Eastleigh 2 Sheffield United 3 SHEFFIELD United’s incredible six-month unbeaten run remains intact. But Eastleigh ran the promoted League One champions admirably close on a night of slick football at the Silverlake, which ended 3-2 in the
Michael Klinger's seventh T20 century was not enough to save Gloucestershire from a 24-run Duckworth-Lewis defeat to Hampshire at soggy Bristol tonight The experienced Australian carried his side's innings of 174 for five in a match reduced to
THEY dazzled Southampton dockers and swelling crowds as they elegantly stepped off a liner almost 100 years ago. In 1920 Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks were two of Hollywood’s biggest stars – the Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor or Michael
TRAINS have been suspended on the line between Weymouth and London after a person was hit by a train. It is being reported that the incident happened between Wareham and Poole. Replacement buses are being sourced to run in both directions between
LLOYDS Banking Group is set to pay back almost £300 million after agreeing to set up a redress scheme for mortgage customers who incurred fees after they fell behind with their mortgage payments.Following engagement with the Financial Conduct Authority
Drinking alcohol most days of the week can significantly protect against developing diabetes, a study has found. Consuming alcohol three or four days per week was associated with a reduced risk of 27% in men and 32% in women, compared with abstaining
HUNDREDS of spectators braved torrential rain and got into the carnival spirit for an annual event. The Wheelers Travel Procession saw scores of floats pass through Romsey as part of this year’s Romsey Carnival. The wet and windy weather did
MOTORWAY drivers can stop off for some groceries thanks to the opening of a convenience store which has created 20 new jobs at a Hampshire services. Roadchef has opened a new Spar store at its Rownhams (West) site on the M27 between junctions three
BUSINESS leaders have thrown their weight behind a multimillion-pound super tram system that would link Romsey with Southampton. They say the service is vital in a bid to ease traffic and congestion in and around the major Hampshire city. The
A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital in an air ambulance after a crash on a Hampshire motorway.The incident happened on the M3 southbound and blocked two lanes of the road.At about 8pm last night emergency services were called to the scene just past
RESIDENTS have had their say on the A31 improvement proposals at Ringwood – with West Street and petrol garage closures at the centre of their views.Following an open forum at Ringwood Gateway, councillors discussed the observations they would like to
A SOUTHAMPTON student who punched a man and left him lying for dead has appealed against his six-year jail term for manslaughter.Ryan Cooper denied killing father-of-ten Gary Stacey on the Isle of Wight last year but was convicted by a jury at Winchester
A NEW group is looking to recruit an army of citizen scientists to help make a pollution map of Southampton – a city with some of the poorest air quality in the UK.As previously reported, pollution is responsible for 110 deaths in Southampton each year
IT is the Hampshire home to one of the biggest relics in English mythology.The tales of King Arthur, his sword Excalibur, and the Knights of the Round table have been the centre of legend since the 5th and 6th Century.But now for the first time in its
The pressure on women to look a certain way is well-known. Now one Southampton woman has been chosen as a global ambassador in the fight against body shaming.Vie Portland suffered from body confidence issues all her life, hiding her face with her hair
A HAMPSHIRE emergency service is encouraging members of the public to vote for staff members who they feel should be recognised. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) this week unveiled they will be honouring trust members
WORK has begun on building a new Hampshire pre-school that will serve scores of children. Funded by Test Valley Borough Council and project managed by Hampshire County Council, the new facilities for Knightwood pre-school, which will include activity
HUNDREDS of Roman coins unearthed in a Hampshire field three years ago are about to go on display for the first time.People will be able to view the ancient artefacts when the award-winning St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in Lymington re-opens tomorrow
IN 2012 residents celebrated saving their local recreation ground from developers – but five years later the gates to the site remain firmly padlocked to the people who fought to preserve it. Now angry campaigners are calling for Southampton City
CEDRIC Soares may start next term behind right-back rival Jeremy Pied in the pecking order after an extended break this summer. The 25-year-old will soon return to Saints after spending much of this month on his closed season break following
A HAMPSHIRE dad missed a “once-in-a-lifetime unrepeatable experience” after he was denied boarding a plane. David Podger was left at Southampton Airport and could not be at his son’s graduation in Leeds after he was told the plane was overweight. The
A SUPERSIZE American aircraft carrier used in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has anchored just off the coast in Hampshire. The USS George HW Bush, a 97,000-tonne and 1,092ft-long Nimitz class aircraft carrier, one of 10 in the American
FOREIGN Investors could take over a multi-million pound scheme to redevelop Southampton Waterfront. The £450m Royal Pier scheme could be taken over by a foreign investor after the project’s current backer, KMG Capital Markets raised doubt over
IT will mean the difference between life and death to hundreds of critically ill children across Hampshire.The enormous fundraising efforts of the Friends of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), has raised £150,000 needed to pay for a third ambulance
EIGHTEEN elderly residents were told this week they have a month to find somewhere else to live after their care home went bust. Ashley Manor Nursing Home in Shedfield is set to close after it was put into administration with debts of more than
STAFF from McDonald’s across Hampshire have helped spruce up a community garden. Workers at Fareham and Gosport restaurants volunteered to clean up the space, called Highbury Community Centre, in Cosham, which is open to members of the wider community
DESPITE seasickness, torrential rain and rough water, a crew of four men remain on course to row around the United Kingdom for charity. Jeremy Webb, a business relations manager at the University of Southampton, and team-mates Rhys Deane, from Ilfracombe
RETAILERS across Southampton have been caught red-handed selling knifes to under 18’s after an undercover investigation. Eight businesses were caught selling knifes to 15, 16 and 17-year-old police cadets who were acting as test-purchasers as part of
SOUTHAMPTON has been ranked as one of the places in the UK that needs help to tackle loneliness and social isolation.A national welfare charity is launching a new service to battle the problems after a survey found that more than nine million adults often
SOUTHAMPTON city centre businesses are reducing their opening hours because trade is so bad, it can be revealed. At least two restaurants on Guildhall Square are now closing earlier due to the “non-existent” footfall across the site. Now managers are
TIPPED as one of Britain’s hottest rising rock bands, Milk Teeth are to tour their brand new EP Be Nice, their first after signing for Roadrunner Records UK, with a Joiners date on Thursday. “Roadrunner is the home of the bands that we grew up listening
LOOKING for something to entertain the family? Here's our weekly guide to the ten best things to do in Hampshire this weekend.... (1) At Sea City Museum... WILDLIFE Photographer of the Year features the winning images from the world’s most
THE Brit and Ivor Novello Award winning singer songwriter KT Tunstall is to kick off a star-studded Wickham Festival next week. The Scottish star, who has also been nominated for the Grammy Awards and Mercury Prize, will headline the opening night of
WITH soulful vocals and infectious reggae rhythms, The Undercover Hippy will be bringing a thought provoking protest in pop to The Railway in Winchester tonight. The subversive DJ turned singer-songwriter has made his long overdue return with a new release
HAMPSHIRE audiences have the chance to see an exciting new one act play about Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling at the Titchfield Festival Theatre this weekend, before the production moves to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. If Only: An Audience
FOLLOWING two years out of action and the release of her fifth album A Bit Of Blue, acclaimed British singer-songwriter Emily Maguire is on tour again in the UK.A classically-trained multi-instrumentalist, Emily Maguire is truly a talent to be reckoned
A PEDESTRIAN who was hit by a lorry in a Hampshire road has died. The 35-year-old man was on Green Street, East Worldham, near Bordon, when he was hit by a Scania HGV at about 3.05pm on Friday, July 21. He was rushed to Southampton General
THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after a lorry driver raised the alarm. Officers arrested two men and a woman, at least one of whom is Sudanese, in School Lane, Chandler’s Ford, yesterday afternoon. A Home
POLICE have made a fresh appeal for information after a man slashed with a broken bottle was left fighting for his life. Officers investigating the assault on Robert Holden have released CCTV images of three cars that drove past the incident outside
POLICE have launched an investigation after a man was kicked and beaten by a gang of yobs in a Southampton street. A 33-year-old man suffered head injuries which were considered serious but not life threatening, say police. The gang also stole
