FOLLOWING their surprise victory in the Hampshire qualifying round of the ESAA Track & Field Cup, the Mountbatten School & Language College U16 Girls team represented the county at the South West England Regional 'B' Final at Yeovil. The team
HAVANT & Waterlooville have clinched the signature of French striker Norman Sylla from Banbury United. The 20-year-old, who hails from the outskirts of Paris, has signed a two-year contract and will underline his commitment to the Hawks by moving
CRICKET legend Ian Botham has insisted the Rose Bowl deserves comparison with any international cricket ground in the world. Hampshire Cricket chairman Rod Bransgrove revealed how a South African fan had approached him early yesterday. "He said he had
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0100, 201 link; MOL Priority, container, 0215, 206; Velazquez, ro/ro, 0215, 30; Nedlloyd Oceania, container, 0300, 205; Hual Triumph, ro/ro, 0330, 40; Aurora, cruise ship, 0645, 106; OOCL Chicago, container
THERE is nothing better than lazing about on a summer's afternoon, with your nose buried in a good book. But if you are not sure which book to start first, then a special evening of summer reading talks tonight, could be just the ticket. The Forest Arts
POLICE this morning raided a Hampshire tourist attraction and the home of its owner, who is at the centre of controversial claims over the handling of animals. Officers launched an operation at the New Forest Owl Sanctuary in Ringwood and two other addresses
A MAN was seen acting suspiciously in a Southampton cemetery on the night swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were daubed on Jewish headstones. Police have revealed a man carrying a blue bag had been seen disappearing behind the prayer room in Hollybrook
HE'S the saltiest sea dog on the south coast and is rapidly becoming the toast of sailors in distress. For when Murphy, the seven- year-old black labrador, gets to the scene of a boat breakdown everyone knows help is at hand. Equipped with a yellow and
ONE woman's dream to restore a historic Hampshire mansion that once belonged to Jane Austen's brother is close to realisation. When Sandy Lerner, an American businesswoman, leased Chawton House at Chawton, near Alton, in the early 1990s it was in poor
A FUN-filled futuristic festival hits Southampton tomorrow to celebrate the diversity of the inner city. The annual free St Mary's Festival is expected to attract more than 2,000 people for the blend of dancing, music and a colourful procession. Its futuristic
We seem to have featured several top guitarists from the whole spectrum of genres over recent weeks. This week's six string talent hails from Scotland and the jazz world - nice! Martin Taylor began playing guitar at the age of four. The small acoustic
The south coast is gearing up for a festival of speed on water in August. An international field of offshore powerboat racers will take to the waters off the Solent and also Poole, Dorset to vie for winners' laurels on the 100th anniversary of the Daily
Saints chairman Rupert Lowe has sent out a defiant message to Chelsea by insisting: "Wayne Bridge is not for sale." A source close to the Blues said yesterday they had tabled an offer in the region of £6m for the young England left back as the club's
I HAVE only five words to say about Niki Caro's award-winning rites-of-passage drama: you must see this film. Laden with awards on the festival circuit, including the audience prizes at the Sundance and Rotterdam film festivals, Whale Rider is a magical
DADDY Day Care was supposed to be Eddie Murphy's big comeback - the film to resurrect him as a comedy genius and validate his box office muscle. Sadly, this half baked remake of the long forgotten 80s comedy Mr Mom starring Ted Danson, fails to tickle
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 17 July. 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (12A): An ex-cop-turned illegal street racer is recruited by the police to help catch a drug dealer. Lots of high-energy car races and chases ensue. ANGER MANAGEMENT (15): An easygoing
OTs & ROMSEY lost valuable ground to title rivals St Cross Symondians with a reverse that upset the form book at home to mid-table Sparsholt last Saturday. Stuart Tulk, the OTR captain, lost the toss for the seventh time in a row, and Sparsholt elected
LECKFORD were left searching for the light at the end of the tunnel after slipping to a 25-run defeat to fellow strugglers Hambledon. Hambledon opted to bat first on a drying track, and Burdekin (55) and Scutt (20) made steady progress to 49 before Martin
It was fitting that Heath Streak scored the Rose Bowl's first international fifty. Streak used to be the Bransgrove family's babysitter when, as a 21-year-old, he spent the 1995 season as Hampshire's overseas player. But, in his former county's new home
Rod Bransgrove hailed the first day of international cricket at the Rose Bowl as "a magnificent success" - inside the ground at least. Bransgrove watched with pride as South Africa played Zimbabwe in front of a 7,200 crowd less than three years after
HE hoped he could get away with murder - but today wife killer Randle Williams is having to come to terms with life behind bars. Williams, who grew up in Whitchurch and was planning to move back there, was this week jailed for life after being found guilty
RACING IN the shadow of Southampton's Itchen Bridge, Lymington pair Alistair Keir and Paul Lock enjoyed a convincing four-length win in the senior pairs final of the Itchen Imperial Regatta. The triumph confirmed the duo as champions of the season. Southampton
Hampshire's Natasha Byfield and Jackie Stolper have progressed to the National Championships. Having won the qualifiers of the Prevac PRO Potential International Trials at Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester, the two qualify for national finals on Sunday
SOUTHAMPTON budget airline Flybe says it is business as usual as speculation mounts over sell-off plans. The low-cost airline's chief executive, Jim French, set the hares running when he admitted that approaches have been made to buy the business. Trustees
FIRE destroyed a turn-of-the-century Southampton home yesterday - and years of restoration work carried out by the owners. A business was left in tatters as flames ripped through an attic room office at the six-bedroom house in Suffolk Avenue, Shirley
THE secretary of a Hampshire football club is calling for action after a group of travellers descended on a Southampton recreation ground. About 40 caravans have made their way to Lordshill outdoor recreation centre since Sunday, and Don Campbell, secretary
The Larmer Tree Festival, held at Larmer Tree Gardens in Tollard Royal, Wiltshire is now in its 14th year. Officially it runs from July 17-21, but this year there is a special pre-festival concert from Van Morrison tonight. Van The Man is so well respected
MR E is a four-piece-Indie rock band who write and play all their own songs. Originally Harun Kotch (guitar/ vocals), Chris Haines (backing vocals/ bass guitar) and John Roberts on drums, they recruited Ross Meecham last year to give the band a bigger
SOUTHAMPTON'S world powerboat champion Steve Curtis made it two wins out of two in the race for the 2003 Championship. Curtis, bidding for his sixth world crown, and teammate Bjorn Gjelsyen claimed victory in Travemunde, Germany, in their Lamborghini-powered
TEAM Solent's 22-year-old pole vault star Ashley Swain has defied serious injury to earn his first senior Great Britain call-up in Barcelona's Olympic Stadium tonight. With British number one Nick Buckfield pulling out with a calf problem, former Peter
A CROSS-Solent war has broken out between two major ferry companies to capture the most passengers during the UK's biggest sailing festival next month. For the first time in the company's history, which can be traced back to 1810, Wightlink will be operating
IS IT really OK to spend millions of pounds on and charge people the best part of a fiver to see something that's just all right? I, for one, don't think so. There's nothing desperately wrong with The In-Laws, at least nothing to get cross about, but
AS THE summer blockbusters hit the multiplexes, spare a thought for the smaller independent films that value substance above style at all costs. One such easily overlooked gem is Igby Goes Down, a deliciously mean-spirited rites-of-passage drama set on
