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  • Disruption to rail services

    RAIL services across Hampshire are being disrupted this weekend due to engineering works. In Brockenhurst, works will be taking place all day today and tomorrow. All lines are closed between Brockenhurst and Bournemouth today, and there are fast bus services

  • MP hails success in blocking police merger

    EASTLEIGH MP Chris Huhne has welcomed the announcement from the Home Office that Hampshire Constabulary will not be merged with another police force. Mr Huhne, pictured, who had opposed any merger in the House of Commons debate, hailed it as a victory

  • I'm off to conquer Everest!

    INTREPID Hampshire teenager Rhys Jones will today give his mum a Mother's Day kiss before setting off to conquer Mt Everest. "Mountain Man Rhys", as he is known, will spend the next two months in temperatures of up to -50C battling altitude sickness and

  • Staff surprise at Trust chief's plan to quit

    AMBULANCE workers have said they are disappointed their boss is planning to quit in June. Claire Severgnini, chief executive of Hampshire Ambulance Service Trust, has told staff she will not be applying for the job of chief executive should a controversial

  • Arson attack on church did not come as a surprise

    AN arson attack on a Southampton church was not unexpected, according to the church minister. Senior minister Mark Starbuck refused to let the blaze in the grounds of Millbrook Christian Centre get the better of him and his parishioners, instead vowing

  • Tiss Saux good to see you both playing again

    FORMER Saints stars Matthew Le Tissier and Graeme Le Saux are pulling on football shirts again to star in a celebrity England v Germany football match. They will be lining up with the likes of one-time England hero Paul Gascoigne and former tennis ace

  • Waterfield adds Commonwealth Games silver

    SOUTHAMPTON'S Peter Waterfield added a silver to Team England's diving medal tally on the final night of competition at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. The defending champion couldn't quite edge home favourite Matthew Helm from the top spot in

  • Gary misses out on a medal

    EASTLEIGH'S Gary Hunt and synchro colleague Callum Johnstone in spectacular mid-air action during yesterday's 10m platform event at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Though the duo finished third in the event, they failed to pick up a medal as, with