Hampshire boasts some of the most delicious foods in the country. A foodie's paradise in the form of a festival celebrating the county's top fare has just been launched... IT IS probably fair to say that as we wend our way around the fresh food aisles
ANDOVER MP Sir George Young is hoping that his complaints about queues at the town's main Post Office will soon be addressed. When Sir George went past the Post Office in Bridge Street in April he noticed queues spilling out in to the street. He said:
HEALTH boss Chris Evennett recognises the powerful community feeling that rallies around Andover Memorial Hospital and imbues it with such symbolic significance. He wants to build on the community spirit and make sure it does not become endangered. Mr
THE attempt to 'anchor' medical services and management in mid Hampshire by integrating trusts is a risk, according to joint chief executive Chris Evennett. But he argues that the move to create greater integration between Winchester and East-leigh Healthcare
FORMER Cabinet minister Virginia Bottomley will be addressing leading Hamp-shire businesswomen at the annual Women in Business Group dinner at a country house hotel in Hampshire. Mrs Bottomley, who stood down at this year's General Election, will give
MIGHTY Mountbatten School slam-dunked their way to a memorable basketball season, scooping five of six available trophies. The under-13s set the tone against 12 teams in the Southampton & District Tournament, with David Gardner voted most valuable
A NEW service aimed at keeping Hampshire holidaymakers healthy has been launched in Winchester. The aim is to provide a one-stop shop for people going abroad dealing with everything from vaccinations through to screening for diseases on your return. Entitled
Hampshire boasts some of the most delicious foods in the country. A foodie's paradise in the form of a festival celebrating the county's top fare has just been launched... IT IS probably fair to say that as we wend our way around the fresh food aisles
HUNDREDS of thousands of stroke patients could benefit from a bionic arm breakthrough which is being launched today in Southampton. The world's first bionic arm implant to produce co-ordinated hand and arm movement was being fitted in the city's General
THEY followed the yellow brick road all the way to Southampton's newest luxury cruise ship for a school treat that took the youngsters over the rainbow. Nearly 200 pupils of city's Oakwood Junior School were given the VIP treatment when they were invited
ANDOVER detectives are hunting two men who robbed the A303 westbound Little Chef at Weyhill at gunpoint on Monday night. Two women members of staff were closing the restaurant shortly before 10.30pm when the two men wearing balaclavas and gloves burst
GANG warfare was arranged on two Andover estates last week in a call to arms issued through mobile phones. As many as 60 Andover teens phoned or texted each other on mobiles to arrange two separate brawls with knives, baseball bats and tree branches.
TIME is running out for the developers of a valuable brownfield site to come up with an acceptable plan in the centre of Tidworth, town councillors have decided. A development brief for the Old Rectory site in Pennings Road has been on the table for some
AN Overton resident has received recognition for 23 years of voluntary service with Overton Active Christian Team In Our Neighbourhood (ACTION). Phylis Watling, of Sprents Lane, was one of eight people from Hampshire who were awarded with a certificate
SOME of the world's most elegant and graceful birds have been given a helping hand by troops who are normally being taught to keep the Army's flyers in the skies. The soldiers from the Army Air Corps at Middle Wallop spent four days at the Hawk Conservancy
WHERWELL residents are celebrating after councillors unanimously blocked a controversial Testway Housing development earmarked for their village. Test Valley Borough Coun-cil's planning committee concluded that a proposed Mill Close scheme for 13 homes
DURAN Duran frontman Simon Le Bon, pictured, is to compete again in the yacht race from the Isle of Wight in which he almost died taking part in 20 years ago, it emerged yesterday. The singer will even sail the same yacht, Drum, which capsized during
Thousands of homes on the Isle of Wight were without power last night following the failure of an overhead cable between Totland Bay and Freshwater.
PLANS to axe a community petrol station in Lower Swanwick have been met with outrage from local residents. More than 1,000 people have signed a petition against the decision to shut down the Star Swanwick garage and shop in Bridge Road because they say
FAREHAM'S newest mayor was welcomed to his post as the borough's first citizen in an event brimming with pomp and ceremony. Councillors, local dignitaries and even members of the Royal Navy turned out at Ferneham Hall to see fromer mayor, Councillor David
THE beauty of the merger between Team Solent and Southampton City showed in the first UKA Young Athletes' League meeting at wet and windy Portsmouth. Under their new Team Southampton banner, the boys and girls produced terrific performances to finish
May 76: Saints' greatest ever day May 05: Can history repeat itself? THE late Bobby Stokes fires the most famous goal in Saints' 125-year history. Now, though, comes a game on a par with the FA Cup final on May 1 1976 - also against Manchester United.
SIMON KATICH kept Hampshire on course to top the championship table - by scoring a masterful fifth first-class hundred for the county. The left-hander followed the first innings lead of fellow Australian Shane Warne by stroking his way to an unbeaten
WHEN David Malone quit Winchester City for a second time in February, he insisted there would be "no coming back." Yet at tonight's extraordinary general meeting at the Denplan City Ground, the wealthy Winchester businessman is expected to be reinstalled
RETIRED Hampshire Under-17 head coach Colin Beer has warned BAT Sports to be on their guard as they aim to strengthen their position at the top of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League. BAT, who have won their opening two games, take on the Hampshire
ANDOVER MP Sir George Young is hoping that his complaints about queues at the town's main Post Office will soon be addressed. When Sir George went past the Post Office in Bridge Street in April he noticed queues spilling out in to the street. He said:
Today's Principal Arrivals: Independent, cargo, 0215, Dibles Wharf; Baltiyskiy 110, cargo, 0230, 107; Lady Sarah, tug, 0300, 46; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0615, 30; Oriana, passenger, 0700, 106; Euro Spirit, vehicle carrier, 0730, 40/41; Takasago, vehicle carrier
ITS headline-grabbing pitch was to provide a luxury air travel service from Hampshire for super-rich, cosseted celebrities. Now Club328, which employs 50 people at Southampton Airport and wants to recruit 36 more, has ditched what it considers to be a
A SOUTHAMPTON firm has won a contract to make fuel level sensors for one of the world's biggest aerospace companies. Morgan Electro Ceramics, which employs 100 people at its Bursledon Road, Thornhill premises, landed the deal with outsourcing Smiths Aero-space
SOUTHAMPTON'S Matthew Barney will attempt to regain his British super middleweight title when he takes on the unbeaten Carl Froch on July 9. Just as he did when defeating Tony Oakey for the WBU light-heavyweight title, Barney will be fighting in front
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a young Hampshire man who drowned in Greece The body of Laurence Hallmann was recovered 11 days after he went missing off the island of Levkas in the Ionian Sea in August just days before his 24th birthday. An inquest at
ROMSEY Town Council has finally told all about a mystery £93,000 in its budget. The cash transfer was made in secret by the town council, and did not appear on any agenda or public budget reports. It only emerged when an extraordinary town council meeting
THE largest piece of undeveloped land in Romsey comes under the spotlight next week, as planners decide whether to build 211 new homes in the town. The former Whitbread brewery site, in The Horsefair, has been lying vacant since the beer company moved
SOUTHAMPTON'S annual mayor-making ceremony is due to take place at the city's Guildhall next Wednesday. The present mayor, Councillor Dennis Harryman, is expected to hand over the role of the city's first citizen to City Sheriff, Councillor Edwina Cooke
MORE THAN 350 health professionals attended a conference at St Mary's stadium yesterday to help formulate a strategy to crackdown on child abuse. Social services, the police and education and health professionals looked into how to tackle Internet child
JUST one touch of magic is all it could take to keep Saints in the Premiership. Yesterday it came in the form of a white witch who cast the spell which all Saints fans hope will maintain the club's record of 27 years in top flight football. Complete with
ONE of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most successful ever West End shows has hit Southampton. And the cast of Starlight Express show no sign of running out of steam. The musical, which has played to more than eight million people during its 18-year run in London
A SOUTHAMPTON infant school has been saved from closure after education bosses had a last-minute change of heart. A panel of governors, councillors and church representatives met yesterday to seal the fate of four schools in the Bitterne and Townhill
SQUINT a little and you are transformed back in time to 60 years ago. The bunting that adorned Southampton Guildhall and the nostalgic costumes worn by these dancers were a perfect recreation of the parties thrown in celebration of VE Day. The party,
FOUR of Hampshire's five Tory MPs have been rewarded in Michael Howard's post-election reshuffle. In his final shake-up before standing down, the Conservative leader has unveiled his team to take on Labour. Desmond Swayne, MP for New Forest West, retained
NURSES in Hampshire celebrated national nurses' day in style yesterday. Bosses at the Mid Hampshire Primary Care Trust and the Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust handed out tasty treats to their 2,000 hard working nurses. Kay Riley, director
CHARLTON Lakes have been closed until further notice after hundreds of fish worth thousands of pounds were found dead in the water. The Environment Agency was carrying out a post mortem on some of the fish this week and more tests are due to take place
POLICE in Andover are hunting a man who assaulted a 38-year-old woman as she walked through an estate alleyway close to her home in Azalea Court off Floral Way on Saturday evening. The attack took place just before 10.30pm in one of the Azalea Court alleyways
A PAIR of magnificent shire horses were on show at the Town Mills pub in Andover on Sunday to help celebrate VE Day. The Wadworth Brewery shire horse team proved to be a popular feature of the celebrations at the pub, which also included a barbecue and
ANDOVER MP Sir George Young is hoping that his complaints about queues at the town's main Post Office will soon be addressed. When Sir George went past the Post Office in Bridge Street in April he noticed queues spilling out in to the street. He said:
WHITCHURCH residents have done it again and managed to save the town's much-needed services. This week Royal Mail announced it will not be going ahead with the proposal to transfer Whitchurch deliveries to Basingstoke. It was only nine months ago residents
HAMPSHIRE Police have rolled back the clock more than 30 years to record the lowest annual burglary rate since the early 1970s - but violent crime rose by 9.3 per cent. Police have detected more crimes than ever before and arrested more people in the
DAYLIGHT raiders ransacked every room after forcing a back window to break into a home in Merdon Avenue, Chandler's Ford. The intruders then made off with a Yamaha saxophone, an antique barrel bottom sewing table, two digital cameras, a camcorder plus
SIAN Scott's leap across the county border makes the women's 400 metres hurdles a highlight of this weekend's Hampshire Track & Field Championships at Portsmouth's Mountbatten Centre. Scott, recently crowned British Universities Sports Association
NEW signing Robert Tobin was the class act for Team Southampton in their opening British Men's League Division 4 meeting at Abingdon. The Basingstoke lad, who rose to national recognition last season as a member of Britain's 4x400m relay squad for the
THEY followed the yellow brick road all the way to Southampton's newest luxury cruise ship for a school treat that took the youngsters over the rainbow. Nearly 200 pupils of city's Oakwood Junior School were given the VIP treatment when they were invited
MICK CHANNON played a key role in a victory over Manchester United nearly 30 years ago which gave Southampton FC their finest hour. Now one of the heroes of the 1976 Cup Final success reckons that Sunday's showdown with Red Devils is every bit as important
ONE of Harry Redknapp's closest friends in football has delivered a report which hasn't made great reading for the Saints boss. Redknapp sent Stuart Morgan, who has worked with him at Bournemouth, West Ham and Portsmouth, to Charlton last month to prepare
