BRITISH No 2 Heather Watson believes rising star Gabi Taylor deserves a Wimbledon wildcard. Watson witnessed Taylor’s progress first-hand at the Surbiton Trophy last week, when she was beaten 6-3, 4-6, 3-6 by the 20 year-old from Shirley. Taylor
FIREFIGHTERS spend five hours tackling a blaze at a Winchester home on Wednesday morning. The fire was in a detached house in Complin Place, a new development off Stoney Lane in Weeke. It started at around 9.45am, and is believed to have originated
POLICE have found a missing Southampton woman following a search. Officers say Julie Downie has now been located. It follows an appeal by Hampshire Police, who said the 58-year-old had not been seen since leaving work in Southampton yesterday
NEARLY 90,000 people in the region have not been online in the past three months, new figures have revealed. The research, compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), also showed that 24,000 people in Southampton alone had shunned the
HAMPSHIRE will need to save another £80 million by 2021, the council has announced – a year before a £140 million budget gap was due to be bridged. Leader Roy Perry said the authority faced an “increasingly difficult balancing act” to reduce its
LIFEBOATS went to the aid of a yacht that was sinking the Solent. The 18ft vessel, with one person aboard, was half a mile east of the entrance to the Lymington River when it started taking on water. Lifeboats from Lymington and Yarmouth were
THREE supermarkets have cut fuel prices following claims that retailers were refusing to pass on a drop in wholesale costs. Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's have reduced the price of unleaded by up to 3p per litre and diesel by up to 2p. Drivers
AN ONLINE steroid dealer from Hampshire who sold toxic slimming pills which killed a student has said they were not intended for human consumption. Eloise Parry died in April 2015 after taking tablets containing the poisonous Dinitrophenol (DNP
FURTHER to previous correspondents, I must protest about the state of St Mary's extra cemetery – numerous potholes on the roads, grass let to grow out of control, water tap near the main entrance not working for months, etc. Southampton City Council
A PUBLIC inquiry has been ordered into proposals to increase the size of a Hampshire housing scheme that was approved last year. Churchill Retirement Ltd was given permission for 36 flats in South Street, Hythe, but later applied for consent to
A GANG of teenagers smashed a stolen vehicle into a wall after car-jacking it from a man as he sat parked at the side of the road. The stolen Ford Fiesta was driven through a fence in Grainger Gardens, Sholing, early on Saturday morning (June 9
DO YOU want to be your own boss? Southampton City Council is set to run a series of sessions across the city for locals that want to start their own business. From hairdressing to graphic design, book keeping to dog grooming; whatever business you
A WOMAN was taken to hospital today after her car left the road and ended up on its side in a 9ft ditch. It happened on the A3090 road between Ower and Romsey, near its junction with Ridge Lane, just after 5.30am. The driver was freed from
A SOUTHAMPTON city centre street has been cordoned off after a man suffered a serious head injury. The man, 40, was injured during an incident on Lower Banister Street, behind Bedford Place, at 12.30am today. He was rushed to Southampton General
RETAILER Dixons Carphone has become the latest victim of a cyber attack after revealing 5.9 million customer bank card details and 1.2 million personal data records were hacked. The group said that, while 5.8 million of the payment cards targeted
PUB CHAIN Wetherspoons is to sell more drinks from the UK and non-EU brewers in the run up to Brexit. Champagne and wheat beers produced in France and Germany will be replaced. Sparkling wines from the UK and Australia will be substituted for
A BROKEN down bus is causing long delays on a busy road. Traffic is building up around the Windhover Roundabout, in Bursledon. Road bosses are warning of 20 minute delays on Bursledon Road, westbound, and Dodwell Lane, northbound. Traffic
It's the picturesque thatched pub in the heart of the New Forest. The Fish Inn in Ringwood, nestled on the banks of the river Avon has been serving publicans for almost 500 years. Managed by the Karelus family the Wadworth owned pub, had a
SIGNALLING a “vibrant new chapter” for the local community, Totton Library has swung open its doors for the first time in three months, following a £362,000 revamp. Undertaken by Hampshire County Council, the refurbishment includes the installation
CITY council bosses have given the green light to invest £1.5 million in a new creative business base – at a Southampton shopping centre. The “exciting” open-plan site, which will include a shared-space, reception, and meeting rooms, will be taking
AN OVERTURNED vehicle is blocking a road near Romsey. The A3090 Romsey Road, in Ower, is closed northbound between Ower Services and Gardeners Lane due to the crashed vehicle. Traffic bosses say there are no delays at present. UPDATE: The
NEW owners of a Southampton pub have announced their "grand reopening" date Corrine Yendle and Damian Etherington say they will hold a live music event at The Dolphin on June 23 It comes just weeks after the pub shut its doors to the shock
UP TO 16 of Southampton’s tallest tower blocks are to undergo a multimillion-pound fire safety revamp. Work on two blocks has already been completed and improvements to a third are due to be completed today. The £15 million scheme includes
CONCERN is growing for a missing Southampton woman. Police have isued an appeal to help find Julie Downie. The 58-year-old was last seen leaving work in Southampton at around 5.30pm last night and officers say they are concerned for her safety
THE ruins of Netley Abbey could reopen to the public on Saturday. This comes after English Heritage decided to close the ruined Cistercian monastery on Monday after scaffolding set up in the nave for conservation work was found to “fall far short
FRIENDS of the Earth is urging people to help our under-threat bees by taking part in the Great British Bee Count, which runs until June 30. Habitat loss, climate change, pesticides and intensive farming are just some of the pressures facing these
SOUTHAMPTON student Rhianna Wheatley has scooped an academic year’s free travel across the city with bus operator Unilink. The Southampton University marine biology student was praised for her recycling initiatives – including re-using old cereal
HE WAS the Hampshire man who was as much a part of Eastleigh as The Swan Centre or the bandstand - a well-known member of the town’s society. Danny Gilbert’s legendary shop window showpieces at Gilbert Fishmongers in Market Street, Eastleigh, captured
WOMEN in Southampton will be the first in the world to trial a new treatment designed to tackle a debilitating condition. Doctors at Southampton General Hospital will lead the pioneering study into the use of new dissolvable ‘gel-beads’ to treat
AWARD-winning chefs wowed Hampshire residents at this year's Charity Chefs' Challenge. Chefs Craig McColm, Sylvain Gachot and Andy MacKenzie were given 30 minutes to create main courses at the event held in Chandler's Ford on Friday to raise money
DRIVERS are set to face traffic chaos after a burst water main in Southampton. Burgess Road eastbound was partially blocked after the junction with the Avenue yesterday morning, following a burst main near the University of Southampton's Boldrewood
THREE thousand pounds has been raised after a street collection in Romsey in aid of Parkinson's UK. Forty collectors from Rotary Club of Romsey Test, working in shifts, were on the streets of the market town over the weekend. The buckets collected
IN 1853 the Union Steam Collier Company was formed to bring coal from Newcastle for the liners operating out of Southampton. A fleet of five ships was ordered but events were to alter these plans. The fleet instead supported the military in Crimea
SAINTS legend Paul Jones believes the club maybe entering a period of transition with patience needed as Mark Hughes shapes his side. This summer has been very quiet on the transfer front so far, with Saints understood to be only just beginning
POLICE have launched a car-jacking probe after a man was targeted by a gang of teenagers while he sat in his vehicle. Officers are hunting four teenagers who carried out the car-jacking in Thornhill. Police say a 34-year-old was sitting in
A POLICE investigation has been launched into the murder of a Chandler’s Ford man. William John Rudiak was found stabbed to death in a house in Turin Court, Andover. The 26-year-old, of Winchester Road, Chandler’s Ford, had been the victim
THE search for the UK's infamous cat killer has descended on Southampton as owners are warned to keep their beloved pets safe inside. Dubbed the notorious Croydon Cat Killer, the UK's search for the person or people responsible for more than 450
A HAMPSHIRE furniture store has closed with the loss of about 20 jobs in the collapse of another national retailer. The Fabb Sofas outlet at Hedge End has shut after the company failed to find a buyer for the business and was forced to call in
THIS is the moment a bomb which brought Winchester city centre to a standstill was detonated. The World War One shell was discovered by a man with a metal detector in the River Itchen, near to the centre of Winchester. READ: Bomb found in Winchester
SAINTS striker Manolo Gabbiadini has been banned from driving after he was caught texting behind the wheel on the M27. Gabbiadini was spotted by police texting for 'up to 10 seconds' in his £89,000 Mercedes-Benz while in the second lane at junction
