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HAMPSHIRE'S Justin Rose finished 13 shots adrift of USPGA Tour Buick Open winner Vijay Singh. Rose carded a final round 69 with Singh winning by a shot from John Daly after a final round 67.

SHANE WARNE produced season's best figures of six for 65 as Hampshire won their Frizzell County Championship promotion battle against Glamorgan at Cardiff inside three days. The nine-wicket victory gave Hampshire 20 valuable points, a win achieved with

MICHAEL BROWN had to stop himself laughing as Shane Warne spun Hampshire to victory against Glamorgan. Opening batsman Brown hit his second half century in four championship innings to help secure Hampshire's nine-wicket win, after fielding at short leg

HOLIDAY TRAFFIC, Mediterranean tempertaures and ten substitutions . . . this had all the ingredients of a pre-season friendly. But this was not just any pre-season friendly, for Plymouth's players had more than first team places and match fitness to play

THE SUN shone, the wine flowed and the band played. Carrying tables, chairs, cushions and picnic hampers, thousands of music lovers poured into Netley's Royal Victoria Country Park to sample the magical music of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The

BIG Four accountant KPMG, which employs 120 people at its Southampton office, must honour a £65m deficit in its pension fund. A landmark ruling by London's High Court came as a relief to local staff because it means their employer is responsible for plugging

A LUXURY hotel is set to form part of a multi-million-pound redevelopment programme in a Waterside parish, the Daily Echo can reveal. Oceanic Estates Ltd has submitted proposals to construct a 40-bed complex on part of the old Husband's Shipyard at Cracknore

A COLOURFUL parade of weird and wonderful sights wound its way through the streets of Romsey at Saturday's annual town carnival. As is traditional the Romsey Old Cadets led the parade of individuals and floats, followed by the fire brigade and Carnival

A WEEK of fun and games lies ahead for visitors to a New Forest pub. Staff at the Croft Tavern in Hythe have organised a range of activities to entertain parents and children while raising money for charity. The Summer Extravaganza is part of a nationwide

HEALTH chiefs in Southampton have been accused of rigging figures that show 100 per cent of city residents see a doctor within two days. Romsey MP Sandra Gidley claims Southampton Primary Care Trust - responsible for front- line health services - tipped

QUEEN Victoria's voice may soon be heard for the first time - thanks to the pioneering research of a Southampton University academic. The country's longest serving monarch is believed to have delivered a brief message at Balmoral during a demonstration

A £30,000 haul of counterfeit videos, DVDs, CDs and PlayStation games was destroyed by a huge crushing machine in Southampton. The goods had been seized from three Southampton counterfeiters by Southampton City Council Trading Standards and forfeited

THE annual Totally Tennis club tournament attracted a large number of entries, with more than 40 juniors competing for the eight titles over the two days. In the girls' events, Stephanie Catlin won all three competitions, adding three trophies to an ever-growing

HUNDREDS of Hampshire householders were driven nuts when a squirrel caused a power cut. The creature was dancing around on wires between two telegraph poles near Romsey when it sent an 11,000-volt shock through the system. The short circuit knocked out

IRISH legend Van Morrison treated his fans to a hits extravaganza on a warm soulful night at Broadlands. Dressed in his now trademark black suit, which fitted where it touched, complimented by a very fetching beige hat, Van gave a blistering two hour

JUST why Jools Holland is hailed the king of boogie-woogie was plain for all to see at Broadlands in Romsey on Friday night. Jools and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra entertained thousands of fans on the warm summer evening - and all were determined to

Featuring: Judie Tzuke, Leo Sayer, Midge Ure, Graham Gouldman and Madeline Bell at Fleming Park, Eastleigh. Following a beautifully performed support set from Judie Tzuke, featuring mellow songs with intelligent lyrics, the SAS Band took over the festival

A HOMELESS Scout group has launched a final push towards its attempt to build a new hut after their former home was destroyed by arsonists last year. Members of the 1st Shedfield St John the Baptist Scout Group had expected to have to raise a massive

IT was a day of fun for the whole family at the Gosport and Lee-on-the-Solent annual Town Show, writes Ben Clerkin. As the sun came, so did hundreds of people to enjoy the 11th annual event that raises money for local causes. Visitors to Walpole Park

THE Mayor of Fareham has unveiled a retirement flat complex where residents can live independently. Acacia Lodge in Trinity Street was officially opened by Councillor David Swanbrow who was shown around the 47-room building. A garden party and jazz played

TICKING off: A leaving performance for Mrs Bennett was staged on July 15, as a tribute to this much-admired teacher at Manor Field Junior School. Mrs Bennett is retiring from teaching after 30 years at the school. The staff and pupils were entertained

FUN lunch success: The recent Summer Fun Lunch was blessed with beautiful weather and a great crowd. With some money still to be collected, the profit stands at around £350. All the money raised will go to facilities and activities at the community centre

FAREWELL: To Year 6 at Kempshott Junior School. On the last day of term, there was a leavers assembly for the school, especially Year 6 who are leaving to go on to senior school. Lots of awards were given out for all manner of things. The greatest thing

POLICE investigating a fire that damaged a motorcycle clubhouse in Eastleigh have confirmed that they are treating the incident as arson. Detectives believe children were responsible for the blaze at the Southampton and District Motorcycle Club in Woodside

TAI CHI: There will be a course starting in September in the Village Club on Mondays from 10.45am to 12.15pm. A few spare places are available and the closing date for bookings is August 31. Call Josie Norton on 298059. PHOTOGRAPHY: "Getting the most

CARERS Monthly Support Group: This is a chance to come and share your problems and experiences with others who understand. Thist Thursday, from 10.30am at Hylton Court, Bowmonts Road, Tadley, you can come along, enjoy a cup of coffee and have a "natter

KICK off the dog days of August... with a pleasant little ramble in our lovely countryside between Hook and Rotherwick! The south east Berkshire group of the Ramblers Association is organising a roughly five-mile walk on Wednesday, meeting at 10am at

COACH trip: There are still a few places left on the trip to Eastbourne on August 13, leaving Silchester at 9.30am, returning 5.30pm. The air show takes place over the town and can be seen from the promenade. You can browse around the shops, too. The

MY ARTICLE this week is a little short of information, due to the fact that nobody has contacted me with anything to put in it. A SUMMER playscheme will be running at Tadley Community Centre, in Newchurch Road, from August 9 to 13, from 1.30pm until 4.30pm

BACK in 1928 a group of 21 master mariners, who had all served before the mast in the days of sail, met in Southampton's Royal Mail House, close to the Eastern Docks. Their objective? To found a local institution that embodies the port's seagoing history

Southampton's 2004 summer cruising season is now in full swing but details have already been released of city-based voyage programmes for next year and even 2006. While the UK shivers in the depths of winter three of P&O Cruises' Southampton fleet

SWEDISH international Mikael Nilsson should finally sign for Saints today. Nilsson didn't play in the pre-season friendly at Plymouth on Saturday as he wasn't officially a Saints player. The medical he had last week after flying in to England to join

KEVIN PHILLIPS described Saints' pre-season reverse at Home Park as "a bad day at the office". The former England striker missed his side's best chance of the first half, when he hooked a cross from Neil McCann over the Plymouth bar from eight yards out

SAINTS fans were scathing of their side's friendly setback in West Devon. Around 1,000 supporters travelled to see Paul Sturrock's former club stun his present employers. And while pre-season results are not the be all and end all - Sturrock himself has

THEO WALCOTT has been given a few days off following his impressive contribution to Saints' youngsters' pre-season performances. Walcott is the youngest member of the St Mary's academy aged just 15. Despite his tender age, he has played for the reserves

HAMPSHIRE have already managed more championship points in 2004 than in the whole of 2002 and 2003! Shane Warne's men have bagged 150 points from 10 games - compared to just 140 from six matches more in 2003 when they finished second from bottom. In 2002

HAMSPHIRE'S new look opening partnership began with a 99-run stand against Glamorgan in Cardiff - but it was not the first time that Michael Brown and Jimmy Adams had batted together. Left-hander Adams and Brown are set to continue at the top of the order

PUT YOUR money on South Wilts for the ECB Southern Electric Premier League title! The Salisbury club are looking a firm bet to land their first title in 15 years after Havant, BAT Sports and Bournemouth, their three rivals, crashed to defeat. While South

Today's Principal Arrivals: Montlhery, ro/ro, 0845, 201; Orion Leader, ro/ro, 0900, 43; Euro Melody, cargo, 1400, 206; MOL Integrity, container, 1630, 207 Today's Principal Sailings: Grande Atlantico, ro/ro, AM, No 7 dry dock; Montlhery, ro/ro, 1200,

CORPORATE finance experts from Hampshire have been involved in the management buyout of a big-name furniture retailer. The deal, involving Land of Leather, was funded by SB Capital Europe, with guidance from Chandler's Ford based Tenon Corporate Finance

CHIN, chin! The eight-strong Winchester office of upmarket private bank Coutts & Co celebrated 25 successful years in the city with an exclusive event around the "Music for a Golden Age" evening held at Winchester Cathedral. The concert, was held

CIVIC chiefs have pledged to take action to make safe Winchester's most historic park. Campaigners claim St Giles Hill has been neglected so badly it is in a dangerous state. Children have been allowed to undermine the roots of a pine tree, which is threatening

A CITY entrepreneur has appealed against a decision to stop him creating Winchester's first ever night club. Planning bosses rejected Karma's controversial application for a 1,500 capacity club in the former postal sorting office in Middle Brook Street

HOUSING bosses in Winchester are re-thinking the way they hold public consultation exercises to help decide the future of council housing. Only three members of the public turned out to the second of a series of 29 meetings in Highcliffe last night. The

WINCHESTER City councillors will visit a controversial site in Itchen Abbas earmarked for development. About 40 residents and Itchen Valley Parish Council have complained about the proposed development of 14 houses on the site of two bungalows in School

A GOVERNMENT planning inspector has resolved a long-running row that has bitterly divided a New Forest village. Sue Turner has quashed a controversial proposal to build a chapel on the front of St John the Baptist Church in Church Lane, Burley. New Forest

A TOP level investigation has been launched into how a collapsed bus deal could now cost taxpayers up to half a million pounds. Transport bosses had planned to open up three new bus routes to some of the most deprived areas in Southampton. And the deal

"THE STREETS of this city will be safer when thugs like you are locked away." Those were the damning words of a judge as he jailed three Southampton men for a total of 13 and a half years for robbing a restaurant manager of more than £5,000. Sid Pumford

THIS is the face of a frail great-grandmother who was beaten by a thug in a Hampshire pub. Pensioner Elsie Yates, 84, was enjoying a quiet drink in The Kingsland Tavern in St Mary's in Southampton when she was punched by a man following a disagreement

THE south sizzled in the warmest weather of the year over the weekend when temperatures rocketed to the mid-80s. The good news is that the fine weather is set to continue until at least Thursday when cloud is expected to roll in from the Continent, leading

SOMEONE, somewhere in the Southampton area, is sitting on a mini fortune - and it could be you. A prize for more than £100,000 has astonishingly not been claimed and now lottery organisers Camelot are pleading with punters - "What were you doing or wearing

A DREAM came true for a Hampshire schoolgirl as she came face to face with one of her TV heroes. Jayde Dilley was lost for words when she met laid-back Aussie entertainer Rolf Harris, minutes before he took to the stage to entertain crowds at the Eastleigh

THE annual Totally Tennis club tournament attracted a large number of entries, with more than 40 juniors competing for the eight titles over the two days. In the girls' events, Stephanie Catlin won all three competitions, adding three trophies to an ever-growing

Broadlands was bouncing last night as Irish boyband Westlife took to the stage. As the sun set over Lord Mountbatten's estate the new four-member chart-topping band belted out their hits. They began with their own song Give Me a Reason before more familiar

AMOROUS couples or someone so tall that they must have spent their formative years with their feet wedged in a grow bag are usually responsible for blocking your view at a gig. But at a Rolf Harris concert it's people madly waving wobble boards in the

Featuring: Susana Seivane, and Warblefly at Fleming Park, Eastleigh. Unlike support band Warblefly, whose set is fast and furious but very samey, Susana Seivane's Spanish band have a unique and varied sound, combining tones from North Africa, Spain, France

A GRIEVING widow has been left devastated after vandals destroyed her husband's gravestone. The pensioner, 67, discovered the white marble headstone lying shattered in pieces on the ground when she went to lay fresh flowers at St Edmund's cemetery in

GREEN gathering: HEATH End Gardening Club meets at Heath End Hall next Tuesday at 8pm for its next meeting. New members are always welcome. VILLAGE market: On Saturday, August 7, as it's the first Saturday of the month, the monthly village market will

PLAYFUL prompt: A reminder that from Monday to Friday, between 9.30am and 12.30pm, Basingstoke Play Council will run a play-scheme for children between the ages of five and 11, at Bramley Village Hall. Open access is available and no booking is necessary

GARDEN competition: Front and back gardens in Chineham were judged a couple of weeks ago and we now have two winners to announce. In first place, with her back garden, is Mrs P Jolley, of Fennel Close. In second place is Mr C Parsons, of Longstock Close

SURPRISE, surprise: Good friends from Farleigh and Ellisfield arranged to meet up for a drink not so long ago. No surprise in this, except that the place they chose was a harbour bar in Barbados, where their cruise ships were both due to call in on the

NO ENTRY: THE biggest thing going on around Hook for the foreseeable future will be the roadworks on the B3349 - the road from Hook to Reading. Unlike many of our local roads, this one has not been improved for many years and you may have noticed that

A DREAM came true for a Hampshire schoolgirl as she came face to face with one of her TV heroes. Jayde Dilley was lost for words when she met laid-back Aussie entertainer Rolf Harris, minutes before he took to the stage to entertain crowds at the Eastleigh

LESS than four months after a major makeover Eastleigh's Age Concern building is a hive of activity. With the Monday Club and the recently formed Eastleigh District U3A starting to flourish some new developments are planned. On August 10 at 2.30pm there

PHASE two of the Oakridge regeneration: The central area, comprising the village green and plaza in front of the new community centre, was due to be completed by the end of this month, with the new High Street opening late August or early September. A

EASTLEIGH civic chiefs have cleared the way for two houses at Bishopstoke to be bulldozed to make way for six flats. Only one councillor on the borough's Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton Heath Local Area Committee failed to back the Eastleigh Housing

WHERE are they now? A lady from the Romsey area has been in touch with me to try to trace an old friend from many years ago. She travelled up from Romsey especially to try to trace Madeline Smith, who she went to school with in Winchester. Madeline was

WINNERS! It's official - Sherfield-on-Loddon has come out top as the overall winner of the Calor Hampshire Village of the Year. Parish clerk Lucy Marshall said: "I was sworn to secrecy. It was a nightmare trying to stop myself blurting it out." She added

Sir.-While I agree with traffic-calming measures, especially in Tadley and Baughurst, I do think things need to be thought through properly. I feel the latest measures - build-outs along Heath End Road - serve no purpose. On Monday, I witnessed, on two

Sir.-Since Basingstoke council took over management of parking from Hampshire Constabulary, parking problems in general have, in my opinion, deteriorated. This Liberal Democrat-led council, with the help of Labour, is going out of its way to get cars

Sir.-With reference to your article "Whipping up a storm" in The Friday Gazette on July 16. I live in Sherfield-on-Loddon, and my house is near the boundary of Bramley Camp. Chinooks and other types of helicopter are, unfortunately, a part of our daily

Sir.-I am writing in response to a letter by I Cranham in The Gazette on July 9. I must point out that the local police officer retired from Hampshire Constabulary in 1995. During his time on the Winklebury beat, he did, in fact, use a push bike and was

Sir.-Isn't it amazing? One only has to mention how bad standards are in most of Basingstoke's secondary schools to get Labour supporters writing in to say how important it is that nothing changes. With six of Basingstoke's secondary schools in Hampshire's

A HIGH-speed ferry ran aground in the Solent on the first day of sea trials after the chief officer was distracted, say investigators. One person was injured when the Southampton-built catamaran Katia collided with Hurst Spit, near Milford on Sea, at

PAUL STURROCK revealed that some of his players may miss out on a starting place at Aston Villa because of their performance at Plymouth. Saints boss Sturrock named a strong side for his return to Home Park with only Antti Niemi and Jason Dodd missing

GRAEME LE SAUX reckons his left flank partnership with Jelle Van Damme can provide a valuable option for Saints this season. Le Saux played in front of new signing Van Damme on the left side of midfield for 15 minutes at Plymouth after working on the

PAUL STURROCK and his right-hand man Kevin Summerfield were both given a standing ovation on their return to Home Park. Before kick-off Sturrock was presented with a framed oil painting of the Barbican, one of the few areas in Plymouth not bombed by the

A DOUGHTY last-wicket stand between Keith Harris and Charl Willoughby ensured Basingstoke and North Hants came away with valuable points from their cricket clash at league leaders Henley. The tail-end duo batted through the final four overs to see the