EASTLEIGH boss Richard Hill admits to being “very surprised” that Ben Strevens didn’t feature in the Skrill Conference South team-of-the-season. It was only to be expected that Hill himself should be named manager-of-the-year after shrewdly guiding
AMID Salisbury City’s financial troubles, the club has lost two of its defenders to Sutton United. Right-back Luke Ruddick, 24, and 28-year-old Callum Hart, who plays on the left and had been with Salisbury for three seasons, have moved to Gander
THE future’s bright, the future’s green and white. Hythe & Dibden Football Club are poised on the threshold of a new era. Their imminent move to Clayfields Sport Centre will open up an exciting future for the Waterside outfit as they look
FORMER Saints striker Rickie Lambert says the World Cup has provided him with the best and worst moments of his career. The 32-year-old’s rise from obscurity has been well documented. His remarkable story continued this summer with a move to boyhood
SOUTHAMPTON scientists may have found a way to diagnose throat cancer earlier after discovering its link to heartburn. An international study, including University of Southampton researchers, have identified two problems that signal early onset
SAINTS star Adam Lallana could see his move to Liverpool fall through, with the Anfield club reluctant to meet Saints’ £30m valuation. Liverpool, who have already taken Rickie Lambert from St Mary’s this summer and been rumoured to be interested
FORMER Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino is rumoured to be lining up a transfer raid on his old club, with Croatian defender Dejan Lovren his main target. Pochettino, who quit Saints to join Tottenham earlier this summer, is widely reported to be
A businessman has been fined more than £10,000 for breaching a string of fire safety regulations at a holiday cottage. Nicholas Eccleston, of Barton Common Lane, New Milton, pleaded guilty to breaching the legislation at Latchmoor cottage on the
A multi-vehicle accident caused major tailbacks on a busy Hampshire road. Motorists using the A31 were caught up in three-mile jams. The accident happened at Poulner Hill, near Ringwood. Police closed one of the two eastbound lanes following
A village will be holding a traditional English fete next Saturday. The Soberton Church Green will have a range of stalls including plants, books, toys and a tug of war competition, from 2pm.
THERE’S a chance to learn sign language in Southampton on June 25. The British Sign Language Cafe will take place at The Art House Cafe in Above Bar Street from 6pm to 7pm.
A FORMER Test Valley mayor turned author is launching his latest children’s book. Bryan Beggs’s new book is called England’s Story and he will be signing copies at the Chalke Valley History Festival near Salisbury on Wednesday. He will also
T is one of the biggest events in the Hampshire calendar – and this year it promises to be better than ever. Organisers of the New Forest and Hampshire County Show say they have improved the event after listening to visitors’ suggestions. About
SOUTHAMPTON City Council’s leisure chief has stepped down. Labour councillor Matt Tucker has stood down as Cabinet member for economic development and leisure due to increasing work commitments. He will remain a city councillor for Bargate,
FOR nearly 45 years he has been helping to keep buses in Southampton on the move. But now Keith Shrimpton is hanging up his toolkit and retiring from First Hampshire’s Southampton depot in Empress Road. The 60-year-old started work at First
A WHEELCHAIR basketball club for children is looking for more members. The sessions are not just for wheelchair users and run every Saturday during term time from 2pm to 3pm at the Chamberlayne Leisure Centre in Southampton. To find out more
IT’S a time capsule which one day will reveal the 100-year history of one of the oldest Cub packs in Hampshire. Southampton’s 14th Highfield Group were trailblazers in introducing Wolf Cubs to the worldwide Scouting movement. Pictures and stories
A ROYAL visitor to Winchester tomorrow will help the city keep a promise made nearly 100 years ago. The Duke of Gloucester will unveil a memorial honouring the two million US troops who passed through Morn Hill Camp between 1914 and 1919. The
FLASHING cameras lit up a Hampshire shopping centre during its search for new advertising models. There were more than 200 entrants for the Swan Centre in Eastleigh’s Modelsearch event but the winners have been announced. Eight successful Hampshire
A cruise firm is being taken to court for the fourth consecutive year by passengers struck down by a vomiting bug on one of its ships. Lawyers for ten passengers are launching legal action against Southampton-based P&O cruises after an outbreak
HOMEOWNERS and businesses in the New Forest have been urged to safe guard their metal. The warning comes because lead roofing and flashing, copper tanks, cables, metal gates and pipes are being targeted by thieves. Hampshire Police and the
POULNER Infant School Association raised £1,500 at its casino fun and auction night in aid of a sensory garden, a tranquil area being designed with pupils to enable them to have a place to explore, discover and reflect. The school holds its summer
A NIGHT of Americana music comes to Royal Victoria Country Park on July 2 at 7.30pm. Tickets to see The Papertrains and Wood, Wire and Words in the Victorian chapel are £11, available from 07702 980677 or at hants.gov.uk/shop/product.php?productid
ROMSEY and Southampton North’s MP is top of the class when it comes to responding to constituents queries. In fact, research by My Society – a non-political think-tank organisation - reveals that Caroline Nokes topped the poll in a survey of the
THEY have been at the top of their game for 50 years and are still going strong. Terry Kitcher and Dave Riley helped found the St Denys Conservative Club Cribbage team in 1964 and remain key players 50 years on. It means they are also proud
PLANS have been submitted to create four flats in empty retail space in Southampton. KSF Management has handed in plans to convert a first floor retail space and second floor flat in Above Bar into one studio apart-ment and three one-bedroom flats
CHILDREN can learn survival skills at a Hampshire attraction on July 7. The 'Nature's Child Bushcraft for Little People' will take place at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey from 10am to 12noon. It costs £10 per child and is aimed at children
AMATEUR artists from Hampshire have scooped a range of prizes at an open exhibition showcasing the best paintings, prints and drawings in the region. Of the 241 pictures entered this year, 79 will be on display at the St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy is in a serious condition after being rescued from the sea. The youngster had been playing in the water on Appley Beach on the Isle of Wight when he got into difficulty shortly before 5.50pm. Paramedics rushed to the scene
PERSONALLY I think it is time we called a truce with Liverpool over the so-called Port War. For one thing they appear to have a better bunch of generals than we do. This week saw the north-west city call in the big guns of no less a person
IT'S a cheesy, schmaltzy, sparkly, fluffy feast of a show - and the young audience loved every minute. All the references to the dairy delight were making this cheese lover somewhat peckish, but other than a five minute sweet wrapper rustling
Carnival fever gripped Hampshire yesterday as communities basked in the summer sun. Crowds flocked to West End’s High Street and Netley Marsh today to see the carnival processions make its way through the villages. The procession in West End
Police are today continuing to question seven people arrested as part of a major drugs operation in Hampshire. The four men and three women were arrested as police searched woodland on the outskirts of Southampton. Specialist teams scoured
THOUSANDS of cancer sufferers in Hampshire are living at least ten years after diagnosis, according to new figures. A Cancer Research UK study has revealed that 50 per cent of people diagnosed with cancer in the UK will survive for a decade.
POLICE will be discussing crime concerns with students at Southampton University on July 1. They will be holding a beat surgery at the Students Union building in University Road from noon to 2pm.
HUNDREDS of people are expected to walk through Southampton promoting peace and understanding between different faiths today. For the first time, this year a Greek Orthodox church will be participating in the 17th annual Peace Walk. The Southampton
THE final plans for the £70m rejuvenation of a derelict site in Southampton city centre are set to go before planners. City councillors will decide the fate of the plans for the Watermark WestQuay site at a meeting next week. As previously
THE new Mayor of Southampton did not take long to make her mark. Councillor Sue Blatchford laid down the law in presiding over her first full council meeting, telling councillors she would fine anyone whose mobile phone went off during proceedings
BUS users can now get their ticket to ride on their mobile phones after First Bus launched a new smart phone app where passengers in Hampshire can buy their ticket. Customers with an iPhone or a phone using the Android operating system can download
