Swimmers from the City of Southampton Club are benefiting after the return of their coach from his training camp with the Great Britain squad in Cyprus. Head coach Alan Ayles, pictured above, was given the great honour of being invited to accompany the
THE weird and the wonderful people descended on Winchester city centre for the first full day of the much-loved annual Hat Fair. It is Britain's longest running festival of street theatre, with this year 50 different shows in 42 hours. Visitors to the
THE ACCELERATOR has finally been pressed on a project to cut traffic dangers to schoolchildren. Parents and drivers are being given a say in tightening up safety on the Romsey school run. Nearly four years after the Safer Routes to School initiative was
A SOUTHAMPTON infant school has been struck by multiple tragedy this year with the death of four parents. Three young mums and one dad, whose children attend St Monica Infant School in Sholing, have died from cancer since term began in September. Now
HIGH-Flying members of the Southampton based Solent Flying School have their heads in the clouds after carrying off the prestigious "Maltese Falcon" trophy at a European air show. Five fliers from the school celebrated their achievement in perfect style
AS a motoring accessory they have reached the end of the road. But old tyres are helping to make funds grow for the Bishopstoke-based Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind. For at the MP Tyres depot in Botley Road, Hedge End, owner Peter Noyce
Winchester & District AC's women protected their lead in the Road Runners Ten team event by dominating the latest race in the New Forest. The club claimed four of the top five places, thanks to efforts from first-placed Michaela McCallum, runner-up
THEY used to invade on bicycles with strings of onions hanging from the handlebars. But when a taste of France came to Eastleigh town centre's Leigh Road precinct, there were onions, shallots and garlic by the lorry load. More than 20 stallholders from
Hampshire police have taken to the streets in the county's first mobile CCTV vehicle. Crime reporter SARAH COLE takes an inside look at the hi-tech van being piloted in a bid to cut crime... WHAT is white, can swivel 360 degrees and comes with its own
A place in the semi-finals of the XL Club's Inter-District championships awaits the locally based south team if they can beat Wales at Hursley Park on Monday, 2pm. The south team is drawn primarily from local Premier League players, aged 40 years and
Today's Principal Arrivals: NYK Apollo, container, 0245, 207; Tristan, vehicle, 0330, 34/35; Caronia, cruise ship, 0630, 38/9; Asian Breeze, ro/ro, 1630, 202; Autoline, ro/ro, tba, 201 link. Today's Principal Sailings: Caronia, cruise ship, 1700, 38/9
SOUTHAMPTON'S Commonwealth Games gold medallist diver Pete Waterfield admits he's not hunting medals in the World Championships which start this weekend. Waterfield is in Barcelona along with the rest of the British squad chasing glory in the pool based
THOUSANDS of pensioners across Hampshire are losing out on millions of pounds of benefits being dished out by the government. A massive £2 billion was left unclaimed in one year by elderly people in the south, who did not know they were entitled to the
WHEN carer Julie Bowring walked down the aisle yesterday she wore a huge smile and the size 12 wedding dress she dreamed of fitting into. Julie, 37, was so determined to look her best on her special day she bought her wedding dress TWO sizes too small
THOUSANDS of people are to pack into Southampton Common this weekend as the city's 15th annual Balloon and Flower Festival gets under way. The two-day event is the largest free outdoor show of its kind in the south with an expected 150,000 visitors due
UNTIL death do us part, said Clare and Jason Bryan as they entered into the holy bond of matrimony. The newlyweds were hoping to have a similar relationship with the allotment they were given as a wedding present. But months later Eastleigh Council ordered
