New Milton schoolboy James Higgins is just back from the World Junior Golf Series in Torrey Pines in San Diego where he finished a commendable 32nd out of 8,000 original entries. Two years ago Higgins was a 26 handicapper; now he's down to five and at
Incoming Stoneham club captains Mike Warner and Vicki Smith raised £260 for their chosen charity, the Ken Rose Foundation, when they staged the traditional captains' drive-in at the club. They were joined by junior captain Scott Brown as well as 100 friends
Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric is today expected to confirm that Velimir Zajec and Joe Jordan will be retained as the club's managerial partnership, writes SIMON WALTER. Mandaric put executive director Zajec, pictured, and coach Jordan in temporary
THERE are any number of bad jokes you could make about the title of this film, but I don't think I'll bother to make any, such as suggesting that its makers seem to have "forgotten" the plot. Oops, too late. A bizarre thriller, it inexplicably (given
SANTA'S got himself a new form of transport this year - a recycling wheelie bin pulled along by two reindeer. Now, thanks to the artistic efforts of a ten-year-old Hedge End school pupil, people throughout the UK, Europe and the USA are set to see what
HAMBLE Lifeboat has been given £500 to help fit out a new high-speed craft for the rescue service, which is one of the busiest in the country. The cash came out of the blue from workers at the giant Hamble based Smiths Aerospace plant, which was formerly
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; OOCL Qingdao, container, 0700, 207; Hercules Leader, vehicle, 0800, 43; Montlhery, roro, 0830, 203; NYK Antares, container, 1000, 206; Ulusoy 5, roro, 1030, 201; Philipp, contaienr, 1630, 204 Today's
A HAMPSHIRE coach firm is to fold, bringing the curtain down on a business that is almost as old as the car itself. Taylors Coaches of Sutton Scotney will finally cease trading on Christmas Eve after nearly a century in the business. Around 15 jobs will
CHILDREN visiting a Southampton cinema could be going home with more than just film memories in the run-up to Christmas. The Odeon in Leisureworld has organised a festive lucky dip in aid of the Southampton based Leukaemia Busters charity. Father Christmas
AFTER an inspired display at table-topping Sheffield Arrows the previous week, Solent Stars sank into the abyss of mediocrity in their must-win National Trophy pool match at Coventry Crusaders on Saturday night. Needing victory to keep their semi-final
YOUNGSTERS at Perins Community School in Alresford ended their first term in style with a Christmas party. Year 7 pupils were treated to a Christmas lunch, party games and a disco. Older pupils and prefects helped staff organise the party, and Santa even
A 19-YEAR-OLD man died after being hit by a car as he walked along a country road. The accident happened on the A336 Southampton Road outside Bartley Cross Farm, Cadnam, just before 1am on Sunday. The accident follows another fatal accident in July when
SHE'S a ten-year-old girl who really can Bend it like Beckham. Jane Marie Yeates has been pitting her skills on the pitch against 50 other hopefuls from across the world after winning a place in the Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools International Skills Final
THE FORCE was with shoppers in Southampton - and it needed to be. Luke Skywalker's arch foe Darth Vader took time off from dominating the known universe to drop into WestQuay shopping centre. But there was no need to call on Han Solo's light sabre - or
RESIDENTS are celebrating after controversial plans to use shipping containers as art studios in a residential area of South-ampton were turned down by planning chiefs. More than 200 angry people in Woolston signed a petition objecting to the scheme for
MEMBERS of controversial rap group So Solid Crew took centre stage on a trip to Southampton. The Twins and the So Solid Kids appeared at Northam Community Centre to join in with a football match and pass on a few musical tips. The rappers were in the
A CALL for a permanent reminder of Eastleigh's railway heritage to be established has been made in the wake of the shock announcement that the town is to lose its railway works by the end of next year. Former mayor Councillor Godfrey Olson wants a transport
Harry Redknapp has admitted he will reluctantly consider selling James Beattie if he needs to fund new signings. The Saints boss, pictured right, is targeting up to five new additions to his squad next month but they are pretty much all free transfers
Saints were today set to unveil plans to build an £80,000 memorial statue of the late, great Ted Bates - the club's legendary former player, manager, director and president. The True Saints Association has already set up the Ted Bates Trust after Southampton
A project to help teenage girls get in shape has won praise from Health Secretary John Reid. Kate Thompson finds out more. A GROUP of teenage girls from Maybush in Southampton are being encouraged to watch what they eat and get in shape thanks to a successful
Basingstoke Bison 0, London Racers 3 LONDON netminder Sylvain Daigle produced two man-of-the-match performances over the weekend to leave the Bison with just one point from their matches against their play-off rivals. Just 24 hours after Friday night's
Keith Maplesden, who describes himself as the secretary who took the Hampshire Golf Union from "quill pen to Internet", is stepping down at the end of next year. One of the county's finest administrators wants to spend more time with his wife Sue and
AS I stagger into the Empire cinema in Leicester Square very early one morning, a man dressed in a frock coat and top hat suddenly shouts "Beware!" into my face, causing my sleep-encrusted eyes to whip wide open in indignant shock. Lemony Snicket is the
IT'S NOT often that you can boast a golf course at your company's premises. But bosses at one of Hampshire's leading sand and aggregate producers decided to have one on site as an unusual scene-setter for their calendar this year. Not content with run-of-the-mill
HAMPSHIRE batsman John Crawley took delivery of a £750 cheque for the Howzat school cricket appeal from accountants Langdowns DFK. The Eastleigh-based firm awarded him £50 for every half century he scored over the 2004 cricket season. The Howzat appeal
SOUTHAMPTON is proving a fertile breeding ground for businesses, with ten per cent more companies setting up shop in the city this year than last year. A boom in eating out, inspi-red by the rise of celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay, pictured, meant
Flounders supplied most of the action during the Lymington & District SFC Christmas Open, where Rory Lancaster from Lymington romped to victory with a trio of flatties weighing 4lb 3.5oz. While Lancaster was winning the event the real highlight was
PHOTOGRAPHS of a field threatened with development have been captured by Winchester residents in a calendar to raise cash for their cause. The Save Barton Farm campaign group has produced the 2005 calendar to help fund their case in a public inquiry into
MEMBERS of Hythe Boys' Brigade have been cooking up a storm thanks to a generous donation from a local firm. The 1st Hythe company bought two new cookers after Esso and ExxonMobil Chemical at Fawley gave them £700. The brigade's youngsters got their first
A DAD-OF-TWO died after falling into the water after a Christmas party in Southampton with his workmates. The 51-year-old man was last seen on CCTV leaving La Margherita Restaurant at Town Quay after a night out with about 40 colleagues from Garmin Europe
SPEED cameras have led to a dramatic drop in the number of accidents on Hamp-shire roads - while raking in £2.5m in fines from motorists. The annual report by the Safety Camera Partnership for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight showed that accidents on roads
MORE than 10,000 copies of Southampton's new Monopoly board game have flown off the shelves in the run-up to Christmas. The city's long-awaited property trading game hit the high street in October - and has had to be re-printed three times already to
SOUTHAMPTON'S flagship combined heat and power scheme could be under threat. City bosses are drawing up a £100,000 rescue package for the troubled project after it was revealed that original plans to provide the power for the scheme using gas turbines
PEOPLE who face losing thousands of pounds in the APW Electronics pensions scandal were offered a glimmer of hope after a meeting with ministers yesterday. Pensions ministers Malcolm Wicks said the "door was not closed" on devastated current and ex-employees
TWO teenage players, coached by Jason Jokhoo of Totally Tennis, have been chosen to represent Great Britain at the 20th Deaflympic Games in Australia. Seventeen-year-old twins Alex and Beth Simmons are due to fly to Melbourne at the beginning of January
THESE two glittering homes are among the festive best in the New Forest this year. But have they done enough to scoop the title of Daily Echo Haskins Festive Home 2004? In Whinfield Road, Dibden Purlieu, the Green family have filled the garden of their
CHRISTMAS is one of the loneliest times of the year for people who live on their own. One group that is well aware of the problem is the Sunday Lunch Club in Chandler's Ford, which meets once a month for a three-course meal and plenty of good company.
Basingstoke 14pts, Worthing 33 WORTHING returned to the top of the London one table after completing a double over Basingstoke on Saturday at Down Grange. This was a much-improved performance by the FX-backed 'Stoke team from the first encounter against
FAREHAM china shop Hadleigh's won a cuddly kangaroo in a festive hats competition. They donned hats covered in angels, stars and tinsel for the show in Fareham Shopping Centre, which was judged by the Mayor and Mayoress of Fareham Cllr David and Jane
PARENTS of 27 children who have been refused places at over-subscribed Whiteley Primary School have set up their own action plan and are ready to launch a mass appeal to education chiefs. Of the 117 parents vying for one of the 90 precious places, 27
SANTA'S got himself a new form of transport this year - a recycling wheelie bin pulled along by two reindeer. Now, thanks to the artistic efforts of a ten-year-old Hedge End school pupil, people throughout the UK, Europe and the USA are set to see what
