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  • Title-hunters Sholing slip up

    Relegation battlers Fawley rocked Sholing with two goals in five early first half minutes for the Sydenhams Wessex League title favourites fought back to force a 2-2 draw in an all-action affair at Holbury. The FA Vase semi-finalists looked in

  • Recycling centre evacuated over chemical leak fears

    POLICE evacuated and cordoned off a Hampshire recycling centre amid fears of a hazardous chemical leak. Roads around the Segensworth Recycling Centre, on Barnes Wallis Road, were sealed off as emergency services dealt with the unidentified material

  • Police hunt for missing Hampshire man

    POLICE are looking for a New Forest man who went missing five days ago. Keith Jerram was last seen when he left work on Monday and police are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare. The 38-year-old, from Marchwood, was last seen at

  • Eastleigh knocked off the top

    EASTLEIGH maintained their unbeaten record at Staines’ Wheatsheaf Park ground, but they surrendered their position at the top of the table as Bromley won 6-1 at home to Maidenhead. It was also the first league game in which Eastleigh had failed

  • Council staff leave old headquarters for final time

    COUNCIL workers have said their farewells to their old headquarters. The last workers packed up and left Eastleigh Borough Council’s civic offices in Leigh Road yesterday in favour of a new £12million site in the town centre. Workers have moved

  • Stars come out to back brave Alex

    CELEBRITIES will tonight pull together to support a brave young dad who has lost three limbs and parts of his face to a deadly bug. Saints striker Jay Rodriguez will join hairdresser to the stars Guy Kremer for a fundraising event to support Alex

  • Teenager dies after car crashes into tree

    A TEENAGER has died after a car crashed into a tree on the Hampshire/Dorset border this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene between Ringwood and Matchams at Hurn Road, which runs alongside the A338 Ashley Heath to Bournemouth road

  • Man charged with GBH after punch-up at Christmas party

    A MAN has been arrested and charged in relation to a punch-up at a Christmas party. Paul Long, 27, of London, will appear at Southampton Magistrates Court on April 8 charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent. He has been released

  • Boruc confident of new Poch deal

    SAINTS keeper Artur Boruc is confident that manager Mauricio Pochettino will soon sign a new contract with the club. Pochettino’s current deal expires at the end of next season, and the absence of a fresh one is beginning to cause some uncertainty

  • Hampshire plays part in record breaking Sport Relief effort

    THEY dressed up, got fit and broke records. Hundreds of schools, businesses and organisations across Hampshire have been getting sporty and raising thousands for charity as part of Sport Relief. They helped raise a record of more than £51m

  • One hurt as car crashes into tree

    ONE person has been injured after a car crashed into a tree on the Hampshire/Dorset border this morning. Emergency services are dealing with the incident between Ringwood and Matchams off Hurn Road, which runs alongside the A338 Ashley Heath to

  • Ghost hunters investigate strange goings-on at museum

    GHOST hunters have are investigating strange goings-on at a Southampton museum. Paranormal investigators who have launched a year-long investigation after staff and volunteers at Solent Sky in Southampton claimed to have seen ghostly figures and

  • Rooftop stand-off sex attacker jailed

    A SEX attacker at the centre of a rooftop drama that brought part of Southampton to a standstill has been jailed for 11 years. Derek Johnston, 39, staged a 14-hour stand-off with police and threatened to hurl himself off a house. Officers sealed

  • The Man Behind The Mask - Roy Chubby Brown

    CHARMING, articulate, witty and kind – not the words I had expected to use to describe a certain Mr Roy Chubby Brown after an unexpectedly pleasant chat. Dubbed the world’s most outrageous comedian, he’s been described as too blue for television

  • Bus and ferry services under threat due to cuts

    AN historic ferry route and dozens of vital bus services across Hampshire are under threat as transport bosses prepare to axe financial support. Sunday and evening services could vanish in many places and pensioners’ bus passes rendered useless

  • Tim relishes another Wembley chance

    Gosport Borough’s FA Trophy semi-final hero Tim Sills assumed he’d had his last love affair with Wembley. The 35-year-old veteran striker and PE teacher, left, has had three previous trips to the home of football and admits he thought those days

  • Poll names Brown tops

    England full-back Mike Brown has won the 2014 RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship award. The Southampton-born player, who was in blistering form throughout the Six Nations campaign, secured more than 34 per cent of a public vote to claim an

  • Quality darts in local leagues

    The PDC’s Sky-televised Premier League is producing some amazing arrows every Thursday – but there are some top quality darts being thrown on our doorstep too. Totton & District League came within a wire of a nine-dart 501 leg from experienced

  • Snooker eight in the money

    IT WAS an £850 payday for the top-eight ranked players in the 26-week Open Series 15 at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club. Meanwhile, Austen Petty compiled a personal best 64 break to wrap up a 3-1 victory over Luke Beebe in the week-two final of the

  • No danger to public safety after sex attack

    POLICE in Southampton have reassured the public there is no risk to safety as they continue to investigate a serious sex attack. It comes after a 19-year-old woman was assaulted by a man in the Bevois Valley area of the city in the early hours

  • Lambert: Spurs not seen the best of Saints

    Rickie Lambert believes Spurs will see a different Saints side tomorrow to the one they beat at St Mary’s earlier in the season. Tottenham triumphed 3-2 shortly before Christmas, in a match where Mauricio Pochettino’s men were far from their best

  • Doctor fought off heroin addict

    A SOUTHAMPTON doctor grappled with a heroin addict who had broken into his sister’s home next door in a desperate attempt to steal something to help fund his habit. Dr Jawad Khan was alerted to the drama by his son who had been staying with his

  • Teachers' strike forces more schools to close

    MORE schools have announced they will close if a planned teachers’ strike go ahead next week. In what will bring disruption to schools across the county, a total of 21 schools in Southampton have confirmed they will shut completely or partially