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  • Fire closes Southampton High Street

    FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze in Southampton City Centre last night. The blaze broke out in a disused building in the High Street next door to the Standing Order pub. The fire was in the floor of the building, formerly occupied by Walkabout

  • Mystery meeting makes exhilarating drama

    So what is Copenhagen about? Ostensibly it’s about what happened at a mysterious meeting that took place in the Danish capital during World War Two between two of the great quantum theorists- Heisenberg, he of the Uncertainty Principle, and Bohr, who

  • Hairdresser plans for chip shop get go-ahead

    A CHIP shop in Swaythling could be converted under new plans. Developers can now transform Ocean Fish Bar, on Burgess Road, into a barbers. It comes after permission was granted to change the space by Southampton City Council.

  • HERITAGE: Southampton's lost castles

    When the Normans arrived in Southampton in 1066, they built a castle on high ground at the confluence of the rivers Test and the Itchen. It was built in their usual manner consisting of a large mound, or motte, on top of which the castle was constructed

  • MP backs £4million funding boost for Hampshire hospitals

    A HAMPSHIRE MP has welcomed a £4m funding boost to help the county's hospital trust. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust identified a scheme that will help with its emergency care capacity and has been allocated £4.06 million by the government

  • Broken-down bus causing delays on M271

    A BROKEN-down bus is causing delays on a busy Hampshire motorway junction. The vehicle is blocking lane one and two of the northbound Rownhams interchange, where the M271 meets the M27. Traffic bosses are warning of delays of 25 minutes - with

  • Work starts on new cemetery with more than 500 graves

    WORK has started on a new cemetery which aims to ease the growing shortage of graves in the New Forest. The site near the entrance to Southampton Water will be used to provide the Forest with enough burial plots for the next 30 years. Proposals

  • Wetherspoons to stop selling Jager ahead of Brexit

    PUB chain Wetherspoons will stop selling drinks including Jägermeister and French brandy by the end of this month ahead of Brexit. The company says instead they want to increase their range of drinks from UK and non-EU producers across its 880 pubs

  • Motorists hit by 10th consecutive week of fuel price rises

    FUEL prices have risen for a 10th successive week. The average cost of a litre of unleaded stands at more than £1.30 at UK forecourts, with diesel exceeding £1.34, Government figures show. Fuel has not been more expensive than current levels

  • WATERING HOLE: The village pub set to reveal new B&B

    A PUB is set to unveil its new B&B to customers in October. The Dog and Crook Pub in Braishfield has come under new management in the past two weeks. Chris May, the new manager, will be spearheading the launch of the pubs new B&B alongside

  • Assault on officer sparks wide-scale search in West End

    THE hunt continues for two suspects following a large scale police search yesterday. Witnesses say armed police and a helicopter were deployed yesterday afternoon in the hunt for the two suspects, who ran from officers in the West End area.

  • Warning after spate of break-ins in Southampton

    A SPATE of break-ins across a Southampton suburb has sparked a warning by police. Officers are carrying out patrols and enquiries in Bassett after eight sheds, garages and outbuildings were broken into over the last three days. Push bikes and

  • WATCH: Lucky ship passengers surprised by pod of dolphins

    A POD of dolphins put on a spectacular show for crew members and passengers on-board a Southampton-bound ship. Around 15 dolphins were seen riding the bow of the SS Shieldhall on Monday, September 4, at around 10.30am. The ship was near Old

  • Delays after crash at busy city junction

    DRIVERS are being warned of delays on a major Southampton road this morning. It comes after a crash on Bursledon Road at the junction with Botley Road. Traffic bosses are warning of delays on approach.

  • Veteran Stuart braves the shave for hospice

    A HAMPSHIRE hospice head shave by an armed forces veteran has raised more than £1,000 in a sponsored event. Stuart Rankin braved the shave to raise money for Countess Mountbatten Hospice Charity. The Winchester man, who is now a full-time carer

  • New flats set to be built in city centre

    NEW flats will be built in Southampton city centre. The first and second floor of 160-161 High Street can now be transformed into six apartments after developers were granted planning permission to build on the site. It was given the green

  • Hughes hopes for full speed

    MARK Hughes is hopeful that Saints will be at full capacity when they resume action after the international break. Saints put a sluggish start to the campaign behind them with victories over Brighton and Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup and Premier

  • Fawley bosses reveal £500m plan to secure site's future

    ONE OF Hampshire’s biggest industrial sites has unveiled plans for a new production facility costing hundreds of millions of pounds. Proposals being drawn up by ExxonMobil are said to represent the biggest investment in the future of Fawley refinery

  • Second title for pub that looked set to close

    A SMALL Hampshire pub has been named as the region’s top watering hole for the second year running, despite looking set to be lost to developers less than four years ago. Now, The Wonston Arms, near Sutton Scotney, is battling it out for a prestigious

  • School's £1.8m expansion plans set to be signed off today

    PROPOSALS to spend £1.8million expanding a village school are set to be signed off by Hampshire’s education chief today. The plans would see the cash poured into Colden Common Primary School to help meet demand created by new housing in the area