A HAMPSHIRE schoolgirl has been airlifted to hospital this afternoon after being knocked down by a car. The 11-year-old was in collision with the Volvo car as she walked along Wickham Road in Fareham, at around 3.40pm. Hampshire's Air Ambulance was
Rep squad training starts again this Friday 11th January 2008 at Knightwood Leisure Centre, 7.15pm. Further training dates will be given out to players on Friday
Rep squad training starts again this Friday 11th January 2008 at Knightwood Leisure Centre, 7.15pm. Further training dates will be given out to players on Friday
A BURGLAR caught on the same CCTV cameras that put him at the centre of a controversial court case last year is back on the streets of Hampshire - after being jailed for a night. Sam Paskins was given a nine-month sentence after admitting burgling a
COUNCIL leaders are backing new parking charges in Southampton after dismissing objections from business leaders, motorists and residents. The Tory Cabinet last night agreed to extend charges in the city centre from 8am to 6pm, instead of 8.30am to 5.30pm
ONE of Hampshire's busiest roads was closed today after a motorist was injured in a three-vehicle crash. A lorry was in collision with two cars on the westbound carriageway of the A31 at Poulner Hill, Ringwood. One of the car drivers was trapped in
Lymington's double Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie will have the chance to defend his Olympic crown in Beijing, as the 30-year-old is one of nine sailors to have today been officially selected by the British Olympic Association to compete at the 2008
A JUDGE spoke of a waste of a life when he jailed a Southampton man for five months for an unprovoked attack on a fellow alcoholic. David Peat, who had been drinking cider, was sitting on a wall outside his home chatting to friends when Anthony Dowling
A HAMPSHIRE woman is hoping an inquest today will provide answers as to why her pregnant stepdaughter died at Southampton General Hospital. Merrisa Hutchings and her family were left devastated when 22-year-old Kelly Hutchings, from Fareham, died giving
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TWO people had to be cut free from a car after it was in collision with a bus in Southampton last night. The women - one driving and one sat in the back of the vehicle - were driving along Bevois Valley Road when the crash happened. There were passengers
SEVEN hospital wards in Hampshire have been shut due to the norovirus. At Southampton General Hospital five wards, for medicine and the elderly, remain closed following the virus outbreak, bosses have confirmed. And at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital
IF all the world is a stage, where does the audience sit? PHILIP G HAWKINS, Bitterne Park, Southampton.
THE Stanmore Hotel is under threat of closure. We cannot let this happen because the pub is a key in our community. If we don't object to the planning application it is certain that the pub will close. Please take the time - it only takes two minutes
ROMSEY is the Tories' No 1 target Lib Dem seat in the whole of the country, which is why Lord Ashcroft gives them thousands of pounds each year to pay for their campaigning and why they orchestrate letters in the press attacking Sandra Gidley while posing
I FIND the letter headlined What Happened to our Kind Bobbies? (December 29) pathetic. I am a 71-year-old pensioner but this faceless person is living in the 1950s. Times have changed and so have policing methods. I have always found the police very
I WOULD like to thank all the wonderful people who have supported my 12-year-old grandson Joshua Edwards, and our family, over the past year. Since Joshua became paralysed in December 2006, we started a trust fund to raise money for his future care,
THERE has been a row about Government funding in Southampton for some time. When Labour was running the city they blamed the Government. When the Liberal Democrats were running the city they blamed the Government. Now the Conservat-ives are blaming the
THE death of one-year-old Archie-Lee Hirst, killed by a rottweiler in west Yorkshire, is tragic, but surely it is time for something to be done about these dogs and their often irresponsible owners? On December 28, the day Archie-Lee was killed, I almost
TWO Hampshire carnival queens have been reunited more than four decades after they each wore the crown. Looking back over the years of Titchfield's Bonfire Boys Carnival, Tessa Snelling and Janice Bunting had a surprise reunion when they bumped into
Today's principal Southampton arrivals Season Trader, refrigerated, 1115, 104; Wilson Gdynia, cargo, 1730, 107; NYK Vega, container, pm, 206 Today's principal Southampton sailings ARA Zeebrugge, cargo, 0600, 7; Autocarrier, roro, 0600, 201; APL
EUROPE'S number one golfer Justin Rose admits he will be tailoring his 2008 schedule around making Nick Faldo's Ryder Cup team. The 27-year-old Hampshire man ended last year on a high as he won the season-ending Volvo Masters at Valderrama to clinch
FAREHAM residents look set to receive below-inflation rises in their council tax again this year. Members of Fareham Borough Council's ruling executive last night agreed to recommend an increase of just below three per cent to their colleagues. If the
A MANAGER has been jailed for two years after stealing £43,000 from one of Hampshire's biggest supermarkets. Simon Rumsby took the money from Sainsbury's giant Hedge End store over the course of a year until he was found out by an internal audit. He
Play video FIRST there was the sighting of the mysterious multi-coloured chandelier-shaped object hovering in the south's skies. Then there was the fast-moving bright light spotted over Beaulieu in the New Forest. And then, a few years later, there
OLYMPIC silver medallist Peter Waterfield was beaten to a gold medal at the British Championships by a rival half his age - and the Southampton-based star is only 26 himself! Heading into the final of the Platform event, both divers had already collected
SOUTHAMPTON MPs Alan Whitehead and John Denham were also at Green Park on Sunday morning to lend their support to a campaign to fight proposals to close football pitches across the city. Two pitches at Green Park, Millbrook, and two at the Sports Centre
A MASTER class of rugby from Romsey centre Graham Noble enabled his side to overcome a valiant Lychett Minster. Both teams had early chances but stout defences kept the game tight. Noble's class with the ball in hand meant Lychett had to leave men
NON-LEAGUE heroes Havant & Waterlooville have missed out on the £150,000 jackpot of live TV coverage of their FA Cup third qualifying round replay against Swansea City. The Hawks switched the replay date to Wednesday, January 16, because the FA had suggested
ANDREW Davies is set to become a Saints player on a permanent basis. The 23-year-old centre-half has been on loan at the club from Middlesbrough since October and has impressed in his 12 appearances so far for Saints. There was a fear a proposed
Check the latest travel news in Southampton MOTORISTS faced delays this morning as two separate accidents brought traffic to a standstill on the M27 and the roundabout above it at junction nine. The first crash happened at 7.48am just before the
ARSONISTS burned eight beach huts to the ground before daubing the remaining buildings with graffiti. Detectives on the Isle of Wight say it is the third time in 18 months that huts at Hope Beach, Sandown, have been targeted. The latest attack, which
BUS services across the New Forest were hit again today as drivers went on strike. Wilts and Dorset services running in Lyndhurst, Lymington or Brockenhurst were affected as a result of the dispute. It is the second in a series of strikes in a long-running
A SOUTHAMPTON school has been closed today because of a boiler failure. Education bosses have decided to shut St Monica's Junior School, in Sholing, to repair the problem. It gives all 371 pupils at the St Monica Road school an extra day holiday.
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has said he wants to see treatments pioneered at a Southampton hospital to be used across the country. Mr Brown, in his first major speech on the health service since taking over as PM, cited the case of a patient he met during
HEALTH chiefs have been reassuring patients at the Hampshire maternity unit where two new mothers died shortly before Christmas. Amy Kimmance, 39, and Jasmine Pickett, 29, are thought to have died of infections caused by Group A streptococcus. They
CIVIC leaders in Southampton have paved the way for an unsightly patch of desolate wasteland in the city centre to be transformed into a £150m development. Councillors agreed last night to sell the land to the owners of neighbouring WestQuay shopping
AN insanely jealous boyfriend who stabbed his girlfriend to death at a Southampton bedsit has been jailed for four and a half years. Jose Pedro stabbed Nokukhanya Mkhonta 27 times in a savage attack that left the tip of the knife inside her body. Angolan-born
IT is a job that conjures up images of ancient Egypt, requires an intricate knowledge of the human body and makes some people's skin crawl. But for Matthew Haines looking after the dead has been a dream job ever since he was at school and the Southampton
ARSONISTS are plaguing a conservation area in Southampton. Attempts were made to post fireworks and smokebombs through letterboxes in three homes in Oakmount Triangle, Highfield. An 85-year-old war veteran living in Blenheim Avenue, who wished to remain
THE threat to jail prostitutes for up to 72 hours if they fail to comply with counselling sessions under proposed new legislations is so wrong. We need to approach this problem fairly and justly. In my view sexual services should come under community
