Belfast Giants 6, Basingstoke Bison 4 THE BISON were on course for the upset of the season in ice hockey's Elite League when they led leaders Belfast 4-1 in the Odyssey on Saturday night. However, just like the previous week's Belfast win in Basingstoke
SUPPORT is pouring in for The Gazette's Save Our Haymarket campaign. Even respected broadcaster David Dimbleby has backed the cause. When asked to sign the petition after the recording of BBC One's Question Time at The Anvil on Thursday, Mr Dimbleby said
POLICE are hunting a pervert who indecently assaulted two teenage girls on a bus in Basingstoke. The man followed a 16-year-old girl from stand 16 at Basingstoke bus station onto the number 5 bus at 2.50pm on Tuesday, January 10, and sat down next to
PLANS for a £240m new deep-sea container terminal at the port of Felixstowe have been approved by the government. The decision means that of the four proposed container terminals in the south-east, only Dibden Bay in Hampshire has been turned down. Officials
LOCAL businessman and keen angler John Metcalfe is living his life's dream - to set up a new fishery from scratch. Now the new Dandyford Fishery venue at Whiteparish looks set to make an important addition to the local waters. Meticulous Metcalfe, who
A building project to give youngsters in Alresford some much-improved playground facilities is almost complete, say the town's civic chiefs. The £23,000 scheme for the park next to Grange Road is set to double the amount of playing space available for
CIVIC leaders in Winchester are appealing for shopkeepers to advise customers about "chip and pin" cards before the government's deadline on signature transactions passes this month. From February 14 all transactions made on credit or debit cards will
RESIDENTS in the New Forest are facing a 2.75 per cent hike in the cost of services provided by the district council. A proposed increase in the council tax will result in the average Band D householder having to pay the authority £140.99 after April
The Environment Agency is smoothing the way for the amorous salmon of the Itchen. Agency staff will this week finish work just above Wharf Mill, Winchester, where they have been damming a short stretch of the river. This will help the fish get through
IT WAS a paparazzi paradise! Glitz and glamour was everywhere as the beautiful people gathered for an ultra-exclusive celebration of a Southampton icon. Pop music superstar, Ronan Keating together with former tennis champion and darling of the tabloids
RESIDENTS are being asked to comment on the latest draft of the Winchester Local Plan. The document sets out where new development can be built in the next five years. The first version was completed in 2004 and went before a public inquiry that lasted
RESIDENTS have been given a month to present their views about four options concerning a long-awaited playground. For eight years, Winchester City Council has been trying to buy 0.58 hectares for the playground at Pondside, Bishop's Waltham on behalf
The Winchester Liberal Democrat constituency executive committee was due to meet tomorrow at an undisclosed location to hear Mr Oaten explain his actions. The local party has no power to 'sack' him but he would find if difficult to carry on should a sizeable
MORE than 100 residents and workers have been allowed back into their homes and offices after they were forced to evacuate a Southampton road following a gas leak. They returned to properties in Bellevue Road at 11am yesterday after they had been asked
A controversial scheme to build new flats in a prime waterfront scheme has been given the go-ahead - to prevent the key site being left in limbo. Developer Wilson Bowden was granted permission to build more one-bedroom flats at Admiral's Quay, in Southampton's
Penryn 17pts, Basingstoke 45 BASINGSTOKE maintained their push for promotion back to rugby's national divisions with a commanding win in Cornwall on Saturday. While Clifton were being knocked off the top of the South-West one table with a home defeat
Four members from Winchester and District Athletic Club travelled up to near Wolverhampton to take part in one of Europe's toughest off-road race events, namely the "Tough Guy". This race features not only a hard cross country run first but finishes with
A PET dog thought to have been stolen to order has been reunited with his owners after being traced to London. Worried owner Sharon Goodwin contacted a specialist website after her pedigree English bull terrier Jimmy, worth £1,000, was dog-napped. Within
A PET dog thought to have been stolen to order has been reunited with his owners after being traced to London. Worried owner Sharon Goodwin contacted a specialist website after her pedigree English bull terrier Jimmy, worth £1,000, was dog-napped. Within
PORTCHESTER Castle is hosting a series of fun trails during the half-term break. Children will become detectives and roam around the ruins hunting for a series of characters in the grounds. The trails will be held from 10am to 5pm every day. Call 0870
AN Eastleigh estate agents is spearheading Roses for Naomi, a major fundraising event for a Hampshire children's hospice. The Hampshire Rose Bowl in West End will be the setting on Saturday, February 25, for a charity ball sponsored by Connells. Proceeds
THE Saints Trust is launched tonight at St Mary's with officials hoping their long-term plan it won't be hijacked by any 'anti-Lowe' brigade. With trusts already well established at over 100 clubs throughout England - from Arsenal down to Salisbury City
AFTER a superb summer of golf, Andrew Cloke is the firm favourite to receive the special Achievement Award at this year's Hampshire PGA dinner on March 3. Cloke set a cracking pace on the fairways last season, especially from September when the Weybrook
Eastleigh's voting members will decide the future direction of the club at an extraordinary general meeting on February 20. But on the field there is only one direction Paul Doswell's side are heading - onwards and upwards towards the Conference South
RESIDENTS of a north Hampshire village have been spitting feathers since the arrival of a pigeon fancier and his flock of birds. Neighbours whose gardens back on to Peter Campbell's bungalow in Hill Road, Oakley, have been left upset and angry since he
FINANCIAL services company Friends Provident, the high-profile sponsor of Southamp-ton Football Club, saw sales of new policies surge by 70 per cent, buoyed by strong international business and sales of company pensions in the UK. The firm, which employs
MARK Hammond and Paul May still have a double vision in the Area 31 semi-finals of the English Indoor BA Championships. The Banister Park duo are through in the pairs and the fours alongside Cliff Higgins and Barry Bendall. In the pairs their path is
HAMPSHIRE must be a getting a real complex about playing Kent. They have bowed out to them in the last two seasons of the Liberty Trophy and again came off second best in the Home Counties League semi-finals in March. The latest setback was the heaviest
THE English Women's Indoor BA Championships are returning to Loddon Vale. When the Basingstoke club hosted the prestigious finals in 2003 and 2004 they were congratulated on the success of the championships. Now, after a two-year stint in Nottingham,
PARISH bosses are brainstorming ways to make a notorious Hampshire road safer for children walking to and from school. Parents and pupils at Marchwood Infants held a protest march to demand a ban on lorries yesterday morning, as reported in later editions
A SCIENTIST is swapping the banks of the River Itchen for a fortnight in one of the world's poorest countries. Lyndsay Howard, who works for Southern Water at Otterbourne, is jetting off to Burkina Faso, in West Africa, on Monday, February 6. The 25-year-old
DARTS enthusiasts will be hoping to hit the target on March 17 in a thank-you to doctors and nurses who cared for baby Kelisha Samuel. Staff at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital's Special Care Baby Unit saved her life after she was born 12 weeks premature
WHAT should have been a solemn moment of remembrance for one Alresford family was shattered last week by callous thieves. Mathew Hole, 24, was tragically killed in a car accident on the A31 three years ago to the day last Wednesday (January 25) and each
COUNCILLORS were due to be updated last night (Wednesday) on plans to revamp the eastern end of central Winchester. Thornfield Properties wants to modernise the area between Friarsgate and The Broadway, providing new homes, shops and a replacement bus
MARK Oaten has broken his silence after his alleged six-month fling with a male prostitute, pledging to rebuild his marriage, and to work hard to win back the confidence of the people who elected him. In an exclusive interview with the Hampshire Chronicle
A HAMPSHIRE mum has told how her family's life has been turned upside down after her husband suffered horrific injuries in a shredding accident at work. Father-of-two Ken Ransom lost his entire right arm as well as the hand and wrist on his left arm when
ONE in four children across Hampshire's 540 schools have been bullied, a survey revealed today. In the biggest poll of its kind in the country about a quarter of the 32,500 youngsters questioned said they had suffered repeated verbal or physical abuse
A TWELFTH Southampton school has now achieved specialist status, paving the way for more government money to raise standards. Chamberlayne Park School, which has 951 pupils, has been designated a performing arts specialist school and is now set to receive
University researchers have discovered a way to stop flu spreading which could help control an outbreak of deadly bird flu. Their study has shown the influenza virus could be virtually eradicated after six hours on a copper surface. Now the professors
FOUR top Totally Tennis players have been selected for fitness training at the Queen Mary's Sports Centre gym. For three of the players - Eliot Rowberry, Ben Jubin and Luke Miles - it's a continuation of their sponsorship from last year. They have now
A SAFE was stolen from a New Forest newsagent when a shop assistant was distracted. The large security box was taken away from the McColls convenience store in Milford Road, Lymington. Officers said that a "large" amount of cash was contained in the safe
WORK on a new container port at Felixstowe in Suffolk is expected to start within six months after the government gave the £240m plan the go-ahead yesterday. The decision means that of four proposals for container ports in the south-east only the plans
Alresford hit the victory trail - at last! ALRESFORD finally secured their first win in the League since September when a fine performance saw them defeat Vics - who were some 16 places above them in the table! Manager Keith Curtis rang the changes with
Common take the plaudits THE LAST unbeaten record in the five divisions of the Wessex League went west on Saturday, when Division 3 champions Common beat title hopefuls Paulsgrove in a rip-roaring encounter. There's a chemistry between these two sides
Relentless pack drives Winchester to victory KING ALFRED himself would have been proud of Winchester's performance at Coombe Lane last Saturday. Taking control in the early stages through the forwards, a platform from which to attack was established and
PORTCHESTER Castle is hosting a series of fun trails during the half-term break. Children will become detectives and roam around the ruins hunting for a series of characters in the grounds. The trails will be held from 10am to 5pm every day. Call 0870
A HAMPSHIRE charity wants you to take part in a race to raise cash. Vitalise, a charity which provides breaks for disabled people and their carers, is running a go-karting event in Eastleigh on February 21 for teams of six. Call Sam Steed, regional fundraiser
