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  • CRICKET: Dawson stars with bat and ball as South win series

    Liam Dawson starred with bat and ball as the South clinched the  North-South Series with a match to spare with a 47-run victory at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Hampshire all-rounder made an 83-ball 68 before taking 2-46 from ten overs

  • Tottenham 2-1 Southampton - are you in our crowd pics?

    The match finished 2-1 at White Hart Lane as Saints' rich vein of form came to an end. Saints were superb in the second-half and earned the right feel unlucky not to come away with a point. James Ward-Prowse hit home on 52 minutes to give Saints

  • AFC Totton fall victim to "highway robbery"

    IT should been a day of double celebration for Louis Langdown. Having had his role as AFC Totton boss confirmed for next season, he thoroughly deserved a champagne win to wash down the good news. Instead, Langdown watched on with a mixture

  • Tottenham 2-1 Southampton: Pochettino downs Puel's Saints

    Mauricio Pochettino got one over on Claude Puel as Saints were beaten 2-1 by Tottenham at White Hart Lane. The former Saints manager may have been grateful for the decisions of referee Andre Marriner, who was again in the thick of the action after

  • Lee-sy does it for Gosport Borough

    FORMER Eastleigh striker Tony Lee struck twice as Gosport Borough breathed new life into their relegation fight with an unexpected 4-0 romp over St Albans City. It ended a bleak spell of four months and 17 matches without a win in the National

  • Police launch appeal after Southampton home broken into

    POLICE have launched an appeal after Southampton home was burgled in the early hours of Saturday morning.The 21-year-old victim returned home at around 1.30am on March 18 to find some of his Two men were seen fleeing the property, in Kenilworth Road.

  • Teenage girls rescued from cliffs

    HAMPSHIRE firefighters have today rescued three teenage girls who were trapped about 30ft above the base of cliffs. A Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) spokesman said the girls were stranded in a cave near the bottom of chalk cliffs at Paulsgrove

  • Hopes Bulu and Cinta discover the birds and the bees

    STAFF at a Hampshire zoo are crossing their fingers as they try and breed one of their rarest birds.Bulu is a male wrinkled hornbill, with Marwell Zoo hoping to breed him with Cinta, a female they have paired with him.The birds are usually found in the

  • Six people 'found stowed away in lorry' arrested

    POLICE have arrested six people understood to be found stowed away in the back of a lorry in Winchester. Four men and two children were arrested for suspected immigration offences on Friday morning. The Home Office confirmed the men, who were

  • Campaign launched to save the New Forest’s waterways

    Fishermen, anglers and river keepers have joined forces with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust to raise awareness about invasive non-native species in the New Forest’s waterways.More than 30 people met for a training session led by the New Forest

  • Man jailed after attacking police woman

    A Southampton man has been sentenced to prison after attacking a female police officer. Darryl Edward Hicks, appeared at Southampton's Magistrates' Court charged with a number of crimes all committed in October and December of last year.Hicks

  • Man arrested on M3 and gun seized after alleged armed raids

    Police have arrested a man on the M3 and seized a firearm following three alleged armed raid carried out within minutes of each other. Officers were called to reports that a man armed with a gun had entered the Co-op in Fairmile Road, Christchurch

  • Chainsaws and generator stolen from outbuilding

    Police have launched an appeal after tools were stolen from an outbuilding. The owner of the outbuilding on the Wood Yard site, in The Middle Road, Isle of Wight, had been away on holiday, but when he returned he found the outbuilding had been

  • Inquest opened into the death of 79-year-old cyclist

    THE inquest of an elderly cyclist who died in Southampton General Hospital after a collision in Bournemouth has been opened and adjourned by the Dorset coroner. Gordon Randall, aged 79 collided with a parked car at Cranmer Road, Winton, last month.

  • Fears over 'dangerous and challenging behaviour' at youth centre

    CONCERNS have been raised over antisocial behaviour at a youth centre since it was closed last year.Ringwood Town Council has been told of “dangerous and challenging behaviour” from youngsters since The Place, at Carvers Playing Field, was closed in October

  • Meet Lulu, the dog who survived Alabama Rot

    THE dog owner who launched the charity to "Stop Alabama Rot" is encouraging people to donate in order to further research on the disease. Michael Barlow set up the Alabama Rot Research Fun after his beloved Labrador Lulu survived the disease back

  • WATCH: Most of you have been eating your bananas the WRONG way

    DESPITE millions of years of evolution, humans apparently still don’t know how to correctly open a banana. That’s according to a series of videos online attempting to educate us mere Homo sapiens that the ‘monkey method’ is in fact the most efficient

  • PHOTOS: Tributes as rock 'n' roll legend dies

    The Rolling Stones have paid tribute to rock 'n' roll musician Chuck Berry as a "true pioneer" following his death at 90. The singer and guitarist, known as the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll", was pronounced dead at 1.26pm (6.26pm GMT) on Saturday,

  • PHOTOS: First animals move on to Hampshire beauty spot

    The first Wildlife Trust cows and sheep are making themselves at home at Hockley Meadows Farm, after the local charity successfully completed on the purchase of the Twyford land. A fundraising appeal to help meet the purchase price exceeded its

  • Fun-filled festival to be held at The Rec

    A FUN-FILLED community festival is being held in Southampton to celebrate the fifth year since Portswood Recreation Ground's future was safeguarded. Southampton City Council, which owns the site affectionately known as 'the Rec', was given a charter

  • Ward-Prowse: Europe is still the ambition for Saints

    SAINTS still harbour ambitions of playing European football next season. Despite starting this weekend's Premier League round in 10th place, and some way off a potential Europa League berth, there is still belief that Saints can make a late break for

  • Southampton named among UK's biggest property hotspots

    Southampton has been named among the biggest property hotspots in the country, according to a leading property website. Zoopla ranked Southampton sixth alongside Bristol after the website looked at the average number of days a home was listed before

  • PHOTOS: Three seriously injured as crash shuts road

    THREE people were rushed to hospital after a head-on collision on a major Hampshire road. Air ambulances, a hazardous area response team and two fire engines were all called to the two-car collision on the Marchwood bypass at 1.19pm on Friday.

  • Final preparations for runners ahead of Eastleigh 10k today

    THOUSANDS of runners will lace up their running shoes to take part in the largest 10k race in the south of England. The Eastleigh 10k will kick-off at 9am today with runners coming from all over the country. The event has reached its 33rd anniversary

  • Man 'may have been dead for a month' before being found

    A HAMPSHIRE man may have died more than a month before his body was found at his home. A Winchester inquest heard that Richard David Carson, 51, of Portswood Road, Southampton, was found dead in his flat on October 19, 2016. Neighbours became

  • 'Five reasons you should install Kodi right now'

    By Linda Howard The rise in popularity of Kodi has led to an increase in demand for the versatile media player. Kodi is an open-source platform that is free and completely legal. The open-source feature allows users to edit and customise it to