Basingstoke news and sport from the Basingstoke Gazette

Stories for 9 June 2003

Basingstoke News

Rock horror

A BRICKLAYER from Basingstoke has told how he had a lucky escape after his car was attacked by rock-throwing louts.  more...

Town pilots new rules on licensing bouncers

BASINGSTOKE will be one of the first towns in the country to be subjected to tough new rules on the licensing of bouncers in pubs and clubs.  more...

Bus reprieve - for now

A THREATENED Basingstoke bus service route has been spared the immediate axe - but its survival is still far from certain.  more...

Compromise over new surgery plan

A DOCTOR is hoping his completely revised plans to provide Old Basing with a modern surgery will receive the backing of objectors and planning chiefs.  more...

Let's go fly a kite!

HUGE crowds were drawn to Basingstoke's Down Grange over the weekend as the 11th annual Basingstoke Kite Festival became a sky-high success.  more...

Committee undecided on takeaway proposal

A CONTROVERSIAL plan to turn a former Old Basing hardware store into a Chinese takeaway has still to be decided.  more...

Basingstoke Sport

Casual Look is so smart!

CHAMPAGNE corks were popping in north Hampshire over the weekend after a horse trained by Kingsclere's Andrew Balding landed one of the five top prizes in the flat racing calendar.  more...

Fallon adds classic finish

KRIS Kin landed one of the biggest on-course Derby gambles when, backed from 14-1 down to 6-1, he swooped late to give rider Kieren Fallon a second success in the premier classic and trainer Sir Michael Stoute a third.  more...

MP presents football prizes

ONE hundred and twenty-five teams contested a two-day youth six-a-side football tournament run by Oakley FC where Hatch Warren carried off two age-group trophies.  more...

League duck broken

CHARL Willoughby showed Basingstoke and North Hants just what they have been missing by taking 6-29 to lead his side to their first league win of the season.  more...

Rose still seeks seasonal lift-off

JUSTIN Rose flew out to America last night admitting he is still waiting to find the spark that will ignite his season.  more...

Team of the Week: Oakridge West FC

OAKRIDGE West ended their first season in the Basingstoke and District Saturday League with a piece of silverware in the trophy cabinet after winning the Peter Raynbird Cup.  more...

Wimbledon here we come

TOTALLY Tennis players Matthew Church, 12, and Claire Andrews, 14, won the first stage of the Road To Wimbledon Challenge held last week at Totally Tennis.  more...

Player banned for 112 days

ADAM Tompkins of Tadley Town has been banned for 112 days and fined £50 for head-butting.  more...

Eastleigh News

Mayor opens ace new tennis courts

EASTLEIGH mayor Councillor Glynn Davies-Dear is hoping that Wimbledon fever will soon sweep across the town after officially opening the new tennis courts at Fleming Park Leisure Centre.  more...

Play area revamp

CONTRACTORS have started work on revamping the Eastleigh Council-owned play area next to the Townhill Farm Community Centre at West End.  more...

Mayor delighted as bank starts talking his language

IT'S miles from Wales and doesn't appear to be inundated with Welsh speakers.  more...

Site starts long haul to paradise

WORK has started on a major facelift aimed at transforming the notorious Hiltingbury Recreation Ground in Chandler's Ford into a leisure paradise.  more...

Eastleigh Sport

Eastleigh poised to sign Sales

BASHLEY look set to lose ace marksman Paul Sales to big spending Dr Martens League new boys Eastleigh.  more...

Echowinchester News

Town's traders given a wake-up call

MEMBERS of Alresford's business community are getting up even earlier to meet and discuss local issues.  more...

Bursary boost

PETER Symonds College students have received boosts to their plans for a gap year before university. Twenty-nine students have received bursaries to help towards their plans for the year off.  more...

School blaze probe

FIREFIGHTERS prevented a Winchester school from going up in flames early this morning following a blaze already described as suspicious by Hampshire fire chiefs.  more...

College waiting for verdict on uni bid

KING Alfred's College in Winchester is hoping to become Hampshire's newest university.  more...

Farehamandgosport News

Hill building attacked as blot on landscape

A NEW development is taking shape on the skyline of Portsdown Hill - but it's nothing more than a blot on the landscape, according to residents.  more...

Asylum seekers on agenda for debate

THE TOPIC of asylum seekers will be on the agenda of the annual meeting of local government authorities after Fareham council suggested it for debate.  more...

We're all on parade to the palace

THE STREETS of Bishop's Waltham came alive with colour and music on Saturday when a traditional summer carnival and fete was staged.  more...

Crunch talks over supertram

THE fate of Hampshire's ambitious supertram project will be sealed after council leaders hold crunch talks to thrash out who will pay the project's spiralling costs.   more...

Forestandwaterside News

Smartie idea to buy new school fence

SMARTIES all round. Pupils at Abottswood School, Totton, were given educational books as well as tubes of sweets when they visited their local Asda store.  more...

More outdoor fun - whatever the weather

PLANS for a new accommodation block and office building at Tile Barn Outdoor Development Centre in Brockenhurst have been given the go-ahead - and the camping centre will now be able to house young people whatever the weather.  more...

Inspector rules out homes in rural gap

BUILDING two cottages alongside the green fields near Dibden Bay would spoil the appearance of the countryside between Hythe and Marchwood, a planning inspector has ruled.  more...

Aid worker tells of brush with death flood

NEW FOREST charity worker Roger Green - nearly killed in a flash flood while working on an irrigation project in Africa - has made contact with home after three weeks' silence.  more...

Hampshire Business

Website for young athletes

A SOUTHAMPTON design consultancy has sponsored a junior triathlon club in Hampshire with a funky new website.  more...

Pension hopes are shattered

AT LEAST 16 people in south Hampshire have had their pension pay-out dreams shattered.  more...

Planning law changes a tourism `disaster'

PROPOSED changes to planning legislation could have "disastrous consequences" for tourism, it is feared.  more...

Southampton Leisure

Review: Gene-ius at work!

Gene Pitney - The Anvil, Basingstoke  more...

Last call for Van the Man

THERE are only a limited number of tickets left for Van Morrison's pre-festival concert at the beautiful Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal, on July 11.  more...

Folk wonder pipes up

THE sound of the Northumbrian pipes will ring out across the Solent on Sunday afternoon when folk star Kathryn Tickell plays an open-air concert at Southsea Bandstand.  more...

Southampton News

Some babies headed for little success

A MAN'S income may be partly determined by the speed at which he grew in the first year of life, a Southampton-based study claimed today.   more...

Ship full of charity rescues Rose Road

IT should have been a time for celebration at a Hampshire children's charity.  more...

New system to check on student housing

A NEW scheme to improve the state of student homes across Southampton has been launched by education and council bosses.  more...

Road peril leaves traders in gloom

EVERY time the A36 notches up another fatality, pubs along the notorious stretch of road feel the pinch as terrified drivers stay away.  more...

City's new police chief named

THE new head of Southampton police was named today as Chief Supt Paul Stickler.  more...

Cruise liner put on virus alert

PASSENGERS due to board the luxury Southampton-based cruise ship Caronia have been warned they could risk catching a nasty bug.  more...

Arsonist meant to kill everyone inside

DETECTIVES are today stepping up the hunt for an arsonist who torched a house containing African asylum seekers.  more...

Girl traumatised after sex attack

A YOUNG shop assistant has been left traumatised after being abducted in a busy Southampton street and sexually assaulted in nearby gardens.  more...

No thanks to the euro!

THE Prime Minister is reported to be eager to sign Britain up for the single European currency but people in Hampshire seem less sure that the euro in their pockets would be a good thing...  more...

Southampton Shipping

Ship full of charity rescues Rose Road

IT should have been a time for celebration at a Hampshire children's charity.  more...

Cruise liner put on virus alert

PASSENGERS due to board the luxury Southampton-based cruise ship Caronia have been warned they could risk catching a nasty bug.  more...

In Port

Today's Principal Arrivals: CEC Faith, container, 0900, Marchwood; Medea, car carrier, 0915 34/35; APL Coral, container, 1030, 206; Cetam Victoriae, ro/ro, 1130, 203; Euro Phoenix, container, 1230, 204; Autoline, ro/ro, 1330, 201/2; Angela J, general, TBA, 205.  more...

Southampton Sport

Enjoyment is everything - athletics boss

THE athletics track at Aldershot saw hundreds of youngsters competing in all the usual disciplines cheered on by the colleagues on the sidelines.  more...

Iwan: That's the weirdest race of all!

IWAN THOMAS was left to reflect on the "weirdest race I've ever had" after failing to win the Loughborough International 400m.  more...

Saints linked with striker Harewood

SAINTS have been linked with a move for Nottingham Forest striker Marlon Harewood.  more...

When will Beattie get his big chance?

England move to the next step along the road to Euro 2004 qualification on Wednesday desperate for a good result and almost as importantly an up-turn in form.  more...

I'M SWEATING ON PAHARS

SAINTS boss Gordon Strachan admits he is facing an anxious summer wait before knowing whether Marian Pahars will be ready to relaunch his career at St Mary's.  more...

Parallel Games give kids great opportunities

GIVING youngsters with disabilities a chance they've rarely had before in life, and giving them the confidence to take any interest further.  more...

Junior hockey is thriving across county

YOUTH hockey in Hampshire is growing all the time, and the Games mirrored that view.  more...

Oarsome is helping boost junior rowing

SOUTHAMPTON rowing clubs were at the Games to give youngsters a rare chance to find out if they fancy taking up the sport.  more...

Sixth Youth Games are the best yet ...

THE sixth Southampton Airport Hampshire Youth Games were voted the best ever at the weekend.  more...

Prittipaul fires Academy win

Hampshire's Academy team bounced back from the disappointment of the previous week's eight-wicket thrashing by BAT Sports to end Bournemouth's unbeaten three-match ECB Southern Electric Premier League start at Chapel Gate.  more...

Goldstraw's the king of the swingers

A devastating spell of left-arm swing bowling by Dan Goldstraw sent Calmore Sports spinning to a humiliating 210-run defeat by BAT Sports in the Totton derby at Southern Gardens.  more...

Maidens are hit for six

HAMPSHIRE'S cricketing bosses have bowled their maidens over and out, disbanding the women's league after team numbers dwindled to just three.  more...

Young referee Emma has a big ambition

SOUTHAMPTON teenager Emma Nuttall has a sporting ambition far higher than many of her peers - she wants to referee in the men's football World Cup!  more...

Terry positive despite failure to snatch win

Paul Terry cannot recall a day to compare with the last day of Hampshire's championship match against Durham at the Rose Bowl.  more...

Pecks is back in the chair as clubs opt for the master

Wessex League clubs dramatically voted former chairman Alf Peckham back into the hot seat at the League's Annual General Meeting held at Ten Acres yesterday.  more...

Crawley in the groove for buoyant Hampshire

John Crawley scored his first Hampshire century for almost a year as the Hawks won their fourth National League game of the season at the Rose Bowl yesterday.  more...

Eastleigh poised to sign Sales

BASHLEY look set to lose ace marksman Paul Sales to big spending Dr Martens League new boys Eastleigh.  more...

Poor Matt finish is so costly

SOUTHAMPTON'S Matthew Blackey suffered a dismal final day in the Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters at the Forest of Arden.  more...

Townandcounty News

Fun on foot keeps procession afloat after floats flop

THE FLOAT wheels may no longer be turning but a Hampshire village's carnival capers are still in full spin.  more...

Villagers unite to save historic Bugle

HANDS off! That's the message from hundreds of angry villagers who are campaigning to save an internationally renowned pub from the hands of property speculators.  more...

  
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