Stories for 19 March 2004

Basingstoke Motoring

Research's worrying findings

BASIC mistakes by adults when fitting child seats can kill and injure children, even in low speed crashes, according to new research by The AA Motoring Trust.  more...

Born Free collection success

THE Webbers Land Rover appeal to raise money for the Born Free Foundation has met with such a tremendous response that it has helped provide two vehicles to the wildlife charity.  more...

Basingstoke News

New owner for stores

ONE of the biggest deals in the South of England has been signed for the massive £61million buyout of Robert Dyas, the high-profile chain of garden and home stores that has a shop in Basingstoke.  more...

Software firm's search for GAME employees

JOB creation is the name of the game as one of Europe's leading specialist retailers gears up to relocate its headquarters from Bracknell to Basingstoke.  more...

In your Friday Gazette: The need to remove some asbestos forced a Basingstoke secondary school to close a corridor for two weeks.   more...

Crematorium badly damaged in blaze

BASINGSTOKE Crematorium was badly damaged in a serious fire that required emergency services to be drafted in from across north Hampshire.  more...

For more Tadley, Pamber, Baughurst and Kingsclere news, see The Tadley Gazette every Friday  more...

Gran left hopping mad over theft

A GRANDMOTHER is furious after thieves stole her purse while she held a car boot sale to pay off the vet's bill for her grandson's pet rabbit.  more...

Basingstoke Property

Chestnut's wood gives rural appeal

THE garden of a chalet-style home within a mile of Basingstoke's town centre has a wooded area to give it a more rural feel.  more...

Class opportunity

THE Old School House in the rural hamlet of Ashe is appealing to local buyers in the Basingstoke area as it markets through agents Knight Frank with a price guide of £295,000.  more...

Flagship development opened by minister

HOUSING and Planning Minister Keith Hill officially opened a flagship development in Basingstoke this week.  more...

Basingstoke Sport

Sport stars can shine

BASINGSTOKE sporting award-winners are aiming to grab more glory for themselves and the town and borough at the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Awards.  more...

We'll bounce back vows Town boss

ERNIE Howe is backing his Basingstoke Town side to emerge from their current slump because he believes they have been playing well without getting their just rewards.  more...

Town's captain hits back at their critics

BASINGSTOKE Town captain Scott Tarr has hit out at renewed criticism of the team following recent poor results.  more...

Awards night offers players recognition

Sheffield Steelers 5, Basingstoke Bison 1  more...

'Stoke are relegated

IAN CALDER admits his pride has taken a battering after his Basingstoke side failed to stay in National League rugby.  more...

Awards night offers players recognition

Sheffield Steelers 5, Basingstoke Bison 1  more...

Basingstoke Whatson

Tribute to the stars

THE Rock 'n' Roll Thunder show, featuring tributes to Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury and the Everley Brothers, comes to Cricklade Theatre, Andover, on March 27.  more...

Making the most of Mozart

THE London Mozart Players will be at The Anvil in Basingstoke on Thursday, April 22, with conductor and pianist Stephen Kovacevich.  more...

Change in outlook

IF YOU'RE planning a trip to see The Anvil's birthday project All Change!, forget everything that you would expect when you hear the term "community musical".  more...

Starsky & Hutch (15)

WHO would have thought that a remake of the legendary '70s TV show Starsky and Hutch would turn out to be the most romantic movie of the year?  more...

Romsey News

Fire puts play centre out of action

Hundreds of children were left disappointed after fire damaged a play centre.  more...

Romsey Sport

RUGBY: Win lifts Romsey off the bottom

COACH Bryan Musk will be seriously considering insisting that blood donation be an integral part of his team's pre-match build up in future. Following a mass turnout from the club to help the local appeal to find possible donors for the Hartley brothers, Romsey convincingly overwhelmed visitors Old Emanuel in this "must win" encounter at the Sports Centre on Saturday.  more...

FOOTBALL: Town push for promotion

ROMSEY TOWN may be lagging behind some of their rivals in the quest for promotion, but they certainly made a statement of intent last Saturday, seeing off much-fancied Netley on their own turf by three clear goals.  more...

Southampton Leisure

CINEMA LISTINGS

Films showing in the Hampshire region until 25th March.  more...

ZATOICHI (18)

JAPANESE superstar Takeshi `Beat' Kitano directs and stars in this new martial arts adventure with a difference.  more...

OPEN RANGE (12A)

DIRECTOR-ACTOR Kevin Costner returns to the western genre for this gun-slinging drama based on the novel by Lauran Paine, adapted for the screen by Craig Storper.  more...

STARSKY & HUTCH (15)

IT'S NOT just sleeping dogs that you should let lie - old TV series could do with being left alone too.  more...

Steve Hackett

ONE of the country's most innovative and original musicians is in Southampton this weekend.   more...

Sugarbabes

THE Sugababes are definitely doing something right.  more...

Travis

IT'S HARDLY rock 'n' roll but Fran Healy, lead singer of Scottish super-band Travis, is losing his hair.  more...

Bizarre Bard comes to Bursledon

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth, Bursledon Players.  more...

Discontented Winter/House Remix

STAR Trek meets Shakespeare in this unusual tale performed by Southampton's Gantry Youth Theatre.  more...

TOTTON DRAMA FESTIVAL

For the last quarter-century, Totton Drama Festival has been a showcase for talented young actors. TRACIE BILLINGTON-BEARDSLEY tells us what to expect in this anniversary year...  more...

Children of a Lesser God

LOVE conquers all, supposedly, but can it survive without language?  more...

Kiss of the Spiderwoman

A POWERFUL but unconventional love story is set to lure theatregoers into its tangled web at The Nuffield this week.  more...

Southampton News

Help build a picture of the war years

THE summer of 1944 saw Southampton at the heart of the biggest military invasion the world had ever seen as the D-Day invasion gained a foothold on the beaches of Normandy.  more...

Carol's in the running to help Hampshire charity

SOUTHAMPTON teacher Carol Bradwell has never run a marathon before.   more...

Ready, steady...

THE WHEELS on their bikes went round and round for youngsters taking part in a novel fundraising event.  more...

Pupils hit the right note

YOUNGSTERS in Bitterne have been well and truly bitten by the music bug.  more...

For love of Darrell

HE is a soldier on a money-making mission.  more...

Pupil's Eye for a big scoop

STUDENTS at Southampton's Regents Park Girls' School were searching for a scoop as they battled to produce an entire newspaper in one day.  more...

Second festival for the Island?

THE Isle of Wight could stage a second major three-day music festival this summer.  more...

Oops! We've cracked your £35m yacht, sir

WHOOPS! It took £35m and two years of loving craftsmanship by Hampshire boat builders to create.  more...

Poignant planting keeps hope alive

PARENTS worried that Southamp-ton education bosses might shut their school planted apple trees in its grounds in the hope gener-ations of future pupils could enjoy the fruit.  more...

Pubs to stay open for Sunday's derby clash

PUB landlords are ignoring police advice to close early in advance of Sunday's Pompey versus Saints game, the Daily Echo can reveal.  more...

Power returns at Marchwood

HUNDREDS of jobs will be created by a new power station on the western shores of Southampton Water, the Daily Echo can reveal.  more...

The winner!

FAMOUS Southampton landmarks are to be snapped up for paper money - after the city beat Portsmouth to win its own Monopoly game.  more...

De La Rue cashes in on Iraq business

INCREASED production of bank notes for post-war Iraq has prompted a Hampshire security printer to raise market expectations for full-year results.  more...

Echo's Mike retires after 43 years

ONE of the most informed commentators on the south's economy, the Daily Echo's Mike Ford, officially retires today after 43 years with the paper.  more...

Southampton Shipping

In Port

Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0100, 201 link; Arklow Faith, general, 0130, 36S; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25; CMA CGM Normandie, container, 0715, 205; Hual Trident, ro/ro, am, 43; Nedlloyd Asia, container, 1500, 204; MOL Performance, container, pm, 207.  more...

Southampton Sport

Swain's Olympic dream

FORMER Team Solent pole vaulter Ashley Swain has thanked the country's Lotto supporters for giving him the chance to pursue his Olympic dream.   more...

Portland win revives Boro's hopes

Gosport Borough manager Mick Marsh has not thrown in the towel on promotion.  more...

Chukki in demand

Havant & Waterlooville have slapped a `not for sale' sign on their former AFC Bournemouth striker Chukki Eribenne.  more...

  
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