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  • Diaper's home pride as Sholing put seven past Evesham

    SHOLING may be quitting the Southern League at the end of the season, but they certainly won’t be going out with a whimper. The Boatmen’s determination to stage a grandstand finish was evident last night as they blitzed Evesham United 7-1 at the

  • Jim Davidson re-arrested by Savile police

    Hampshire comedian Jim Davidson has been rearrested over fresh allegations of sexual offences, it emerged tonight. The 59-year-old answered bail today after he was held in January by detectives working on Operation Yewtree, the national investigation

  • Crown Stirrup, Lyndhurst

    DRINKERS often like to claim that their favourite boozer is a one-off – but the Crown Stirrup is truly unique. The pub is the only one named after an ancient object that was used to decide which villagers could take their dogs hunting in the New

  • Reading turn to Poyet

    Reading captain Jobi McAnuff has pledged to fight until the end as the embattled club's managerial search today turned to Brighton's Gus Poyet. Brian McDermott was last week relieved of his duties at the Madejski Stadium helm after a run of four successive

  • Reward goes up to £15k in Jade Clark death investigation

    THE total reward for information about the death of Jade Clark has now been increased to £15,000, Dorset Police has confirmed. The Ringwood business community agreed to offer £14,000 in the hope of finding the driver of the Volvo XC90 who fled

  • Budget a missed opportunity, says council leader

    SOUTHAMPTON city leader has slammed the budget as a “missed opportunity” to help struggling businesses and households. Cllr Richard Williams, leader of Southampton City Council, said: “There is nothing in this budget for local government despite

  • LMA hit out at managerial sackings

    Football's attitude to sacking managers is "arrogant" and the statistics on dismissals are "embarrassing", the League Managers' Association claimed today. Blackburn's sacking of Michael Appleton and Stevenage's dismissal of Gary Smith this week

  • Business leaders welcome budget

    HAMPSHIRE business leaders are welcoming cuts to corporation tax, national insurance and the decision to scrap the threatened fuel duty. Chancellor Osborne this afternoon unveiled his budget which he hoped would kick start the economy which he

  • £30,000 fines for firms after workers exposed to asbestos

    A Hampshire firm has been fined after workers and Royal Navy personnel were exposed to asbestos when pipes lined with the substance were left on a roadside. A court heard how the pipes, lined with asbestos insulation, were removed from HMS Sultan

  • Saints - on this day in history, March 20

    Saints On This Day - March 20 1948: Birmingham 0 Saints 0 Saints remained in second place in Division 2, just four points behind leaders Cardiff with two games in hand. 1954: Saints 4 Leyton Orient 1 Eric Day (2), Johnny Walker and John Hoskins

  • Jewellery raid on house

    BURGLARS escaped with jewellery worth £2,000 from a house at Nursling, including an undisclosed quantity of brooches, one engraved with the name Bessie. Doors at the rear of the property in Romsey Road were forced sometime between 9.30am last Friday

  • The Budget at a glance: what it means to you

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne rose today to deliver his Budget statement to the House of Commons: Here, at a glance, are his main announcements: The Government had cut the deficit by a third and helped businesses create 1.25

  • Burglar's plea ignored by judge

    DESPITE an impassioned plea that he should be put on an alcohol rehabilitation course, a career criminal was jailed at Winchester Crown Court. John Martin, who admitted breaking into a house in Southampton and stealing £2,500 worth of goods, pleaded

  • Church burglary suspect unfit to plead

    A JUDGE has ruled that a man suspected of alleged offences at a Hampshire church is unfit to plead. Psychiatrist David Morton told a hearing at Winchester Crown Court that Derrick Gardner had limited attention and did not believe he was capable

  • War hero guilty of sex abuse

    A HAMPSHIRE war hero who sexually assaulted two children has been jailed – eight months after being made an MBE by the Queen. Staff Sergeant Adrian Stone joined the Army when he was just 17 and has served on tours of the Falklands, Iraq, Afghanistan

  • Outdoor skills

    YOUNG explorers can test their survival skills at Lepe Country Park’s shelter building challenge. Children between eight and 14 can learn to build shelters and light fires at the workshop in the New Forest between 1pm and 4pm, April 10. It

  • Village meeting

    RESIDENTS can attend a village association’s annual meeting. The Titchfield Community Association will hold its meeting at the village community centre, in Mill Street, next Wednesday, starting at 7pm.

  • Parking deal

    A FIVE-YEAR wrangle over parking in a Winchester suburb may have been resolved by civic chiefs. City councillors gave the go-ahead for restrictions in Abbotts Barton that they hope will address problems caused by commuters parking there. There

  • Bin torched

    POLICE are hunting the arsonists who torched a wheelie bin in an alleyway. Fire crews were called to the cut through off Nutbeem Road in Eastleigh overnight on Monday. Call police on 101.

  • Police advice

    A SOUTHAMPTON police station is holding a community crime prevention event on Saturday Portswood police station’s safer neighbourhood team will offer crime prevention advice and also register mobile phones, bikes, laptops and other items. The 10am-midday

  • Thief fined

    WINCHESTER man Neil Munkley has been fined for shoplifting from Marks & Spencer. Basingstoke magistrates heard Munkley, 31, of Trussell Crescent, Weeke, was caught with goods valued at £118.88. He admitted theft. He was fined £70 and ordered

  • Shedding light on savings

    RENT, business rates, wages, stock. These are just a few of the rising costs facing business owners in Southampton. But a new scheme being rolled out by the city council could see 900 businesses save up to 56 per cent on their energy bills.

  • Vicarage site plan rejected

    YOU can knock down the vicarage but cannot replace it with two four-bedroom homes. That is the message Test Valley councillors sent to developers behind the scheme at Ampfield’s former vicarage in Knapp Lane. Borough Southern Area committee members

  • Tory councillor quits party over disabled parking

    A HAMPSHIRE councillor has quit the Conservatives and defected to UKIP over plans to make disabled motorists pay to park in the New Forest. Councillor Chris Lagdon has resigned from the ruling Tory group on New Forest District Council in protest

  • The day a meteor lit up the Hampshire sky

    STREAKING across the sky like a ball of pale green fire, a meteor caused quite a stir in Hampshire in the spring of 1891. Recent dramatic images of a meteor crashing through the atmosphere and landing in a remote part of Russia last month reminded

  • Efit released in hunt for burglar

    POLICE investigating a burglary have released an efit of a man they want to find. At about 4.30am Sunday, March 10, a 49-year-old woman discovered the youth in the bedroom of her home at Warren Avenue, Southampton. He was searching through her

  • Transport secretary shown future of city

    TRANSPORT minister Norman Baker was in Southampton today to see for himself ambitious plans to keep the city moving. He was invited by city bosses to see how £2.5million Government money had been spent on the bus network as well as Southampton

  • Ladies Down Under, RAODS, Plaza Theatre, Romsey

    WITH the actors reprising their roles, this felt like a welcome and timely update to the characters depicted in Ladies’ Day last year. Ladies Down Under was another bold, truthful and very funny depiction of women’s friendships and life’s lessons

  • ‘Disgusted’ at the cost of parking in city centre

    RECENTLY after I had done a small job I decided to go into town and try to get myself some trainers. I was disgusted at the price to park in the city centre now most parking meters are £2 for an hour. What does the council think you can do

  • Trees in danger

    SOMETHING needs to be done urgently about all the ivy-covered trees in The Avenue and the adjoining roads before they are throttled and killed by the ivy. They are a disgrace. J PENN-BARROW, Southampton

  • Unlock your naked inhibitions . . .

    MICHAEL Waugh and others should open their Bibles at Chapter 20 of Isaiah. God instructs the prophet to go naked. This is what happened to Stephen Gough in a Canadian woodland clearing. More recent precedents are 17thcentury Quakers right here

  • Junction changes seem to have made things worse

    I HAVE been trying for some time to understand the logic behind the recent lane changes at the bottom of Regents Park Road. I initially thought these were carried out to improve the Millbrook Road/Regents Park Road junction pending the opening

  • RAC man was hero

    I WOULD just like to thank the wonderful RAC man who stopped for me a couple of weeks ago on a very busy Saturday when I managed to break down, (OK, no petrol!) right outside Sainsbury’s entrance in Lordshill, driving into Andromeda Road. Thanks

  • Name and shame supporters

    HAVING read about the decision to open a strip club in the old Harbour Board office I presume permission was granted by the city council. If so who do the councillors represent? There seems to be some dissatisfaction from the citizens that we do

  • The Englishman Inn, Shirley

    AS THE young and young at heart step through the door they are greeted by the friendly smiles of the regulars. Saints pictures and scarves hang across the bar, but behind the banter it doesn’t matter what team you support. George, 59, and Jane

  • Fancy dress boot camp raises £500 for toddler

    IT WAS no pain no gain for fitness fanatics who donned fancy dress to help a Hampshire toddler in his mission to walk. Despite the rain and considerable amount of mud, a determined team that included a female Superman, a sumo wrestler and two scuba

  • Man charged with flat arson

    A SOUTHAMPTON man made a brief appearance in court accused of starting a fire in a city council owned flat where he was living. Daniel Morgan, 23, of Paignton Road, denied arson when reckless as whether the life of another would be endangered,

  • 'Perfect bride' died just five months after wedding

    THEY were supposed to be celebrating the rest of their lives together, but five months after their fairytale wedding a heartbroken husband’s dreams are shattered after a rare heart condition killed his wife. Last night devastated Andy Reed fought

  • Buses under attack mean services cancelled to estate

    A BUS firm stopped services through a housing estate after young vandals pelted a single-decker with bricks and stones. The attack shattered a window on Blue Star’s number 18 service while several passengers were on board as it went through Millbrook

  • Budget 2013 - live

    George Osborne delivers his Budget 2013 to the House of Commons on Wednesday March 20. We'll be live blogging from 8am ahead of the Chancellor getting to his feet, bringing you the latest breaking angles and analysis, as well as the best video

  • Pietersen out of final Test

    Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the final Test against New Zealand with a knee injury that could sideline him for up to eight weeks. The England and Wales Cricket Board has revealed the former Hampshire star had suffered "possible cartilage

  • 1,200 homes in black-out after lightning strike

    A LIGHTNING strike blacked out 1,200 Hampshire homes yesterday. A pylon in Old Park Road, Bishop's Sutton, near Alresford, was damaged after it was struck at around 3pm. Southern Electric (SSE) had engineers on site from 3.50pm and restored

  • Weather threatens cricket crisis

    THE miserable wet weather is throwing south coast grass-roots football into chaos – with cricket set to follow. Many of the region’s main adult football leagues are either having to extend their season or cram unwanted double header fixtures in

  • Major delays after two-car crash on motorway

    MOTORISTS are facing long delays this morning after an accident on a Hampshire motorway. A collision at around 7.30am blocked lane three of the M27 westbound, approaching junction 5, at Eastleigh, sparking major congestion for rush-hour traffic

  • Sarisbury denied in Lord's final

    Sarisbury Athletic’s bid to become ECB Indoor National Club champion ended in gallant failure at Lord’s. They finished runners-up, brushing aside Kent champions Betteshanger Colliery Welfare to win their semi-final by 18 runs, but then losing the

  • Budget Day: Now is time for action say business chiefs

    TODAY IS D-Day for struggling households and businesses in Hampshire as the Chancellor of the Exchequer spells out the most crucial budget since the Second World War. Businesses and politicians in Hampshire will be on tenterhooks as George Osborne

  • Are you the next Miss Hampshire? Here's how to enter

    The hunt is on for Hampshire's next catwalk queen. Organisers of the county's annual beauty pageant have begun their search for budding young models - and ultimately a potential Miss World. Talent spotters are casting their eager eyes over

  • Hunt launched to find the new Miss Hampshire

    The hunt is on for Hampshire's next catwalk queen. Organisers of the county's annual beauty pageant have begun their search for budding young models - and ultimately a potential Miss World. Talent spotters are casting their eager eyes over

  • Adams jets off for MCC duty

    HAMPSHIRE captain Jimmy Adams is preparing to play alongside Rahul Dravid after swapping Barbados for Dubai. Adams has flown back from Hampshire’s pre-season tour in the Caribbean to join the rest of the MCC squad in the United Arab Emirates.

  • Suspect cleared of pub raid

    A MAN suspected of committing a burglary that threatened the future of a Southampton pub has been acquitted without having to say a word in his defence. Ethan Drummond, 37, had been accused of emptying a safe of about £5,000 from a flat above the

  • Alresford go back to the top

    ALRESFORD Town returned to the Sydenhams Premier summit following a night of high drama at Moneyfields which ended with a last-gasp 4-2 win. The Magpies twice battled back from behind, missing a penalty along the way, before striking three times

  • Future is bright in solar action table

    NEW figures show Southampton homeowners lead the county when it comes to green energy. A survey by a solar panel specialist showed that 671 households in the city took advantage of a government scheme for free installations, compared to just six

  • Offensive messages sparked major police operation

    THE man who sparked a major police operation in Hampshire has pleaded guilty to two offences of sending offensive messages. A charge of making threats to kill David Buckland were dropped at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court. Anthony Betsworth,

  • SHOCKING: Appalling conditions revealed at jail

    TWO severely disabled prisoners were crammed for 23 and a half hours a day into a Hampshire jail cell designed for one, an inspection found. The two had not showered for months and relied on other inmates to take them their meals, HM Inspectorate