JUSTIN Rose missed out on qualifying for the US Open Golf Championships by just two shots, writes BOB BRUNSKELL. The Hampshire golfer, who shot to fame with fourth place in the British Open seven years ago, is now plying his trade on the US PGA Tour and
A WEEK after her heroics in the Gotzis heptathlon, Olympic bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton confessed to feeling "a little bit tired" at the weekend's Norwich Union International in Glasgow. The Isle of Wight all-rounder endured two long jump no-jumps
NEWLY-PROMOTED Lymington & New Milton have suffered a double blow in their build-up for Ryman Division 1 football. The Linnets are resigned to losing powerhouse striker Michael Jackson to AFC Newbury, while another of their old Wessex League rivals
RIDLEY Scott, the director of Gladiator, has come up trumps again with this Crusades epic. Blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom) heads for the Middle East when he is reunited with his father. When he arrives, he finds himself thrust into the middle of a conflict
IT'S nearly unbelievable that Nicole Kassell's The Woodsman, which arrived in Ster Century last Friday, is her debut feature as a director. A stark independent film that attempts to go where no celluloid has gone before, it has received acclaim for both
A CRIMINAL (Ice Cube) is coerced by NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L Jackson) into becoming a field agent under their new xXx programme. Gibbons and his new agent go on a dangerous mission to track a military splinter group that is conspiring to overthrow
A POLICE dog and his handler who tracked down a man after he took two buses from the Stagecoach bus company without consent have been praised for their work. Pc Mike Spencer and his two-year-old German shepherd, Cloud, helped apprehend and convict James
CRICKET club members who are concerned about a huge increase in licence fees to run their bar have been assured by Basingstoke MP Maria Miller that she will be taking their plight to Parliament. New laws that the Government is expected to bring in to
MEMBERS of a less-than-ordinary Women's Institute were truly in the pink when they celebrated 90 years of WI history. Hatch Warren WI marked the occasion with a pink-themed party - proving it is not just about jam making and cake baking. WI members from
YOUNGSTERS got muddy and covered in paint as part of their involvement in half-term activities across Basingstoke and Deane. Children and families were asked to join in an arts and crafts day, which was held at Whitchurch Silk Mill. The traditional method
CURRENT British Championship leader Martin Groves won both big run-offs in the British Hill Club Championship meeting at Gurston Down to extend his series lead. Salisbury's Karl Davison took sixth and seventh places with times in the mid-27 seconds while
HAMPSHIRE'S Rob Collard was out of luck in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship meeting at Brands Hatch. The Hook-based driver had fought his way past former champion Yvan Muller into second place in race two when SEAT's Jason Plato forced
SOUTHAMPTON'S Phil Weaver achieved two top-ten finishes in the Stock Car Association Championship event at Rockingham. It was a result that brought relief to his Catchpole team after his teammate, Duncan Gray, had walked away from a massive 140mph impact
WITH more boys available this time round, New Forest Juniors improved to fourth place in the second match of the UKA Young Athletes' League at Southampton. Despite rain and windy conditions, the Foresters managed several creditable performances in the
POOR organisation led to all small boats finals - other than the Men's Junior Pairs - being abandoned at Shanklin Regatta on Saturday. Racing was called off following Southampton's Novice Sculler Greg Whitehouse capsizing in squally conditions and the
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a patient at a mental health unit in Winchester escaped onto the roof and refused to come down. Emergency services were called to Melbury Lodge in the early hours of yesterday morning when a 25-year-old man smashed
SHE could be the next Martine McCutcheon or Natalie Portman now she has secured a place at the exclusive London Academy of Performing Arts. Winchester drama student Charlotte Rayner, 21, is one of just 20 people chosen from thousands of applicants worldwide
THE parking nightmare around Totton College looks set to continue if council chiefs get their way today. A planning application to build a new two-storey building and a 42-space car park on campus has been rejected by planning officers at New Forest District
A NEW Forest holiday park's latest employee is looking forward to getting started in a role where he will be responsible for a team of about 65 staff. Brett Turner, 38, pictured, has landed a top job at Sandy Balls Holiday Centre in Godshill as site services
Glass towers, a riverside walk and a public square are set to transform the Vosper site in a £350m project designed by the firm responsible for the Millennium Dome... BUSTLING streets beneath airy glass towers and wide open public spaces packed with public
SOUTHAMPTON R&B star Craig David has been included in the Paris line-up at next month's Live 8 music concert. Craig, pictured, whose new album The Story Goes is out in August, joins Jamiroquai, Placebo, Youssou N'Dour and Andrea Bocelli at the French
ENVIRONMENT bosses in Southampton have new powers to clamp down on fly tipping and other offences that make neighbourhoods unsightly. The Clean Neighbourhoods Act has now received royal assent and grants councils the power to immediately seize vehicles
A MAJOR inquiry was under way today following a fatal fire on a Hampshire caravan site. Police confirmed a body had been found inside a touring caravan at the park in Shedfield early today. Officers said the victim had been so badly burned that they were
THE world is now a poorer place without you in it. These were the words that echoed around Romsey Abbey yesterday as television gardener Charlie Dimmock bade an emotional farewell to her mother and stepfather. More than 300 mourners packed into the Abbey
COLDPLAY drummer Will Champion has revealed he wants to come back to his home city of Southampton and play a gig at St Mary's Stadium. The lifelong Saints fan reportedly wants to follow in the footsteps of Sir Elton John and take to the stage before thousands
CIVIC bosses have approved a pioneering scheme to help ex-offenders get back into the workplace. The £730,000 project, called Exodus, will help offenders who have served time at Winchester Prison get back into jobs after they have been released into the
A HAMPSHIRE centre which has enabled thousands of children and adults with disabilities to take part in a range of activities has scooped a £130,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund. Now Bursledon's Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Activities Centre is
A WORK of art has been stolen from a Southampton bar. The £5,000 sculpture, named The Man in the Protein Coat, pictured, was taken from The Fruit Bar in the city centre. Police are hoping that by circulating a picture of the artwork, by sculptor Lyneth
SOUTHAMPTON R&B star Craig David has been included in the Paris line-up at next month's Live 8 music concert. Craig, pictured, whose new album The Story Goes is out in August, joins Jamiroquai, Placebo, Youssou N'Dour and Andrea Bocelli at the French
A MAJOR civic celebration to mark five historic events in the life of a Hampshire market town is being planned for next month. Tens of thousands of residents are expected to turn out for the festivities in Fareham on Saturday, July 30. The event will
A HUSBAND and wife team who provide a lifeline service for more than 350 blind and visually impaired people have been honoured for their tireless efforts. Doug and Dilys Griffiths, pictured, founded the Fareport Talking News for the Blind, which provides
A WEEK after her heroics in the Gotzis heptathlon, Olympic bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton confessed to feeling "a little bit tired" at the weekend's Norwich Union International in Glasgow. The Isle of Wight all-rounder endured two long jump no-jumps
TEAM Southampton picked up their third straight victory in the Southern Women's League Division 2 after totally dominating events at Abingdon. For the juniors, Hampshire's under-15 200 metres champion Amy Matthews continued her rich vein of form in the
NOT even the rain could put the skids under this particular obstacle course at Eastleigh. For the disabled are used to getting about in all weathers. And so in between the showers the able-bodied were able to experience driving a mobility scooter. An
NIGEL QUASHIE is hoping a minor operation on his knee won't keep him out of Saints' pre-season. The problem plagued him from his first few weeks as a Saints player in January. He hurt medial ligaments shortly after his £2m switch from Pompey but played
KUNG-FU ace Chase Armitage is head over heels in celebration after becoming a double winner at the UK wu shu championships in Milton Keynes. Bettering his results of one year ago, when he won three silver medals, Basingstoke teenager Armitage this time
CHRIS TREMLETT will take on the might of Australia for the first time tomorrow - after being handed a late call-up to face the tourists. Southampton-born fast bowler Tremlett, pictured above, joins Hampshire teammate Kevin Pietersen in the PCA XI that
DISGRACED Navy SEAL Shane Wolf (Vin Diesel) is handed a new assignment - protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently-deceased scientist father, whose top-secret experiment rem-ains in the family home.
KAT Ellis (Debra Messing from Will and Grace) hires a male escort (Dermot Mulroney) to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. Her plan is an attempt to dupe her ex-fianc, who dumped her a couple years previously.
THIS week is a milestone in The Gazette's 127-year history - because, from June 6, The Gazette will be available every Monday and Thursday. As well as moving the publication of our flagship newspaper forward one day, to Thursdays, your favourite local
YOUNGSTERS got muddy and covered in paint as part of their involvement in half-term activities across Basingstoke and Deane. Children and families were asked to join in an arts and crafts day, which was held at Whitchurch Silk Mill. The traditional method
POLICE are investigating a second fire at a Basingstoke college in less than a fortnight. Queen Mary's College, in Cliddesden Road, has been targeted in separate incidents just 10 days apart. Firefighters were called to the college shortly before 11.30am
Today's Principal Arrivals: Mungo, cargo, 0330, 102/3; CFF Seine, roro, 0345, 30; Hoegh Transit, roro, 0530, 40; Oriana, passenger, 0645, 106; Torrens, vehicle, 0830, 34; Busan Express, container, 1200, 206; Nordsee, cargo, 1500, 204w Today's Principal
SCORES of ship repairers at a Southampton company were told this morning that they are being made redundant. The bombshell announcement was made by GMB regional organiser Bob Stokes in a mass meeting at 8am. He called the meeting, involving members of
ONE of the top casinos in Southampton is embroiled in a national pay dispute. Stanley Casino workers have threatened to strike for the first time in a row over pay and working conditions. The GMB union announced a consultative ballot among its 1,000 members
STAFF at a family-run engraving business in Southampton are pictured here celebrating its 40th anniversary. PJ Drew, which has 11 staff, embraced the brave new world with computerised engraving and other digital printing services, but it also uses traditional
THE Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has smashed original targets by more than 50 per cent - generating £155m of added value for UK manufacturing in its first three years, the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) has revealed. In the south east
BILLY MACKENZIE was inches from disaster as his dreams of a home win in the British Motocross Grand Prix at Matchams ended in agonising disappointing. The young Scot who has won two world championship MX2 grands prix for the Swanmore-based Bike it Dixon
EASTLEIGH racing driver Shane Kelly has made a cracking start to the new season with two podium finishes and the driver-of-the-day award at Castle Combe. Kelly is having his second season in the DACS ARP Formula 3 Championship and is looking to win it
FAREHAM motorcycle road racer Richard Keohane is back in the saddle just 12 weeks after badly breaking his leg in a crash at Snetterton. Keohane had won his first race in the BMCRC 600 Supersport Class and was looking for a repeat when he crashed at Russell's
NEWLY-PROMOTED Lymington & New Milton have suffered a double blow in their build-up for Ryman Division 1 football. The Linnets are resigned to losing powerhouse striker Michael Jackson to AFC Newbury, while another of their old Wessex League rivals
WHILE Amir Khan follows the professional route amid a blaze of publicity, Hampshire's hottest boxing prospect remains happy to tread the familiar, yet more anonymous, amateur path towards an identical ambition. Khan, of course, received instant fame (
THE yellow leader's jersey in races like the Tour de France often inspires the rider to push themselves that little bit more. Riders say it's like a suit of armour that gives an air of invincibility. Winchester cyclist Rob Hurd had to pull out all the
"SAFETY first" is the message being sent to parents of pupils at three schools sharing the same site in the New Forest. Gate warden Rachael Gray - pictured with her young charges - has been employed to make sure that mums and dads do not drive on to the
THE hit show Frank, Sammy and Dean: The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas swings into Highclere Castle on Saturday for one night only. This exuberant production has played to full houses across the country, including the London Palladium. Recreating a night
A consultation exercise costing £10,000 is to take place on proposals to move a children's playground in Southampton's Mayflower Park to free up space for the annual boat show. Civic bosses want to move the play area to the edge of the park, nearer the
HAMPSHIRE man Will Turnage has embarked on a world record attempt to row more than 2,000 miles non-stop around the British coastline. Twenty-six-year-old Will Turnage, from Sway in the New Forest, joined three Grenadier Guards yesterday hoping to raise
IT WAS a chance to leave the city behind and head for the country where this group of Hampshire schoolchildren discovered the natural beauty of the New Forest. More than 280 youngsters from six schools visited Beaulieu estate where team members from Hampshire
HAMPSHIRE taxpayers could end up footing a £1m bill for policing the Trafalgar 200 celebrations. With just three weeks to go until commemorative events begin, the Home Office has still not confirmed whether it will fund the bulk of the policing bill.
TOP level talks are due to be held today between coastguard bosses and organisers of Sir Bob Geldof's Sail8 event which aims to send an "Armada" of protesters across the English Channel to demonstrate at the G8 summit. The talks will be aimed at ironing
CHILDREN from a local school enjoyed an afternoon of tennis at a festival sponsored by Totally Tennis in their indoor centre. It was organised by tennis development officer Alison Beard, and the children were all Year 4 pupils at Four Lanes Junior School
ONE of the UK's finest trumpet players will be the guest of the New Forest Jazz Club tomorrow. Bruce Adams began playing at the age of 11 and won the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks three years later. Highlights of a wide-ranging career include performing
Five members of staff from Southampton based Lombard Marine Finance overcame their fear of heights to raise over £1,000 for the Jubilee Sailing Trust. The team scaled the 33 metre (150 foot) mast, climbing up a series of ever narrowing rope ladders to
A MAN and woman are being treated for life-threatening injuries after the lorry they were travelling in overturned following a collision with a car on a notorious Hampshire road. The pair were rushed to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham after the head-on
HIS Royal Highness the Duke of Kent got an idea of what is involved in controlling air traffic in our skies when he paid a visit to the National Air Traffic Control centre at Swanwick. The centre in Sopwith Way handles some of the busiest and most complex
TICKETS go on sale for the popular, annual Blues at the Abbey in Titchfield on Saturday. The event, on Saturday, July 16, attracts about 2,000 music lovers to Titchfield Abbey and raises funds to stage the village's carnival in October. The four blues
ONE of the area's leading distance running coaches has been honoured with a City of Southampton Award. Southampton Running Club's Tony Fern, above, was saluted by the mayor at The Guildhall to mark his 30 years working with the youth of the city. "I would
KATY Watts continued her red-hot start to the season with a divisional javelin record for Team Southampton in the UK Women's League Division 2 at Barnet Copthall. The former Basingstoke & Mid Hants athlete won with a throw of 48.24 metres, continuing
WITH more boys available this time round, New Forest Juniors improved to fourth place in the second match of the UKA Young Athletes' League at Southampton. Despite rain and windy conditions, the Foresters managed several creditable performances in the
FOR Eastleigh pensioner Frances Williams it was her transport lifeline and pride and joy. But the 88-year-old is in danger of becoming a prisoner in her own home after thieves made off with her electric mobility chair from the back garden of her home.
APATHETIC Saints fans? Not on last night's evidence. There was plenty of Northam Soul on show at the social club which is a Peter Crouch stride from St Mary's, where Saints supporters of all ages gathered to hear SISA deliver its post-relegation plan
SAINTS midfielder Yoann Folly claims France will approach tonight's match with England the same way as any other. The two teams will battle it out for a place in the final of the Toulon Under-20 tournament with France determined to retain the title they
HARRY REDKNAPP's hopes of retaining the services of star striker Peter Crouch have received a huge boost with a bid of £5m from Liverpool being rejected. Redknapp singled out Crouch as the one player Saints couldn't afford to lose in talks with chairman
THE ongoing problems affecting the Basingstoke and North Hants side were clearly evident against High Wycombe, who enjoyed a comfortable seven-wicket win at May's Bounty on Saturday. Currently bottom of the Home Counties division one table, Basingstoke
