HAMPSHIRE'S new chief executive revealed his vision to put not just the cricket club, but the region on the world sporting map. Graham Walker, who will take over from Tony Baker on November 1, said: "For too long this region has been seen as somewhat
PACKAGE holidays to the popular Mediterranean islands, Majorca and Malta, are set for a flying start from Southampton International Airport. Major high street operator Airtours Holidays will inaugurate a season of flights from the city next year as part
A HAMPSHIRE landlord has been fined £18,000 after his tenants, including a mother and her young baby, were forced to live in filthy and dangerous conditions. Toilets were broken and leaking, windows were smashed, fridges were covered in mould and rust
A HAMPSHIRE welder who spent six years behind bars for a crime he did not commit has had his conviction overturned - by a team of enthusiastic law students. Alex Allan feared he would spend the rest of his days as a convicted robber. But today his name
EVEN before the first customer walked through its doors, critics denounced the south's premier new shopping centre. They feared it would destroy existing trade and clog up roads with massive volumes of extra traffic. Nine months on, Southampton city centre's
CYCLING Discoveries - five new specially selected cycle routes in North Hampshire - have been officially opened by North Hants MP Sir George Young. The launch at The Watership Down Inn in Freefolk unveiled the new rides, which range from 12 to 22 miles
ANDOVER Advertiser readers have returned a second resounding 'No' to the proposed plan to pedestrianise the lower High Street. In a telephone poll giving readers the opportunity to say what they think of the scheme, 488 voted 'No,' a 62.25 per cent share
THE final round of the Reelcare Knockout Cup on Lord Romsey's Longbridge Lakes sees the eagerly awaited clash between Carbotech - featuring four of the country's top anglers against top local anglers Poingdestres. While last year's finalists Archers Select
Tichborne Park's bid to make up ground on Burridge in the Hampshire League, County Division 2 leadership race was thwarted by a teatime downpour. The Alresford club were 49-1 off 9.5 overs, chasing Burridge's 201-7, when the rains came down. The abandonment
TWO doormen at a Southampton pub have received police commendations after going to the rescue of a man being beaten up in the city centre. The pair sprang into action when they saw the victim being attacked at a cashpoint machine. Tim Moores, prosecuting
A HAMPSHIRE girl told to travel miles to school while her sister studies just yards from their home has won a surprise reprieve. The family of five-year-old Megan White had their plea for room to be found at Fair Oak Infant School thrown out by an independent
IT was more a case of 'getting mess out of the river' than 'messing ab-out on the river' when around 60 soldiers from 1 Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment tackled the River Bourne in Tidworth. The soldiers extracted enough rubbish and algae from the river
ANDOVER 2nd XI recovered from 75-4 to finish comfortable winners against lowly placed Eastleigh & Otterbourne in Hants County One last Saturday. Mark Kavanagh (36) batted well early on and skipper Stewart Clackson (45) and Paul Funnell (32) led with
Newlands Junior School in Millbrook has been awarded with "safe school" status after linking security issues into the curriculum and prompting pupils to take more responsibility for their school. Headteacher Nicky Jefferson said: "We are delighted to
ANDOVER schoolchildren are above the national average for smoking one or more cigarettes a week. A survey carried out in the town's three secondary schools uncovered the shocking statistic that 26 per cent of pupils aged 11 to 15 smoked daily - three
A HURSTBOURNE Tarrant playgroup has been forced to close after more than 11 years because continuing changes in legislation have made it 'too difficult' to carry on. The Mulberry Bush Playgroup held its last session in the village hall yesterday after
IT was a day for artistic and horticultural flair at Chute village hall on Saturday as villagers prepared for tomorrow's flower show. A special flowerpot painting workshop was designed to encourage as many children as possible to go along to the flower
CLUB record signing Rory Delap got a rude awakening on his first full day of training with Saints. The £4 million capture from Derby was roused from his slumber at six o'clock this morning for a run round the golf course at the team's training camp at
THE £4 million signing of Rory Delap has shattered not only Saints' transfer record but also their image as bit-part players in the transfer market. Although they will still continue to seek out shrewd bargains such as Anders Svensson, they have demonstrated
THERE'S no hiding place for wayward marksmen on the training fields of La Manga. No player will be able to claim the ball bobbled just as he was about to hit it - for the pitches are perfect. They are smooth as bowling greens with the grass tightly cropped
DOZENS of foreign teachers could soon be arriving in Hampshire to take up posts in local schools as the staffing crisis deepens. Today, both the county council and Southampton City Council confirmed they had launched special recruitment campaigns abroad
A HAMPSHIRE postman has been given more than £4,000 in compensation after being pricked by a hypodermic needle that could have been infected with Aids. But Tony Harvey today branded the payout an "insult" because of the anguish he has suffered not knowing
TEMPERS reached boiling point and police were drafted in as councillors and public exchanged verbal blows in the latest storm over plans to build a giant Waitrose supermarket at Chandler's Ford. Last night's debate got so heated that at one stage committee
SOUTHAMPTON-based chart toppers Artful Dodger have announced they are to split up, following a five-year partnership that has seen them achieve huge success. Mark Hill, 28, and Pete Devereux, 29, who are both from Shirley, are recognised as being at the
POLICE scrambled their spotter plane on Monday after a woman was threatened by an armed teenager demanding money. The incident happened at Andover's Anton Lakes car park at 1.20pm. The woman, in her early 40s and from a village to the west of the town
MASSIVE celebrations took place at Stock-bridge Primary School as the last phase of its wildlife and heritage millennium project was finally unveiled to the public. The huge transformation of the school grounds has incl-uded a new climbing frame and the
A COLOURFUL ale testing ceremony which has its roots in the Andover of the Middle Ages will be given a new lease of life later this month. On Saturday 21 July town crier Allan Travell, who has recently sworn the 'Aletesters Othe', will visit The Globe
