IT was not for the sea air that Glenn Hoddle brought his Tottenham side down to the south coast last night, having declared that he was taking the friendly against Portsmouth very seriously. And Hoddle proved to be a man of his word as his star-studded
PLAY areas across the borough are set to be taken away and left as open space as part of Basingstoke council's safer playgrounds initiative. The areas most affected are Brighton Hill and Hatch Warren. While the move is driven by safety, protests have
HSA sponsored Andover Rugby Club made their presence felt in the town last Saturday by holding a recruitment and publicity day outside the Guildhall. In a joint venture with Testway Housing to promote both the club and the innovative Testway Sevens inter-estate
ANDOVER'S Salisbury & District team, away to Alderbury last week, had a good night by picking up 11 of the 14 points but the following evening the town club went out of the Hants & Berks Cup in their quarter-match with Basingstoke side Thornycroft
Today's Principal Arrivings: Crystal Ray, vehicle carrier, 0130, 43; OOCL San Francisco, container, 0300, 207; Deutschland, cruise ship, 0700, Front Line; Hual Triumph, ro/ro, 1730, 40; Arklow Moor, general, 2000, 107; OOCL Freedom, container, 2100, 204
AN EXCELLENT bowling performance earned Basingstoke and North Hants maximum points from their third win of the Home Counties League season. Victorious skipper Lee Nurse won the toss but opted to bat first on a slow, damp pitch. Bicester were set a target
Alton Town 1 Basingstoke Town 2 THIS was a comfortable first friendly win for Ernie Howe's Camrose Blues side, even if five first teamers were missing and the scoreline suggests otherwise, writes John Gray. Jason Bristow was forced to sit out while recuperating
ATHERLEY and Sports Centre both bowed to the stars from the east in the semi-finals of the Hampshire County BA triples championship, writes David Briers. After a splendid 21-19 quarter-final victory over Adam Trinder, Russell Morgan and Julian Haines
Winchester hospital staff took to the streets to protest against what they see as pay discrimination. More than 30 health workers from the Royal Hampshire County Hospital marched through the city centre with banners and placards on Saturday. They are
Well-known Alresford butcher, Charles Evans, has died, aged 90. The well-respected pensioner, known universally as "Charlie", died in a Winchester nursing home on July 7th. He was born in Hartley Wintney, one of a family of four brothers and one sister
GETTING a 2ft high 1848 silver ewer from its current home in New Zealand to Cowes for the 150 years celebration of the Americas Cup yacht races poses a problem for the organisers. The ewer in question is the America's Cup trophy. Over the past 150 years
HAMPSHIRE-based property firm Austin Adams is celebrating ten years in business with the accolade of being named the most active regional property agent. During the past decade the firm, which has offices in Southampton and Portsmouth, and specialises
POLICE investigating the attempted murder of Vivien Watson are today quizzing two people. A 29-year-old Fareham man and a 24-year-old Gosport woman were arrested in Reading last night. They are being held at separate police stations in Hampshire where
A SOUTHAMPTON nightclub blamed for creating rowdy behaviour in a residential area has had its music and dance licence chopped to six months instead of a year. The Academy in Lower Banister Street told members of the licensing committee it had done all
BOSSES at Southampton City College have been inundated with calls from angry pensioners over a gaffe in their new prospectus. Staff at the popular seat of learning were shocked when they opened up their autumn term brochure earlier this month to find
A DOUBLE-DECKER bus smashed into a rail bridge - causing part of the top deck to be sliced off. The empty First Provincial bus hit a disused rail bridge off Newgate Lane at 1pm yesterday afternoon. The bus was travelling southwards along Palmerston Drive
POLICE investigating the attempted murder of Vivien Watson are today quizzing two people. A 29-year-old Fareham man and a 24-year-old Gosport woman were arrested in Reading last night. They are being held at separate police stations in Hampshire where
SAINTS are giving a trial to African striker Souleymane Oulare. Oulare, from Equitorial Guinea, comes highly-rated as a striker. He was top scorer in Belgium three years ago when he partnered Derby striker Branco Strupar in the Genk attack that won the
CRIME is on the increase in Basingstoke, latest figures have revealed. Statistics for March 2000 to March 2001 show that reported crimes including violence against a person, sexual offences, robbery and thefts from motor vehicles - have all risen during
ANDOVER recently staged its annual pro-am with the Hants PGA on Friday, 13 July, and it was certainly not an unlucky day for the winner, Scott Shibley, despite missing out on the chance of setting a new course record after three- putting the final green
JUST when Leckford thought things could not get any worse, they were left at their lowest ebb after last weekends crushing 111 run defeat at the hands of fellow strugglers Flamingo. The local side now face an uphill battle to retain their place in the
JUSTIN Rose's bid for glory in the 130th Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes fell away over the weekend. However, the young golfer showed the thousands of spectators that he has the game to be a serious contender for this title in the future
Police have responded to claims they stopped a driver for going too slowly. Supt Graham Jepson, Divisional Commander for Central Hampshire, said: "Patrolling officers are often alerted to potential drink-drivers by the manner of their driving. "Besides
A Winchester grandmother staged a 24-hour vigil at the site of a proposed phone mast as campaigners staged events across the city. At each spot where mobile phone giants have placed or applied to erect controversial masts, groups gathered on Saturday.
Pupils from Sparsholt, Winchester, are to qualify for bus passes after councillors decided a corner on their school route was unsafe. Parents of Westgate School pupils had been told passes were being stopped because they had been issued in error. They
Winchester student, James Vincent, becomes an ambassador for Britain this summer having been selected as a Boothby Scholar for 2001. Every year a student, sponsored by Itchen Abbas Rotary club, goes to Washington DC to attend a presidential college. Along
The Battle of Minden will be commemorated next month when veterans of The Royal Hampshire Regiment join Territorial Army officers and soldiers from the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment. The old comrades are all former members of the Royal Hampshire Regiment
A former Perin's School pupil has been presented with one of the highest peacetime awards for bravery. Flight Sergeant Tim Thompson, son of Trevor and Julia Thompson, who live in Jesty Road, New Alresford, was involved in a dramatic sea rescue at the
A BRAVE teenager left fighting for his life following a brutal gang attack on a Southampton housing estate has returned home. Sean Kelly, 19, needed emergency surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain after being set upon by up to 15 youths as he waited
DETECTIVES hunting a dangerous acid attacker who almost blinded a Southampton hairdresser are still busy following up new lines of inquiry generated by a nationwide television appeal. Police received around 75 calls from members of the public after the
ONE of Southampton's most historic buildings was just "half-an-hour" away from being burnt to the ground early this morning. Fire crews were called to the 15th century Tudor Merchants' Hall, Westgate Street, just after 4am after a passer-by spotted smoke
A HAMPSHIRE woman was banned from keeping animals for 10 years and ordered to pay more than £900 after admitting cruelty to a puppy. Kim Barker, 32, left the six-month-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier to suffer for weeks without veterinary treatment for
A FATHER-of-four sacked from his driving job for not wearing a tie was today awarded £2,000 compensation. Delivery man Steven Lawes, 31, was told he had to wear a collar and tie while women drivers wore football shirts and tracksuits. He told an employment
TEEN thugs are risking their lives on a busy dual carriageway to torment a Southampton family living below a flyover. They dodge the traffic to stand and throw bricks and stones into the garden of the Test Lane home. Most recently they threw a bike into
IWAN THOMAS must sweat it out before hearing whether he will be permitted by the International Amateur Athletic Federation to run over 400 metres at the World Championships in Edmonton. The Netley-based runner finished second in the recent British trial
