Archive 2008You are in: South Today  A stricken cargo ship sinks in rough weather a day after its crew was rescued during a storm.  Thousands of tonnes of timber wash on to south coast beaches after a cargo ship sinks off Dorset.  A total of eight swans die at the source of the bird flu outbreak in Dorset.  RSPCA officers find and rescue scores of neglected horses, ponies and donkeys.  Training programmes carried out at Deepcut army barracks are to be moved to Hampshire bases.  Soldiers marched through Winchester in a parade which was recognition for their work in Iraq and Afg  A Reading man returns from Iraq after helping to rebuild a bridge damaged during conflict.  Over 15,000 police officers gather in London to protest over pay.  The police carry out a crackdown on organised gangs who steal rolls of cables.  Investigation delays of a racist attack on a sailor who later died, fustrates family in Goa.  Police in Berkshire struggle to keep up with a spate of quick-hit burglaries.  Jewellers in Brighton have been on alert after a theft of a ring worth £17,500.  Police are hunting a motorist who posted footage of himself on the internet driving at almost 125mph  The Isle of Wight is to get the largest shake-up of education for nearly 40 years.  An Isle of Wight school that is under threat of closure has had a £1m investment.  A family celebrate the successful bone marrow transplant of four brothers with a rare condition.  The Scottish FA board confirms the move to make George Burley the new Scotland mananger.  Fire crews have been tackling a major blaze at a country hotel.  A fireman is called to a road accident, only to discover his son was one of those injured.  A mother and daughter talk about a kidney transplant that changed their lives.  A girl learns to live with a genetic disorder that means she could be poisoned by her own food.  The world's last 16th Century warship the Mary Rose is awarded a £21m grant.  An exclusive tour of the largest cruise ship in the world.  Aldershot army base has been chosen as the official training camp for the British 2012 Olympic team.  Eighty-eight monkeys in a South American laboratory have been rescued by a primate sanctuary.  Fisheries along the Itchen report a worrying increase in wild salmon found carrying a parasites.  Hampshire's Marwell Zoo has been counting its stock as part of a national animal audit.  A man finds Bronze Age axe heads in a muddy field in Dorset.  A retired academic has collected art worth million pounds, some likely to go on public display.  A restored 150-year-old school bell at an Isle of Wight primary has rang out once again.  An IT manager from West Sussex gives up his career to trek to the South Pole.  A collection of old film awards have been found in the cellar of a care home in Berkshire.  Dorset's Thomas the Tank Engine event has been cancelled because the Fat Controller needs training.  A Hampshire teenager hopes to forge a pop career in Korea.  One of Reading's pubs has set itself up as the town's first Polish hosterly.  A garden in Dorset starts to import a tree which is more resistant to Dutch Elm disease.  Wendy has a paddock full of miniature donkeys, just 20 inches tall when fully grown. You are in: South Today |
