EASTLEIGH made it four pre-season wins out of five tonight, running out convincing 5-1 victors at Southern Premier outfit Weymouth. Trialist Luka Prelevic - a 20-year-old New Zealand attacking midfielder - had his early opener quickly cancelled
RESIDENTS fled when a fire broke out at their home in Southampton. Crews were called to a flat in Bourne Road, Shirley, at 4.09pm when a fire began in the back garden and spread to the property. Residents in the property, which is three doors
FORMER Sholing favourite Mike Carter has committed his future to Gosport Borough for another two years. Carter moved along the coast two summers ago after helping Sholing to a sparkling FA Vase/Sydenhams Premier double. The Boatmen always knew
ANGELA Eagle has withdrawn from the contest for Labour's leadership in order to back Owen Smith as a ''unity candidate'' to challenge Jeremy Corbyn. The Wallasey MP was the first to mount a public challenge to the Labour leader, but decided to
BUS users in Hampshire are facing delays after a vehicle overheated on the hottest day of the year. Temperatures have shot to sweltering levels with the mercury predicted to peak at 35C before the day ends. READ: The 10 best activities
SOUTHEND want to sign Sam McQueen on a season long loan from Saints. McQueen spent five months on loan at Roots Hall in the last campaign and proved a popular player, not only with the fans but importantly with manager Phil Brown. The 21-year-old
TWO people were arrested after police swooped on a house in an ongoing drugs crackdown. Police officers carried out the drugs warrant at the property in Queen Mary Avenue, in Basingstoke yesterday following an investigation into illegal drugs,
THE FAMILY of a Southampton man who has been missing for three days are appealing for help.Ovidijus Aukselis, 22, was last seen by his housemate at 6am on Friday at their home in Arnold Road.Since then he has not been in contact with his family or friends
SIX Sydenhams Premier Division clubs will be making an early start to the 2016/17 FA Cup campaign. Three all-Wessex extra preliminary round fixtures – Fawley AFC v AFC Portchester, Lymington Town v Hamworthy Utd (at New Milton Town FC) and Sholing
THERE were letters published from UKIP supporters, claiming I am wrong, to suggest they no longer have any importance. Indeed, I say UKIP has destroyed Britain, with help of the Conservatives. And yet The European Union will always be our closest
WHAT many ‘Remainers’, including most Labour MPs, have failed to grasp, is that by holding his Referendum, David Cameron gave the English and Welsh a rare opportunity to express a democratic view – by a majority of 1,957,696 votes. It had little
I THOUGHT Nicola Sturgeon was a lady of some intelligence and that she understood what democracy stands for. The referendum was a vote for the UK by the British people, regardless of whether they are from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
I WAS pleased to hear the recommendation by a House of Lords Select Committee (on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability) that restaurants, pubs and clubs which do not provide facilities for disabled customers should be shut down. This continues the
I, LIKE Mimms Davies am most concerned over the spending of Eastleigh BC. In 2014, I wrote expressing my concern over the Ageas golf course, both the need for it and the cost. Council leader Keith House replied that the first nine holes would
HE IS the man at the forefront of unearthing Europe’s Roman ports. Professor Simon Keay, of the University of Southampton, was awarded €2.49 million of European Research Council funding to study a large network of Roman ports in the Mediterranean
A HAMPSHIRE-born man who battled American Confederates and the demon drink is to be honoured in a historic ceremony this weekend. John Davis was born at into a poor family at Meonstoke in 1839. He had no proper schooling and started work aged nine
HE had been predicted to get A and A* grades in his GCSEs. Instead, after falling into “the wrong company”, Jacque started smoking cannabis every day, stopped studying and then turned to crime to fund his drug habit. His life seemed to be spiralling out
FOLLAND Sports have sent out an urgent SOS call to get more committee members on board. With parent company GE Aviation having withdrawn the threat of closure, the dark cloud that had been hanging over the club has thankfully blown over, writes
HENRY VIII's flagship the Mary Rose has been unveiled for the first time unobstructed by glass or the spray of conservation jets, giving visitors a ''stunning panoramic'' view. The hull was revealed at a special viewing at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
THERE are 'Reasons to be Cheerful' as Ian Dury's Blockheads play Southampton's 1865 club on Friday.This legendary outfit has grown in stature from the early days of the Stiff tour in 1977, right up to the present day. Backing up Ian Dury
THE legendary 80s electronic duo Pet Shop Boys are to perform on the South coast. Just as they get ready to perform four sold-out shows this week at the Royal Opera House in London, they have announced they will return to the UK with their Super
Day 3: Hampshire 398-9 (McManus 117*), Surrey 637-7 declared LEWIS McManus’s maiden senior century boosted Hampshire’s hopes of avoiding defeat in their relegation clash against Surrey at The Ageas Bowl. .@hantscricket's @lewis_mcmanus
The Ageas Bowl’s new golf course will play host to a charity challenge later this month involving cricketing legends Sir Ian “Beefy” Botham and Shane Warne. Sir Ian Botham and Shane Warne will be completing a round of golf with a difference this
OLI Bromby is safely though to the men’s 100 metres semi-finals at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. With three automatic qualifiers to progress from each heat, the 18-year-old Southampton AC sprinter from Shirley finished
A man is believed to have shot dead two female members of his family near a swimming pool in a small market town. The horror unfolded near Castle Swimming Pool in Spalding, when three people including the suspected gunman died. No shots were fired
CENTRE-HALF Jack Vallis could be a familiar face lining up against Eastleigh at Weymouth tonight. Trialist Vallis, who had a spell with the Spitfires as a youngster, made his first appearance for the Terras against Barnstaple Town on Friday and
TWO boys have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire at a Hampshire chapel. Police have launched an investigation after the incident in Victoria Road, Farnborough. Firefightes sealed off the chapel and battled the flames before examining
SOUTHAMPTON AC’s under-13 and under-15 young athletes have made a little piece of history. Until this summer, the club had never won the highest league possible for lower age-group young athletes. But all that changed last weekend when they
A poem by reader Carol Plunkett of Rownhams, inspired by the mini-heatwave. Escapism Those little cirrus strips of cloud Dissecting blue from blue Their feathered fronds and lozenged loops Opaque where sky breaks through Declare
IT IS one of the best-known vehicles in cinema history. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the famous flying car that transports eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts and his children to Vulgaria, a distant kingdom ruled by the evil Baron Bomburst. Now
A CLIMBER who fell 40ft down a cliff has been seriously injured and airlifted to a Southampton hospital. The woman, who was in a group with other climbers, suffered head and leg injuries in the incident at Anvil Point, Swanage. She fell onto
This latest incarnation of Thriller Live comes direct from the West End at the end of a lengthy UK tour and it is a slick, well- oiled dazzling production. The record-breaking show, now in it's eighth year, has never called itself a musical although
EMERGENCY services were called after a man was hit by a bus in Southampton. The pedestrian was struck in Hill Lane, near Commercial Road, at 5.15pm yesterday. Ambulance crews rushed to his aid, but the extent of his injuries are not known.
SOLLY March is in negotiations over a new contract at Brighton & Hove Albion amid reported interest from Saints. March has been linked with a move to St Mary’s previously in the summer of 2014, but the club have never acted on any admiration
CUCO Martina could become the first casualty of Claude Puel’s reign at Saints, with the new manager looking to bring in a new right-back to compete with Cedric Soares. The Curacao international was brought in for £1m from Dutch side FC Twente last
WICKHAM Festival organisers are promising a bigger and better event than ever before as the date fast approaches. The hugely-popular four-day fiesta was voted Best Festival (Under 15,000 capacity) at last year’s Live UK Music Business awards posing the
HUNDREDS of children across the city have been rewarded for the smart use of their green fingers. There were 22 entries in this year's Southampton in Bloom schools' competition, which encourages youngsters to garden and learn about the natural
THE family of a Southampton man who has been missing for three days are appealing for help to find him. Ovidijus Aukselis, 22, was last seen by his housemate at 6am on Friday at their home in Arnold Road. Since then he has not been in contact
COUNCIL chiefs are under fire over plans to axe a measure that forces them to monitor pollution levels in a Hampshire town. The centre of Totton was made an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) more than ten years ago amid concern over the amount
SHE was the golden girl of British swimming. During a glittering career Sharron Davies won two gold medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and a silver at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Since retiring from the sport in 1994 she has
IT MIGHT not all be fun in the sun. That is the warning from weather experts as temperatures in Hampshire threaten to break through the 30C mark today. Forecasters at the Met Office issued a level 2 heat-health alert yesterday as the heatwave
IT clearly doesn't matter if you're black and white. Michael Jackson spread his message of acceptance in Southampton yesterday by christening a Zany Zebra at the Mayflower Theatre. Thriller dancer Sean Christopher channelled the King of Pop's
THIS is the multi-million-pound vision for 900 new homes on the outskirts of a Hampshire village. Developers are poised to unveil the second stage of their controversial scheme totalling 1,400 properties in Boorley Green near Botley. The developer
A SCAM artist who stole thousands of pounds worth of mobile phones in Hampshire is among the UK's 10 most wanted fraudsters. Naeem Ahmed, 44, is on the run after conning phone shops across the country, using stolen payment details to buy handsets
ATTACKING police should be treated as a hate crime to tackle a surge in violence, Hampshire's chief union rep has said. Hampshire Police Federation has demanded action as shocking new figures show three officers are attacked every day in the county
AN epic production detailing the life of one of the world's most iconic figures comes to Southampton in September. Cape Town Opera are set to follow their 2012 Mayflower Theatre Porgy and Bess visit with the brand new Mandela Trilogy. The show, which
BRITISH blues star Joanne Shaw Taylor will be returning from Nashville to showcase her new album Wild this autumn. The singer is set to release her fifth studio album at the end of September and brings her music to The Brook on November 2.Recorded at
