England beat the World today in a football match to remember World Cup winning football hero Alan Ball. In a match billed as England vs The World showbiz personalities played alongside footballers like Jamie Redknapp, Paul Ince and Peter Shilton
Sheffield United boss Bryan Robson has confirmed he is interested in signing former Saints star James Beattie. The Blades, preparing for their return to the Coca-Cola Championship, have made a £4m bid for the Everton striker. That is £2m less
Hampshire gained two points on Sussex in moving up to third in the Championship table at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. More than two days were lost to rain during the course of the match but John Crawley gave Hampshire hope of an unlikely win with his
IT'S the sad story of a Southampton man who contributed so much to his country but died alone, far away from his birthplace, and is now buried in an unmarked grave. In his final years, Laurence Legge lived a solitary existence on board his boat moored
The prisoners in the dock stood with heads downcast, fearing the worst as the judge, sitting at the Lent Assizes of 1823 in Winchester, prepared to hand down the dreaded sentence of the court. William Barnett, guilty of forging a cheque for £2 10s (£2.50
A CONTENTIOUS plan to site a £1m sewerage plant in a picturesque village near Winchester has been refused. County council chiefs rejected a planning application from Southern Water to put a wastewater treatment plant in Avington. They believed it was
A DAMNING report has criticised Southampton General Hospital and a city leisure centre for the level of junk food it offers patients and visitors. A snapshot survey of centres in England and Wales found an array of fatty snacks, fizzy drinks and chocolate
WINCHESTER City Council is being urged to do more to limit the risk of mobile phone and landline abuse by its staff. Auditors report that landline charges are £1,500 a month while mobile phone use is running at about £4,000 monthly. They say there is
A MAN extradited from India has been charged with the kidnap, rape and murder of Hannah Foster. Maninder Pal Singh Kohli returned to the UK last night, in the custody of Hampshire detectives who had flown to Delhi once his extradition was secured. The
A FORMER Southampton GP and chairman of the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF), Dr Peter May, has given his full backing to members of the Christian Union at Exeter University who are at the centre of an unholy row. This week the CU
WINCHESTER Hospital Radio is offering a musical step back in time. The station has issued a release featuring infectious interval music played in between schools TV programmes in the 1960s and 70s. The Day The TV Stood Still double CD compilation is
A WAREHOUSE foreman was crushed to death after being driven against a pile of wooden panels by a forklift truck. An inquest in Southampton heard how David Walker, 55, drove the vehicle by leaning over into the controls in the cab while his feet remained
