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Stories for 20 June 2003

Basingstoke News

Exploring the wonderful world of wood

YOU could see the wood for the trees at Milestones museum in Basingstoke - at the eighth annual Wood Fair. more...

Death crash driver was over the limit

A DRIVER who died when his car was flung into the air after hitting a Basingstoke town centre roundabout was four times over the legal drink-drive limit, an inquest heard. more...

Bishop defends attack on controversial cleric

THE Bishop of Basingstoke has given his support to nine bishops who have criticised the appointment of homosexual Dr Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading. more...

Accused had anger problem

THE MAN accused of butchering a drinking friend, scattering his dismembered remains across a Basingstoke housing estate and cooking his arm, had told a work colleague he had problems controlling his anger, murder trial jurors heard. more...

Basingstoke Sport

Justin: I did it for dad

EXCLUSIVE: JUSTIN Rose dedicated his superb tied fifth place finish in the US Open at Olympia Fields to his late dad Ken on an emotional and poignant Father's Day. more...

Mr Football to quit

AFTER 50 years as secre-tary of the Basingstoke and District Football League, the town's Mr Football, Peter Raynbird, has announced his decision to stand down. more...

Eastleigh News

Clampdown on yobs brings peace to estate

A POLICE crackdown on teenage tearaways on an Eastleigh estate is already starting to restore peace to the area. more...

RUBBISH!

WHAT a mess! Travellers who had set up a controversial site on a Hampshire playing field for more than six weeks finally began to move out today. more...

Eastleigh Sport

Gibbens opts for Eastleigh

ERNIE Howe is saddened that former Saints midfielder Kevin Gibbens is contemplating dropping down the football pyramid when he should be moving up. more...

Echowinchester News

Charity seeks to ease hostel fears

CRUNCH meetings about a controversial plannned hostel for ex-offenders will be held between the charity that would run it and Winchester residents. more...

TV STAR ON DRINK-DRIVE CHARGE

WINCHESTER TV presenter Alastair Stewart has been charged with drink-driving, it was revealed today. more...

Farehamandgosport News

Marian throws off her L-plates at last

IT'S taken 153 lessons, seven tests and a lot of patience, but Marian Kennard has finally thrown away her learner plates and become a bona fide motorist. more...

Family rallies round Eve, 85, after ordeal

THE family of an 85-year-old woman who lay in a ditch for two days are planning a low-key celebration after she leaves hospital in four days. more...

Forestandwaterside News

Plea to drivers to ease ponies' pain

A LEADING New Forest figure has condemned hit-and-run drivers who leave injured ponies to suffer in agony. more...

Parents battle to save school

HAMPSHIRE'S education chiefs were warned last night that they will be "waking a sleeping tiger" if they introduce plans to close Fawley's village school. more...

Hampshire Business

Refurbishment company changes hands

SOUTHAMPTON based International Interiors Ltd, specialists in cruise ship and hotel refurbishment, has been sold by the company's founder, Geoff Street. more...

Great bargains on summer air fares

THE price war to capture the biggest slice of the south's air travellers is hotting up at Southampton Airport as the busy peak summer holiday period prepares to take off. more...

Hampshire Food

R Bar and Restaurant

THERE'S a certain dream-like quality to a warm, summery evening in Hamble. more...

Hampshire Sailsolent

Lymington trio shatter record

Lymington trio Neil McGrigor, Tony Jenvey and Simon Rogers have shattered the Round Britain record. more...

Injury and a breakdown fail to hold back fearless Jory

FEARLESS Southampton powerboat racer Shelley Jory still managed to win herself a place on the podium despite nursing a broken ankle and her boat breaking down on the start line. more...

Numb second in nationals

Local racers performed well in the fourth RYA National Powerboat Championships at Ramsgate. more...

100-year-old boat competes

WHILE there will be many modern boats competing in the Round-the-Island race, there are also some veteran hulls. more...

Island records looking safe

THE current monohull record held by Mike Slade's Skandia Life Leopard of 4hr 5m 40secs does not look like being threatened in the 67th Round-the-Island race off the Isle of Wight tomorrow. more...

Great for Rory

Gosport's Rory Gillard and his Cockney crew on London Clipper had a great 12-hour run in the current leg of the Clipper 2003 race. more...

Sam finds the going tough

It has been a tough week for Southampton yachtswoman Sam Davies on her Figaro boat, Skandia. more...

Toby triumphs

Lymington Town SC's Calshot Challenge Trophy Race, normally a long distance two part race, proved impossible to run in baking weather. more...

Hat-trick bid

It was a regular feature on the Solent, the maxi yacht Maxima owned by Upton-based entrepreneur businessman and avid sailor John Caulcutt. more...

Soton pair are happy with overall finish

SOUTHAMPTON pair Hugh Styles and Adam May left it late before shining on the final day of the Tornado European championships in Sardinia. more...

Soton trio claim two crowns in one weekend

SOUTHAMPTON trio Rob and Peter Greenhalgh and Dan Johnson triumphed in the British Open Championship for 18-foot skiff sailors off Portland harbour. more...

Ainslie defends Euro title

Lymington's Ben Ainslie continued to exude the Midas touch when he successfully defended his Finn European Championship title in Sweden a race early. more...

The intense thrills of Zapcat racing ..

FOUR SOUTHAMPTON thrill-seekers start their quest for national championship success in the ever-growing sport of Zapcat racing this weekend. more...

Iow News

Rock on . . . for an extra day

THE Isle of Wight's music festival could rock-on for three days next year. more...

Steam railway re-creates wartime role

THE atmosphere of an isolated country branch line during 1940s wartime Britain is being re-created over the weekend in a new event at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. more...

Island teaching jobs to be cut by 40

THE GOVERNMENT has come under attack after it was revealed that the Island will have 40 fewer teachers when the new school year starts in September. more...

Treehouse may face axe from planners

A NEWPORT family were shocked to be told a treehouse in their garden that has been used by local children for nearly four years breaches planning laws and may have to be removed. more...

£440,000 grant to develop sports fields

SPORTS fields in Ryde and Newport are to be developed thanks to a £440,000 government grant. more...

Polar Bear heading for icy challenge

A polar Bear on the way to the ice and frozen wastes of Greenland has been spotted in Southampton docks. more...

Harassed by ex-employer

INSPIRED by the abrasive style of Jeremy Paxman and the language of newspaper columnist Richard Littlejohn, a tax consultant embarked on a campaign of harassment against a local councillor, a court heard. more...

BOOTED OUT

A HEROIN addict who has terrorised neighbours for almost a decade has until noon today to leave her home in Prospect Road, Newport. more...

Southampton Leisure

CINEMA LSITINGS

Films showing in the Hampshire region until 27 June more...

Nicholas Nickleby event

ONE of the things that makes cinema different from theatre is that it's a one-way process. more...

BASIC (15)

FEARSOME drill instructor Sergeant Nathan West (Samuel L Jackson) leads a platoon of six soldiers on a military training exercise in Panama. more...

TADPOLE (15)

FIFTEEN-year-old Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) is at odds with the world around him. more...

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (15A)

THE FAST and the Furious was one of those great movies that took cinema-goers by surprise. It wasn't really about anything but was packed with fantastic car races and chase scenes that left you breathless. more...

World Music Extravaganza

THERE'S more to this year's Isle of Wight Festival than rock music. more...

Peter J Croissant

Southampton is truly striking out on its own with this local hero. Peter is a Southampton talent signed to the new Southampton-based Profile Music Management. more...

Lloyd Cole

LLOYD COLE is second only to Morrissey in his reputation as Britain's grouchiest singer-songwriter. more...

Fun Lovin' Criminals

BEING cool is one of those indefinable qualities that's almost impossible to pin down. more...

Romeo and Juliet

TITCHFIELD Festival Theatre returns to the beautiful outdoor setting of Titchfield Abbey near Fareham tonight with the opening performance of their mammoth summer season. more...

Southampton News

Studying refugees

LOCAL schoolchildren who challenged their own perceptions of refugees and asylum seekers have been rewarded for their efforts by Southampton City Council. more...

Poppadom rock!

THEY have already been given the royal seal of approval - and now one of the country's top Indian bands is set for Southampton. more...

All en Route Two cycle fun

MANY weird and wonderful bikes helped out at the launch of a new Hampshire cycle way which aims to get more people cycling to work. more...

Polar Bear heading for icy challenge

A polar Bear on the way to the ice and frozen wastes of Greenland has been spotted in Southampton docks. more...

Judge to rule in row over mosque

THE south's first purpose-built mosque will be at the centre of a bizarre court case because more than 20 groups are laying claim to it. more...

Finance boss relieved that jobs are secure

SOUTHAMPTON'S economic boss today spoke of his relief that the jobs of 1,500 workers at the city's BAT factory are safe. more...

How can he appeal for mercy?

A MAN who ran over a Hampshire mother of two - then drove for a mile with her trapped under his car - is to appeal to London's High Court in a bid to cut his seven year sentence for causing death by dangerous driving. more...

RUBBISH!

WHAT a mess! Travellers who had set up a controversial site on a Hampshire playing field for more than six weeks finally began to move out today. more...

Fare deal on the tracks?

As rail fares soar yet again the Daily Echo questions whether this hike is justified. It certainly spells more misery for those who rely on public transport and Jamie Thompson asks should taxpayers be hit for the cost of improvements to a service they don't use? more...

Dockers aboard

The 1950s were the time of Teddy boys and Brylcreem, rock 'n' roll, Sunday Night at the London Palladium and - as far as Southampton was concerned - the colourful couple Sir Bernard and Lady Docker. more...

Southampton Shipping

Hammer puts fizz into new Red Jet

A NEW £2.7m high-speed catamaran to link Southampton with the Isle of Wight was officially named by round-the-world yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur yesterday. more...

Southampton visit for luxury Voyager

ONE of the world's latest cruise ships, Seven Seas Voyager, was due to arrive in the port of Southampton today. more...

In Port

Today's Principal Arrivals: MOL Progress, container, 0030, 206; Silver Pearl, general, 0130, 108; Seven Seas Voyager, cruise ship, 0630, 106; Sundream, cruise ship, 0715, 38/8; Don Quijote, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; OOCL Malaysia, container, 1430, 207; Tinka, container, pm, 204. more...

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