Andrew Davies has completed his £1m move from Middlesbrough in time to return to the Saints defence against Scunthorpe. Davies's three-month loan from Middlesbrough expired on New Year's Day but George Burley is delighted to make the central defender's
FORMER Saints loanee Phil Ifil has joined Championship rivals Colchester for an undisclosed six-figure fee. Ifil only recently returned to parent club Tottenham after a loan spell at Saints ended at the end of last month. With certain add-ons, Ifil
SOUTHAMPTON'S Richard Bland shot a three under 68 in today's first round of the Joburg Open in South Africa to be tied 13th going into tomorrow's second round. The 34-year-old, who regained his European Tour card last November, birdied the second,
THE devastated family of a Hampshire man who died following a scuffle outside a pub last weekend have spoken for the first time of their loss. They described Peter Lawrence as "a genuinely kind and sensitive person who would have done anything for anyone
THREE dead swans at Abbotsbury were today found to have been carrying the deadly strain of bird flu. The birds were found by a member of staff at Abbotsbury Swannery. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed that the birds
FIVE men accused of child abuse in Hampshire in the 1970s and 1980s were today committed for trial at Southampton Crown Court. The defendants appeared at New Forest Magistrates' Court. Their cases were adjourned until January 25, when a plea and case
IT WAS a tale that could have been the making of a script for a horror film. A carer and her client found dead in a flat, sexually assaulted with their bodies tied up and their killer on the run. But the reality was a situation facing detectives embarking
A SOUTHAMPTON dentist who used non-orthodox therapies on a woman suffering severe jaw pain angrily demanded an apology when her treatment was questioned, the General Dental Council heard today. The patient, identified only as Mrs A, was charged £12,000
HE was a handsome deck steward with a penchant for female passengers, she a glamorous actress with dreams of making it in London's West End. Both were sailing aboard the Durban Castle from Capetown in October 1947 but only one would reach their destination
POLICE have released a CCTV image of a robber wearing a balaclava who raided a Hampshire convenience store. He was one of two robbers who stole cash from the One Stop shop in St Luke's Close, Hedge End. The pair entered the store and demanded two staff
A SOUTH West Trains employee stashed takings at home and dipped into them when he needed cash, Southampton Crown Court heard. Narinder Potiwal, 36, acknowledged he stored the money in his bedroom for "safe-keeping" after returning to work from ill-health
TEACHERS and pupils at Wyvern Technology College in Fair Oak put on their dancing shoes for a mass jive to celebrate the school's 50th birthday. More than 1,350 youngsters and around 200 staff got into the 1950s spirit to mark the start of the school's
THE hunt for a serial rapist has taken a disturbing new twist after it was revealed three further possible victims have been found. Detectives in Hampshire relaunched the search for the attacker, who targeted a 14-year-old Southampton girl as she walked
THOUSANDS of signatures on petitions, placard-waving protesters and MP-backed pleas - and still they could not save their local post offices. Desperate efforts by communities across Hampshire have failed to stop the Post Office from ploughing ahead and
A HAMPSHIRE woman found dead on a motorway died just a fortnight after her twin daughters were born. The body of Heather Finkill, 30, from Farnborough, was discovered on the M3 near junction 4a earlier this month. She gave birth to the twin girls on
THE league tables for Hampshire Secondary Schools and Colleges is released today. Read our special report by Clare Kennedy and take a look at the tables to see how your school has fared. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY AND THE TABLES
I'M an OAP who is blind in one eye. One Sunday I had a problem with the other eye. There was no bus service and I did not have enough cash for a taxi. However, a friend offered to take me to the eye unit at Southampton General Hopsital. He came in his
AS the Itchen Bridge is overlooking the sites where Spitfire aircraft were turned out. I have two suggestions: Rename the bridge after the aircraft or R J Mitchell. Secondly, place plaques on the bridge depicting the part that the aircraft played defending
LAST year started badly for some older people. There were reports of an 82-year-old man being evicted from a care home after his family had complaints upheld by the Scottish Care Commission; a care worker in Cumbria found guilty of stealing over £400
WE would like to introduce ourselves, although gardeners may already have heard of us. We are Thompson & Morgan (Young Plants), one of the UK's largest mail order plant companies. Each year, we create a 50 minute gardening programme, presented by TV
IT was good to see Sam Paskins was put away at long last. I think it was dreadful what they did to PC Dan Turner, doing his duty on his own too, you wouldn't get this in other counties. With all Sam Paskins's previous convictions, nine months' jail
HAD a very good night out at the BIC in Bournemouth, saw Christmas with Rat Pack show with my daughter. It transported me way back in time, thanks guys, it was a blast! TERESA RUMSEY, Lymington.
"IT'S not good enough to follow conventional methods of design. It is essential to invent and involve new methods and new ideas." The words of the great R J Mitchell, the man largely responsible for the wonderful and very useful aeroplane that we in
I HAVE been reading the comments about the Spitfire monument. Of course the only place for it is up in the air. What a magnificent sight it would be and a wonderful memorial to R J Mitchell and to those brave airmen who flew it. A museum or exhibition
CLICK HERE FOR THE LEAGUE TABLES HUNDREDS of pupils across the region are leaving school without basic skills in maths and English, according to GCSE tables published today. Fewer than four in ten pupils (38.8 per cent) across Southampton's 14 state
A FERRY passenger who sparked an air and sea search in the Solent after going missing has been found. The passenger got on the Red Osprey ferry at 7am this morning in Southampton but appeared not to disembark on arrival in Cowes at 8.06am. Solent Coastguard
A PENSIONER has been left blinded in one eye following a street robbery. Thelma Nudd lost the sight in her right eye as well as suffering a deep gash across her face, a broken thumb and a fractured cheekbone when she was attacked from behind in Lymington
SAINSBURY'S today delivered a better than expected 3.7 per cent rise in Christmas trading but cautioned of tough times ahead as consumers tightened their belts. The UK's third largest supermarket chain said more than 21.5 million customers shopped
DOZENS of Southampton staff at container shipping firm Maersk are today wondering whether a plan to shed up to 3,000 staff globally will see the axe fall on them. The Danish container line, the world's biggest, has 50 staff in Romsey Road, left over
DESPITE the best efforts of screen idol Antonio Banderas and '60s supermodel Twiggy - pictured above - retail giant Marks & Spencer yesterday reported its worst quarterly trading for more than two years. M&S boss Sir Stuart Rose revealed a 2.2 per cent
Today's principal arrivals Western Highway, roro, 0400, 43; Autostar, roro, 2115, 30; Busan Express, container, 2330, 207 Today's principal sailings Maersk Kuantan, container, 0500, 204; Western Highway, roro, 1300, 43; NYK Vega, container, 1400
After a long enforced break, Eastleigh started the new year with a battling victory over Hythe & Dibden to remain unbeaten. Eastleigh attacked from the start and after 10 minutes Matt Petley put Tommy Wright through to score. Mitchell Thompson then
This was Compton's first game back in the New Year and a chance for the boys to run off their Christmas fat' and get back to footballing ways. A tough trip to Romsey to face Tadburn was ahead of them, which was never going to be easy. It was a bitterly
Tadburn gave the league leaders a good run for their money, but didn't have enough to be the first team to get a point off them this season. The game got off to an exciting start, only two minutes gone when Duane Campbell went clean through to round
INDIAN legend Sunil Gavaskar has told Chris Tremlett to reduce the amount of cricket he plays - to help his international ambitions. Tremlett has only played 30 first class matches since the start of the 2005 English domestic season. He played 11
Edward (Ed) Gault 9yrs old lives in Shirley area is looking for team to train with, understands probabley wont get a game this season but would like to associated himself with a team for next year at Tyro. Dads name is Andrew tel No. 02380 774249. Preferrabley
INIGO Idiakez should make his long-awaited return to Championship action against Scunthorpe this weekend. The Saints midfielder has not featured for the first team since the 5-0 drubbing at Sheffield Wednesday exactly two months ago today. But
HAMPSHIRE actor Jeff Stewart, better known as The Bill's PC Reg Hollis, is recovering after reportedly slashing his wrists on set. The soap stalwart, who has played PC Hollis since 1984, was released from hospital yesterday following the incident, which
POLICE have dropped enquiries into the deaths of badgers, found in snares, on an estate near Winchester. The carcasses of the protected species were found last summer in woodland at the Heath House Estate. League Against Cruel Sports investigators
STUDENTS are being warned to ensure their accommodation and property is always secure following a rise in burglaries in Southampton. As they start to return to the city for a new term, police have revealed that they have had a busy start to 2008 because
GEORGE Burley continues to play down speculation linking him with the vacant Scotland manager's job. The Saints boss been mentioned as one name on a supposed shortlist of four with Motherwell boss Mark McGhee, Celtic assistant Tommy Burns and former
SOUTHAMPTON has been thrust into the TV spotlight after an image of Weston Shore appeared in the latest series of Big Brother. The picture, which looks across the beach towards the tower blocks, adorns one of the walls in the housemates' bedroom in Big
PARENTS are to lobby Southampton City Council to buy a property next to a school playground after a planning panel failed to reach a decision on replacing the bungalow with flats. Councillors refused to grant planning consent for a developer to build
A HOUSING developer is to make its most determined push yet to build more than 2,000 homes on the edge of Winchester. Cala Homes will seek permission from the city council to build on Barton Farm, the wedge of farmland on the northern side of the city
