Newport IoW goalkeeper Joe McCormack says the Islanders are beginning to believe in their ability to play Ryman Division 1 football. After a rocky start to the season, Port are starting to find their feet and made further progress last night with a 2-
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BOND Pearce has just unveiled a new corporate identity designed to reflect its growing status as one of the UK's leading commercial law firms. The makeover, featuring a grey script on a green background, was simultaneously introduced across all the firm's
BUSINESSES in Hampshire are today being warned to be on the lookout for bogus invoices being distributed by an organisation named Domain Registry Services. Trading Standards officers from the county council warn that the organisation, which is based in
FIVE Hampshire bowlers have been called up for the southern area England under-25 indoor trial. Mark Hammond (Banister Park), Victory duo Matthew Marchant and Steve Robertson and Hampshire newcomer Michael Hutley will all be heading for Egham on Sunday
CLAIRE Spreadbury is heading for Jersey next month to defend her title as world under-25 girls' indoor champion. The Loddon Vale teenager will be returning to the scene of her greatest triumph when she competes in the tournament starting on Wednesday,
ANDOVER New Street stalwart Stuart Anderson has been given temporary charge of the first team matters following the parting of the ways between the club and boss Pete Case, after just 12 league and cup games. Basingstoke-based Case offered his resignation
ANDOVER'S reign at the top of the Wessex League came to halt on Tuesday night with defeat at home coupled with Winchester City's 8-0 demolition of Bournemouth Poppies. Once again Lions were much changed as Colin Hopkins and Brendan Summers were unavailable
ANDOVER retained their position at the summit of the Wessex League after a gutsy performance against a rampant Gosport Borough. The home side lost top spot to the Lions in midweek and if the game is any indication they intend to return as soon as possible
NEW STREET'S first ever sojourn ended in gallant defeat at a damp Foxcotte Park on Saturday when the visitors snatched victory with 15 minutes to go when substitute Cav Ferris netted with his first touch. It was hard lines for the young New Street side
Andover Ladies made the perfect start to their Hampshire Second Division season with three second half goals and three points. Initially the defence had trouble coping with a skilful Romsey forward who scored but in attack Andover looked just as threatening
Another league loss for Andover, as they travelled away to Jersey, but an all-together more promising performance. The outcome would have been different had Andover not gifted the home side two early tries in the opening ten minutes. Jersey came out of
Matt Speakman drove a dominant race to record his third win of the season in his Rover Gti at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk, putting him right back in the championship hunt. Qualifying saw the local driver lap the circuit at speeds he felt were pedestrian
The Hampshire Interleague Pool season continued on Friday evening as Andover Swallows got back to winning ways with a solid performance against Gosport B. The match started in a nervous fashion with the first four frames shared but then the home team
WINCHESTER peacemakers are offering mediation to soothe relations between neighbours. The city's Neighbourhood Mediation Service is helping to settle disputes that can erupt over issues such as noise pollution, boundaries, nuisance and intimidation. Neighbour
THREE athletes from Andover Modern Triathlon Club competed in the Biathle World Chanpionships in Marktoberdorf, Bavaria. Lewis Pinder and his mother Michelle, and Margaret Smith, were part of the 100 strong British team, having won places at the national
A MAN was killed last night after the car he was in crashed during a high-speed police chase in Hampshire. The man was a passenger in a silver Rover that crashed into a green Citroen Xantia and overturned after being chased by a police car. The female
NEW Forest residents are being invited to have their say on radical changes to public drinking and entertainment laws. Whether you are delighted or devastated at the possibility of pubs serving drinks for 24 hours, New Forest District Council wants to
ABOUT a dozen police revisited a Southampton murder scene last night to quiz a community about a crime that has so far turned up few clues. A mobile police unit was set up in Derby Road, St Mary's, between 10am and midnight - just yards from where 18-
KEEP praying for Joshua. That's the message from the Hartley family as eldest son Josh goes back into hospital after his post-transplant recovery took a turn for the worse. The 12-year-old Romsey schoolboy was taken into Southampton General Hospital after
A GLEAMING Rolls-Royce once owned by film star Charlie Chaplin has gone on show in Hampshire. The 80-year-old car is being displayed at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, which has borrowed it from a similar attraction in France. It is parked between
A CLAMPDOWN on antisocial behaviour has been launched on a Southampton estate by encouraging residents to shop yobs anonymously. Hundreds of forms have been delivered to people's homes on Northam Estate to let them report crimes without fear of recriminations
HE'LL be donning his trainers and working up a sweat in the name of charity. Southampton student Ritchie Wood is hoping to clock up hundreds of pounds to boost funding for the Eastleigh and Winchester ME Support Group (EWME) when he takes part in the
A STAMMERER who found a way to cure himself of the speech impediment is to hold an open day in Southampton to teach others his life-changing techniques. Stephen Hill, 31, will be staging the open day on Saturday, October 16 and he is inviting people who
Kyle and Pritchard star Alresford Town 5, Paulsgrove 2 ALRESFORD served up a goal-feast under the Arlebury Park floodlights on Tuesday night, when they knocked Paulsgrove out of the League Cup by five goals to two. The win owed much to the heading ability
Fair Oak teenager Andy Chapman wrote himself into the record books when he became the first player to take a hat-trick in the NatWest Hampshire Under-16 Indoor League at the Rose Bowl. Chapman's three-wicket feat - he finished with a 3 for 12 return -
A TITCHFIELD Common woman is gearing up for her first charity run in memory of her father, who died of exposure to asbestos following service in the Royal Navy. Mel Would, 31, of Warsash Road, has roped friend Karen Dance in to spur her along during the
The Clarendon Way full and half marathon and relay takes place this Sunday. The marathon and relay runners start at 10.30am from the Winchester College Sports Grounds in Kingsgate Road, while the half marathon runners set off an hour-and-a-half later
SOUTHAMPTON airline Flybe has revealed that it is launching new flights to Cherbourg. The announcement comes just days after ferry company P&O dropped the bombshell news that it was axing all its cross Channel ferry links to France form Portsmouth
COLDEN Common came within a whisker of causing a major upset in the Wessex League Cup at Locks Heath last night where the Division 3 battlers were finally beaten 4-3 on penalties. Dave Riddell's side led the Division 2 title-chasers 2-0 in 90 minutes
Australia manager John Buchanan is backing Shane Warne to have his best series on Indian soil. Hampshire captain Warne has managed just 20 wickets in three Tests in India at an average of 52. That compares to 507 scalps in 106 Tests at 24 elsewhere. But
Three divers from the Masters Squad at Southampton Diving Academy travelled to Dublin for the GBDF (Great Britain Diving Federation) Masters Open Championships. Continuing the excellent form they showed at the World Championships in June, the trio brought
Solent Stars' women tipped off the new basketball season with two thumping victories. Having started their National League campaign with a 116-42 humbling of Reading, they travelled to Cardiff on Saturday and came away with a solid 110-38 success over
RAMPANT Whitchurch made it eight goals in two games as they strode into the next round of the League Cup on Wednesday night. But it wasn't without a fright as they allowed the visitors to come back from 4-0 down with three goals in the last quarter past
ANDOVER firefighters Simon Foster and Lud Ramsay returned triumphant from Sheffield recently with a clutch of medals from the World Firefighters Games, held at the Don Valley Stadium. For Simon, it was his first time at the games and he entered four cycling
WINCHESTER's chronic traffic chaos will be worsened by parking plans in its £100m city centre redevelopment, fear councillors. The city council wants only half the proposed 364 homes in the Broadway-Friarsgate scheme to have a parking space. But Tory
IT'LL be all right on many nights to come for this amateur production company thanks to another Make it Happen cash award. The Eastleigh Gang Show group is a combination of Brownies, Cubs, Scouts, Guides, Rangers and Explorers from Eastleigh and Chandler's
HAMPSHIRE'S top politician is calling for John Prescott to step in and save the £270m supertram system which was shelved earlier this year. The scheme linking Fareham, Gosport and Portsmouth has been 14 years in the planning and has cost Hampshire taxpayers
MARIAN PAHARS is contemplating playing through the pain barrier rather than have another operation on his troublesome ankle. The Latvian striker is having another scan this week to see if the injury is healing as he's still unable to run without pain.
Michael Padwick, Wayne Webster and Shane King from Southampton City Petanque Club have gelled quickly as a team. Playing only their second tournament together, they won three out of four games playing as SR5 in the Southern Region versus Isle of Wight
There were signs that Wyke Down Rovers are adjusting to life in Division 2 as they were unlucky to lose 4-3 at home to Vernham Dean who were indebted to a superb hat-trick from winger Danny Parsons. Vernham were quick to stamp their authority on the game
U9 Division saw Upper Clatford A and CK Andover continue their winning ways despite a Tom Cole strike for Whitchurch in their game against Upper Clatford. Under 10 White saw close games at Fordingbridge for their home tie with Vernham Dean who won with
The final week of the Andover Pool Association Summer League, saw Swallow A conclude their season in the Premier Division by beating Borough Arms 6-3 and also ensured that they broke the record for number of points in a season by six. Fred Druce C survived
ONE of Southampton's MPs has lashed out at bosses of the city's cash-strapped hospitals and demanded: "Where has the money that the government invested gone?" John Denham spoke out after the Daily Echo revealed yesterday that the trust which runs Southampton
FORMER health minister John Denham is on a collision course with Southampton hospital bosses after demanding to know why their cash crisis is getting worse. The Southampton Itchen MP has criticised managers at the trust which runs the city's three NHS
A FAMILY is today grieving following the death of a former Hampshire soldier in Iraq. Corporal Marc Taylor, 27, died when his convoy came under fire on the outskirts of the southern city of Basra on Tuesday. Today his widow Olivia, 29, and two-year-old
SECOND World War veteran Gordon Roud was given the red carpet treatment when he returned to the Dutch town of Arnhem where he was shot and wounded. The New Forest pensioner, pictured, was showered with affection by people anxious to show their gratitude
City starting to hit the heights Winchester City 5, Wimborne Town 0 CITY sounded a warning to the clubs hoping to claim their Wessex crown with a comprehensive victory over Wimborne - who are habitually among the title contenders themselves. Both sides
Alresford Ladies retained the Stoneham Cup for 2004 by beating Meon Valley despite the added pressure of home advantage in a closely-contested final at Alresford on Monday. It was a long day for the two finalists, who had earlier seen off the challenges
Baseley shines for rampant Winchester Alton 7, Winchester 34 Taking advantage of their woefully weak opponents at Anstey Park last Saturday, Winchester went on a second- half try spree that made the travelling supporters eager for more of the same. Ably
TWO of the city's biggest athletics clubs will officially become one tomorrow when Team Southampton is born. After months of negotiation, the amalgamation of Team Solent and Southampton City has been welcomed as the way forward by the local track, field
TRAFFIC issues were top of the batting order last night as angry West End residents delivered a fierce volley of verbal shots at Hampshire County Cricket Club chiefs. They came eye ball to eye ball just days after the first England one day international
SAINTS seem to have a mountain to climb if they want to keep Steve Wigley as head coach beyond mid-December. The Premier League have told Saints that Wigley becomes ineligible after three months because he does not have the UEFA pro-licence - a qualification
