Gloucestershire's Will Tavare scored an unbeaten century on his County Championship debut in the Division Two clash with Hampshire at Bristol. The home side reached 292 for five at stumps on the first day, and it was largely down to Tavare's efforts
STEVEN Davis thought it was only a matter of time before Saints scored – until Cardiff City stunned St Mary’s. Saints endured an afternoon of frustration against a Cardiff side that arrived at St Mary’s with the worst away record in the Premier
POLICE have confirmed they have found a body near a Hampshire bridge this afternoon. Officers were called to Floating Bridge Road near the Itchen Bridge in Southampton at 3.15pm where they discovered the body of a man. A spokesman said: “His
THE STREETS of Southampton were lit up with a sea of colour as thousands of the city's Sikh community celebrated one of the holiest days of the year. More than 6,000 people marched together in a colourful procession to mark Vaisakhi, which welcomes
A HAMPSHIRE charity is on the hunt for golfing fundraisers in a bid to make life better for elderly people. Former Hampshire cricketer Shaun Udal is hosting a charity golf tournament on June 14, at Sandford Springs golf course at Kingsclere, near
YOU can celebrate the arrival of spring at an event in Southampton. On April 26, Mayfield Nurseries in Mayfield Park, Weston Lane, will host a special seasonal event. From 10am to 4pm it will feature music, puppets, activities, entertainment
WHETHER its writing an email or using the internet, you can find out more about using computers at a beginners’ course in Southampton. Woodlands Community College will host the free ten-week course, which starts on May 2. At sessions which
ROMSEY’S War Horse statue is taking shape. Artist Amy Goodman is seen here working on the statue, which will be cast in bronze resin. The horse and trooper will eventually stand in Romsey’s War Memorial Park as a tribute to the tens of thousands
CLASSES are being held to try to prevent elderly people from falling. The new Otago class is one of a number of Steady and Strong Falls Prevention Classes supported by Eastleigh Borough Council that are taking place across the borough. Targeting
IT’S the event that will see thousands of women sprinting through the city this summer. The Women’s Running 10k race, which takes place atSouthampton Common on June 21, is part of a ten-race series organised by Women’s Running magazine and is suitable
CASES of scarlet fever in Southampton have fallen despite a significant rise in other parts of the country. More than 3,500 cases, mostly in children, have been reported since September. But, in the city, the number of people suffering the illness
IT is more than 65 years since George Orwell created the concept of the all-seeing Big Brother for his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother was one of the devices used by the totalitarian state to keep its citizens on side and in line. The
A POLICEMAN heroically saved a woman from drowning in the Solent. The woman, understood to be in her 30s, went into the water at the Red Funnel terminal at Cowes, Isle of Wight. It was witnessed by the officer who stripped off and dived into
LABOUR has chosen its candidate for the fight to become the next MP for Romsey and Southampton North. Southampton city councillor Darren Paffey will attempt to be the constituency’s first-ever Labour MP at the 2015 General Election. He will
THEY are the ladies bringing music to the ears of people in Hampshire. The south’s newest Military Wives Choir has been formed at Worthy Down Army Training Regiment near Winchester, meeting every week to sing their hearts out under the command
PEOPLE in Southampton have been warned not to approach a man who has been missing for two days. Police believe that Jason Merriman may have links to Southampton and could be behaving irrational due to his mental health problems. The 43-year-old
COUNTY bosses have rejected a bid to raise the living standards of thousands of workers across Hampshire. Eastleigh Borough Council and Southampton City Council have already introduced the so called “living wage”, designed to reduce poverty as
A TOTTON councillor has described a planning application to expand a home as looking like “a bungalow on steroids”. Members of the town council hit out at proposals to turn a bungalow in Lackford Avenue, Rushington, into a large “barn-like” structure
FEARS over the freshness of your lettuce could be a thing of the past thanks to a group of Southampton scientists. Researchers at the University of Southampton have helped to produce salads with a longer shelf life after working with one of the
THE University of Southampton has appointed a new head to oversee its physical sciences and engineering department. Prof Bashir M Al-Hashimi, the current associate dean of research for the faculty, has been named as the new dean of the Faculty
THOUSANDS of pounds of taxpayers’ money has been gifted to forces’ charities after the armed services stepped in to stop Hampshire towns and villages from flooding. Grants of £5,000 each were awarded to the benevolent funds of the Army, Royal Navy
THEY are getting ready for the race of their lives. Dozens of Hampshire runners will take part in today's London Marathon to raise money for a variety of good causes. The race will see 36,000 entrants tackle a 26-mile and 385 yard course around
