KENT left-hander Alex Blake smashed back-to-back sixes to snatch a thrilling two-wicket win over Hampshire with one delivery remaining in the Vitality Blast. Kent had needed 16 from the final over at the Ageas Bowl, bowled by Chris Wood, who initially
HAMPSHIRE’S Fidel Edwards claimed three wickets in the first over of the match at Edgbaston as Birmingham Bears secured a comfortable seven-wicket win over Leicestershire. The Bears were immediately set on course for victory thanks to their 37-
THE CITY’S biggest summer cycling event hit the streets today (Sunday). HSBC UK Let’s Ride Southampton made a return to the city, where residents took part in the free cycling festival to see their city from the saddle. For the first time
ALMOST 200 runners competed in the Lordshill 10k - a rare mid-week race. The event took place on Wednesday June 30, 1999, when the athletes pounded the flat course around Nursling. Southampton Running Club's men rarely went home empty-handed
OUTDOOR pursuits and all the fun of the rural fair were enjoyed at the Brockenhurst Craft Fair on April 7, 1989. Antique mechanical threshing machines and other steam engines clattered away side-by-side as the audience watched the many displays
AS ROMSEY residents and visitors enjoy the colourful floats of the carnival this weekend, we take a look back at the event 40 years ago. It wasn't a great year for the procession as the day was plagued with a series of problems. The carnival
HUNDREDS of New Forest residents flocked to enjoy Beaulieu village fete thisweekend. The sun was shining while one of the child stars of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Adrian Hall, opened the fete. He arrived at the event in a Chitty driven by Lord
HE SPENT six years pursing his ambition to build a luxury home on the Hampshire coast. Billionaire businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe suffered a series of setbacks, with one application after another being rejected on environmental grounds. But
A MAN hanged himself in a wood shortly after he was told of the ending of a relationship. Lawrence Smith, 43, was discovered below a tree on an embankment of the Meon Valley Trail near Station Road, Wickham, on February 24, an inquest heard.
One of the ex-Saints who has regularly been in the news is Gareth Bale. Without a doubt he is a top class footballer who started as a full back, became a good attacking player, is probably first choice with the Welsh international team, was snapped
HAMPSHIRE had the most calls last year regarding concerns about guinea pigs in the south east. The RSPCA 24-hour cruelty line received 43 calls in 2018 to 2019 about concerns for the welfare of guinea pigs in Hampshire, new data has revealed.
