MUCH is written about the scoring prowess of Winchester City's 75-goal marksman Andy Forbes, but Bemerton have their own top gun to worry the FA Vase finalists and league champions in Monday's Sydenhams Wessex League Cup final. What's more the man in
SHANE WARNE will be "disappointed" if Hampshire are not playing to large Rose Bowl attendances when current bad weather finally fades. And the Aussie legend is hoping the rain clouds disappear in time for tomorrow's opening home Totesport League match
Nasser Hussain will make a rare appearance for Essex at the Rose Bowl tomorrow - and former Hampshire skipper John Stephenson is also set to play. Hussain is Essex's club captain - Ronnie Irani is the team's skipper - and will play his first game of the
THERE were some really excellent entries to this competition to celebrate the acclaimed show inspired by the best-selling poetry anthology and so I was glad to have three prizes to give away. A copy of Staying Alive goes to Mrs KJ Wood of Bournemouth,
Today's Principal Arrivals: P&O Nedlloyd Magellan, container, 0300, 206; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 25 link; Queen Elizabeth 2, passenger liner, 0530, 106; Queen Mary 2, passenger liner, 0530, 38/9; Takasago, vehicle, 0600, 34/35; Black Prince, cruise
A CORONER has delivered a damning report on a "confidence trickster" who befriended an elderly Southampton woman just months before she died from a mystery overdose. Recording an open verdict on the death of 67-year-old Freda Briers, Southampton Coroner
SIDE by side, two great Cunarders, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2, have crossed the Atlantic together and arrived in Southampton this morning. Thousands were expected to flock to the shores of the Solent and Southampton Water to watch a moment in
OVERJOYED staff at the Office for National Statistics in Hampshire held an impromptu party after hearing that the site's 1,100 jobs had been saved from the axe. Hundreds of employees raised a glass as they toasted the end of a hard-fought campaign to
THEY'RE back. After a two-week mission to bring hope and aid to families in Kosovo, Southampton volunteers Bernie Sullivan, Don Wiggins and Charles Lewry have made it safely home. They're exhausted and emotionally drained after delivering more than 700
Oh for a brand new dolly with eyes that readily close, and the box of bright lead soldiers that my little brother chose. But if we voiced these wishes As December nights drew in Father's reply was, as always, 'Yes, when my ship comes in.' As we both grew
The New Zealand Shipping Co. placed orders in the 1920s for three 16,700 ton passenger-cargo ships for its service between the UK and down under. The ships, built by John Brown and Co on the Clyde, became Rangitiki, Rangitata (pictured) and Rangitane.
SIDE by side, two great Cunarders, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2, have crossed the Atlantic together and arrived in Southampton this morning. Thousands were expected to flock to the shores of the Solent and Southampton Water to watch a moment in
VISITORS to Waterstone's in Above Bar, Southampton will find Creative Corner has another home where you can find essential books for writers and special promotions. Next week there is a 3 for 2 offer on some poetry books. Wendy Cope, from Winchester,
THIS weekend, Hungary is one of the countries to join the European Union. To celebrate this momentous event there is a poetry festival in Budapest> I will be taking part along with five other British poets. Next week's Creative Corner will include
AN ENGLISHMAN'S home is his castle. And for £750,000 that dream can become a reality with an unusual 125-year-old Grade II listed monument, which has just gone on the market. Spitbank Fort boasts commanding views over the Solent, which its battery of
NEWLYWEDS Tina and Nigel Colemer were left bowled over after they tied the knot in Southampton. Not content with walking up just one aisle, the lovebirds had 26 to choose from after they staged their reception at a bowling alley in Bitterne. The couple
IT'S a sector that employs 600,000 people. Without them millions of teenagers would not be able to continue with their education after leaving school at 16. And men and women returning to study, enjoying a hobby or learning a new skill would have fewer
David Newble runs off to the circus and discovers that new laws are making the future look bleak David future of traditional travelling circuses... MY MOTHER can juggle - but I can't. Every Christmas, with relatives gathered round, mum does her party
I recall the cottage where I was born in a green lane unknown to motor cars; the long walk around fields of flower-flecked corn, clambering stiles and creaky-hinged five bars to reach our village school and the Three Rs: Mother, apron-ed, smoothing the
When you look in my direction what do you see? Smooth sophistication; polished, accomplished me. Brimming with self-confidence, from diffidence quite fee; a rock amid life's turbulence, mature, experienced me. I'll let you into a secret if you promise
TICKETS go on sale today (Saturday) to see chart-topping pop idol Will Young when he headlines the Eastleigh Summer Music Festival on Saturday, July 24. Tickets for the show at Fleming Park were due to go on sale at 10am today at Eastleigh's dance and
