I HAVE received an invitation to attend a March Against Climate Change' in London. How can me undertaking a 200-mile round trip be considered helpful? All that would do is add to more pollution in the air we all breathe and put more cars on the road!
I WAS interested to read an article by the late Linda McCartney which gave an insight into how Paul is sensitive to criticism and often embarrassed to show people his new compositions. I also write poems and songs and like Paul, the hardest person I
What do the following few people have in common?: Winston Churchill, Spike Milligan, John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Vincent Van Gogh, Hugh Lawrie, Bill Oddie, Beachboy Brian Wilson, actor Jim Carrey, Sheryl Crow, Carrie Fisher, Elton John, Robin Williams,
Climate change is a hot topic. Each day, the papers feature new ways we can all reduce our ecological footprint, from turning off appliances to buying locally produced food. However, no one has yet mentioned the single most effective thing any individual
Have our food producers learned nothing? After bringing us cannibalism, BSE, Salmonella, E.coli and antibiotic resistant killer bugs, they've done it again. They're promoting duck as the new, healthy meat and local supermarkets are going along with it
A HAMPSHIRE husband has been found guilty of murder. Jurors at Winchester Crown Court convicted Michael Gifford-Hull of murdering his Finnish-born wife Kirsi on a 10-2 majority verdict. Father-of-two Gifford-Hull, 43, had admitted killing Kirsi, 38,
WATCHING Saints this season is beginning to become a frustrating pastime. Consistently they are inconsistent - so near a team that will storm up the division, yet sometimes it feels so far away. This was another game they should have won, both on paper
DETECTIVES have launched a murder enquiry after a man was stabbed to death in a Hampshire town. Scenes of crime officers sealed off part of Whitworth Road in Gosport early yesterday morning after the man was found lying close to death in the street.
THE NUMBER of cancer patients getting radiotherapy treatment in Southampton will double with introduction of new equipment. Currently 100 patients a day receive radiotherapy in the new £20m oncology centre at Southampton General Hospital. This number
ONE of Hampshire's most prolific burglars is today behind bars after admitting to more than 200 burglaries - at the age of just 20. Michael Watkins, pictured right, was the head of a gang who targeted leading high street stores by disabling alarm systems
Rall Ball of Southampton has scooped a national award for his work helping elderly people in the city. Ray Ball, who has worked as a warden for three years in the Weston area of the city, was presented with the Help the Aged Warden Achievement Award
Disability services throughout the city have been brought together under one roof with the opening of the Josian Centre in Southampton. The launch of this one-stop shop in Empress Road means disabled people will have much easier access to services that
A SOUTHAMPTON school has been praised for its caring ethos by inspectors. They found that pupils' spiritual, social, moral and cultural development to be very good at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School in Woolston. Inspectors from the Office for Standards
POLITICAL leaders, responding to health workers from 16 unions and other members of the public whor demonstrated on November 1 voicing concerns over the direction that government is taking the NHS, failed to be truthful in their response. When the Tories
EVERY day we hear day more and more rhetoric about climate change. Has anybody thought that in the last 20 years the world's population has grown by two billion? They need food. Deforestation accounts for nearly 25 oer cent increase in CO2 emissions,
WITH winter fast approaching, and the stresses and strains of the build-up to the Christmas holiday season just around the corner, many of my patients are looking for health advice. People often want timely, accurate and reliable health advice - whether
Can someone please tell me how some of our politicians are currently saying that the huge immigration influx into the UK over recent years has/is not taking jobs from the indigenous Brits? In this respect since the year 2000 the net accumulative influx
ISN'T it amazing that the Liberal Democrats have had green policies for decades and were frowned upon by other parties (apart from the Greens) and indeed the public? David Cameron (thankfully) decided green issues are vote winners, and he is at long
I WANT to urge you to recognise the importance of developing communication skills in our children. For many years, discussions about literacy have centered on primary and secondary school children, but now, alarming evidence indicates that problems can
PRIME Minister Tony Blair has lavished praise on a Southampton technology company. Wave farm pioneers C-Wave were held up by the PM as shining examples of how the UK is "leading the way" in ground breaking science with practical applications. C-Wave
AFC TOTTON sit proudly at the top of the Sydenhams Wessex League following their 3-0 home win against Alton Town on Saturday, writes Derek Hawkins. It's the first time in the 20-year history of the Wessex League that the friendly Testwood Park club
Saints legend Jason Dodd is taking a back seat as an Eastleigh player to concentrate on his new role of head coach at the Silverlake Stadium. After playing the first three games of the season, the 36-year-old former Southampton skipper has been struggling
Kenwyne Jones insists that the Saints squad are still confident ... despite the club's rocky run. The Saints striker saw a late header cleared off the line as his side drew 0-0 with Hull on Saturday. That was the latest in a series of frustrating
GEORGE Burley might have been "asking too much" of Kenwyne Jones and Bradley Wright-Phillips to repeat their Wolves heroics against Hull. The two youngsters had both scored to give Saints a much-needed 2-0 win at St Mary's three days earlier. But
HE family of a stalwart of two Hampshire communities has paid tribute to "a real people person" who touched many lives with his kindness. The funeral service of Phil Hurst takes place today at St John's Church, Rownhams, followed by a private cremation
BUS companies have been challenged to prove how much providing free travel for Hampshire's pensioners is actually costing them. County council leader Councillor Ken Thornber says operators must be able to back up their claims they are being left out
AN inquest will be held this week into the death of teenager Dan Nolan nearly five years after his mystery disappearance. Dan, then aged 14, failed to return home after a night-time fishing expedition with pals on the waterfront at Hamble on New Year's
DISABILITY services throughout Southampton have been brought together under one roof with the opening of the Josian Centre. The launch of this one-stop shop in Empress Road means disabled people will have much easier access to services that have previously
ONE of Southampton's army of neighbourhood wardens has scooped a national award for his work helping elderly people in the city. Ray Ball, who has worked as a warden for three years in the Weston area of the city, was presented with the Help the Aged
A SOUTHAMPTON school has been praised for its caring ethos by inspectors. They found that pupils' spiritual, social, moral and cultural development to be very good at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School in Woolston. Inspectors from the Office for Standards
