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  • Portrait of the artist

    New Forest artist Sally Hamilton has been given the devastating news that she has an incurable eye disease - and is going blind. Today she tells Ann Lackey about her career and thoughts about her future... "PAINTING has always been my therapy. "Even as

  • Meeting a true Noble man

    LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, let me introduce to you the best EVER interview of my journalistic life so far - Mr Ross Noble, who is coming to The Anvil on Thursday, 13 November. After encountering some down right unhelpful "celebrities", my manna from heaven

  • Taylor's card sharp for 2004

    Kirsty Taylor went back to Tour School in Portugal last week and won her card for next year's European Ladies Tour. Then she declared: "That one's for Dad." The young lady from Overton in Hampshire has been under a cloud of despair since the death of

  • Prized asset Forbes piles on the pounds

    Andy Forbes is aiming to continue his remarkable scoring streak against Guy Whittingham's AFC Newbury tonight, with Winchester City insisting: "He's not for sale." Forbes, who is under contract at Winchester until 2006, took his tally for the season to

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivals: Grande Spagna, ro/ro, 0200, 202; Shanghai Express, container carrier, 0300, 207; Cetam Victoriae, ro/ro, 0500, 203; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0600, 201 Link; Carmen, vehicle carrier, 0630, 34/35; Manon, vehicle carrier, 1230, 40

  • Flagship refit at M&S

    RETAIL giant Marks & Spencer aims to boost regional profits with the unveiling of its new-look flagship store on Thursday. The company has ploughed £3.2m into expanding its premises at Hedge End, near Southampton, with extended fashion and home ranges

  • Offices make you sick

    SICK Building Syndrome (SBS) is putting employee well-being on the critical list, warns workplace fit out expert Morgan Lovell. Regional managing director Derek Jones said: "People who feel unwell at work could be suffering from SBS which is caused by

  • Sea Angling: Flatties worth a four-figure sum

    Nigel Thorns from Shoreham was certainly laughing all the way to the bank after collecting the £1,000 top prize during the 17th Poingdestre's Open Beach Festival at Weston Shore. Flounders provided pretty good action for 324 competitors who flocked to

  • On-board brain home made

    THERE may have been a right old royal fuss about the £560m Queen Mary 2 being built in France, but some of it comes from right here in Hampshire. The all-important control consoles, which are used to control everything about the speed and movement of

  • Protesters fenced in for 'own safety'

    ENVIRONMENTAL protesters camped out at the extended Bar End park-and-ride site say their human rights are being threatened after they were fenced in. Activists say they have been effectively hemmed in from all directions after makeshift fencing was erected

  • Hospital closes its injuries unit

    HYTHE Hospital's minor injuries unit has been closed temporarily as its bosses launch a recruitment drive to find the staff who can keep it open. The unit treats around 2,500 patients a year and has been dealing with a variety of non-serious injuries

  • On-board brain home made

    THERE may have been a right old royal fuss about the £560m Queen Mary 2 being built in France, but some of it comes from right here in Hampshire. The all-important control consoles, which are used to control everything about the speed and movement of

  • Review: Play more enjoyable without the music

    Ion, Lighthouse, Poole ONE of the most disconcerting things about Greek theatre is how it resonates with contemporary themes. Watching this operatic adaptation of Euripides' play, I found myself thinking about adoptive children finding birth mothers,

  • Baby tribute to missing sister

    THE newborn niece of presumed murder victim Belinda Gibson has been named in her memory. Southampton mum Belinda disappeared on February 16 last year and is now presumed dead. Her disappearance prompted Hampshire police to launch a missing person's investigation

  • Soccer tips for Beckhams of the future

    THEY ARE barely out of nappies but they are already being taught to dribble a ball like football heroes David Beckham and James Beattie. Eastleigh has scored a first by launching Britain's first Football Tots Club. From the tender age of two the teeny

  • Volunteer grants are up for grabs

    A VOLUNTARY organisation is encouraging other community volunteers to apply for a grant that could help them carry out valuable work in the city. Southampton Voluntary Services (SVS) has said that almost £100,000 worth of money was dished out to 129 good

  • Prized asset Forbes piles on the pounds

    Andy Forbes is aiming to continue his remarkable scoring streak against Guy Whittingham's AFC Newbury tonight, with Winchester City insisting: "He's not for sale." Forbes, who is under contract at Winchester until 2006, took his tally for the season to

  • Day a horse rolled over Stella's bonnet

    A WOMAN has spoken of her shock after a horse ploughed into the side of her car and rolled over the bonnet. Stella Moody was waiting for oncoming traffic on Funtley Road near Fareham when the freak accident happened. She was lucky to escape with only

  • Residents warned over clothing plea

    CHANDLER'S Ford residents are being warned not to be taken for a ride over a plea to donate unwanted clothes for people in the Third World. Leaflets from a company called Olonex Ltd have already been delivered to homes in Corinthian Road. But Eastleigh

  • Lighten up to keep safe on dark nights

    WINTER nights - put on your lights. That is the message going out to householders and cyclists from Eastleigh police and the local Community Safety Partnership. With the onset of dark winter mornings and evenings, the dual message is aimed at making it

  • THERE'S NO WAY STRACH WOULD GO

    GORDON STRACHAN is high on Leeds' wish-list of managers to succeed Peter Reid - but remains exceptionally unlikely to quit St Mary's. The Saints boss is the dream choice of many Leeds fans to return to the club he captained to the title as a player. He

  • Challenge to reduce teen pregnancies

    SOUTHAMPTON has the highest number of teen pregnancies in the south east but a major initiative could see the figures fall. Kate Thompson talks to Thabang Thacker, the city's teenage pregnancy co-ordinator... SOUTHAMPTON based companies are being targeted

  • Lawrence makes impact in Volvo

    Meon Valley golfer David Lawrence has won the inaugural Volvo Golf Club final at Wentworth. Five-handicapper Lawrence played some outstanding golf over the Edinburgh Course, where he opened up with a level par 72 for 45 Stableford points. With what was

  • Beat stress at work

    STRESS continues to cost companies millions of pounds a year through lost working days - but now help is at hand from one of the country's leading experts on the subject. The Southampton Enterprise Hub is staging a special course, led by Kevin Harvey-Jones

  • New business park build

    DEVELOPER Woodpecker Properties, based in Dorset, has started work on a new business park at Ringwood. Pullman Business Park off Christchurch Road is being built in reaction to growing demand from firms for out-of-town units. Firms wanting better transport

  • A34 CRASH CHAOS

    HUNDREDS of drivers were today embroiled in traffic chaos after two lorries crashed on the A34 near Winchester. The incident at 6.20am blocked the southbound carriageway near Worthy Down, causing long tailbacks. An articulated lorry carrying eight tons

  • Cemetery safety risk

    RINGWOOD council has launched safety checks in the town's cemetery following fears about the dangers posed by unstable gravestones. As many as ten per cent of the stones tested so far have been found to be a potential risk to graveyard visitors. Those

  • Review: A rollicking romp

    The Rocky Monster Show, Copythorne Theatrical Society, Parish Hall, Copythorne WITH characters named Stoker, Shelley and Mrs Danvers, the connections with Dracula, Frankenstein, and Du Maurier's Rebecca set the scene for Copythorne Theatrical Society

  • SCANDALOUS

    EVICTING travellers from sites illegally occupied in Hampshire is costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds each year. In Southampton alone £50,000 has been spent moving on travellers from sites across the city in the past six months. The costs

  • City remembers valiant war dead

    VETERANS from the conflicts of the past century crowded into Southampton's Guildhall last night to take part in the city's annual Festival of Remembrance. The moving ceremony began with a colourful parade of standards held by members of the Southampton

  • All ship-shape on sailors' charity DIY front

    CREW members from HMS Southampton took time off from swabbing the decks to do a spot of DIY. The handy matelots put their skills to work redecorating five homes and a community centre in the Nichol's Town area in support of the mayor Parvin Damani's charity

  • Lulu's back in town

    SIXTIES singer Lulu is to hit the road on a major UK tour next year, including a date at the Bournemouth Pavilion. The Bournemouth show will be on Wednesday, March 17 and tickets go on sale immediately. Lulu is the only British female solo artist to appear

  • What a little smasher!

    IT was a tough decision, but somebody had to win. After beating off competition from more than 200 other pupils across Fareham Victoria Goodsell has been crowned the Daily Echo poster competition winner. The 11-year-old was presented with the very first

  • 'Use it' plea for new ferry service

    SOUTHAMPTON residents are being urged to make use of a new ferry service running between the city and Gosport. The catamaran service aimed at Christmas shoppers was launched on Saturday by operators Red Funnel who also provide a service on to Portsmouth

  • Delgado called up!

    SAINTS striker Agustin Delgado has received a surprise call-up by Ecuador. Coach Hernan Dario Gomez has shocked everybody by deciding that the injury-hit Saints forward is a contender for a place in the starting line-up that takes on Peru on November