SOUTHAMPTON will not
be getting a giant screen
beaming next month's
Beijing Olympics live into
the city centre - instead it
is going to south coast rival
Portsmouth.
MOTORING organisations,
council bosses,
business chiefs
and MPs have queued
up to criticise plans
to charge drivers up
to £5 a time to use a
special fast lane on
Hampshire's motorways.
A MASSIVE £1.56 billion takeover of supermarket chain Somerfield by rival the Co-operative Group has catapulted the combined company into becoming the biggest retailer in the region, by number of outlets.