THE build-up for The Gazette Sports Awards has now started and, except for The Gazette Sports Personality of the Year Award, nominations for the categories can now be made. As well as the awards, there are also cash grants up for grabs for local sportsmen
LYMINGTON and New Milton boss Ian Robinson lamented a contentious penalty decision in first half injury-time as his side's FA Cup dreams were extinguished in a titanic battle at Woking. Robinson's Wessex League braves led the Conference giants and were
AFC Totton bowed out of the HSC 4-3 to Newport IoW last night despite a battling second-half performance against the Ryman League side. The Testwood Park club were 4-1 down at half-time but a stirring second-half performance almost saw them get back on
AUSTRALIAN Test star Michael Clarke has confessed that struggling with Hampshire last summer made him "deal with failure instead of success" for the first time in his career. Clarke entered the fourth Test of Australia's series in India, which began in
THIS new version of E Nesbit's classic children's book sees Eddie Izzard in the role of the Psanmead, an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy some children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them a wish a day, lasting until sunset. But they soon
SUMMER fun organisers, the Hamble Week 2004 committee, are holding their annual meeting this evening. Representatives of local causes that will benefit from this year's fundraising activity week will join the meeting at Roy Underdown Pavilion, at the
MACMILLAN Cancer Relief's World's Biggest Coffee Morning in September was an outstanding success. The full amount raised is not yet known but probably exceeds the national target (£4.5 million). In north Hampshire alone, 250 coffee mornings were held.
SICK days at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council have cost taxpayers an estimated £115,908 over a three-month period. Almost 1,500 days were lost to sickness between April and June of this year. The figures show that 216 days were lost to depression
Today's Principal Arrivals: Joker, cargo, 02300, 101/2; Breant, roro, 0530, 30; Autofreighter, roro, 0730, 201/2; Titan, yacht, 1300, sw; Autoprestige, roro, 1500, 203; Sava Ocean, cargo, 1530, 36s; Nagato Reefer, refigerated, 1900, 104; CMA CGM Pasteur
SOUTHAMPTON racing driver Matt Speakman missed out on the national Rover Gti Championship on the last lap of the last race of the season at Donington Park. Going into the final round of the BRSCC Super Coupe Cup series, Speakman needed to finish at least
CONGRATULATIONS to the magnificent Rias Poole Pirates who have completed speedway's League and Cup double for the second year running. With the SkyBet Elite League title safely tucked away weeks ago, the Pirates went into the second leg of the Knockout
WESSEX heroes Lymington & New Milton were left with bitter-sweet emotions as a memorable FA Cup run was halted 4-2 at Conference National outfit Woking in their fourth qualifying round replay last night. "Disappointed, but proud" was coach Dave Taviner's
AFC Totton bowed out of the HSC 4-3 to Newport IoW last night despite a battling second-half performance against the Ryman League side. The Testwood Park club were 4-1 down at half-time but a stirring second-half performance almost saw them get back on
WITH THE summer cycling season pretty much coming to an end the previous week, riders have moved indoors. The Calshot Velodrome, near Southampton, is the venue for a thriving winter track league. The short 150-metre track mirrors the mini track in Gent
POLICE in the New Forest are poised to issue on-the-spot fines to anyone found terrorising people with fireworks. Officers are vowing to make full use of new powers issued by the Home Office as part of a crackdown on antisocial behaviour. Police will
Turandot, Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre WHEN Pavarotti let rip with his Nessun Dorma, it became probably the most recognised piece of opera on the planet but left a mighty headache henceforth for all who tried to stage Turandot, from where it
AS an Air Berlin Boeing 737 touched down at Southampton Airport in the wet at 7.20am, history was made. It was the first scheduled arrival of a German passenger plane since the airport opened in 1910, the year when Britain mourned the deaths of King Edward
PRECIOUS memories of The Dell were never going to be enough for avid Saints fan Richard Prosser. So instead, the Chapel season ticket holder has created a spectacular shrine to the famous old ground in the basement of his own home. The vision has been
HE'S DRAWING in listeners from across the world with his Swinging Sixties repertoire. When he's not running the Swanmore post office, Hedge End resident Gary Jackson is entertaining fans from the USA, Canada and even Croatia - from the comfort of his
TWO Southampton artists have fulfilled their dream and set up a print workshop. Sarah Mander and Katherine Anteney-Tipper have transformed their premises in the city's Old Corn Exchange into Red Hot Press. Their fully equipped workshop, off Terminus Street
IDENTICAL tall ships Prince William and Stavros S Niarchos returned home to Portsmouth this week. The twin-masted brigs, each with 36 sails and owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust, were taking part in the charity's five-day celebration, featuring an award
ALTON Town inflicted further misery on hapless Hamble ASSC by beating them 4-1 at Anstey Road. Steve Poolton headed in a Cav Ferris delivery to give Alton the lead on 30 minutes which they doubled a couple of minutes later through Richard McCann. A Craig
FAMILIES in Fareham are set to benefit from plans to improve a vital community service. Bosses at the Oak Meadow Centre have applied to the borough council for the last slice of funding needed to refurbish their building in Tewkesbury Avenue. The facility
HERE is the good news for all Saints fans worried that their team could be engaged in a season-long battle against relegation: Your club is the great Premiership survivor! Saints entered November entrenched in the bottom three after winning just one of
SAINTS are bracing themselves for their biggest crowd of the season on Saturday as fans get behind the team in their hour of need. At the start of business today the ticket office had sold 29,300 seats for the game against West Brom. That total includes
TOYOTA seems determined to have the last word in the mid-sized people carrier market with its second take on the Corolla Verso. The midi-MPV sector is now stacked to the rafters with five-seater model choice, but so very few offer the quality, safety,
THE build-up for The Gazette Sports Awards has now started and, except for The Gazette Sports Personality of the Year Award, nominations for the categories can now be made. As well as the awards, there are also cash grants up for grabs for local sportsmen
WESSEX heroes Lymington & New Milton were left with bitter-sweet emotions as a memorable FA Cup run was halted 4-2 at Conference National outfit Woking in their fourth qualifying round replay last night. "Disappointed, but proud" was coach Dave Taviner's
WIMBORNE Town blew the Sydenhams Wessex League championship race wide open again last night when they inflicted only the second defeat of the season on defending champions Winchester City. City, who thrashed second-placed Gosport Borough 5-0 on Saturday
THERE was some thrilling action in the cups over the weekend, with ties going to extra time and even penalties. In the Hants Intermediate Cup, a late Glen Dawson equaliser earned Bacardi a 4-4 draw after extra time against Burridge, only for the latter
PORTSMOUTH fear £2.3million record signing Diomansy Kamara will be sidelined until after Christmas with a severe knee injury. The Senegal striker is believed to have torn a medial ligament in his left knee after a challenge from Paul Scholes in Saturday's
CONFERENCE high-flyers Aldershot Town fielded eight first-team players as they beat Fareham 3-0 at the Recreation Ground. "We battled very well but they were very sharp and a good footballing side," reflected Fareham manager Louis Savage. "It wasn't a
BUFFY'S back - but this time Scooby is nowhere in sight. Sarah Michelle Gellar leads this remake playing an American nurse living and working in Tokyo, who is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse. This curse locks a person in a powerful rage before
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build hundreds of homes on a 64 acre site at Bursledon could wreck the village. That was the fears expressed last night as villagers gave a frosty reception to proposals for 600 homes on land off Hamble Lane. The site, which separates
READERS of The Basingstoke Extra, published by Gazette Newspapers, have continued to support our campaign to help provide underprivileged children in Eastern Europe with a Christmas present this year. The Operation Christmas Child project, launched in
BOSSES at British American Tobacco's factory in Southampton today urged striking production workers: "Please don't put its future on the line." Six pickets and a handful of supporters displayed placards at the 26-acre site's main gate this morning as
STAFF and directors of Southampton accountants Hunt Johnston Stokes took part in a three-day, 520-mile charity cycle ride. They joined more than 100 teams to ride from the historic market town of Vimoutiers, across Switzer-land, to finish in St Cergue
HAMPSHIRE touring car ace Rob Collard is switching driving disciplines this week and taking on the challenge of the final round of the British Rally Championship. The former BTCC Independents Cup winner will be driving a Subaru Impreza in the South of
LYMINGTON and New Milton boss Ian Robinson lamented a contentious penalty decision in first half injury-time as his side's FA Cup dreams were extinguished in a titanic battle at Woking. Robinson's Wessex League braves led the Conference giants and were
TWO players also saw red as Brockenhurst put an end to their losing sequence by drawing 1-1 with Moneyfields at Grigg Lane. Christchurch referee Nick Bowen sent off Moneyfields' Vikram Singh for two bookable offences after an hour but then evened the
BOOSTED by the arrival of two of Egypt's Olympic squad, Hamble have climbed into fourth place in the Hampshire/Surrey Regional League, just three points behind leaders Trojans, who have lost their unblemished record. While Hamble were beating London Wayfarers
A WINCHESTER bar is facing a fight for survival as city police today attempt to snatch away its licence at a special hearing. Then on Friday Moloko Bar faces a bid by Winchester City Council to revoke its Public Entertainment Licence (PEL) that allows
TWO long-awaited schemes to boost cycling in Winchester look unlikely to go ahead. The schemes, at the junction of Badger Farm Road-Oliver's Battery Road and Easton Lane, Winnall, were seen as important to encourage people out of their cars. The Oliver's
THE SON of the Southampton pensioner killed by a lorry has expressed his sadness at the sudden death of the mechanic jailed in connection with her death. Terence Gleadall, who was from Rotherham, collapsed and died in Winchester Prison two weeks into
BASINGSTOKE Town's star footballer Sergio Torres has been honoured with a top award - not for nifty footwork on the pitch, but for his handiwork in his day job. The Argentinian midfielder may be used to being named Man of the Match, but when his employment
A LANDMARK scheme to compensate nursery owners who sacrificed profits to contain a deadly plant disease threatening the New Forest has had a mixed reception. Growers in and around the area who had to destroy stock to prevent the spread of Sudden Oak Death
Planes fly so low over homes in a Hampshire road that residents can almost wave to the pilots. Duncan Eaton reports... THEY can almost wave to the pilot as planes swoop in over the chimney pots of their homes in an Eastleigh town centre terrace. And the
READERS of The Basingstoke Extra, published by Gazette Newspapers, have continued to support our campaign to help provide underprivileged children in Eastern Europe with a Christmas present this year. The Operation Christmas Child project, launched in
The Entertainer, The Nuffield, Southampton THERE'S a time and a place for everything - and sadly The Entertainer had both a while back. The play is set in 1956 as music hall is dying and abysmal comedian Archie Rice's (Granville Saxton) career is sinking
THE future cost of asbestos related disease in the UK could reach £20 billion, according to a new report. More than 200,000 people in the country are expected to file insurance claims during the next 30 years. Many of them will be in Hampshire, where
GROUND-BREAKING television scientist Lord Robert Winston will have another accolade under his belt when he is presented with an honorary degree at Southampton Institute. The professor, known for his pioneering science programmes, will be given the title
A TWO-WEEK consultation with parents and staff could decide the fate of a popular Southampton school. Education bosses are thinking of closing Moorlands Infant to try and solve the problem of falling pupil numbers in the city. The proposal is just one
WIMBORNE Town blew the Sydenhams Wessex League championship race wide open again last night when they inflicted only the second defeat of the season on defending champions Winchester City. City, who thrashed second-placed Gosport Borough 5-0 on Saturday
ALTON Town inflicted further misery on hapless Hamble ASSC by beating them 4-1 at Anstey Road. Steve Poolton headed in a Cav Ferris delivery to give Alton the lead on 30 minutes which they doubled a couple of minutes later through Richard McCann. A Craig
The Others, The Joiners Arms, Southampton BIG lyrics and big hair rocked The Joiners, Southampton, at The Others gig. The four-man band played to a heaving sweating punk- loving mass of fans at the sold-out gig. Most of the time only the top of front
FAMOUS songstress Rosemary Squires will be at Eastleigh's Concorde Club on Monday night to star in its 10th Jazz Benefit night. It promises to be a feast of fun for jazz fans, with the line-up including six bands of varying styles. The benefit night is
JOIN us on the picket line! That was the message to civil servants at a Public and Commercial Services Union meeting in Hampshire after the government announced that they will slash more than 100,000 civil service jobs. Top of the agenda were plans to
ROBOTS ruled the roost for one day in Fareham. Children took on their parents during special games of robotic football at the town's Henry Cort Community College. The Robosoccer Challenge saw Lego robots used as sports stars during a football tournament
A DISABLED-friendly initiative pioneered by the Daily Echo now covers more than three-quarters of all town centre shops in Eastleigh. The borough is now leading the way for other communities to make it easier for the disabled to shop, say town chiefs.
AN environmental campaign has been launched in Eastleigh to replenish trees in the region. Cartridge World, which has a store in Market Street, is aiming to redress the balance by staging a major environmental campaign. It comes with the hard-hitting
STEVE WIGLEY is facing the biggest month of his footballing life. Saints are desperate for points to lift them out of the Premiership's bottom three and with games against West Brom, Portsmouth, Norwich and Crystal Palace - with three of those at home
LEAGUE Managers' Association vice-chairman Frank Clark is stunned by the number of managerial dismissals this season. Ex-Dell chief Dave Jones was sacked as Wolves manager on Monday - following Saints' Paul Sturrock, Leicester's Micky Adams, and Newcastle's
THE build-up for The Gazette Sports Awards has now started and, except for The Gazette Sports Personality of the Year Award, nominations for the categories can now be made. As well as the awards, there are also cash grants up for grabs for local sportsmen
THE increasingly popular Blue Hours cabaret returns to New Greenham Arts in Newbury on Friday, November 19, at 8pm. Host Barb Jungr will open the evening in her own inimitable style with reworked songs by her favourite artists and the occasional standard
THE London Pops Orchestra promise a fun-filled Christmas extravaganza at The Anvil on Saturday, December 4, from 7.30pm, with music about seasonal characters, lots of singalongs and audience participation for all the family. The programme includes festive
FAME Academy's James Fox will take on the role of Judas in a brand-new production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the New Victoria Theatre from November 15 to 27. JCS exploded onto the musical scene in 1971, stunning audiences and changing musical theatre
A VICTORIAN cottage in Jane Austen country is for sale with agents Lane Fox. Dormer Cottage, which is in the hamlet of Steventon, is currently on the market at a price guide of £400,000. And the words used to describe it by Lane Fox are "delightful" and
