Celtic were today remaining tight-lipped on whether they will pave the way for Tommy Burns to be appointed Scotland manager. Burns is understood to be on a four-man shortlist to succeed Alex McLeish, who quit in late November for a return to club management
IT WAS a devastating fire that nearly destroyed a 16th-century pub and left a repair bill of more than half a million pounds. But almost two years after The Old Ship landlord Simon Evans and landlady Sheila Hammond saw their business and home wrecked
IT was celebrations all round when key players toured a once-threatened Hamp-shire community hospital - but the fight for its future is not over yet. Health care workers, community leaders, the local MP and the Bishop of Southamp-ton, the Right Reverend
HAMPSHIRE owners are being urged to mark horse rugs with a postcode after a spate of thefts. Last month a rug worth £100 was stolen from a house in Moorgreen Road, West End. Countrywatch officer PC Derek Grist said postcoded rugs were less attractive
SECURITY guards with head mounted video cameras may soon be a familiar sight on Southampton's streets if a move to persuade 400 city businesses to pay for extra services is successful. Graffiti removal, mobile healthcare screening for workers, CCTV
Detectives investigating the murder of Georgina Edmonds today urged local residents to check their gardens and bins for discarded items. It is thought officers leading the hunt to find the 77-year-old's killer are looking for stolen property from the
POLICE today released a picture of a key fob identical to one stolen from the home of murdered pensioner Georgina Edmonds. The bright-coloured key ring had two keys attached to it and was taken from the home of the 77-year-old following the brutal attack
HE has two fractured eye sockets and stab wounds to his torso - but do you know how he ended up like this? Richard Stiles was walking in the Shirley Warren area of Southampton last weekend when he was set upon, beaten and knifed. Detectives investigating
RESIDENTS in Romsey have been warned to be on their guard after burglars hit four homes in four days. Raiders have forced their way into four homes making off with valuable jewellery, computers, expensive gadgets and cheque books. The first incident
RESIDENTS and business owners in Romsey have been warned to be on their guard against thieves looking to steal lead and copper. In the past three months police have received 15 reports of stolen lead and seven copper thefts. Schools and churches have
POLICE are hunting a hit-and-run driver who left a pedestrian with a broken leg. A 34-year-old man was walking along Red Barn Lane in Fareham yesterday when a car mounted the pavement and struck him from behind. The vehicle responsible then left the
HE'S the king of spin when it comes to cricket, but now Shane Warne is trying his hand at the card table. Hampshire cricket skipper Warne is set to embark on a career as a professional poker player. It is not the first time the 38-year-old has hit the
HE was in a coma for nearly three weeks but was brought back to health with the help of two dedicated nurses. Paul Flagg was left critically ill after he was hit by two cars while walking home from a night out in Southampton in October last year. The
THE heartbroken parents of road accident victim James Shea, have described how they continue to miss their son every day. Patrick and Anne Shea, of Lordswood, Southampton, spoke after an inquest was heard into James's death. Portsmouth Coroner's Court
IT WAS lunchtime in the crew dining area on board one of the world's most luxurious ships. The QM2 had been at sea for just a day and more than 3,000 passengers were just floors above - 24 hours into the holiday of a lifetime, cruising the fjords on
Kevin Keegan is relishing the challenge of managing Newcastle for a second time and enabling the club's long-suffering fans to "have dreams" again. The Dell legend, who quit the club 11 years ago, made a stunning return to St James' Park last night
FOR almost 27 years, an inmate of the Ashworth Special Psychiatric Hospital in Merseyside has held a dark, terrible secret. What did he do with the remains of his mother after he cut her to pieces with a hacksaw in his Hedge End home? While memories
Tadburn YFC in Romsey will be holding their annual six-a-side tournament at Mountbatten School in June. The event will be held over the weekend of 21 and 22 June. Please note in your diaries.
Tadburn YFC in Romsey will be holding their annual six-a-side tournament at Mountbatten School in June. The event will be held over the weekend of 21 and 22 June. Please note in your diaries.
I write to emphasise the need for a broader analysis of the post-election crisis in Kenya. The deep poverty and inequality experienced by many Kenyans is as important as ethnic difference in fuelling frustration that has turned to violence. It is
SOME time ago there was a debate as to whether the charges for going overdrawn with the bank were excessive. A test case is currently under way in court. Recently Lloyds TSB changed their charges to "make it fairer''. Subsequently, they wish to charge
YOU may have heard of the RSPCA emergency last week when 30 equines were found dead and three were put down on the spot. Animals were left starving, standing the rotting carcasses of their follow animals. Cruelty of these beautiful animals sickens and
I am very angry about the closure of my local post office, Oaktree Road. This post office is light and bright shop. It is a Londis store, and the owners have worked hard to creative a store with space, friendly staff, and have created off road parking
Gravel extraction appears innocent enough - but then are the people living around the area of 'destruction' made aware of just exactly where that gravel is going? What does that gravel contain, not just building materials? Are there other elements that
AVIAN influenza, or bird flu, is a very real threat to humanity and it is high time to recognise crowded, filthy factory farms are the culprits if we do not want to keep hearing about new outbreaks. Factory farms are breeding grounds for disease and
THIS year, along with many of my Marie Curie nursing colleagues, I spent the festive period with a patient so that they could be at home with their family. I am writing to say thank you to Asda for kindly donating 250 gifts - luxury bouquets of flowers
THE Home Office, which bends over backwards to allow foreign murderers, rapists, people traffickers and other villains to stay in the UK, has just forced a terminally ill Ghanaian woman to return home. Being aware that there is no possibility of her
TWO of Southampton's most high-profile dates in 2008 could be sunk by targeted strikes from coastguard and sea safety workers. Fed-up workers of the Southampton-based Maritime and Coastguard Agency say they may target a walkout to coincide with the launch
THEY came, they sang and they danced - for the 40 wannabees who turned up to the X Factor-style auditions it was their chance to bag a dream job in the entertainment industry. Aspiring performers arrived en masse at the Southampton Park Hotel armed with
THE HFC Bank has been fined more than £1m by financial watchdogs for failings over the way it sold payment protection insurance (PPI), it has emerged. The Financial Services Authority said the penalty of nearly £1.1 m was the largest it had ever levied
TROUBLED high street retailer Woolworths has refused to reveal like for like Christmas sales figures, branding them "meaningless". Industry analysts estimated the chain, which shut its landmark Above Bar, Southampton, store late last year, had seen like
Today's arrivals: Aurora, cargo, 0100, 207; Arklow Rainbow, cargo, 0400, 107; Tamerlane, roro, 0430, 34/35; Vantage, container, 0600, 7; Caribbean Highway, vehicle, 0645, 40; Grand Mercury, roro, 0700, 43; Tagus, vehicle, 0730, 38/9; Maersk Stralsund
THE steward at a Hampshire social club has been jailed for eight months for stealing more than £7,000 of its cash to meet credit card debts. The fraud was discovered when Kevin Brine, 48, took two weeks holiday and the secretary at the Hamble Club discovered
A HAMPSHIRE MP who turned detective to catch a rogue builder has seen his vulnerable father who was conned out of thousands of pounds awarded nearly £10,000. New Forest East MP Julian Lewis tape-recorded a late-night conversation with builder Paul Grey
A MAN who died after being hit by a taxi was twice the drink drive limit and had traces of an amphetamine in his blood, an inquest was told. Ali Farah Bullaleh, of Portswood Road, Southampton, was caught on CCTV camera collapsing in Bevois Valley Road
DETECTIVES have released their fourth suspect in the hunt to find who murdered pensioner Georgina Edmonds. The 37-year-old man, who was arrested on Monday morning and held in police custody for three days, was last night released on bail. He was one
George Burley has hailed the influence of Kelvin Davis and praised his goalkeeper's consistency and character. Davis was outstanding as Saints recorded their 1-0 win over Scunthorpe last weekend, making a string of excellent saves. It's all a far
UNBELIEVABLE! That was the one word Havant & Waterlooville's heroic goalkeeper Kevin Scriven repeated over and over again as he tried to explain his side's sensational 4-2 FA Cup third round replay win over Swansea City. Scriven secured himself hero
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE'S players wept tears of joy after pulling off their stunning FA Cup third round giant-killing of League One leaders Swansea City last night. The Blue Square South outfit dumped the side 83 places above them in the football pyramid
HE has orchestrated a flour bomb attack on Tony Blair in the House of Commons and led villagers in Hampshire to protest over bus cuts. Now Fathers 4 Justice founder Matt O'Connor, who lives in Romsey, is taking on his biggest challenge so far as he squares
THE price of burial and cremation plots in Winchester is set to rise at more than double the rate of inflation. City councillors agreed the changes in an effort to raise enough cash to maintain the district's cemeteries. The decision rested with the
Winchester civic chiefs have approved a double whammy of price rises for motorists. They have agreed two recommendations - one taking parking charges to the £1 an hour mark for the first time and another meaning parking fines could be as much as £70.
