News Teaser Page

Hi,

For this simple task (my initial assumption), I want to create a "News" page like

http://www.visitsouthall.co.uk/News/News.php

Each "News" item is in a table row.
If a "News" item image exists, it is displayed on the rhs of the row (can be table column).
A line/something is used to indicate end of news item.

I have played with Views to generate a page of teaser listings.
With contemplate I can only alter the teaser part.

Before I start getting lost with PHPtemplate,
can some one advise what modules I need and describe in simple steps how to achieve the above.

I want control over what is displayed and how it is played.
Basically I want to replicate the php code and css in Drupal.

Thanks.