Stories for 30 July 2007

Andover Advertiser News

Five decades down on the farm...

A MAN who saw 50 harvests and spring crops during his time working at Laverstoke Farm has been given a long service medal for five decades in the job.   more...

Bus service axed in cost-cutting exercise

AN evening bus service that runs between Andover and Basingstoke looks set to be axed as part of a savings plan by Hampshire County Council.   more...

Manager must deliver action plan

THE Working for Whitchurch group is set to start spending some of the £240,000 granted by Hampshire County Council, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) to improve the town by recruiting a town centre improvement manager.   more...

Bin it or be fined warning to litter louts

LITTER louts were being reminded to find a bin for their rubbish as Test Valley Borough Council's environmental services team launched a four-week ant-litter campaign.   more...

Battling fly-tip blight

TOWN councillors in Tidworth are hoping an education programme planned this autumn will help combat illegal fly-tipping which is blighting the community.   more...

Fighting fit: The Xbox generation

CHILDHOOD obesity has long been blamed on too much television and computer games but Andover Leisure Centre is hitting back, challenging the Xbox generation to get fit with a series of computer games that make you sweat.   more...

Festival enjoys the X factor

WEATHER forecasters were predicting a squelchy time at the Tidworth Area Festival but Sunday turned out to be fine enabling the thousands who attended the event the chance to enjoy themselves.   more...

Basingstoke Gazette News

Four arrested over school vandalism

FOUR teenagers have been arrested following a spate of vandalism at two Basingstoke schools.   more...

Hundreds of homes get the green light

A CONTROVERSIAL major housing development of nearly 300 homes close to Basingstoke town centre has been given the go-ahead.   more...

Kids aim to be pop idols

CHILDREN sang their hearts out for a chance to win a recording session in Basingstoke's own Kidz Idol.   more...

Media group donates £10,000 to relief effort

THE company which owns Gazette Newspapers has donated £10,000 to a special fund set up to help the victims of the floods that have wreaked havoc in parts of England.   more...

Basingstoke Gazette Sport

Skipper’s joy at memorable win

THERE was delight at May's Bounty as Basingstoke and North Hants ended the unbeaten run of league leaders Kidlington and knocked them off the top spot.   more...

Daily Echo Business

First woman commander takes helm

ISLE of Wight ferry operator Red Funnel has appointed the first female commander of a vessel in its 146 year history.   more...

Nex PR is riding wave of success

SOUTHAMPTON public relations outfit Nex has signed Isle of Wight, Gosport and Caribbean based company Ondeck Sailing.   more...

Daily Echo News

Police launch hunt after car overturns

POLICE have launched a hunt for two people who ran off after being involved in a high-speed car crash in Southampton.   more...

Plans for dozens of new county children's centres

HAMPSHIRE civic chiefs have agreed the blueprint for dozens of new children's centres across the county.   more...

Tree crashes down on main road

Motorists and passers by had an amazing escape when a tree came crashing down across the River Itchen and on to the main road near the Bishopstoke Post Office at the weekend.   more...

Kohli in court on Hannah murder charge

A MAN extradited from India after a three-year legal battle will today appear in court charged with the murder of Hampshire teenager Hannah Foster.   more...

Diabetes care under attack

DIABETES patients have criticised the service they receive after health chiefs were given a damning report by a watchdog.   more...

Hospital boost in memory of Glen

FRIENDS of a teenager who died last year after collapsing in the street have raised £5,000 for Southampton General Hospital's neurological intensive care unit (NICU).   more...

Patient on leave committed suicide

A RETIRED Hampshire man killed himself while on unsupervised leave from a mental health unit, an inquest has been told.   more...

First woman commander takes helm

ISLE of Wight ferry operator Red Funnel has appointed the first female commander of a vessel in its 146 year history.   more...

Nex PR is riding wave of success

SOUTHAMPTON public relations outfit Nex has signed Isle of Wight, Gosport and Caribbean based company Ondeck Sailing.   more...

Baby girl dies in pool tragedy

A TODDLER has died after she was found floating in the garden swimming pool of a Hampshire home.   more...

Thousands gather for Scout centenary

THOUSANDS of Cubs and Scouts descended on a Hampshire showground yesterday for the start of a week-long celebration to mark the centenary of the Scouting movement.   more...

'Romsey Carnival could sink' warning after poor showing

SUPPORT it or lose it.   more...

Our TA boys, safe home from the Iraqi frontline

THEY have just spent more than seven months in the world's most hostile country.   more...

Hampshire troops aid the flood victims

IT's hardly been a day at the races.   more...

QE2 cigarette smuggler is facing up to three years’ jail

A CREWMAN on South-ampton's flagship liner QE2 has been warned he faces up to three years in jail after being convicted of smuggling nearly two million cigarettes into Britain.   more...

Driver injured as prison van overturns

A PRISON van overturned today on a Hampshire motorway seriously injuring the driver.   more...

Daily Echo Sport

Wade clocks up his biggest win

HAMPSHIRE'S James Wade won the biggest darts match of his life when he picked up the Stan James World Matchplay title at Blackpool on Saturday.   more...

Hampshire Chronicle News

Leisure centre hopes to MEND obesity in children

RIVER Park Leisure Centre in Winchester is set to take major steps to tackle child obesity thanks to a £47,000 grant from The Big Lottery Wellbeing Programme.   more...

Plan for sewage plant down drain

A HIGHLY contentious plan to site a £1m sewerage plant in a picturesque Winchester village has been refused.   more...

Profits down, but show rallied in the rain

IT was like Glastonbury but without the music. Torrential rain early last week led to the muddiest and messiest New Forest Show in history.   more...

Large cold store to be built at orchard

VILLAGERS thought it was rotten to the core, but planners gave permission for an orchard to build a 71-metre long cold store.   more...