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INTERNATIONAL duty means Hampshire will be without Aussie batsman Michael Clarke for the remainder of the season - but his departure could easily see the batting line-up strengthened. For his replacement will be Hampshire's player of the year in 2003,

FORMER Saint Kevin Gibbens has been signed on contract by free-scoring Sydenhams Wessex League newcomers VT FC. The Boatmen, who announced their arrival with a 6-0 slaying of Alton Town on Saturday, have pulled off something of a coup in landing the 24

Diesel cars are selling like hot cakes in the UK, with market penetration growing month on month. So what would you expect to have been the UK's best selling diesel last year? Something from traditional diesel car stars like Peugeot or Volkswagen? Well

Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Caronia, passenger, 0630, 38/9; Maersk Wind, roro, 0730, 34/35; Le Castellet, roro, 0730, 201; APL Ireland, container, am, 205; P&O Nedlloyd Drake, container, 1400, 206; Shanghai express, container

HAMPSHIRE defence giant BAE Systems have bought up military software specialists Aerosystems International in a £14.5m deal. BAE, which already owned half of the cutting-edge firm, snapped up the final 50 per cent from one of the Isle of Wight's biggest

BANK Holiday strikes at airports elsewhere in the country could have an impact in Southampton despite no staff here walking out, British Airways has said. The airline said it was too early to tell what impact any strikes would have but Southampton Airport

A SOUTHAMPTON company making Eden Project-style geodesic domes for home use is to refocus on home markets to continue steady sales growth. With designs similar to the domes housing exotic plants at Cornwall's tourism success the Eden Project, the domes

AFTER 25 years at the top, Lawton Group managing director and founder Mike Lawton has stepped down in order to spend more time with his family. After a quarter of a century he moves to the position of "founder" and hands over the day-to-day running of

RICHARD FAULDS bid to deliver Great Britain's first gold medal of the Olympics foundered in spectacular fashion today after the defending double trap champion failed to even make the final. Andover-based Faulds, who won gold in Australia four years ago

HAMPSHIRE'S Rob Moore was in the starting line-up for Great Britain's hockey team for this morning's 3-2 loss to South Korea. There was late heartache for the Colden Common-based Moore, 23, when Korea grabbed the winner three minutes from time. GB had

DEBBIE HAMPTON, coach of Fareham's Olympic gymnast Vanessa Hobbs, said her young charge did "well, but not quite well enough" on her Games debut. The 17-year-old former Cams Hill student amassed her highest ever score, but still missed out on the top-

HE hopes to follow in the path of Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. And North Baddesley youngster James Chaudry took a significant step in that direction on Saturday when he was crowned national 13 and under tennis champion. An outstanding summer, which

WARNINGS to motorists that they should keep their car keys out of view are not being heeded. That's according to vehicle security and monitoring specialists Tracker, which reports that so far in 2004 a massive 80 per cent of the stolen vehicles the company

POLICE in Winchester have arrested a teenager in connection with a fire that ripped through a home on a city housing estate and almost took the lives of two youngsters. The two youths had to be rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped in the burning

HAMPSHIRE police chiefs who have banned male officers from wearing earrings could be taken to an employment tribunal after a gay officer lodged an official complaint. One gay police officer has started grievance procedures, claiming it is discriminatory

A FIGHTING fund set up to bring the killer of murdered Southampton dad Eddie Maddick to justice has received a boost from a city social club. Regulars at Shirley and Millbrook Conservative Club raised £542 at their annual charity night. The cash is to

PEOPLE in Southampton have been getting their hands on their heritage during a community dig. The city council's archaeology unit has led the event at the site near Town Quay, which contains ruins dating back to the 1300s. Experts have pinpointed an underground

TEN young apprentices have started out in the world of work with a personal welcome from Southampton City Council's chief executive. Brad Roynon met all the youngsters, aged between 16 and 20, who will work in the council's housing services department

COMMUNITY groups across Hampshire have received a cash boost from a national lottery scheme. Tens of thousands of pounds have been distributed by Awards For All - a grants scheme for neighbourhood projects. Deserving groups to have scooped the grants

WHEN it comes to staying power, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke could teach today's new pop stars a thing or two. The duo, better known as Erasure, first entered the top 40 back in October 1986, when they went straight in at number two with Sometimes. Eighteen

TOMORROW is a big day for The Railway Inn in Winchester. The venue is playing host to eccentric, Grammy-nominated Liverpudlian band Clinic. Adored in America, Clinic have toured with Radiohead and normally play much larger venues. The reason they are

THE future of the longest-running carnival on the south coast is in jeopardy. Organisers are battling to secure the future of 120-year-old Titchfield Carnival, which attracts up to 35,000 spectators each year and has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds

A new row has blown up over plans to offer compensation to Eastleigh's allotment gardeners who are being forced to quit their plots to make way for hundreds of new homes. Each plot holder would receive at least £100. However, campaigners who are battling

RESIDENTS across the Eastleigh area will be asked to pay a further £18 a year in a bid to keep the borough top of the recycling heap. A new green waste collection service, costing 36p per week, is set to be rolled across the area. The authority continues

CAPTAIN Ray Heath, master of Southampton's luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2, has retired after 45 years at sea with Cunard. One of the shipping line's most experienced and respected senior officers, Captain Heath has worked on many of the company's vessels

SAINTS have been rocked by the news that Michael Svensson will spend the rest of the year on the sidelines after being forced to have a second operation on his injured knee. The big Swedish centre half, one of Saints' best players over the past two years

THE Yamaha FZ6 Fazer is all new - new frame, new R6 motor, new looks. Motor Cycle News magazine pitched the FZ6 against its main rivals in an exhaustive test and reckons "the Fazer has come back cleaner, leaner... and better than any rival. "The Fazer

When little Aimee Pidgley was born she weighed less than a bag of sugar and medical experts feared she would not survive. Seven years on Kate Thompson discovers she has gone from strength to strength... TINY baby Aimee Pidgley clung on to life from the

Freelance writer Nicola Joyce, 27, from Shirley has fulfilled the ultimate swimming challenge crossing the English Channel. She tells Living, in her own words, how she achieved her dream and the difficulties she encountered... People often say to me '

YOUR wedding day - traditionally one of the most important days of a woman's life and, naturally, you want to wear the frock of your dreams. Today wedding dresses are, for the most part, white or cream and (thankfully) those ones shaped like meringues

FORMER Hampshire PGA stalwart Ian Benson amassed an amazing total of 14 birdies when he made a winning return to the county in the 36-hole Lee-on-the-Solent Pro-Am. Despite his birdie barrage, the Hindhead professional only won by a single shot from Sandford

2003 3-door Honda Accord, power steering, electric windows, ABS, central locking, alarm, immobiliser... Call Makepeace Motors on 01202 411201

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BASHLEY entertain Corinthian Casuals tonight (7.45) with a squad that reflects the more cosmopolitan flavour of the largely London-based Ryman League. Having already established one Republic of Guinea player, Mamadouba Toure, as a regular in their squad

INTERNATIONAL duty means Hampshire will be without Aussie batsman Michael Clarke for the remainder of the season - but his departure could easily see the batting line-up strengthened. For his replacement will be Hampshire's player of the year in 2003,

AN ECO-FRIENDLY Hampshire invention has been such a hit in the New Forest that it's set to go nationwide. In a bid to get traffic off the roads, Southampton engineer Steve Jacobs has come up with the idea of combining a bus and cycle service. The scheme

LAWYER Phil Crier is seen here enjoying a pint down the local - but there's a serious side to what he is doing. He is advising liquor licensees, including Dave Gelder, pictured, of the Talisman at Park Gate, near Fareham, on a legal shake-up regarding

FORMER Tour de France star Sean Yates (In Gear RT), unexpectedly beaten by his brother, Christian, over ten miles last week, hurtled back to form to set a new race record of 19min 12sec to win the Ambient Energy Systems sponsored time trial organised

JEEP has received a royal seal of approval from the King of Beers after supplying a fleet of head-turning new Cherokees. Weybridge Automobiles in Cobham, Surrey, together with the Chrysler Group, has provided seven vehicles for Budweiser Europe's promotions

HONDA'S Jazz has achieved the first three-star pedestrian safety rating for the supermini class of Phase 14 of the Euro NCAP crash test results. Achieving top marks in pedestrian safety puts Jazz alongside Honda's Stream, Accord, CR-V and the Civic -

SILVER remains the most popular colour ordered on every new model in Rover's extensive line-up - from the CityRover to the attractive 75. Royal Blue and the new Firefrost Red pearlescent are close behind. But for customers who prefer to express their

THIS year isn't just an Olympic year, it's also an Olympian year - at least it is for the Five Rivers Leisure Centre. That's because there's a fitness drive with a difference happening, and it's all down to a new partnership that's worked out between

VANDALS have gone on a third late-night car wrecking spree across Winchester in less than two months. Mindless hooligans kicked, scratched and ripped parts off half a dozen vehicles in a drunken rampage. It brings the total number of car attacks to more

A WINCHESTER burglar has been given one last chance to get his life on track by a crown court judge. Peter Evans, 43, of Stanmore Lane, Stanmore, pleaded guilty to raiding a house on the same street on July 23. Judge Andrew Barnett gave him three months

HIGHWAY chiefs have come under fire for failing to promote a new junction built to cut traffic congestion in the New Forest. Hampshire based motoring organisation the AA has blasted the county council for not telling drivers about a new right-turn facility

VANDALS have destroyed the New Forest grave of a teenager who died in a Second World War air raid. Retired traffic warden John Green, 79, returned to New Milton to visit his sister Barbara's grave last week and was distraught to see it damaged. Barbara

TWO New Forest teenagers who ran away together are thought to be staying with friends in the Thames Valley area. Luke Parker, 15, and his 13-year-old girlfriend, Chantelle Fisher, both from Milford-on-Sea, have now been missing for more than a fortnight

A WOMAN has been left traumatised following a serious sex attack near a Southampton sailing club. The victim had been walking alone through the Woolston area when she was targeted. Detectives said the late-night attack happened on land next to a car park

SAINTS have been involved in plenty of close shaves over the years - but they have usually meant narrowly avoiding relegation. Now five first-teamers have given a whole new meaning to the phrase by going for the close-cropped look. Goalkeeper Antti Niemi

VOLUNTEERS are needed for a new Southampton-based asthma study which will test the 50-year-old theories of a Russian scientist. Dr Anne Bruton, based at the University of Southampton, has been granted a Department of Health post-doctoral research fellowship

FORMER Queens of the Stone Age and The Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan is coming to The Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea on Thursday, August 26. The American singer-songwriter, pictured left, has his fifth solo album, Bubblegum, released this month.

AN AMBITIOUS project to raise £600,000 for a new church hall has begun in Swanmore. Parishioners have already raised £168,000 through grants and donations towards replacing the present Swanmore Methodist Church hall, which is nearly 100 years old. The

A MAN who provided links between old Eastleigh and the town today has died at the age of 91. Harold Hiscocks, pictured above, moved to Eastleigh in 1938 from his home town of Swindon to work in the town's carriage works and soon joined Eastleigh Methodist

WILLIAMS Shipping, the port of Southampton's long-established family business, has launched a major expansion programme by combining forces with the Milford Docks Company in South Wales. The two operations have signed a joint-venture agreement that will

SOUTHAMPTON Cargo Handling, the UK's leading stevedore and shipping services company, is introducing highly sophisticated new information technology systems aimed at streamlining and further improving its operation in the city's port. To implement this

Alan Ball talks exclusively to the Daily Echo on why Paul Sturrock should be worried, the frightening rise of player power, and why there must be changes for the visit of Blackburn... FORMER Saints boss Alan Ball fears for Paul Sturrock's future, admitting