Crews on board the giant catamarans in The Race have been battling to keep their speeds up as light shifting winds, black clouds and rain squalls in the Doldrums contrive to slow down progress in the no-holds-barred round the world yacht sprint. Leader
THE Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Frostbite Series got off to a sunny start last weekend, and while the shifting winds created problems for the race officers, the competitors made the most of their first outing of the New Year. With a light breeze from
The Innocence of Childhood: Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, January 26 to March 25 THE "conscience of the nation" was how Picture Post magazine was described in its heyday, when the pioneering publication showcased the work of photographers
A PROPOSAL to extend a pub and convert part of its beer garden into a car park has been withdrawn. Whitbread Pub Partnership submitted a planning application to give the popular Travellers Rest at Hart Hill, Hythe, a major facelift. The scheme included
BURGLARS in the New Forest targeted the home of the Official Verderer, Maldwin Drummond. They made an unsuccessful attempt to break into his home at Cadland House, in Stanswood Road, Fawley. A police spokesman said Mr Drummond was woken at 1.30am on Wednesday
This year is set to be a classic year for new cars, with everything from the new Mini to the Alfa 147, Aston Martin Vanquish and the Lexus Sports Coupe set for our shores within the next 12 months. Here we take a look at some of the new cars set to make
DAN Petrescu joined in training with his new club this morning and said: "Maybe I should have come here in the first place." The Romanian international completed his move to The Dell from Bradford City, with Glenn Hoddle landing the player he has long
The widespread support for Dave Jones throughout football will tomorrow face its biggest test yet as he steps out for his first home game as manager of Wolves. Although assured of a warm welcome from the Molineux faithful, he knows he could be in for
AFC TOTTON are counting the cost of a bruising midweek battle as the clock ticks down to towards tomorrow week's big FA Vase fourth-round tie against Chippenham Town. Roger Maynard (foot), Dave Fear (knee) and Sean New (knee) all took a battering in Tuesday's
A BUS shelter is to get a makeover ahead of its new job serving residents in Bishop's Waltham. The old shelter was removed from a site in Claylands Road and replaced by a new version, but now it is to be installed in Ashton Lane. Residents of the 50 homes
HUNTING for a loo near a major shopping parade at Chandler's Ford could soon be a thing of the past. Steps are being taken to re-open The Central Precinct public conveniences which have been closed since last May. Investigations into flooding problems
A TEAM of carers has been found for paralysed pensioner Muriel Roberts - just two days after The Gazette revealed her plight. Julia Taylor, proprietor of Carewatch Basingstoke, a new domiciliary care pro-vider, said a team of four carers started looking
POLICE have stepped up their hunt for a missing blind man after his guide dog became seriously ill this week. David Gray (pictured left), 44, left his Brighton Hill home 10 days ago with £100 cash and a holdall packed with clothes. He was reported missing
DETECTIVES are continuing their investigations after a woman was indecently assaulted in a phone box in Basingstoke. The attack, on a local woman in her early 20s, took place at about 12.40am on Tuesday outside the One Stop shop in Stanford Road, Brighton
Today's Principal Arrivings: Mosel,container, 0100, 206; Hual Triton, ro/ro, 0330, 34/35; Hual Transit, ro/ro, 0530, 40; Trojan Star, refrigerat, 0600, 101W; Madame Butterfly, vehicle carrier, 0830, 43; Jarikaba, refrigerat, 1300, 101W; Celtic Monarch
Newport IoW 5 Basingstoke Town 1 TOWN'S recent run of good form came to an abrupt end on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday as a determined Newport side hit five goals in the Hampshire Senior Cup. Town were disrupted by injuries before the game as Steve Baker
MATCH of the day in Hampshire tomorrow is undoubtedly the London League 1 clash between Winchester and Havant at Nuns Road. This game is of vital importance to both teams, but for vastly different reasons. Havant require a victory to stay in touch with
Matches being played 13/14 January 2001. Saturday 14 January: NATIONAL LEAGUE 3 SOUTH: Basingstoke v Blackheath LONDON LEAGUE 1: Winchester v Havant (2.15) SOUTH WEST LEAGUE 1: Swanage & Wareham v Barnstaple, Torquay Athletic v Dorchester LONDON LEAGUE
THE Labour party has been accused of running a phantom candidate in Romsey in order to help the Liberal Democrats hold the seat at the next election. Tory hopeful Paul Raynes claimed Lib Dem MP Sandra Gidley won last May's by-election because Labour support
ENGLISH Heritage has come to the aid of campaigners fighting to stop a controversial development in Winchester city centre. It intervened at the last minute as the city council was yesterday poised to approve the scheme for a new building in Southgate
HIGH housing costs in Winchester are pricing public-sector workers out of the market, councillors have warned. It has raised the spectre of schools working four-day weeks because of a lack of staff and creating huge recruitment problems for police and
THE Portsmouth and South East Hants Chamber of Commerce and Industry is backing plans for a tunnel to be built beneath a Surrey beauty spot to ease traffic congestion on the A3 trunk road to the South Coast. Consultants who have been investigating the
SOUTH Coast entrepreneur Doug Elliott, founder of Ocean Village- based marine charter company Atlantic Marine, has just returned from a fact-finding visit to Hong Kong - and believes the idea of operating a Chinese junk in Solent waters could catch on
Jeff Green: Forest Arts Centre, New Milton and Nuffield Theatre, Southampton JUST as Halley's Comet is supposed to portend doom and disaster on a grand scale - the Battle of Hastings, the start of the First World War, Crossroads finishing etc - an eclipse
The Point, Eastleigh, January 17-20 Cinderella with a twist is what's promised in this version of one of the world's best-loved fairytales. Long-established Southam-pton amateur dramatics society, Westfield Productions, deliver all the traditional pantomime
TERRIFIED passengers were forced to duck for cover after shots were fired at their bus. The vehicle came under attack twice on the same evening as it travelled through Southampton. Several shots from an air weapon were fired at the First Southampton bus
ANGRY Southampton road hauliers say they are losing money because of continuing long delays at the city's container terminal in the Western Docks. One lorry operator claimed that there were delays of more than four hours for drivers waiting to get into
A NEW city centre manager has been appointed to promote Southampton throughout the region. Ian Rothwell is the new figure at the helm after moving from a similar role in Salisbury. The 39-year-old brings a wealth of experience to his new post, which is
EASTBOURNE favourites Toploader flit along the South coast to Southampton in March for their first Guildhall gig. The band (Joseph Washbourn, Rob Green, Danny Hipgrave and Matt Knight) released their debut album Onka's Big Moka last year, reaching number
The Queens of Country: Southampton Guildhall, January 19 IF TAMMY Wynette and Patsy Cline were alive today, would they be playing Southampton Guildhall with Dolly Parton? Like the possibility of Shakespeare writing for EastEnders if he were alive today
FAREHAM residents now have the chance to honour people young and old who have given outstanding or courageous service to the community. Fareham Borough Council is seeking nominations for the borough's Young Citizen of the Year, who must be under 18, and
IT LOOKS like a dream ticket - Hollywood heavyweights Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman squaring up to each other in a tense psychological drama with a sexual undertones. Stephen Hopkins' taut remake of the French film, Garde A Vue, based on John Wainwright's
WHEN Satan and his hordes ascend from Hades - to find a mortal bride or slay a messianic child - they invariably head straight for New York. In Lost Souls, waif-like Winona Ryder spearheads the forces of good. She plays Maya Larkin, a Sunday school teacher
A MOBILE phone mast that will make it easier for people to ring home when their trains are late has been given the go-ahead. But the proposal by Vodafone to add three metres to a 15-metre high railway signalling mast at Beaulieu Road Station was subjected
Angus Fuller reports on another week of conflicting fortunes in the BT Global Challenge round-the-world yacht race. THE last week of racing has seen a mixture of celebration and commiseration onboard TeamSpirIT. We have spent the best part of the last
DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott has rejected calls to hold a public inquiry into plans for a new domestic waste incinerator on the Waterside. Mr Prescott, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, was asked to "call in" the
THE America's Cup Jubilee, which will be staged in the Isle of Wight next summer, was officially launched at the London Boat Show this week and promises to be the largest ever big boat regatta in the UK. First unveiled two years ago, the regatta will
THE beautiful city of Venice is the subject of a collection of stunning watercolours by two South Coast-based artists. Russian-born Marianna Magurudumova-Austin and her mother Gillian Magarudumova have painted the vibrant scenes which are included in
JAGUAR is set to expand its range after the F-Type roadster was given the production green light. The all-new, compact Jaguar roadster becomes the fifth model in the company's expanding product range and marks Jaguar's return to the true sports car market
A BOOMING New Forest firm is set to take on another 340 staff in a move that will more than triple its existing workforce. Managers at Totton-based APW New Forest Ltd say the number of employees will soar from 160 to 500 over the next few years. The good
NEWPORT - the team with fewest games played in the entire Dr Martens League - will be kicking their heels at home tomorrow. Because of Ashford's involvement in the FA Umbro Trophy, the Isle of Wight club are without an Eastern Division fixture and manager
A MAN who attacked an ambulance paramedic trying to treat him had drank so much at a Christmas party he could not remember what happened. Anton Eaton narrowly avoided a prison sentence when he pleaded guilty to battery after head-butting and punching
FIREFIGHTERS were called to the Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, after a pool of hydrochloric acid was found on the floor of an outbuilding. The diluted acid, which can give off dangerous fumes, was found at around 6.30pm yesterday. Two appliances from
ANGRY passengers abused a Stagecoach driver and tried to force their way on to a bus in Basingstoke yesterday after their normal service failed to arrive. The 8.05am No. 2 service from Brighton Hill did not run due to "operational difficulties" and a
SCHOOLCHILDREN are having to run the gauntlet of a dangerous Basingstoke road because an underpass is flooded and full of rubbish. The underpass on Buckskin Lane has been waterlogged since Christmas following heavy rainfall and, in places, is four feet
BASINGSTOKE will have a new skipper for their basement clash at home to Blackheath tomorrow. Flanker Richard Baker (right) will lead out the home side because Neal Taylor is unable to train while his work in sports promotion keeps him in Athens. Taylor
MANAGER Ernie Howe is hoping that his Basingstoke Town side will respond in the right manner after suffering a midweek mauling at the hands of Newport IoW in the Hampshire Senior Cup. Town's injury-ravaged side suffered a 5-1 defeat that was totally out
BRIAN MASON will return to the Basingstoke Bison line-up for their Scottish weekend having missed the last month after he suffered three broken ribs in a car crash. The 35-year-old Canadian defenceman (pictured left) passed himself fit to play after Tuesday
AN APPEAL to fund a renal treatment centre has raised more than a million pounds and is well on the way to its target of £1.5 million. The Rocky Appeal was set up to raise money for a new kidney dialysis treatment centre at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham
A WINCHESTER bank robbery is to be reconstructed by the BBC for its Crimewatch UK series. Armed raiders stole a substantial sum of cash from the High Street branch of the Bristol and West Bank on December 11. Yesterday, their actions were filmed in St
RED FUNNEL, the Southampton-to-Isle of Wight ferry operator, is to increase the number of services between the mainland and Cowes from next month. The boost to the company's timetable of crossings comes as the ferry operator reports an "excellent'' year
THE SOUTHAMPTON-built Transit was today receiving its award for International Van of the Year 2001. Launched last year, the new Transit is set to become Ford's only British-built vehicle with the blue oval, and Ford says the title is the culmination of
AFC TOTTON are counting the cost of a bruising midweek battle as the clock ticks down to towards tomorrow week's big FA Vase fourth-round tie against Chippenham Town. Roger Maynard (foot), Dave Fear (knee) and Sean New (knee) all took a battering in Tuesday's
Dick Whittington and His Cat: The Plaza Theatre, Romsey, until January 20 GIRLS pretending to be boys, lots of "boo"-ing and "hiss"'ing, and a Scouser in drag with a good line in put-downs. Sound familiar? Romsey Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society's
A 50-YEAR-OLD man was rushed to Southampton General Hospital today after collapsing at a Hampshire nature spot. The man was discovered around 9.15am by passers-by after he was spotted lying near marshland opposite the Daily Echo buildings in Test Lane
A BOOMING New Forest firm is set to take on another 340 staff in a move that will more than triple its existing workforce. Managers at Totton-based APW New Forest Ltd say the number of employees will soar from 160 to 500 over the next few years. The good
HUNDREDS of passengers are expected to voice their anger at bus operators face to face at a pioneering surgery in Southampton tomorrow. Managers from First Southampton and Solent Blue Line and city council representatives will be on hand to listen to
PLANS to sell off a prime Southampton development site to raise millions for the cash-starved city council have been scuppered by opposition councillors. Land at Test Lane is currently earmarked in the local plan for housing and the Labour-led executive
COMING to a school near you - road signs designed by children. A new road safety campaign has borrowed the ideas of pupils at a Southampton primary school to make drivers slow down when approaching the school. The Holy Family Catholic Primary School at
AN AMAZING Royal Family snub has been delivered to the centenary commemorations of Queen Victoria's death. No members of the Royal Family are due to visit or take part in any of the events on January 22 - even though most are descended from one of Britain's
THE biggest peacetime job hunt in Britain was launched at WestQuay in Southampton yesterday. For the next two months the Titchfield-based Office for National Statistics is looking for around 70,000 census takers throughout England in Wales. In Hampshire
THE fascinating story of the Titanic and Southampton as a port is brought to life in an exhibition at the city's Wool House Maritime Museum, Bugle Street. The exhibition is open between 10am and 4pm Tuesdays to Fridays, 10am to 1pm on Saturdays and 2pm
John Martyn: The Brook, February 15 SINGER-SONGWRITER John Martyn heads to The Brook, Portswood, next month in romantic mood. The Scottish troubadour released his first album for four years, Glasgow Walker, last summer and, as usual, it found him in a
OLA ONABULE, a Londoner who spent his formative years in Nigeria, plays The Brook tonight (Fri) and aims to prove that he has "more soul than sense" in his Southampton debut. Inspired by soul masters like Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder and James Brown,
A BOOMING New Forest firm is set to take on another 340 staff in a move that will more than triple its existing workforce. Managers at Totton-based APW New Forest Ltd say the number of employees will soar from 160 to 500 over the next few years. The good
A MOBILE phone mast that will make it easier for people to ring home when their trains are late has been given the go-ahead. But the proposal by Vodafone to add three metres to a 15-metre high railway signalling mast at Beaulieu Road Station was subjected
DEMOLISHING Fareham's major entertainment centre to finance a new purpose-built theatre and cinema in the town has been ruled out. Council officers revealed they had considered and rejected the startling option as part of a cost-saving shake-up of arts
Films showing in the Hampshire region upto and including Thursday 18 January 2001. THE 6th DAY (15) ***: Action-thriller, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as man who is mistakenly cloned - Odeon, Southampton. 102 DALMATIONS (U):** Glen Close and Gerard
JUST in case you have been on a desert island, this is the one where Tom Hanks gets seriously hairy while marooned on, well, on a desert island actually. Chuck Noland (Hanks) is a time-obsessed FedEx employee, dedicated to getting the parcel delivered
DAN Petrescu joined in training with his new club this morning and said: "Maybe I should have come here in the first place." The Romanian international completed his move to The Dell from Bradford City, with Glenn Hoddle landing the player he has long
PAUL JONES is aiming to scratch a 17-year itch tomorrow by keeping a fifth successive home clean sheet. Not since the start of the 1983-84 season have Saints achieved a shut-out in five consecutive games at The Dell. Jones has high hopes of equalling
