Archive 2008You are in: South Today > News Archive  An ice cream man from Wiltshire demonstrates how to create the perfect cone.  A spot marking the place where Lord Nelson died has been in the wrong place for more than 100 years.  A unique Two Ronnies script penned by the late Ronnie Barker, has been put up for sale.  Worthing is likely to be home to the county's major hospital, it has been announced.  A couple in West Sussex have started to grow olives on a commercial scale.  New government figures have shown a large drop in many native bird species since the mid 1990s.  A woman who stole from her husband's law firm to fund her gambling habit has been sent to prison.  Dorset police put Olympic security plan on hold as they wait for funding.  BT's decision to remove dozens of phone boxes in Wiltshire has provoked fierce opposition.  Some 200 rare bee orchids have been mown down mistakenly by a West Sussex contractor.  The MoD is set to sign a £4bn deal to build two aircraft carriers at four UK sites, including Portsm  A new exhibition has opened in Hampshire focusing on the sinking of a liner in World War I.  Confidential health records of more than 38,000 patients have gone missing.  A man faces separation from his wife of more than 60 years because he has to go to a care home.  A violent Hampshire rapist has been jailed for 15 years for a string of sex attacks.  Up to 200,000 people have lined the streets of Portsmouth to welcome home their FA Cup winning team.  Portsmouth manager, Harry Redknapp has said he has no intention of leaving Pompey.  Two members of Portsmouth Football Club's victorious FA Cup squad have their winners' medals stolen.  Thousands of football fans have attended Portsmouth's FA Cup victory parade.  An edible playground which aims to encourage children to grow vegetables is exhibited.  The government is expected to give the go-ahead for two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy.  A £500m project to create an underground natural gas storage facility in Dorset gets the go-ahead.  Hundreds of homes in West Berkshire are still not fit for people to live in, 10 months after floods.  An unsafe playground at a Reading school has been given a full makeover with lottery cash.  Hurst Castle prepares to host a wartime concert to mark the restoration of its garrison theatre.  Rupert Lowe and Michael Wilde have been appointed directors of Southampton FC's parent company.  A pair of identical twins, who suffered an unusual condition, have celebrated their first birthday.  A man who murdered his wife and left her body in a car roof box has been given a life sentence.  A former Olympic diver is jailed for 42 charges of assault and indecency against three girls.  Inquests have been opened into the deaths of 10 patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.  Britain's biggest ever butterfly conservation project has been launched in southern England.  The match day boardroom steward at Fratton Park, recalls Portsmouth's 1939 win in the FA Cup.  Parents of a teenager who has left home to live with her 26-year-old boyfriend, want her back.  An MP filmed riding a quad bike with no insurance has been disqualified from driving for two months.  Offenders sentenced to do community work have been given the task of painting railings.  Organisers of the Farnborough Air Show have given a taste of what July's spectacular will bring.  An artist has created a garden that criticises the shortage of Army equipment for troops in Iraq.  Pompey prepare themselves ahead of their game against Cardiff in the FA Cup final.  A Dorset council admits to mounting covert surveillance against fishermen gathering shellfish.  A murderer stuffed the body of a woman in a suitcase before setting it alight, police have revealed.  Jane Austen's home, a popular museum, could be renovated and expanded if a lottery grant is awarded.  Police are investigating whether a man jumped or fell when he plunged from a pier in Southsea.  A leading school has said every child in the country should be taught the story of Britain.  Pompey fans have been queuing up to have their picture taken with the FA Cup in Portsmouth.  Parents who lost out in Brighton's controversial school admission system, have begun to appeal.  Plans to drill an exploratory oil well in ancient West Sussex woodland has been criticised. You are in: South Today > News Archive |
