EASTLEIGH manager Paul Doswell professed himself "absolutely gutted" after last night's Hampshire Senior Cup quarter-final at holders Aldershot was abandoned on 52 minutes - with the Jewson Wessex League underdogs leading 1-0. A thumping 40th-minute finish
A NEW £300,000 community centre is to be built in Kempshott. Basingstoke council has agreed plans for the new centre, to be located in Gabriel Park with access off Kempshott Lane. The design for the new hall is an energy-efficient, low-maintenance building
FEARS have been voiced for the future of ice skating and ice hockey in Basingstoke after Planet Ice Arena bosses unveiled plans for massive price rises. Planet Ice management hastily arranged a meeting with key users over the planned rises on Monday night
EX-Royal Marine Lee Sewell has taken his first steps towards his driving ambition - to race a Formula One car. Sewell, from Sarisbury Green, has been chosen for the first stage of the Exchange and Mart F1 Drivers Challenge. He is among 1,000 hopefuls
EASTLEIGH manager Paul Doswell professed himself "absolutely gutted" after last night's Hampshire Senior Cup quarter-final at holders Aldershot was abandoned on 52 minutes - with the Jewson Wessex League underdogs leading 1-0. A thumping 40th-minute finish
Lives revolve around it, holidays are booked to fit in with it and family life is dominated by it, so what do those at the sharp end - parents - make of the changes to the school year? Reporter Gareth Lewis finds anger, confusion and optimism in equal
Agustin Delgado hit the goal trail again last night as his second-half strike began a Saints revival for the reserves who beat Spurs 3-1. The Ecuadorian, who has been out through injury for more than a month, got on to the end of debutant Federico Arias
FORESTRY Commission bosses are facing fresh calls to crack down on rogue cyclists who ride across environmentally-sensitive sites in the New Forest. The issue was raised at the Court of Verderers by Brockenhurst commoner Colonel Peter Sweet, who said:
TALENTED youngsters are being invited to audition for this year's Hampshire Youth Theatre productions, Sweeney Todd and The Lord of the Flies. The Lord of the Flies, William Golding's classic tale of a group of schoolboys descending into savagery after
UP TO 700 workers today held a 24-hour strike at shipbuilders Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton. They downed tools from 6am at the Woolston shipyard in a row over relocation packages to Portsmouth. Employees are said to be unhappy with personal terms
A BUNGLING pharmacist who twice wrongly dispensed powerful drugs blamed interruptions to his daily Muslim prayers. Mohammad Chaudry claimed both mistakes happened after staff cut short his prayers, demanding prescriptions were made out. A Pharmaceutical
MILITARY fire crews at the ready in Hampshire to deal with a major disaster had nothing more serious than a couple of car fires to tackle during the latest strike over pay. There were just over 30 calls to the Hampshire joint police and army control centre
IT'S THE BIGGEST shake-up of the school year for as long as anyone can remember. Widespread consultation in Hampshire and Southampton revealed parents narrowly backed the idea, but on the city streets, many were unaware it was even being discussed, let
HUNDREDS of the most vulnerable people in Southampton could be charged for the cost of their home care. Plans to levy charges of up to £10 per hour on elderly and disabled people in the city for non-residential services such as home carers have been put
A PEDESTRIAN has died from injuries he received in an accident with a motorbike in Southampton on Friday. Alexander Campbell Moore, 17, a student at City College, was struck by a Kawasaki motorcycle near the junction of Bassett Crescent East and Bassett
REMEDIAL action has been taken to ensure a power failure which crippled Hampshire's 999 system last year never happens again. Telephone industry watchdogs met with Hampshire Police Authority members yesterday to present the findings of a detailed report
CHILDREN in Southampton will be dancing to Far Eastern sounds in a south Asian dance and music workshop next Thursday. Pupils at Fairisle Infant and Nursery School will be participating in a special workshop to explore the culture and mystique of Indian
A councillor was described as sloppy by a colleague this week after breaking code of conduct rules. Frank Pearson decided not to declare he was a councillor when he submitted a planning application to build a conservatory at his Swanmore home for fear
POLICE are following up new leads in their hunt for the vandals responsible for causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to cars. They have also had a number of victims come forward with more information after sending letters out to 100 households
A PLANNING inquiry has re-opened into a controversial plan to build homes on the Abbey Mill Industrial Estate in Bishop's Waltham. Heavy goods and plant hire businesses based at the Station Road site say they will be forced out with nowhere to go if the
EASTLEIGH Council is stepping up its cash aid for the popular Shopmobility service. The scheme gives hundreds of people with mobility problems the freedom to get to the shops. The council's executive agreed to cover a £2,500 rent increase for premises
SALISBURY CITY put two and half weeks of inactivity behind them to move seven points clear of Bashley at the top of the Dr Martens Eastern Division last night. But their 1-0 win at third-placed Banbury United was as much down to the heroics of goalkeeper
THE Hampshire FA are determined to help stamp out parental abuse directed at referees throughout youth football leagues in the county. They are also concerned about the levels that some parents will go to vocally encourage their offspring on the pitch
Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne today announced his retirement from one-day international cricket. Warne, 33, announced his decision to quit Australia's one-day side after the World Cup, which starts next month, upon his arrival in Sydney ahead of
DETECTIVES hunting a man in connection with an attempted murder of a woman at Netley Abbey believe that he is still in the area. As they stepped up the hunt, police issued a photograph of Leon Barry Coombes, a 40-year-old painter and decorator from Southampton
FIREFIGHTERS walked out of Basingstoke fire station again yesterday morning in their first strike of the New Year. Blue Watch took to the picket line at 9am for the 24-hour stoppage - the third as a result of the continuing wrangle between Fire Brigades
A DISGRACED former Basingstoke GP has been declared bankrupt - eight months after losing his final appeal against being struck off. A bankruptcy order has been made in Reading County Court against Narumanchi Sai Baba, of Reading Road, Chineham. Baba had
Today's Principal Arrivals: CCNI Arauco, container, 0600, 205; OOCL Thailand, container, 1100, 206; Hyundai Discovery, container, 1800, 207; Grace, refrigerat, 1800, 104; Goliath, tug, TBA, 43; thor, barge, TBA, 43. Today's Principal Sailings: P&O
Hampshire racer Justin Keen is to drive the dazzling Ferrari 360 in the fabled Daytona 24-hour race next month. The 26-year-old from Beaulieu is teaming up with two of the leading lights of sports car racing, double Daytona winner Mauro Baldi and Eric
TROJANS are back on the winning trail, securing third spot in the Hampshire/Surrey Regional League and clinching a place in the last 16 of the Harrod UK Trophy. They remain four points behind Woking in the title race after beating Epsom 4-2 and lined
The City of Southampton Swimming Club held its annual presentation evening at the Empire Hall in Totton and also celebrated the 40th anniversary of the club becoming the City of Southampton Club. The mayor and mayoress of the city, Brian and Mary Parnell
THERE was more at stake than just league positions when Wrights and Home James White met in a floodlit league game on a cold Monday evening. Both teams were fighting to avoid claiming bottom spot in the Section A division. But the game was also special
Hampshire players are suffering from vertigo at this time as they sit in their highest position in the Premier Division for some years. A 27-12 win at Cowplain has almost certainly consigned London to Division One next season as they were torn apart by
NEW efforts and a possible police crackdown are set to get under way this year as Lymington bids to beat the rowdies and welcome visiting sailors. Harbour bosses and police have already had talks about winning back the good name of the Town Quay area
THOUSANDS of the south's travellers have been snapping up seats on new low- cost flights set to take off from Southampton International Airport. More than 10,400 reservations were received in the first week of promoting the Southampton services to be
ADRIAN Duffey has taken over the reins as boss at the Odeon Cinema at Leisure World, one of the country's most successful cinemas. Despite the undoubted success of the Odeon, which realised well over a million admissions in 2002, Adrian, 39, believes
MARCHWOOD military port is to see a flurry of activity as Britain sends a quarter of its Army to the Gulf ready to face Saddam Hussein's forces. A total of 26,000 UK troops have been mobilised and are to arrive in Kuwait next month. The 7th Armoured Brigade
A SOUTHAMPTON pub is toasting its success at receiving one of the licence trade's highest awards. Graham and Paula Long, licensees of the Duchess of Wellington in Wolseley Road, Freemantle, have given their Cask Marque certificate pride of place behind
One of the most unusual confrontations of the First World War involved the Southampton ship Galician. Keith Hamilton recalls the incident during the 'gentlemen's war'... A SOUTHAMPTON ship's crew survived to tell the tale of near disaster in the First
HOUSEHOLDERS could turn detective in a bid to stop "obstructive and dangerous" spill-over parking in residential roads following the opening of the controversial Waitrose supermarket in Chandler's Ford. Fryern Residents' Association member Pauline Rhodes
FORMER Conservative Party leader William Hague was in Hampshire last night. The political heavyweight, who led the Conservatives to defeat in the 2001 general election was the guest speaker at a Tory party dinner. The event was held in the Millennium
