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  • Adkins rues wayward first half

    Nigel Adkins admitted his side gave away two poor goals to lose to Huddersfield. The Saints boss saw his five match unbeaten run ended by a 2-0 defeat at the Galpharm as first half strikes from Anthony Pilkington and Joey Gudjonsson did for

  • Lambert concern after head injury

    Rickie Lambert has had to have several stitches in a head wound following the 2-0 defeat at Huddersfield. Saints’ star striker accidentally clashed heads with Peter Clarke in the second half of the game at the Galpharm and was bandaged up before

  • Jail term after hoax 999 calls

    A HOAX caller caused “havoc” for the emergency services after dialling 999 repeatedly during a heavy drinking session. Victoria Makey made a spate of calls for an ambulance, despite the absence of a genuine emergency. Bernadette Kearney, prosecuting

  • Huddersfield v Saints photo gallery

    A SELECTION of photos from Saints defeat at Huddersfield this afternoon: • Launch the photo gallery • Saints slip to defeat at Huddersfield • Adkins rues first half performance • Injury fears as Lambert needs stitches • nPower

  • Saints slip to defeat at Huddersfield

    Saints’ five match unbeaten run came to an end as they were defeated 2-0 at fellow promotion hopefuls Huddersfield. Both goals came in a first half where Saints looked slightly off the pace and were put under constant pressure, as they tried

  • Giro junkie jailed in drugs bust

    A NEW FOREST man, described by his barrister as “a giro junkie’’, has become the latest person to be jailed following a major police crackdown on drugrelated crime in the area. Thomas Georgeson was arrested after supplying varying amounts of

  • Mosque row 'has no winners'

    THE victors in a long-running dispute over Southampton’s £2m Medina Mosque have pledged to sort out planning breaches. Southampton Medina Mosque Trust Ltd (SNNTL), which has run the incomplete St Mary’s Mosque since 2002, said it now hoped

  • Councillor 'threatened pub boss with loss of licence'

    IT was supposed to be a normal night out with friends. But when Dave Broughton entered The Litten Tree pub, he ended up bringing the council he serves into disrepute. The Eastleigh borough councillor demanded to view admittance figures for the

  • Saints 2 Tranmere 0

    IT just goes to show how quickly things can change in football that you can be picky over the manner of a Saints win. Only a few short weeks ago you were wondering where the next win was coming from – the style in which it arrived was a total

  • Huddersfield 2 Saints 0 - as it happened

    Saints Davis, Butterfield, Fonte, Seaborne, Harding, Puncheon, Chaplow, Hammond, Lallana, Guly, Lambert. Subs: Bialkowski, Jaidi, Richardson, Schneiderlin, Chamberlain, Bignall, Barnard. Huddersfield Bennett, Peltier

  • Man fighting for life after bizarre fight on bridge

    A BIZARRE incident over a stolen winning betting slip has left one man fighting for his life and another quizzed by police for trying to kidnap him. Detectives are piecing together the series of events which led to a man falling out of a moving

  • Grenade scare closes Hampshire tip

    A GRENADE sparked a bomb scare at a Hampshire dump today. Bomb disposal experts were called in after the weapon was discovered this morning at the household recycling centre in Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth. The facility was closed

  • Victory in sight for dedicated sculptor

    IT has taken 17 years and more than 5,000 hours of work, but the end is finally in sight for a Hampshire sculptor attempting to recreate one of the country’s most famous warships from a beam taken from the actual ship. Ian Brennan, from Warsash, has

  • Princess to open new Sixth Form

    PRINCESS Anne will visit Hampshire this month when she opens the brand new Sixth Form Centre at Fareham College. The princess will be given a guided tour of the brand new facilities with principal Carl Groves, and she will also watch a performance

  • Date set for Barton Farm inquiry

    A DATE has been set for the public inquiry that will decide the fate of Barton Farm in Winchester. The eight-day hearing will start on February 8 next year where developer, Cala Homes, will present its case. The firm is preparing for another vital

  • Rona’s recipe for success

    IF A SNOOKER team marched on its stomach, Hedge End Club B would be vying for Super League honours. Sandwich lady Rona Paget has prepared the food for homes games for eight years. Around lunchtime on match days, Rona boils the eggs and

  • How asbestosis claimed life of former nurse

    A HAMPSHIRE woman died after she was exposed to asbestos while working in a London hospital in the 1950s, an inquest has heard. Valerie Drury, 76, from Barton on Sea, was a nurse at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington when she came into contact with the