IT'S a disease that has touched almost everyone who ran. Close to 2,000 women took part in Winchester's largest ever Race for Life at the weekend, all with the common goal of raising as much money as possible for Cancer Research UK. Thousands more enjoyed
EAST HORTON'S Russell Tate scooped the biggest prize ever offered in a Hampshire pro-am tournament when he won the £5,000 winner-takes-all first prize in the Portsmouth News Tournament at Quindell Golf and Country Club. For Tate, the former Hampshire
SAINTS heroes Gordon Strachan and Nick Holmes teamed up with Clive Williams and Neville Beal to win first prize in the Corhampton charity golf day organised by Shane Dickson. But a field which included sporting greats like Robin Smith and Alan Ball were
QUEEN Latifah continues to search for a role approaching the standard of Mama in Chicago - and fails again with this flop comedy from the makers of the Barbershop series. She stars as Gina, a hairstylist who opens a shop of her own and employs Lynn (Alicia
CHARLOTTE Honeywell (Jennifer Lopez) is reduced to an endless string of disastrous blind dates, until she meets the perfect man, Kevin (Michael Vartan). Unfortunately, his merciless mother (Jane Fonda) will do anything to destroy their relationship.
DESPITE all the ominous signs, the force is well and truly back behind George Lucas for this triumphant conclusion - after the initial disappointments - to the trio Episodes I to III. The Phantom Menace may have tested even the most devoted of fans with
POLICE have stepped up a crackdown on yobs riding motorcycles illegally and anti-socially by teaming up with other organisations in Basingstoke. Operation Kickstart - which was launched in the worst-hit Popley and Oakridge areas last week - means beat
MEET the new man in ultimate charge of 500 Bacardi workers in a bottling plant at Southampton docks. Andreas Gembler, 62, has just been unveiled as the rum giant's new chief executive. Gembler, who has already served on the Bacardi board for two years
NEW Southampton restaurant Canute Caf was the latest stop-off on this year's Hampshire Ambassadors' visit programme, to learn about how local eateries can champion Hampshire-produced food and drink. During the visit the Ambassadors were given a presentation
THE man dubbed Britain's most generous boss today takes over the chairmanship of an influential organisation that acts as the voice of 2,000 business leaders locally. Colin Potter has the baton of responsibility formally handed to him by Michael Foote
PLANNERS have again delayed a decision on controversial proposals to build another new facility on a huge NHS site in the New Forest. District councillors said they had still not been given enough information about the amount of traffic being generated
Emotions were running high as the great names of Saints discussed the fall of their team. Adam Leitch was there to capture the mood... IT was the morning after the night before and emotions were still running high. As the great and the good of Saints'
YOU can always gauge the quality of an event by how far away its artists have to travel to perform. And at this month's Salisbury International Arts Festival they really have come from all corners of the globe. The vibrant and eclectic 17-day festival
A FOOTBALL fan was today still fighting for his life after being attacked near St Mary's Stadium. The incident happened shortly before kick-off at 2.55pm on Sunday, when a large group of people started fighting in Clifford Street, and outside The Gladstone
CHANGING Rooms star Linda Barker gave visitors to a Southampton show her personal tips on how to transform their homes. The makeover expert imparted some top property-improving tips when she took part in the Ideal Home Show on the Common. She also took
A DEFIANT Rupert Lowe is resisting calls to stand down as Saints chairman, declaring: "I am not a quitter." Mr Lowe has come under fire from supporters following Saints' relegation from the Premiership on Sunday which ended 27 years in English football's
LORD Nelson put in a surprise reappearance after 200 years at the weekend when a charity launched its latest fundraising campaign. Jubilee Sailing Trust aims to boost its funds by £200,000 in just four months in the year that Britain celebrates the bicentenary
WINCHESTER MP Mark Oaten has retained his job in the Liberal Democrat shadow Cabinet. Mr Oaten, the home affairs spokesman, held on to the high-profile post in the post-election reshuffle after impressing party leader Charles Kennedy. He has successfully
ONE of the world's oldest crops was celebrated at a special Watercress Fair held in Alresford. Record crowds attracted by the summer sun helped make the event one of the most memorable in years, with many producers selling out of all their goods. The
BASINGSTOKE under-14s, in their first county final, lifted the Hampshire Cup after beating Havant 17-15 at Down Grange. In a thrilling contest, the A and E Builders-backed home side won a game which was in the balance until the last play. The visitors
Rufus Wainwright, The Lighthouse, Poole HOW many bands do you know who strip down to their undies during the encore? Well, Rufus Wainwright and his incredibly talented band of men and women did. Standing resplendent in a blue sequined thong with a Miss
SOUTHAMPTON club night Limited Edition arrives at The Brook in Portswood tomorrow for an electric night of music. Maverick Manchester hip- hop instrumentalists, Finga-thing, return to the city with their quirky blend of funky double bass and turntable
DETECTIVES on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist suffered serious leg injuries following a head-on crash with a Peugeot estate car in Newchurch on Saturday. The rider, a 28-year-old man from Ryde, sustained serious leg
IN SCENES redolent of years gone by, Portchester Castle came alive as the first round of the English Heritage's Knights' Tournament launched in an explosion of battle action. Donning spectacular plated armour, competitors role-playing as knights battled
THE 22nd annual Southampton 'Run In The Park' 10k saw new champions. Mark Campbell of Southampton Running Club won on his debut run at Netley's Royal Victoria Country Park, while the women's race was a triumph for evergreen veteran-50 athlete Sara Rhimes
STAGE School: Auditions were in progress during my visit on April 30. Young trainee actors and actresses presented their interpretations of roles that they hoped to play in The Wizard of Oz. Stage School has several new leaders, including Rosie, Ashley
GARDENS: On June 11, the Vyne gardens will be open under the National Gardens Scheme. WEDNESDAY Lunch Club: For the meeting on May 4, members and helpers made their way to the Avenue Nurseries Restaurant at Lasham. Before the meal, they looked around
BY gum! It may have just cost the council £6,000, but Eastleigh town centre streets are once again free of a particularly sticky problem. Four main shopping streets have been given a spring clean to remove eyesore blobs of discarded chewing gum from pavements
COUNTY council elections: A quick update for those who may not yet know the results of last week's county council election for Hatch Warren and Beggarwood. Sitting councillor Phil Heath was returned again for this area to serve for the next four years
CORONATION Copse: Now is the time to view this landmark as the trees forming the "EIIR" are very bright green against a darker background. It is on the downland scarp to the east of the mast and is best viewed from the junction of the Hannington bridleway
CIRCUS: Tickets for the joint-schools-organised circus are still available from both schools. The circus is being held on the school field on Saturday, May 21, at 2pm. The show is well worth the ticket price of £5, and profits made will be used to boost
LITTER-FREE and loving it: Once again, our village is free from litter. This is all due to the efforts of about 20 volunteers during the annual spring clean last month. The collected rubbish made a huge pile and included an old mattress, broken wooden
NIGHT Must Fall: Is in the hall, next Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21. Tickets cost £6 (concessions £4) and are available by calling 01635 297164. CRICKET: Silchester suffered a heavy home defeat at the hands of Bentworth in the first league game of
POSTPONED: The annual Shopmobility quiz, which was to be held at the Ambrose Allen Centre tomorrow, has had to be postponed until later on in the year. HELP: Last September, Monica Curry informed the Guides and others that she was standing down as Guider
Sir.-I would like to heartily commend the actions of Overton-based HART Wildlife Rescue. I recently found a fledgling blackbird, which had obviously fallen out of its nest, in my front garden one evening. Not knowing what else to do with it, and believing
Sir.-Congratulations to the Basingstoke Youth Orchestra and choirs, as well as several school choirs, for a wonderful evening of entertainment at The Anvil last Saturday. This culminated in a finale from Les Misrables, which was brilliant. We have so
NIGEL QUASHIE has committed himself to helping Saints back to the Premiership. The man signed from Portsmouth for £2.1m in January was made captain for the final few games of the season and is determined to make up for the disappointment the team have
SVEN-GORAN Eriksson has reassured Peter Crouch that he does not necessarily need to be playing Premiership football to keep his England squad place. However, the England coach has observed that Crouch and fellow-relegated squad members Andrew Johnson
PAUL STURROCK played down the chances of a possible meeting with Saints next season after taking his current side Sheffield Wednesday into the Coca-Cola League One play-off final. The Scottish boss was sacked by Saints at the start of the campaign, but
EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam believes Justin Rose should "come home and start winning again" because he wants him in his team to face the Americans in 2006. Woosnam fears Rose's decision this year to relocate and play full-time on the US PGA
A HOT topic for employers in Basingstoke is how to encourage a young workforce to stay and work in their home town. And Andrea Pearson is a perfect example. The 28-year-old was born and bred in Basingstoke and is committed to building her career in the
FIBERNET, the Basingstoke-headquartered bespoke telecoms network service provider, has had a great start to the second half of its financial year. The firm has won a contract, for an undisclosed sum, from broadband service provider Centric Telecom to
IT'S official: you no longer have to be over 40 to own a sports tourer! This bike is a blast. It's a sports bike that covers distance, a touring bike that carves corners. And for 2005 the ST really does cross the boundaries of sports and tourer. It possesses
IF YOU are going to put the name "Heritage" on a bike it has to convey the looks of the past. Few new bikes summon up days gone by as well as the Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic. Sit an Elvis lookalike on one and it's like a trip back in time
FOR me, packing for the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) Show in Peterborough involves more what can be left out than what to take. I want to leave as much space as possible for the goodies on sale at the show. The showground is massive and it will
I'LL ADMIT that I was unsure about the practicality of using a Japanese cruiser for daily transport. They seemed to be used more for fair weather riding and I was concerned that the finish wasn't up to our country's rather aggressive conditions. How wrong
THE team behind the hugely popular and successful classic bike shows at the Stafford County Showground and the Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show at the Royal Bath & West Showground have just secured the popular Eurojumble at Netley Marsh, near Southampton
It is Foster Care fortnight and the search is on for new carers. A Hampshire grandmother tells KATE THOMPSON why she decided to foster troubled youths... AT THE age when most women might be opting for a quieter life, Helen Wilson is busier than ever offering
Prom night has become a date to remember for girls and boys with the decision about what to wear as important as their exam subjects... THE end of school prom has become big business - and it seems Hampshire teenagers just love the excuse to dress-up.
SUN worshippers are being invited to get their moles checked out - at the same time as doing their shopping. Dermatology doctors will be on hand at Marks & Spencer in WestQuay shopping centre, Southampton, on Wednesday May 25. Shoppers will be able
HAMPSHIRE'S Kerry Smith began her defence of the English Ladies' Closed Amateur Championship at Burnham & Berrow in Somerset today. Kerry, 33, from Waterlooville GC, won the championship at her ninth attempt and went on to top ELGA's 2004 Order of
BRUCE Parker birdied the first four holes and never looked back as he marched to victory in the Barton-on-Sea Pro-am, first Hampshire PGA event of the season. The new county vice captain fired a four-under par 68 to win by one shot from Hockley professional
HAMPSHIRE'S globe-trotting golfers Justin Rose and Martin Le Mesurier had a taste of the roaring forties at the weekend. Rose was 45th in the Byron Nelson Classic in Texas with a three under total. Le Mesurier (four under par) finished 44th in the Tessali
KEVIN LATOUF'S unbeaten century was in vain as the Hampshire Academy failed to halt BAT Sports' runaway start to the season. The Bishop's Waltham teenager carried his bat for 115, but BAT still coasted to a seven-wicket win to notch a third successive
I CAN'T say I am sorry the general election is over. Of course, I enjoyed meeting thousands of you in your homes during the campaign, and I apologise for interrupting your evening meal/ Coronation Street/your children's homework/ the repair of your 1959
REGARDLESS of whether or not you work from home, a small study area is a useful addition to a property. Most of us have a computer to make a space for, or we need a quiet place to sort out our bills and other paperwork. We have to be realistic about the
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine,roro, 0445, 30; Honk Kong Express, container, 0700, 207; Atlantic Bay, roro, 0700, 102; Maersk Wind, roro, 0830, 34/35; Nordsee, cargo, 1230, 204w; Sea eagle, cargo, 1230, 108; Valmont Express, roro, 1430, 201; Procyon
ONE of Britain's leading restaurant bar chains is the first big name to set up at Southampton's Admiral's Quay, the Daily Echo can reveal today. Pitcher and Piano will open up at the tail end of next month underneath the waterfront residential flats built
ONE of Hampshire's top aviation businessmen has dispelled the impression that his company is just a sky chauffeur for Europe's rich stars. Mike Farge has gone on the offensive over what he has described as public "misrepresentation" of Club328. He has
THE search is now on for the county's most inspirational businesses, following the launch of the 2005 Hampshire Business Awards last week. We catch up with the progress of last year's winners and hear their views on why they think the county's ambitious
HAMBLE Sea Angling Club members were on fine form during a CIU four-a-side knockout boat competition off the Needles on the Keyhaven-based Lady M. Hamble's Tony Spridgeon, Rob Shattock, Ray Ashby and Neil Powdrill boated 119 fish (150lb 8oz) while Hill
FOLK fever hit Winchester as the city's popular folk festival returned in glorious technicolour. The festival was cancelled last year and organisers feared it would never be held again due to a lack of volunteers. However, help was found and morris dancers
THE new Mercedes V6 CDI diesel engine, set to replace the existing five and six-cylinder in-line engines from this summer, has marked the start of its career with a string of astonishing world records. Fitted in three standard-production E 320 CDI models
SCOTTHALL Hampshire's record-breaking launch for the BMW Series has helped raised £1,200 for the Wessex Heartbeat charity. More than 800 people flocked to the Rose Bowl for the event with many taking part in an auction to boost funds for the Wessex Cardiac
SHOULD Harry stay or should he go? He's yet to make up his mind whether his future remains with the relegated club but the fans are calling on Redknapp to make his intentions known - and not all believe his future lies at Saints. Nick Illingsworth, spokesman
THE cost of parking a car in Southampton car parks is to rise this week. The increases, due to come into force on Friday, will see on-street parking costs rise by an average of 10p and 20p per stay, with off-street parking charges increasing by between
ROLL out the red carpet, Hollywood royalty is coming to Southampton. The golden girl of Tinseltown, actress Goldie Hawn, is making a special appearance in the city next week to sign copies of her new book at Waterstone's in WestQuay shopping centre. It's
THE number was certainly not unlucky for organisers as thousands poured through the gates for the 13th annual spring motormart autojumble at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu over the weekend. The event initially began with about 100 stalls, supported
STROMENTI String Quartet, Boscombe's resident professional string quartet led by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra co-leader Jack Maguire, returns to St Clement's Church for another series of concerts this spring and summer, with some exciting new features
LORD Nelson put in a surprise reappearance after 200 years at the weekend when a charity launched its latest fundraising campaign. Jubilee Sailing Trust aims to boost its funds by £200,000 in just four months in the year that Britain celebrates the bicentenary
AN OLD Hampshire brewhouse that supplied beer to a famous Allied commander could recapture some of its former glory in a transformation. The Old Brewhouse in Southwick, which has lain unused for decades, has an impressive history, even boasting the claim
Results for men, women and teams who took part. MEN 1 CAMPBELL Mark Southampton RC 32.43 2 HARGREAVES Mark (V40,1st) Bournemouth AC 33.03 3 BISHOP Steven Denmead Striders 33.15 4 GRICE Zippy Stubbington Green R & AC 33.31 5 JONES Jamie Overton Harriers
ELECTIONS: Congratulations to Sir George Young, who was once again elected to be our Member of Parliament and represent us all at Westminster. Congratulations also to Marilyn Tucker, who was elected in a close-fought contest to represent Baughurst and
PLANT sale: It's the famous St Leonard's plant sale on Saturday, May 21, in the churchyard. All plants and produce sell quickly, so don't be late - the lychgate opens at 1pm. FILM club: It's great news to hear that a film club is to start in the village
PARISH council: Last Monday's meeting saw some movement in seating. The new chairman of the parish council is Chris Tomblin while former chairman Martin Adams moves over to become vice-chairman. We wish both councillors a successful term of office. The
CO-OPTION: At the first of the three parish council meetings which took place last Monday evening, Alison Swanston and Rose Taplin were co-opted as parish councillors. The council now has its full complement of six councillors. ELECTED: There then followed
EASTLEIGH'S new-look Concorde Club will be helping to make fundraising waves for Southampton Hospital Radio. The Stoneham Lane club, which has had a major refurbishment, will be the setting for a Big Band Swing and Jazz Evening on Monday. The Antonians
HAPPY birthday: To our daughter Bryony, on her 13th birthday. KEMPSHOTT WI: Will be holding its next monthly meeting on Monday, May 23, at 7.30pm, at Kempshott Village Hall. At this month's meeting the talk will be called "Resolutions".
SKIDZ: The Lychpit and Old Basing branch of SKIDS is growing in size and is looking for local bands and talent to join it at its monthly meetings. These are held at the Fun House, Basingstoke, on the last Thursday in the month, between 6pm and 9pm. Entrance
PAMBER Heath Gardening Club: Next Tuesday's meeting, at Pamber Heath Memorial Hall, starts at 7.30pm. The speaker, Dr Robert Bradburne, will be taking us into the world of "beautiful killers" - carnivorous plants. Come along and enjoy an evening with
Sir.-I would like to thank Jan Lefley, June Balcombe, Alberto Culver and, of course, The Gazette for the support given to this year's Run4Fun. Thanks also to everybody involved in helping organise the event and in raising awareness of prostate cancer.
Sir.-It is an enormous privilege to be elected to serve as Basingstoke's Member of Parliament. I am taking over from a well-respected and hard-working constituency MP. I realise that Andrew Hunter will be a tough act to follow. I would like to thank all
Sir.-I am planning to start a writer's group to meet once a month in Basingstoke. This group will be friendly, informal, inspirational and encouraging. We can give each other tips on genres, writer's courses and help with that writer's block. You don't
HARRY REDKNAPP has warned Saints they MUST keep Peter Crouch if they are to stand a chance of bouncing back to the Premiership at the first attempt. The Saints boss is still mulling over his own future and is expected to let Rupert Lowe know his decision
HEARTBROKEN Matthew Oakley insists Saints' relegated players deserve their 50 per cent pay cuts after they "let the club down and let the fans down." Like the majority of the current first team squad, the midfielder's wages will halve now the team has
