AFC TOTTON have got the green light from the Sydenhams Wessex League's ground inspection committee after pulling off an amazing transformation of their Testwood Park home. So dramatic was the improvement that Gosport Borough chairman John Stimpson, one
MICHAEL CLARKE believes he will return to Australia a better player for his season with Hampshire. Clarke will begin his last championship match of the season against Glamorgan tomorrow, before flying out to Holland to prepare for next month's ICC Champions
LAST Friday at the Haymarket we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Basingstoke Ladies' Choir. It was a memorable evening. No standard of measurement can quantify the enormous pleasure which the ladies' choir has given to so many people over the years
BOROUGH councillor Phil Heath has called for more openness in the Civic Offices after battling to get information about the town's community wardens. Cllr Heath had a number of queries about the wardens after councillors were given a six-month progress
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hoopride, general, 0200, 108; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 30; City of Lutece, ro/ro, 0600, 201/2; Platinum Ray, ro/ro, 0630, 43; Adonia, cruise, 0700, 106; Alioth Leader, ro/ro, 0700, 40; Isolde, vehicle, 073-0, 34/35; OOCL Faith
HAMPSHIRE defence specialist HVR Consulting Services has been snapped up in a £13m deal by acquisition hungry science and technology group Qinetiq. Alton-based HVR, which had a turnover of £9.1m last year and employs 95 ex-military staff, will be run
SOUTHAMPTON'S FBM Babcock Marine has won a contract with the US Army to overhaul and modernise its fleet of bridge boats. The initial phase of the contract will be worth about £3m. An arm of support services company Babcock International Group PLC, FBM
THE future of a historic Second World War building in Winchester is still unclear. Winchester planners remain unsure whether to approve the redevelopment of the Royal Observer Corps building in Abbotts Road. Bayview Homes wants to convert the Grade II
Experts predict massive tsunami as 12-mile slab of unstable rock on a Canary Islands volcano threatens to wreak havoc... PICTURE the scene. A giant wall of water the height of a threestorey- house looms on the horizon as it powers across the English Channel
SOUTHAMPTON history is brought to life by The Sarah Siddons Fan Club this week in their latest outdoor presentation. The amateur theatre group, which specialises in recreating colourful episodes from the city's past, will be revealing the long and varied
HOLIDAYMAKERS who flew from Southampton were caught up in the Austrian coach crash which claimed the lives of five Britons. The victims, who have not been named, were among 42 British tourists on board a bus that plunged nearly 100ft down a steep embankment
DO you know where your children are - and do you really care? Those are the questions being levelled at parents in a leafy Hampshire town where police are cracking down on young louts that plague the streets during the long summer holidays. Posters are
CONTRACTORS have seized back thousands of pounds worth of children's play equipment from a troubled Hampshire leisure development. Staff from Wicksteed Leisure cut through fences to repossess items valued at £40,000 in a dawn swoop on Hanger Farm in Totton
OVER the years the desperate plight of people suffering at the hands of disasters touch the hearts of people across the south. With unsurpassed generosity we have responded to appeals to help the victims of natural catastrophes in Third World countries
PRINCE Charles thinks they are a "horrendous blot on the landscape". And racing commentator Brough Scott and gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh both threw their weight behind campaigns to stop them being built near their homes. But now Hampshire could soon
A DRAMATIC rescue operation swung into action yesterday to save a lorry dangerously balanced on one side. Firefighters battled for more than three hours to save the 40- tonne articulated truck, which was wedged under a low railway bridge in Greatbridge
MORE than 130 people have been arrested on the streets of Hampshire in the first month of an alcohol crackdown. Officers arrested 137 people and issued 65 fixed penalty notices of £40 for drunken and disorderly behaviour and harassment. The move is part
WE'RE hooked on fishing. That was the message from nearly 40 youngsters who turned out at Stoneham Lakes, near Eastleigh, at the weekend for a special day of lessons and competitions. The teenagers from Fareham, Eastleigh, Southampton and Gosport were
YOU may enjoy the long days and blazing sun of summer but if you are a music fan, autumn should be your favourite time of the year. Summer may be the festival season but autumn is the best time for gigs, with such an abundance of bands to choose from
HER life was taken by a cruel illness - but her memory lives on. Bubbly Fareham girl Lisa Berry died in May after losing her battle with bone cancer. A charity equestrian show and trophy competition is being held in her honour later this month. It is
FAREHAM's civic health chief has issued a rallying call for the town to be given its own community hospital. Executive member for health and environment, Councillor Brian Bayford, believes there is a desperate need among the town's growing population
FOOTBALL clubs sometimes blame the media for whipping up transfer speculation, but it is pretty easy to kill off blatant gossip. Reports surrounding James Beattie could have been ended earlier in the summer if the player himself had simply reiterated
ANDERS SVENSSON and Mikael Nilsson are just two of just FOURTEEN Saints on international duty next week. They have been picked in the Swedish squad to play Holland in a friendly in Stockholm on Wednesday. Other England-based players in the 21-man squad
SWINGING tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton returns by popular demand to the International Jazz line-up at the Concorde Club, Eastleigh, on August 18. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1954, his father's extensive collection of jazz 78s played an enormous
DOMINIC Kirwan, the Irish country star with the silky-smooth voice, brings his new show to The Anvil on Wednesday, September 29, from 7.45pm. Dominic (pictured above) has enjoyed chart-topping albums and phenomenally successful concert tours worldwide
AS PART of the Summer Fun programme for children, Ferneham Hall, in Fareham is proud to welcome The Forgotten Nursery. This enchanting show (pictured) includes sparkling costumes and amazing effects - guaranteed to capture the hearts of young and old.
COMING soon - The Irish Season at Basingstoke's Haymarket Theatre. Two of the three plays scheduled for the 2004 part of the Basingstoke run are now in the pre-production stages of auditions and casting, while the opening play, J M Synge's classic comedy
PROTEUS presents, for one season only, an unashamed homage to that great theatrical tradition... the panto. Throw four outrageous pantomime dames on stage together, give them a mission to entertain, using almost every panto convention and routine ever
TWO great plays - one in a 12th century church with Saxon foundations and the other in a tent outside a boarded-up, graffiti-covered, 400-seater theatre. Where could this be happening? Amazingly, it's Farnham - the location for Charley's Aunt by Brandon
FOR SOME reason, Ronnie Irani took it as an insult when Shane Warne kept calling him "Mr Essex" last week. Warney did a fantastic job at getting under Ronnie's skin without using a single swear word when we played Essex in the championship at the Rose
THE port of Southampton has vowed to stay open despite threats from trade union leaders to bring the docks to a standstill in a national wrangle over pay and working conditions. Associated British Ports (ABP), the owners and operators of the city's docks
BAKING sunshine and fair breezes made for a stunning day on the Solent yesterday. For more on this story plus reports and results from this year's Skandia Cowes Week click the Sailing link or go to: www.sailsolent.co.uk
SCORES of concerned residents gathered outside a closed pub in Twyford to protest about the loss of a vital part of their community. The Bugle Inn has been boarded up since it shut at the end of July and villagers fear the new owners won't be reopening
A DRAMATIC rescue operation swung into action yesterday to save a lorry dangerously balanced on one side. Firefighters battled for more than three hours to save the 40- tonne articulated truck, which was wedged under a low railway bridge in Greatbridge
CONTRACTORS have seized back thousands of pounds worth of children's play equipment from a troubled Hampshire leisure development. Staff from Wicksteed Leisure cut through fences to repossess items valued at £40,000 in a dawn swoop on Hanger Farm in Totton
HAMPSHIRE Youth Theatre gives its second presentation of the month at Southampton's Nuffield Theatre this weekend. The older members of the group will be performing A Thousand and One Nights at the theatre on Friday and Saturday. The play, produced by
POLICE have issued a warning after a Fair Oak man was contacted by a bogus damp protection company and told they were going to carry out a survey on his home. The 63-year-old from Fair Oak contacted the police after the woman caller hung up when he started
THE port of Southampton has vowed to stay open despite threats from trade union leaders to bring the docks to a standstill in a national wrangle over pay and working conditions. Associated British Ports (ABP), the owners and operators of the city's docks
POPULAR and accomplished actor George Cole faces a battle over his garden fence this month. Cole heads a cast of well-known actors in the comedy Party Piece, at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre from August 23 to 28. From the pen of award-winning writer
