Hampshire manager Paul Terry is expected to agree a contract extension this week - and sign a second overseas player. Terry is under contract until the end of the 2006 season, but is in talks that could see him stay for another two years at least. The
Shaun Udal has pleaded with the England selectors not to end his Test career after one series. The England squad for the three Test tour of India is announced tomorrow morning and after taking just three wickets at 92.33 in his first three Tests in Pakistan
A PENSION scheme with 10,780 members, many of whom live in Hampshire, has recorded a surplus of nearly £309,000 in an annual financial health check. The scheme, run by newspaper publishing group Newsquest, which publishes the Southern Daily Echo and scores
NATIONWIDE marquee manufacturer Custom Covers has appointed Southampton marketing agency Carswell Gould as its new public relations consultants. Carswell Gould will now be providing marketing, public relations and advertising support to Custom Covers.
MARK Hammond's hopes of reaching the national stages of the English Indoor BA under-25 singles championship perished in the area final at Atherley. The Liberty Trophy regular from Banister Park became the fourth member of the Hampshire junior team to
TODBOR Manor owner John Candy is investing more than £150,000 into a fabulous eight-acre carp venue at the popular day-ticket Dorset still water. The purpose-built carp fishery, due to open in the spring of 2007, will have a road right around the venue
COMMUNICATION companies are still trying to sneak in new mobile phone masts without local residents realising, say protesters in Winchester. The comments come from Mast Sanity spokeswoman Karen Barratt, who says planners are still not following government
MORE than 500,000 people visited Marwell Zoo last year - the highest number in the park's 34-year history. Bosses at the zoo say their success has been down to a number of factors, most important of which were the animals themselves. The birth of several
WINCHESTER police are investigating whether two jewellery raids are linked. Two leather-bound boxes, which contained an Omega watch, a charm bracelet and earrings, with a combined value of around £1,000, were taken from a house at Twyford on Sunday night
PETER Symonds students, Emily Dickens and Tempe Nell, founder members of Winchester Cathedral's Girls' Choir, are celebrating after winning choral scholarships for Cambridge. Emily will study music at Trinity College while Tempe will read History of Art
COUNCILLORS are being urged to stand firm and reject the latest proposals for redevelopment of the Hampshire Police headquarters at Winchester. Having already rejected a scheme to demolish the 1960s tower block in Romsey Road and replace it with 300 homes
RESIDENTS have this week been celebrating as proposals to demolish one house and put six in its place were thrown out by planners. But despite winning the battle, they heard that the war might go on. The dispute surrounds Chillandham Cross, a detached
THE race to be the next Liberal Democrat leader could shape up to be an intriguing local battle. Soon after Winchester MP, Mark Oaten, announced he was to stand, it was revealed that his Eastleigh counterpart, Chris Huhne, could also be running. With
A WOMAN of 87 was forced to watch while thieves ransacked her home, pocketing whatever they liked. The break-in, at Kings Worthy, was one of three in the village on Friday evening, and police believe that the cases are linked. Sometime between 7pm and
HORRIFIED staff who found themselves staring down the barrel of a gun in a Hampshire fast food restaurant have received counselling following their ordeal. Today the hunt was continuing for the small handgun and the masked robber who brought terror to
MORE than 70 years on and Monica O'Driscoll is to become a familiar face in her old school corridors once again. The 89-year-old went back to St Anne's Catholic School to receive a very special present - a portrait of herself which is to be hung at the
DETECTIVES are hunting a motorist who has repeatedly tried to entice children into his car. The vehicle was an old, dark green or black BMW with dark or tinted windows. The driver followed youngsters in the Bishopstoke and Fair Oak areas on three occasions
IN these dark January days it is easy to forget all that Christmas sparkle. However, the yuletide joy came flooding back for Hedge End's senior citizens. Thanks to a lottery windfall, 52 members of The Hedge End Retirement Club were able to sit down to
New American signing set to boost Stars at Winchester COACH Steve Chant has labelled this Saturday's match in Winchester as a 'must win' game for Solent Stars. After seeing his depleted side lose their eighth successive league match, Chant admitted they
The Hampshire Cross Country Championships had a change of venue this year, moving down to Staunton Park at Havant. Ground conditions proved to be worse than predicted, and rough terrain mixed with boggy marshland forced many runners to pull out or finish
Sydenhams Wessex League - Division 2 - Stockbridge 2, Petersfield Town 0 DRAWS for leading pair Locks Heath and Liss saw Stocks close the gap at the top of the table to six points after this creditable win over hard-working Petersfield. The visitors matched
Loco go wild in 'railway derby' AFC LOCO Engineers locked horns with Micheldever Station in a Sunday Division 1 'railway derby' last weekend, and it was Loco whose fire burned hotter! The Eastleigh-based hosts won 5-2 thanks to goals from Steve Peadon
George Burley's great 2006 Saints revolution could see him shed a third of his squad this summer - for nothing. The new Saints head coach has been in the process of assessing the players he has at his disposal and deciding which ones will play a part
FIBRE laser bosses Steve Berg and David Parker, pictured, share a lighter moment from the hard work of building up the hi-tech business. The financial director and chief executive head the SPI Lasers group, which is ramping up production at its manufacturing
EXCELLENT performances in Sussex from Marion Collins and Margaret Darkin carried Atherley through to the zone 14 final of the Yetton Trophy. Collins triumphed 20-15 and Darkin finished 19-17 up as the Southampton club overcame Arun 79-73 to book a date
DESPITE avoiding defeat in Kent and winning one of their home rinks, Atherley slipped out of the Ryman Denny Plate 81-75 to Angel. David Bishop, Matt Smith, Derrick Fulker and Mick Barrett grabbed a last-gasp 17-17 draw at Tonbridge after seeing their
ROMSEY MP Sandra Gidley is supporting an RSPCA campaign to improve food-labelling standards. The RSPCA's food labelling scheme, Free-dom Food, has launched its first Farm Animal Week, after new research revealed that three out of four shoppers said they
The head teacher of a Winchester primary school has resigned because of ill-health. Marjorie Dean spent seven years as head of St Peter's RC Primary School, Oliver's Battery, but was on sick leave for the last six months. Parents were informed in a letter
RESIDENTS in Weeke are breathing a sigh of relief now that a new home has been found for their Post Office. Plans to close the Alldays store on the corner of Stoney Lane and Bereweeke Road, where the Post Office was located, meant that it was facing the
ROAD closures forecast for Winchester are due to cause major disruption for commuters and residents. Gas pipeline maintenance work is due to start in the city in mid February and early March and will see Southgate Street, one of the city's main arteries
WORK will soon be under way to install a new toucan crossing that will form part of a safe cycle route in Basingstoke. The £82,000 crossing, which will be controlled by traffic lights, will be near the existing footbridge on Worting Road, and the bridge
HAMPSHIRE villagers are to pay £25,000 for their own police officer after 1,380 residents signed a petition against violence and vandalism in the village. The parish council in West End agreed to the move in a bid to tackle a rising tide of antisocial
THEY are proving that true love never dies. Ronald Mortimore and Anne Prendergast were today due to marry for a second time - 58 years after their first wedding and more than a quarter of a century after they were divorced. The couple, of Beaumond Green
PUPILS at Fair Oak Infant School are missing some much-loved toys after thieves broke into a shed in a playground at the back of the Botley Road school. Police said that the burglars took a two-seater tricycle, a single-seater trike and a scooter, worth
ISLE of Wight double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson OBE, pictured below, has become an official ambassador for the Cowes-based United Kingdom Sailing Academy. Her new role will focus on the charitable work of the organisation, which helps disadvantaged
TRADING standards bosses on the Isle of Wight are warning residents about a lottery scam. E-mails are being sent to people telling them they have won a jackpot prize in a fake lottery. Residents are then told to stump up as much as £7,000 as a 'service
New American signing set to boost Stars at Winchester COACH Steve Chant has labelled this Saturday's match in Winchester as a 'must win' game for Solent Stars. After seeing his depleted side lose their eighth successive league match, Chant admitted they
London League Division 3 South-West - Weybridge Vandals 31, Winchester 38 PLAYING with considerable heart and aggression, Winchester notched up their first away league win of the season at Brownacres last Saturday. It was a win far more emphatic than
FAREHAM Town Twinning Association is holding a social evening on Wednesday, January 18 at St John's Church in Locks Heath. There will be a talk by Nicholas Hall, keeper of Fort Nelson, followed by cheese and wine. Tickets cost £2.50. For information call
IT was billed as a public consultation exercise to explain to Eastleigh people what changes were being proposed at the town's fire station. Fire chiefs also stressed the meeting at Hampshire Fire and Rescue's Headquarters was a good opportunity to "dispel
PUPILS at Fair Oak Infant School are missing some much-loved toys after thieves broke into a shed in a playground at the back of the Botley Road school. Police said that the burglars took a two-seater tricycle, a single-seater trike and a scooter, worth
