Author and historian Rosaleen Wilkinson has discovered the story behind Townhill Park House from accounts of those who lived and worked there... WE BRITISH have long had a love affair with the aristocracy. We are fascinated by their leisured lifestyle
LYMINGTON & New Milton and Newport IoW experienced the highs and lows of FA Cup football last night. While Ian Robinson's Linnets celebrated a 2-1 preliminary round replay victory at Sittingbourne, the Islanders crashed out on penalties after conceding
EX-SAINT Nick Holmes's return to Salisbury City has been delayed by the hurricanes in Florida. Whites' general manager was unable to make it back for last night's Ryman Premier trip to Windsor & Eton, which ended in a third straight defeat for his
CRICKET Australia is yet to reveal whether Hampshire will have Shane Warne available for the first two months of next season. Hampshire captain Warne is currently discussing plans for the 2005 campaign with chairman Rod Bransgrove and manager Paul Terry
HAMPSHIRE will play Australia in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Bournemouth's Chapel Gate sports ground on Friday as Michael Clarke and co prepare for their ICC Champions Trophy opener against the USA on Monday. The match will be a 50 overs-a-side
STEVE WIGLEY will have been encouraged by the strength in depth of his squad after seeing the reserves make it three wins from three games with a 3-0 victory over Spurs at St Mary's last night. In a side usually dominated by youth, Wigley found room in
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Autocarrier, roro, 0530, 201; Hual Transit, roro, 0600, 40/41; Adonia, passenger, 0730, 106; Arroyfrio Dos, roro, 0730, 105; OPDR Sevilla, container, 0800, 206e; Taiko, vehicle, 1030, 34/35; Autoprestige
ADAM FLEETWOOD has already wrapped up the British Champion-ship for the second year running but still gave it his all in the big hill climb event at Gurston Down. An ill-timed shower in the first run-off saw him struggle home seventh with the 620bhp Gould
ENDURANCE races are rare at Thruxton but on Saturday the Hampshire circuit stages a round of the EERC Britcar Endurance Series - a two-hour race for sports and saloon cars. The Britcar entry includes a host of well-known drivers including former British
HANTS and Dorset champions and representative crews put in their final training sessions this week in preparation for the 48th South Coast Rowing Championships to he held at Bideford on Saturday. In North Devon they will compete against the champions
TEN-YEAR-OLD basketball starlet Levi Harris is already going the right way to emulate former Harlem Globetrotter Alan 'Swoop' Cunningham. Despite his tender age, the St Marks schoolboy from Shirley already has size seven feet and he stands around elbow
A BOOK of poetry by Winchester Cathedral's former poet-in-residence has been published to help raise cash for the 800-year-old building. Stella Davis' book, St Swithun's Day, came out of her experience of working in the cathedral environment and features
WITH a guitarist strolling on stage to prologue the play by singing What Is This Thing Called Love, and characters appearing in 20th century costumes, Shakespeare's 400-year-old exploration of the nature of human love is made relevant to today in this
ROBBERS wrestled with a disabled woman's crutches as they tried to steal her bag outside a Southamp-ton post office. Police said the 35-year-old victim was targeted at a parade of shops in Hinkler Road, Thornhill, around 11.20am yesterday. After obtaining
THIS is the moment residents watched in horror as the threat of terrorism arrived on their doorstep in Southampton. Captured by a neighbours' video camera, police officers wearing riot gear and body armour bundling four men suspected of terrorism offences
"AN MOT certificate doesn't mean your car is safe". These were the tearful words spoken by a bereaved father yesterday after an inquest heard how his son died in a car which was unfit for the road - despite having passed its MoT. Hampshire college student
THE family of a man who died in a vat of paint at Southampton's Ford plant launch their battle for justice tomorrow. Motor company bosses were fined a total of £300,000 following the death of Christopher Shute, 30, more than four years ago. Ford admitted
PLANS to axe a squash court as part of a redevelopment package at a Southampton sports complex have come under fire. As previously reported in the Daily Echo, St Mary's leisure centre, which had been earmarked for closure, is now set to be incorporated
IF YOU like your music big, and with plenty of spectacle to boot, then Southampton Guildhall is the place to be later this month. Wessex Military Band is hosting a Massed Bands Spectacular involving more than 350 musicians on Monday, September 27. The
HE MAY have suffered by being compared once to often to Tom Jones, but 70s crooner Tony Christie has a formidable voice and back catalogue of his own. Best known for such passionate numbers as I Did What I Did For Maria, Is This the Way To Amarillo and
STEVE Wheatland's 35th-minute overhead kick sealed VT FC's 1-0 home win over Hamble ASSC, but Planemakers' boss Larry Clay was fuming. He blamed the referee for "costing us a point" by allowing the goal to stand. He said: "There was obstruction just inside
A £700,000 scheme designed to improve care for chronically ill cancer patients will be piloted in Fareham and Gosport. Health chiefs in the two towns have been chosen to run the ground-breaking two-year trial, it has been announced. Experts will study
WORK is nearing completion on an 80-bed nursing home in Fareham which aims to solve the county's beds crisis. The £6m building scheme on the former Coldeast Hospital site is the first of ten being carried out as part of the £60m ENHANCE project to provide
IT was a definite Yaya for Yahia last night. Saints' Tunisian international centre half Yahia - pronounced Yaya - signed last month from Guingamp in France for £350,000 and looked comfortable on his St Mary's debut. In an unusual move, and no doubt with
THE extraordinary acappella of Naked Voices comes to The Corn Exchange, Newbury, this month. Naked Voices arrange and perform songs from the greatest hits of soul, pop, gospel and classical music, using only the human voice. Their repertoire ranges from
JOHN Alderton and Pauline Collins join together on stage for the first time in 20 years in Going Straight at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, from September 20 to 25. Friends from the old days in London's East End, loveable lags Mickey and Ray recount
A WOMAN takes an unusual, and possibly dangerous, decision when sparkling new comedy The Devil You Know! premieres at Guildford's Mill Studio. Written by and featuring West End star Frank Barrie (pictured) and '60s film icon Gary Raymond, it was described
WORLD CUP winner Alan Ball has delivered his daming verdict on Sven-Goran Eriksson's England set-up. The 1966 hero has confessed: England lack leadership - on and off the pitch. The players don't seem to be playing with confidence. Eriksson makes it too
EASTLEIGH are hatching plans to talk experienced non-league striker Warren Patmore out of retirement. The Sparshatts Stadium club are without broken leg victim Paul Sales until at least Christmas and are looking at bringing in temporary replacement to
BAT brought Brockenhurst's FA Cup heroes crashing back to earth with a 1-0 victory at Southern Gardens last night, making it five games undefeated for the Tobaccomen. Just three days after their heroic preliminary round win at Burgess Hill Town, Brock
HIGH-RIDING Otterbourne were brought back to earth with a bump last night by local rivals Colden Common who triumphed 2-1 in their Wessex League Division 3 derby clash at Main Road. The fourth-placed Otters fell behind to a cracking 25-yard effort from
IT took Cadnam just 12 seconds to score the opening goal of the season in the Drew Smith Group Southampton League last weekend. And the man with that honour was Tommy Peglar, who added another in their 3-1 victory against last season's early pacesetters
ROD BRANSGROVE and Rupert Lowe are the high profile chairmen of Southampton's top two sporting teams. Yet while Lowe battles to restore his popularity in the eyes of many Saints fans following Paul Sturrock's departure, Bransgrove's star is rising - he
AEROSPACE and defence group Meggitt is on track for a strong annual performance after posting record half-yearly profits. The group, which employs hundreds of people in Hampshire, said demand for spare parts and repairs in the civil market was steadily
THESE four businessmen have every reason to smile - they've closed a £16m deal. Corporate finance experts from business advisers Tenon, which is based near Southampton, successfully negotiated the sale of Octec, who they had been working with for two
SOUTHAMPTON racing driver Matt Speakman celebrated his second win of the season in his Rover Gti at Castle Combe. It was his first race at the Wiltshire circuit yet he still qualified second his class in the Super Coupe Cup event. He made a poor start
EASTLEIGH are hatching plans to talk experienced non-league striker Warren Patmore out of retirement. The Sparshatts Stadium club are without broken leg victim Paul Sales until at least Christmas and are looking at bringing in temporary replacement to
BAT brought Brockenhurst's FA Cup heroes crashing back to earth with a 1-0 victory at Southern Gardens last night, making it five games undefeated for the Tobaccomen. Just three days after their heroic preliminary round win at Burgess Hill Town, Brock
THERE were thrills, spills and tumbles a plenty at the third Andy Marsh Memorial Skate Festival in Ringwood wheelpark. About 150 young competitors on BMX bikes, in-line skates and skateboards took part in the event in Carvers Sports Ground. The ramps,
NEARLY 18 years ago it was a disused site, overgrown with weeds and providing a home only to rats. Once Crowe Farm had been a thriving piggery but the buildings had become derelict. Badly neglected, it was an unwanted area of land. But when Bruce Berry
A GROUP of residents in Southampton do not fear the approaching dreary winter days - as their streets are permanently bathed in light For the past two months householders in Gorselands Road in Bitterne and surrounding areas have been left in the dark
MORE than 25 pensioners will travel up to London today to join a "grey power" protest outside Westminster. Led by Southampton Pensioners' Forum leader Don Harper, the band of over 60s plan to lobby the South's MPs and hand over the newly-drawn up Pensioners
MORE than 60 years ago, they were young girls saying goodbye to their loved ones in war-torn Southampton. As the bombs of Hitler's Luftwaffe rained down on the city - hundreds of pupils from Southampton Girls Grammar School were evacuated to Bournemouth
HAMPSHIRE'S worst yobs will be targeted under a massive new crime crackdown. Each Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership will draw up a "league of shame" of the most disruptive offenders in its community. Police will use new powers, which are part of
A missed penalty cost Thatcham their chance to go two up at Alton Town. They paid the price when John Edwards scored from a direct free kick on 83 minutes to earn Hughie Doyle's men a 1-1 draw.
A BODY washed up on the Isle of Wight last year has been identified as the mother-in-law of murdered London businessman Amarjit Chohan. DNA tests of the body, found at Alum Bay, last November, have confirmed it is that of Mrs Charanjit Kaur, 51. The body
PARENTS on the Isle of Wight have been warned they could face fixed penalty fines if they keep their children out of school without a good reason. Parents whose youngsters play truant or have excessive holidays during term time could be fined up to £50
THE throws took pride of place in Team Solent's annual Sprints and Throws Challenge at Southampton Sports Centre. Belgrave's Leith Marar took the discus honours with a massive 51.01-metre effort, while Team Solent youngster Kieren Kelly continued his
THE 24th Butser Hill Challenge gets under starter's orders on September 26. A co-production between Portsmouth Joggers, Stubbington Green Runners and Victory AC, the Grade A short-course fell race comprises 4.5 miles for seniors, including 888 feet of
THE highly-acclaimed European Ballet company present the classic and enchanting ballet The Sleeping Beauty at the Wilde Theatre, Bracknell. Under the direction of Stanislav Tchassov, former principal dancer of The Bolshoi Ballet, this exciting and dynamic
