SOUTHAMPTON City Council is preparing to register its interest in the Dibden Bay proposals in readiness for the public inquiry. Councillors at a corporate committee meeting were set to give the green light to officers to allow them to investigate the
MOORING holders on the river Hamble could gain control over hundreds of Hampshire's most in-demand berths under new plans being considered by harbour bosses. Boat-users on the popular stretch of water - which currently has a 20-year wait for places and
ANDOVER table tennis player Jeremy Wilson became the first local player to lift the coveted Hampshire senior championship crown on Sunday. The 24-year-old from Hillbury Avenue was the only player from Andover lining up with 35 top players in the county
ANDOVER Bowling Club will consider at their AGM next Monday, 6 November, a proposal submitted by two senior and influential club members to wind up the club and distribute any surplus monies to charity (reports Ken Eaton. This sad state of affairs has
DESPITE last Saturday's filthy weather, only a smattering of games were due to be played in the HSA Youth League owing to the half-term school break but one side that took advantage was Allan Batchelor's Test Valley Lions Under-12's who made light of
REDRICE Health & Fitness women's first team made a good start to the new season with a 4-1 home victory against Alton Physicals but in their second match were beaten 4-1 away by the Avenue Club's second string. Sponsored by Oakwood Shopfitting, the
DEFENDING Andover & District Netball League champions Kenyons showed their experience when they chalked up one of their biggest ever wins with a a runnaway 84-10 victory over Access Care in a recent first division match played on the outdoor courts
A MOTORCYCLIST who died after crashing his machine was just over the drink-drive limit at the time of the accident, an inquest heard this week. Clive Samways, of Shedfield, near Wickham, had drunk two pints of strong lager before he died on August 30.
THIRD-seed Jeremy Wilson is the new Hampshire men's table tennis champion - and the first person to chalk up a hat-trick of different age group titles at the county championships. The former University of Brighton student added the men's senior title
Two members of the same family have been killed in a double fatality on the A36 at Plaitford. Timmy Castle, (28), of Plaitford Green and his uncle, 50-year-old Terry Castle, of Coxford, Southampton, were killed as they crossed the busy trunk road last
A man accused of sexually abusing three schoolgirls walked free from court but admitted: "My life's ruined." It took a Winchester Crown Court jury little more than an hour to clear Christopher Mattock (50) of Thurmond Crescent, Winchester. He was acquitted
Bailey House, Alresford's Abbeyfield home, celebrated the 100th birthday of one of its residents on Saturday. A tiny lady, with a charming gentle smile, Edith Hiscott enjoyed being the centre of attention as she sat in her balloon-decorated wheelchair
SOUTHAMPTON-based Brazier Construc-tion, part of the Kier Group, has been awarded a contract for a new cancer sciences facility at the general hospital. The £3.5 million design and build contract for Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust is due to
AROUND 100 new jobs are set to be created with the expansion of the British Gas's customer service centre in Southampton. The company is looking for around 100 permanent staff, ideally with some customer service experience, to work on a variety of set
A SOUTHAMPTON surgeon today launches an international clinical trial aimed at improving survival rates from the UK's second biggest killer - bowel cancer. Professor John Primrose, of Southampton University's surgical unit, will lead the £100,000 UK arm
CAN you get blood from a louse? It's probably not a question that has troubled the world's greatest thinkers - or even its biggest dunces - down the centuries. But, whether you like it or not, that is one of the questions which will be up for discussion
A MAN whose work brings him into contact with people when they are at their most vulnerable has been awarded the title of Andover Employee of the Year 2000. Steve Maddocks, who is branch manager of Halcrows Funeral Directors in Bridge Street, was selected
ANDOVER'S walking man, the millennium bronze sculpture and sun-dial at the junction of Salisbury and Weyhill roads, is attracting the wrong sort of attention from passers-by. Since his unveiling several weeks ago the bronze, created by Clare Barrington
ANDOVER police say they are extremely concerned about the level of car crime on Andover's estates. Over the past two weeks, dozens of cars have been broken into and thousands of pounds worth of property has been stolen. Det Sgt Jerry Brierley said: "Clearly
MONDAY night's storm produced a record-breaking downpour in the Andover area, according to Hurstbourne Tarrant weatherman Trevor Wheeler. He recorded 2.53 inches (64.4mm) of rain falling overnight, beating the previous record of 2.18 inches (55.6mm) set
NEW FOREST Council leader Simon Hayes has scorned suggestions that he put himself on "an ego trip" by signing a letter which should have been signed by the council chairman. The letter asking people to register as potential organ donors accompanied forms
POLICE at Fareham plan to expand storage space to retain evidence from crime scenes. Planning permission is being sought to increase the capacity of garages at Fareham police station to store files and evidential items. Under new legislation police forces
YOUNGSTERS from around Eastleigh attending this week's flagship youth conference have been promised the political clout of the borough's MP behind them. Liberal Democrat David Chidgey, pictured, will be out to prove he's in touch with local young people
KIND-hearted children from a Hampshire school are sending gift-wrapped Christmas presents to their needy counterparts in Albania. The pupils from Wykeham House School, Fareham will present their decorative presents in shoeboxes to Fareham Meon Rotary
SAINTS 0 COVENTRY 1 Saints slashed the prices for this tie and even gave out hundreds of free tickets - and it was still a waste of money. The freebies to schoolchildren were supposed to entice the next generation of supporters; some hope! They are more
SAINTS' season hit a new low last night as they plunged out of the Worthington Cup by conceding a morale-sapping extra-time goal. The players were booed off the pitch by fans following the 1-0 loss by Coventry City - their fourth Dell defeat of the season
FOUR bicycles and a tricycle were stolen from Gosport as thieves continue to target the borough. An epidemic of bicycle thefts has hit Gosport in the last 18 months and police have introduced a new registration scheme for owners. Thieves struck at Palmyra
ANDOVER Cricket Club celebrated a successful first year of the new Millennium and one which saw the town club ranked as one of the top ten in the south with its annual end-of-season presentation dinner at the Keystone Hall in Andover. There was a general
THE first psychological blow for Hampshire's Liberty Trophy match against Devon this month could already have been struck by the English Indoor BA in favour of Peter Line's men. The EIBA have designated Donyatt at Ilminster as the venue for the second-round
A NEW blue bus in Chandler's Ford could be blazing a trail in an effort to beat the parking mayhem found outside dozens of schools across the county. But besides providing an alternative to taking children to school by car, The Knightwood Community Bus
BRADLEY BARNEY had a tougher passage to the quarter-finals of the NABC boxing championships than his brother Marcus and Southampton Golden Ring ABC club-mate James Richardson. But now all three are eyeing tough draws which stand in the way of making further
ONE of the central South's biggest fireworks parties will be staged in Romsey tomorrow night, (Saturday). Fareham-based radio station, Ocean FM, will be holding the Broadlands Fireworks show which kicks off at 7.30pm. Gates open at 4pm onwards and the
The annual bonfire night celebrations look set to go with a bang in Winchester on Saturday night (November 4th) when the city's Round Table hosts its 42nd firework display. The event, which is being backed by the Hampshire Chronicle Group, starts at 5.30pm
A ROMSEY butcher's bacon has earned him a top international meat award. Bell Street-based Barry Drummond, has won a gold star certificate with his piece of smoked back bacon in the Fresh Food 2000 competition held in Holland. Barry, who specialises in
TORRENTIAL rain unleashed further flooding problems on the Romsey region yesterday. Roads in the Lockerley and Dunbridge areas were badly affected. The main road between the two villages was virtually impassable. Floodwater was almost two feet deep near
A pair of young trick-or-treaters were robbed of their sweets by bullies on Hallowe'en. Eleven-year-old Alexander Davis and a friend were dressed as a ghoul and an alien when two teenagers jumped out from behind a hedge in Grafton Road, Winchester. The
A private school's chairman of governors and his headmistress have launched blistering attacks condemning a parish council. Winchester planners are due to decide on Thursday whether to allow Prince's Mead School to build a £500,000 sports hall. But Itchen
FIVE Southern branches of the national supermarket giant Sainsbury's have been recognised as Investors in People (IIP) by Hampshire Training & Enterprise Council (TEC). The stores each received their awards from Hampshire TEC chairman Robert Hillier
NEW manufacturing jobs in the hi-tech world of digital television are on the cards for the South. Hampshire-based ACW Techno-logy has joined forces with Tandberg Television, based at Hedge End to pioneer the latest in viewing technology. As part of the
ACADEMIC Press Publishers and Waterstone's Bookshop at Southampton University held a book launch this week to celebrate publication of three new books on acoustics. The books, all by academics at the university's Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
AN INVESTIGATION was under way today after a middle-aged man was found dead in a Southampton park. The 54-year-old's body was discovered under shrubbery in Mayflower Park by a city council worker just before 9.30am yesterday. Detective Sergeant Scott
IT'S EVERY schoolgirl's dream - to be a top fashion model fronting beauty magazines the world over. But for one Hampshire youngster it is about to become a reality. Despite still being only 11 years old, Zara Sparkes could soon become the next Kate Moss
A HI-TECH scheme aimed at logging the biological fingerprints left by thieves in almost every stolen vehicle is being piloted in Southampton. The DNA gathered by the Hampshire police initiative is being used to build up a bank of uncaught criminals' personal
A HAMPSHIRE dad who spent 33 years as a Nato intelligence officer has hit out at the "low-life" thieves who stole his ill daughter's hand-carved pumpkin. Lindie Hopkins, 15, spent the weekend carving the eerie face in the pumpkin ready for a family Hallowe'en
Southampton City Council has been attacked by a firm of international property experts over its blueprint document for future local developments. The wide-ranging report, which does not mince its words, also warns that shops in the areas surrounding Southampton
A BOY aged nine was behind a gun attack on a Southampton labourer as he sat in a city park, it emerged today. And the culprit has escaped with a ticking off from police, who are powerless to bring any charges because he is under the age of criminal responsibility
THE fire service's 100 ft turntable ladder, based at Winchester, could be moved as part of a review of cover. The ladder at North Walls fire station is one of four in Hampshire and it would play a crucial role in stopping a potentially-catastrophic fire
BEN Midgley doesn't have to tell tall stories about the one that got away - he has the picture to prove that he netted a 40 pound carp in the Sea of Galilee, the sea of miracles. The 33-year-old from Suffolk Road, Andover, a member of the Elim Church,
IF you are disabled, elderly, living on your own, or even all three the arrival of official-looking brown envelopes can be worrying. When the contents involve the ending of social security benefits it cabn be frightening - but there is help available.
IT will be anything but a happy new year for smokers as health bosses crack down on smoking - by banning it from hospitals and grounds. Staff, visitors and out-patients will no longer be able to light up and staff will even be told they cannot smoke while
THE days of popping down to the village shop to buy a loaf of bread are to end soon in Appleshaw as the owners of the business say they cannot continue to provide the service in the face of supermarket competition and social changes. But the post office
AN Andover councillor risked his life to rescue a 13-year-old boy just seconds away from drowning in a swollen river. Alan Smith, a former police officer who now works for the Environment Agency, had gone to measure the water flow in the River Wallington
PEACE in the countryside is the feature of a guided walk along Titchfield canal on Sunday. It is being organised by Fareham Borough Council countryside service to look at wintering wildfowl and the life of the third Earl of Southampton. Organisers hope
HAMPSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service is asking parents to warn their children about the dangers of fire and fireworks following a Hallowe'en arson attack on a disabled pensioner at Eastleigh. As reported in the Daily Echo, the grandmother had a lucky escape
FAREHAM branch of Hampshire Children and Families Forum is expanding its work to include families with children aged up to 14. The forum looks after the interests of youngsters by working with a variety of agencies. The group, formerly known as the Under
THE jury in the Warsash brothers' murder trial is due to retire today to consider its verdict at Winchester Crown Court. Paul Selmes, 24, of Dibles Road, Warsash, denies murdering Adrian, 29, by slashing his throat with a broken glass after they celebrated
