Barbara Dickson says her life is weird and wonderful and a bit of a juggling act. NADINE BATEMAN talks to the singer who is starring in Spend, Spend, Spend at The Mayflower... MONEY can't buy you love, sang The Beatles, neither can it bring you happiness
CHEESEFOOT Head, near Winchester, is a famous beauty spot, a magnet for walkers and those who like watching bunnies lollop along hedgerows. In the chilly wee small hours, however, you can imagine its allure would be less easy to put your finger on. But
HAMPSHIRE COACH Jimmy Cook said his side had suffered "one of those days" after being skittled out for a paltry 81 in their Cricinfo Championship top-of-the-table clash with Sussex at Hove. Cook refused to criticise Hampshire batsmen, who have otherwise
One Pompey shirt has already been found buried at our new ground. What else could be hidden at the stadium? POMPEY fans have tried to curse Saints' new £32m stadium - by BURYING their own club's shirts and a scarf at the ground. One Portsmouth shirt has
FACIAL marks found on the dead body of Southampton man Richard Hughes were consistent with a sovereign ring, a murder trial was told. Forensic odontologist David Lewin said the ten separate injuries "coincided perfectly" with a gold ring worn by one of
TWO controversial landmarks have been unveiled in Hampshire - a sundial that can't always tell the time and a sword statue described as a giant cheese grater. Crowds gathered for the opening ceremony of a massive vertical sundial on Gosport's waterfront
THE GOVERNMENT has launched a new multi-million-pound campaign to halt the numbers of firefighters leaving small towns and rural areas because they cannot afford the high-priced homes. Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead, in his first public engagement
A MAN who sparked a police inquiry after disappearing from his Southampton home, has returned safe and well - more than two months later. Former furniture salesman Steven Roberts, 29, vanished from the Bitterne home he shares with his sister and brother-in-law
Racing came to the scenic New Forest for the first time in this season's Road Runner Ten series as the threat of foot and mouth diesease subsides. Earlier events had to be rearranged to keep the popular summer series alive but the Hardley Runners-organised
Glenn Hoddle may have to tread carefully tomorrow night as he meets up with Saints for the first time since walking out on the club to join Spurs. Hoddle lines up for Tottenham against Southampton in the Southern Masters Six-a-Sides at the London Arena
NEXT Tuesday sees your last opportunity to enjoy the talents of local poetry group Loosely Grouped. For several years three Southampton-based poets - Stella Davis, Joan McGavin and Lyn Moir - have read together as Loosely Grouped, and have become increasingly
A DOUBLE jobs blow may hit Eastleigh, with the axe hanging over around 100 employees at the town's giant railway works and up to 65 redundancies likely at Hamble's Aerostructures plant. Bosses at Alstom Train Services say they may have to lay-off 100
ANGRY villagers are to launch a campaign to get a £12m scheme for a bypass reinstated as Hampshire's top priority for government funding. Moves to get traffic diverted away from historic Botley were hijacked at a recent Hampshire environment committee
THE hunt for a bizarrely dressed acid attacker who left a Hampshire hairdresser with agonising injuries is due to go nationwide. A film crew from the BBC's Crimewatch series will visit Southampton next week to reconstruct the horrific attack for a programme
My mother hated gesturing. My speech was always reinforced by hands, made concrete by the shapes I drew in air. So mother found my talk embarrassing, her Puritan ancestors stronger than she knew, no mother of her own to play the fingergames small children
DAN PETRESCU will not be flying out to Saints pre-season training camp at La Manga after undergoing a groin operation. And skipper Jason Dodd will also be kept back, although Saints boss Stuart Gray expects both to be fit for the big kick-off. Petrescu
GLENN Hoddle's assistant John Gorman says Spurs loss could be Saints gain. Speaking from the La Manga complex in Spain, where Spurs have been training this week ahead of Saints visit today, the former Saints assistant boss confirmed how hard Hoddle tried
