I HAD just four hours' sleep following the midnight run in Milford. Not that you could class the rest as sleep. Mindful that there was no chance of a deep sleep and the need to get out of the Derbyshire hotel by 4.30am on New Year's Day, this was the
HAMPSHIRE batsman Michael Carberry has been called up for the England A squad for their forthcoming tour of Bangladesh. The call is reward for the opener after his excellent debut season for the Hawks in 2006 following his departure from Kent. Michael
IS the Royal Hampshire County Hospital at Winchester closing? This is the question on everyone's lips as even more staff are made redundant. Not only that, but three busy wards have been closed and another two are due for closure shortly. The argument
ROMSEY MP Sandra Gidley has proposed in Parliament to stop competitive sport. In sporting jargon this could be termed "left-winger scores spectacular own goal.'' She has already voted against hunting. Now she wants more people to give up their interest
IT has been confirmed that Brendon Football Club has been granted the £90,000 which the Outer Shirley Regenertion Board set aside for them more than two years ago. I hope that Southampton City Council will lift the S106 (a planning measure which could
MY Ford Ka suffered a flat battery while parked near Southampton University on the afternoon of December 18. When I called the RAC, I was amazed to hear it would take four hours to get someone out to fix it. I told them I was a woman alone in the car
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with Conservative councillor Jeremy Moulton about the state of Southampton's roads (In My View, December 16). The city council seems intent on trying to deter motorists by any means they can. For example, I have seen under-used
Southampton liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, was at the centre of the mystery disappearance of a passenger when the ship docked in the city today. Hampshire police have been called in to help in the investigation into the disappearance on the luxury liner.
IN his sixth annual State of the Union address (January 23), President Bush told Congress: "Failure in Iraq would have 'grievous' consequences.'' He goes on "Our country is pursuing a new strategy in Iraq, and I ask you to give it a chance to work.''
IF ever there was an advert for a winter break in English football, the last couple of Saints games have been it. For the second match in a row, we saw George Burley's men come within an inch, or millimetre to be more precise, of having their fixture
ANIMAL rescuers in Hampshire are appealing for potential pet owners to consider the qualities of having an older cat. Staff at The Stubbington Ark have seen a surge in the number of cats aged over ten years as many adopters choose kittens and younger
ENGLAND'S top-scorer Ian Bell admitted to mixed feelings after making his fourth half-century of this winter's Ashes but once again failing to go on to three figures in Sydney today. Bell made 71 out of England's first-day 234 for four, after the
Winchester City boss Steve Moss gave a frank and honest assessment of his side's 7-0 New Year's Day hammering at leaders Bashley. Having watched his side buried under a barrage of goals from Chris Knowles, Richard Gillespie, Ryan Moss (2), Peter Castle
CARL Wilson-Denis shrugged off a festive stomach bug to spectacularly fire Eastleigh towards a much-needed league double over beleaguered Basingstoke Town at the Silverlake Stadium yesterday. The 23-year-old marksman, signed from Conference South rivals
PLYMOUTH boss Ian Holloway condemned FIFA president Sepp Blatter as an "idiot" after yesterday's draw with Saints. The outspoken Holloway was furious that Grzegorz Rasiak was allowed to put Saints ahead despite appearing in an offside position.
BRADLEY Wright-Phillips declared himself "gutted" after his "peanut head" potentially cost Saints their first victory of 2007 yesterday. Wright-Phillips headed wide from a great position in the second half of the 1-1 draw at Plymouth with Saints leading
George Burley is set to ask his board of directors for a midfield loan signing. The Saints boss has seen his midfield options decimated by injuries and is now lacking fit players to play on the right hand side. Andrew Surman, Djamel Belmadi and
THE FORMER Bishop of Southampton has defended the decision to hang Saddam Hussein. The Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill, who is now the Bishop of Lichfield in Staffordshire, claimed that anyone who deliberately killed another person had "immediately fortified
Southampton's residents have wasted no time in flocking to the city's temporary ice rink in their thousands. Council chiefs have been celebrating the project's success after nearly 4,000 people donned their skates in Guildhall Square in the first week
THE drinking hours at a Hampshire pub are to be exended, but only after it becomes a restaurant. The pub, The Kings Arms on Chesil Street, Winchester, was sold earlier this year to publican David Nichols, who also owns the Black Boy pub nearby. At a
LYMINGTON'S new £36m hospital opened its doors to the public today. It is set to become first in the country to be run by a private company. Existing patients were last week moved from the old Lymington hospital into the new 107-bed three-storey facility
A DRIVER was injured in a head-on crash on a notorious road near Winchester. The man was trapped in the wreckage of his Vauxhall Corsa after it collided with another vehicle on the A272 at Hockley House near Cheriton. Three fire engines were called
