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  • Hampshire pair star for England

    Dimitri Mascarenhas and Chris Tremlett "exceeded expectations" on the way to helping England retain the Hong Kong Sixes title. The Hampshire pair helped England claim their fourth Sixes title at the Kowloon Cricket Club - and England Sixes captain and

  • White given a new role

    Giles White has been appointed as Hampshire's new second XI coach. Former Hampshire opening batsman White, pictured left, has worked with the county's academy side for the last two years and his new role allows Tony Middleton to concentrate on working

  • Finding Neverland (PG)

    IT'S an annual certainty that Harvey Weinstein and Miramax will produce some form of period film in autumn which has been aimed directly at Mr Oscar. And it's a tactic which has won a Best Picture statuette for Shakespeare in Love and garnered a long

  • Romsey Events

    Christmas Crafts at Broadlands, Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14 Broadlands Tel: 01283 820548. Santa's Christmas Wonderland Opens Saturday, November 13 Paulton's Park near Romsey (just off junction 2 on M27). Join Santa and his singing friends

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivals: P&O Nedlloyd Magellan, cont ainer, 0215, 205; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; CAP Finisterre, container, 0600, 204; Black Prince, passenger, 0700, 101; Ilona G, cargo, 1130, 108; Christopher, cargo, 1700, 25; Auto Atlas, roro

  • Big rise in passengers as airport tests new routes

    SOUTHAMPTON Airport continues to soar in popularity with passengers, with 16.6 per cent more passengers checking in during October than there were last year. Services to Glasgow and Edinburgh have been particularly strong, up 152 per cent and 107 per

  • BOWLS - Three Lions mission for Hants pair

    TO represent your country is the greatest of honours - and Matthew Marchant and Steve Robertson have cherished every moment of their careers with the England indoor junior side. Both Hampshire bowlers go into the annual Bernard Telfer Trophy match against

  • BOWLS - Doreen bows out - after 15 years

    IT will be the end of an era when Doreen Howse steps down as treasurer of the Hampshire County Women's BA during their annual meeting at Banister Park next week. The Swanmore member has held the post for 15 years but on Tuesday she will hand over the

  • After the Lord Mayor's Show

    A BELOW strength Lions turned in one of their poorest performances of the season on Tuesday night when they were beaten by a Brockenhurst side determined to gain revenge for the Senior Cup defeat last month. And the Foresters fully deserved their last

  • First defeat of the season for Town hockey side

    After struggling with a terrible playing surface Andover suffered their first defeat. With Adcock and Brooks both struggling with injury, Andover only had ten fully fit players at the start and Fleet managed to take advantage. A short corner early in

  • Seconds shut out Trojans

    Trojans travelled to Andover last weekend for a friendly, following a competitive league match two weeks earlier in which the visitors won by two points. Bolstered by a handful of recruits from the 1st XV, who were taking a rest weekend, Andover were

  • Jake pegs double hat-trick as Wolves move up the table

    Wolversdene U12 11 Clarendon U12 1 John Lunn sponsored Wolversdene U12 continued their push up the table with a convincing home win and are now playing some good football. Jake Smith led the goal scoring with six with Chris Adams 2, Alex Gladwyn, an own

  • Parish rejects homes proposal

    PARISH leaders have thrown out plans to build nine houses in a narrow strip of land in a leafy New Forest village. Ashurst and Colbury Parish Council's planning committee voted unanimously against the controversial scheme proposed for Foxhills in Whartons

  • Operation Payback

    POLICE and court officers have launched a crackdown on criminals across Hampshire who owe a total of nearly £9.4m in unpaid fines. Fine dodgers have been woken at dawn and offered the chance to settle their debts by credit or debit card or be taken straight

  • He's coming home!

    Southampton teenager Chris McBeth has spent the past 12 months living 80 miles from his family after a road accident left him severely disabled. Earlier this year, doctors declared the 14-year-old well enough to return home after months of intensive treatment

  • Diwali celebrations to illuminate night

    A COLOURFUL display of fireworks will light up the Hampshire skyline to mark Diwali, the biggest event in the Hindu calendar. Thousands of people across the county are gearing up for the religious celebration, known as the Festival of Lights, which commemorates

  • Insurance giant is to axe 130 workers

    SCORES of Hampshire workers at international insurance giant Zurich Financial Services face a bleak midwinter after the firm revealed plans to axe 130 staff. Zurich, which posted profits of more than £1.13 billion last year, plans to cull 130 call centre

  • Breathalyse the wife beaters - MP

    CONVICTED wife-beaters should be forced to undergo breath tests in a bid to prevent domestic violence, says an MP. Andrew Turner, MP for the Isle of Wight, wants people guilty of drunkenly lashing out at their partners to be breathalysed - and face punishments

  • Pupils box some Christmas spirit

    CHILDREN from a Southampton primary school have been throwing themselves into the spirit of Christmas by packing dozens of shoe boxes full of gifts to send to needy children. Oakfield Primary School pupils have filled almost 70 boxes with toys, games,

  • My Belinda will not be forgotten

    THE mother of murdered Southampton mum Belinda Gibson today pledged she would not be forgotten on what would have been her 35th birthday. Gloria Dunn said her family still lived in hope that Belinda's body would be found after she was brutally killed

  • BADMINTON: Hampshire Junior Championships

    Half-term entries on the up THE OCTOBER half-term tournament, open to all children attending schools or coaching groups in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, was a great success. Played at Winchester's Westgate School, entries were up on last year in all

  • GYMNASTICS: Botley woman wins top title

    Debra wins national coaching award The winners of the Sport England Coach of the Year Awards were announced this week with Debra Hampton from Botley coming out top in the Female Community Coach category. Debra is the Community Sports Gymnastics Coach

  • FOOTBALL: Spencer double does the trick for Stocks

    Stockbridge 2, Whitchurch Utd 1 A CLOSE fought Hampshire Senior Cup - Round 2 game between local rivals Stockbridge and Whitchurch on Saturday was tipped in favour of the hosts by two Charlie Spencer goals. Stocks were missing the suspended Pete Swinney

  • Capping off a great day for Pudsey

    BUDDING fashion designers are being asked to make a hat for Pudsey the Bear in a Children in Need contest being hosted by Asda in Fareham. The supermarket's charity mascot made a special appeal to youngsters aged three to 13 to make him a hat to keep

  • Payback time!

    STEVE WIGLEY'S players are being asked to refund the ticket price to the 2,400 Saints supporters who endured the Carling Cup humiliation at Watford out of their own pocket. In what is believed to be an unprecedented move, SaintsAway Supporters group official

  • Osgood: Why Glenn must come in to save saints

    FA CUP winner Peter Osgood is tipping Glenn Hoddle to become the club's third manager/head coach of the 2004/05 season. Speculation is again rife that Hoddle will be brought in to replace Steve Wigley if Saints lose to Pompey at St Mary's on Saturday.

  • Enjoyable for all the family

    THE award-winning play for people of all ages, My Uncle Arly by Hoipolloi, is at The Corn Exchange, Newbury, for a pre-Christmas season treat, on November 26 and 27. It's Victorian England and an English eccentric leaves Bristol to make his way to Italy

  • Winchester What's On

    CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON Thursday, November 18 MAKING MERRY Saturday, November 20 and Sunday, November 21 Christmas shopping with a difference - visit artists and craftspeople in their homes and studios for an individual gift, in and around Winchester

  • Plane delight at £86m deal

    STAFF at major Isle of Wight employer GKN Aerospace are celebrating its second major Airbus military contract win, this one worth at least £86m. The deal to make wing sections for the A400M, planned to be the workhorse of a number of European armies,

  • BOWLS - Palmerston all set for Grouse

    PALMERSTON make their debut in the reborn Famous Grouse Top Ten Classic this weekend. The Fareham club never joined the original event but their growing stature has persuaded them that they are ready to compete at a higher level and they have signed up

  • FISHING - Eastleigh top teams' league

    EASTLEIGH Mosella's superb performance in the Witherington Farm Teams-of-Four Winter Series third round, which shared honours with Withies Select, was enough for them to top the league from Cormorants Match Group. Points on the day: Eastleigh Mosella

  • Lions' chairman Alan resigns

    SUPPORTERS were left guessing on Wednesday morning as it was announced that Andover FC chairman Alan Mussell had resigned his position with immediate effect. Alan, who is still a major shareholder, had been at the helm for two years and had been a vital

  • Andover just edge cup thriller

    IN A Hampshire Senior Cup game full of incident, a resolute Andover held off BAT Sports to earn themselves a fourth round visit to Liss Athletic. With both sides having everything to gain and nothing to lose the Portway faithful were provided with a game

  • Council rules cafe is trading illegally

    PLANNERS have defied public opinion to rule that a Winchester cafe is trading illegally. However, Caff Nero will be allowed to remain open in the short term even though it does not have proper planning permission. The High Street cafe opened in May 2003

  • Last chance to halt phone mast plans

    WINCHESTER protesters were today heading for London in a last-ditch bid to stop a mobile phone mast being built near their homes. Campaigners from the Byron Avenue area in Fulflood were this morning travelling to the Court of Appeal, seeking to overturn

  • Memorial Trophy goes to the wire

    Andover Invitation Darts recently staged the inaugural John Taylor Memorial Trophy at Andover's top darting venue The Entertainer. Sponsored by Tristar Inns, Samways Electrical, Timpsons and Shoe Care Engraving Services, the competition attracted most

  • Leaders Winterslow take the honours thanks to Mal and Andy

    The two top sides in Division One faced each other this week when Figheldean A entertained Winterslow. Dave Porter got the home side off to a useful start when he beat Jerry Holt over four sets. Both Cummins and Snellgrove took their first games easily

  • HSA outfoxed

    Vernham Vixens 30 HSA Simply Health 22 HSA only fielded six players and although at a disadvantage they maintained a two goal lead until the last quarter. Vixens took their time in taking advantage but with HSA becoming tired they pulled back the lead

  • Battered captian's trophy goes to Alton

    The Andover Golf Club Past Captain's team was keen to build on their 4-1 lead over the Alton Past Captain's when the teams met for their annual fixture at Alton recently. Team captain Bryon Tarrant had gained an excellent victory at the start of his two-year

  • Green light for the new staffroom

    EVERYONE'S celebrating down at Hordle Primary School after planning permission was granted for £230,000 worth of building work. Pupils and staff are now hoping that the work will start in February to create a new head teacher's office at the front of

  • Atlantic conquering gran dies aged 92

    A HISTORY-MAKING Hampshire grandmother who became the oldest woman ever to sail across the Atlantic has died aged 92. Record-breaking Helen Tew made headlines around the world in 2001 when, aged 89, she completed the gruelling transatlantic crossing in

  • Ex-policeman was hit-and-run victim

    THE victim of a fatal hit-and-run accident in the New Forest was a former policeman, the Daily Echo can reveal. Ex-sergeant John Morris was a long-distance cyclist who was instrumental in bringing the Tour de France to Hampshire ten years ago. He was

  • My close encounter with 'illegal aliens'

    A HAMPSHIRE office worker couldn't believe it when she spotted a pair of legs dangling from beneath an articulated lorry as it drove past her. Kelly-Ann Fletcher was even more shocked when two men jumped out the trailer, approached her and asked: "What

  • Funds boost community hall facelift

    THE last slice of funding needed to improve a community service for families in Fareham has been approved by council chiefs. Fareham's executive committee have added their support to plans to refurbish the Oak Meadow Centre in Tewkesbury Avenue. The facility

  • Parish's goal to find stolen golden balls

    IT'S got nothing to do with David Beckham - but Fair Oak and Horton Heath Parish Council want their golden balls back. Two golden globes that stood on top of special gates installed to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee at Fair Oak's New Century Park

  • MP's 'extreme concern' over railway services

    EASTLEIGH MP David Chidgey is calling on the government to maintain train services to stations in the area following concern over the future of the Cross Country rail franchise. His move follows news of the Strategic Rail Authority's decision to end negotiations

  • Wigley's sure his players will be up for derby

    STEVE WIGLEY has laid down the challenge to his Saints players, publicly asking: "Have we got the stomach for the fight?" The Saints head coach delivered a damning verdict following Tuesday's 5-2 humiliation against Watford and is demanding a positive

  • See Russia's revelation!

    THE sensational Russian Cossack State Dance Company are coming, direct from Moscow, to the Ferneham Hall, Fareham, on Monday, November 22, when they embark on their UK concert tour. Widely acknowledged as Russia's premier Cossack dance troupe, this world-class

  • Comedy show is van-tastic!

    ALAN Bennett's comedy The Lady in the Van comes to the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, this month from November 29 to December 4, starring Susan Hampshire. Two icons of the British theatrical landscape join forces in this hilarious drama, direct from West