AFC Totton will play Andover in the final Sydenhams Wessex League Cup on Monday, May 1. The north Hampshire side proved too strong for Poole Town over the two-legged semi-final, winning 3-2 at the Tatnum Ground to go through 5-3 on aggregate last night
BROADLANDS Lake has recently received a batch of excellent quality young pike from Wayne Little's Milton Abbas Carp Lake. It is almost unheard of for a pike fishery to survive angling pressure for more than a few years. But Broadlands Lake has bucked
ALRESFORD Town Council has applied to change the use of farmland into rugby pitches. The council is currently seeking a compulsory purchase order on the land at Arlebury Park which is owned by local farmer Rodney Morgan-Giles, of Upton Park Farm, Old
The long-established links between the diocese and the University of Winchester have been further strengthened by the arrival of the Thorold and Lyttelton Library at the King Alfred Campus. Vice-chancellor, Professor Paul Light and the Bishop of Winchester
THE enforced delays on Winchester's road network will now stretch into June. Motorists face a summer of discontent after workers, getting ready to close off Southgate Street, uncovered a 6ft-wide and 10ft-long concrete slab, reinforced with half-inch
At 37 and with a receding hairline, Hampshire cricketer Shaun Udal is one of England's more unlikely sporting heroes. The county veteran is England's oldest cricketer by EIGHT years, but is today celebrating his first Test victory. Shaun, an off-spinner
JUST one arrest was made during yesterday's huge police operation to crackdown on drug dealing in Southampton. But police were hailing the latest phase of Operation Phoenix as a big public relations success. Police officers and sniffer dogs greeted air
THERE could be five times the number of people infected with hepatitis C than current estimates suggest, a South-ampton University expert has warned. As many as one million people may have the virus in England and Wales, says William Rosenberg. The Health
Broughton 8, Hamble Club Res 0 Broughton bounced back from three consecutive defeats with this comprehensive Hampshire League 2004 spanking of second-from-bottom Hamble. 'Pump' Edwards and Mike Barker netted two apiece for Broughton, who scored four in
WINCHESTER City Council bosses have dug their heels in and refused to give up land for a new primary school in Whiteley. At a meeting of the council's Cabinet it was agreed that a new school should be built in the community but not at the Meadowside Recreation
NEW pedestrian crossings in Horton Heath have been given the go-ahead by Hampshire County Council. The £98,000 move will benefit students at Wyvern College and Fair Oak Infant and Junior schools as they cross the busy junction of Botley Road with Burnetts
COUNCIL workers might have thought that rats had brought their own accommodation with them to set up home on a major roundabout at Chandler's Ford. For they discovered a tent as they carried out a rodent search in the heavily wooded roundabout near the
SAINTS bosses are "in the dark" about major new club investor Sarwan Singh. The mysterious figure increased his share holding in the club's parent company Southampton Leisure Holdings to 995,000 shares, just over 3.5 per cent of the business. Already
DAVID McGoldrick maintained his superb scoring streak as Saints reserves won 2-0 at Coventry last night. The 18-year-old striker hammered out another 'don't forget me' message to George Burley as he took his seasonal tally to 37 at Rugby FC. McGoldrick
English cricket is already looking forward to a "blockbuster" summer of 2009 when it is hoped an inaugural Twenty20 World Championship will complement the Ashes. England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive David Collier is heartened by the response
IT was a red-letter day for Atherley and Anne Pearce in particular during the Hampshire Women's Indoor BA finals at Longmeadow. The Southampton club captured three of the four titles with Pearce celebrating a double triumph. Champion in 2004 and runner-up
BOWLERS are invariably a happy bunch. Naturally they want to win but the main part of the exercise is to enjoy themselves. And if ever a match demonstrated this, it was the Hampshire pairs' final between Ann Littlewood and Jean Terrell of Atherley and
Sotonia Cycling Club held their 25-mile time trial on a tough course between Romsey and Oliver's Battery in Winchester on Sunday. This course is very different to many of the time trial courses in this country and more like those seen on the continent
SAINTS fan Mary Finlayson is not one to let adversity stand in her way. The 33-year-old from Winchester is busy training to run her first London Marathon next month. She hopes to complete the 26-mile course in three to four hours while wearing, of all
ONE of the world's biggest selling authors will be coming to Marwell Zoo. Wilbur Smith will be heading to the zoo at Colden Common to formally open the park's new Heart of Africa enclosure. Mr Smith, author of such best-sellers as The Triumph of the Sun
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ACTOR, scriptwriter and producer, Julian Fellowes, will be introducing three films, including his directorial debut, Separate Lies, at Winchester's Screen cinema on Wednesday (March 29). The event is being staged as part of the Southgate Street venue's
THE appearance of the Nova Starchaser rocket ensured a dramatic finale to National Science Week at The Westgate School, Winchester, writes Tanya Holden. It arrived on the back of a lorry and pupils heard about its construction and manned space flight
COUNTY road chiefs are slamming the brakes on motorists who speed through an accident blackspot on the A3057 near King's Somborne. Monday sees the introduction of 40mph limits at Lower Brook and Brook, between King's Somborne and the Mottisfont turning
PLANS to build 13 homes on Abbotts Road, Winchester, have finally been given the all-clear. The Royal Observer Corps HQ, a World War II building, is being converted and its ancillary buildings demolished to make way for three one-bedroom properties, three
ENGINEERING works at a Hampshire railway station are leaving residents with a major headache. Network Rail started to tear up old timbered sections of the platforms at Shawford last month, and plans to do so until June. Rather than closing the station
A TEENAGE swimmer from Compton has made a big splash at the Commonwealth Games in Australia. Julia Beckett missed out on gold, but her participation in the 200m freestyle relay still had a silver lining. The 19-year-old was part of the England quartet
HE had been saving the money for years from his pension payments to buy furniture, only to be robbed in his own home. Unable to get out of his flat much while recovering from the latest of 13 strokes, widower Dominic Maidment had been largely confined
IT'S seen as a symbol of great civic pride. A splash of pansies and geraniums brings a much-needed display of colour to otherwise dull roundabouts, lamp posts or high streets. However, the future of Hampshire County Council's baskets and flower boxes
YOUNGSTERS from Ballard School rang out the tunes as they took part in a music festival for pupils across Hampshire. The New Milton school's bell-ringers were among more than 1,350 youngsters from across the region participating in the Music for Youth
VANDALS have targeted a Hampshire charity's new delivery van, which had just been bought to replace one destroyed in an arson attack. Police are investigating a possible link between the latest incident and the devastating fire which took place last December
SOUTHAMPTON oceanographers are to gain vital data on the oceans' ability to slow global warming by using a cargo ship as a centre for collecting information. Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton will be working with the Swire
MORE than 100 youngsters from across Southampton were honoured at a glittering Duke of Edinburgh's Awards ceremony at the Harbour Lights cinema. BBC South Today presenter Sally Taylor, Southampton mayor Councillor Edwina Cooke, and Shirley Price, the
CHARITIES and community groups are celebrating after Hamp-shire Constabulary's change of heart over controversial policing charges at fairs, parades and road races. They feared the proposed new charges outlined in January, running into thousands of pounds
SHAUN UDAL is hoping that his success this week in helping England to beat India in the Test match in Mumbai will extend his international career. The 37 year old Hampshire off spinner and Chronicle columnist claimed 4 for 14 as England dismissed the
Angus Maclean, of Team Southampton, was the only runner to beat 30 minutes in winning the men's race. And Winchester's Lucy Elliott, who lives at Chandler's Ford, was the first woman home. For Maclean, the race was a final warm-up before heading off to
THERE'S some good news for a popular Mottisfont footballer whose soccer career was suddenly cut short when his left leg was shattered in a tackle. Michael Jackson's Mottisfont have reached the Southampton Senior League Cup Final at the St Mary's Stadium
YOUNG footballers from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have taken part in a tournament where the winners will play in Munich stadium during the middle of the World Cup. The south-east regional trials were hosted by children's TV channel Jetix, which is
THE second annual celebration of St George's Day in Cowes, Isle of Wight is promising to be a very big affair, according to organisers the Cowes Rotary Club. The weekend of celebrations on April 22 and 23 will include dancing, bands, fancy dress, historic
CIVIC chiefs in Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury are inviting people to have their say about healthy living at a public meeting in May. The latest edition of Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury News focuses on health issues. A public meeting has been arranged
SAINTS bosses are "in the dark" about major new club investor Sarwan Singh. The mysterious figure increased his share holding in the club's parent company Southampton Leisure Holdings to 995,000 shares, just over 3.5 per cent of the business. Already
