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  • Teddy: We need to battle

    TEDDY SHERINGHAM has warned Pompey to sharpen up their act tonight. Pompey's skipper has told his teammates they cannot consider taking it easy at the City Ground for their third-round Carling Cup tie against Nottinham Forest. He said: "There's a chance

  • Bashley lose third in a row

    Army man Shaun Hale put Bashley under fire at the Recreation Ground last night as Fleet Town marched into the Dr Martens League Cup second round. With manager John Robson again absent on scouting duties, the New Forest hosts went down 2-1 for their third

  • Youngsters' Caribbean dream

    Easter may still be six months away, but these three promising young Hampshire cricketers are already crossing off the days before they jet off to the Caribbean with the West of England Under-15 touring party. St Cross Symondians all-rounder Jack Jenkins

  • Sunday switch is 'fine' by Holmes

    FA Cup heroes Salisbury City are planning to make a weekend of it following news that their first-round tie at Sheffield Wednesday has been moved back a day to Sunday, November 9 (2pm). Police have requested the change of date to avoid a clash with Sheffield

  • Mills back in the chair

    JOHN Mills has agreed to succeed Charlie Hewlett as chairman of Sydenhams Wessex League outfit Lymington & New Milton. Hewlett and his treasurer wife, Sally, made up their minds last week to step down for personal reasons, but did not want to overshadow

  • Keeping it professional

    Newport Isle of Wight midfielder Gareth Keeping got one over on his dad Nick in a 5-1 Hampshire Senior Cup second-round win at Lymington Town last night. Keeping Junior scored the Islanders' second goal from the penalty spot to help sink the Hampshire

  • Soton League: Cup scores show what a difference

    VARIOUS ODD Cup games played on Saturday included Hants FA ties brought forward due to venue clashes, plus League Cup matches put in to try to ensure as many teams as possible had games. Ironically both matches in the Hants A Cup meant that the teams

  • Intolerable Cruelty (12a)

    CRITICS guffawed as if they were about to asphyxiate when I saw this in a preview screening, desperate to love its every quirky step. But let's not kid ourselves - as a step between Coen quirk and an all-out mainstream rom-com, it falls into a gulley

  • Mary's birthday wish benefits the hospice

    A KIND-hearted Overton woman decided to forgo presents on her 70th birthday this year in lieu of donations to St Michael's Hospice. Mary Reid chose to support the hospice as it cared for her daughter Maria before she died in 1999, aged 30. Mrs Reid celebrated

  • Counselling service celebrates 10 years

    A PIONEERING counselling service aimed at youngsters in Basingstoke is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. Relateen was established in 1993 by Basingstoke and Deane's Relate service, which is now based at The Orchard, in White Hart Lane, Basingstoke

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivals: Hyundai Discovery, container, 0430, 206; Cervantes, ro ro, 0630, 30; Don Pasquale, vehicle, 0630, 34/35; Ikiena, cargo, 0730, 107; Cetam Victoriae, ro ro, am, 201; Baltic Stone, cargo, 1200, 108; Autofreighter, ro ro, 201;

  • Bosses' dilemma on mobile phones

    NEW regulations about the use of mobile phones while driving apply just as much to employers in the south as to private motorists, accident prevention chiefs warn. Details of the law regarding hand-held mobiles - coming into effect in December - have

  • Twins on song for road-race top 10

    Eastleigh motor cycle road-racing twins Chris and Nick Sansome have just completed another successful season in the MRO Powerbike Series. Chris took fourth place in the championship behind title winner Lee Dickinson, with Nick in seventh position. The

  • Dale joins rally kings in Wales

    Hampshire's Justin Dale pits his driving skills against the greatest drivers in the world in the Wales Rally GB next week. The former British junior champion from Chilbolton competes in the 14th and final round of the FIA World Rally Championship alongside

  • Mills back in the chair

    JOHN Mills has agreed to succeed Charlie Hewlett as chairman of Sydenhams Wessex League outfit Lymington & New Milton. Hewlett and his treasurer wife, Sally, made up their minds last week to step down for personal reasons, but did not want to overshadow

  • Bashley lose third in a row

    Army man Shaun Hale put Bashley under fire at the Recreation Ground last night as Fleet Town marched into the Dr Martens League Cup second round. With manager John Robson again absent on scouting duties, the New Forest hosts went down 2-1 for their third

  • Gymnastics: Trio put club on map

    THE SOUTHAMPTON Club have been celebrating national recognition for the first time in over five years. Three of the club's gymnasts have recently been selected to represent Great Britain at Sports Acrobatics at the European Championships next month. Hayley

  • Hockey: Southampton on top

    Southampton thrashed Reading 5-0 at the Sports Centre to move back to the top of Women's South League, Division 1. It was all done and dusted before half-time with the rampant Saints scoring four times without reply. Naomi Dunn got the first, Bex Day

  • Volleyball: Heat turned on Solent after shock defeat

    Solent men's team learned a harsh lesson in sports psychology at Woodlands School last weekend. They were so busy concentrating on revenge over Wessex that they overlooked the 'warm-up' match against league newcomers Exeter Heat and were punished for

  • Former GP loses battle to ban leisure centre sunbeds

    LEISURE chiefs in the New Forest have rejected calls to withdraw sunbeds from council recreation centres despite a national increase in skin cancer. Downlands councillor Miranda Whitehead, a retired GP, called for the tanning devices to be removed from

  • Tale of bigamy at high speed

    CLASSIC Ray Cooney farce Run for Your Wife is brought to hectic life by St Cross Drama Group. The comedy revolves around a bigamous husband who runs a ruthlessly organised timetable in order to keep both his wives happy - and apart. Things begin to go

  • INFERNO

    DOZENS of firefighters were today battling a massive blaze that ripped through a giant Hampshire warehouse. Huge black clouds filled the skyline above Eastleigh as flames leapt hundreds of feet into the air. A full scale emergency swung into action at

  • LOOKING FOR A BODY

    DETECTIVES have today launched a murder inquiry after nine days of speculation about police activity at a Bishop's Waltham home. Kevin John Palmer was 27 when he disappeared. He was last seen in the Hoe Road area of the village on March 12, 1999. Police

  • Sports council urged to act over travellers

    THERE is still no end in sight to the long-running saga of travellers who set up base next to a Southampton school. The group began the encampment on a field near St Mark's Junior School in Shirley more than two weeks ago. Frustrated residents and parents

  • Schoolgirl hurt after her pony bucked

    A TEENAGE girl was left with serious back injuries after her pony bolted and threw her off. Novice horse rider Jade Hammond, 13, from Portswood, Southampton, was flung into scrub land near Hoe Lane, North Baddesley, after the family pony Bill was spooked

  • Police slammed for management speak

    PEOPLE are losing confidence in the police because of the "management speak" of chief constables and fears that the force is leaving them at the mercy of vandals and yobs, according to the chairman of the body that represents the public on policing. Hampshire

  • £8,000 to build peace garden

    A GROUP of Southampton residents are celebrating after being given thousands of pounds to spruce up their community. The Northam Tenants' and Residents' Association has been handed an £8,000 grant for environmental projects. Most of the cash will be used

  • Kirsty is the second inmate to leave zoo

    IT IS DAY Eight of the Human Zoo and recently-qualified solicitor Kirsty Faichen, 25, from Gosport this morning became the second person to be evicted. She lost out in the public vote to social worker Rupert Bolger, 35, and left her home for the last

  • Gentle Don's country tour

    COUNTRY legend Don Williams has announced a full UK tour for next spring, including a date on the south-coast The gentle giant of country music undertakes a 13-date nationwide tour next May,calling at the Bournemouth International Centre on Saturday,

  • Beat generation band together

    AN ACOUSTIC walk down memory lane is on offer at the Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday when members of three of the most influential bands of the 70s and 80s join forces. Three Men and Black are made up of Jake Burns from Stiff Little Fingers, Bruce

  • Alton Town 2 - Winchester City 5

    Winchester City top gun Andy Forbes was consigned to the bench for the Sydenhams Wessex League match at Alton Town last night - just three days after he had completed a century of goals on his 70th club appearance. "We dropped him because his scoring

  • Southampton RC take back seat

    SOUTHAMPTON-based athlete Andy Morgan-Lee helped Salford Harriers onto the medal podium at the AAA of England National Six-Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham. His first-leg time of 17 minutes and 37 seconds set the team on the way to overall

  • Churches open up for All Saints' Day

    IN A PERFECT world churches should be able to keep those big oak doors wide open. But it is a sad sign of the times that, as far as the villain is concerned, nothing is sacred. Churches have become rich pickings for thieves and targets for mindless vandals

  • Cup fever still prevalent among Saints supporters

    CUP fever is unquestionably still alive and well in Southampton. Following from the Millennium Stadium back in May and then the memorable UEFA Cup tie in Bucharest earlier this month, more than 3,000 Saints fans made the trip to Bristol City last night

  • Test-driving the Subaru Legacy

    HOW do you trade up from the storming Impreza WRX, you might wonder? But Subaru has a solution - the completely new Legacy saloons, Sports Tourers and crossover Outbacks. On sale from November, the robust and efficient all-wheel-drive Legacy range starts

  • Not Peking too soon!

    STARRING the Nanjing Peking Opera Troupe, opera comes to The Anvil on Sunday, November 9. Peking Opera is not like opera in the western sense but rather a spectacular mixture of music, circus, acrobatic fighting and dancing. Involving stylised action,

  • Wishful thinking

    IT'S NOT often Tadley gets treated to a visit from a classic rock legend, but at 7pm on Saturday, November 8, Wishbone Ash will finish their Making Tracks British Tour in the town. Formed more than 30 years ago, Wishbone Ash pioneered the twin lead guitar

  • Anvil welcomes Ross Noble

    FOLLOWING the world premiere at this year's Edinburgh Festival and month-long season at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End, 27-year-old Geordie stand-up comedian Ross Noble brings his smash hit show to The Anvil. In Edinburgh, every available seat

  • Interviewing...Philippe Roy

    BASINGSTOKE Bison captain Philippe Roy (pronounced Wah) leads the Herd by example and takes his inspiration from ice hockey legend Bobby Orr. Bobby played for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and wore number four. When this shirt number

  • CARLING CUP: BRISTOL CITY 0 - SAINTS 3

    THERE WAS a distinct whiff of nostalgia in the air at Saints' Carling Cup win at Ashton Gate last night. It could have been because this was the first domestic cup game since the FA Cup Final. Maybe it was seeing Saints in those yellow and blue shirts

  • Ruthless Rogers bags City treble

    Winchester City top gun Andy Forbes was consigned to the bench for the Sydenhams Wessex League match at Alton Town last night - just three days after he had completed a century of goals on his 70th club appearance. "We dropped him because his scoring

  • Undies undo Fareham

    Wearing women's underwear continues to bring the best out of Calvin Hore's Moneyfields side, who scored their first ever Wessex League win over Fareham Town at Copnor last night. Sporting the thongs that got them featured on BBC1's Football Focus last

  • Witchcraft lessons get off to a really flying start

    CONNOR McMain got off to a flying start with his magic lessons during an activity day at Manor Farm Country Park. The youngster, Jack and Adam Baker and Lydia Wheeler all attended Victorian schoolmistress Miss Stubbs's course on witchcraft and wizardry

  • Woman duped by car park thieves

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a Basingstoke woman had her handbag stolen from her car when she went to the assistance of a lost motorist. The incident occurred at 7pm last Monday as the woman, a 48-year-old from Chineham, was in the car park

  • I Remember When I Was Young by Rob Horlock

    AS THE late great comedian Bob Hope would have said: "Thanks for the memories." Rob Horlock of Cadnam, in the New Forest, is grateful to hundreds of people from all over the country who have sent in their memories and recollections for his book, I Remember

  • Russian wins Renault race

    Southampton motor racer Matthew Harris battled his way through to the final stages of the Formula Renault Winter Championship at Donington on Sunday. Harris, a newcomer to the series, lined alongside Mike Spen-cer (Essex) and ano-ther newcomer Shaun Edwards

  • Keeping it professional

    Newport Isle of Wight midfielder Gareth Keeping got one over on his dad Nick in a 5-1 Hampshire Senior Cup second-round win at Lymington Town last night. Keeping Junior scored the Islanders' second goal from the penalty spot to help sink the Hampshire

  • Defeats for Brock and BAT

    Cowes Sports condemned Brockenhurst to their first league defeat since Graham Kemp took over at the Grigg Lane helm. The Badgers - without unavailable skipper Paul White and injured duo Steve Jenkins and Alan Wright - went down 2-0 to goals by Phil McDonald

  • Train evacuated after fire alarm

    A COMMUTER train from London with more than 600 people on board had to be evacuated at Winchester station after an electrical fault filled the buffet car with smoke. Passengers were left waiting on the platform as the emergency services were called to

  • MP walks to aid of campaigners

    A BID by Winchester campaigners to reclaim the countryside they have walked freely for decades has been given a massive boost. The city's MP Mark Oaten has pledged to fight their corner after he joined them on a visit to Bushfield Camp, where land has

  • Learning secrets of mill's flour power!

    SCORES of children have been getting to grips with the technology of a medieval flour mill in Winchester this week. The youngsters were taking part in a series of events at the Winchester City Mill specially arranged to coincide with the half-term holidays

  • Two seriously hurt as crash shuts A35

    TWO men were seriously injured in a head-on crash which closed a major New Forest road for more than four hours last night. The accident happened near the New Forest Golf Club when a silver-coloured Rover 216 driven by a 29-year-old man from Lyndhurst

  • Lenny's new show

    COMEDIAN Lenny Henry is bringing his one-man stand-up show to Winchester next week before it officially opens in London's West End. The show, So Much Things To Say, tackles parents, children, love, sex, war and 60s music and can be seen at the Theatre

  • A night Tomb remember. . .

    JUST in time for Hallowe'en, Lyndhurst Drama and Musical Society perform comedy thriller A Tomb With a View from tonight. Written by Norman Robbins, the scream-a-minute show revolves around the murderous goings-on in the house of a weird family just a

  • MURDERED

    A MURDER inquiry was under way today into the death of a timeshare salesman who was killed after spending the evening at a Hampshire country club. Police today confirmed a murder investigation had been launched following the mystery disappearance of Kevin

  • Inquest told of violent death

    A GRANDMOTHER died at her Southampton home after receiving injuries equivalent to being in a car crash, an inquest heard. Stephanie Wearn, 57, who lived with her partner Robert Green, died at her Redbridge flat in July after suffering internal bleeding

  • Here's one!

    THREE down, 297 to go. But the hunt for 300 supermarket trolleys that disappeared in little over a week from a Southampton Asda store is still going strong. Asda managers have been left scratching their heads over the vast number of carts that vanished

  • Still rockin' all over the world

    THEY may not appeal much to the Pop Idol generation, but Status Quo still know how to rock - and are still packing out venues all over the country. And to prove their popularity, it's standing room only for their concerts at The Anvil, Basingstoke next

  • Residents brassed off at music licence

    A FAREHAM pub has won its fight for the right to party until the early hours - to the dismay of neighbouring residents. The Brass Monkey has been granted a public entertainment licence to play music until 2am on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

  • £200 fine for wrecking spree

    A TEENAGER who went on a wrecking spree at a Portchester primary school has been ordered to pay £200 compensation to help cover the damage. The 14-year-old admitted dripping paint into computer keyboards, letting off fire extinguishers and stapling toys

  • Gap closing in on town and city

    FEARS are growing that plans to build hundreds of homes could destroy the jealously guarded strategic gap between Eastleigh and big city neighbours Southampton. Last night, after a marathon council meeting, Eastleigh councillors gave the green light to

  • Beattie's 'settler'

    JAMES BEATTIE felt his opening goal was important to "settle" Saints last night. Gordon Strachan's men had withstood some early pressure at Ashton Gate before eventually running out comfortable 3-0 winners in their Carling Cup third round tie. Beattie

  • Dinner time for scorer Le Saux!

    GRAEME LE SAUX scored his first goal in a Saints shirt last night - but says he and James Beattie will NOT now be arguing over who takes the free-kicks. Beattie has scored twice this season from dead-ball situations and Le Saux rounded off Saints' 3-0

  • Legends

    SAINTS legends Matt Le Tissier and Francis Benali yesterday launched their True Greats website - a forum for ex-players, managers, referees and supporters to contact each other. See this Saturday's Pink for a full interview with both players about their

  • A corner you could call home

    ONE of just two detached houses built by developer Goodall Barnard is being resold for the first time since being completed at the end of 1996. The house is at Bowman Corner in Chineham and its immaculately-landscaped back garden features a rustic timber