A young woman claims she was abducted and raped in the centre of Southampton, it was revealed today. Police have launched an appeal after she told them she was grabbed and carried to a house before being the victim of a sex attack. The 21-year-old says
INSPIRATIONAL Errol Matthews was today laid to rest at a funeral that was a celebration of his life. The 22-year-old was born with a terminal heart and lung condition and doctors predicted that he would not live past his sixth birthday. However, Errol
A paramedic was kicked, punched and bitten by a gang of 12 youths in an attack in Hampshire. Two teenage boys are today in police custody following the late-night assault. Paramedic Tom Hope was set about after responding to a 999 call in Gosport town
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has been fined £750 and warned as to his future conduct at Football Association Disciplinary Commission hearing today. The former Saints boss was charged with abusive and/or insulting words towards a match official
Play video IT'S been described as like the sound of nails being dragged down a blackboard . The irritating "Mosquito" alarm is set at such a specific frequency it can only be detected by young ears. Now it is being used as the latest weapon in deterring
A HAMPSHIRE doctor has told how he authorised dozens of cremations without the proper paperwork because there were too many bodies in the mortuary. Dr Stuart Edwards pocketed thousands of pounds by signing off cremation certificates without making the
FIREFIGHTERS and a farmer came to the rescue after Merlin the pony became trapped upside down in a water-filled ditch. Tracy Morris, who looks after the 21-year-old pony, thought his days were up when she discovered him stuck in the muddy channel. However
AN OBESE alcoholic may have suffocated when he fell into a plastic bag of empty cider bottles on his way to answer the door to a doctor. John Winmill, 52, died in the hall of his home in Cox Row, Chandler's Ford, an inquest heard. The hearing in Winchester
Cardiff are set to sign Luton striker Warren Feeney on loan to replace the injured Michael Chopra. Leading scorer Chopra's hamstring strain has ruled him out for up to a month, with the Bluebirds - among Saints' rivals for promotion - having an initial
THE leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Menzies Campbell, paid a flying visit to Hampshire today visiting sports facilities at a college. Mr Campbell, who competed in the 1964 Olympic Games, toured the new sports complex at Hamble Community Sports
FINAL talks that could lead to the privatisation of key council services and up to 700 jobs were last night given the go ahead by South-ampton councillors. Ignoring pleas from Labour councillors and unions, who staged a vocal demonstration of the steps
HAMPSHIRE workers who lost huge chunks of their savings when a company's pension scheme collapsed have spoken of their happiness after being guaranteed compensation. More than 600 staff at Chandler's Ford electronics firm APW were left with just 20 per
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered to say an emotional farewell to James Davison whose funeral was held yesterday. There was standing room only as friends, relatives and colleagues crammed into Southampton Crematorium to pay their last respects to the well-known
A MAN considered one of Britain's leading sculptors today joined the row over the controversial statue of Saints legend Ted Bates, describing it as "a missed opportunity." Philip Jackson, the man widely acclaimed for a statue of Manchester United hero
It's been a difficult couple of weeks for us and it's a good time to have a bit of a break. Due to the international matches we have a fortnight without a game before we play Wolves a week on Saturday. The last couple of weeks was not good. We
COUNCILLORS on the Isle of Wight have voted unanimously to keep control of their fire and rescue service. The Island Council had been exploring three management options as ways it could continue to modernise after being found to be offering a poor service
A HAMPSHIRE greengrocer will be swapping runner beans for running shoes when he takes part in the London Marathon next month. Danny Clark is currently pounding the streets of Park Gate before heading up to the capital on April 22 where he and tens of
THE FOREIGN office has confirmed that one of the three women who died in an apartment block fire in Paris was from Winchester. Caroline Brenton, 46, had been staying in the fifth floor of an apartment block in Les Halles central district of Paris when
A HAMPSHIRE butcher is toasting his sizzling success after being named supreme sausage champion in a countywide competition. Alan Gritt of Hedge End Butchers, won the coveted title for his New Forest pork sausage yesterday. He beat off stiff competition
POLICE have confirmed that Ecstasy tablets taken by two people later admitted to intensive care were not contaminated. The couple were found at a Southampton hotel after apparently taking the drug. Staff at the Highfield House Hotel found the 23-year-old
DRUNKS who cause trouble at Winchester's Royal Hampshire County Hospital could be banned from most of the city's pubs. Nursing staff say that cases of alcohol-fuelled violence by patients and visitors are on the rise. As a deterrent, the hospital has
