THINGS just got better and better for Richard Bland at last week's Portuguese Open. Firmly entrenched in the European Tour's drop zone - those players below 115th in the order of merit - the 33-year-old gave his campaign a much-needed boost with a tie
In an effort to open up more golfing opportunities, the English Golf Union and English Ladies' Golf Association have developed several initiatives to people get into golf, including free golf coaching for beginners. The coaching campaign is an initiative
Saints' first premier league match of the new season meant a trip to arch rivals Horspath - the defending league champions. The tight Oxford track is always a difficult place to get a result but the match was made much tougher by the continued suspension
THE mother of a Southampton motorbike crash victim has spoken out in support of the closure of a stroke and head injury unit. Victoria House at Southampton General Hospital will close at the end of the month. Patients treated at the 11-bed unit will be
STUNNING images of the New Forest have gone on show to the public to mark its new status as a fully-fledged National Park. Award-winning photographer Sally Fear, of Tile Barn Farm, Brockenhurst, has spent the past seven years compiling a unique portrait
SMILING pupils at a Hampshire school are looking forward to having even more fun in their playground thanks to a £4,000 facelift. The transformation of the outdoor area of Netley Abbey Infant School will see the creation of a giant slide down a hill.
AN autojumble saw dozens of amateur car traders set up stalls in Totton to sell their classic wares. The 27th annual event, organised by Southampton West Rotary Club, was held at the memorial car park off Salisbury Road. "People came from all over to
RESIDENTS fighting to save an "oasis" in their community were today turning out in force for the start of a four-day appeal. Campaigners are hoping to see inspectors turn down an appeal by Gudgeon Developers to allow outline plans for 230 new dwellings
A PRIVATE landowner has made an offer of five acres of land so a new school can be built in Whiteley -- but the county council has refused to consider it. The prime land is just north of Whiteley village on a site designated for future development and
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a large bin fire in Ovington Road, Eastleigh. The fire was reported early yesterday morning and one team from Eastleigh fire station responded to put it out. The bin was located close to a block of flats. Firefighters had it
DEXTER Blackstock hammered out a two-goal 'don't forget me!' message to George Burley last night. The 19-year-old striker struck twice as Saints reserves kept up their hopes of finishing runners-up in the Reserve South League for the second season running
Saga has announced the launch of the Saga Seniors' Mixed Pairs National Golf Tournament 2006. Taking the format of a mixed pairs matchplay knockout competition, the tournament is open to all amateur golfers aged 50 and over. The winning pair from each
TOMMY Widdrington reckons you can see in leaders Salisbury City's eyes that they are up for a fight at Southern Premier title rivals King's Lynn tonight. No fewer than three Whites' players - Tim Bond, Aaron Cook and Paul Sales - ended up with black eyes
FORMER Bashley player-coach Andy Darnton is still prepared to take the club to court - even though he has won his case with the FA. Bashley, who are closing in on the Ryman 1 play-off places, have been fined £100 and warned as to their future conduct
Eastleigh have switched their midweek night from Wednesday to tonight this week to avoid clashing with Arsenal's titanic Champions' League clash with Juventus. The Spitfires' gates have tumbled to around the 350 mark this season and last Wednesday only
Loyal Eric Gerrey, secretary and treasurer of the Wessex Division of the National Federation of Sea Anglers, has served the sport for more than 20 years. And his contribution was recognised at the division's annual meeting when he was presented with the
PROMISING gymnast Nathan Jones has his sights firmly set on London's 2012 Olympic Games. The up-coming talent from Southampton's Dynamo School of Gymnastics caught the eye of a national coach while trialling for the European Junior Championships at Lilleshall
MEMBERS of Totton University for the Third Age (U3A) are celebrating after they were awarded £2,370 from lottery funds. The money will be used to provide equipment and support for new learning groups, such as art and philosophy, for the over 50s across
ROMSEY MP Sandra Gidley was due to meet Hampshire's highway chiefs today to discuss safety improvements at the site where a schoolboy was killed using a pedestrian crossing. The Liberal Democrat MP, pictured, has been inundated with letters about the
IT IS the part that any young fan of Disney's Beauty and the Beast would want. Chip, the boy who is transformed into a magical tea cup, steals the show in the spectacular musical, which comes to Southampton this summer. Bosses came to the city to put
LOSING weight can be challenging enough but promising to do so to raise money for your grandson's special school made it all the more worthwhile for one Southampton man. When David Staines, 59, gave up smoking his weight escalated along with his unhealthy
ONE of Winchester's busiest roads has reopened - but another has closed. Gas mains repairs at the junction of Southgate Street and Jewry Street have finally been finished, two weeks later than expected, after a massive lump of concrete was discovered
POLICE are joining forces with hospital bosses to help crack down on drink-related violence. Southampton University Hospital's NHS Trust has teamed up with Hampshire police and Southampton City Council to help identify hot spots for drink-fuelled crime
FUNDRAISING for a new church hall in Bishop's Waltham is under way after plans for the new facility were given the go-ahead. The new hall for St Peter's Church in Free Street will also accommodate the town's Citizens Advice Bureau, currently based in
A STRETCH of the M3 was closed for three hours during peak time last night after an accident involving a motorcyclist. Police closed the north-bound section of the motorway between junctions nine and ten after the crash, which took place at about 4.15pm
TAXIS in a Hampshire town are having security cameras installed in a bid to cut down on crime. The Gosport Community Safety Partnership has secured government funding to enable Hackney Carriage Taxis Operators in Gosport to install 'TaxiCam' Digital Security
SOUTHAMPTON Running Club duo, Andy Morgan-Lee and Beth Harris, have endured their fair share of injury horrors this past year. Thirty six-year-old Morgan-Lee suffered a potentially career-ending knee problem which required major surgery and the talented
