Sheffield Steelers 4, Basingstoke Bison 2 THE Bison lost their opening game of the play-offs in Sheffield on Wednesday night as the Steelers, under the new direction of coach Dave Whistle, continued their rejuvenated end to the season. That is not to
The 2005/6 Russell Cotes Cup final will be a repeat of last year's between Eastleigh and Gosport. Goals from Dave Town and Zach Glasspool in the 29th and 32nd minutes were enough to send holders Eastleigh through 2-0 at Lymington Town last night. Meanwhile
AN AIR of uncertainty remains over a major Basingstoke factory as the multi-national conglomerate that owns it closes in on a deal which could shift the focus of the company. The Linde Group, which owns the forklift truck plant in Kingsclere Road, had
Southampton face an anxious finale to the season after crashing 4-3 to Hampshire League title rivals Weymouth at Redlands. The pressure will be on Chris Stokes and Co as Southampton must win Saturday's final match against Andover at the Sports Centre
A 3-0 defeat by Chichester has left Fareham with a mountain to climb in their quest for a return to the South Premier League's top tier. They must now win their final game against in-form Staines, who are eyeing the second promotion spot for themselves
FORMER Formula One Grand Prix champion Jody Scheckter visited a Hampshire school to collect a charity cheque for more than £800 from pupils. Jody Scheckter stopped by at Kings School in Winchester to collect a cheque destined for the charity FARM-Africa
Motoring chaos in Winchester's traffic-choked city centre is to continue even longer after gas pipe repairs were delayed. Workmen in High Street have uncovered a 6ft thick steel reinforced concrete slab. That will delay the move into Southgate Street
LORD Montagu of Beaulieu has warned that an arsonist targeting properties in the area must be caught before someone is killed. The 79-year-old peer spoke out following the latest blaze, which wrecked a £1m tide mill and almost spread to two adjoining
VOLUNTEERS are needed to sign up for a new service to help carers looking after patients in their own homes. Lymington-based Oakhaven Hospice is starting a "Volunteer Sitting Service" to give carers some precious respite time. Helpers will not be expected
IT WAS a paparazzi paradise! Glitz and glamour was everywhere as the beautiful people gathered for an ultra-exclusive celebration of a Southampton icon. Pop music superstar, Ronan Keating together with former tennis champion and darling of the tabloids
POPPING up to London to attend the press conference for V For Vendetta isn't just your ordinary day out, wherein I interview someone and maybe get a cup of tea into the bargain - if I'm lucky. My map tells me that the location is beside the London Eye
Chancellor Gordon Brown today launched his tenth Budget insisting it would further strengthen the British economy. Mr Brown told a packed Commons: ''The British economy is strong and strengthening.'' Inflation was currently 2% and on target. Mr Brown
MOUNTAINEER Rhys Jones can continue in his quest to become the youngest Briton to conquer Mount Everest after a Hampshire company agreed to cover the £30,000 cost of his trip. Lyndhurst-based INEOS has agreed to sponsor the 19-year-old's expedition setting
A NOTORIOUS town centre eyesore is about to disappear following a long planning battle that ended in victory for one of Britain's biggest house builders. McCarthy & Stone has embarked on a multi-million-pound project to transform a rubbish-strewn
YOUNGSTERS from Brookfield school got into tune as they took part in a music festival for pupils across Hampshire. The Fareham school's jazz band members were among more than 1,350 youngsters from across the region participating in the Music for Youth
CHILDREN and young people are the focus of a major agency fair being held in Southampton today. School groups and youth organisations will perform various presentations and dance routines on the stage of the Southampton Guildhall, as more than 70 organisations
Newport County 2, Basingstoke Town 0 AFTER the morale-boosting high of their midweek draw at league-leaders Weymouth came the morale-sapping low of defeat at bottom-of-the-table Newport. Very inconsistent. Very Basingstoke Town. Continued problems in
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to keep a Hampshire birth centre open are to meet government health chiefs for face-to-face talks. Fareham MP Mark Hoban and Friends of Blackbrook Babies co-ordinator Mel Watson are meeting with maternity health minister Liam Byrne
A MYSTERY object triggered a bomb scare at a Hampshire recycling unit. Experts from the county's police bomb disposal unit went to the household recycling centre in Grange Road, Gosport, yesterday morning to assess a canister-shaped object which had been
The bustling Japanese seaport city of Fukuoka with its museums, shrines and temple, must have seemed a million miles away for Angus McLean who stormed to victory at the B&Q Eastleigh 10km on Sunday. The 25-year-old Team Southampton athlete will be
THEY thought they would be torn apart forever when the bulldozers moved in to flatten their homes. Neighbours Pam Winward and Pam Squires took their battle to save their Horton Heath bungalows right to 10 Downing Street with a personal plea to Prime Minister
EASTLEIGH MP Chris Huhne is backing a Commons campaign to ban imports of all products which have been produced as a result of seal hunts in Canada. Mr Huhne, pictured, said: "It is extraordinary that in this day and age we still condone cruel commercial
Triumphant Totton have booked their place in the Sydenhams Wessex League Cup final for the second time in four years at the expense of favourites Winchester City. The 2002/3 winners bounced back from 2-1 down to win the second leg 3-2 at Testwood Park
NEIL Cassar has been appointed the new chief executive of the Hampshire FA. Cassar, below, replaces Laurence Jones, who held the post for over five years before becoming chief executive at AFC Bournemouth last month. Cassar, who has been Football Operations
ESSENTIAL day-to-day services across north Hampshire could come to a standstill next week when public sector workers walk out in a day of strike action. Council employees including bin men, bus drivers, social workers, care home workers, school dinner
PROTESTERS in a Basingstoke neighbourhood have lost their battle to prevent floodlights being installed on outdoor sports pitches at a community centre. A group of residents living near the Hatch Warren Community Centre launched two petitions during consultation
THE lyrics might not quite be the Queen's English but a rousing new anthem by a Southampton band is set to be a hit with patriotic soccer fans. As England crashed out of the last World Cup in Japan four years ago Mark Smith, 37, and his fellow footie-mad
A HAMPSHIRE student is preparing to leave the comforts of home and embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Laura Fitzgerald from Locks Heath will be jetting off to a remote area of Indonesia this summer to study tourism in the Wakatobi National Park far
FORMER Great Britain hockey international Callum Giles will be encouraging more Southampton children to take up sport as part of a two-week sports festival. Callum will officially open the new sports hall at Bitterne Park School tomorrow as the secondary
THE older generation were given a chance to showcase their tennis skills when a film crew from Sport England paid a visit to Totally Tennis' indoor centre. The Club 50+ session, that runs every Wednesday morning, was put in the spotlight for a new promotional
HAMPSHIRE'S mental health trust has been recognised as being among the best in the country and awarded a top accolade. The Hampshire Partnership Trust, which employs around 3,000 staff and provides mental health and disability services across the county
AN exhibition offering advice about working in childcare, as well as information on the range of childcare services available, will take place at Winchester Guildhall until Thursday next week. It will be open from 10am until 6pm daily with the exception
MYSTERY surrounds the idenitity behind the latest man to buy a vast amount of Southampton Leisure Holdings Ltd shares. A stock market announcement yesterday revealed that Sarwan Singh now holds 995,000 shares in Southampton FC's parent company - which
