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  • Steady Stote nets point for England

    MALCOLM STOTE from Lymington was 'Mr Consistent' during the World Club Champion-ships in Holland where he helped the five-strong SAMF England team into silver medal position during the five-day event - landing some top fish during all of the matches.

  • Boost from top Tory

    CONSERVATIVE Party chairman David Davis visited the Basingstoke area on Friday to boost the Tory bid for power in this week's local government elections. Addressing local Conservatives, who at present have 25 councillors in opposition to a joint Labour-Liberal

  • VOLVO SUCCESS FOR LYMINGTON SKIPPER

    There was another first place on the podium for a Hampshire skipper when Jez Fanstone brought "Team News Corp" across the finish line in Baltimore. The second and fifth legs had been taken by Hamble's Neal McDonald in "Assa Abloy". Both skippers sailed

  • Pop stars line-up for Power in the Park

    SOUTHAMPTON'S sizzling summer pop extravaganza is promising to be a hot one! Some of the biggest names in the pop world will be coming to the city this summer for the annual Power in the Park festival. The free event, now in its eighth year, will boast

  • GOING HOME

    LIFELONG Bournemouth fan Neil Moss returns to Dean Court tonight more than six years after he reluctantly left the club. The Barton-on-Sea-born goalkeeper is included in the Southampton squad for Cherries' fund-raising friendly against the Premiership

  • Royal Southampton Yacht Club - Spring Series Race 6

    Victory for Fixation, Big Boys Toys and Scooby III The sixth and final race of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Spring series on Sunday 28 April saw a gusty westerly breeze of around 20 knots. The Race Management Team set the Committee Boat off Netley

  • Gosport juniors are top of the awards

    GOSPORT & DISTRICT youngsters stole the show during the latest junior fish of the months awards presented by the Wessex Division of the National Federation of Sea Anglers with their members picking up all three awards. Twelve-year-old Ross Eggleton

  • A broken leg won't keep Lee from the Run 4 Fun

    SCHOOLBOY Lee Davis may have his leg in plaster but he's determined this won't stop him taking part in this week's Dads and Lads "Run 4 Fun". The first all-male equivalent of the popular ladies Race for Life - taking place in Basingstoke on Wednesday

  • Meridian jobs go after move plan

    NINE jobs are to go at Meridian TV in Newbury after plans were unveiled to relocate the studio, which broadcasts local news programmes, to Southampton. The National Union of Journalists has described last week's announcement that the studio, plus senior

  • New centre gets a helping hand from top health officials

    BUREAUCRATS from the NHS Modernisation Agency have been descending on Basingstoke hospital to help with planning for the ground-breaking fast-track treatment centre to be built in its grounds. The £7.5 million scheme - the first of its kind in the country

  • BARCLAYS MARINE FINANCE WARSASH SPRING SERIES

    Julian Bates' Prima 38 "Born Slippy 2" lived up to her name on Sunday when she won the IRC1 class by nearly five minutes on handicap. The wind became very fickle, shifty and light after two classes had got away and the start area was left in a calm patch

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivings: Autoline, ro/ro, 0600, 201 link; Shanghai Express, container, 1100, 207; Angela J, container, AM, 204E; Arroyofrio Uno, ro/ro, AM, 25 link; Faust, vehicle carrier, AM, 40; Bothnia Carrier, general, 1630, 108; Ville D'Antares

  • Tackling arthritis

    LOOKING at Suzette Firetto now, it would be impossible to believe that just last year she was stuck in a hospital bed, unable to move. Her arthritis had got so bad that she could not walk, or even brush her hair. But since then, Suzette's life has undergone

  • I could have lost both my twins

    ALL through her pregnancy, Lisa lived in fear. Having been told she was expecting identical twins, she was also informed that she might be at risk from developing a condition called olipolyhydramnios. This problem with the placenta means that there is

  • Gunwharf is booming

    Marks & Spencer Outlet has become the latest retailer to sign up for the Berkeley Group's Gunwharf Quays mixed-use development on Portsmouth's historic waterfront after taking a lease on a 10,368 sq ft unit offering a range of childrenswear, ladieswear

  • More Grist to the mill

    IT AND financial recruitment specialists Grist Personnel are equipping themselves for an economic recovery by adding three new recruitment consultants to their ranks. The Totton-based company is already experiencing the signs of recovery with an increase

  • New £4m terminal a UK number one

    Southampton's rapidly-expanding role as a major force in UK global trade was boosted even further with the opening of a new dockside terminal yesterday. One of the most significant developments within the city's port, the £4m Southampton International

  • Musical show is a real Honor

    IF IT wasn't for Honor Blackman, we wouldn't have had Buffy. The actress paved the way for independent action-women on the small screen thanks to her role as karate-chopping Cathy Gale in The Avengers in the early 1960s. Forty years on, Blackman is celebrating

  • SAINTS RES 0 - WEST HAM RES 3

    THE West Ham Academy was alive and well to hand an experienced Southampton side a deserved 3-0 defeat at the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium last night, writes Dave King. The burghers of East London are developing an exciting crop of young talent,