SMILES AGAIN: Young Thomas Apter with mum Sarah and dad John. WHEN policeman's son Thomas Apter contracted a potentially deadly disease, his parents feared the worst. The five-week-old had no resistance because of his tender age and doctors warned he
BEVVY OF BEAUTIES: Paul and Sheila with their sixteen bridesmades. CHOOSING a bridesmaid for the big day is never easy - especially when you come from a large family and all your nieces want to get in on the act. It was a dilemma Sheila Sahid solved with
CHEERS: Manger Julie Dear with her family, husband Kevin and children James and Craig. A SOUTHAMPTON pub has risen from the ashes exactly a year after it was destroyed in an arson attack. The Old Thatched House pub is due to open its doors to the public
Under the government proposals thousands of children from poor families in the city will receive a payment of up to £30-a-week if they stick with education. Southampton is to be used as a pilot centre over the next three years for the scheme to be revealed
RESIDENTS in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are being urged to conserve water, as part of a government campaign. Environment minister Michael Meacher launched the month-long Going for Green campaign which aims to promote water awareness during May. And
HUNGERFORD thrashed Lymington by eight wickets to send out a chilling reminder that they are the Peter Cooper Volkswagen Southern League's top dogs. With ex-Hampshire all-rounder Julian Wood taking 6-46, last year's champions skittled Lymington for 93
DAVID DEACON looks odds on to make a return to Portsmouth Football Club as the city awaits an official decision on who is about to buy the cash-strapped club. Deacon, son of former Pompey chairman John Deacon, left Fratton Park four years ago but it is
MANAGER Alan Ball faces an uncertain and anxious few days fol-lowing Pompey's 2-0 final-day defeat Bolton. Rumours had swept Fratton Park after the final whistle that Ball had resigned following a successful - but as yet undisclosed - bid for the club
TAKE THAT: James Beattie celebrates his goal against Wimbledon on Saturday. NOW let's do it one more time! Saints are just one victory away from safety and manager Dave Jones knows his players are fired up for the challenge. Their 2-0 win at Wimbledon
STEADY: Gary Stubbington in action. GARY STUBBINGTON created regional golfing history when he topped the Southern PGA Order of Merit for the second year run-ning last autumn. No-one has ever won it back to back and his reward for the second year running
GOLD RUSH: Andy Bargh helping Team Solent to another gold. ANDY BARGH successfully defended his Hampshire men's 400 metres hurdles title at Portsmouth on Saturday in 53.7 seconds. It was part of an impressive medal rush by the south coast's number one
MAIDEN CALL: Wallenius Lines vehicle carrier, Boheme, at Southampton Docks. THE port of Southampton is celebrating another round of success which will boost the city's already booming cruise industry and strengthen the docks' number one position for UK
SEARCH: The locket which police hope to reunite with the owner. THIS silver locket holds for one family happy memories of those long lazy sunny days at the seaside. The treasured memento has turned up at Eastleigh Police Station and its ownership is a
DREAM MACHINE: A youngster admires an old motorbike. HAMPSHIRE'S shrine to British motoring gained dozens of new exhibits at the weekend. But the classic cars parked outside Palace House, Beaulieu, were only temporary additions to the vintage vehicles
TOP SHOP: Chrissie Shirreff at Elfords. NATIONAL magazine Country Living has given a New Forest store a special best farm shop award. Elfords of Lyndhurst, in the High Street, proudly announces itself as "purveyors of local produce, fresh fruit, vegetables
A WALLABY who had a brief taste of freedom in the Hampshire countryside over the weekend has been recaptured. The Australian marsupial escaped from a private collection in the Colden Common area and was snaffled near Fisher's Pond early today. Police
CHARITY CASH: Michael Keat presents a cheque to Malcolm Eastwood. DISABLED Michael Keat is on a roll after donating £271 to charity by completing the ten-mile Great South Run in his wheelchair. The 28-year-old spina bifida sufferer, of Lyndhurst Road,
LAUNCH: John Morrell of Meridian, Kiki Maurey of Common Purpose and Howard Newby, vice-chancellor at Southampton University and chairman of Common Purpose. A MANAGEMENT education charity set up to uncover the main issues affecting Southampton has launched
EXPERT ADVICE: Southampton carnival organisers learn skills from their Notting Hill counterparts. EXPERTS from the world-famous Notting Hill carnival have been called in to make this year's Southampton Carnival the best ever. Groups taking part in the
SIGNING UP: Raymond and Robin Murray sign up with Colin Russell from Trading Standards to the Fair Trade Scheme. CONSUMER watchdogs in Southampton launched a huge crackdown on dodgy car dealers today amid fears that they are selling death-trap vehicles
TOP SCORER: Adie Aymes HAMPSHIRE are the next county in England's pre-World Cup firing line after Essex fell to the narrowest of defeats yesterday. England kept their nerve to claim a one-run victory after Nasser Hussain pressed his claims to become their
SHELL SHOCKED: Steve Fletcher and Eddie Howe trudge off the Dean Court pitch looking as distraught as the AFC BELOW-PAR Bournemouth ran into a double-bogey team as their hopes of a place in the Nationwide League Division 2 play-offs were wrecked by Wrexham
STAYING UP: A young fan dressed for saturday's game. DAVE Armstrong is backing Saints to cure a 15-year itch and secure their Premiership survival by beat-ing Everton at The Dell on Sunday (4pm). Southampton have not won their final fixture since 1984
SILVERWARE: Darren Henley with the Berkshire Trophy. DARREN HENLEY became one of amateur golf's overnight sensa-tions when he won the Berkshire Trophy with glittering 14-under-par figures at the Royal Berkshire club. To say the 19-year-old Stoneham player
VICTIM: murdered Southampton student Joan Lesley McMurray. ONE of the longest and most baffling murder inquiries ever undertaken in Hampshire is to be stepped up - 30 years after the crime. Police have revealed that following recent stories in the Daily
READY FOR ACTION: Police move into position in case they need to storm the flat. ARMED police laid siege to a block of flats in Southampton for almost four hours after a man claiming to be armed with a gun threatened officers. The 28-year-old was eventually
JUBILATION: Winning six-a-side boys team Elson parade around the dell on their lap of honour. SAINTS made sure their first football family fun-day went with a real swing - by pulling off a vital victory at Wimbledon. The party could have fallen flat if
COLLEGE EXHIBITION: Dan Wilson (left) and Matt Kenyon. TWO former Eastleigh art students have returned to their roots for an exhibition of their talent. Dan Wilson and Matt Kenyon joined forces at Barton Peveril College after going their separate ways
THIS millennium began with the Domesday Book, now a Hampshire village society is to mark the new millennium with a new one. Titchfield History Society has decided to document a year in the life of the village to record its own version of the Domesday
MIRACLE TECHNIQUE: Kingsley Tofts and his family. INNOVATIVE life-saving surgery carried out by medics at Southampton General Hospital - the first in Europe - will help scores of patients with heart defects. Surgeons successfully operated on 16-year-old
DETECTIVES in Southampton hunting a violent robber who preys on women in secluded alleyways believe he may be the same man who has raped three city residents. Police have revealed they are firmly linking two separate incidents which took place within
