NEIGHBOURS have now returned to their homes following a bomb scare on the Isle of Wight. The evacuation of residents on Arctic Road, Cowes, occurred at 11.30am this morning after a member of the public reported at suspicious object at a home. Experts
A TEENAGER is today fighting for his life after a crash involving a double decker school bus. It happened yesterday shortly before 4.45pm on the A337 Lyndhurst Road, on Brockenhurst Bridge, just before Brockenhurst. Lyndhurst Road was
AN ELDERLY Imam was punched to the ground and kicked metres from his mosque by a thug after stepping in to make peace in a street row. Jahur Ahmed Manja was near the Jamia Mosque, which he led, when one of the arguing group, 26-year-old Dawid
We drove the 400 odd miles across Pennsylvania, with the wind and rain of a tropical storm battering us pretty much the whole way. The sight we had when we arrived at our destination, Newark, New Jersey, was similar to Bratislava on a cold winters
A NEW code of conduct has been launched to improve safety during a second Transport for London (TfL) trial assessing the suitability of having motorcycles in bus lanes. The Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) is calling on all road users, particularly
Meh – another Formula 1 game. That's long been the stock response for the series. But Codemasters have stepped up to the grid and armed with a hefty advertising campaign, this F1 game has taken a quite different course and shifted up a gear.
I am not sure I can remember a time when I wasn’t pregnant, it seems to have gone on forever this time. While I was at work the months seemed to fly by but since I have been off it seems the only thing occupying me is my rate of expansion.
“I like a man who likes the outdoors.” I watched as the other attractive women in the group nodded in agreement. Perhaps the ladies in question wanted the peace of mind of knowing if the worst came to the worst their partner would be
A man was the victim of racist abuse on a Southampton bus, police said today. The incident happened during a journey between the city and Hedge End after an Asian passenger boarded the number 3 Solent Blue Line bus. Another passenger
After playing through Alien Breed: Impact on the PlayStation 3 just recently, it worked as an appetiser to get my gastric gaming juices flowing and to pave the way for a bigger and hopefully more satisfying course. Alien Breed: Assault gives
A DISTRAUGHT mum has today made a tearful plea for the return of her son, who needs urgent treatment for a deadly disease. Doreen Holland wept as she begged son Matthew to either come home or seek he medication he needs for lethal malaria.
THOUSANDS of people pass through its doors every day and most of them are probably just there to use the loo. But one service station in Hampshire is hardly feeling flushed with success, having been voted one of the worst in the country. A
Tinie Tempah+ Katy B + Guests. Southampton Guildhall. 26th February 2011. In less than six months Tinie Tempah has gone from underground buzz artist to bona fide pop phenomenon. His no. 1 debut single Pass Out is the biggest-selling single this year
As with the release of the Wii, the Move and every baton style motion controller to be released in the future, the market has and will become awash with games that mimic the movement of clubs, bats, paddles, cues and of course – rackets. Ubisoft's
IT is a sight so rare that they have been given special Government protection. This adult albino brown hare was caught on camera in Hampshire at the weekend after surviving in the wild against all the odds. They seldom live beyond the leveret stage
A WOMAN needed medical treatment for the effects of smoke inhalation after a house fire in Southampton this morning. The alarm was raised just after 10am, after a blaze in the first-floor bedroom of a home in Ivy Dene, Sholing. Crews
THE mum of a missing Hampshire man infected with a deadly disease will today make an emotional plea for his return. Doreen Holland is travelling to Southampton from Somerset to make a public appeal for her son Matthew to come home. The
BUSINESS confidence in Hampshire has slumped as firms await next week’s announcement of the Government’s spending cuts, a survey has revealed. There have been significant drops in recruitment and investment in training while fears over inflation and
AN MP has urged supermarket giant Sainsbury’s to go back to the drawing board after it unveiled a fourth set of plans for a new Southampton store. Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead said the grocer had not listened to residents’ concerns and
A HAMPSHIRE nursery has been officially named the best grower in the world. Hillier Nurseries, of Ampfield near Romsey, beat rival growers from China, Holland and Belgium to win the coveted title of “International Grower of the Year” and the Golden
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: APL Turkey, container, 0800, 206; Gran Canaria Car, ro/ro, 0830, 105; Fingal, cargo, am, 45; NYK Adonis, container, pm, 207. Today’s principal Southampton sailings: Undine, ro/ro, 1200, 34/5; CMA CGM Ivanhoe
FOR the past 15 years it has been home to some of soccer’s most famous young stars. Now the final whistle is being blown on the Saints Academy boarding house, where future stars such as Theo Walcott, pictured, and Gareth Bale once rested from the
TWO men believed to be Saints supporters have been arrested after a man was left with bruising following an attack on a train. A 33-year-old man said that two men on board the 6.10pm Southampton to Salisbury service had assaulted him after
ROYAL Mail is recruiting 200 more temporary staff in Southampton to handle its bumper festive mail bag. Southampton Mail Centre expects to handle more than 12 million items of mail each week in the four weeks leading up to Christmas.
IT was a moment of pure magic. Under the bright autumn sunshine, the Southampton dockside came alive with the vibrant scarlet, blues and gold as the Queen sent the christening bottle smashing against the huge hull of Queen Elizabeth.
A MAN injured after falling from a third-storey window was fighting for his life in hospital last night. Jason Green sustained serious head and spinal injuries after plunging 30ft from a flat in the centre of Fordingbridge on Saturday. Police and paramedics
Katy Perry. The California Dreams Tour. BIC Windsor Hall. Thursday 31 March 2011. Katy Perry will be setting off on her biggest World tour soon and returns to our fine shores March 2011 with The California Dreams Tour, including a date at the BIC
TEENAGER Max Brick is a member of The Quays-based Southampton Diving Academy and specialises in the 10 metre platform event. And the Southampton youngster’s potential has long been known, both locally and further afield. He is a two-time
The great mortgage rip off, and I’ll bet most of us don’t even know it. I asked my mortgage department to provide me with some information in relation to the best mortgage rates and indeed the worst. I admit to hoping that ‘taxpayer saved’ institutions
The Hampshire-based deputy director general of the BBC is to leave his post next year as a cost-cutting mission gets under way, the corporation is expected to announce. Mark Byford, who lives in Winchester and in 2009/10 earned an annual salary of £475,000
Southampton Itchen MP John Denham today condemned the proposed huge hike in university tuition fees. The shadow business secretary said students could end up paying back debts for most of their working lives. He said: ''Lord Browne's
Southampton teenager Max Brick has struck gold in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Brick, 18, and Tom Daley won the the 10metre synchro event in India this morning. The English duo, who were performing in front of 2012 chairman Sebastian
Work begins today on a new £36 million museum which will bring the hull of the Mary Rose and thousands of its artefacts together under the same roof for the first time since they were brought up from the seabed almost 30 years ago. The project
ON leaving university, I was hit with a sudden sense of fear as I encountered what had been an unknown entity for my 21 years of life – the ‘real world’. But today, the Govern-ment’s plan to raise tuition fees has seen this feeling displaced by one of
PLANS to hike tuition fees will force Hampshire MP Chris Huhne to choose between voting against his Government or breaking an election pledge to students, it emerged yesterday. Mr Huhne, Energy Secretary and Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh, signed
Students should be forced to pay thousands more for their university education under proposals to lift the tuition fee cap, the long-awaited Browne review said today. The independent report into student funding calls for universities to
A PUBLICAN accused of flouting an order to close her bar has denied the offence. Jacqueline Barclay, who used to run the Red Lion in Commercial Road, Totton, pictured, entered a not guilty plea when she appeared at New Forest Magistrates’ Court yesterday
Agony aunt, writer and broadcaster Claire Rayner has died at the age of 79, her family said today. The patients' rights campaigner, who died yesterday, knew her death was imminent over the weekend and told her relatives she wanted her last
CO-MANAGER Stuart Hussey hailed Ben Thomson after he inspired Lymington Town to a 5-0 win over local rivals New Milton. The influential central midfielder set up Lymington’s first, when defender Luke Ansell headed home his eighth minute corner.
WINCHESTER City are planning to bring in some more reinforcements to boost their Sydenhams Premier title hopes. Depleted City were denied a point at fellow high-fliers Bournemouth Poppies, after conceding a last gasp goal in a 1-0 defeat –
ALRESFORD Town showed nine-man Fawley no mercy as they racked up their biggest win of the season. Fawley got off to the worst possible start when defender Elliot Earl was shown a straight red card inside the first ten minutes for a last man foul.
A hunt has been launched for a robber who struck twice in the space of half an hour. A young man in his early 20s robbed two people in Romsey Road, Winchester, and threatened to stab them. The man stole £10 from a 19-year-old man at 10.40pm before stealing
SAINTS’ defence has been transformed into the meanest in League One under manager Nigel Adkins. Since Adkins took over at St Mary’s, Saints have become the hardest side to score against in the division. They have conceded just three
THIEVES targeted two homes in Gosport while the owners were away. Burglars smashed through the patio window of a house in Challenger Drive before making off with a laptop and a games console. A second theft took place in Britannia Way when raiders broke
A HAMPSHIRE man has been spared jail for intimidating a witness and breaching a suspended sentence. David Douglas, 33, verbally threatened Robert Jones against testifying against him in his trial in September for an assault. Judge Keith Cutler, Recorder
