Tom Daley's dive partner Pete Waterfield wants to move on from the public feud with coach Alexei Evangulov following the Russian's latest inflammatory comments. British Diving performance director Evangulov last night likened Daley's career
A MAN has been charged in connection with the shooting of a man in Southampton. Calvin Angelo Lawrence, 25, from Peckham, London, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and for being in possession of a firearm with intent to cause
THE £150m expansion of Southampton’s port is in “last chance saloon”, an MP has warned. A public consultation into the redevelopment ended yesterday and a decision could be reached within a month. Any further delays could be critical as the work
A PENSIONER who drove her car along a high-speed rail line has escaped prosecution after giving up her driving licence. The 85-year-old was giving her grandson a lift to Brockenhurst station when she took a wrong turn and ended up on the track
WHAT are we to make of the fire crew, police and paramedics who stood timidly at the edge of a Hampshire boating lake watching a man’s body float nearby? As we reported this week, the body of 41-year-old Simon Burgess lay in water 3ft deep for
IT is the extra day that comes around just once every four years. February 29 marks a leap year and because the day itself is out of the ordinary, tradition says the conventional can be overturned for 24 hours. Traditionally women can
ONE is a sports coach, one is an air stewardess and one is a bank clerk. But today they will be among a dozen glamorous girls competing to be crowned Hampshire’s beauty queen. The 12 girls will do battle in the Miss Hampshire 2012 final
FORMER pupils are being invited back to school as part of 30th anniversary celebrations for Crestwood College. The school is hosting a reunion for pupils who attended in the 1980s. The event begins at 7.30pm on March 10 at the Shakespeare Road
Harry Redknapp maintains he has still not been approached over the vacant England manager's position. Redknapp is the overwhelming favourite to succeed Fabio Capello, who resigned following a disagreement with the Football Association over their decision
WE are deeply sorry. They are the apologetic words of social services bosses after they failed to intervene and stop young girls being abused by a paedophile foster carer they employed. Southampton City Council today admitted their “mistakes
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IT SEEMED to be the trend that when an incredibly strong action series from Sony hit the mobile platform – something else hit the fan around the same time. PSP transformations of games such as Killzone and Resistance were pretty ugly and best left
In Winchester City Centre… HUNDREDS of runners will set off on the 30th anniversary Winchester 10K road race on Sunday. The event will be started by the Mayor of Winchester, Cllr Barry Lipscomb at 10.30am at North Walls Recreation Ground. Entries
THE latest exhibition in the art gallery at this beautiful property near Romsey, on show until May 6, brings together a selection of fine 20th century works from both Southampton City Art Gallery and Mottisfont’s Derek Hill Collection. Together
RETURNING to her roots with an outstanding collection of traditional songs, celebrated Irish folk singer Cara Dillon will showcase her new album at Theatre Royal Winchester. Performing tonight, she will present songs from Hill of Thieves, which
MARVIN Ayres presents Sacred Spaces tonight at Winchester Cathedral. The project uses incongruous places for composition and performance to reawaken the spirit residing in unlikely locations including derelict industrial sites and historical places
HIS audiences have included Paul McCartney – at The Beatle’s wedding – The Queen and Richard Branson. Award-winning jazz singer and tenor sax player Ray Gelato, who has opened for Robbie Williams at The Royal Albert Hall, will be headlining
CLUB Madchester brings top tributes to two of Manchester’s most iconic bands to The Joiners this weekend. The Total Stone Roses play a 90 minute set of all of the best Roses material including She Bangs The Drums, Fools Gold, Waterfall, I Wanna
LITTLE Orphan Annie, the loveable red-head with a twinkle in her eye and a song in her heart, comes to The Nuffield next week, accompanied by more than 50 performers, a full orchestra and a dog! Footlights Youth Theatre present Annie, one of the
TADANARI Lee is hoping his wonder goal against Derby will earn him a first Saints league start since his January move. The Japanese striker bagged his first Saints goal with a stunning strike across the penalty area and into the opposite top corner
PRIVATE Peaceful, children’s laureate Michael Morpurgo’s drama about a young First World War soldier, takes to the stage at theatre Royal Winchester next week. The book has been adapted and brought to life by Scamp Theatre (Farm Boy, War Horse
PETE Firman plays two Hampshire dates next week with his clever combination of cool illusions and hilarious jokes. For an unforgettable night of comedy and magic, see him at The Anvil in Basingstoke on Wednesday or Fareham’s Ashcroft Arts
A COLLECTION of artists verging on the end of their youth will crash into The Point in celebration of art and the naff, trash ’90s that influenced them in Lucky Dip – an evening of new work on Tuesday. But don’t expect to see East 17 swaggering
A TOTAL of £2,000 was stolen when armed men forced their way into a home with a mother and baby inside. The police held a press conference close to the detached house in Totton where two men knocked on the door with a gun and injured a 35-year-old
IT’S the closest I’m ever likely to get to having my name up in bright lights. Not a seasoned performer by any stretch of the imagination, I was certainly thrown in at the deep end yesterday. I actually had a part in the smash hit musical
ANGELA Meade takes centre stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. Ernani from the Met Opera is showing at Harbour
WE’RE counting down to Southampton’s Musical Alphabet next weekend, part of Music Nation Weekend – the first nationwide musical countdown event for the London Olympics. On March 3 and 4, musicians will take over the city to perform an unprecedented
THE largest theatre in the south, The Mayflower is 25 today! As part of the 2012 celebrations, the theatre will be hosting a gala concert in October and an open day in August. The newly named Mayflower Theatre opened with a production of Peter
IT is being billed as the biggest shake-up in television since colour was introduced in the late 1960s. The countdown is now under way to the digital TV switchover in Hampshire. There are just 12 days to go until the first analogue channel is permanently
Motorists are facing delays on a major Hampshire road this morning after a car overturned. The black Citroen C3 crashed and flipped onto its roof on the A31, between Picket Post and Stoney Cross. Ambulance and fire services rushed to
A HAMPSHIRE pub landlady has won her legal battle to overturn her conviction for using foreign decoders to show Premier League football matches. It was conceded in the High Court today that Karen Murphy's appeal over using a cheaper Greek decoder
EMERGENCY services are working together to review their procedures after a man was left floating in a pond for more than half an hour. The family of Simon Burgess, 41, who drowned in a Gosport boating lake, have criticised emergency crews for
SAINTS head to Watford tomorrow aiming to improve on a truly appalling record at Vicarage Road. Nigel Adkins’ men could really do with a victory as fellow automatic promotion rivals West Ham and Birmingham both have home games. But Saints
OFFICERS investigating an armed raid on a home with a mother and baby inside have released descriptions of the gunmen. The 35-year-old mum and her 11-month child were targeted by a pair of burglars brandishing a handgun. After knocking
AN outspoken councillor who sparked a furore by slapping an elderly political opponent is in hot water once again. Penny Jackman is at the centre of a new storm after posting a letter on her Facebook page which praises her for striking Mike Beggs
AN armed gang posing as policemen raided a Southampton home, tying up a family and threatening to stab a dad-of-two with a HIV-infected syringe, a court has heard. The robbers, who were dressed in police uniforms, burst into the home in Bassett
A deliveryman had three pizzas stolen from him in Eastleigh. The Domino’s driver was taking an order to a house in Derby Road but the occupants said they knew nothing about it. As he went back to his car at 10.30pm on Wednesday, a man
DETECTIVES leading the manhunt for two men after a shooting in Southampton have revealed the victim was shot in both legs. The 27-year-old man had arranged to meet with the two men in a ground floor flat in Townhill Park and as he was leaving
THIEVES stole a 42inch flatscreen TV when they broke into a Southampton tower block. The burglary happened between 10.30am and 11.30pm at International Way, in Bitterne. Anyone with information about the break-in on Wednesday should call Helen Ward,
BURGLARS broke into a Southampton home and stole gold jewellery. The break-in happened between 2.30pm and 3pm at Bassett Wood Drive on Wednesday. Thieves took a £200 gold watch and a gold necklace with a cross. Contact Helen Ward, police staff investigator
GENRE-defining Primal Scream will play Isle of Wight Festival this summer. They have influenced countless bands and artists and been widely acclaimed by critics as one of the defining groups of the 1990s. Now the band returns to the island and
