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Stories for 1 February 2001

Alresford News

Road repairs

ENGINEERS are designing repairs to the road over the Great Weir at Alresford, which was closed after cracks appeared.  more...

Andover Sport

Second-half horror show from Andover

Andover 1st XI 2  more...

'Church strike it lucky at long last

Moneyfields 0, Whitchurch 1  more...

Goddard sparks Broughton revival

FORMER Bournemouth and Andover striker Howard Goddard's return to manage the side where he started his playing career has sparked a revival in fortunes for Hants Division Two strugglers Broughton.  more...

HSA team firing on all cylinders

AFTER so many weeks of postponed games due to waterlogged and then frozen pitches the HSA Youth League finally had a full programme of league and cup matches last weekend.  more...

Andover banish mid-winter Blues

Andover I 39pts Old Blues 0pts  more...

Eastleigh News

Campus controversy

CONTROVERSIAL plans by Eastleigh's Barton Peveril College for a £3.5 million scheme to extend and upgrade the sixth form campus are likely to go before borough planners in March.  more...

Fair Oak News

Battle looms over Allington

ATTEMPTS will be made tonight to sink proposals for a new town on greenfields south of Bishop-stoke and Fair Oak before the ink has even dried on draft plans for the multi-billion pound development.  more...

Hampshire Business

Groundwork pays off for PS in USA

Fareham-based consultancy group, Procurement Services is on the expansion trail. It is to create a sister company based in the US.  more...

Foyer charity in people plaudit

STAFF at the Portsmouth Foyer are celebrating being awarded Investors In People recognition.  more...

Mine device earns award

HAMPSHIRE'S hi-tech re-search laboratory at Roke Manor has landed a coveted award for its hand-held detector which could revolutionise the arduous task of landmine clearance in former war zones.  more...

Hedge End News

Heart bus this way

THE BRITISH Heart Foundation has toured Southampton in search of families to help understand the causes of coronary heart disease.  more...

Hythe News

Popstar wannabe Ian loses out

HAMPSHIRE'S wannabe chart-topper Ian Harvey last night lost out on his chance of pop stardom.  more...

Waste burner plant almost completed

A HUGE new incinerator which will help get rid of Britain's 600,000-tonne stockpile of cattle remains is now well on its way to completion near Fawley.  more...

Lymington News

Devoted father's dying wish is granted

A DEVOTED father has died after hearing that justice had finally caught up with his daughter's killer.  more...

Southampton Business

In Port

Today's Principal Arrivings: Today's principal Southampton arrivals: P&O Nedlloyd Vespucci, container, 0600, 207; Takara, vehicle carrier, 0830, 34/35; Maveric, refrigerat, 1200, 104; Autofreighter, vehicle carrier, 1230, 201/2; Autotransporter, vehicle carrier, 1300, 201 link; Hual Trotter, ro/ro, 1630, 40.  more...

Southampton Leisure

CAPE BRETON ROAD by DR MacDonald.

Published in paperback by Chatto and Windus now, £10.  more...

SMASHING PEOPLE by Michael Fishwick.

Published in hardback by Jonathan Cape now, £14.99.  more...

Top 10 books -

A run-down of the top-10 hard and paperback books this week, with Waterstones of Southampton  more...

Southampton News

Residents clash with gypsy leader

FEELINGS ran high when angry residents clashed with a gypsy leader at a public meeting.   more...

Newlywed fears his wife may have died

A HAMPSHIRE newlywed fears his wife may have been killed in the Indian earthquake which has left thousands dead.  more...

Plans for ice rink

PLANS to bring an ice rink to Southampton have at last taken a huge step forward.  more...

ONE MORE CHANCE TO LIVE

HAMPSHIRE youngster Danny Bond today lies in a hospital bed. It is a familiar place for the 20-year-old who suffers from superbug MRSA and an incurable bowel syndrome.   more...

A Bohemian rhapsody

SHE'S faced more heartache than most, but thanks to her devotion to one of the icons of the 20th century, she'll always have somebody to love and she knows the show must go on.  more...

From Fareham to Ramsay Street

RACHEL LAMB finds out about Tom Oliver, aka Lou Carpenter, who left Hampshire for a life that led him down under to Ramsay Street.  more...

Life in the saddle

Winning the Grand National is every jockey's dream. ALI KEFFORD spoke to Brendan Powell, former jockey now trainer, who was first past the post  more...

A transatlantic legend

At 87,Helen Tew is a veteran yachtswoman who has at last triumphed against all odds and fulfilled her lifetime dream of crossing the Atlantic in her beloved yacht Mary Helen. KAY COOPER reveals her fascinating story...  more...

Southampton Sport

There's simply no substitute for class

TIMES must be desperate at Bradford City. Too desperate, in fact, for Dan.  more...

Saints 1 - Leicester 0

Graham Hiley reports from Saints' midweek run-in with Leicester...  more...

Withey leads the muddy charge

SOUTHAMPTON's contingent of senior men faced unusually sticky conditions in the South of England Championships at Parliament Hill Fields in London, writes Wendy Gee.  more...

Riverside pull off shock victory to open up title race

LOWLY Riverside threw the Hampshire Inter-club League title race wide open with an astonishing 7-1 thrashing of leaders East Dorset.  more...

Fans vent their anger on unsettled star

HASSAN KACHLOUL'S mind is even more firmly made up to leave The Dell after his reception last night.  more...

Dan stands by his claim

DAN PETRESCU is adamant he got the final touch which gave Saints a hard-earned 1-0 win over Leicester at The Dell.  more...

Rose still in form

Justin Rose, runner-up in South Africa the last two weeks, continued his fine start to the season with a two under par 70 in the first round of golf's Heineken Classic at the Vine Resort in Perth today.  more...

Peg 27 is lucky for jackpot ace Collins

CORMORANTS' Graham Collins landed a bumper pay day in the club's latest match on Longbridge lakes when scoring a runaway victory from the golden peg which landed him a jackpot of £370.   more...

Hendry wins by the narrowest margin

Weights suffered for a TVAC club match held on the River Blackwater and Cadnam river.  more...

Winchester News

Kitchen blaze badly damages historic pub

A WINCHESTER landlord battled bravely against a fire that broke out in the kitchen of his historic pub.  more...

  
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