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Stories for 24 May 2003

Hampshire Food

BAKED TROUT WITH WATERCRESS AND MUSHROOM STUFFING

Trout has a wonderful delicate flavour, and needs very little cooking, and even less in the way of sauces, flavourings and seasonings. Here it's been matched with watercress and mushrooms. All the flavours work well and are not fighting against each other.  more...

Southampton News

Call for clarity on contraceptive pill

A CHRISTIAN charity in Hampshire is calling for women to be "told the truth about the potentially fatal effect of birth control pills on their unborn children".   more...

Methodists mark Wesley date

METHODISTS across Hampshire are ready to mark John Wesley's 300th anniversary.  more...

Charity's bid to hit cash target

SOME of the world's greatest collectors' items are going under the hammer - all in the name of a Hampshire charity.  more...

Port troops return home

SOLDIERS from Marchwood military port will be back home with their families tomorrow after more than four months of overcoming wind, rain, sandstorms and scorching temperatures in Iraq.  more...

More big names join Park spectacular

TWO more big names from the world of pop - sure to get both male and female music fans excited - will be announced next week for Power In The Park.  more...

Schoolchildren plant tree in memory of tragic Jamie

FORMER schoolmates of a Hampshire boy who died from a severe asthma attack have planted a tree in his memory - one year after his death.  more...

All dressed up . . .

YEAR 11 pupils at Henry Cort Community School, Fareham, de-cided to mark the end of their school years with a formal prom.  more...

HAMPSHIRE PENSIONS TIME BOMB

FIREFIGHTERS, road sweepers and librarians are among thousands of local authority workers in Hampshire facing up to the costly prospect of topping up their pension contributions.  more...

Forty years of Fo'c'sle

In May 1963, Britain was firmly in the grip of Beatlemania, with the loveable moptops bestriding the hit parade with their first number one, From Me to You.  more...

Southampton Shipping

In Port

Today's Principal Arrivals: Leo Leader, vehicle, 0200, 202; Millennium, general, 0230, 109; Autoksy, ro/ro, 0530, 25 link; P&O Nedlloyd Kowloon, container, 0730, 207; Sundream, cruise ship, 0800, 38/9; Auriga, general, 1200, 107; Baltic Breeze, vehicle, 1400, 201.  more...

Southampton Sport

`Fresh start' for Thomas

Former Common-wealth and European 400metres champion Iwan Thomas is planning a "fresh start" to his athletics career.  more...

Jones Ponders St Mary's exit

PAUL JONES could leave Saints this summer - after admitting he needs first-team football to remain Welsh number one.  more...

CYCLING - 10-mile event tailor-made for Walkling

TIME trialists have the opportunity of racing twice this afternoon in 10-mile events taking place within 15 miles of each other, at Bentley and Greatham in the north-east corner of the country.  more...

BASKETBALL - Stags grab play-off glory

COACH Adam Hanley praised "an outstanding team performance" as Hythe Stags charged to Division 3 play-off glory in the Solent Area Basketball League.  more...

DARTS - Aldous storms to title success

Bob Aldous crossed the stormy Solent to win the Hampshire-supported Renowned Holidays Men's Singles title at Mill Rythe, Hayling Island.  more...

Richman hits his name into record books

Hard-hitting Paultons all-rounder Tony Richman wrote himself into cricketing folklore when he smashed six sixes in a single over in a Border League match at Bramshaw, writes MIKE VIMPANY.  more...

Kenway keeps Hampshire in it

Derek Kenway helped Hampshire avoid an innings defeat with his highest score for nearly two years against Somerset at The Rose Bowl yesterday.  more...