Shaun Udal admitted that he was honoured to captain Hampshire in the absence of Shane Warne. Off-spinner Udal was handed the captaincy less than 24 hours before the start of Hampshire's championship clash against Somerset. The former Hampshire vice-captain
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 30; QE2, passenger, 0645, 38/9; Aurora, passenger, 0700, 106; Hoo Moss, general cargo, 2130, 101E; Pongo, general cargo, PM, 108 Today's Principal Sailings: Aegean Breeze, ro/ro, 0100, 202; P&O Nedlloyd
A BMX-skateboard clash is looming in Swanmore. Parish councillors are considering a scheme for a BMX track, with the Pylon Field being suggested as a possible site. A representative for the BMX riders is drawing up plans for a track. However, there is
A POINT in the right direction is the aim of an orienteering course for primary school children. Swanmore Primary School has set up the new course with the help of Cams Hill School in Fareham so that youngsters aged four to 11 can learn to find their
BISHOP'S Waltham area deanery is after donations for its Christmas charity, Hackney Churches Night Shelter for the homeless. Each year the deanery sends gifts and food to the needy in the London borough. Non-perishables like tea, coffee, sugar and dried
MOVES are being stepped up to prevent further large scale development in Swanmore and safeguard important open spaces. A village conservation group is actively looking at ways to preserve green areas, and a public meeting is being held in the village
GLENN Close wouldn't be impressed if she was rewarded at the end of a hard day's filming with a garlic sausage. But for Afghan hound Letitia - one of Miss Close's co-stars in the new Disney film 102 Dalmatians - a daily feast of sausage and bacon was
CONTROVERSIAL plans to bring supermarket giant Waitrose to Chandler's Ford have been given the go-ahead. The decision to let the 24,000 sq ft store be built at Fryern Hill was taken at a heated meeting last night attended by hundreds of residents. Eastleigh
VARIOUS organisations will be on the receiving end if the Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury Local Area Committee rubber-stamp community support grants amounting to £1,390. Councillors are being recommended to approve a grant of £730 to help the 2nd Ramalley
STAFF and patients at Hampshire's newest hospital are settling in after their move from Chandler's Ford to Winchester. Leigh House Hospital is now fully operational after the completion of the £5 million scheme. The hospital, on Alresford Road, just outside
CAR parking and access issues came under the spotlight when Romsey MP Sandra Gidley visited the Chandler's Ford area to discuss plans to re-open the railway station. Mrs Gidley visited the site with councillors Margaret Kyrle, Pam Holden-Brown and Grahame
RESIDENTS in Chandler's Ford are split over controversial plans for a 24,000 sq ft Waitrose superstore at Fryern Hill. More than 3,500 replied to a survey dropped into homes in the Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury areas - a far greater response than any
PEOPLE power looks set to win the day over a controversial scheme to build 28 flats at Chandler's Ford which locals feared could swamp their narrow road with even more traffic. Earlier this year, 40 residents of Mead Road banded together to call on Eastleigh
THE family of a New Forest man among the England fans booted out of Portugal after outbreaks of violence continue to await the return of their son. Jonathan Hart, 26, has been in custody waiting to come home after agreeing to leave the country voluntarily
TRAVELLERS have sparked fury by invading a children's play area in Hampshire. Angry parents say their youngsters have been unable to use the King George V playing field at Totton since the travellers set up camp on Wednesday night. About a dozen vehicles
MARWELL Zoo is hoping that an international campaign to save tigers in the wild will be a roaring success. During the last century, three out of eight sub-species of tiger have been wiped out and the wild population has fallen from 100,000 to around 5,000
HE gave the Power in the Park audience a pretty heavy hint by taking their photograph from the stage and announcing: "This might be my last chance to do this!" Now Power FM DJ Des Paul has confirmed that he is to quit the radio station this summer. The
THE only man at Saints who ever watched Agustin Delgado before the club signed him for £3.25m today confessed: "We've learnt from our mistakes." The controversial Ecuadorian forward's incident-packed three-year spell as a Saint ended on Thursday when
LAWRIE McMenemy will manage an all-star ex-Saints team in a pre-season friendly against Isthmian Premier Division new boys Eastleigh. The match, which has been set up with help of Saints legend Matt Le Tissier, will take place at Eastleigh's Sparshatts
EASTLEIGH have not ruled themselves out of the chase for Winchester City's goal-happy striker Andy Forbes. Despite fevered speculation that Nationwide League side Yeovil Town and AFC Bournemouth are in the hunt along with Conference outfits Forest Green
CAMPAIGNING villagers should soon see the success of years of pressure to reduce a high accident rate to people and pets on a dangerous road. Speeding drivers in Burridge, near Botley, have caused an accident rate higher than average, including fatalities
ST JOHN Ambulance members at Bishop's Waltham could soon be raising the roof to expand their activities. The local branch is seeking planning permission to raise the roof at its hall in Little Shore Lane to provide a second floor.
A HERO pilot steered his stricken helicopter away from homes after it suffered engine failure above a Hampshire housing estate. Andy Goddard, 44, of The Hangers, Bishop's Waltham, managed to make a controlled landing land on a playing field - and walked
A PROJECT to restore woodland and marsh needs the help of residents with long memories. The scheme aims to revamp Green's Wood and Marsh's Meadows which mark the old parish boundary between Droxford and Bishop's Waltham. But Swanmore Conservation Group
AS acres of land in the South lie under water, Eastleigh councillors have scuppered controversial plans to build a block of flats on low-lying land at Chandler's Ford. Their decision also comes in the wake of a strong flood warning from the Environment
A NEW blue bus in Chandler's Ford could be blazing a trail in an effort to beat the parking mayhem found outside dozens of schools across the county. But besides providing an alternative to taking children to school by car, The Knightwood Community Bus
GARAGE raiders made off with £170 worth of power and hand tools after targeting an address in Neilson Close, Chandler's Ford. Included in the haul was a tool box, an electric screwdriver, a sander plus 20 hand tools including chisels, spanners and a saw
IT'S just two weeks until the festival the whole of Southampton has been waiting for and finally city leisure chiefs have revealed what is in store at the event. The countdown has begun to the revamped Southampton Festival which has been completely overhauled
DETAILS have emerged of a £446,000 pay-off for the man who was in charge of 2,500 air traffic control staff in Hampshire. Richard Everitt, the Hampshire based chief executive of air traffic control group NATS, was given the money after he was ousted by
POLICE have issued a warning after two schoolgirls were approached by a man who told them to get into his car. The girls, aged seven and eight years old, were walking along Burgess Road in Swaythling, on Thursday afternoon at about 4.30pm when a man told
FAREHAM MP, Mark Hoban, today accused the government of dragging its heels over multi-million-pound improvements to the M27. Ministers backed recommendations last year to add climbing lanes between junction 11 and 12 close to Fareham and widen the motorway
A RECORD number of people have entered competitions at a Hampshire literary festival which is causing a stir all around the world. More than 3,000 pieces of work have been submitted for the 2004 Annual Writers' Conference in Winchester next weekend. Conference
Olympic-bound Isle of Wight heptathlete Kelly Sotherton has been selected for the Spar European Cup in Bydgoszcz, Poland this weekend. She will tackle the long jump, following another successful weekend for the 27-year-old all-rounder, when she soared
OLYMPIC 4x400 metres relay hopeful Robert Tobin has opted for a 200m sharpener at Watford this weekend in the South of England Senior Championships. The 20-year-old Southampton University student wants to get in some extra speed work before putting himself
A sprinkling of local runners enjoyed a light-hearted dress rehearsal for tomorrow's Brading 10k on the Isle of Wight, which marks the end of the Hampshire Road Race League season. They survived oven-like temperatures to tackle the annual Braishfield
HAYLEY Pointer followed up her first Hampshire Schools' title with an easy win for New Forest Juniors in the Wessex Young Athletes' League at Southampton. The 15-year-old Noadswood School student had little competition as she won the under-17 women's
I suppose before Euro 2004 started England would have settled for going into the last game needing only a draw. But having seen the way Croatia nearly beat France, there will be one or two furrowed brows in the England camp until we get the first goal
Supporters naturally get in the news if they behave badly and, sadly for us, a few drink-fuelled situations have cropped up this week. But, in my short visit to Portugal, I was totally impressed with the attitude, support for the team and general camaraderie
