GILTHEAD bream look set to supply some unusual action during the Lymington Summer Open on Saturday evening, which doubles up as the Wessex Guernsey qualifier and also a Penn Points fixture. Other species expected during the event, which will be fished
SEARCH-and-rescue pilots could take strike action after rejecting a new pay deal. Air crew based at Lee-on-the-Solent were among staff who overwhelmingly threw out helicopter firm Bristow's offer of an increase in basic pay between 5.5 per cent and 14.1
A BISHOP'S WALTHAM holidaymaker is recovering in a French hospital after gypsy gunmen blasted his car with shotgun fire. Andrew Jackson, pictured was shot in the neck and mouth near Cannes, southern France, as he returned from a week-long trip to Mont
Today's Principal Arrivings: Sea Mariner, bulk, 1130, 107; Angela J, container, AM, 205W; Rotterdam Express, container, 1200, 205; Hyundai General, container, 1315, 206; Crystal pride, refrigerat, 2359, 101W; Lillennium, general, 2359, 109; Sina B, general
This is for all you football supporters who like surfing the net. Each week I will have a different website for you all to visit. This week it is Famous Football Supporters' Page. You can find this page at www.railwayinn.freeserve.co.uk/famous.htm It
All Saints fans knew it would be a special, memorable and tear-jerking day, but no one could have predicted what Saturday afternoon had in store for us. The Dell has bought each and everyone of the thousands of supporters who have been lucky enough to
Hampshire Youth Theatre, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton IN THE age of committee-written theatre, where old-fashioned things like themes and concepts take second place to kiddie-friendly showtunes and flashy production values, Quadrophenia stands out as
SAINTS and Pompey players united to pay tribute to Aaron Flahavan yesterday. Players from both teams put aside traditional rivalry to gather in West End for the funeral of the Southampton-born goalkeeper, who died in a car crash in Bournemouth nine days
A DRUNKEN father dangled his baby son 30 feet over the balcony of their Hampshire flat. Mum Carina Langan was just yards away inside the Eastleigh flat not knowing what was happening to little Conor Ryan as her boyfriend angrily dangled him in front of
HAMPSHIRE Constabulary is mourning the sudden death of former chief constable Sir John Hoddinott, who was found dead in a Middlesbrough hotel yesterday. Crime reporter Sarah Cole charts the career of the former Eastleigh schoolboy who became one of Britain's
SEARCH-and-rescue pilots could take strike action after rejecting a new pay deal. Air crew based at Lee-on-the-Solent were among staff who overwhelmingly threw out helicopter firm Bristow's offer of an increase in basic pay between 5.5 per cent and 14.1
HIS infectious grin says it all. Just three months ago hit-and-run victim Brian Dart lay clinging to life in a hospital bed. His loved ones feared the worst as he remained in a coma for nearly two weeks after being left for dead by a driver in Southampton
THE opening game at the Saint's new stadium was a historic occasion in its own right. But it was made all the more memorable for fans with the appearance of two streakers on the pitch. At half-time Julie Wargent, 30, from Kathleen Road, in Sholing, was
IT WAS where the seeds were sown for what has become the most unique event in Britain. For no other city in the land has a festival tailor-made for its over-50s generation. The Rendezvous was first staged at The Guildhall more than 20 years ago. The one-day
A DISABLED pensioner claims her neighbourhood is being treated as second class after plans to turn her local post office and food store into homes were lodged with planning bosses. Margaret Goffart, 91, of Queen Katherine Road, Lymington, is furious that
FACTORY life in Eastleigh spanning nearly a century is to be put under the microscope in one of the biggest social history projects ever carried out in the town. Part of the giant Pirelli site in Leigh Road is to be redeveloped as part of a massive housing
TRAFFIC chaos hit the New Forest after motorists spotted a large quantity of green liquid in a layby and raised the alarm. Tailbacks of seven miles built up after Hampshire Fire and Rescue closed one lane of the A31 between Picket Post and Stoney Cross
SHIRLEY anglers Kevin and Denise Warner have qualified for this Friday's semi-finals in the Wessex Division of the National Federation of Sea Anglers Champion of Champion shore event. The duo were on form in the second heat held at Abbotsbury, which produced
TROUBLED European Tour golfer Steve Richardson can see some light at the end of the tunnel. The man whose fall from the top rung of the golfing ladder was on a par with that of Seve Ballesteros, the man who beat him to the No 1 slot in Europe ten years
TEENAGER Richard Gilbert matched the hot weather and carded a scorching one-under par 68 to clinch the Southampton Golf Club championship at the Municipal. The 17-year-old four handicapper, who had opened up with a 74, won the title and the coveted Craven
BASHLEY are running the rule over Alan Ball's son Jimmy. The 25-year-old former Exeter and Portsmouth player is back in Hampshire looking for a club after returning from a spell coaching in Spain. Ball had a lively enough 70 minutes against Yeovil Town
HAMPSHIRE'S Alan Mullally joins up with the England squad in Leeds today claiming his game "has improved out of sight" since he cut down his pace. Mullally has been recalled to the squad for Thursday's fourth Test against Australia at Headingley. "It's
GOVERNMENT figures have rubbished Gosport for being bottom of the league for street clean- liness. The town was second worst of 137 local authorities in refuse collection, road sweeping, street lighting, graffiti, dog mess, recycling and children's playgrounds
ANGRY Valley Park councillors have vowed to boycott the opening ceremony of the estate's new Knightwood Leisure Centre. Test Valley Borough Councillors Alan Dowden, Steve Cosier and Craig Lewis will be staying away from Friday's official opening in protest
A WINDY morning gave all competitors a hard ride in the last of this year's 50-mile time trials on southern roads. Though no one matched previous performances, winner Ray Hughes (Clarence Wheelers) and runner-up Malcolm Cox (VC St Raphael Waite Contracts
UNDER 16s in Test Valley are more likely to smoke regularly than any other youngsters in England, according to a survey by North and Mid-Hants Health Authority. Retailers in the area, which includes Romsey and Andover, are backing a campaign to stub out
IT WAS a squeal that told a thousand words - and signalled the possible return of one of Hampshire's oldest inhabitants. The wild boar, driven to extinction in the 16th century by huntsmen, may just be about to make its way back into our countryside.
A MAJOR £40m defence contract to supply black boxes for the Royal Navy's fleet of Sea King helicopters should provide job security for 80 workers with Smiths Aviation in Hampshire. Work on the Sea King contract will be primarily carried out at Smiths'
IT was a new era for Saints fans, directors and staff and what a tremendous new beginning it is. It is strange because if it had been any other game and Saints had lost 4-3 there would have been questions asked. However on Saturday all the Saints fans
Mad For It's verdict on the first game at St Mary's. Entertainment - 7/10. The first half was awful from Saints but we picked it up in the second half. Referee - 8/10. The referee was good throughout the game until near the end when he booked Kevin Davies
THE Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Whistle Down the Wind has been revealed as one of the highlights of next year's line-up at The Mayflower. The Southampton theatre will be playing host to the acclaimed West End show from April 1-13. Based on the 1960s film
A NEW website has been launched by Southampton disabled charity Employment Opportunities. www.opportunities.org.uk aims to help people with disabilities looking for work and employers needing advice on disability issues. People with disabilities will
FAREHAM High Street came to a standstill yesterday afternoon as a 102-tonne load crawled through town. A 30-wheeled low loader, carrying a 64 tonne electricity generator, spent 20 minutes negotiating the corner of East Street and High Street Four police
A SOUTHAMPTON teenager has won a dramatic reprieve from custody so he can star in a film based on the early musical career of the city's superstar Craig David. Ashton Davidson, 17, seemed destined to lose the lead role when he was put behind bars for
