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  • Tremlett the 'missing link' in England team

    Hampshire beneficiary Alan Mullally believes that Chris Tremlett should be handed his Test debut against Bangladesh in four months' time - so he is ready to help England win back the Ashes this summer. England are currently playing the fifth and final

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivals: Vectis Isle, cargo, 0200, 36S; Hual Tokyo, vehicle carrier, 0430, 40; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Autoracer, ro/ro, 0530, 201; Orion Leader, ro/ro, 0530, 43; Aida, vehicle carrier, 0700, 34/35; P&O Nedlloyd Jakarta, container

  • Stars want a shot at third win

    SOLENT Stars are bidding to make it three wins in a row when they travel to Coventry Crusaders for an English Basketball League Division 1 basement battle tonight. Coventry are eleventh in the league table, one place below the Stars, having won just two

  • SNOOKER

    SNOOKER is not an option for the best 14-year-old in the Southampton area. At the year nine options evening at Wyvern School, Dan Hildyard was told that the PE national curriculum did not cover the sport. Hildyard, desperate to make his mark in the game

  • It should have been our golden voyage

    IT was meant to be the trip of a lifetime to celebrate the year of their golden wedding anniversary. Instead of the spectacular sights of Madeira, Rio de Janeiro and Port Stanley, John and Jean Solly saw nothing more than the Isle of Wight. The Titchfield

  • Charity benefits from cancelled cruise

    FRESH fruit and vegetables will be on the menu for families in need across Hampshire, thanks to the cancellation of luxury liner Aurora's round-the-world cruise. P& O, owners of the £200m ill-fated ship, are donating three and a half tonnes of top

  • Meridian's new era of digital technology

    ITV boss Charles Allen publicly threw down the gauntlet to the government during the official unveiling of Meridian TV's digital-age £6.5m regional television centre in Hampshire. He criticised £200m of broadcasting taxes that Meridian and parent company

  • MP voices concerns on drugs policy

    YOUNG people could be lured into experimenting with deadly illegal drugs because the government is sending out "mixed messages", claims a Hampshire MP. Desmond Swayne, pictured, said the decision to downgrade cannabis from Class B to C and reduce penalties

  • Vandals wreck club and steal tsunami money

    VANDALS have stolen donations for the tsunami appeal after wrecking a Hampshire rugby union team's clubhouse. It is the third time since Christmas that Eastleigh rugby union club's headquarters in the Bishopstoke Playing Fields has been targeted. Club

  • English FA Cup culture is foreign to Benitez

    Last week I referred to the money-spinning FA Cup fourth round ties affecting our teams in this area and like most people I assumed that Bournemouth would be facing Liverpool. With a weakened team, though, the Reds went out to Burnley in midweek and the

  • SAINTS SCORELINE

    Full-time score Saints 2 - Liverpool 0 Don't forget to pick up a copy of tonight's Pink - They're sure to sell out fast

  • Quashie debut is on hold

    Saints face an anxious wait to see the full extent of a knee ligament injury to new £2.1m man Nigel Quashie. The midfielder only signed for Saints from Portsmouth on Tuesday but yesterday damaged knee ligaments in a tackle during training. Quashie is

  • Mullally's memories of Pretoria are not all fond ones

    Alan Mullally is backing England to win the fifth Test against South Africa - but he has mixed memories of the last time England played at Centurion Park, Pretoria. Five years ago, the first three days of the Pretoria Test were lost to rain but England

  • Larger respite centre is just a Heartbeat away . . .

    BULLDOZERS moved in to start the £500,000 redevelopment of a respite centre in Southampton. Rotary House, which is run by the charity Wessex Heartbeat to support the families of heart patients at Southampton General Hospital, is being expanded to provide

  • Hannah gets silver medal

    Barton Peveril College student Hannah Littlecott, 16, has won the silver medal at an elite national tournament. The ex-Hamble School pupil met players of a very high calibre with a wealth of experience in the competition at the National Badminton Centre

  • Olympic treasure found in attic

    THEIRS is a real life story of finding treasure in the attic. While cleaning her mother's house Rosemary Walker stumbled across a little box. Not thinking it could be a treasure chest she pushed it aside to look at later. But when she did open the box

  • Royal approval for 50 years of advice

    FIVE decades of handing out advice to more than half a million people was marked by a visit from HRH the Princess Royal yesterday. Southampton's Citizen's Advice Bureau celebrated its 50th anniversary in style as Citizen's Advice Service patron the Princess

  • Actor's quay role for Quay Hole

    LYMINGTON actor Sam Hiller left London's theatreland for a starring role in his hometown. Sam, currently appearing in Phantom of the Opera, visited The Quay Hole to present more than £1,600 to a charity that helps disabled children. The shop, which sells

  • The return of the Bronze Age dagger

    A BRONZE AGE dagger has been returned to the town that it has called home since about 1400 BC. The historic weapon was unearthed during the excavation of Testwood Lakes in Totton nearly a decade ago. The foot-long dagger was donated to the Totton and

  • Bring and Buy for Tsunami

    CAKES, toys and games were all on sale at a bring and buy sale at one Eastleigh school in aid of the tsunami appeal. All 380 pupils at Crescent Primary School took in donations, including unwanted Christmas presents, to raise money. Head teacher Jane

  • City saved by luck of the draw

    The magic of the FA Cup was never more apparent than when mighty Manchester United played at Exeter. The end result was probably inevitable but Exeter gained lots of plusses from the two games - not just their players but nine or ten thousand travelling

  • Income from TV is Sky high

    SAINTS are today set to take their Sky television income past the £3m mark this season. They will bank about £200,000 as a result of Sky showing this afternoon's match with Liverpool live on Pay Per View television. Every time Saints are shown live as