WITH seats waiting for us to see Cats at the Mayflower Theatre, it was only ever going to be a brief visit to Joe Daflo's. The staff weren't phased at all by our scant appearance, as they are more than used to theatre-goers dashing in for a bite to eat
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hual Treasure, ro/ro, 0030, 40/41; Asian Trust, ro/ro, 0030, 43; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0530, 201; Patriot, vehicle, 0630, 34/35; Pamir, general, 1130, 107; Hyundai Confidence, container, 1200, 204
JOINT owners of Southampton container terminal P&O sailed into troubled waters by announcing that half-year results were in the red. The ferry arm of the ports and shipping group continues a long spell in turbulent conditions, driving losses up to
HAMPSHIRE'S Shire Pharmaceuticals today revealed it had won approval for its flagship Adderall XR drug for adults who suffer from attention deficit disorder in the United States. The US Food and Drug Administration gave the green light and the Basingstoke
TWO New Forest teenagers who have run away together may be in London. Police are investigating reports that Luke Parker, 15, and his 13-year-old girlfriend, Chantelle Fisher, pictured, were seen in the Vauxhall area of the city. Officers are also investigating
THE Olympic Games will open today in the spirit of peace - but with the grim spectre of terrorism casting its shadow. The 28th Olympiad will be held amid the biggest security operation the world has ever since the 9/11 New York atrocity and Southampton's
What's On stage this week: DUSK, darkness and shadows and essential to the atmosphere of A Thousand and One Nights, the latest presentation by the talented Hampshire Youth Theatre. But in order to achieve this effect, the company has had to organise some
WHAT have they got to hide? Council chiefs are refusing to reveal how big a pay rise they have handed to their chief executive. Brad Roynon will earn between £127,131 and £145,880 in the next year. His previous annual salary was between £110,787 and £127,131
A BRAND new £750,000 renal dialysis clinic - which would stop kidney patients having to travel to Portsmouth for life-saving treatment - could be built at Chandler's Ford. Gambro Hospal Ltd, part of an international company which provides renal services
SOUTHAMPTON-based insurance giant Skandia has extended its sponsorship of Cowes Week until 2008. The lucrative deal was announced at a ceremony commemorating the company's tenth anniversary of backing the prestigious regatta. Skandia group marketing director
TO mark the retirement of Harrow Way headteacher Chris Overton pupils, staff and ex-pupils staged a three-night run of Shakespeare's The Tempest. A buffet supper with the cast and audience was held after the performance on the last night. On the final
A family event at Beech Hurst Park on Saturday proved a huge success with over 1,000 people attending. The event, Keep It REAL - the Rural Environment and Arts Link - was organised by Test Valley Borough Council and Hampshire County Council. The aim was
ONE-MONTH-OLD baby barn owls on a farm in Chute have been tagged as part of an initiative to prevent their long-term decline. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has funded the project as part of their Countryside Stewardship
AFTER 10 years of fundraising the 1st Whitchurch Scout Group is finally getting a new hall. The group has been forced to build the hall because the old facility is run down. It's hoped the construction of £110,000 building at Bere Hill will be completed
A SPRIGHTLY 89-year-old woman was left in the lurch at Winchester bus station because the service she was trying to catch didn't exist - even though it is listed in a new timetable booklet produced by Hampshire County Council. On Thursday 29 July after
A PROPOSAL to stage a £26,000 festival to mark the re-opening of the High Street is being floated by Test Valley Borough Council. The festival pencilled in for December, has been called the 'time ring festival' and is aimed at encouraging people back
DOMINIC Kirwan is to Daniel O'Donnell what Prince Charles is to the Queen. All he needs is for him to stand aside and he will be king of all he surveys. Well, the Irish easy listening scene anyway. Dominic, who hails from Omagh on the Emerald Isle, performs
Bucks Fizz, crisps and sunshine were the order of the day as the Wallop Village shop finally opened after three weeks of refurbishment. Ian and Julie Cleife had run the shop for about eight years but during the past year it had been winding down and they
A BRAND new £750,000 renal dialysis clinic - which would stop kidney patients having to travel to Portsmouth for life-saving treatment - could be built at Chandler's Ford. Gambro Hospal Ltd, part of an international company which provides renal services
AN EASTLEIGH football club has been met with a negative response after making a borough-wide plea to rescue its season. North Stoneham Football Club is about to kick off the new soccer campaign without vital changing facilities and showers following a
HAMPSHIRE'S second XI make their annual trip to the north of the county on Tuesday for a three-day game against Kent in the Second Eleven Championship. This should give the chance for young Basingstoke star Mitchell Stokes to play on his home ground,
JAMES Bond might as well hang up his Walther PPK and go into retirement. There's a new breed of secret agent on the big screen, who uses guile, intelligence and brute force to outwit his prey rather than snazzy gadgets, and his name is Jason Bourne (Matt
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 19 August 2004. 13 GOING ON 30 (12A): A 13-year-old girl desperate to grow up is catapulted into the body of her 30-year-old future self in the year 2004. Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo star. FAHRENHEIT 9/
AN INSPIRATIONAL conversion of an old brewery has created five new homes, ranging from traditional to funky - without losing any of the charm of a listed building. The landmark Drake's Brewery in Kingsclere had been standing empty after being converted
THE Anvil's new season looks set to be a scorcher - with music, dance and comedy to suit all ears, eyes and funnybones. As well as appearances from big names such as Lenny Henry, Gene Pitney, Status Quo and Engelbert Humperdinck, there will be a chance
IF YOU thought Hampshire's win against Glamorgan at the Rose Bowl last season was extraordinary, you should have been at the Rose Bowl yesterday. A year ago Hampshire beat Glamorgan after following on for the first time in 81 years and yesterday Darren
IF EASTLEIGH'S new signing Andy Forbes wants a role model to help steer him back to full fitness, he need look no further than 'Mr Golden Boot' himself Paul Sales. When former Bashley and Salisbury striker Sales was signed for £15,000 last summer he was
DEFENDING champions Winchester City have arguably the most talented collection of players in the Sydenhams Wessex League. But manager Neil Hards has warned his treble-winning thoroughbreds that if they don't produce the hard work to match their skill
THE Isle of Wight's top sportsman, Darren Mew, lines up for the 100m breaststroke in Athens tomorrow knowing he will never have a better chance to fulfil his boyhood dream of winning an Olympic medal. Mew, 24, will be one of the first Britons in action
DARREN Mew is getting fed up with looking at his collection of bronze medals, writes KEVIN FAHEY.The Isle of Wight breaststroke swimmer has won them at the World and European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Mew's life has been consumed by the
DETECTIVES in Winchester have launched an investigation after the body of a 49-year-old man was found near the city centre. Officers were called to the woods behind the former Red Cross building near Durngate Place by paramedics from Hampshire Ambulance
NEARLY one in three prisoners at a Hampshire jail has failed a drugs test in the past 12 months. Winchester Prison ranks as one of the three worst jails in the UK for substance abuse, according to a report by the Prison Reform Trust. The damning criticism
A LORRY driver has gone on the run after admitting he was to blame for a horror crash that killed a popular Hampshire council worker. Andrew Ellis has disappeared since pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving last month. He should have been
OPINION poll chiefs came under fire last night for proposing "leading questions" in the study that will help decide the future of Southampton's controversial twin-bin scheme. Marketing organisation Mori has been commissioned to quiz 500 residents in the
TEMPERATURES are in the 80s, the school summer holidays are in full swing, and it's 19 weeks until Santa is due to pay a visit to all good boys and girls. Shoppers are more likely to be thinking about swimming costumes and suntan lotion than wrapping
HOURS of action-packed family fun awaits at a local country park this weekend. The Southampton Show returns to the Royal Victoria Country Park tomorrow and has an exciting list of attractions lined up. The event made its comeback last year after the original
THEY were doomed - set to be slaughtered. Plucked from their grisly fate in Ireland after they could no longer cut it on the racetrack - these lucky ten ex-racing greyhounds have been rescued in the nick of time. The death row dogs were shipped in from
HANNAH Cox has had the best belated birthday present ever. The curly-haired tot beams with pleasure as she clambers onto her new slide and climbing frame. It was a different story two weeks ago when the three-year-old was left heartbroken after thieves
NEW figures produced by the Land Registry have revealed a mixed picture of Andover's housing market. The figures, which are broken down into post code areas and based on actual prices achieved, reveal a variation across Andover and suggest that high prices
THE warm weather contributed to the high quality of exhibits this year at Broughton and Bossington Horticu-ltural Society's annual flower, vegetable and craft show. In the Star Gardeners class a challenge is offered to villagers to grow four particular
THIS week the Andover Advertiser rolls out its Save Our Theatre campaign to call for the creation of an arts and leisure complex which will cater for all - and a public meeting to discuss the proposal. Andover deserves to have a cinema, a theatre and
ANDOVER workers got the chance to meet Blackburn Football Club's manager Gra-eme Souness on Wednesday in a pre season get-to-know HSA day. HSA, the sponsors of the football club for the second year running and club manager Graeme Souness see building
ANDOVER judo star Kate Howey has been named as Great Britain's flag bearer for today's Olympic Games opening ceremony. The 31-year-old, who won a silver medal at Sydney in 2000 and a bronze at Barcelona 1992, will be at the head of the British team as
THESE are the first pictures of two thugs locked up for terrorising people in Fareham. James Nice, 18, and Anthony Cripps, 24, stole alcohol, subjected people to tirades of abuse and were guilty of countless acts of anti-social behaviour. The pair were
COUNTRYSIDE rangers have vowed to beat the vandals and reopen a Whiteley nature reserve. The gates of a special enclosed education area at Gull Coppice were locked this week after a series of attacks made it unsafe for use. But Fareham Council countryside
JOINT owners of Southampton container terminal P&O sailed into troubled waters by announcing that half-year results were in the red. The ferry arm of the ports and shipping group continues a long spell in turbulent conditions, driving losses up to
SOUTHAMPTON dock workers are in for a hectic time with the arrival of three major passenger ships in the port tomorrow. Cunard's 70,327 ton, Queen Elizabeth 2 is due alongside the city's Eastern Docks after returning from the Mediterranean before departing
SIX of the competition boys' squad from Basingstoke Gymnastic Club finished their competition year on a high by representing the southern region. They were selected for the Club National Development Plan Finals in Cardiff because of their success in the
SKIPPER Lee Nurse takes his Basingstoke and North Hants side to Banbury tomorrow, aiming to secure the victory that he believes will guarantee their league status. A comprehensive win over Finchampstead at May's Bounty last Saturday brought a vital 25
JUDGING by Catwoman's scathing reviews from the American critics, you could be forgiven for thinking that this action adventure, inspired by the DC Comics character of the same name, is the worst blockbuster of the year. In fact, King Arthur still proudly
