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  • Sugar's recipe for enterprise

    BUSINESS champion Alan Sugar is to take to the stage at Southampton Guildhall tomorrow to address students on the values of business enterprise. He is to be guest of honour at a lunchtime meeting for business leaders and students sponsored by Young Enterprise

  • In Port

    In Port Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Ludwigshafen Express, container, 0700, 206; Clare, ro-ro, 0730, 25; Lynx, general, 0730, Marchwood; Fides, ro-ro, 0830, 202; Setubal, vehicle carrier, 0900, 201; Sac Malaga, bulk, 1130, 47; Arroyofrio Uno

  • Machine age revolution at the pumps

    THE friendly face at the petrol pumps could soon be driven into the history books. Hampshire is in the front seat of a revolution which is putting topping up the tank into the fast lane. The UK's first totally-automated Esso Express service station has

  • First aider quits in row

    A MODEL St John Ambulance volunteer resigned in disgust after bosses banned her from a Remembrance Day parade - because she has a limp. Angela Lock, 31, quit after she was told she was barred from taking part in the recent parade near her home at Newport

  • MORE ROADWORKS IN THE NEW YEAR

    MORE months of motoring misery face commuters and shoppers when work starts on another major road scheme in the heart of Winchester. The city council has confirmed that British Telecom will be laying new cables along the busy Romsey Road for up to three

  • Don't dump your scrap cars here!

    FRESH calls for a crackdown on car owners who dump vehicles by the side of the road have been made in the New Forest, as this year's total soars past the 1,000-mark. "It is getting out of hand. It is litter on a big scale. We have reached the point where

  • Bowls club facelift to attract young

    CASH aid is being sought by one of Winchester's oldest bowling clubs to help build a £250,000 pavilion. The Friary Bowling Club, founded in 1820, hopes the proposed development will encourage young people to take part in the sport as well as providing

  • Mobility scheme is a wheel success

    EASTLEIGH's Shopmobility initiative - which gives the disabled the freedom of the streets - has been named one of the most successful schemes in the South East. The number of users of the scheme between April 1999 and September 1999 was 1,528, compared

  • Fans asked to lay off

    POPULAR former Cherries striker Steve Jones is urging the Dean Court faithful to lay off Mel Machin's beleaguered troops. Jones admitted he was saddened by the reaction of the home crowd after his new club Bristol City had sent Cherries tumbling out of

  • Hamble given ten out of ten

    Lymington & NM recorded the biggest JWL win of the day, destroying Bournemouth Poppies 6-0 at Victoria Park. Paul Sims hit a treble, backed up by a brace against his former club by Jason Lovell and a Marcus Oldbury goal. Trevor Parker's first game

  • Holt heads the six hundred

    Winchester & District's Beverley Edwards scooped the top women's prize in yesterday's 14th Perry's Gosport Half Marathon. The race, which attracted 602 runners, was led home by Andrew Holt of Verlea AC in one hour, ten minutes, 43 seconds - ahead

  • Travel Pound

    Travel Pound Austria 20.82 schillings Belgium 61.04 francs Canada 2.32 dollars Cyprus 0.85 pounds Denmark 11.35 kroner Euro 1.56 euro France 9.93 francs Germany 2.96 deutschmark Greece 498.85 drachma Holland 3.33 guilders Ireland 1.19 punts Italy 2930

  • Tributes paid to Fab Four

    THEY tried to re-create the last ever Beatles performance on the roof of the Apple office in 1969. But the Silver Beatles performing in Winchester 30 years later did not reckon on winding staircases to carry heavy equipment up. Instead of performing on

  • And here is the news of my book

    "AND now finally" were the three little words that endeared top newscaster Martyn Lewis to the nation. The newsreader who became famed for ending news broadcasts on a positive note has been visiting Fareham to promote his new book. Seasons of Our Lives

  • Offering children a life worth living

    A HOST of big-hearted Fare-ham residents and organisations are lining up to back a growing children's charity. Pioneering ex-Army officer Colonel Mark Cook, who founded Hope and Homes for Children, paid a visit to the town to give a talk on his crusading

  • School revels in its long history

    A SOUTHAMPTON school has combined technology with a trip down Memory Lane for its 100th birthday celebration. Ludlow Junior School, in Peveril Road, has been toasting a century of history and tradition, as well as looking forward to the new millennium

  • Slick Crewe cut Pompey down to size

    IT WOULD need a fairly large hole to hide Darren Moore, so it was just as well he wasn't looking for one to swallow him up. Moore proved he is big in more than just stature by putting his hand up for a blooper that put the cherry on his afternoon, and

  • WALKER IN SPIT PROBE

    Tottenham goalkeeper Ian Walker was reported to the police for allegedly spitting at Saints fans after his side's 1-0 win at The Dell. A group of supporters have complained that he gestured and spat at the end of a heated contest which saw Southampton

  • Seven-card trick means deal of flak for ref Steve

    It is clear now why Saints have signed Jo Tessem, who has revealed he used to be a policeman before becoming a footballer. Presumably they have brought him in to investigate a series of criminal decisions by referee Steve Bennett! As he left The Dell,

  • Toller is going backto his roots

    James Toller (pictured) is returning to his racing roots to re-establish his career. The trainer, whose four-year lease of stables at Whitsbury is not being renewed, is heading back to Newmarket. He had been linked with one or two training centres but