Nigel Turner/Thomsons Sunday Series champion Gay Hayward is through to this year's final on Longbridge in September after a second place in the sixth round. Hayward is now clear of the field in the individual points table with four more rounds to go.
ALEX MORRIS will tell any keen listener that as an all-rounder he's a batsman who bowls. A second half-century of the season for the big pony-tailed Yorkshireman stopped Hampshire falling completely foul of Law, and added weight to his case for promotion
ANDOVER New Street will be holding their annual Family Fun Day at Foxcotte Park on Saturday, 14 July, when they will be competing for the annual Challenge Trophy with their sponsors. Organised by Mick Bugg and his sponsorship committee, Andover Round
ANDOVER-based Duma Racing Team had one of those weekends in the third round of the British Formula Three Championships at Rockingham in that all teams suffer at some stage in the season (reports Paul Rayner). Following the second place finish in the pevious
Today's Principal Arrivings: Alianca Europa, container, 0230, 204; Titus, vehicle carrier, 0630, 34/35; Pearl Ace, ro/ro, 0830, 40; OOCL Faith, container, 2000, 205; Le Castellet, vehicle carrier, 2200, 201 link; Pex, general, TBA, 109. Today's Principal
SPORTS CENTRE'S lead at the top of the Southampton and District Men's League was slashed to a single point after their defeat by Fleming Park. Although Sports Centre won two rinks and another was drawn, Fleming Park took the lion's share of the points
Business Link Wessex is building on its customer-friendly reputation with the appointment of Helen Lennox, pictured. Helen takes over as the new partnership development director and will specialise in bringing together public and private sector bodies
A TERRIFIED teenage illegal immigrant found slumped in the doorway of a Hampshire sports pavilion had been gagged with superglue, the Daily Echo can reveal. It is believed that racketeers, trading in human misery, had sealed his lips to stop him squealing
TWO men who died when their plane crashed close to Southampton city centre have been named by police. They are Richard Armstrong, 41, of Chelsea Harbour, London, and Aaron Lyle Slack, 39, of San Diego City, California. The pilot of the aircraft was praised
AN INQUEST was taking place today into the death of two men, who vanished during a boating trip in Southampton Water. Wayne Lowe and Richard Cooper went nightfishing in January, before their 12ft dinghy was found capsized at a mooring buoy, about 800
LACK of proper safety precautions and entries has forced Andover Round Table to cancel the town's annual carnival, due to take place in two weeks time. The decision could mean the event, enjoyed by thousands for many years may never be staged again. See
YOUNGSTERS at Grateley Primary School were given the chance to create wood sculptures as part of the school's millennium tree project. A £700 Test Valley Borough Council arts grant paid for a two day workshop with Southampton sculptor Andy Frost and his
BROUGHTON has its own Domesday Book - the life-long labour of its former GP, Dr Robert Parr. House by house, ever since he arrived in the area in 1952, he has been painstakingly compiling a word portrait of the village which is eventually destined for
STOCKBRIDGE will be blooming at the end of the month when flower arrangements created by organisations, clubs, businesses and individuals fill St Peter's Church. It's this years annual Flower Festival from next Friday to Sunday, and the subject for 2001
BIRTHDAY parties are always important but a celebration at the end of the month is extra special. The guest of honour will be Midnight, a small 11hh gelding who will be 40. He is guaranteed to be surrounded by adults - all once children he introduced
AN historic find by a Wherwell man in a field north of Andover has been declared treasure by deputy coroner Simon Burge at an inquest in Winchester. Gregory James came across a small piece of decorative silver while out metal detecting with his friend
THE story of American artist, Anna Lea Merritt, has moved from her adopted home Hurstbourne Tarrant into Andover. The story featured in last week's newspaper reawakened family memories for 78-year-old Derek Spencer, whose home is in Recreation Road. For
FINLAY the fish, Test Valley Borough Council's leisure services mascot, dropped in on Vigo Infant School recently as pupils reached the end of a successful art week. Finlay was a special guest at the school assembly and talked to the children about their
Nigel Turner/Thomsons Sunday Series champion Gay Hayward is through to this year's final on Longbridge in September after a second place in the sixth round. Hayward is now clear of the field in the individual points table with four more rounds to go.
Fans' favourite Harry Redknapp will not be moving to Saints - opting instead to join arch-rivals Pompey. The former West Ham boss (pictured) was this morning being unveiled as the club's new director of football after being given a three-year contract
DESPITE incessant rain causing havoc with the fixtures, the Andover & District Football League (ADL) managed to complete its 80th season thanks to 'superb co-operation and juggling skills' of all of those involved in the the local junior league. League
TEST Valley League champions for the past three years Wherwell welcomed back top cueman Ian Hares when they triumphed 5-4 when they recently entertained a Southampton League side led by ex-professional player and referee Peter Marchi in an annual friendly
ANDOVER Wheelers young ace Neil Coleman had a tremendous weekend of racing recently, recording a first and a third place on consecutive days in local time trials. On the first day Coleman put in a sterling effort over the local 10mile course at Thruxton
HSA Andover AC recently held its first home meeting of the summer track season at Charlton - it's Young Athletes Meeting - which since it was first staged 18 years ago has become one of the largest in the South outside themajor championships. This year
MOST club chairmen would be 'over the moon' if their team won a league title but RPM Andover Youth's Martin Mitty was almost lost for words after it was announced at their recent end-of-season Family Day at the Winton School in Andover that four of their
ROLLS-Royce has been given the green light to build its new car manufacturing plant on the south coast with work starting soon on a new facility at Goodwood in West Sussex. Planners from Chichester District Council have confirmed that the plans are not
THE gloves are off and the opposing sides in the battle over a huge container port on Southamp-ton Water have now been given a date for battle to commence. The public inquiry into Associated British Ports' application to build a new container terminal
FEW of us make it to 25 years marriage, even fewer make it to 50 years - and then there's that rare handful of couples who make it to 60 years' wedded bliss. However, Tom and Eveline Lamprey are pretty unique - as on Thursday, the pair will celebrate
POSTERS are being distributed in the hunt for a bizarrely-dressed attacker who hurled sulphuric acid at Southampton barber Andy Sinclair. They show the distinctive tartan cap and bright orange wig worn by the attacker at his salon in Victoria Road, Woolston
BATTLING parents who formed an action group over a classroom crisis have won a stunning victory to secure places for their children at a Hampshire school. Four months ago 24 families living within the Fair Oak Infant School's catchment area were told:
Historically, it has been one of Britain's most notorious jails. Now members of the public can delve into the dark past of Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight thanks to a new website devoted to its black museum. The website, at www.wightonline.co.uk/parkhurst-heritage
EDUCATION Secretary Estelle Morris today announced a new wave of Beacon Schools across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in a bid to boost education standards. Schools will be encouraged to develop their own mission and to share best practice with other
CAMERAS are ready to roll at Fair Oak in a crackdown on vandalism that has threatened to reach epidemic proportions. The village authority's policy makers have agreed that cameras should be installed in the showpiece New Century Park area near the Shorts
ANDOVER police are appealing for witnesses after a gang of youths attacked a resident in King Arthur's Way on Sunday afternoon. The man was assaulted after his partner asked the five youths to leave Saxon Court just after 5.10pm. They had arrived at the
AN item of play equipment which inflamed passions and caused tempers to fray in Tidworth last summer is to have a new home - but not everyone is happy about the proposed site. Last year the 'half-pipe' used by skateboarders, which had pride of place at
ENHAM residents have launched a last-minute battle against a proposed, 25 metre telephone communications mast for Orange in the village. Protest fliers, labelled Enham. Beware. Urgent have been circulated and therte is a petition against the planning
STAFF and customers of Andover plumbing and heating merchants Plumb Center have been radiating goodwill by giving £2,000 to Macmillan Cancer Relief. The cash was raised by plumbers and heating installers attending social events organised by Plumb Center
POLICE in Tidworth questioned shoppers at the Lidl store in Penning Road yesterday evening exactly a week after a masked man armed with a large kitchen knife held up the store and escaped with a considerable amount of cash. "The idea is to question people
THE church in Grateley, St Leonard's, and the 1st Grateley Brownies each benefited from Saturday's fete which raised over £500. Shirley Hayward, one of three organisers, praised those who attended. "Despite the dreadful weather we were very pleased with
TEAM Solent high jumper Dan Turner has added the South of England title to what is fast becoming a memorable season. Less than a month after clearing a personal best height of 2.20 metres, which took him third in the national rankings, the 22-year-old
SAINTS have been handed a mouth-watering first game at their new stadium with big-spending Chelsea lined up as the first opposition. Claudio Ranieri's side will visit the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium on Saturday August 25 after Saints were granted
