A HAMPSHIRE baby only hours from death was saved by a daring low-level helicopter dash across the country. Little Kelly Blachford was born at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton and quickly diagnosed with a life-threatening lung infection. In a
CONTROVERSIAL Harrods boss Mohammed Al Fayed has helped restock a school library after a chance meet-ing with a Hampshire school girl. Lucy Finn won the heart of the multi-millionaire when she bumped into him during a visit by Fair Oak Junior pupils to
IT'S one of the most ambitious and imaginative road schemes ever conceived - and it could protect more than 5,000 years of history. Plans to remove traffic from around Stonehenge in Wiltshire took another step towards reality yesterday. But it could take
A BIG man climbed aboard for a big occasion and the Hoya Round the Island Race got under way in bright and breezy conditions at Cowes today. Speed powerhouse Linford Christie, Europe's fastest- ever 100 metres sprinter, swapped the track for the sparkling
HE'S been going to Southampton Airport for 60 years, watched it grow into a swish regional facility and is now a daily visitor. His face has become so familiar that he is on Christian name terms with all the airport staff. But Basil Winkworth is much
A HAMPSHIRE schoolboy aged just ten died after being found hanging from his bunk bed by his mum. Ambulance crews were called on Saturday night and immediately called for a police escort to take the boy to hospital. But, despite efforts to save Aaron Coverdale
SAINTS football legend Francis Benali and Wimbledon tennis wizard Chris Wilkinson have teamed up to try to boost British sport. Twenty-nine-year-old Wilkinson, who announced his retirment from full-time professional tennis after bow-ing out of Wimbledon
SAINTS' bid to bring Leeds United centre-back David Wetherall to The Dell has fallen through. Dell boss Dave Jones confirmed this morning that the 28-year-old would not be making the move south for personal reasons. Wetherall's wife is heavily pregnant
JOHN Smith, coach of the new world 100 metres record holder Maurice Greene, used to warn his athletes: "You cannot watch Linford Christie before a race. He's just too intimidating." But the air of supreme, almost arrogant, confidence that Christie exuded
IT WAS not a day for breaking records in the Hoya Round the Island Race though the number of boats who faced disqualification for failing to finish in time was at one point set for an all-time high. At 7.30pm on Saturday, eleven hours after the first
JUSTIN ROSE collected his first pay cheque on the main European Tour yesterday in the European Grand Prix at Slaley Hall. Despite a disastrous round of 82 in Saturday's third round, the North Hants teenager finished with a 73 for a four-round total of
JUSTIN ROSE was last night celebrating making his first cut as a profesional on the main Volvo European Tour - but he only made it by a whisker at Slaley Hall. The chances of the Hampshire teenager figuring in the final two days of the Compaq European
WINCHESTER City Penguins beat off the challenge of Fareham Nomads to become surprise Hants & South Coast Minor League champions at Woking. With two-thirds of the gala gone, there were only a few points in it - but victories for departing junior coach
HAMPSHIRE'S future at the summit of top class darts looks to be in safe hands after a stunning victory by the under-18s. The county is used to success at the top with internationals Les Wallace, Andy Jenkins and Colin Monk and the trend looks set to carry
WINCHESTER celebrity chef James Martin shares with us an unusual recipe from his new book Eating In with James Martin. (Priced £14.99 from all good bookshops) The fact that black pudding is made from pig's blood mixed with oatmeal, suet and onion may
TO LOOK today at the prosperous villages that nestle in south Hampshire's beautiful countryside it is hard to believe that they nurtured the foremost radical of the last century. For 15 years William Cobbett, the prolific writer and political reformer
IT'S ONE of those days when you've left work late. You're starving, but you don't fancy rustling up something yourself and the cricket world cup semi-final between South Africa and Australia is on Sky TV. The best place in town on this occasion has to
STRAWBERRIES and cream washed down with champagne were enjoyed by dozens of visitors at the annual Winchester College v Eton cricket match. Parents, smartly dressed with boaters completing the scene, also enjoyed picnics in the gardens at the event in
SOUTHAMPTON without its Bargate would simply not be Southampton, so completely has the towering building become representative of the city. Ever since the 12th century the Bargate has stood guard over Southampton and its people, a bastion of history that
GOD bless her and all who sail in her. The gallant yacht Vigilant was toasted in champagne as she was handed over at Lymington to members of the Sea Cadet Association. The £120,000 yacht, built by local firm Blondecell, will be taking her first teenage
Calling all kids! Join us on the Disney Wonder. Here's today's token to collect for your chance to enjoy a fantastic party with your friends aboard the Disney Wonder cruise liner and meet some of your favourite Disney chums. You need to collect five out
THE director of the Isle of Wight based enterprise initiative In To Biz Limited has won a prestigious national award in recognition of her out-standing contribution in providing help for young people starting up and developing their own businesses. Hammie
HE'S the one that she wants! And she's happy to part with serious sums of cash to get him. Former Bros fan Anita Burt is so hopelessly devoted to idol Luke Goss she is splashing out nearly £1,000 to spend her summer nights with him. The 80s teenage heart-throb
MPs have approved a measure that will require Winchester and Salisbury cathedrals to have new power and organisational structures in common with all Church of England cathedrals. The measure, recommended after a review by a Church of England commission
A GRIEF-STRICKEN Hampshire family was today beginning the legal fight to keep a bright and lovable little girl who could be whisked away to Greece. The life of the Charman family at Dibden Purlieu was thrown into tragedy earlier this month by a terrible
AN EVEREST climber has handed back the Save Haslar Hospital banner he took up with him to the top of the world's highest mountain. Mike Trueman, a former Gurkha officer, was born and brought up in Gosport and decided to hold his own protest on top of
YORKSHIRE snuffed out Hampshire's interest in the B&H Super Cup on Friday before it ever caught fire. Four wins from four meetings and an unbeaten century from David Byas suggest that Yorkshire can beat Hampshire at will. Of the four wins - two in
IT'S THE largest race of its type in the world. The London Marathon of yachting. Now in its 63rd year, the Hoya Round the Island Race remains as popular and prestigious as ever. Saturday's sunshine event attracted over 10,000 participants and 1,508 boats
THE NEW Quays pool in Southampton was plunged into the world of competitive swimming when it staged the Hampshire County Amateur Swimming Association's Development Competition. With a 25-metre pool and separate diving area, The Quays has the capabilities
OTs & Romsey left-arm spinner Nick Wood produced the Peter Cooper Volkswagen Southern League season's best bowling spell of 7-29 as leadership contenders Havant were skittled for 87 in a 170-run defeat. Wood struck after OTs & Romsey had rattled
Ever since William the Conqueror ordered the New Forest to be planted, English Kings have hunted across the vast acres of heath and woodland. To accommodate the numerous attendants a series of hunting lodges were built and the garden of Fritham Lodge,
THIS week's winner has certainly conjured up more than his fair share of "toil and trouble" in the past. And Salem, who shares his name with the famous historical home of witchcraft, is doing a magic job living up to the pedigree of his infamous name.
THE delightful village of Micheldever lies six miles north of Winchester and has been home for country folk since Saxon times. It was also known to the Romans. They established a fort at Norsbury Ring, on higher ground overlooking Stoke Charity three
INTREPID challengers from a Chandler's Ford-based firm have taken to the great outdoors in the name of charity. The 14 Alldays Stores workers scaled the highest mountains of Scotland, England and Wales in the quickest time possible. On Thursday afternoon
