Fareham, England News

A HAMPSHIRE council has admitted is has one million pounds of taxpayer cash tied up with a troubled Icelandic bank - although other councils insist their money is safe from the country's banking crisis.

Shoppers were treated to live music as they enjoyed a visit from a farmers' market.

Ted Briggs, who was the last survivor of the sinking of the battle cruiser HMS Hood in World War Two has died in Portsmouth, his naval association said.

There are fears IT systems serving a new regional fire centre to cover a large area of the southeast, including West Sussex, could be vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

A PENSIONER has been paid 20,000 by a bus company after she was badly injured when a driver pulled away before she got to her seat.

WITHERED, brown and looking old before their time. No, it is not a description of an ageing sun worshipper, but the sorry state of Hampshire's horse chestnuts.

Three-times Olympic medallist Kriss Akabusi told charity bosses they needed to keep ahead of the rest of the field in an 'inspirational' speech.

A DAMAGING "turf war" looks set to break out in Hampshire after the right to run a chamber of commerce in the north of the county was awarded to a Sussex rival.

It was once the quiet and forgotten end of the town centre. But the western end of West Street in Fareham came alive this weekend.

Drivers coming into Portsmouth on the motorway this morning were left scratching their heads because overhead message boards were displaying gibberish.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a large blaze in Wickham last night . Around 14 tons of recycled cardboard was totally destroyed.

EIGHTEEN months ago she was found abandoned wondering through Hampshire woodland by a concerned RSPCA officer.

A MAN was hit around the head with a metal rod while a second attacker kicked him during an assault in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Open the roads into our town to traffic - " that is the demand made by an overwhelming majority of residents who took part in a survey.

Two youths have been charged following an investigation into a large number of graffiti tags that have been sprayed across southern Hampshire.

Four people walked away unharmed after the car they were travelling in hit the central reservation and careered right across a motorway.

A sports club and community has been rallying around its 'Mr Boxing' who has been struck down with a fatal disease.

A RESIDENTIAL home for the disabled near Fareham was engulfed in a fire drama last night.

THEIR boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do. They may not be jumping out of planes or swimming the Channel but two Hampshire charity workers are determined to match the fighting spirit of ...

Fareham has been named as one of the most bloomin' marvellous places in the region.