A south coast public relations consultancy, has appointed three new employees to its team. New to Harrison Cowley's Southampton office are Charlotte Dingley, 26, Jane Outen, 24 and Summer Nedimovic, 23. Charlotte, from Romsey, joins Harrison Cowley as
AN Australian batsman used to playing on the big stage and a former Hampshire player who now sells laboratory products are gunning for Shane Warne & Co. Hampshire take their 100 per cent start to the domestic season to Alderley Edge to face Minor
WINCHESTER CITY celebrated only the fourth league/cup double in Wessex history at Fawcetts Field yesterday with a 2-0 win over Bemerton Heath Harlequins. But with the FA Vase final now less than a fortnight away in Birmingham on May 16, manager Neil Hards
FORMER WARRINGTON CC batsman John Crawley misses out on a return to Cheshire - after being ruled out for another three to four weeks. Crawley was today undergoing an operation to remove some loose bone from behind his knee and, if Hampshire win tomorrow
SHORT but sweet. That was the verdict from onlookers who attended the London launch party of Southampton lingerie firm So Sensual. And that was exactly how business partners Chris Bale and Joni Larbalestier wanted to play it - leaving the crowd desperate
HAMPSHIRE brewers have gone into overtime to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the epic D-Day invasion. Both Hordean-based George Gale and Co and Fareham-based Suthwyk Ales have come up with their own offerings. Suthwyk Ales' Liberation tipple has been
DESPITE the time of year some cracking cod continue to be taken just to the south east of the Needles with Gary Bradley the latest to profit afloat the Lymington-based 'Stella' skippered by Vernon Everitt. A ten pounder had already been recorded during
A NEW Forest councillor's battle to stop Tetra masts being put up in his community moves up a gear tomorrow. Some of Hampshire's most senior councillors are to debate the issue following the call by Hythe and Dibden representative Brian Dash for a closer
AFTER 42 years as a Forestry Commission employee, Dick Mihalop marked his retirement by committing what would normally be a cardinal sin for a Forester - leaving the gate open to an inclosure. But Dick's strange final task as Northern District Forester
PARENTS in the picture postcard village of Burley are fighting to get a safe skate park and playground for their children. Holidaymakers are drawn to the village shops and tea rooms in their thousands. But residents say there is little for village children
It will be frustrating for the drivers who find themselves stuck in queues or following diversions, but the long-term benefits will be worth all the inconvenience likely to stem from Southampton's road improvement schemes, say city experts... IT PROMISES
SHAKESPEARE'S play A Midsummer Night's Dream will be enchanting audiences for the first time at Chichester Festival Theatre from this week. The romantic adventure takes audiences on a magical journey from the Athenian court to the darkness of the Fairy
NURSES and doctors preparing patients for operations will soon be able to use online learning material devised at the University of Southampton. The university's Care Innovation Unit has signed an agreement to work in partnership with the NHS and develop
PRE-SCHOOL children in Basingstoke swapped their paintbrushes and crayons for tennis rackets and sponge balls when they received a visit from Totally Tennis. Coaches Adam Chadwick, Danny Fowkes and Shane Deacon have been out and about over the last two
THE Beckhams may be going through a sticky patch, but the man who sang at David and Victoria's wedding is on a personal high. You can see Ola Onabule previewing tracks from his latest album in an appearance at Southampton's Greene Cellars venue on Saturday
BBC antiques show Flog It! is coming to the Isle of Wight. A valuation day will be filmed at the Medina Leisure Centre in Newport on Sunday, May 30 from 9.30am until 4pm. People are invited to bring along antiques and collectables they are interested
Basingstoke Town 0, Sutton United 5 A DISASTROUS opening half-an-hour condemned Town's immediate playing future to the uncertainty of the play-offs. Three goals down inside 27 minutes, Ernie Howe's side never gave themselves a chance of securing the 13th
VILLAGERS have not given up hope of displaying a precious painting of one of their most famous residents, despite it going under the hammer for £127,000. The miniature of Henry Wriothesely, the third earl of Southampton, pictured, was sold for almost
WHILE most of us were putting our feet up over the bank holiday weekend the Wickham Morris Dancers went into overdrive. The dancers, pictured, started on Saturday in an age-old ceremony called Greet the Dawn, before entertaining crowds with public displays
BROADBAND exhibition: The Basingstoke and Deane broadband exhibition trailer visited Chineham Shopping Centre recently, attracting visitors from Chineham and beyond. More than 100 questionnaires from people seeking a broadband connection were completed
SUMMER holiday playscheme: Don't forget that if you have children between five and 12 years old, the summer holiday playscheme will be running again from July 26 to August 6 at the community centre. Children may attend morning and/or afternoon sessions
EASTLEIGH civic chiefs are paying £25,000 in sponsorship in a bid to ensure that the borough's second summer music festival is a big hit. This year's event has been extended from seven to ten days and has already attracted box office draws such as pop
PROMISES: The Friends of Kingsclere School have a very ambitious auction of pledges and promises at the school on Saturday, May 8, from 6.30pm, with auctioneers Simmons and Sons lending their services. They have amassed an impressive array of promises
A CAMPAIGN by residents to get rid of a Tetra mast erected without permission will come under the spotlight tomorrow. People in Valley Park, Chandler's Ford, will be pinning their hopes on Hampshire councillors to back fears the masts could be unsafe.
JUMBLE sale: On Saturday, May 8, Basingstoke Ladies Choir is holding a sale in East Oakley Village Hall, starting at 2pm. PILATES fitness: A pilates fitness class is starting in East Oakley Village Hall on Monday, May 10, from 10am to 11am. The classes
DANCE class: The Jeannine Greville Dance Academy holds classes on Wednesday at The Vyne Community School from 3.50pm. The aim is to provide ballet, tap, acrobatics and jazz classes for boys and girls aged two-and-a-half to 18 years old, to make children
Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre has a new director. Daniel Clarke from Australia has been in the United Kingdom for a year. Living in London, he worked at the internationally acclaimed home of theatre writing, The Bush. His first production for the Eastleigh
HELLO again! Yes, I'm back again. A combination of a sick computer, sick Louise and holiday mean I have been away for a few weeks. PHARMACY: It was with regret that I heard that an application to reinstate a pharmacy at Abbey Road has been rejected. Since
WELCOME Matt! Now that the new term has well and truly started, we would like to welcome Matthew Irving to the village as the new headteacher of Whitewater Primary School, and wish him the best of luck. However, it is important to acknowledge the enormous
PHOENIX Club: A reminder that the coach trip has been cancelled due to lack of numbers, so there will be no meeting on Wednesday. The next one is on the first Wednesday in June. PARISH church: On Saturday, May 8, from 6pm to 8pm, there will be a champagne
CONCERT: On Saturday, April 23, at the community centre, Swing Something Simple - a concert of big band swing and jazz classics - was held. The centre was nearly full, and it was truly terrific. REC SOC: On Wednesday, May 12, starting at 7.30pm, The Watermill
Sir.-Spring is here - it's time to get the garden together, to make everything pleasing to the eye, to go to the garden centre and spend money on plants. But, oh dear, there is another side to this time of the year. It also brings the children out on
IT WAS the day Southampton burst with pride when the two most famous liners in the world, Queen Elizabeth 2 and her new sister Queen Mary 2, arrived in the city together for the first time. Nowhere else in the country could there have been such a spectacular
THE GOLDEN age of sail briefly returned to Southampton docks with the arrival of the Stad Amsterdam - a painstaking recreation of one of the romantic tea clippers - owned by Randstad, one of the world's largest speciality employment businesses. The company
IT WAS the day Southampton burst with pride when the two most famous liners in the world, Queen Elizabeth 2 and her new sister Queen Mary 2, arrived in the city together for the first time. Nowhere else in the country could there have been such a spectacular
MARTIN CRANIE added his name to an illustrious list when he made his senior Saints debut at Stamford Bridge. In the process he became one of the youngest players to make their first post-war start for the club. Yeovil-born Cranie, who is in his first
MARTIN CRANIE'S remarkable footballing life shows no signs of letting up. Last Saturday he became the third youngster post-war debutant for Saints when he lined up at Stamford Bridge. That was the culmination of a memorable week than had begun with the
FIONA Anderson has joined southern marketing agency Market Link South as managing director. She will be focusing on new business development. Fiona has a wealth of experience in the marketing arena, with particular strengths in the design field where
Last year's Hampshire amateur champion David Porter has made a cracking start to his first full year as a professional. The Southampton-based youngster who is now assisting the professional at East Horton won the Southwick Park Trainees' Pro-Am with a
SHANE WARNE will not be the first sports star to grace Alderley Edge tomorrow - most of the Manchester United squad live there. Alderley Edge is situated on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, and the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Roy Keane and Cristiano
THE MAN who helped dig Hampshire out of their biggest hole against a Minor Counties side in recent years does not expect to see any shocks in tomorrow's Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy third round. Hampshire's trip to Cheshire is one of a handful of
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25; Le Castellet, ro/ro, 0600, 201; Caronia, passenger, 0630, 38/9; OOCL Shenzhen, container carrier, 1000, 205; Hual Tropicana, ro/ro, 1000, 40/41; Haul Africa, ro/ro, 1400, 43; Lauriergracht, cargo
RURAL Hampshire is to be dragged into the digital age with high-speed internet rolled out to just about every area of the county. The announcement allays fears that parts of the county could form a "digital underclass" of areas left behind in the high-speed
FREE recruitment and training advice is just one of the reasons for those interested in finding employment and training courses to come along to the Southern Daily Echo Job Scene Roadshow at the Guildhall, Southampton, on Thursday, May 20. Expert advice
WINCHESTER community campaigners say they have been snubbed by civic chiefs over a launch meeting to improve the city's biggest estate. Jim Cutts, chairman of the Stanmore Action Group (STAG), says he received no invitation to a meeting of local interest
LOYAL fans of Winchester City Football Club donned bald wigs at the team's latest match in homage to manager Neil Hards. Those involved in the hairless scheme say it was done in tribute to Neil, who will oversee his team's attempt to win the FA Vase Cup
A NEW scheme aimed at improving the education of members of the British Army is to be launched at a barracks in Winchester. The scheme is based around a computer software package that will allow the troops to log-on from their bases around the world and
WORKERS from a pub in Winchester have raised more than £1,000 for a specialist children's centre by holding a pub crawl with a difference. The eight members of staff from the County Arms were dropped off at various Greene King pubs within a 50-mile radius
HOUSING chiefs in the New Forest have issued an ultimatum to unruly residents who make life hell for their neighbours: Behave or else. The district council has vowed to make maximum use of new laws that allow local authorities to combat anti-social behaviour
TV star Jonathan Wilkes will be donning his leathers for two musical appearances in the south this summer. The You've Been Framed presenter, pictured, plays Danny in Grease - The Musical, the classic tale of American high school romance and rock 'n' roll
A TOUCH of France arrived in Sway - but only for a short time. Sway Drama Club treated an almost capacity audience to an entertaining opening night of The Sway Follies. The evening opened with a French farce in which the five cast members produced hilarious
SOUTHAMPTON'S transport bosses look set to launch a wide-ranging probe into parking problems in the city today. Growing problems with congestion as well as increased numbers of cars coming in and out of Southampton will be dealt with at the inquiry, which
CHURCH-goers could miss out on their once-a-year special holiday because thousands of advertising posters failed to make it through the post. Southampton pensioner Brenda Knopf, who organises the annual Unitarian church holiday in Derbyshire, sent 3,000
GHOSTS are rumoured to occasionally haunt the ancient cloisters of Beaulieu Abbey, but if you visit in the next six months a sighting of mysterious veiled figures is a dead cert. An open-air exhibition of sculptures with an ecclesiastical theme is being
A MYSTERY premium bond holder from south Hampshire will be awarded a £1m jackpot prize today. The bond holder will become only the third person to net the £1m top prize in the county since it was introduced in 1994. Officials at Premium Bond HQ are keeping
A HAMPSHIRE schoolgirl who wowed judges at an international dance competition could soon be performing on stage at the Olympics. Talented 16-year-old dancer Sameera 'Sami' Steward, from Hounsdown, has just returned from the bright lights of Los Angeles
WHEN Don Gregory trained as a fighter pilot in the Second World War at the tender age of 17, he was bitterly disappointed not to be sent to the front line. However, as the 80-year-old from St Denys in Southampton readily admits, he probably would not
YELLOW was the only colour to be seen in at one Southampton nursery. Children at Westland Park Nursery and Pre-School were taking part in The Sunflower Challenge. Each child planted a sunflower seed in the grounds of the nursery in Winn Road. They will
THE ISLE of Wight's hospital is looking at recruiting its own dentist because so many staff are unable to get treatment on the NHS. In a telling indictment of the lack of NHS dentists, St Mary's Hospital at Newport is looking at the plan that was suggested
Chelsea 4, Saints 0 CHELSEA enjoyed a confidence-boosting win ahead of their mid-week Champions League semi-final in a one-sided match at Stamford Bridge. The hosts dominated proceedings but, after being frustrated by Southampton's disciplined defence
A FAREHAM woman is set to make her directing debut later this month at the celebrated Cannes Film Festival. Liz Bert's film entitled Bethany will be screened in the Best Short Film category at the annual glittering awards ceremony in France. Liz, of Turner
Reading 1, West Brom 0 READING will enter the final day of the season with their slim play-off hopes still alive following a dramatic 88th-minute winner from Steven Sidwell at Madejski Stadium on Saturday. The goal almost ended The Baggies' hopes of catching
ONE TURBULANT year after its first poorly attended meeting Whiteley Parish Council is once again in the spotlight. Members of the public are invited to its first annual meeting to grill councillors on their achievements over the last 12 months. It'll
HEATH End Gardening Club: The next meeting of the club will be on Tuesday, at Heath End Hall, at 8pm; new members welcome. This year, the gardening club is entering a class at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, and not at Chelsea. Members are
RED Cross: British Red Cross Week started on Sunday, and there will be a house-to-house collection in the village. Last year the total collected in Bramley was £1,014. We aim to exceed that this year, so please give generously to this worthwhile cause
EXHIBITION: The Rotary Club's exhibition of gardens and crafts at Milestones was well worth the visit. There were many beautifully made items on display as well as flowers, vegetables and herbs for sale. The weather was kind to the organisers and, from
MUSIC event: St Leonard's Church presents "An Evening of Music" on Saturday, May 8, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. There will be a recital of both traditional and contemporary music and community hymn singing concluding with Jerusalem. A collection for the church
GARDENERS' fair: The gardens of Farleigh House are open all day on Thursday. This is because the Well-being Gardeners' Fair is on again, between 9.30am and 3.30pm at The Barn, Farleigh Wallop. With an entrance fee of £4 (children free), there are plants
HATCH Warren WI: The regular monthly meeting will not be at the community centre this time. Instead, on Thursday, the WI will meet at Carolyn's house for an informal "Resolutions and Pizza" meeting. For further details, contact Sandra on 469224. The June
ST MICHAEL'S Hospice: In aid of the hospice, the Rotary Club of Basingstoke is holding a spring walk of either six-and-a-half miles or 11 miles around the fields and downland at Hannington on Sunday, May 9. Entry costs £6 for adults, £3 for children (
SHE'S gone from playing a munchkin in the Wizard of Oz, to Sunday Night at the London Palladium - and now Kirsty Fennell is set to star in the spotlight at university. The talented 18-year-old from Leigh Road, Chandler's Ford, has beaten off competition
HOLMES sweet Holmes: This is what young Kate Lamb said when she put the telephone down after calling the morning show on GMTV. Kate had won the big prize in one of its competitions. Within hours she was called back by the TV programme to say that she
TOADS! The migration finished some time ago and Linda is now awaiting the numbers collected from volunteers. If yours are outstanding, please phone Linda on 883205 or 775475, take your completed form to the post office or drop Linda an e-mail on jesney.andrew
Sir.-It happened at a lovely meal between friends, celebrating Tim's 30th birthday - when someone mentioned the Run4Fun. After a couple of shandies, the bravado kicked in and, before we knew it, we'd either volunteered, or been volunteered by our wives
Sir.-I read your article entitled "'Biased editing' spat erupts over Rabbiter" (Friday Gazette, April 16) with a great deal of interest and concern. I am curious as to why Cllr Putty's paragraphs were excluded from The Rabbiter when his submissions arrived
Sir.-I would be interested to know if I am in the minority when it comes to problems with dogs while jogging around Basingstoke's sports fields (Down Grange and Hatch Warren Community Centre, in particular). There have been numerous occasions on which
Sir.-I am delighted to report that the magnificent sum of £1,570 was collected during the recent Parkinson's Awareness Week. The local branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society held collections and provided information at Festival Place, The Anvil, the
SHE MAY be only one year old but this youngster has already consumed more than 7,000 bottles of champagne, travelled 80,000 miles and given her friends 2,000 specially baked cakes to celebrate her birthday tomorrow. Ocean Village, formerly the Southampton
IT WAS formed during the golden era of the port of Southampton's passenger trade and continues to maintain an active sporting link to those past days. The Southampton Shipping Golfing Society is one of the oldest associations of its type in the region
FORMER Saints boss Gordon Strachan is wanted by Manchester City, according to reports in The Sun today. City will target Strachan if Kevin Keegan quits this summer. But Strachan is also being lined up to replace Eddie Gray as the manager of doomed Leeds
LIKE buses, you wait for a mid-size hot hatch for ages and, before you know it, a veritable convoy appears all at once. Not so long ago the hot hatch sector was at death's door; a combination of rocketing insurance premiums, increased risk of theft and
ERNIE HOWE described the performance of his Basingstoke Town side in the 5-0 defeat to Sutton as "the biggest embarrassment since I have been here". Long-serving manager Howe was shell-shocked and angry after his team meekly surrendered at the Camrose
JAMES Taylor is having difficulty with his phone, but I'm charmed when he apologises instantly, saying "I think that must be my daughter Isabella - she has a thing about the phone". When he returns seconds later, peace has descended and he's free to talk
