Former QPR striker Lee Charles hit a stunning brace as Eastleigh lost away from Ten Acres for the first time this season. Charles, 31, cost QPR £67,500 when he moved to Loftus Road from Chertsey Town in 1995 and his class was there for all to see down
GOSPORT BOROUGH are breathing fire down the necks of Jewson Wessex League leaders Eastleigh after a 3-1 win at Moneyfields last night. Mick Marsh's men are now just three points adrift of the Ten Acres top dogs having extended their unbeaten league run
Former QPR striker Lee Charles hit a stunning brace as Eastleigh lost away from Ten Acres for the first time this season. Charles, 31, cost QPR £67,500 when he moved to Loftus Road from Chertsey Town in 1995 and his class was there for all to see down
IT'S boom-time for basques in Southampton at the moment - and all thanks to The Rocky Horror Show. Fans of the adults-only rock 'n' roll sci-fi musical starring Jonathan Wilkes and Neil and Christine Hamilton have been snapping up sexy clothes to wear
STUART BOWERS (Hargroves Cycles RT) made light work of the opposition in the penultimate round of the Wessex Cyclo-cross League to retain his title with his eighth win of the season. It was a predictable victory in the event organised by Oxonian CC on
A COUPLE have been honoured after 30 years involvement with diving in Southampton. It all started for Jan and Alan Alderman in 1972 when their son, Mark, started a diving career which peaked in 1981 when he became national highboard champion. Now the
BAD weather is putting a spanner in the works of Greenpeace's plan to blockade Marchwood Military Port and slow the "headlong rush to war". The Rainbow Warrior is moored off the Isle of Wight weighing up its next move after being driven out of Southampton
THE widow of Falklands hero Colonel H Jones has agreed to attend a memorial service in the New Forest. Sarah Jones, chairman of the Royal British Legion Poppy Factory, will read the lesson at the service at Ringwood Cemetery on February 16. Her husband
UP to 160 workers are set to be laid off at Southampton's Vosper Thornycroft shipyard because of problems securing new business ahead of the move to Portsmouth. The company plans to shed the jobs from its shipbuilding workforce and 90-day redundancy notices
Shares in Salisbury-based life insurance and investment company Friends Provident, the main sponsor for the Saints, rallied from an all-time low after it said it had rounded off the year with its best ever quarter. The company, which demutualised and
THE TITLE character in The Little Prince may be small, but he has had plenty of big adventures. When a pilot crash lands in the middle of the Sahara Desert he meets a little prince. But this is no ordinary royal - the boy is on a quest from another world
ONE of the leading members of Hampshire's firefighters' union has warned the government is entering into a "dangerous area" after John Prescott turned up the heat on striking firefighters by unveiling moves to impose a pay rise on them. The tough new
THE controversial decision to axe just before Christmas a cheap bus fare scheme that was used by scores of pensioners is set to be reversed. OAP support groups had hit out at the timing of the move and the lack of consultation by operators First when
SUFFERERS of severe osteoporosis or bad fractures which are healing slowly are being offered new hope by scientists at the University of Southampton. Dr Kris Partridge and Dr Richard Oreffo are working on ways to grow replacement bone in the laboratory
VICTIMS of cycle crime are invited to a Southampton police station to see if they can spot their stolen bike. Officers are preparing to display up to 50 recovered cycles at Shirley police station next week in the hope of reuniting them with their owners
IF JAMIE Cullum hadn't found fame as a jazz musician, he could easily have gone into the celebrity lookalike business. For as well as being one of the hottest young talents of the live music circuit, singer-pianist Jamie bears an uncanny resemblance to
Hamble Old Boys' ace Dave Kelly is facing the prospect of a lengthy suspension after being sent off in the 3-3 draw with Hampshire/Surrey Regional League basement boys Andover at Chalton. Kelly, recently back from a 60-day ban, was red carded after Hamble
POLICE today confirmed that criminal investigations into the death of an Isle of Wight girl found to be suffering from severe malnutrition have now been closed. Detectives said a thorough inquiry had been completed into the circumstances surrounding the
A CORONER has pledged to investigate the response time of an ambulance called to help a Locks Heath man whose car crashed off a major road in the north of Hampshire. Andrew Bradley wants to know why it took the paramedics 45 minutes to reach Geoffrey
BUDDING young sailors have been given a helping hand on the waves after a £1,500 grant was awarded to a Gosport club. Alverstoke Junior School's Swallows and Amazon Club will splash out on two new 'Oppie' sailing boats which are so safe that kids can
PIRELLI pals Ernie Moody and Bob Collis have always enjoyed their chat over a pint at the cablemaking company's sports and social club at Eastleigh. Between them their club membership service adds up to nearly 100 years. But on Friday it will come to
SOUTHAMPTON striker Marian Pahars made the official launch of the Urbis Lighting/Gazette Challenge Cup a particularly memorable one by signing autographs and answering questions from fans. Saints supporters of various ages were at Brighton Hill Community
Ellen MacArthur and her 14-strong Kingfisher2 crew did not pass the start line as intended yesterday in their bid to break the round-the-world record and land the Jules Verne Trophy. A technical problem on the mast track was discovered at first light
A goal ahead in seven minutes, Trojans finished hanging on grimly for a 1-1 draw from a highly-charged EHA Women's Premier League basement battle with Sutton Coldfield at Wellington. Trojans had to win to move off the bottom rung but, after surrendering
The on-off Tim Sherwood transfer saga ended today with the former England midfielder signing for Pompey in a four-month deal to the end of the season. Pompey had fought off a fierce rival bid from West Brom manager Gary Megson, who was desperate to bring
Andover's Justin Bennett proved there is more than one hot strike property in north Hampshire by bagging a hat-trick in last night's 4-2 giant-killing of Basingstoke Town in the Hampshire Senior Cup quarter-final. While Stoke's QPR trialist Craig McAllister
IAN Mancey's remarkable scoring streak continued as wonder club Winchester City claimed their fourth Wessex scalp of the season at Wimborne Town in the Russell Cotes Cup. After Magpies' Stuart Cannie had cancelled City's 18th-minute opener from Danny
GOSPORT BOROUGH are breathing fire down the necks of Jewson Wessex League leaders Eastleigh after a 3-1 win at Moneyfields last night. Mick Marsh's men are now just three points adrift of the Ten Acres top dogs having extended their unbeaten league run
Today's Principal Arrivals: Bouzas, ro/ro, 0500, 25 link; Hyundai Federal, container, 0645, 206; Autoprestige, ro/ro, 0900, 201 link; P&O Nedlloyd Hudson, container, 1400, 205; Takasao, ro/ro, 1430, 34/35; Alianca Brasil, container, 2300, 204. Today's
OFTEN the most forgettable of wins can be the most important. That certainly summed up Saints' 1-0 victory at Sunderland last night - it was pretty turgid stuff but it doesn't matter if you come away with the three points. There can be no underestimating
HIGHWAY chiefs are being urged to cut the accident toll on a Waterside road that has seen 29 crashes in the past three years. At least three people have been seriously injured in a spate of collisions on Long Lane, Holbury, between the Hardley roundabout
COUNTY council leader Ken Thornber has pledged to fight for a pelican crossing outside a primary school in the New Forest, in defiance of Department of Transport rules which say the route is not busy enough. A £50,000 safety zone was installed in Sway
SEX, rock'n'roll and Christine Hamilton - the latest Mayflower blockbuster has got it all. Now into its 30th gloriously tacky year, The Rocky Horror Show - brainchild of former Crystal Maze presenter Richard O'Brien - is still one of the silliest, sexiest
A HAMPSHIRE school has declared its playing fields a no-go zone after two sightings of a big cat fitting the description of a black panther. Children have been told to stay close to the school building and staff are being extra vigilant at break times
HMS SOUTHAMPTON is among six Royal Navy warships being completely shut down because of the strain of preparing for military action against Iraq while covering for striking firefighters. As the country prepares for war the city's destroyer - along with
ESSENTIAL services in Southampton are to grind to a halt after thousands of city council staff voted overwhelmingly to go ahead with industrial action. The strike will see around 2,000 city staff work to rule from February 10 and a total stoppage to the
IT was 13 years ago that a popular Hedge End clergyman laid the foundations to create a community facility for his growing flock. St John's Church serves one of the fastest growing areas in Hampshire and there has been a desperate need to expand community
The New Zealand Shipping Co. placed orders in the 1920s for three 16,700 ton passenger-cargo ships for its service between the UK and down under. The ships, built by John Brown and Co on the Clyde, became Rangitiki, Rangitata (pictured) and Rangitane.
CROSSING the busy Bournemouth Road near Asda's Chandler's Ford hypermarket is "almost impossible" if you are elderly and are laden with bags of shopping, civic chiefs have been told. Now, Eastleigh council's Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury local area
GORDON STRACHAN backed James Beattie's England bandwagon after watching his star striker sink Sunderland. Beattie's solitary strike, his 17th of the season, was enough to give Saints a hard-fought and vital 1-0 win at a windy Stadium of Light last night
