ROBIN SMITH was today awarded the perfect 'Get Well' present - a testimonial for 22 years service. The Hampshire skipper Smith is suffering with chicken pox and will miss the forthcoming National League games against Derbyshire, Northants and Lancashire
HAMPSHIRE'S Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas has released dramatic artist's impressions of the impact a Dibden Bay dock would have on Southampton's popular waterfront areas. Dr Lucas has issued her before-andafter paintings just days after the Daily Echo
ANDOVER Football Club cut its final ties with the previous management last week when Test Valley Borough Council formally transferred the lease of the Portway Stadium to Paul Wilkinson. The Lions' prospects for the new season were also boosted when Glen
ANDOVER Small-bore Rifle Club secretary Jim Mudie swept the board by winning seven trophies, including the coveted Earl Haig Memorial Trophy to become the Scottish individual champion, when six hot shots from the Andover club spent a week competing at
THERE were mixed fortunes for the area's athletes in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Double trap shooter Richard Faulds joined forces with fellow Englishman John Bellamy to finish third in the men's double trap behind the mighty Indians, who have proved
Firms in Hampshire are having to ship in workers from other areas to combat a skills shortage that has left them unable to fill vacancies. Furniture repairer, Regency@Home Ltd, is just one of many businesses faced with recruitment problems. Said general
IT WAS A RAINBOW day of sunshine and showers as the ever-colourful New Forest Show reached its halfway point. Early drizzle led to many visitors delaying their arrival at the New Park Showground at Brockenhurst yesterday, but by late morning queues were
HAMPSHIRE County Council is urgently considering the introduction of safety measures at a dangerous road junction where a young cyclist was killed. The family of 12-year-old Troy Parker have been calling for the installation of a barrier at the end of
HARRY Potter lookalike Jon Copestake teamed up with the real Harry Potter bird Hedwig to open the two-classroom extension to Shipton Bellinger Primary School. The venerable bird, a snowy owl, is well used to educational establishments through his work
HAMPSHIRE punksters Harsh are taking a piece of advice from the great Roy Castle - dedication is all you need. The Waterside four-piece - consisting of Richard Maylott, Jonathan Kempsey, Stuart Geary and Michael Breach - begin their second UK tour this
ANDOVER teenagers have hit back over claims that a new skatepark was wrecked just days after it was built - and they have the support of a local councillor and adults. The children were accused of vandalism by Test Valley Borough Councillor Garry Rankin-Moore
IT was a real hair-raising experience for brother and sister Debra Boyd from Fyfield and Andy Cook, from Micheldever. For the duo had their heads shaved to raise money for the Countess of Brecknock Hospice. So far, the pair have amassed £555 for the facility
EXTRA funding appears to be bypassing Hampshire to such an extent that the West Hampshire NHS Trust is proposing to close an important day care facility for elderly people in Andover. North West Hampshire MP Sir George Young has reacted angrily to the
DEVELOPERS of a proposed drug and alcohol rehabilitation 'halfway house' for Harrow Way have told residents it's 'not a foregone conclusion' that the facility will be sited on their doorstep. At a public meeting last week, Chris Williams, the business
HARROW Way ward councillor Pat West has launched a stinging attack on 'halfway house' developers Ashley Homes, accusing them of giving concerned residents contradictory, conflicting and confusing information and 'answers full of jargon'. Mrs West spoke
Hampshire appealed against their eight-point deduction for a "poor" Rose Bowl pitch at Lord's today - with the backing of Durham CCC. Chairman Rod Bransgrove and director of cricket Tim Tremlett travelled to cricket's HQ with Rose Bowl groundsman Nigel
POMPEY boss Harry Redknapp will wait for Paul Merson to talk to Aston Villa before offering the former England star a £20,000 a week deal. Redknapp has turned his attentions to 34-year-old Villa star Merson after the wage demands of David Ginola and Fabrizio
SOUTHAMPTON City Council has been accused of pumping a fortune into supporting plans for a dock at Dibden Bay without finding out whether its residents were in favour of the scheme. As the public inquiry into plans for a huge container terminal between
TERRY Harfield has ended a long and successful association with King's Somborne. The manager who led the village club out of the Andover League, through the North Hants League and into the Hampshire League says they now lack ambition. It's the second
WHITCHURCH Bowling Club's Ian Hayward and David Cole have won the competitive County Pairs Championship at Southampton. Having won the North Hampshire area, including beating the current holders, the pair defeated strong opposition from the three other
ANDOVER GTI Ohdokwan Taekwondo Club travelled to the Midlands to compete in the English national GTI championships on Sunday 26 May, hosted by Mr Clive Harrison a 6th degree black belt at his school of taekwondo in Tewksbury. Six club members entered
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hudson Leader, ro/ro, 0600, 34/35; Queen Elizabeth 2, passenger liner, 0630, 38/9; Eufornia, ro/ro, 0715, 202; Autoline, ro/ro, 0730, 201 link; Hyundai Fortune, container, 0800, 206; Takara, vehicle carrier, 0830, 43; P&
Tributes have been paid to two teenagers who were killed in a car accident on the A34, north of Winchester on Sunday morning. Callum Drummond (18) and Carl Smallman (17) died at the scene of the crash, near Sutton Scotney services. Family and friends
Police are yet to establish the cause of death of a Winchester man. Stuart Swann (30), of no fixed address, was found in a block of Winchester flats last Thursday. A post mortem proved inconclusive. The results of toxicology reports have yet to be released
Health chiefs are considering closing a hospital ward for the elderly mentally-ill in Winchester as part of a cost-cutting package. West Hants NHS Trust, which runs mental health services, wants to save £1.4m this year and bosses this week approved looking
A PUBLIC meeting about possible plans to move a huge campsite on to part of the New Forest Show-ground site at Brockenhurst is to be held on Tuesday night. The meeting, which will begin at 7pm, is to be held in the huge flower show marquee, which has
South coast-based Portman Building Society thanked the booming housing market for a 50 per cent surge in mortgage lending during the first half of the year. The mutual said it lent £1.38 billion during the six months to the end of June - a figure which
AN anonymous benefactor is paying for a £30,000 operation which will rescue Andover toddler, Eleanor Fitter, from her world of silence. The Andover Advertiser publicised the little girl's plight last week when her NHS treatment was cancelled because of
A TASTE of Africa was on offer at Testbourne Community School when the Ballet Nganzo spent the day with pupils. The group of young people from Rwanda were on a short tour in the UK and stopped off at the Whitchurch school to hold a series of workshops
A MINIATURE electric Jeep which cost almost £300 has been stolen from the front garden of a house in Tidworth. The Jeep, three-year-old Jay Drewery's pride and joy, was taken from the garden of his home at Avon Road between 2pm and 4pm on Friday. Jay's
A SOCIAL security office sent an Andover woman a letter saying her widowed mother was dead when she was very much alive. Mrs Patricia Howett from Longparish says the letter received by her daughter Donna Barnes sent a chill down her spine as her husband
MORE than 150 learners were applauded at a celebration of achievement in the Upper Guildhall, which praised those who had participated in the Family Learning Project since September 2001. Brenda Locke, president of Andover Women in Business, presented
TWO weeks after Andover's MP Sir George Young spoke in the House of Commons, criticising the excessive regulations imposed on care homes, the government has backed down. The MP said: "I am delighted at this response. So many owners of care homes could
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an accident on the A34 near Bullington Cross on Sunday morning in which two teenagers were killed. The two youths died after a Vauxhall Nova was involved in a collision with a Peugeot 405 on the southbound carriageway
SALISBURY Health Care NHS Trust is performing well overall and again achieved a two-star rating. The trust performed well in the majority of areas, especially in the key target areas, including inpatient and outpatient waiting times and trolley waits
THE Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust (managers of Andover War Memorial Hospital) have been given a two-star rating - not quite managing to repeat last year's three-star. The assessment was based on a wide range of criteria including clinical quality
TEST Valley Borough Council's Hot Mountain Bike Challenge really lived up to its name at the weekend. As temperatures soared into the high 80s, hundreds of off-road cycling enthusiasts set off from Appleshaw playing field on the most popular ride in the
IT'S not just youngsters who are backing our Wear a Helmet campaign. Mountain biker Mike Jolly admits he is is lucky to be alive after an accident while riding alone - without a helmet. Not wearing a helmet is something he won't be doing again, he says
ANDOVER police are warning people to be on their guard against a sophisticated phone con which preys on people's goodwill. Victims are targeted by a smart looking women who knocks at the door claiming her car has broken down and asking to use the phone
DEVELOPERS of a proposed drug and alcohol rehabilitation 'halfway house' for Harrow Way have told residents it's 'not a foregone conclusion' that the facility will be sited on their doorstep. At a public meeting last week, Chris Williams, the business
SAILORS from the Merchant Navy in the south who gave their lives during wartime will be remembered at a special service in London this autumn. The service commemorates the 23,000 sailors and fishing fleet crew who lost their lives during conflict and
SAINTS supporters can get in the goalscoring mood for the new Premiership season with the launch this week of the club's video review of last season. The video, which includes all Saints' goals from the campaign as well as interviews with players and
A HUGE programme of on-shore events culminating in a magnificent fireworks display is due to take place during Cowes Week this year. Cowes' carnival atmosphere will double with entertainment and street theatre, extending from the tented village on the
