Gabi Taylor pushed defending champion Donna Vekic all the way before losing her first-round match at the Nottingham Open.

BRITISH No 2 Heather Watson believes rising star Gabi Taylor deserves a Wimbledon wildcard.

Gabriella Taylor will play former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard in next week's first round.

GABI Taylor will make Hampshire tennis history when she makes her full Grand Slam debut tomorrow.

Gabi Taylor put up a brave fight but her maiden senior Wimbledon outing ended in a three-set defeat to Eugenie Bouchard.

Totton & Eling Tennis Centre has celebrated its 15th birthday by winning a national award at Wimbledon.

A father-son tennis double act from West Tytherley strutted their stuff on the big stage at the National Finals of the .

EASTLEIGH students trade College football team for England Stardom, as they help their nation qualify for Europe.

BOMB disposal units have rushed to a Hampshire beach.

SHE’S the woman behind such beloved creations as The Gruffalo, Zog and Stick Man.

NEARLY a decade since the last sell-out tour, Les Misérables is touring again and is back at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre.

INTERVIEW: By Hilary Porter

FORGET James Bond or Jason Bourne – there’s a new spy in town. And he’s not dressed in a tuxedo or head-to-toe camouflage, but a garish Hawaiian shirt.

JOFRA Archer will spearhead the Southern Braves attack alongside Chris Jordan when The Hundred begins next summer - and James Vince will also play for the Ageas Bowl-based franchise.

SIR Ian Botham believes Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove is more deserving of a knighthood than Sir Geoffrey Boycott.

JAMES Vince will interrupt his wedding weekend to find out who the rest of his Southern Brave teammates are.

HAMPSHIRE all-rounder Liam Dawson will be playing for Southern Brave alongside Andre Russell, David Warner and Tymal Mills when The Hundred gets underway next summer.

Southern Brave will have the chance to add a wildcard signing before the inaugural edition of The Hundred.

HAMPSHIRE have signed Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon as their overseas player in next year’s Specsavers County Championship.

HAMPSHIRE legend Gordon Greenidge has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year honours list.

CIVIC chiefs are being urged to approve plans to replace a redundant New Forest theatre with better facilities for sports teams.

HAMPSHIRE fast bowler Chris Wood has opened up about his long-running gambling addiction.

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In recent years, scores of pubs across Southampton have shut down.

THEY raced over obstacle courses, juggled about on drum races, strenuously made stakes, mended punctures and rode a furious musical chairs on motorcycles.

ALTHOUGH the city of Southampton emerged as winners of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight games on July 8, 1979, it was the district of the New Forest East who took the glory.

THESE pictures were snapped at a football tournament in Millbrook on November 7, 1999.

ROLAND Tilley pedalled his way to victory in the senior race of the Crabwood CC’s East Street Centre series around Hoglands Park, Southampton.

A LADIES’ night of food and fashion raised £700 for a cancer charity.

STOKE Park Infant School was built in 1988/89 to replace the Victorian building which became an infant school in 1958.

HE may have made his first on-screen appearance more than ninety years ago, but in 1989 he showed his happy face at Marks and Spencer, Southampton.

Cue sports have enjoyed a long life – stretching back to their inception in the 15th century.

THE annual event was one which saw local residents flock to the streets to catch a glimpse of the colourful and humerous floats as they trundled down the road.

IF SAINTS are to survive, they absolutely must learn how to close out games.

SAINTS cannot afford many more missed opportunities if they are to survive this season.

IT’S TIME for everyone connected with Saints to take stock, a deep breath and get ready for a massive few weeks.

THIS game was a stark reminder that ultimately no matter what the fans or administrators do off the pitch, it is the players on it who will decide the team’s fate this season.

IF EVER there was a game that typified Saints’ season and underlined just why they are where there are in the table, this was it.

PRESSURE or no pressure, relegation battle or title tilt, there are certain basics you need to achieve to win games of football.

WHATEVER the long term future may hold for Saints, they have given themselves short term hope.

FOOTBALLING miracles do sometimes happen, but the chances of Saints getting one to keep them up looks very slim indeed.

SOMEHOW the pitch invasion at the end of Saints’ 2-2 draw with Burnley rather summed up not only a woeful season but a miserable few years.

IT SEEMS very un- Saintslike, almost unnatural, to go into the last day of the season with nothing to play for.

A NUMBER of schools are closing across Hampshire amid the coronavirus outbreak.

A NUMBER of schools are closing across Hampshire amid the coronavirus outbreak.

A HAMPSHIRE charity has provided food for pupils entitled to free lunches during the school shutdown.

A COUNCIL has announced schools across Hampshire will continue to support children throughout the Easter holidays in a bid to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

A LEARNING Support Tutor from Eastleigh has been shortlisted for a national innovation award.

A COLLEGE in Eastleigh has ranked as the best in Hampshire and tenth nationally for student achievement rates.

AN EX-Barton Peveril student has been nominated for "Rookie of the Year" after playing football at an American college.