Will Kendall has promised to bounce back after being axed as Hampshire vice captain. Kendall was preparing to continue in the role for a third season before Shane Warne's ban. But now he is the casualty of manager Paul Terry's decision to streamline the
LOCAL history enthusiasts worried about the future of The Willis Museum in Basingstoke are to seek a meeting with Stephen Locke, the director of Hampshire County Council's museums service. This week The Gazette and its sister paper The Basingstoke Extra
A PREGNANT ewe which almost died when it was savagely attacked at a Mapledurwell farm has given birth to twins. The ewe suffered serious injuries when it was clawed from behind by a big cat or dog in a field belonging to Gary's Farm, Tunworth Road, in
WIND power could bring Basingstoke to the forefront of clean electricity if plans for giant turbines are approved. Members of the council's environment overview committee unanimously supported the consideration of a wind farm installation in the borough
Sixteen-year-old Chris Carden, from Lymington, has recently stepped into the 420 class to quench his competitive streak. I noticed him on the Laser 4.7 circuit last season. He was sitting comfortably in the class and was almost unbeatable in the smallest
WE ALL realise how key to the growth of sailing sponsorship is. Take one determined young solo yachtswoman named Ellen MacArthur for example. Local Southampton engineering company Turbo Services International has recognised the sparkle of human endeavour
Today's Principal Arrivals: Neptune Aegli, ro/ro, 0630, 25 link; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0800, 201 link; P&O Nedlloyd Torres, container, 0830, 206; Bunga Raya Satu, container, 1200, 205; Isolde, vehicle carrier, 1300, 34/35; Asian Breeze, ro/ro, 1900
A NEW flagship for the Civil Service Sailing Association's charter fleet has been commissioned at Hamble's Mercury Yacht Harbour by Lady Diane Turnbull, wife of Cabinet Secretary Sir Andrew Turnbull. The yacht, Sea Essay of Hamble will join a fleet of
Hampshire's number one club takes on the county's number two in a huge clash tomorrow. One is fighting relegation while the other is tentatively peering over their shoulder and hoping they do not get dragged into trouble at the bottom end on the final
BASKETBALL legend Alan Cunningham has stepped down as co-owner of Solent Stars, leaving Bob Paulley in sole charge. But the charismatic 6ft 7in former Harlem Globetrotter, who has won every honour in the English game, is not severing his ties completely
A race near Poole this Sunday could mark a turning point in the fortunes of racing clubs in the Southampton area. Apart from the Sotonia CC, none has had more than a handful of racing members in recent seasons. But Poole Wheelers' 25-mile time trial will
HAMPSHIRE'S interest in the Greengauge English Indoor BA pairs championship ended in the quarter-finals yesterday with the double defeat of Atherley and Victory at Melton Mowbray. After a confidence-boosting 24-23 first-round triumph against Luke Hardware
IT'S celebration time at New Milton Junior School after a glowing verdict from government inspectors. The school has received an even better Ofsted report than its good report of five years ago. Everything from high academic standards to pupils' welfare
THE vital report advising Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett whether or not to turn the New Forest into a National Park is likely to arrive on her desk in October or November. When the public inquiry into Park status for the Forest came to an end
Trials will shortly begin on a satellite-based vehicle location system in south Hampshire. The equipment will be trialled over three months by Solent Blue Line, who will initially monitor the exact location of one bus and its on-time performance. "We
After 18 years, would-be pop star John Shuttleworth has taken on a life of his own. ANDREW WHITE talks to the comic character's creator, Graham Fellows... WHEN Graham Fellows created John Shuttleworth, the name-dropping would-be pop star famous for prodding
A MOTHER-of-two died in a tragic accident on a Hampshire road after her car smashed through a barrier on a bridge over the River Itchen and plunged 30 feet into a field below. Deborah Wheeler, 38, of Fair View Close, Romsey, was driving to collect her
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered in Southampton today for the funeral of murdered teenager Hannah Foster. They came to Highfield Church, Portswood, for a service of thanksgiving for the 17-year-old, who was found raped and strangled just under a month ago
THE parents of murdered Southampton student Hannah Foster have said public support will help them get through today's funeral service for their beloved daughter. Hundreds of mourners were expected at Highfield Church, Portswood, for a service of thanksgiving
COLD winds may be blowing through Southampton, sub-zero temperatures freezing pedestrians to the marrow - but, if people want, they will now be able to enjoy continental-style dining. Forget Paris, bye-bye Barcelona - the new "in" place to be seen alfresco
This is a sold out rescheduled date and anyone possessing tickets will, no doubt, consider themselves very lucky. The original date, planned for February, had to be cancelled due to guitarist Lee suffering tendonitis in his wrist. He was put under strict
A new dawn could be on the horizon for New Forest band The Morning. Word of the group's local success has spread to the big smoke and a gig in south west London's popular venue The Telegraph is set up for April 29. The Morning - who gigged for many years
Some that slip away from Southampton, not to return, are now just fading memories but there are others, no longer with us, that will never be forgotten. Ships are a vital part of the life of Southampton, the port is after all one of the key reasons for
A SECTION of the Cowes waterfront is set to be transformed after multi-million-pound plans to develop Shepards Wharf were approved by the Isle of Wight Council this week. Members of the authority's development control committee on Tuesday approved the
TODAY Home Office minister Beverley Hughes answers her critics exclusively in The Daily Echo. After weeks of snubbing invitations from residents, the council and the town's MP to visit Lee-on-the-Solent, she has broken her silence. But campaigners opposing
ANXIOUS staff at Fareham College will have to wait until after Easter to find out if their jobs are safe. Principal Carl Groves has confirmed there will be redundancies among the college's 750 full-time and part- time staff but refused to say how many
THE VICAR of Newport has compared the town to the Wild West and called for community effort to reign in the late-night rowdies. Canon Stephen Palmer blamed scepticism and the fragmentation of society for the problems, notably outside the McDonald's restaurant
ISLAND MP Andrew Turner has delivered an attack on the government after the announcement that two local post offices are to close. Mr Turner was speaking in the Commons after the Post Office announced plans to shut outlets in Haylands, Ryde, and Tennyson
THE Isle of Wight is in the front line of a soccer revolution that is sweeping the country. The popularity of beach football is growing at an incredible rate and nowhere is that more evident than on the Island where the start of the new season is eagerly
West Wight Sports Centre is not the sort of place you would associate with saving energy. But the Freshwater facility impressed judges of the 2003 Green Island Awards who chose the centre as one of only six establishments to be awarded a gold medal for
The Island's new High Sheriff is Thorley art teacher Judith Hammer. Mrs Hammer, 66, succeeds Ann Springman in the largely ceremonial role. She was appointed this week by Judge Tom MacKean, who said Mrs Hammer had impeccable credentials for the job. Mrs
Cowes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society will perform Alan Ayckbourne's Bedroom Farce at the Trinity Theatre, Cowes, between Wednesday, April 30 and Saturday, May 30. Performances will start at 7.30pm.
A MOTHER of two died in a tragic accident on a Hampshire road after her car smashed through a barrier on a bridge over the River Itchen and plunged 30 feet into a field below. Deborah Wheeler, 38, of Fair View Close, Romsey, was driving to collect her
SAINTS followers are set to step on to a roller-coaster ride of emotions on Sunday. History will tell you that there is nothing more unpredictable in football than an FA Cup semi-final. Saints may be seen as the odds-on favourites to win against First
BUSTLING, busy and bursting, La Lupa is a hubbub of activity to awaken even the most docile of visitors. Situated in High Street, Southampton, this well-established Italian restaurant is famed for its pizzas freshly baked in the only traditional Italian
IT HAS been said that to show something is important you must give it time, for time is the most precious thing we possess. You may think the taking of a proper English afternoon tea is not important, but it must be given a goodly amount of time and I
IN RECENT years, Disney has supplemented its output of full length animated features by producing straight to video sequels for a number of its most popular films, and even television series for the likes of Aladdin, Tarzan and Hercules. With The Jungle
IN AN exceedingly poor week for new releases, S Club Seeing Double emerges the best of a rum lot. But only if you happen to be one of the band's adoring teenage fans, who have snapped up tickets for S Club's forthcoming tour (timely nicely to coincide
Films showing in the Hampshire region until April 17 A MAN APART (18): Vin Diesel stars as a DEA agent whose wife is killed by a drug lord. Seeking revenge, he sets out to hunt down the killer with the help of his partner and a jailed cartel boss. A lacklustre
IT HAS been said that to show something is important you must give it time, for time is the most precious thing we possess. You may think the taking of a proper English afternoon tea is not important, but it must be given a goodly amount of time and I
It's been a long wait but Richard Elmes, crowned Hampshire champion last June, steps up to make his South East Counties Golf League debut for the county against Kent at Royal St George's on Sunday. When the Stoneham clubman lifted the county title last
Harry Redknapp reckons this could be a great weekend for south coast football. Pompey boss Redknapp knows that his side will join Saints in the Premiership if they beat bottom-of-the-table Sheffield Wednesday at Fratton Park tomorrow. And he is also backing
A NEW flagship for the Civil Service Sailing Association's charter fleet has been commissioned at Hamble's Mercury Yacht Harbour by Lady Diane Turnbull, wife of Cabinet Secretary Sir Andrew Turnbull. The yacht, Sea Essay of Hamble will join a fleet of
This weekend sees the final restart of the Around Alone race from Salvador, Brazil to the finish in Newport, Rhode Island. Hamble's Emma Richards, pictured above, is currently lying in fourth position behind Italy's Simone Bianchetti and will be strategising
Paul Campbell-James from Southampton University, together with his four-man crew, left the competition standing last weekend in a runaway win at the British Universities Sailing Association National Match Racing Finals at Rutland Water. The full-time
JUST under two months ago people living in the quiet seaside town of Lee-on-the-Solent never imagined they would be locked in conflict with the government. But ever since the Home Office announced it was considering housing 400 male asylum seekers at
CONTROVERSY dogged Southampton Cycle Speedway Club's National Premier League opener against Wednesfield Aces in Wolverhampton. Saints team manager Colin Wheeler opted for a mixture of youth and experience in a side that included 13-year-olds Tom Colling
A teenager from Southampton took the silver medal at the Amateur Swimming Association National Novices Championships, held at Plymouth's Central Park Pools last week. Sixteen divers from Southampton Diving Academy took part in the championships, with
A TEAM of ten women from British Gas in Southampton have beaten thousands of employees from around the country to be crowned the best performing team of customer service advisers in all of British Gas. The ladies are all part-timers and nine out of ten
SOMETIMES it's difficult to pin down the childhood influences that lead to our adult behaviour. But it's hard to believe that Julian Clary's love of dressing up and all things camp wasn't at least partly influenced by his older sister, Frances', career
NOBODY comes with a finer musical pedigree than Paul Nicholas. The actor best known for his TV role as wideboy Vince from the Eighties sitcom Just Good Friends is a veteran of stage shows with roles in Barnum, Pirates of Penzance and Singin' in the Rain
LOVE, despair, rejection, redemption... Donizetti's The Love Potion may not sound like a classic rib-tickler, but has had opera audiences in stitches since the 19th century. Pegasus Opera's production relocates the story to a village square in 1950s colonial
DIG out your bobby socks, high-healed sneakers and winkle-pickers - rock'n'roll mania is about to hit Hampshire. Rock'n'roll variety spectacular That'll be the Day comes to The Anvil, Basingstoke on Thursday and combines more than 80 of the biggest hits
SOUTHAMPTON is gearing up for a mass exodus as thousands of Saints fans prepare to travel to the club's biggest football match for years. Up to 20,000 Southampton fans will descend on Birmingham on Sunday as Saints attempt to make their first FA Cup final
A MOTHER died in a tragic accident on a Hampshire road after her car smashed through a barrier on a bridge over the River Itchen and plunged 30 feet into a field below. The unnamed woman was driving to collect her young children from pre-school when the
THE fascination with a maritime tragedy that happened more than 90 years ago shows few signs of ending. The latest flurry of interest will be in Chilworth today when thousands of pounds are expected to be paid out when rare items connected with Titanic
HELP is now on the cards for people suffering from domestic violence in Southampton. A new service to help tackle the problem - and make people aware of the help that is available locally - was unveiled this week. Southampton's Domestic Violence Forum
SAINTS' showdown with Watford is a long-awaited second chance to see the side covered in FA Cup glory from one man who gave away his ticket to the 1976 final. Ken Smith, 57, an electrician from Basingstoke, actually turned down the chance to watch the
HEAT one of Southampton talent show Urban Flava 2003 saw a clutch of talented youngsters vying for the chance to show off their skills in front of entertainment industry bigwigs. The competition - run by Southampton Institute, the BBC Roots Project and
Gaynor Edwards rounds up the best of some of the season's festivals... GOSPORT & FAREHAM EASTER FOLK FESTIVAL: April 17 - 21, various venues. Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: from £15 Box office: 01329 231942. For further information check out the website
In the biggest and most important fixture in the history of the club, Romsey need only to avoid defeat against already-relegated Hamble to secure their place in London Division Four South-West for the first time. Romsey's stunning victory over Farnborough
RACE control centre for Skandia Life Cowes Week will be a tent. The permanent offices used for years by Cowes Combined Clubs have been knocked down to provide luxury flats and a new regatta centre. Originally it had been hoped the project in Bath Road
THE LARGEST ever Isle of Wight petition - signed by around half of the county's population - has been handed to government officials. Nearly 61,000 people signed the petition organised by Island MP Andrew Turner and supported by local Townswomen's Guilds
Island pupils will benefit from more than £1.5m-worth of modernisation work to school buildings over the coming three years. The government cash has been released after a study showed that good quality buildings boosted pupil performance. It is not yet
Nearly 50 youngsters are to battle it out for a brand new bike and the title of Isle of Wight Child Cyclist of the Year 2003. The event at Carisbrooke High School on Saturday will be contested by 48 youngsters who scored the highest marks in cycling proficiency
AN EASTLEIGH church building that has had a direct access to the heavens for 18-years is finally getting a new roof. In 1985 the Church of the Resurrection was ravaged by a fire which destroyed its ceiling and left the building an empty shell. Now developers
CONTROVERSIAL striker Agustin Delgado wants to achieve "redemption" by appearing in the FA Cup final - if Saints get past Watford. The Ecuadorian is close to full fitness again and now dreaming of getting on "the scoreboard of history with Saints" after
RACE control centre for Skandia Life Cowes Week will be a tent. The permanent offices used for years by Cowes Combined Clubs have been knocked down to provide luxury flats and a new regatta centre. Originally it had been hoped the project in Bath Road
AS A nation, there's very little that the British do well or convincingly. Alright, we're pretty impressive when it comes to making up words for rain, and no one can touch us in the queuing department. But generally speaking, we tend to specialise in
THE fascination with a maritime tragedy that happened more than 90 years ago shows few signs of ending. The latest flurry of interest will be in Chilworth today when thousands of pounds are expected to be paid out when rare items connected with Titanic
DUBBED into English from its native German tongue for the UK release, The Little Polar Bear is a sweet animated film aimed at very young viewers, aged three to five. Older children and parents will be hard pushed to find much to keep them amused, notwithstanding
L'HOMME du Train, or The Man on the Train, brings together two of France's best-known performers - pop icon Johnny Hallyday and veteran actor Jean Rochefort. Monsieur Manesquier (Rochefort) is a retired school teacher who has lived all his life in a small
WHILE the dated special effects and shonky sets of some horror films means that with time they become more comical than scary, The Wicker Man is still as chilling as ever. The 1973 British film, starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee and Britt Eckland
LET'S cut to the chase. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers is everything you've been told and so much more. The second part of JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth trilogy is a cinematic rush of blood to the head that exhilarates, astounds and enchants, and
BUSTLING, busy and bursting, La Lupa is a hubbub of activity to awaken even the most docile of visitors. Situated in High Street, Southampton, this well-established Italian restaurant is famed for its pizzas freshly baked in the only traditional Italian
