THE OLD BOYS completed their season last Sunday with a second half avalanche of six goals, also completing the double over their opponents from Dorset. It was a somewhat shaky first half for both teams until the 38th minute when Mickey Tanner's cross
ROMSEY Road Runners' two London Marathon entrants both acquitted themselves well, no doubt appreciating the cool and damp conditions. Hannah Edwards finished in 3 hours 43, with David Blackman half an hour quicker in a personal best time of 3 hours 13
WITH Mottisfont winning well and Upham, their only rivals for the league title, failing to beat Winchester City, Font were duly crowned as league champions last weekend. They were always in a strong position, and Upham's only hope of catching Font was
MORE than 250 school children scrummed down for a tag rugby festival in Fareham this week. Twenty four teams from 16 primary schools across the Fareham borough entered the event organised by the Fareham School Sport Partnership in association with Fareham
A POPULAR village postwoman has hung up her postbag after 25 years of working for Royal Mail. Heather Grant, 65, of King's Somborne, retired last week and said although she won't miss the early starts she will miss the people. She completed her first
ROMSEY'S MP is urging constituents to back a nationwide petition aimed at saving vital Post Office services. Sandra Gidley said the petition highlights fears held by the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters that the withdrawal of vital services like
A TEST Valley businessman is playing a key role in looking after the interests of disabled people as the build-up for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games gets into full swing. Dr Stephen Duckworth (pictured) who lives at West Tytherley with his wife
LIONEL Pepper may look like a man who's ready to chop down a few trees as he stands on a grass verge near his West Wellow home with an axe in his hands. But no! He's the man who planted a tree for the benefit of his community and was told to dig it up
CHILDREN at Romsey's Mountbatten School are staging a special 'Wish by Music' concert in memory of a fellow pupil who has died of cancer. Thirteen-year-old Hayley Smith died on Thursday last week and yesterday Mountbatten School staff and pupils said
THE bride wore an ivory dress with a two-foot train edged with pearls and carried a bouquet of red and white silk roses. She had also bought a pearl necklace and earrings for the occasion too - it was the perfect wedding and in many ways, probably Romsey's
TWENTY Winchester students are hoping to wing their way into the Guinness Book of Records by playing basketball for 48 hours. The students past and present from Peter Symonds College hope to smash the record of 40 hours and three minutes, held by an Irish
THE Romsey Art Group is staging its spring exhibition at the Mountbatten Gallery from today. Paintings, pottery, woodcarving and sculpture will all be on display at the event, which will be open from 10am to 5pm until May 13 at the gallery in Lee. There
IT WAS a sizzling contest but in the end there could be only one top banger. The Great Hampshire Sausage, Pie and Ready Meal competition saw 30 different butchers from across the county go into battle. The annual event featured more than 150 sausages
YOU know the seasons are changing when new-born animals start to appear. Spring is finally in the air if this lot of new arrivals at a Hampshire wildlife park are anything to go by. Marwell Zoo, which specialises in breeding endangered animals, has had
A MISSING parrot has been found dead by an Echo reader who read reports of her disappearance. Chatty five-year-old parrot Lucy went missing, feared stolen, after burglars ransacked her owner Trudy Chivers' Thornhill, Southampton, home. Trudy's mum Sally
TWO musicians from the Gosport and Fareham Music Society will be performing at a special duo concert in May. Gemma Rosefield will be on cello and Simon Lepper on piano to play music by Debussy, Beethoven and Rossini at the concert on May 12 at St Mary's
FORMER Saints star Danny Wallace has reached the 17-mile marker on his mission to complete the London marathon. Danny, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, is due to finish the 26-mile course tomorrow after walking about four miles every day. An entourage
HUNDREDS of parents have been left without childcare following the shock closure of a popular Penton Mewsey day-care provider. St Benedict's Pre-School and Nursery dropped the bombshell news in letters sent out on Saturday - giving parents of 140 children
ANDOVER'S Bridge Street Methodist Church is celebrating its centenary this year and is marking the milestone birthday with a series of events. The celebrations began on 19 April with a centenary service which was attended by the Mayor of Test Valley,
ANDOVER'S MP, Sir George Young, gave his backing to a campaign to keep Shepherd Springs Schools open by adding his signature to the 600 already on a petition to save the schools. The schools are under threat from a new housing development which could
RAIL travellers face significant travel delays this bank holiday weekend as Network Rail plans to carry out major engineering works in the Basingstoke area. No trains are due to run in an area bounded by Farnborough, Winchester, Andover and Reading on
JUST one man took up the Mayor of Test Valley's special invitation to celebrate the Queen's 80th birthday at a tea party. Cllr Peter Boulton had invited all parish residents who turned 80 in April to join him for the special royal tea party but only Mr
AFTER a successful night in Southampton two top bands are about to give a repeat performance in Portsmouth. Popular local band Little Green, who hail from Calmore and Waterside, did West Country trio Blackbud proud when they got together at the Joiners
A TEAM of friends from Warsash are taking in the challenge of a lifetime to raise money for charity. In June, the team of 14 are hoping to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in less than 30 hours all for the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association
George Burley hailed Chris Baird's improvement and said he "wouldn't swap him for another right back in the league" after the Northern Ireland intentional signed a new three-year deal at Saints. The 24-year-old's current two-year deal was due to expire
1.CAPOTE (15): During his research for his book In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family, Truman Capote develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, one of the killers. 2. 16 BLOCKS (15) eight, sodden detective who has almost given
THE Romsey Wasps U14s walked away with the Hampshire Plate after a 27-19 win against Portsmouth last weekend. The first half saw Romsey's Tom Morgan score his first try, quickly followed by Portsmouth levelling the score. Tom then went on to score a second
Michael Carberry will continue to adopt a positive approach after top scoring on his Hampshire home debut. The left-hander struck 43 from 68 balls and believes that Hampshire can still win their south coast derby against Sussex - despite conceding a first
BASINGSTOKE is gearing up to enter the South & South East in Bloom 2006 competition - and the entry organisers are hoping readers of The Gazette will help put the spotlight on some of the finer points of the town. It was last September that Gazette
DOUBLE the amount of rubbish can now be handled at Basingstoke's household waste recycling centre thanks to an extension of the site. An expansion of the tip, in Wade Road, has been completed and was officially opened by senior councillors last Thursday
ST GEORGE'S Day was celebrated in full in Basingstoke last weekend! The Scouts held their annual St George's Day parade through the town and I was delighted to be asked to take their salute at parade on Sunday. The St George's Day themed celebrations
PLANS to show England's World Cup games on giant screens in Basingstoke have been abandoned after they failed to gain public support. The idea to show England's matches in the War Memorial Park was floated by Labour members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough
A MAJOR Basingstoke company has agreed a deal with Renault for the supply of 200 vehicles. The AA, which has offices in Basing View, has secured a deal worth £3million at showroom prices with the French car company and it will now provide Trafic vans
AN elderly Longparish woman has complained bitterly about the way she was taken home in the middle of the night after a routine scan on her leg at Winchester hospital. Miss Jean Couling, aged 79, believes that her treatment exacerbated a cracked pelvis
AT AGE Concern we recognise the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and active mind as we get older. Are you making the most of your retirement? Do you have opportunities to exercise your body and your brain? If not, perhaps we can help. Evergreen
Nurse therapist Susan Jane Stinson, aged 45, of Mill Lane, Romsey, was fined £300, ordered to pay compensation of £100 along with costs of £70 after pleading guilty to assaulting traffic warden, Suzan Phillips. Mark Gammon, prosecuting, said aggrieved
A TENDON transplant could restore movement to a former Mottisfont footballer's badly damaged left foot. Michael Jackson was forced to quit the game last November after his left leg was broken in seven places, while he was playing for Romsey's Sunday league
Mountbatten School's community programme of activities is now fully restored following fire damage at the school in March. The School's adult learning classes, sports, leisure and arts clubs resumed normal service on Monday for the first time since a
ROMSEY'S new 'royal family' has been selected to represent the town at this summer and winter's carnival events. Twenty-one-year-old Natalie Butler will reign over carnival fixtures and Cathleen Hall and Megan Besant will be the queen's two attendants
DEPUTY head Kelvin Geary has become one of the youngest heads in Hampshire, after being confirmed as the head teacher of Romsey's Cupernham Junior School. Mr Geary, 32, has moved up from the role of acting head to succeed David Musty, who left in December
A NEW Hampshire-wide dance competition is proving to be a big success. Dance for Life is organised by the British Red Cross and has attracted hundreds of youngsters. The first heat was held at Winchester College and attracted more than 100 performers
A LEGAL row between two local authorities could result in the closure of a controversial sports facility. One council is threatening to prosecute the other over the noise allegedly made by teenagers using a skateboard area at Woodside Park, Lymington.
PUPILS who were forced to abandon recycling have got their green schemes back on track thanks to three local companies who came to their aid after The Gazette highlighted the children's plight. Kempshott Junior School, in Old Down Close, Kempshott, Basingstoke
The hit West End musical inspired by the songs of Rod Stewart - will rock its way in to The Mayflower for one week only from Monday. Featuring more than 20 of Rod's greatest hits, Tonight's The Night is an all-singing, all-dancing chance to rediscover
Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society (EOMS) is staging the musical Annie at The Point Dance and Arts Centre in Eastleigh next week. The musical, directed by John Barlow is based on the character of Annie, who is an 11-year-old orphan who escapes from
PORTCHESTER Players are presenting their production of the 1970's cult play Abigail's Party at Portchester Community Centre, Westlands Grove, Portchester until tomorrow night. Set in the 1970s, this cringingly funny play deals with the overbearing Beverley
HAMPSHIRE cricket star Shane Warne could be called to give evidence in a murder case in Australia. Lawyers for a taxi driver accused of knocking down and killing a teenager are set to summon the spinmeister if the allegations come to court. Rajbinder
SOUTHAMPTON'S Brazilian community reckons the appointment of Luiz Felipe Scolari as the new England manager would bring a touch of samba to the south. FA chiefs are in talks with the man who won the World Cup with his native Brazil in 2002. Scolari, who
A NEW Hampshire-wide dance competition is proving to be a big success. Dance for Life is organised by the British Red Cross and has attracted hundreds of youngsters. The first heat was held at Winchester College and attracted more than 100 performers
A RUGBY club has a four-figure sum for a schoolboy who broke his neck in a match. Tottonians staged a charity match between the ladies team and a side of former veteran players. The match between the women, average age about 30, and the men, aged about
ENTRIES for this year's Race for Life in Southampton have closed three months ahead of the event. As many as 10,000 women have signed up for the largest event of its kind in the city. Organisers are urging women who have secured a place not to ignore
TWO disused buildings at Andover's River Way water-pumping centre were badly damaged when a group of youths went on the rampage on Sunday afternoon. Police say that during the incident 20 windows were smashed as well as damage being caused to the inside
STOCKBRIDGE parish council is appealing for six more voluntary community responders to join their village accident response unit. The scheme sees community responders being on call to attend accidents and emergencies and take charge until the ambulances
A SEX shop is set to move to bigger premises in Andover's Junction Road after just a year in business. Private Lines, the Test Valley Borough's first sex shop, has received backing from councillors to move to a larger shop next door to its present address
SUITABLE sites for affordable housing development was a topic debated by Stockbridge Parish Cou-ncil at its recent meeting. Many areas in the village have been loked at as possible locations, including the old favourite of Marsh Court Road and Old London
ANDOVER police are appealing for witnesses after a London Street garage robbery. The robbery happened on 19 April when a man entered the shop at Martins Petrol Station at 9.15pm and threatened both cashiers before making of with an undisclosed amount
TRIPLE Mobo winner, Beverley Knight, famed for her rich gospel/soul voice, is appearing throughout the UK in November. Beverley is promising an electrifying live show, which fortunately for us is coming to Southampton Guildhall. Tickets cost £21.50. For
TWO borough councillors representing Andover wards were successful in their attempt to involve Test Valley Borough Council in the debate over the future of schools at Knights Enham and Shepherds Spring. All members of the borough council present at a
UNLESS you've been living under a rock for the past few months it has been impossible to escape the rise of Kubb. The London-via-Cornwall/Liverpool/Tobago band led by the inimitable Harry Collier. Single Grow was all over the airwaves, album Mother has
ANDOVER FM, the radio station that previously ran two trial broadcasts in the town, has announced its bid for a licence to launch a commercial station. Tindle Radio has taken Milestone's shareholding in three neighbouring radio stations, including Kestrel
PLAYING in Salisbury on Wednesday is a fantastic line-up of music legends with a dose of 60s magic. The Troggs, Animals and Friends, Dave Berry and Zoot Money are all on the bill at the City Hall. Tickets, priced £15.50 to £17.50, from the box office
TRIPLE Mobo winner, Beverley Knight, famed for her rich gospel/soul voice, is appearing throughout the UK in November. Beverley is promising an electrifying live show, which fortunately for us is coming to Southampton Guildhall. Tickets cost £21.50. For
HEALTH chiefs are considering whether to spend tens of thousands of pounds on temporarily reopening a birth centre. Repairs to the Blackbrook Birth Centre in Fareham will cost them £83,000. They must decide whether they are willing to invest the cash
ENGLAND will be pulling out all the stops for the World Cup this summer - and they can take inspiration from a Hampshire school which has smashed a footballing world record. A group of 65 pupils from Toynbee Secondary School, in Eastleigh, joined 15 other
CHANDLER'S Ford postman Matt Macklin is celebrating completing the London Marathon in less than four hours. Matt, who raised more than £1,400 for charity Sense, completed the 26.2-mile run in 3hrs 55min. He said: "The crowds were fantastic and there was
Unfolding almost in real time, 16 Blocks dusts off the plot of the 1977 Clint Eastwood chase thriller The Gauntlet to play an exhilarating game of cat and mouse on the streets of New York City. The mouse, or more correctly mice are a grizzled detective
SLITHER (15) With tongue wedged firmly in cheek, Slither resurrects the schlock horror monster movie with unabashed glee. The film embraces its lunacy with abandon, delighting in the gruesome demise of the cast and some sick and twisted leaps of imagination
