SO busy is Hampshire based Fast Helicopters in air charter and training that it is building up its fleet. The Thruxton company has added two types of training and self-fly helicopters to the stable. An Enstrom P58A and a Hughes 300 have been added to
A HAMPSHIRE firm has announced more than 50 jobs will go today following the abolition of duty-free trading. Nuiance Global Trading, which employs several hundred people in the Southampton and Eastleigh area, said the company has had no choice but to
SPONSORED TEAM RAISE £1,000 TO BUY NEW LIMBS BRAVE Justin Gregory put his new state-of-the-art artificial leg through its paces at the weekend as he led dozens of friends and relatives on a ten-mile sponsored walk to raise more than £1,000 for replacement
A MAN is believed to have lost his leg in an explosion aboard a Gosport-based boat. The man, thought to be in his 50s, is due to have emergency surgery today. The explosion, in the engine room of the Lord Trenchard, sparked a massive rescue operation
PLANS to close Lee-on-Solent coastguard rescue centre have been subject to a surprise review by a Hampshire maritime lawyer. John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, has asked Lord Donaldson of Lymington to look with a "fresh pair of eyes'' at the chief
A NEW Forest housewife has failed in her bid to convince the council to buy back her unmortgagable home. Jennifer Gregory, who has lived with her husband Ron in their Northerwood Avenue, Lyndhurst, home for 31 years, spoke before the New Forest housing
HAMPSHIRE'S new multi-million pound shopping centre is on course to become a soaraway success. With more than a year still to go until the opening of the £270 million West Quay shopping centre in Southampton, it is already three-quarters full. Big name
THE campaign to save Gosport's Royal Hospital Haslar from closure is gearing up for a critical phase. Ministers have agreed to meet members of the campaign early next month to hear their plea for the hospital to be retained and turned into a centre for
RUPERT LOWE has slammed reports sug-gesting Saints are lining up Glenn Hoddle as a possible replacement for Dave Jones. A national newspaper suggested that Saints would turn to the former England coach following a supposed bust-up between Jones and the
ADAM GAUNT of North Baddesley Junior School has shown what a fast learner he is by gaining his black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the tender age of 11. The youngster, who lives in North Baddesley, has been learning for five years at Eastleigh's VW Tae Kwon
HARDLEY'S Russell Savage was a comfortable winner in the sixth race of the Road Runner Ten series at Manor Farm Country Park - despite almost taking a wrong turning. Savage, who has now won all four events he has taken part in, beat Chris Olden into second
GOSPORT has come up with yet another impressive line-up of goodies for its Connections Festival this year. The community-based event involves as many local organisations and groups as possible to wow crowds with a dazzling display of talent. This includes
THE transformation of a semi-derelict mansion into a venue for high-class opera was taking place near Winchester. Grange Park Opera is set to launch its second season at Northington Grange which it hopes will develop into an annual rival to the Glyndebourne
THE WINCHESTER Festival has scooped the first UK screening of a film packed with Hollywood stars prior to its West End premiere later in the year. The Winslow Boy features Nigel Hawthorne and Gemma Jones leading a starry cast which includes Jeremy Northam
TV STAR Charlie Dimmock will be making a splash on Sunday at Romsey Rotary Club's Picnic in the Park when she gets the charity duck race underway. The event, in aid of Romsey mayor Sylvia Sherlock's chosen charities - Wessex Heartbeat, Cancer Care and
THE chances of catching Iwan Thomas luxuriating at his Netley home are decreasing by the day. Southampton's injured athlete-of-the-year may be temporarily unemployed on the track, but such is his popularity off it that he barely has a free moment to call
SOUTHAMPTON Running Club's Adam Bridge lived up to his surname as he came across a barrier in the Totton & Eling Carnival 5k road race. Instead of hitting the pain barrier, the Southampton Running Club athlete came face-to-face with Totton's notorious
ALAN MEW is the new Southampton Men's Open champion - but the long-established county amateur star had his work cut out fending off a strong challenge from tournament out-sider Jon Baynes. Baynes, a five-handicapper from the host Southampton Club, matched
CRICKETING maidens at Lymington have been bowled over by their success in winning a grant for new gear. The newly formed girls cricket squad at Priestlands School are now equipped down to the last bail, thanks to a £300 grant from the Brian Johnston Memorial
SARISBURY Green's Doris Haskett hopes to live into the next millennium, because then she will have been alive during three centuries. But, meanwhile, Doris, of Bridge Road, has been quietly celebrating her 100th birthday. She reached her century on Monday
VILLAGERS will be able to let their hair down in an action packed week of carnival fun at Fair Oak. The Fair Oak Community Association has lined up a wide-range of activities ranging from a car boot sale to a bumper carnival parade which will be headed
