TADBURN (Youth) FC held their annual awards ceremony on Friday 16th May at the Crosfield Hall in Romsey. Newly-elected chairman Dave Haycock thanked the outgoing chairman, Matt Simpson, managers, secretaries, parents and especially the players for their
SELECTION from the Volvo RYA Keelboat Programme will be completed by June, and this year's Round the Island Race will see the newly chosen crew aboard Volvo for Life Team Tonic competing together for the first time. On this special occasion, coaching
Former Hampshire bowler Nixon McLean left his old county on the verge of a first championship defeat of the season - with the help of a teenage debutant. McLean and Simon Francis, who was released by Hampshire less than two years ago, ripped through the
Newly-promoted St Cross Symondians can expect their claim to pole position in the Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 table to come under stiff examination from Lymington at the Royal Green Jackets Ground, Winchester tomorrow, 1pm. The Winchester
Just a week after cheering on Saints in the FA Cup final, Bournemouth midfielder Wade Elliott is heading back to the Millennium Stadium - hoping for a similar atmosphere but a better result in the Third Division play-off final. The 24-year-old was born
Shirley Robertson has recruited two girls as crew members in her bid for further Olympic Gold success in Athens next year. A new all-women class has been introduced for the Games in 2004, the Yngling section. Robertson, from Cowes, has called on Sarah
The International Topper Class Association was in high spirits after two key events on the Southern Traveller Series circuit. Portchester and Calshot sailing clubs both held racing in the vivacious conditions either end of the Solent. Of 23 competitors
Today's Principal Arrivals: Nedlloyd America, container, 0100, 204; Caronia, cruise ship, 0630, 38/9; Autoroute, ro/ro, 0800, 201 link; MOL Solution, container, 1115, 206; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 1430, 34/35. Today's Principal Sailings: P&O Nedlloyd
THE BASINGSTOKE Bison made a great signing off the ice this week as Wella UK signed up to sponsor the team for a further three seasons. Neither side would discuss the figures involved but, with the team now back in the top flight of British ice hockey
THE familiar watercress is a member of the mustard family and its origins can be traced to Persia and ancient Greece. It was said that Hippocrates, the father of medicine, located his first hospital on the Island of Kos, around 400 BC, close to natural
JIMMIE Guymon has announced his retirement as head coach of the Solent Stars' youth basketball programme. The popular American will be sorely missed having been an integral part of the Solent success story since the creation of the senior men's squad
Children across Test Valley will benefit from an award of half a million pounds, spread over three years, the borough's share of £7.2 million which Hampshire has received from the Children's Fund. A government initiative, the Children's Fund was set up
COUNCILLORS have taken action to ensure that the hunt for a solution to Lyndhurst's worsening traffic problems stays top of the county roads agenda. News that the scheme for a right turn on the A326 at Colbury has been set back almost a year left Lyndhurst
SALISBURY'S GW Pharmaceuti-cals has landed a multi-million- pound marketing deal for its pioneering cannabis-based treatment for multiple sclerosis sufferers. GW, operating from Porton Down, announced that it had sold the UK marketing rights of its drug
WINCHESTER leisure group Great British Holiday Parks has raised nearly £1,400 to help disadvantaged youngsters in the Solent area. Proceeds from the group's gala dinner and money collected from in-house fund-raising during the past year all went to Southampton
THERE'S a new sheriff in town - and Harry Mitchell managed to blow away all competition to get there. Southampton's mayor making ceremony was billed as the event that could have decided who was in power at the civic centre. When the dust cleared the 68
A STUNNING scheme to raise public interest in watercress has been launched in Hamp-shire with the help of an unusual mascot. Page three stunner Jo Guest, pictured below, has agreed to front the campaign, called cheekily "Not Just a Bit on the Side", in
SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall was buzzing with job seekers hunting out the career of their dreams at the Southern Daily Echo Job Scene Roadshow. Hundreds of visitors of all ages were looking for jobs, long-term careers, training opportunities and advice. Many
IT must be irritating. Shed Seven have been clocking up hits since 1994 but for many people they're just a band who supplied a jingle for an advert. But Rick Witter is pragmatic about the group's decision to allow their 1994 hit Speakeasy to be used to
GENERALLY speaking, fields in Hampshire aren't the coolest places around. They might be nice to walk your dog through or have a picnic in but a magnet for trendy clubbers they aren't. But once a year the Materley Bowl, near Winchester, is transformed
Busted is the UK based equivalent of Wheatus, high octane guitar driven yoof pop. They've already had two massive hits with What I Go To School For and Year 3000 and their debut album Busted has just won double platinum status. It is still sitting pretty
SHE couldn't go to the awards ceremony, so the awards ceremony went to her. In hospital recovering from a stroke, Muriel Alford was unable to pick up her Citizen of the Year award in person when the ceremony was held last week. Newly-elected Fareham mayor
FAREHAM'S Citizens Advice Bureau is to close one day a week from next month because of a funding crisis. The cutbacks to opening hours come as a survey today reveals people in Fareham are more in the red than ever before. The average household debt across
HUMBLE Porchfield could become the Island's answer to Dallas after a major oil company announced it will investigate drilling for crude oil beneath the small rural village. Northern Petroleum plc, which has a 40 per cent interest in the licence covering
A UNIQUE scheme in which prisoners are taught to become soccer referees has been praised by the Football Association. Presenting the first seven inmates of Camp Hill Prison at Newport with their refereeing qualifications, FA regional refs manager Janie
FLOWER power has been leaping through a day nursery at Chandler's Ford. All of the children and staff at the Leapfrog Day Nursery in Valley Park had a blooming marvellous time when they celebrated the start of the Chelsea Flower Show with a host of flower
CHANDLER'S Ford youngsters could be given their own skate park and teen shelter as part a major makeover for Hilting-bury Recreation Ground. The proposal, including footpaths and security lighting, will be considered by councillors next Wednesday at the
Clive (Rob Schneider) is a loser going nowhere in life; Jessica (Rachel McAdams) is one of the most beautiful girls at high school with a bad attitude to match. When these two strangers come into contact with the same pair of magical ear-rings, they mysteriously
ANYONE lucky enough to have caught Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's last film, Together - one of the surprise non-mainstream hits of 2001 - will be desperate to see his latest offering. Lilya-4-Ever, though, is a very different film from the commune-based
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 29 May. DREAMCATCHER (15): The occupants of a crashed alien spaceship infect the local residents and wildlife with deadly spores, which germinate with devastating consequences. THE HEART OF ME (15): Period drama
AS A nation, there's very little that the British do well or convincingly. Alright, we're pretty impressive when it comes to making up words for rain, and no one can touch us in the queuing department. But generally speaking, we tend to specialise in
IAN Robinson is enjoying feeling wanted again after spending three frustrating months in the Wessex wilderness. The 53-year-old former AFC Totton boss was yesterday unveiled as new manager of Lymington & New Milton and admitted he had felt "a bit
The Royal Lymington Yacht Club has turned out three young champions this week. Richard Mason, Greg Carey and Robert Claridge swept the board at the prestigious Volvo Musto Optimist Inland Championships at Grafham Water Sailing Club. They beat 265 other
A major Sir Peter Blake tribute is to be dedicated to the man who spent his latter years living in Emsworth with his wife and two children. It will take the form of an exhibition at the New Zealand National Maritime Museum celebrating Sir Peter's life
More than 60 pupils from schools all over Southampton and the surrounding area took part in the first-ever Southampton Schools Diving Competition, held at the Quays. The competition, funded by a grant from the National Lottery's Awards for All organisation
A 12-year-old Romsey schoolboy, Carrick Masterman, has been awarded the British Model Soldier Society's Junior Society championship for the third consecutive year. This is a huge achievement as it is the first time either the junior or the senior championships
A ROMSEY hospital worker is appealing for celebrities to help raise funds for new maternity unit equipment. Maternity unit social secretary fundraiser Di Maggiore said that the baby unit needed new resuscitation equipment costing about £5,000. "We need
A unique wall painting has been discovered in St Andrew's Church, Timbsury. It came to light when a memorial fell off the wall just above the door. The Vicar, the Revd Bruce Kington, called in Roger Harris, who lives in Timbury, to collect the pieces
HARBOUR bosses are planning to crack down on gangs of rowdy youths who are running riot in Lymington and jeopardising its economy. The town's Harbour Commissioners have vowed to approach the government and demand a new by-law banning unauthorised access
THE new civic centre leader of Southampton has spoken of the shape of things to come in the city - but revealed his party would not make changes for change's sake. Councillor Adrian Vinson declared tackling neighbourhood nuisance would form the cornerstone
SAINTS legends Matthew Le Tissier and Jason Dodd gave Wessex Heartbeat's largest annual fundraiser a swinging start yesterday when they teed-off at a Southampton golf course. The Saints stars were joined by representatives from some of Southampton's leading
Hard rockers and former winners of Kerrang!'s Best Unsigned Band readers' poll, Breed 77 provide an innovative amalgam of rock and eastern musical influences. They relocated from Gibraltar to the UK in 1997. After years of mismanagement and line-up changes
FOUR leather chairs made for Queen Victoria but lost for nearly 90 years have been rediscovered and returned to the monarch's former home at Osborne House, Whippingham. The chairs were made for the sumptuous Durbar Room at Osborne when it was furnished
ROYAL father-to-be Prince Edward let it slip that he is preparing for some sleepless nights when his wife gives birth later this year. On his first visit to the Isle of Wight, the prince told mother Sharon Jones: "I will soon be a member of the frazzled
TEAM Solent's rising 400 metres star Melanie Purkiss expects to face her first international test of the season in Germany next month. England's Commonwealth Games 4x400m relay silver medallist is booked in for the International Lausitzer Meeting in Cottbus
Vantage points along Southampton Water are expected to be packed with spectators when superliners Adonia and Oceana make a dramatic double departure from port tomorrow. Southampton's White Sisters are due to leave their berths in Southamp-ton's Western
I ONCE tried to contemplate an existence without crispy duck and pancake rolls - and ended up giving myself nightmares for weeks. It appears there are some things in life that are simply not negotiable. Which is why, when we went to Mr So restaurant in
A CHARMING hotch-potch of styles greets you when you enter Willows Caf Bar. Situated in the heart of Southampton's trendy Oxford Street, the bell on the door as you enter makes you think you could be walking into a quaint newsagent. But turn the corner
TADBURN (Youth) FC held their annual awards ceremony on Friday 16th May at the Crosfield Hall in Romsey. Newly-elected chairman Dave Haycock thanked the outgoing chairman, Matt Simpson, managers, secretaries, parents and especially the players for their
FORMER Saints keeper Neil Moss is preparing for his own Millennium Stadium final tomorrow. And the shot-stopper insists his Bournemouth side are under more pressure than Saints were last weekend when they face Lincoln in the Division Three final play-off
GLENN Howes is the latest Isle of Wight player to quit the mainland and return to his island roots, writes WENDY GEE. The 21-year-old Southampton Institute student was last night due to sign for DML Eastern Division outfit Newport IoW after being released
HAMBLE sailor Sam Davies has described her first week competing in the French-run Figaro short-handed race course as: "exhausting and exhilarating." The 28-year-old is currently engaged in the first round of the event, the six-stage Tour De Bretagne A
CHARL Willoughby will be unable to take up his post as skipper of Basingstoke and North Hants this season because this week he was selected for the South Africa squad to tour England later in the summer. This is excellent news for the fast bowler but
A BRAVE Landford distraction burglary victim has been honoured by Wiltshire's police chief. The county's top police officer, Dame Elizabeth Neville, presented 74-year-old Jean Cox with a chief constable's 'certificate of appreciation to a member of the
It is hoped Romsey Abbey will resound to the massed voices of its biggest ever chorus at a charity event scheduled for September Mozart's Requiem in October 2000 filled Romsey Abbey with a choir of over 300 singers. The event raised more than £5,500 for
A NEW FOREST woman who was violently abused by her husband plunged a kitchen knife into his back, a court heard. Geraldine Batt was spared a custodial sentence after a Hampshire judge said it was not in the public interest to jail her. He had been told
WHILE the stage persona of some performers is exaggerated for effect, Mark Thomas is as passionate, eloquent and politically motivated in conversation as he is on stage. But that's hardly surprising - after all, Mark is almost as well known as a political
A DISABLED man died after trying to stop his 17-year-old grandson, who had a fling with a 38-year-old mother, from being the victim of a revenge attack. Michael Bevan, 58, struggled from his wheelchair to protect Paul Geddes as three people burst into
SHOPPERS gave the thumbs up to a £131m leisure masterplan set to dramatically change the face of Southampton city centre. Proposals to create a covered arena containing an Olympic-sized ice rink and a giant public square that could be the hub for nightlife
ONE year on and a Hampshire father has produced a lasting memorial to his son who died from an asthma attack. For eight months Colin Stubbs has worked tirelessly to turn his back garden into a memorial garden for his son Jamie. Now Mr Stubbs hopes to
Vantage points along Southampton Water are expected to be packed with spectators when superliners Adonia and Oceana make a dramatic double departure from port tomorrow. Southampton's White Sisters are due to leave their berths in Southamp-ton's Western
HAMPSHIRE police are gearing up for one of the biggest operations of the year, the Homelands Festival near Winchester this weekend. They have been preparing for the sixth dance music extravaganza for months to ensure the 38,000-ticket event goes smoothly
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to shame rowdy schoolchildren by making them travel to and from school in a garish pink bus has got a mixed response from the Island community. While the Crime and Disorder Partnership behind the so-called Pink Peril say the vehicle
A POPULAR children's playground could close unless more mums and dads come forward to help run it. The under-tens play area in St Martin's Road, Wroxall, is looked after by the community group Wroxall in Action but that organisation has a dwindling membership
RUPERT LOWE has hit back over reports that Sven-Goran Eriksson was left fuming by Saints' decision to play England pair Wayne Bridge and James Beattie in a friendly. The FA were reported to be seeking answers as to why the pair played the first 45 minutes
A CHARMING hotch-potch of styles greets you when you enter Willows Caf Bar. Situated in the heart of Southampton's trendy Oxford Street, the bell on the door as you enter makes you think you could be walking into a quaint newsagent. But turn the corner
THERE are millions of casual fans of The Matrix - people who saw the film on its original release, and maybe again on video or DVD, but who haven't bought the script book, mulled over the film's philosophical implications or spent weeks hobbling about
I ONCE tried to contemplate an existence without crispy duck and pancake rolls - and ended up giving myself nightmares for weeks. It appears there are some things in life that are simply not negotiable. Which is why, when we went to Mr So restaurant in
