STAND-IN skipper Shaun Udal hailed Hampshire's win against Somerset as one of the highlights of his career. Former Hampshire vice captain Udal, pictured above, skippered his home county for the first time since standing in for Robin Smith against New
OLD Tauntonians & Romsey all-rounder Max Smith cracked 21 boundaries in an undefeated 106 but was unable to save his beleaguered side from a sixth successive Southern Electric Premier League defeat at Bashley (Rydal). Smith rescued his side from a
MOTORING organisation the AA is at the centre of talks that could lead to the business being sold for at least £1.5 billion by British Gas owner Centrica, it emerged today. A statement from Centrica confirmed its involvement in "preliminary discussions
DEFENCE giant BAe Systems, which employs 3,070 people in Hampshire, is considering whether to evacuate some of its 2,000-strong UK workforce out of Saudi Arabia amid in-creasing terror threat concerns. "There is a lot of concern from our workers," said
THE annual Hampshire Youth Games were voted a great success at the weekend. Around 1,400 youngsters aged between 11 and 16 converged on Aldershot's Army Barracks on Saturday for the event sponsored by Partners Against Railway Crime. The Hampshire County
THE usually tranquil fields around Alresford rang out to the sound of musket shots and marching drums as hundreds of enthusiasts recreated Hampshire's biggest ever battle. More than 600 authentically dressed re-enactors marked the 360th anniversary of
ONE of the biggest renovations of a historic Winchester church in decades has suffered a major hitch. St John's Church is to be closed for up to a year to allow for the six-figure revamp of the medieval building. Workmen have moved in to repair the roof
POLICE are launching a major crackdown on car crime in the New Forest amid fears that thieves are planning a summer blitz. Senior officers are predicting that the new campaign will be even more successful than Operation Scorpion, which slashed vehicle
ENTRIES are being sought for this year's Great Waterside Raft Race. A series of races will be held at Hythe Marina in aid of the RNLI on August 29. A ladies' race will be followed by a decorated raft contest and a junior event for people aged 18 years
REFUGEES have been the focus of a creative competition entered by schoolchildren across Hampshire. Drawings, paintings, poems and diary entries are among the artwork submitted by pupils from 14 schools to mark Refugee Week 2004, which ended yesterday.
Southampton University Hospital Trust is trying to modernise the service in a bid to save millions of pounds . . . QUEUEING. It is something the British have a reputation for. But it is one of the things that is costing Southampton's NHS trust millions
COMEDY star Rob Brydon will bring his most famous creation to life on stage this autumn. The Keith Barret Show - Live comes to The Anvil, Basingstoke in November and sees Brydon recreating the role of the philosophising chauffeur, who became an unlikely
A HAMPSHIRE schoolboy has been shot in the head with an air rifle in a sickening attack that left the teenager thinking he would die. Elliott Hayes, 13, was fishing at his usual spot near Cromarty Road, Lordshill in Southampton, when he was struck in
THIS is the latest attempt by Hampshire detectives to track down the chief suspect in their hunt for the killer of student Hannah Foster. The new wanted poster has now been circulated in India where Maninder Pal Singh Kohli is thought to have vanished
LITERALLY the sky's the limit for kite fliers these days. Enthusiasts who flocked to the Southampton two-day festival over the weekend, could make their own for as little as 99p. Then they could enjoy as much air space as the more dedicated enthusiasts
HAMPSHIRE ambulances are yet again failing to reach the most life-threatening emergencies in time. Only 74.1 per cent of paramedics reach the most serious category A 999 calls in the government target time of eight minutes - below the national average
CRAIG McAllister says he cannot wait for his new football challenge at Stevenage Borough to begin. The 23-year-old striker signed for Graham Westley's side on a two-year deal six weeks ago when he became a free agent after his contract at Basingstoke
A PARADE of film heroes including Nemo, Marilyn Monroe and the entire cast of the Flintstones took to the streets of Wickham yesterday. The movie-themed procession, which also featured Jaws, Grease, Superman, Robin Hood, Peter Pan and the nuns from Sister
STAFF from Fareham and Gosport Primary Care Trust (PCT) are taking to the road in a bid to reduce the waste of unused medicines. The "Making the Most of Medicines" campaign aims to show how reducing medicine waste can make more money available for other
AN arts and crafts exhibition will showcase the talents of part-time students at Fareham College. Bobbin lace, embroidery, millinery, photography, life drawing, jewellery, pottery, calligraphy, interior design and cane crafts will be among the displays
CLIFT Meadow Trust: Notice has been given of the AGM on June 30, but please be aware that the time is 7.30pm and not 8pm as shown in the Bramley magazine. PARISH council: The next meeting will be held in the village hall on Monday, at 7.30pm. There will
EASTLEIGH schools are in the driving seat when it comes to developing travel plans. They are leading the rest of Hampshire in the environmentally friendly initiative that aims to get pupils out of cars and on to their own two feet. Transport and education
ROMAN talk: At the village hall, at 8am on Friday, June 25. Find out about Insula IX before this year's dig begins on July 5. Tickets cost £3, and are available from Tony Stanley on 0118 9700282. Professor Michael Fulford will give a talk and answer questions
Sir.-I am very pleased to be able to report the recent presentation of a cheque for £1,760.13 to the Basingstoke branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society. This magnificent sum was the result of the "Penny a Bag" scheme from January to April, at Sainsbury's
Sir.-I would like to share my thoughts on disabled parking. I am a Blue Badge holder, so it's not that I am getting at anybody, and I also work for the NHS. Why should parking be free for the disabled? People either work or get benefits for their disability
Sir.-Isn't it about time that we, as a country and a community, got tough with the mindless criminal elements within our society? Through the "community service" arrangement that exists, I feel these individuals should be made to clean up the trash we
BOROUGH council election result: I am pleased to be able to tell you that I was re-elected as borough councillor for the Baughurst ward in the elections held on June 10. I would like to thank everyone who supported me and voted for me, and a special thank
HOLIDAY club: There will be a different venue for the Immanuel with St Mark's Children's Holiday Club this summer. Due to the building work going on at St Mark's Primary School, the club will be held at St Mark's Church at the bottom of Homesteads Road
LOOKING ahead to July: Tickets are on sale now for Hook Choral Society's summer concert. The concert, Music for a Summer's Evening, will take place among the beautiful surroundings of Farnham Castle on Sunday, July 4. It will be an evening's entertainment
DON'T forget: Melrose Hall AGM is on Monday, at 7.30pm, and everyone is welcome to come along and meet the new committee. BROWNIES: I am making another plea on behalf of the Brownies. They need help! The 25th Basingstoke Brownies are very nice and welcoming
CITIZENS Advice Bureau: CAB is holding its AGM at the Immanuel Centre on Wednesday. This year's talk will be about debt collection. All are welcome to attend. HAMPSHIRE Heath Week walk: Be at Tadley Common on Wednesday, June 30, at 2pm, in the car park
SHANE WATSON was today expecting to be ruled out for two weeks - 24 hours after scoring a magnificent hundred on his Hampshire debut. The Australian all-rounder, 23, is almost certain to miss the championship match against Yorkshire on Wednesday due to
HAMPSHIRE'S depleted attack bowled the county to a stunning 275-run win against rock bottom Somerset. Leading wicket-taker Dimitri Mascarenhas (side strain) and Shane Watson (hamstring) were both unable to bowl in Somerset's second innings of the championship
WAYNE ROONEY and Steven Gerrard will not allow frenzied speculation over their club futures to affect England's Euro 2004 campaign, insists assistant coach Steve McClaren. Gerrard, 24, has been linked with a £30m move to Stamford Bridge, while wonderboy
DAVID BECKHAM has stressed his desire to reward the nation for their support by winning Euro 2004, while admitting his career would not be complete without an international trophy. Beckham can picture the scenes which would greet the team at home if they
HAMPSHIRE'S Academy youngsters thrust themselves into the thick of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League leadership race with a battling 54-run win over Andover at the Rose Bowl Nursery. Basingstoke teenager Mitchell Stokes had a hand in six separate
LYMINGTON'S unbeaten five-match winning start in Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 came to an abrupt end with a crushing 151-run defeat by Calmore Sports at Loperwood Park. They were shot out for 104 after Simon Ennew had scored his maiden
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0745, 30; APL Ireland, container, 1100, 205; Euro Melody, cargo, 1230, 204; P&O Nedlloyd Mercator, container, 1430, 206; Grande Ellade, vehicle carrier, 1545, 202; P&O Nedlloyd Newark, container,
AN ELECTRONICS manufacturing company with an annual turnover of £4m is poised to attract even more business - thanks to a £40,000-plus image makeover. IGT Industries, which employs 70 people at its hi-tech factory near Southampton, has already stamped
SALISBURY stages its most prestigious fixture of the season this week, with the historic two-day Bibury meeting. Established in 1681, the Bibury Club is the world's oldest and the meeting is one of Britain's longest-running, with the racing staged at
BAD news for hay fever sufferers in the Winchester area. Air quality experts at the city council have confirmed that last week saw the highest pollen count in the city for five years. The count hit a high of 467 on June 7 which smashes the "very high"
RIDERS ready! Pedals ready! Go! Winchester football ground has been swapping penalties for pedal power as toddlers tackle the challenge of raising money for ChildLine. Children at the Riverside Nursery School have been involved with a sponsored pedal
HARRY Potter, Cruella DeVil and the team from Thunderbirds were just some of the fictional characters represented at the ever popular Netley Marsh carnival. Brownies wove a zigzag down the road dressed as a huge caterpillar in the carnival centred on
IT'S THE job that nobody seems to want. With just two days to go before Southampton's mayor-making ceremony, party council leaders are still tackling the question of who will take over from Parvin Damani as the city's first citizen. Over the weekend,
A £1.26m scheme to repair one of Southampton's main transport routes is due to begin today. Work will start on a maintenance programme on the A33 Millbrook flyover scheduled to take six months to complete. The width of both the east and westbound dual
TRAFFIC wardens in Southampton handed drivers tens of thousands of parking tickets last year, raising more than £1.2m for city coffers. City wardens issued 46,398 tickets to motorists in 2003 - the 16th highest number of any local authority in Britain
TOTALLY Tennis Greenacre head coach Jason Jokhoo laid down the gauntlet to his former club, challenging his colleagues and players at Totally Tennis Basingstoke to an adult tournament. The event, held last Saturday at Greenacre in Newbury, attracted 24
A PIONEERING orthopaedic unit for older people has opened its doors in Southampton. Brownhill House in Lower Brownhill Road, Maybush, is the first facility of its kind in England, providing intensive rehabilitation in a homely setting. Designed for people
THE multi-millionaire showbiz legend credited with discovering the Bee Gees is selling his £9 million Isle of Wight mansion. Robert Stigwood, 70, has put 500-acre Barton Manor in East Cowes on the market after living there for 14 years. Mr Stigwood, who
THREE passengers aboard a crashed boat in the Solent Approaches were rescued by lifeboat crews on Saturday. The trio aboard Foudroyant, two of them thought to be children, issued a distress call after a collision with Sea Walker off Hurst Castle in the
A PEDAL-POWERED cycle through the history of the pushbike is an exhibition due to open in Fareham next month. Westbury Manor Museum in West Street will show displays on the changes in cycling and technology from the penny farthing to the Sinclair C5.
SPONSORED sports day: This is being held by Brighton Hill Childminders on Tuesday, at the Scout Hut, Schubert Road, Brighton Hill. Mary Hodgson and the childminders group wish to raise money for Sarah's Appeal. Sarah suffers from a severe form of epilepsy
PARISH council: Last Monday's parish council meeting saw the final attendance of Pc Doug Ashman in his role as Chineham beat bobby. While being pleased for Pc Ashman's career development, parish councillors unanimously expressed regret over Chineham's
SPEEDING traffic: What a sad sight by the pond on Thursday evening - two recently-killed moorhens, victims of the speeding Cliddesden traffic. BRING-AND-BUY sale: On a happier note, the bring-and-buy sale, held at St Leonard's recently, raised a magnificent
GREAT success: "People love to come to Farleigh because of the setting," said the organiser of the carriage driving trials, Angie Pickford. Compliments flooded in from this year's competitors about the course - "tough but fair" - and the catering, particularly
SITE office: A new office has now been set up within the car parking area of the Oakridge Centre. The centre manager, Mr David Cobb, can be contacted on 01256 462302. ACCESS: I am now informed that action is being taken to ensure that there is suitable
SUPERMARKET giant Asda wants to build a new two-level store on its existing Chandler's Ford site. But they have no plans to double the sales area of the Bournemouth Road store despite the High Court giving its blessing. Under current planning legislation
KEMPSHOTT WI: It will be holding its monthly meeting on Monday, June 28, starting at 7.30pm, at Kempshott Village Hall, off Pack Lane. This month will be a birthday meeting - singing for pleasure with Mrs Margaret Payne. HORTICULTURAL Society: The monthly
RAIL COMMUTERS from the Eastleigh area were greeted by the long arm of the law when they boarded their London bound trains. Local community beat officer Nick Russell and crime reduction officer Barbara White were at the Southampton Parkway railway station
INDOOR market: This will be in the Village Club on Saturday, June 26, from 9.30am to 11.30am. There will be all the usual stalls, and a good range of fresh, local-grown fruit and vegetables. GARDENING club: There is an outing to West Silchester Hall on
THEY were hoping all that sleepy dust would turn them into world record breakers. For 22 Cub Scouts from the 12th Eastleigh (1st Bishopstoke) group were bidding to snooze their way into the Guinness Book of Records. Over the weekend they were among thousands
JUMBLE sales: There are no further jumble sales in the village hall until Saturday, September 4. KARATE and kick-boxing: The CMA Sport Karate and Kick-boxing Club is starting training sessions on Fridays, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, in East Oakley Village
END of an era: It is now official that the garage in The Street is to be demolished. Operations should stop in about 14 months, when it is believed that the showrooms will be knocked down along with other buildings, and a small housing development built
ON YER bike... our own parish magazine distributor, Gina Todd, is doing just that in aid of St Michael's Hospice in Basingstoke. She's joining the Big Wheel 10 sponsored bike ride on Sunday, July 18, over a 20-mile course. This is the 10th anniversary
HELICOPTER: The landing of a Chinook helicopter on the Green last Saturday, during the fete had to be the highlight of the afternoon. That's the verdict of Sandy Johnston, who added: "It was an immense success and the majority of comments were that the
Sir.-I would like to thank the person very much who "rescued" my 95-year-old father last Tuesday when he went for a tour of Tadley in his pyjamas at 5.45am. It's not an everyday occurence, thank goodness, but worrying for all of us, although he has done
Sir.-I would like one last reply to the person now called "Name Withheld". The vehicle I drive is not a tank or sized like one. It has a four and five-star NCAP rating for crash tests and pedestrian impact (not that I am expecting one) and my vehicle
LATVIA striker Marian Pahars claimed that English referee Mike Riley did not award a penalty against Germany in the goalless draw on Saturday because he was overawed by the occasion. The Saints forward was speaking after a tense encounter at the Estadio
A TRIO of air rifle and pistol shooting enthusiasts from Basingstoke have become the first local team in 15 years to win a national winter league. Competing against fellow sides from across the UK, Basingstoke Air Rifle and Pistol Club (BARPC) members
