ONE of the greatest Romantic poets, John Keats, wrote his often quoted lines A thing of beauty is a joy forever while gazing at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight in 1819.
THE number of children, teachers and support staff in temporary buildings at Hampshire's 540 schools has fallen. A Hampshire County Council report has shown that there are now currently 149 temporary buildings in use compared to 1,093 temporary buildings in 1990 - an 86 per cent drop.
Almost 3,000 people in Fareham work in the construction industry which is still male dominated, with 2,300 men with construction jobs compared to just 400 women.
HAMPSHIRE people are some of the most unclean in the country with nearly half of the population going at least two days without a good wash, according to a poll.
Sixteen per cent of Southampton women voted Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, featuring Mr Darcy, as their favourite classic novel, while nine per cent of men chose Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, according to a survey by Blackwell bookstores.
