie Shaw. They are joined on seven points by reigning champions Andover, who toppled Blackfield & Langley (Oakley, Maynard
CONFUSION reigns over whether Southampton Sports Centre land will be sold to property developers despite bitter local opposition. Bassett councillor Alec Samuels will table a motion at the council meeting on Wednesday, Sept-ember 18 asking for clarification
A SOUTHAMPTON councillor has called for city shopkeepers not to sell alcohol to anyone under 21. Millbrook Councillor George Melrose claims shopkeepers are putting sales before sense and fuelling deviance by selling alcohol to minors. Cllr Melrose said
CAN you imagine how a bricklayer might feel if people only ever talked about one wall that he'd built 25 years ago? Or a head teacher who was only remembered for an assembly he gave in 1981? It's not hard to see why singer Kiki Dee must get frustrated
Newbury stay top of the Jewson Wessex League with maximum points after scraping a 1-0 victory at Hamble ASSC. The Planemakers threatened first when Chris Cox hit the bar and they could have capitalised when Newbury had Anthony Alleyne sent off midway
Southampton-based Princess Cruises is gearing up for the entry into service of the 88,000-ton Coral Princess, the first in a new class of ships. One of the most advanced passenger vessels in the world, Coral Princess is due to join the company's American
Andrew Owens, has been appointed the port of Southampton's new operations officer. In his new appointment, 39-year-old Andrew will be responsible for overseeing the operations at both the multi-user bulk terminal and the Western Docks' Mayflower Cruise
The Friday evening forecast of light winds left Royal Southampton race officers contemplating whether to set the 122 boats in the annual Island Double a short Solent course rather than the 55 mile haul round the Isle of Wight. Dawn on Saturday was accompanied
FANCY enjoying the most stomach-churning meal of your life? Blind Peter and his ghostly cohorts will be hosting a barbecue at his former Hampshire home in Netley Abbey. The witches have prepared a magic brew to accompany the spooky sausages, beastly bangers
Paul Merson must be savouring a rapid return to the Premiership after leading Portsmouth to the top of the First Division with a 1-0 win. Merson was like a Rolls-Royce in first gear as he tormented a Grimsby side struggling for their life. A late strike
Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell had only one word for yesterday's 2-2 Jewson Wessex League draw at Thatcham - "surreal." The ambitious Ten Acres side had nine players booked and two sent off and yet still fought back from a 2-0 half-time deficit. Two of
SEVEN friends at Brighton Hill Community School exemplified the success of this year’s GCSEs. Melissa Akers, Victoria Edwards, Rebecca Kingsbury, Kim Ruffell, Rachael Osgood, Peter Tompsett and Victoria Wheeler met up at the school on Thursday
DRIVERS have been warned they face six months of delays as construction starts today on two mini-roundabouts in Brighton Hill. The scheme also includes traffic calming measures in Sullivan Road, Chopin Road and Quilter Road, and a puffin crossing in Brighton
MOURNERS from various sections of Basingstoke community life joined family and friends to pay their last respects to three times borough mayor Roger Morris. The large congregation at St Michael's Church for the funeral of the popular father-of-tw0, who
