What a difference half an hour makes. The last time i graped the seat of my bike, my mothers heart attack from cancer happened within minuites after. I had move it about but because of the strong association with that morning would not touch the seat.
What a difference half an hour makes. The last time i graped the seat of my bike, my mothers heart attack from cancer happened within minuites after. I had move it about but because of the strong association with that morning would not touch the seat.
A 12-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after being freed from beneath a vehicle on a Southampton road. Fire crews were called to the junction between Palm Road and Olive Road amid reports that there had been a two-car collision. The area was
FAMILY, friends and ex-colleagues have praised the new statue of Saints legend Ted Bates. The tribute to the former player, coach, manager and director, affectionately dubbed "Mr Southampton" for his 66 years of service to the club, was unveiled before
ONE OF Hampshire's iconic buildings will be plunged into darkness during Earth Hour. Winchester Cathedral, pictured, has agreed to take part in Lights Out Hampshire. It will switch off its floodlights for an hour on March 29 and keep them off for
AN accident on the M3 added to traffic chaos on the roads this afternoon as holidaymakers faced huge delays. At around 2.40pm today two cars collided on the motorway's northbound carriageway near Eastleigh causing major tailbacks towards the city. And
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Campaigners fight to save one of Eastleigh's most historic trees have lost their battle this morning. Shortly before 8.30am tree surgeons arrived at the Point to cut down a sycamore tree, named locally as Sid. The tree was planted 72 years ago to celebrate
A LIBERAL Democrat leaflet attacking how much money a Tory city councillor was paid for his Cabinet job has backfired after party chiefs admitted the sums were wrong. The leaflet said a former Cabinet member "shockingly "pocketed £30,600 while admitting
AMBITIOUS eco-friendly plans for a new building to relocate more than 100 council workers have been unveiled for the New Forest. The district council is "testing the water" with its proposals for a new building next to its offices at Appletree Court
James Hibberd has quit Totton & Eling to join ECB Southern Electric Premier Cricket League rivals South Wilts in a player/coach capacity. The 26-year old all-rounder, left, who plays Minor Counties Championship cricket for Wiltshire, won league championship
THE Isle of Wight Islanders lifted the curtain on their 2008 speedway season at the weekend by losing the Chalfont Coaches Trophy to Reading Racers. Southampton-based rider Glen Phillips was the Islanders top performer as they clinched a 48-47 first
SALISBURY City striker Matt Tubbs has written himself into the club's record books after scoring in their Good Friday Blue Square Premier match at home to Histon. The 23-year-old netted his 100th goal for the Whites in the 94th minute of the game to
Havant & Waterlooville spurned a great opportunity of closing the gap on the Blue Square Conference South play-off pack when they could only manage a 1-1 draw with ten-man Bath City at windy Twerton Park, writes Mike Vimpany. "It was a case of two
VT FC boss Dave Diaper insists his side must match the work ethic of table-topping AFC Totton if they are to snatch the leadership away from the Stags. Saturday's slender 1-0 home victory over Christchurch means that if the Boatmen win all eight of
RINGWOOD TOWN manager Jy Taylor reckons it would be "the greatest of great escapes" if the New Forest Club were to avoid the drop. But Taylor's men kept that possibility alive by beating Hamworthy United 1-0 at the weekend and, with a game at table-proppers
IN A TIGHT relegation scrap, the smallest of margins can make a massive difference. In Saints' recent St Mary's clash with Leicester both teams were nervy, the game was scrappy and chances few and far between. Saints and their visitors were tentative
The next club meeting will be our AGM and it will take place on 19th May 2008 at Southampton Football Club. If you wish to put your self forward to join our committee, please contact Dan Wilson.
IT is one of the biggest Polish traditions at Easter time - the blessing of food. Hundreds of people from Southampton's Polish community attended St Edmund's Catholic Church bringing decorated baskets containing samples of tradition food to be blessed
THE first court appearance a Hampshire man charged with murdering a fellow teacher has been postponed beacuse he has a "hand injury". Blair Marrows, 45, a maths teacher, is accused of murdering Donna Coe, 44, whose body was found at her home in Dickins
THERE are many ways to describe Juliana, aka Lady Onna. And the description you opt for may result in a reaction from polite interest through raised eyebrows to shock. Former engineer Juliana - who prefers to be known as Lady Onna - is a fashion
A NATURE trail will be awash with yellow blooms after daffodils were planted at a cancer charity's field of hope. The Rev Fiona Gibbs blessed the bulbs at Brambridge Garden Centre, Kiln Lane. The event, attended by Winchester mayor Councillor Chris
Day three of the Red Funnel Easter Challenge, organised by the RORC, produced some quite stunning Solent racing with plenty of spills and thrills. Finally, after two days of frustration, racing got under way and it was well worth the wait. Louay
IT was a beautiful cloudless, sunny day and for everyone and anyone who had the time to watch there was free entertainment in the skies of Mansbridge and Swaythling. Two buzzards (buteo buteo) were engaged in their courtship rituals and they were hovering
RAY Turner (Letters, March 15) commented on council tax and the low increase that Eastleigh Borough Council has applied when compared to the county council's hike of more than four per cent. Eastleigh Council already has one of the highest rates of council
AS regular visitors to Weston Shore, my wife and I took a lot of interest in the work that was being done to the pre-war shelters. I remember saying at the time, I wonder how long the good work will last? Sadly now we know. Why do we get vandalism and
RAY Turner (Letters, March 15) described Hampshire Council Council as spendthrift'. Our council tax is in the lowest quartile of all counties in the land and our performance is at the top of the top quartile. It is the case therefore, that we do give
WHAT a pathetic and toe-curling attempt by Councillor Don Thomas to justify throwing his hat in with the Lib Dems (in My View, March 19). Politicians must think that the public are stupid because we all know that even if he disagreed with everything
THE cost of electricity goes up but the service goes down. During the last year we have had numerous power cuts, including two in three days recently. The engineers seem to know what the problem is but why are they not allowed to fix it? While it is
ONCE again the council tax in Southampton has gone up. I would have thought that with so many houses being knocked down and replaced with flats - increasing the amount of council tax paid - our bills should be going down. S DAVIDSON, Bitterne Park, Southampton
ABOUT 25 years ago my wife and I had season tickets to the Dell. The seats were the benches under the east stand. We sat on a piece of carpet which we took to the game in a plastic bag. For about five years at the start of the football season I had
Meet Kiska - Marwell Zoo's cute new Amur leopard cub. The name for the cub was picked after the zoo received 10,000 votes in an online poll. Pronounced Keys-ka', it's a Russian girl's name meaning pure. The name was extremely popular and received
Hospital ship nurses who served in the Falklands War are to be reunited in Southampton with some of the severely-injured servicemen they treated more than a quarter of a century ago. The first Hospital Ship Uganda reunion will be held aboard P&O Cruises
CONTRARY to popular belief it is not every day that I get thrown out of a Southampton bar for being rowdy. But after door staff at the city's trendy Orange Rooms received awards for a new course on how to remove customers safely from the premises
To sign our online petition or to download a petition for yourself, click here. RESIDENTS will be forced to wait at least six months to find out who will be charged to park outside their homes. That's because the councillors behind the controversial
RICHARD WRIGHT thinks Saints have good enough players to drag themselves out of relegation trouble this season. The on-loan West Ham keeper made his debut and kept a clean sheet in the goalless draw with Coventry at St Mary's. Coming in and seeing
NIGEL PEARSON believes his side need to hold their nerve between now and the end of the season to avoid relegation. Saints could only manage a goalless draw against fellow relegation strugglers Coventry at St Mary's at the weekend but with other results
WINCHESTER planning chiefs have rejected a scheme to build two large houses in an upmarket area of Winchester. The plans for two large houses in the grounds of Milnthorpe and Milnthorpe Corner on Sleepers Hill were rejected at a city council planning
A CHRONIC alcoholic who supplied undercover police with 400 Ecstasy pills was jailed for three years at Southampton Crown Court. Malcolm Bontes, 52, was arrested as part of Operation Phoenix, which is clamping down on drugs in Southampton.
KEEN equestrian Kimberley Baker is embarking on a 50- mile ride in memory of her grandparents who kick-started her lifelong passion for horses. Kimberley, of Porlock Road, Millbrook, Southampton, was devastated to lose both Brian and Marina Baker
