Billy Taylor reckons Hampshire can end 12 years of hurt against Lancashire tonight - but he wishes Stuart Law was playing. Seamer Taylor was denied Law's wicket when umpire Jeff Evans reversed his decision to give the Australian batsman out during Lancashire's
Any chance Trojans had of featuring in the Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 promotion stakes probably disappeared with a four-run defeat by United Services at Burnaby Road. They struck two early blows when Tim Felstead (2-28) nailed Mark Toogood
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Solen, ro/ro, 0700, 30; City of Lutece, ro/ro, 0800, 201; NYK Canopus, container, 1030, 207; APL Hong Kong, container, 1230, 206; Hual Trotter, ro/ro, 2000, 40; Palma, vehicle carrier, 2100, 201; Swanland, cargo, 2300,
IT WAS the biggest and the best Race for Life event in the UK - and Southampton can be justifiably proud. Just short of 10,000 women took part in the Cancer Research UK fundraising run and their efforts are set to raise £694,000. They came in fancy dress
ONE of the proudest women on Southampton Common was Sue White wearing the No 1 shirt. Along with TV gardening expert Charlie Dimmock, Sue got the Southampton event underway - and she admitted she found the experience very moving. Sue has fought her own
DISABLED cyclist Simon Cook is literally trying to strong-arm his way into the record books - again. The record-breaking athlete will follow a well-trodden path as he cycles the length of the country to John O'Groats. But what sets the Hampshire man apart
BARMY knights and balmy days provided sunshine and chivalry for thousands of visitors to the Fordingbridge Show at the weekend. Medival jousting displays by the Devil's Horsemen display team and an exhibition polo match put equestrian events centre stage
A NEW skatepark is to open in Portchester this week despite a spate of vandalism which threatened to put its opening back. The park, which will be officially opened on Thursday, includes a meeting point, a multi-use games area for football and basketball
THE FIRST stage of a £2m rebuilding programme at a Hampshire school for troubled youngsters has been approved. Work on upgrading the facilities at the Lakeside School in Chandler's Ford will begin at the end of this month. The part-boarding and day special
This is an artist's impression of the new 350-seater stand currently under construction at Eastleigh FC's Sparshatts Stadium in Stoneham Lane. The stand, which will be ready for the start of the new season, will be officially opened on Thursday August
It was hardly the best preparation for tonight's Twenty20 Cup quarter final. Hampshire's 153 all out yesterday was their lowest National League total at the Rose Bowl since the first game of last season when they made 144 for 9 against Sussex - and still
BAT Sports inflicted a crushing seven-wicket defeat on Old Tauntonians & Romsey - but title rivals Havant were held to a draw by neighbours Portsmouth at St Helen's, Southsea. Basement club OTs, whose Hampshire League side were ruthlessly crushed
Havant thrashed Finchley by nine wickets yesterday to reach the quarter-finals of the Cockspur Cup. They will play away to High Wycombe in the last eight next Sunday. Havant dominated the match, with Richard Pineo (3-22) striking two early blows which
A FORMER instructor at a Basingstoke youth organisation has been jailed for sex crimes involving two teenage girls who were members of the group. Timothy Cummins, of Huntsmoor Road, Tadley, was a 'Sergeant Major' in the Adventure Ranger Corp (ARC) when
ADVERTS encouraging people of all ages and backgrounds to apply to become magistrates are to feature on buses in Basingstoke. The adverts are part of a national £3.3million drive to boost magistrate numbers in England and Wales by encouraging younger
PUPILS at Sparsholt Primary School trekked seven miles to Winchester to raise more than £200 for good causes. The 95 children at the school took part in the sponsored walk with Year 6 pupils completing the entire course on St Swithin's Day. The Sparsholt
WINCHESTER MP Mark Oaten is to meet pub bosses to discuss his growing concerns about alcohol-fuelled violence and antisocial behaviour. Mr Oaten will next month hold a private meeting with representatives of the anti-crime PubWatch scheme. It follows
"DON'T panic, don't panic - it's the Lymington Carnival!" Corporal Jones and Captain Mainwaring saw their first service in decades as locals from a New Forest pub donned the gear of the Home Guard to ensure the day was a success. And with a press pack
TRANSPORT bosses are wheeling in back-up to deal with soaring demand for open top bus tours of the New Forest. Demand for seats on board the Solent Blue Line service, introduced in April, has grown week on week. Now company heads are rising to the challenge
IT was a scene that sent shivers down my spine, writes Jenny Makin. Standing on Southampton Common with almost 10,000 other women as a minute's silence passed, I couldn't help just stopping and staring at the people around me. But it wasn't just their
A GROUNDSMAN miraculously walked away unscathed from a cricket pavilion that was turned to rubble when a boiler exploded. Stuart Wallace, 60, was sent spinning through the air for ten yards when the massive blast ripped through Bitterne cricket pavilion
TWO Hampshire police officers are back home at Fair Oak after "pounding" a charity beat in one of the most impoverished corners of the world. Tracy and Julie Swainston have been to Kware - a disease-ridden suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. They saw
AS WEDDING ceremonies go, it was unusual. The altar was a high-powered Kawasaki motorbike, the priest kissed the prettiest woman in the congregation, who stood round in a circle holding hands. But a marriage by members of the Vulcan Riders Association
A SOUTHAMPTON mother has described the man who tried to abduct one of her children as 'sick in the head'. The 26-year-old mother from Swaythling said the man should not be wandering the streets and that she hopes the police are able to catch him. It was
A SOUTHAMPTON school threatened with closure has won a last minute short-term reprieve. The man charged with deciding the fate of Moorlands Infant School has ignored council officers' recommendation to close the school because of falling pupil numbers
WEST Street was transformed into a feast for fun-lovers on Saturday as thousands of visitors flocked to the town to enjoy Fareham's annual gala day. There were model railway rides, a bike display and giant garden games including snakes and ladders. Youngsters
RESIDENTS will tonight make a last-ditch attempt to block a brownfield development which they fear could pile more traffic misery on their area. Residents living in the Hobb Lane area of Hedge End have already bombarded Eastleigh Council with protest
