ENTRIES for an internationally- respected BBC poetry competition flooded in from as far away as Nairobi and New York. A team of top judges agonised for weeks over the winners. And to their utter amazement three of the prize-winning poets came from the
In the Jewson Wessex League Gosport Borough sent Christchurch packing 4-0 last night. Until Neil Scammell struck with a 74th minute header for his ninth goal of the season, Borough had only a 44th-minute Graham Lindsey strike to show for their efforts
THIEVES walked into the home of an elderly man at the weekend and robbed him of his and his ill wife's pensions. Former builder Lesley Walter, 88, lost two weeks' pension money totalling £800 in the callous act. Mr Walter, who has lived in Popley for
TOMORROW’S meeting about plans to remove an after-screening breast assessment clinic from Basingstoke will give the public a chance to grill health chiefs, the chairman has said. The meeting is at Harness House – behind Basingstoke
IF THERE is one athlete who knows what to wear while battling against the elements it is Ellen MacArthur. During the voyage which made her the fastest woman to sail round the world, the Isle of Wight yachting heroine shivvered next to icebergs on some
SCOTLAND'S Graeme Wight Junior smashed the outright course record in the Tran-X MSA British Hillclimb Championship at Gurston Down. The championship was finely poised before Gurston with Wight behind the wheel of a Gould GR51 V6 single seater racecar
JENSEN Motorsport from Eastleigh plan to assault the British Formula Renault Championship next year. The team are close to signing on drivers for a two-car challenge for one of the UK's most prestigious single-seater categories. Team principal Jensen
Dennis Rofe took charge of an impressive-looking Saints Reserves side last night - and said he was disappointed with some of the senior players as they went down 2-0 to Tottenham. Rofe, standing in for Steve Wigley on England U21 duty, said: "For some
Father and son Colin and Gavin Wheeler pulled off a great cycle speedway double over the weekend. While dad Colin and team-mate Dennis Hubble were putting the Southampton club's name up in lights by taking gold medals in the British Veterans Championship
EMERGENCY services and local authorities from across Hampshire are putting their response skills to the test at a training exercise in Netley. Organisations including the police, fire, and ambulance services, Portsmouth City Council and the Air Accident
Jon Gittens's men bowed out of the FA Cup after a 12th-minute winner at Tooting & Mitcham last night. Their best chance of equalising disappeared on 50 minutes when Floyd Hamoudu headed over from Lloyd Mitchell's cross.
HI-TECH helps to make Southampton safer than the average port and it will remain so even if a new container terminal is built at Dibden Bay - so says Captain Jimmy Chestnutt of Associated British Ports. ABP chose to relaunch its terminal-building campaign
PUPILS in Basingstoke go back to school tomorrow – but the county education department still does not know whether or not checks on all new teachers will have been completed in time. A Hampshire education spokeswoman told The Basingstoke Extra
Today's Principal Arrivals: Arno, ro/ro, 0600, 105/6; Boxter, general, 0730, 107; Century Leader, ro/ro, 0730, 43; Cetam Victoriae, ro/ro, 0800, 25 link; Grande America, vehicle carrier, 0800, No 7 Dry Dock; Hyundai Freedom, container, 1030, 204; Autotransporter
Billy Mackenzie still has a 26-point lead in the British Motocross 125 Championship - but his nearest rival Stephen Sword closed up on him in Hereford. Round five at the new quick hillside circuit at Pontrilas on the Welsh border saw the KTM-mounted Sword
Vauxhall have retained the manufacturers title in the Green Flag British Touring Car Championship - much to the delight of Hampshire racing legend Derek Warwick. Warwick was a major force in establishing Triple Eight Engineering, who run Vauxhall's touring
THE Forest flame was burning brightly in the FA Cup last night as both Bashley and Lymington & New Milton came through triumphantly in their preliminary round replays. Craig Anstey's second-half free-kick did the trick for Bashley 1-0 at Mangotsfield
Making e-commerce work for the commercial property industry is the focus of a one-day conference in Southampton this month. Spearheaded by the city council's economic development division, in partnership with the Estates Gazette Group, the event follows
BIG MORTGAGES have never been easier to land but first-time buyers hunting for their dream Hampshire homes are being warned to resist the lure to borrow more than they can afford. Sky-high prices combined with rock bottom interest rates mean many are
THE family of Southampton murder victim Shah Wahab today made a desperate plea for help in catching his killer. As a murder inquiry into the 37-year-old's death gathered pace, Mr Wahab's sister spoke for the first time about her family's pain of losing
A MASSIVE operation designed to reduce mobile phone thefts across Southampton has been hailed a success. Nearly 500 people queued to have their mobile phone security marked at Southampton General Hospital as part of a Daily Echo-backed citywide crackdown
Lewis Till was again the Bournemouth hero as Poppies pulled off a 1-0 result at Hamble ASSC. The decider came in the 65th minute when Till pounced on the rebound after Planemakers' keeper Pete Harris had parried a free-kick. Chances were few and far between
A LINER still remembered with affection in Southampton is Arundel Castle, which served in the Union-Castle fleet for 37 years. The liner made her maiden sailing from Southampton to South Africa in 1921, carrying passengers, mail and cargo. In some respects
Saints have appealed to the FA over Michael Svensson's red card against Spurs on Saturday. If the appeal fails, he is likely to get a one-match ban and miss the September 14 match at West Brom. Alan Blayney and Chris Baird have been named in the Northern
