Union leaders expressed fury today that workers at defence giant BAE Systems were being kept waiting to hear confirmation of thousands of job losses in the wake of the Government's defence cuts. The firm will end days of speculation tomorrow
HAMPSHIRE designers have this afternoon been praised for their key role in the production of a state-of-the-art passenger jet. Technology experts at Eaton, which has a base in Titchfield, played an important part in the manufacture of fuel
SAINTS defender Dan Seaborne has thanked the club's fans for all the support they have given him, following his release from hospital. The centre half sustained a serious head injury in an incident outside a Southampton nightclub earlier this
A PRISON van was sent from Southampton to Oxfordshire to drive a suspected criminal a few yards from a police station to a magistrates’ court – because of his “human rights”. The decision to drive 90 miles to move defendant Oliver Thomas
AN investigation is underway after a fire at a Hampshire police station. Shirley Police Station has been closed to the public after the first floor blaze yesterday. No one was hurt in the fire, which started at 4.45pm, but police said
Saints legend Matt Le Tissier is at the centre of a war of words with club chairman Nicola Cortese. It comes after the chairman claimed in an interview that Le Tiss and ex-boss Lawrie Mcmeney had asked for free tickets. TO READ WHAT
FIREFIGHTERS in Southampton were called to a car fire in the early hours of this morning. A crew of four from Hightown fire station headed to Upper Northam Drive, at around 1.48am, where they found a BMW convertible engulfed in flames. It took them
A HAMPSHIRE lifeboat crew has been officially commended for rescuing a yacht crew who lost their mast in the Solent. The crew of Calshot RNLI lifeboat station received the praise following the rescue of sail training vessel Discovery in July
NO CASH has been handed out in Hampshire from a flagship £450m business funding pot, the Government has admitted. Southampton Itchen MP John Denham will today highlight the “failure” of the Regional Growth Fund to get money to businesses in
THE captains of Southampton’s fleet of Cunard liners could soon marry couples at sea if the firm switches the ships’ registrations outside the UK for the first time in its 171-year history. Cunard is considering the money-spinning move
TWO Hampshire schools have received a prestigious recognition for involving parents in children’s learning. Blackfield Primary and Fawley Infant schools have been awarded the Gold Standard of the Parental Engagement Quality Standard by the Schools Network
HAMPSHIRE TV star Amanda Holden has joined other celebrities to lend their voices to a new range of talking bins. The bins, being rolled out in London and Liverpool, will thank passers-by with a recorded fun message when they deposit litter Amanda,
EUROPE’S new state-of-the-art training centre for air traffic controllers is being launched in Hampshire today. The facility will be officially opened this morning by Jim French, chairman and chief executive of Flybe, at the National Air Traffic Services
