SAINTS left-back Luke Shaw has withdrawn from the England under-21 squad after failing to recover from an injury sustained against Liverpool last weekend. Stuart Pearce’s side face Romania in Wycombe on Thursday and Austria in Brighton next Monday
Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for information after a break-in at a pharmacy in Freshwater where medication and a charity box were stolen. At around 4.30am on March 17, Boots the Chemist in Moa Place, Freshwater, was broken in to when
Meon Valley MP George Hollingbery has praised the design of the new Havant and Waterlooville Household Waste Recycling Centre during a visit to the new facility. The new purpose-built centre on the outskirts of the town and within the West of Waterlooville
NEW Forest councillors have rejected plans to build extensions to a bungalow in Hare Lane, Hordle. Planning officer David Groom said: “Sticking a great lump on the back will make the property look pretty awful.”
WORK to demolish a Southampton school will begin later this year – with the building making way for housing. Cash-strapped Southampton City Council has set aside £480,000 to knock down Oaklands School, with work set to start in September. But
THE HAMPSHIRE sister of a toddler who went missing in Germany in 1981 described a woman who harassed their family on Facebook as ''pure evil'' in court today. Troubled Donna Wright, 33, was handed an eight-week jail sentence suspended for 18 months
HUNDREDS of people gathered to remember a man widely regarded as the father of Southampton’s Sikh community. Worshippers and colleagues paid tribute to Sardar Harnam Singh Roudh at two commemorative services at the Gurdwara Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib
EASTLEIGH'S Blue Square Bet South play-off push has been stalled by another postponement. Tonight's scheduled game at Tonbridge Angels has been called off due to a waterloogged pitch. The match has been rearranged for next Tuesday (March 26
AROUND 700 litres of heating oil was stolen from a tank in the grounds of a house at Danes Road, Awbridge, near Romsey, between 9.30pm on Sunday and 6.45am on Monday.
A RESIDENT has been fined for repeatedly ignoring orders to stop blasting out loud music from his home. Neighbours first complained about Paul Crocker when they heard music coming from his Bishopstoke home in 2011. But in spite of an abatement
ANOTHER gambling firm has thrown its hat into the ring to run Southampton’s first super-casino. Southampton City Council will begin discussions to choose its preferred operator for the site, which is seen as vital to the multi-million-pound redevelopment
THE Southampton Jazz Club will now be playing at the Talking Heads pub in Portswood Road. The pub will now be the club’s new venue after they previously played at the Soul Cellar in West Marlands Road in the city centre. To mark the move Southampton
IT is going to be the biggest and most lavish party of the year when the world’s newest cruise ship is officially named in Southampton in June. In a major coup for the port of Southampton Princess Cruises has chosen the city as the venue to unveil
A WARRANT was issued for the arrest of William Barnes, 52, of Marchwood Road, Southampton, after he had failed to appear at Winchester Crown Court to answer a rape allegation.
THEY have turned it round. Sinclair Primary and Nursery School in Southampton has been rated outstanding by inspectors just four years after being put into special measures. Ofsted awarded staff and pupils top marks, placing the Lordshill school
IT is a vital charity offering support to vulnerable women in their hour of need. Since 1985, Southampton Rape Crisis (SRC) has helped thousands of people across the city. But that help will now have to be scaled back as the charity faces cuts
A HAMPSHIRE jazz mecca is mourning the death of two famous bandleaders. Jazz legend Terry Lightfoot, whose appearances at Eastleigh’s Concorde Club stretch back to the early sixties, has died just days after the death of another club regular, trumpeter
THOUSANDS more Hampshire residents are being asked to pay for a third wheelie bin outside their homes. Civic chiefs in Eastleigh want new 240-litre garden waste bins to replace the 120-litre sacks currently used for the collection of green material
A British woman shot alongside her husband while on holiday in Barbados has been released from hospital, police on the island said today. Royal Barbados Police said two men have been detained over the shooting of cruise passengers Ann Prior, 59
Kabir Ali will miss the start of the LV County Championship season - and possibly a return to Hampshire in May - with a knee injury. The former England seamer joined Lancashire at the end of last season, after failing to agree terms with Hampshire
LAPTOPS and jewellery were stolen from a Hampshire home. Burglars forced the back door of a home in Stanmore Lane, Winchester, and took an Apple Mac Book, an iPad, a Median laptop, a gold charm bracelet and some foreign currency. The bracelet
Blackburn have sacked Michael Appleton after just over two months in charge at Ewood Park. Rovers have made the decision to wield the axe on a third manager this season following Sunday's 1-1 draw with local rivals Burnley and last week's FA Cup quarter-final
DETERMINED thieves smashed a CCTV camera in a bid to stop police tracing them after stealing agricultural equipment worth £5,500 from a farm at Lockerley. Police say the orange Kubota mini tractor and Rotovator were stolen from an open barn in
Saints On This Day - March 19 1949: Leicester 1 Saints 3 Charlie Wayman scored his 31st league goal of the season – a new Saints record – as Saints extended their unbeaten run to ten games at Filbert Street. Ted Bates was also on target. 1955:
POLICE have made an arrest after a man was found stabbed in a busy Southampton high street. Officers were last night holding a 22-year-old in custody after a 20-year-old man suffered a single knife wound. He was taken to Southampton General
Former Hampshire star Rangana Herath celebrated his 35th birthday by taking his 200th Test wicket to inspire Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second Test in Colombo. The slow left-armer finished with career-best Test figures
A Hampshire MP today welcomed Governement plans to introduce tax-free childcare. From Autumn 2015, the Government will meet 20 per cent of childcare costs for working families. When fully implemented, tax-free childcare will be worth up to
From MasterChef Cookery Course - published by DK and priced £26. (Serves 6-8) 1.8kg (4lb) leg of lamb 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary 1tbsp olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 3-4 whole bulbs of garlic, washed
FORMER SAINTS and England goalkeeper Peter Shilton has been banned from the road after admitting drink-driving. The 63-year-old pleaded guilty to the charge during a 15-minute hearing at Colchester Magistrates' Court this morning. The court
RESIDENTS of a Winchester estate are being offered cut-price heating as part of a new Government scheme. People in Winnall can get a replacement boiler free or at reduced price under the Warm-Up Winnall scheme. Janet Berry, of Winnall Community
Police talked a woman out of jumping off the Itchen Bridge. Police negotiators were called to the scene at 4.28pm yesterday. The 42-year-old woman, who is from the Southampton area, was coaxed down minutes later.
Transport minister Norman Baker will visit Southampton tomorrow as the city reveals a host of green transport initiatives. Mr Baker MP will unveil the new real-time information system being put in place at bus stops across Southampton and will
HOW sad to read a complaint about the disappearance of trees and wildlife around the Grove Road Medical Centre. As a patient there for over 40 years I quite truthfully have not missed any of this. I’m sure patients visiting the centre are going
ON the morning of March 1, there were several loud bangs east of Burley. One even made this house shake. And yet there have been no reports of complaints within the local newspapers! Have any readers the answer? As it is, during the night we
I WOULD like to thank the Woolston Community Association for the invitation to celebrate the reopening of the Church Road Centre at Church Road, Woolston on Saturday, February 23. The building and new facilities are wonderful. We would also like
IT IS a make or break budget to lift the country out of its worst slump since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Chancellor George Osborne will tomorrow unveil his fourth Budget – with the clock counting down to the next General Election,
READING about Toby Lewis, the 24-year-old Hampshire lad who wants a career in poker playing, and with an ambition to make “millions”, I must say I felt dreadfully sorry for him. What a sad and empty life, just to look forward to a glamorous lifestyle
BRITISH justice is a sham. While those who appear to commit more serious offences get lesser sentences, former MP Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are jailed for eight months. They are not a threat to society and it would make more sense
ALL cat owners, beware of growing lilies in your garden. The pollen blows off onto the cat’s fur and they lick it off while preening. The pollen is deadly poison to cats and it kills them within a few days. E R GOODALL, Southampton.
YOUR readers are fantastic! Within a very short time of publishing my letter I have located my sister-in-law living in Gosport. A reunion is planned in the next few days. It will be emotional after 28 years. Mrs Doreen Hebdige and Jean Mandy
TRIBUTES have been paid to a grandfather who died suddenly after collapsing at work. Bob Mould is thought to have suffered a heart attack while on a platform on a cement silo at the Cemex Readymix plant in St Mary’s, Southampton. The plant
An escaped snake could leave some people hiss-terical. But it is a reality for Allison and Darren Cotton after their beloved pet snake Sammy went missing in a Southampton pet shop six months ago. Mrs Cotton, 48, from Cheriton Avenue, Harefield
NEUROSCIENTISTS from Southampton swapped their laboratories for the catwalk for a unique project aimed at breaking down stigmas attached to mental illness. Second-year fashion design and knitwear students from the University of Southampton’s Winchester
“The net is closing in.” That was the message last night from detectives hunting the driver of the car who fled the scene of the horrific collision which killed a Hampshire teenager. Detectives have now inspected more than 800 vehicles in the
PEOPLE in Hampshire are in the dark over the dangers of kidney disease, according to a new survey. The survey, by Kidney Research UK, showed that 87 per cent of people in the south east have little or no knowledge of the disease, its causes, or
HE WAS a respected member of a Hampshire community. Robert Giddings was a chairman of school governors, a former parish council leader and a respected businessman. Now his reputation is in tatters after a judge sentenced him to ten years in
A pensioner fled when a fire broke out in his Southampton home today. The 67-year-old suffered smoke inhalation as he escaped the blaze in Cobden Rise, Bitterne Park. An investigation has been launched into the cause of the fire which happened
Former England manager Glenn Hoddle reckons Michael Owen is in the top four of the nation's greatest finishers. Ex-Saints boss Hoddle gave Owen his debut in 1998, included him in his World Cup squad for the 1998 finals in France, and was rewarded
Michael Owen will retire from professional football at the end of the season. The 33-year-old striker, who was capped 89 times by England, said: “It is with an immense amount of pride that I am announcing my intention to retire. “I have been
IT’S a devastating disease that has blighted their family. Three members of the Jolliffe family are living with an incurable kidney condition – and all of them have had transplants. And it was the same genetic illness that claimed the lives of
HAMPSHIRE teenagers with hopes of a career in theatre or music will get the chance to go behind the scenes of their dream jobs. Artswork is joining forces with The Mayflower theatre, Southampton, to present Creative Choices, a free careers event
HOW much drama can you pack into 50 minutes? A massive amount, as Jonathan Harvey’s intense and deeply affecting new work focusing on a homophobic hate crime attests. Simply staged and utilising sound and projected backdrops to evoke the changes
IN their final performance of a three-month, 38-date UK tour, Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag from BBC TV’s Strictly Come Dancing charmed a packed Pavilion. Backed by a superb 25-piece orchestra and four brilliant young dancers, this glamorous new
THE HISTORY of the trumpet will be relived during a special concert in Hampshire. Experienced recitalist Crispian Steele-Perkins, will travel through time, visiting the baroque period, when there were no valves on the trumpet, to classical music
SOUTHAMPTON Jazz Club will reopen tonight at a new venue. The Ray D’Inverno Trio will play The Talking Heads in Portswood with special guest Jim Mullen, formerly of the Morrissey Mullen Quintet. Carol Cunio will launch the opening night in
MUSIC from the world’s most famous country star will be hitting the Southampton stage next month. Dolly Parton’s hilarious musical comedy, 9 TO 5: The Musical, based on the hit movie, will be lighting up The Mayflower. Centred around the lives
FOR Natalie and Nick Young their ultimate dream is seeing their precious son wearing wellies and splashing about in puddles with his friends. It’s a simple pleasure that many parents take for granted. Three-year-old Harvey suffers from spastic
Many train commuters endured more travel misery today after being caught up in two separate incidents. The unfortunate passengers were travelling on South West Trains' (SWT) services with the first hold-up being due to signalling problems at Portsmouth
CLAUS Lundekvam reckons the current Saints team is a better footballing side than any he played in. The former club captain was at St Mary’s for the first time this season to see the 3-1 win against Liverpool. It was Liverpool’s fourth defeat
LIAM Dawson is set to fill Hampshire’s vacant number-three spot when the season begins next month. With Bilal Shafayat no longer with the club and Neil McKenzie not available until June, young Dawson is set to fill the void. Shafayat batted
Brokenhurst Manor ace Jack Singh-Brar has continued his love-affair with the Faldo Series, following up his victory in the European Grand Final last year with a runner-up finish in the tournament’s Asian equivalent. The 16-year-old Hampshire and
REPORTS have been ordered on a Southampton man who admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply. Recorder Richard Tyson heard Steven Morris had pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court on the basis it was for social supply. Morris, 28, of
IT has emerged like a phoenix from the ashes. The Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester has opened its new MRI and CT scanning unit – just over a year after its predecessor was destroyed in a massive blaze. The new £2m hi-tech equipment
SHOLING remain just two thirds of the way through their Southern One South & West campaign after yet another match fell foul of the weather last night. The Boatmen’s home fixture against Bridgwater Town was postponed following a 2.15 pitch
A SHAKE-up of social care will continue to fail elderly and disabled people in Hampshire without big changes, an investigation by MPs and peers warns today. The alarm is raised over gaping weaknesses in flagship reforms to cap the cost of residential
EASTLEIGH had a few grumpy players at training yesterday, according to manager Richard Hill. So keen are the Spitfires to keep their burgeoning play-off push going that Saturday’s postponement at Truro City was hard to swallow. Eastleigh had
A SOUTHAMPTON man accused of aggravated burglary was further remanded in custody until when he appeared at Winchester Crown Court. Derek Craven, 50, of Chiltern Green, Millbrook is alleged to have attempted to inflict grievous bodily harm on Sam
A woman will be sentenced today for harassing a Hampshire family on Facebook by claiming to be their daughter who went missing in Germany in 1981. Donna Wright, 33, from Spennymoor, County Durham, last month admitted sending messages to the family
The Prime Minister is to present the first of two newly created medals to Second World War veterans today. David Cameron will present the Arctic Star Medal and the Bomber Command Clasp to those who served during the war. He will also visit
ANOTHER New Forest pony has been killed on the roads. A bay mare died in a collision with a vehicle on the B3056 at Parc Pale, despite wearing one of the fluorescent collars that aim to reflect car headlights.
Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton will appear in court today after being arrested for drink driving. Shilton was arrested outside the home of a female friend in Manor Road, Colchester, Essex, on February 24 after being found to be driving
A TEENAGER accused of indecent assault was further remanded in custody when he appeared at Winchester Crown Court for reports to determine whether he is fit to plead. Josef Akak, 18, of no fixed abode, was remanded to April 10.
COUNCILS will be able to turn off fluoride from Hampshire’s water supplies if people don’t want it, new Government guidelines say. Councillors could scrap the controversial scheme within months once the health authority pushing it is axed, if Department
From the book MasterChef Cookery Course -- published by DK and priced £26. (Serves 6-8) 2 small leeks 500g spring greens Vegetable oil 4tbsp pine nuts 4tbsp water Salt and pepper Trim and wash two small leeks
From MasterChef Cookery Course - published by DK and priced £26. 50g fresh mint 3tbsp caster sugar 4tbsp white wine vinegar 3tbsp water Tear the leaves off the fresh mint and finely chop. Place in a bowl, stir in the caster
From MasterChef Cookery Course - published by DK and priced £26. (Serves 6-8) 300g young bunched carrots 2tsp cumin seeds ½tsp sugar Zest and juice of one small lemon 2tbsp olive oil Trim and scrape the young bunched
