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Walkies leads to £800 boost
DOG lovers at a Southampton pub have presented an animal charity with £800 worth of pet food after a sponsored walk with man's best friend. Twenty regulars, some of whom borrowed dogs for the day, took part in the noisy outing organised by the Star and
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Company fury at 'waste of money'
ONE of Fareham's largest employers has hit out at a planned prosecution by the borough council over its continued use of a depot. Hughes Waste Management Services, which has 700 people on its books, is determined to fight on despite the threat of court
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Revitalising the old rail-way link
HAMPSHIRE travellers could know by the end of the month whether a £10 million railway scheme, which would help to solve Eastleigh and Southampton's commuter blues, is still on track. Last January the Daily Echo revealed how Anglia Railways had unveiled
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Lake fears spur water sports ban
HUNDREDS of water sports enthusiasts have been banned from using stretches of water at Eastleigh Council's Lakeside Country Park after a pollution scare. Warning signs were due to go up today after routine water quality tests revealed abnormally high
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Pompey's creditors face huge losses
POMPEY'S creditors face the prospect of being left severely out of pocket when the share-out is divided up later this month. The club's unsecured creditors will have to settle for a take-it-or-leave-it agreement of 6.8p in the pound at the meeting on
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Same again after Island whitewash
THE whitewash of the Isle of Wight in their opening Middleton Cup match came as no surprise to Hampshire manager Peter Kemp. Following the 145-98 victory at Southampton Sports Centre (as reported in Monday's Echo) Kemp confessed: "I'd have been disappointed
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Sarah's in class of her own as teacher
WHEN 25-year-old Sarah Perry embarked on a teaching career two years ago, little did she think she would be awarded the accolade of the South's best new teacher. Now she's the toast of hundreds of pupils at Woolston Secondary in Southampton as her win
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Park and slide: A great day out
MORE than 1,000 children with special needs have been given a special day out at Paultons Park. The children, from Hampshire and parts of Wiltshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight and West Sussex were given their treat as part of the Rotary Kids Out day being
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Moore makes merry music at school visit
RISING young music stars won high praise from celebrity astronomer and composer Patrick Moore when he visited their Chandler's Ford school. The host of BBC's Sky at Night programme dropped in on the Merdon Avenue Junior pupils to give his blessing to
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Vosper talks over a pie and a pint
BOSSES at Southampton shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft have offered to meet workers and union officials down the pub to thrash out a solution to the deepening strike crisis. Personnel director Colin Reed says he is happy to hold talks with the workforce
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Walking bus is one step ahead
PLANS for Hampshire's first walking school bus have won the overwhelming support of Winchester leaders. The scheme, to be launched by Sun Hill Infants' School, will aim to reduce the number of cars travelling to and from the site during peak hours. Members
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Troops prepare to police peace
HAMPSHIRE troops are today on standby to keep the peace in Kosovo. They will join a multi-national peacekeeping force after Serb generals put their names to the agreement which should end the 11-week conflict. As Serbian troops were reported today to
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Euro poll is big day for busy Matthew
THE chairman of Romsey Labour party will go out to vote today, as doubtless all his predecessors have before him. But what is unusual about Matthew Cain is that today's European elections will give him only his first opportunity to vote. The youngest-ever
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Vandals wreaked damage at hall
MARAUDING vandals smashed five windows in the foyer of Fair Oak Village Hall in Shorts Road causing £450 worth of damage. Now, an appeal has gone out for anyone who saw or heard the wreckers to come forward. Fair Oak and Horton Heath Parish Council clerk
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Class field do battle
SATURDAY'S second round of The Reel Care Knockout Cup on Longbridge sees, on paper, a clash which would grace the final, with defending champions Cormorants A taking on last year's runners-up Sillybait Sensational. Throw in two other Sillybait sides full
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YORKSHIRE bowlers past and present dominated a day of fluctuating fortunes at Basingstoke.
Chris Silverwood took a season's best 5-43 to have Hampshire all out for 206 after Robin Smith had decided to bat first. But then former Yorkshire bowler Peter Hartley reminded his old county that he is not a spent force by taking two quick wickets when
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Jones is a class act
WORDS of praise from Danish boss Bo Johansson will probably not ease the pain felt by Paul Jones today. But the Southampton goalkeeper has done his credibility as a genuine international goalkeeper no harm at all, despite the 2-0 defeat Wales suffered
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Hampshire look toward batting hero
BARRY RICHARDS could be back in the Hampshire fold later this summer as their coach. The former South African batting star, pictured above, currently commentating on cricket's World Cup, has been approached by the county as they carefully monitor the
