Harry Redknapp has backed Alan Shearer to become the next Newcastle manager one day after the Portsmouth boss ruled himself out of the running for personal reasons. Speaking after Pompey's 2-0 defeat to Sunderland in the north-east, Redknapp hailed
IF NEWCASTLE United are to be successful they have to follow the examples of the two Premiership clubs they visit this month. One look at the home dugout at Old Trafford this evening, and at the Emirates Stadium on January 29, should remind Newcastle
Former Newcastle boss Graeme Souness admits he would return to St James' Park "in a heartbeat". Harry Redknapp yesterday turned down the role following Sam Allardyce's exit - and Newcastle have been told by Portsmouth they will be wasting their time
POLICE have renewed their appeal for help to find the killer of an elderly Hampshire woman. Georgina Elizabeth Edmonds was found dead at her home in Brambridge, near Eastleigh, shortly before 6pm on Friday by her son and a family friend. A post mortem
Interviews for the vacant Scotland manager's job will begin this week, SFA chief executive Gordon Smith has confirmed. Smith aims to have a successor to Alex McLeish in place by the end of the month with a training camp pencilled in for early February
Alresford 1 (Francesca Thornton) Winchester Hawks 1 (Anton Flood) AET (Winchester Hawks won 1-0 on penalties) Sportstars Red 5 (Matthew Turle, Bailey Barnes, Kieran Sykes, Jamie Wallace, Harvey Bradbury) Earls 0 Hythe Harriers 1 (Brad Hines) Wyvern
ONE of the world's most famous clerics is to make an appeal on behalf of a Hampshire charity. Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be giving a plug for Hampshire Tools for Self Reliance on BBC Radio 4 next Sunday. The former Anglican
Eastleigh were knocked out of the FA Trophy at Crawley Town but AFC Totton are top of the Sydenhams Wessex League after beating title rivals Poole Town. After conceding two goals in the opening 12 minutes, Eastleigh pulled a goal back through substitute
A HAMPSHIRE church is spreading its wings because its congregation numbers are booming. It is not unusual for more than 600 worshippers to fill the pews at King's Community Church in Hedge End for a Sunday service. Now plans are afoot for a 1,300-seat
WITH a solemn shake of her head, a customer places her hand on Lynne Aggas's arm and simply says: "I'm sorry." She is the latest in a long line of people to offer the sub-postmistress their condolences this morning. The New Forest village of Bramshaw
A DEVELOPER has applied for planning permission to turn Hampshire Ambulance Service's headquarters in Winchester into flats, houses and offices. Barratt Southampton plans to turn Highcroft, home to health organisations such as the ambulance service and
POLICE have named the elderly woman found dead in her Hampshire home as Georgina Elizabeth Edmonds. Up to 30 officers were called to a house in Brambridge, near Eastleigh, shortly before 6pm on Friday following reports that a 77-year-old woman had been
A CLUB for blind and partially sighted elderly residents is under threat after its entire committee quit. The Lymington branch of the Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind - or Open Sight - lost all seven committee members in one fell swoop
The matches on pitches 1,2,3,4 will go ahead at 10:00am. The matches on on pitches 5,6,7,8 will now take place on pitches 1,2,3,4 respectively at 11:00 am.
There are only four pitches at Wide Lane which are playable but these can only take two games each. Therefore the Jim Pearson Cup games and the friendlies are cancelled. The pitches available are pitches 1, 2, 3, 4. The Team Elite matches on these
A SWIMMING pool was sealed off and a member of staff had to be taken to hospital after a chemical spillage at a New Forest holiday park. A total of 22 firefighters attended Shorefield Country Park, between New Milton and Milford-on-Sea, on Thursday night
