THE HEAD of Richard Aldworth Community School has warned a splinter group of misbehaving students that they have to toe the line or face severe disciplinary action. Julie Churcher, who became headteacher at the Basingstoke school in September last year
A SERIES of arson incidents involving cars in Basingstoke has prompted a warning that firebugs are putting lives, including their own, at risk. Fire chiefs say someone could be seriously injured or killed when cars are being doused in petrol and ignited
WITH the new football season fast approaching, Basingstoke Town have been making improvements on and off the pitch as they seek to realise their Conference dream. Manager Ernie Howe has returned to Bath City to sign 24-year-old midfielder Jimmy Fraser
BASINGSTOKE'S Shaun Lapworth put in a phenomenal performance in the Honda Formula 4-Stroke powerboat championship, winning both the latest stages of the championship at Ramsgate in Kent last weekend. In his boat Insarmat.com (below, right), alongside
RICHARD Shelley and John Keat have their sights set on three county titles as the Hampshire championships move towards finals week. The Sports Centre duo are still going strong in the pairs, triples and fours, while Shelley only narrowly failed to go
SOUTHAMPTON-based Inspiring Performance - one of the UK's leading research-based management development companies - has merged with Dubai-based development company Leadership Plus. The company will now be known as Inspiring Performance Middle East and
DAISY Donovan, mickey-taker extraordinaire, doing serious acting? In a Tom Stoppard play? At Chichester? It may sound absurd, but the former 11 O'Clock Show presenter - famed for her naughty schoolgirl grin and innuendo-laden interviews with politicians
A DRIVER who was trapped for 50 minutes up to his chest in water after his car plunged into a river at Bishopstoke earlier this month has died in hospital. Police today named him as 25-year-old Paul Simon Jones, a factory worker, of Underwood Road, Bishopstoke
LOTTERY players in Hampshire are being encouraged to check their tickets as time is running out to claim two prizes totalling more than £200,000. A winning ticket for The Big Draw on New Year's Eve was bought in Hampshire, but the cash prize of £54,587
IF you're a musician, it seems to be the done thing nowadays to go back to your roots. And that's exactly what 'the modfather' Paul Weller is set to do when he opens his solo acoustic tour at Southampton Guildhall on Thursday. Normally, Paul Weller commands
SHE may be an international star, but Suzanne Vega is hardly ever recognised in public. She puts this down to two things - firstly, that she hasn't released an album in five years, and secondly that: "My face doesn't look like my photographs." But, whenever
MATT OAKLEY has appealed to chairman Rupert Lowe to sort out Saints' managerial muddle as quickly as possible. With nine days to go before the players report back to prepare for a new season, the Saints midfielder says an appointment needs to be made
All the films on general release across Hampshire this week, reviewed and rated... AUTUMN IN NEW YORK (15) : Romance Starring Richard Gere & Winona Ryder- The Screen, Winchester: Odeon Cinema, Southampton. BLOW (18)***I :Based on a True Story Starring
IF YOU should happen to have a nasty infestation of extra-terrestrial critters in the closet, college professors Ira Kane (David Duchovny) and Harry Block (Orlando Jones) are here to help. They're not exactly men in black - khaki, denim and plaid more
FORMER Ryder Cup hero Steve Richardson hit rock bottom in Northumberland last night. The three-times European Tour winner from Stubbington was three off last spot in the Great North Open at Slaley Hall after a bleak first round. Richardson staggered round
EVERY woman has a reason for running Race for Life - but none more so than mother-of-two Liz Crick. The 42-year-old mum is fighting terminal cancer but is determined to complete the 5km event in aid of Imperial Cancer Research Fund - even though she will
A DISABLED pensioner has spoken of her grief after her cat was shot three times with an airgun and had to be put down. The 83-year-old woman said she believed her cat Sam was the victim of a deliberate attack. The pensioner - who is too frightened to
THERE was public outrage today after a heroin addict mother was spared a jail sentence following the death of her ten-year-old daughter. Jane Boyd, 39, pictured above, killed her "dream child" Kelly by losing control of the family Ford Escort while high
THE families of two young men who died in a boating accident on Southampton Water have called for new legislation to prevent a repeat of the tragedy. Wayne Lowe and Richard Cooper had no formal training and were not carrying any safety equipment in their
A TRUCKER who caused a motorway pile-up that killed a Southampton dad was today starting a five-year jail sentence. A court was told how long-distance lorry driver Wilbert Porter had been "an accident waiting to happen" at the time of the crash, having
Harry Redknapp took the Pompey job because Saints did not want him. The former Hammers boss had exploratory talks with chairman Rupert Lowe but heard nothing further - a clear indication that he did not figure in Southampton's plans. They want a younger
ANYONE who has been following the progress of the race will see that onboard Team-SpirIT we plummeted from first to seventh place in the last week of this leg. As you can imagine, it has been a painful experience to deal with but there is an explanation
THE UNSUCCESSFUL teams in tug-of-war are those who try to push the rope. Which is why Durham were handed back the initiative instead of having to plant their feet and wrest it away from Hampshire on the second day of their CricInfo Championship match.
Today's Principal Arrivings: MOL Loire, container, 0045, 206; Autotransporter, vehicle carrier, 0100, 201 link; Don Pasquale, vehicle carrier, 0630, 34/35; Erasmusgracht, general, 1100, 43; Nordsee, container, 1230, 205W; Pex, general, 1900, 109; Hual
THE BASINGSTOKE Bison has beefed up its forward line for the coming season with the return of Canadian duo Dru Burgess and Richard Little to the herd. The latest signings come hot on the heels of top British forward Gary Clarke on Friday and up until
A POSTMAN who stole birthday and Christmas presents while on his rounds has apologised publicly to the children he stole from. John Lewry, 38, who needed the gift money to feed a drug habit while employed by the Royal Mail, said he was sorry for the distress
Walking the streets at midnight, dressed in impossibly high-heeled shoes and a tiny skirt, is not the ideal way to earn a living. But for Southampton's prostitutes it is a way of life. In the past, cars slowly cruising the streets with their male drivers
