HAMPSHIRE based cable operator NTL is trying to wrest the live television rights for Premier League football matches from BSkyB by lobbying the European Commission. The firm, which employs hundreds of people across the region and is based in Hook, wants
DAVID LIVERMORE could snub a move to the Premiership and become the latest piece in Harry Redknapp's rebuilding jigsaw. It was widely expected that the left-sided Millwall captain, right, would choose to join Sunderland once they expressed an interest
MICHAEL SVENSSON made his first Saints appearance for 17 months as he helped the reserves to a 1-0 friendly win over Reading at Staplewood last night. Djemal Belmadi, the Algerian midfielder signed on a one-month contract last week, grabbed the only goal
THE BODY of a woman was today exhumed from a Hampshire graveyard as part of a police investigation. Police, undertakers and an environmental protection officer were understood to be involved in the removal which happened early this morning. The whole
MORE than 38 posts look set to be axed in Southampton General Hospital's heart unit including a vital service parents are desperate to save. Detailed proposals published today outline the radical cuts to the Wessex Cardiac Unit. A total of 38.5 full-time
The first AGC Half Marathon will take place on Sunday October 9 with a start time of 11.00 am at Worthy Down Camp, near Winchester. The event is being run to support two charities: the Rainbow Centre in Fareham for children with cerebral palsy, and the
Members of the popular Ropley Bowling Club recently attended the club's annual President's Day. It was a memorable day with teams from Bitterne, Littleton, Rogate, Twyford and Ropley taking part. Les Holder, the club's President, didn't take the sport
Scrummagers wrote their own piece of history on Monday night, winning the Hampshire Chronicle Cricket Cup for the first time in a low-scoring game at Bishop's Waltham. Since they were formed by Winchester Rugby Club members in the 1950s, Scrummagers have
LUCKLESS striker Leon Best was today back in Southampton cursing his second broken foot in three months. The 19-year-old suffered his latest injury while playing his second match on loan to Sheffield Wednesday against Hull on Tuesday. Best had already
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl who had been battling against leukaemia was killed when the car she was travelling in was hit by an inexperienced Southampton driver who had been smoking cannabis. An inquest has beard how Isabella Anya Hill and her three-year-old
Littleton & West Hill picked up an excellent victory in a tense finish at the Hall Way on Saturday. Littleton were put in to bat on a track that looked good but played slow, and the opening bowlers kept the hosts quiet for a long period of time. Terry
City will open their SWL campaign at home to Fareham Town tomorrow (13th) encouraged by their performances in the series of pre-season friendly matches. They completed these with a crushing win against Ryman Division 1 newcomers Walton Casuals last Saturday
A £250 cash award from NatWest bank will help Hampshire's Dynamo School of Gymnastics buy new equipment for youngsters to train on. NatWest employee Karen Vickers won the Community Cashback Award in recognition of her fundraising efforts for the club.
SOUTHAMPTON health chiefs could take the dramatic step of selling off the Royal South Hants Hospital in their bid to save a massive £24m. Bosses will meet today to discuss how to balance the books following a damning report into their catastrophic finances
A PREGNANT mum dragged her two young children to safety from her third floor flat after a blaze broke out in her son's bedroom. Terrified Karina Richards, of Chandler's Ford, awoke in the early hours of this morning hearing her two-year-old son Harvey
