Archive 2008You are in: South Today > News Archive  A Sussex University study is carrying out research to discover ways to reverse the decline of bees.  A man has been using the cooking oil from his Brighton chippy to fuel his fleet of taxis.  A tape which is the only recording of a Beatles performance in Kansas City gets auctioned.  A former nurse from Lancashire is saddling up for her first day as a cowgirl in Dorset.  Take a tour around the QE2 before it heads for retirement as a floating hotel in Dubai.  A £1.2m robot surgeon is to be used to carry out operations at Reading's Royal Berkshire Hospital.  An insight into the life of the first man to carry out a powered flight in the UK in 1908.  A man has invented a device which prevents people from being dazzled by the bathroom light.  National Trust workers have been tracking changes in the deer population in Dorset.  Two windsurfers attempt to become the first to cross the English Channel between Cherboug & Poole.  The belongings of the last remaining survivor of the Titanic have fetched more than £30,000.  A man who wanted to end his life due to depression has written a book about his experience.  A shire horse has been clearing an area of national historical importance on the Dorset border.  A group of children have helped rescue a boy who slipped down a steep bank into a stream.  A Sussex charity has organised Christmas boxes full of treats for Armed Forces in Afghanistan.  A probation service has begun to pay ex-offenders to help get criminals away from their addictions.  A vintage American Cadillac that has been put up for auction in the New Forest.  A group of Dorset school children have helped rescue a boy who slipped down into a stream.  A Sussex man who accidentally cut off his arm with a chainsaw has been recovering in hospital.  A centre that helps injured fire fighters in West Sussex has benefited from a £1.8m renovation.  A couple spent three months collecting and recycling litter to pay for their honeymoon flight.  Wiltshire Police have announced plans to tackle prostitution in Swindon. You are in: South Today > News Archive |
