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  • Carp bonanza for Sillybait's Yeo

    CORMORANTS Team Sillybait's Richie Yeo easily ran out winner of the club's sweepstakes on Tony Beeny's outer circuit at Wytherington Farm's Topmoor Match Lake. Yeo, fishing on peg 49, used a tiny coil feeder, pole and worm, fished tight to the far bank

  • Appeal for help in catching attackers

    HYTHE police are asking for help from the public in tracking down three youths who attacked a man as he walked home along Hobart Drive. The 20-year-old - whose name has not been released - was punched to the ground by the thugs, who stole his £120 Nokia

  • New homes scheme must be redesigned

    A DEVELOPER has been told to redesign a major housing scheme in the New Forest after local residents said they had been betrayed. Southampton-based Alfred McAlpine Homes Southern wants to build more than 230 homes on a huge greenfield site north of Hazel

  • PGA title gives classy Cowle dream double

    STEVE COWLE completed a dazzling end-of-season double when he won the Waltham Contractors Hampshire PGA Strokeplay Championship at South Winchester. The Blacknest professional's five-shot triumph came just 14 days after his record-breaking success in

  • Wimbledon 3 Pompey 3

    PORTSMOUTH staged a remarkable comeback at Selhurst Park last night recovering from three Wimbledon wonder goals to draw 3-3. With an hour on the clock it looked as though the game had slipped away from Pompey as they trailed 3-0, but Graham Rix's triple

  • Jennifer scores first for girls

    GIRL Power stormed the Southampton Tyro League at the weekend and 11-year-old schoolgirl Jennifer Osmond grabbed herself a slice of history. On Sunday, for the first time in the 34-year existence of the Tyro League, girls were allowed to play alongside

  • Two youths are robbed of cash at knifepoint

    TWO young men have been robbed at knifepoint in a terrifying midnight drama at Chandler's Ford. The pair were walking along Oakmount Road at the junction with Carisbrooke Crescent when they were approached by three other men. One of the three men produced

  • Bridge youngsters salvage a point

    Stockbridge 2, Bishop's Waltham 2 STOCKBRIDGE are still without a win after three games in the Hants Premier but considering they fielded one of their youngest ever sides since being promoted to the top flight of the county league they were happy to settle

  • In seventh heaven

    King's Somborne 7, Bishopstoke 0 KING'S Somborne hit the goal trail again in Hants Division Two despite fielding a much change-dteam, with player-manager Terry Harfield among the absentees following a freak accident at work. Nobby Carr made the transition

  • Graham victorious

    PIRELLI GENERAL may have been relegated from the elite section of the league but they at least had something to shout about when Peter Graham became the Southampton and District Champion of Champions at Atherley. After disposing of Alan Phillimore 21-

  • Southampton warm-up in style

    SOUTHAMPTON Cycle Speedway Club stormed to a home victory over Suffolk rivals Great Blakenham last weekend, winning 105-74. The south coast side picked up maximum points from three of the opening six races and led comfortably 53-36 at the halfway stage

  • Villagers' fight takes a new form

    A LONG and bitter row between a south coast tool-making company and a village community over access to green land behind an industrial site near Romsey has taken another twist. Residents in North Baddesley were angered last summer when Draper Tools bought

  • Don't panic in wake of terror

    PRIVATE investors should not be panicked into taking quick decisions over their investments That's the advice to people in the south with share investments, from stockbroker Keith Field. He is based at the Southampton office of Charles Stanley & Co

  • Services will mark the deaths of terror victims

    WINCHESTER Cathedral and Beaulieu Abbey Church will host memorial services tomorrow morning for members of the public wishing to express sympathy in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. A 20-minute service will start at the cathedral at 10.55am. It

  • Hundreds sign bus cuts protest petition

    HUNDREDS of people across Southampton have signed a petition to stop the massive cutback in bus services proposed by operator First Southampton. The bus firm has angered passengers by withdrawing most of its services after 8pm, blaming the cuts on unexpected

  • We're crushed by wheels of industry

    NEIGHBOURS in a Southampton suburb say they have been made prisoners in their own home by concrete crushers being used as part of a local housing development. Fearful residents in Westbury Road, Regents Park say that the massive dust clouds and noise

  • Stylish Saints earn win over Pompey

    SOUTHAMPTON Ladies opened the new hockey season in some style with a come-from-behind victory over City of Portsmouth. They defeated the South League side 4-2, twice levelling in the first half through Julia Fabrizi and Ali Omell. In the second half,

  • How do you share the same planet?

    WESTERN Air Training based at Thruxton airfield immediately stopped all private flying and training as government clamped down on private air traffic movements across the country following the terrorist attacks in Washington and New York. The decision

  • Time ring all sewn up

    ANDOVER'S long-awaited time ring may not have yet appeared in the High Street, but the town's museum has just taken delivery of a beautifully embroidered millennium time ring. It is the work of 11 members of the Andover-based, Tuesday Embroidiers' Group

  • Mindless vandals wreck golf course

    mindless vandals have wrecked a nine-hole golf course days before it was due to open. Volunteer greenkeeper George Stewart arrived at the Overton Recreation Centre site on Tuesday morning to discover four of the golfing greens had been severely damaged

  • Street warden scheme debate

    A PUBLIC meeting is to be held on Wednesday to discuss a proposal for new style 'street wardens' to patrol Andover's estates. The Government has allocated £25 million to pay half the cost of such schemes and says as many as 100 warden schemes will be

  • End to trial bus service

    THE free bus service operated by Testway Housing between Andover town centre and its new headquarters at Green-wich Way is ending today because very few customers have used it during the last three months. The housing company's Tenants Forum was told

  • Chute's canine capers

    AN astonishing 180 dogs took part in an annual dog show at Chute. The dog show on Saturday afternoon was organised by Chute 2000 and was followed by an early evening donkey derby. The were eight donkey races between 5pm and 7.20pm each sponsored by a

  • Locorriere back for more

    DR HOOK singer Dennis Locorriere is back for a little bit more at The Brook. Locorriere (pictured), whose string of hits with the group included Sylvia's Mother, When You're In Love With a Beautiful Woman and A Little Bit More, will be entertaining at

  • Cereal mystery deepens

    TRAINEE archaeologist Matt Nichol from Ludgershall could have been the one man in the country with evidence that corn circles are man-made. On 10 August he was a passenger in a microlight flying from Chilbolton when he saw the first outline in a corn

  • Vandals' window-smashing spree

    BUSINESSES near the Enham Arch in Andover have been left counting the cost and clearing up glass following a window smashing spree by vandals over the weekend. The vandals are believed to have caused damage approaching £3,000 over two nights. On Thursday

  • Heartless vandals damage Wendy house

    VANDALS who attacked a Wendy house at a recreation ground in Ludgershall have caused damage which will cost many thousands of pounds to put right. The offenders are believed to have used a sharp implement, possibly a machete, to attack the wooden structure

  • Injury-hit Finch records personal best in 10k

    Southampton Running Club's re-emerging distance ace Rod Finch is getting back to top form after another injury-plagued summer. The Great Britain international gave his rivals a reminder of what they'd been missing by finishing ninth in Sunday's Fila National

  • Postal workers postpone their strike action

    STRIKE action planned by postal workers for the end of the week has been called off. Walkouts planned across the entire PO postcode area have been postponed after union officials said a national embargo on industrial action within Royal Mail prevented

  • Residents furious after diner gets the go-ahead

    BURGER giant McDonald's has won the backing of councillors to build a drive-through restaurant in a Hampshire village - despite over 500 objections from local residents. At a heated meeting, Fareham planners had to be moved to Fernham Hall to cope with

  • No cameras for hot spot

    PLANS for security camera protection in Lyndhurst have been shelved due to lack of cash among local traders who would have had to pay for the scheme. The village - hit by a spate of petty crime in recent months - was offered the chance to tag on to the

  • Can anyone deny Hayward hat-trick?

    HOMESTORE Select's Ray Hayward lines up in the area's richest individual event on Longbridge on Sunday in the Nigel Turner/ Thomsons Financial Planning Sunday Series final which he has won for the last two years. Hayward has dominated Longbridge for almost

  • Hants just three points away from Division 1

    HAMPSHIRE were made to wait at least overnight to see if they could clinch promotion back to Division One of the CricInfo Championship. A combination of rain and a masterful half century from Usman Afzaal halted Hampshire's charge prematurely. Afzaal's

  • Lions not going to let title go without a fight

    Bournemouth 0 Andover 2 CFL sponsored Andover took on the JWL leaders at Victoria Park on Tuesday night and came home with all three points after a scintillating performance worthy of the JWL champions. Adam Gage, the former Eastleigh 'keeper, made his

  • Lions turn the tables again with only 10 men

    Andover 4, Eastleigh 3 DESPITE trailing three times, using three goalkeepers and also having a player sent off, 10-man Andover showed just what champions are made off as they roared back to snatch an unlikely JWL victory with local youngster Nic Turpin

  • Broughton heading in right direction

    Broughton 2, Ordnance Survey 1 BROUGHTON had everything mapped out last Saturday when they beat another of the Hants Two high-flyers Ordnance Survey, despite half of Howard Goddard's side attending assistant manager Terry Dawkins' wedding. "Terry was

  • Things can't get much worse

    Vospers 2, New Street 1 THERE'S no let-up to Andover New Street's injury problems with them losing a second striker with a bad ankly injury in successive Hants Premier games. The previous week Ali Hooper was sidelined for a month and Andy Tobin suffered

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivings: Autostar, ro-ro, 0630, 201 link; Ivory Ace, refrigerated, 0700, 101; Repubblica di Roma, ro-ro, 0800, No 7 dry dock; Sloman Trader, ro-ro, 1130, 40; Blue Arabella, ro-ro, 1830, 105; Treuburg, general cargo, 2000, Dibles Wharf

  • Last-wood win for Atherley women

    ATHERLEY are off to Leamington Spa after reaching the quarter-finals of the Travelsphere English Women's BA Club Championship with a heart-stopping last-wood triumph at Bath. For much of the match it looked as though Worcestershire opponents Broadway

  • Solent Star's new signing is stranded in New York

    THE shocking events in the United States will deprive Solent Stars of their new American signing when the basketball season tips off this weekend. New Yorker Eric Cheers has agreed a contract with the Eastleigh club and should have been flying in today

  • FoIkestone five for Itchen crews

    ITCHEN-based crews won three of the five major titles, as Hants & Dorset Association rowers dominated the South Coast Rowing Championships in Folkestone. In conditions which tested competitors to the full, the Coalporters senior four (J Williams,

  • Don't panic in wake of terror

    PRIVATE investors should not be panicked into taking quick decisions over their investments That's the advice to people in the south with share investments, from stockbroker Keith Field. He is based at the Southampton office of Charles Stanley & Co

  • B&Q boost

    HAMPSHIRE-based B&Q is planning to increase its target for opening new warehouse style DIY stores from 125 to 176 within the next four years. The move comes as parent group Kingfisher reports that its home improvement interests have enjoyed a strong

  • It's showtime classics with Cabaret

    DECADENT pre-war Berlin is set to be captured on stage in Fareham Musical Society's latest production. The group will be staging their version of the classic musical Cabaret at Ferneham Hall, Fareham, from September 25-29. Packed with well-known showtunes

  • Muslims condemn

    MUSLIM leaders in Southampton have condemned the attacks as "cowardly" . Ahmed Shah Moied, chairman of the Razvia Mosque in St Mary's, said it was too early to be able to point the finger at the organisers of the attack. "I hope American people will be

  • Meningitis claims life of young Bertie

    A FOUR-year-old boy from Hampshire has died from meningitis the day after seeing a GP for being violently sick. Dean Smith's parents found him lifeless in his bed at the family home in Southampton. Only the previous day, Dean, known affectionately as

  • All aboard for fun time at boat show

    SOUTHAMPTON is set to make a splash tomorrow for seafaring fun that will leave visitors shaken and stirred. Waterfront Week, centred on Mayflower Park, has events and sights for all ages to enjoy. It features the annual Southampton Boat Show, which attracts

  • Fun lease of life for laundry room

    A SOUTHAMPTON family have done their bit for the community by turning a disused drying room into a much-loved focal point for local children. Mark Hunt, 30, and his partner Michelle Broomhall, 25, who live in a block of four flats in Irving Road, Maybush

  • Debut-making Stokes hits a treble on eve of new season

    CHRIS STOKES marked his Southampton first team debut with a hat-trick in a 4-2 win over Newbury in a pre-season friendly. Stokes was among three debut-makers, including Matt Swzinto and Andy Rowe. His first was a reverse flick and the second a reverse

  • On full alert

    A day of mourning has been declared across Europe today while military bases in the area have been placed on a heightened state of security following the terrorist attacks in Washington and New York. The higher level 'bikini Amber' alert has been declared

  • Hamble open day to recruit new talent

    After a hugely successful season, Hamble Old Boys Hockey Club is holding an open day on Saturday to try and attract new members and build for the future. The men's first XI were runaway winners in Hampshire Division 1 and the Hampshire Trophy Cup last

  • Fresh challenge for Angela

    A BUSINESS career in training and personnel has taken Angela Rice to a new post at Enham - a site which is among the leaders countrywide in the care of the disabled. Enham Trust and the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) have

  • Tough job for show's judges

    THE annual flower show organised by the Shipton Bellinger Horticultural Society was a great success, with 52 adults and 13 children putting 360 exhibits on the show benches. The dahlia classes in the open flower section were very well supported, giving

  • Stage set for Carter legend's live return

    THE unstoppable Carter machine returns to the live scene next week when the post-punk legends Fruitbat and Jim-Bob resume normal service on the south coast. It is four years since the duo shared a stage but after a break to pursue solo projects, the call

  • Project aids 300 abused women

    OVER 300 Andover women suffering violence from their partner and in the home have been helped in a three year, National Lottery-funded project which could finish at the end of the month if further cash is not forthcoming. Trained counsellor Ama-nda Wingfield

  • Pulling together for village shop

    ST Mary Bourne held a 'village weekend' and all the various activities had one aim in mind - to aid the village community shop. Featured during the weekend was a working steam engine display, an art exhibition and photographic display, a traditional blacksmith

  • Sailing hero rescues two after boat sinks

    A SAILING enthusiast from Upper Clatford played a dramatic role in rescuing two men from the Solent in an incident which tragically claimed the life of an elderly fisherman. Peter Halliwell, who was skippering the 31 feet yacht 'Qunitette Two', was alerted

  • The prize now standing at Andover Station . . .

    IT'S three in a row for Andover when it comes to collecting top honours. Firstly, the town covered itself in glory winning the Southern England in Bloom award for its brighter town image. Then Andover Leisure Centre beat similar centres nationwide to

  • Missing man net bid

    POLICE are using the Internet in a bid to trace a young computer specialist who has been missing from his Eastleigh home for nearly a week. Matthew Elson, 20, of Southampton Road, is believed to be worrying about employment and financial matters. Today

  • Christian mission aids jailed brother

    A FAREHAM man is celebrating after securing the early release of his brother who is held in one of the most notorious prisons in the Philippines. David Clarke managed to convince the Philippine authorities to halve his brother Michael's 14-year sentence

  • 'Miracle worker' can carry on healing

    A SPIRITUAL healer has won the right to practice alternative healing at his Fareham home. Andrew McKellar will be able to continue his unorthodox medical practice at his home on Burridge Road, although his hours of business will be curtailed following

  • All aboard for fun time at boat show

    SOUTHAMPTON is set to make a splash tomorrow for seafaring fun that will leave visitors shaken and stirred. Waterfront Week, centred on Mayflower Park, has events and sights for all ages to enjoy. It features the annual Southampton Boat Show, which attracts

  • SAINTS HIT OUT AT UEFA CALL

    SAINTS have been left fuming at the decision to postpone next week's home game against Ipswich. The sides were due to meet on Wednesday in the first floodlit Premiership fixture at the new Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium. But the Tractor Boys will