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.
YOUNG women in Southampton are going bingo mad, according to a new survey. Research carried out by online bingo site 888ladies.com found that almost 115,000 city women between the ages of 18 and 35 play online every week.
HAMPSHIRE Fare, champions of local food and drink producers, has teamed up with celebrity chef Raymond Blanc. The Michelin-starred chef will be working with Hampshire producers to source products for his new restaurant in Winchester.
THE Viking King Canute
the Great is supposed to
have defeated the Anglo-
Saxon King Ethelred the
Unready in Southampton
in 1014 and been crowned here. His
fabled attempt to "command" the tide
is said to have taken place in the city.
THE 12th century Red Lion
in the High Street,
Southampton, is where in
1415, prior to King Henry
V's departure to the Battle
of Agincourt, the ringleaders
of the "Southampton
Plot" Richard, Earl of
Cambridge, Henry Scrope,
third Baron Scrope of
Masham and Sir Thomas Grey of Heton
were tried and found guilty of high treason.
