TWO games, four points, one goal conceded. No wonder Tony Mount is enjoying life back at the Newport helm. After inspiring Saturday's shock 2-1 win at Kettering, Mount presided over a solid-looking 0-0 stalemate with Weymouth at St George's Park last
Football supporter and concerned parent Barbara Piper has the best interests of hundreds of children at heart. The Tyro League fan is one of a growing number of parents who have volunteered their services to make sure youngsters are safe in sport. Barbara
A BASINGSTOKE teenager is lucky to be alive after he fell victim to a savage attack by a gang of young thugs. The young man, who has not been named, was repeatedly hit over the head with a fence post and sustained serious injuries, including black eyes
SOME of Hampshire's most historic stately homes, ships and museums will feature in a new brochure by Hampshire County Council. The Defence of the Realm booklet features information on 40 places of interest including Broadlands, Winchester's Military museums
If the current weather pattern holds out, then at midday tomorrow, UK time, the 110ft maxi-catamaran will leave Cadiz for San Salvador - following the legendary route of discovery. Although the transatlantic voyage is currently classified as for training
Today's Principal Arrivings: Crescent Rhine, general, 0130, 47; Hyundai Fortune, container, 0330, 206; Asian Empire, vehicle carrier, 0600, 43; Hual Transporter, ro/ro, 1130, 40; Lykes Innovator, container, AM, 204; Grace, refrigerat, 1200, 104; Autoline
Winchester driver Ben McLoughlin heads for the second round of the British GT Champio-nship at Donington on Sunday with his eyes firmly fixed on a podium finish. McLoughlin and co-driver, ex-Boyzone star Shane Lynch, were running strongly in fourth place
Hampshire driver Phil Jeffery aims to show them young-uns the way home as he moves up a class in the Volkswagen Racing Cup at Donington on Sunday. Jeffery, 43 and from St Mary Bourne, near Andover, will be at the wheel of his self-prepared Golf GTI. He
The opening round of the exciting new IGC Caterham Superlight Challenge which takes place at Donington on Sunday has a strong Hampshire interest. Track ace Pete James from Waterlooville will be on the grid behind the wheel of his Indigo Motorsport-backed
Morning sickness is just one of those things we women learn to put up with when we're pregnant, isn't it? But when it turns into "all-day" sickness and progresses to "all-night as well" sickness, you must get, well, sick of it. "Oh, it was horrible,"
THE JUNIOR mixed team from the Weston-based Chamberlayne club were denied a gold medal by just 0.35 of a mark at the British team gymnastics championships held in Poole. The squad of Naomi Pike, Richard Cummins, Leah Pike, Jamie Martin, Victoria Cummins
SIXTY-five firefighters from across the region tackled a fire at an historic thatched cottage in the New Forest last night. The blaze destroyed the roof of the picturesque building, which was only re-thatched in September. The cottage, in Anna Lane, North
ONE-TIME Royal Navy diver Chris Sherman, who saw action in the Falklands, is the new diving inspector at the Health and Safety Executive. He spent 17 years as a specialist diving officer in the Royal Navy but left in 1993 to take up a post in the commercial
PEOPLE across the south shared a moment of silence at 11.30am yesterday as they paid their own private respects to the Queen Mother. Thousands of shops, businesses and organisations throughout Hampshire shut their doors or stopped for a moment of quiet
A BUSINESSMAN is counting the cost of a 50ft tree crashing through his warehouse after it was felled the wrong way. Contractors were clearing 150 trees and scrub from behind the Romsey Tyre and Exhaust Centre on the Budds Lane Trading Estate, Romsey,
MORE than 200 warning signs have gone up in the New Forest asking people not to wreck the breeding season for some of Britain's rarest birds. Thousands of birds nest on the ground and every year, the Forestry Commission's New Forest keepers and rangers
PEOPLE across the south shared a moment of silence at 11.30am yesterday as they paid their own private respects to the Queen Mother. Thousands of shops, businesses and organisations throughout Hampshire shut their doors or stopped for a moment of quiet
DISABLED pupils in schools across Hampshire are to benefit from better facilities thanks to almost £2m of government cash. The money is designed to make it easier for disabled youngsters to attend mainstream schools near their homes and have a normal
IMAGINE being shouted at, attacked with a bottle or knife, or having a chair or fire extinguisher thrown at you - just for trying to tend to a broken arm. Unfortunately, these incidents are all too common for staff at the south's hospitals, which recorded
TROJANS are England Women's Hockey League, Division 1 champions - and are back among the country's Premier Division elite. They rounded off a stunning post-Christmas run with a title-clinching 1-1 draw at Bradford. The result put the West Yorkshire side
DIABETES sufferers in Hampshire could be offered new treatments, thanks to the work of a team of researchers. A study conducted by the University of Southampton has identified the gene responsible for a condition called Alstrom Syndrome, which causes
FAREHAM'S relegation fears are over. They will take their place in South Premier League, Division 1 next season after all. The Bath Lane club was left sweating on its Premier status after finishing third from bottom. But, when EHA National Division 2
THE QUEEN'S close links with the Mountbatten family were highlighted when, in 1956, she spent a private weekend at their Broadlands home in the run-up to an official visit to Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 200 Romsey residents stood in a storm to catch
PEOPLE across the south shared a moment of silence at 11.30am yesterday as they paid their own private respects to the Queen Mother. Thousands of shops, businesses and organisations throughout Hampshire shut their doors or stopped for a moment of quiet
Cunard's 19,700 ton Samaria was well known between the two world wars on the New York route taking in Boston as well, and then later in the Canadian trade. She was in a group of liners ordered by Cunard when it was trying to gain an edge over rival, the
PEOPLE across the south shared a moment of silence at 11.30am yesterday as they paid their own private respects to the Queen Mother. Thousands of shops, businesses and organisations throughout Hampshire shut their doors or stopped for a moment of quiet
THE pack are snapping at the heels of Jewson Wessex League top dogs AFC Totton. Fleet Town still lead the chase after a 2-1 home win over Christchurch, which puts them three points behind Ian Robinson's pace-setters with two games in hand. Reigning champions
Details of the 34th annual Southampton Boat Show have been announced. This years show will be a spectacular showcase of water sports, marine activities and some of the world's most luxurious yachts. The show, in Mayflower Park, will also unveil the latest
STEVE Claridge could be set for a dramatic return to Weymouth. The former Terras striker is said to be interested in buying a stake in the cash-strapped Dr Martens Premier Division club. Claridge, who is currently spearheading Division 1 Millwall's bid
ROBIN SMITH will lead a new look Hampshire Cricket in Division One of the Frizzell County Championship next week, declaring: "We can win a trophy this year." Smith considered giving up the captaincy at The Rose Bowl after relegation two summers ago. But
MAJOR plans have been unveiled to upgrade the Down Grange sporting complex in Basingstoke. If funding is secured and the plans get the go-ahead, Basingstoke and Mid Hants Athletic Club will have two more lanes to make an eight-lane track, enabling the
BASINGSTOKE fell silent yesterday morning as the Queen Mother was laid to rest. Many shops closed for the duration of the funeral service which took place at Westminster Abbey. Those shoppers and staff who were in the town centre, members of the emergency
TEENAGE star Sammie Moreton was in sensational form reaching four finals and winning three at this year's Hale Gardens Open junior tennis tournament. Moreton was denied a magnificent quartet of wins by Bournemouth's Jennifer King in the under-16 final
Chrysalis Racing team from Southampton have signed up one of the most promising young road racers in the UK. Kieran Murphy celebrated his debut on their Rob Willsher Suzuki with third place in the first round of the British Superstock Championship at
EASTLEIGH-based company Omnico will be keeping close tabs on racing driver Aaron Scott in this season's Renault Clio Cup. In his debut race at Brands Hatch Scott posted the 18th fastest time of 32 cars. And he looked even more impressive in the race itself
Police are seeking witnesses after a 71-year-old Alresford man was seriously injured in a car crash at Southampton on Saturday. The pensioner was driving a red Honda Civic estate when it left the road, ran over a roundabout and smashed into a concrete
Labour group leader, Patrick Davies, has condemned the latest edition of Winchester City Council's newspaper, as "Lib-Dem propaganda on the rates". He said the timing of Insight, which looks at how the council performs against government indicators, was
Winchester will host a conference tomorrow (Saturday, April 13th) on the subject of "Islam: Myths and Realities". Organised by the Winchester Council for Justice and Peace, the event will take place at the United Church, Jewry Street. The keynote speaker
A SOUTHAMPTON school has just won Safe School status from the city council and Hampshire Police. Red Lodge, in Vermont Close, is the second school in the city to win the accreditation after the first, Newlands Junior School, received its award last June
DETECTIVES have released a description in the hunt for robbers who left a man unconscious in the Bedford Place area of Southampton. The 33-year-old victim was targeted in Salisbury Street between 2am and 2.30am on Saturday. Police said one man asked him
Trojans title winning girls are facing a massive step up in standards, but should be good enough to hold their own in the top flight of English Women's hockey next season. That's the view of Alison Wakefield, one of two survivors of the Trojans team that
THEY'VE been together longer than the band they emulate, and perform many of the songs the original group never got round to singing live. It's hardly surprising that The Bootleg Beatles are fast becoming as much of a legend as the Fab Four themselves
Louis Hoover's Salute to Sinatra - Guildhall, Portsmouth THE Rat Pack are back - as if they'd ever been away. With Robbie Williams' Swing When You're Winning selling by the million, Ocean's Eleven packing them in at the cinema and all manner of artists
CONTROLLERS at Swanwick's air traffic control centre had to guide flights manually this morning after the second computer failure in a computer system in a month. Aircraft were grounded and flights were delayed after the glitch at the West Drayton centre
A MEMORIAL garden dedicated to those who have helped a Scout group in Gosport has been officially unveiled by the mayor of the borough. The 27th Gosport (Scoutlink) group worked for just over three months to complete the garden to have as a permanent
INSTEAD of bless this house it was very much a case of Bless This Mouse as all creatures great and small congregated at Botley's Manor Farm Museum. Dogs, hamsters, rabbits, rats and even a budgie were among this special flock which gathered for the museum's
THE future of a historic riverside spot close to the heart of a Hampshire village looks set to be secured. A 25-year search for a use for Botley's Bark Store and its parish quay is close to an end thanks to new council proposals. If given the go-ahead
REGULARS popping in for their usual at an Eastleigh pub were surprised to find their local with a completely new interior. The Home Tavern, on the corner of Leigh Road and Southampton Road, has spent £80,000 on a new lick of paint, extra sofas in the
Details of the 34th annual Southampton Boat Show have been announced. This years show will be a spectacular showcase of water sports, marine activities and some of the world's most luxurious yachts. The show, in Mayflower Park, will also unveil the latest
ANOTHER luxury superliner is to make Southampton its home port clinching the city as a world-class centre for the international cruise industry. Southampton-based P&O Cruises is bring the 77,000-ton Adonia, at present sailing in America as Sea Princess
Matthew Le Tissier will be hanging up his boots at the end of the season. The Southern Daily Echo has covered his career from his youth team days through to the golden era which saw him score 209 goals in 462 appearances and earn eight England caps. From
CHRIS MARSDEN hopes to be fit for Saturday's trip to Charlton despite hobbling off after just three minutes of Saturday's 2-0 win over Derby. Initially it was thought that the midfielder had damaged the calf which had forced him to miss the last two Saints
If the current weather pattern holds out, then at midday tomorrow, UK time, the 110ft maxi-catamaran will leave Cadiz for San Salvador - following the legendary route of discovery. Although the transatlantic voyage is currently classified as for training
