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Goddard sacked by Lions
HOWARD Goddard has been sacked by Sydenhams Wessex League outfit Andover after 16 months at the Portway Stadium helm. The ex-AFC Bournemouth and Newport Country striker got his dismissal letter yesterday but says the writing was on the wall last Monday
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Marie Jeanne, cargo, 0030, 36; Bowcliffe, cargo, 0200, 107; Nedlloyd Oceania, container, 0230, 204; Rega, cargo, 0330, 107; Marco Polo, passenger, 0630, 101; NYK Canopus, cont ainer, 0715, 207; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0900, 201
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Car dealer has a new audience
SOUTHAMPTON'S Nuffield Theatre has signed a sponsorship deal with city-based luxury car dealer Course and Beacham for its production of Hamlet. The company lent the Nuffield a Jeep for an onstage appearance in last season's production of When We Are Rich
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Bottom teams need to mind the gap
There is a dangerous three-point gap starting to appear at the bottom of Hampshire Division 1 - and for Eastleigh, Millbrook and Fawley, the time is now to close it. Although it is far too early to start talk of relegation - two are demoted at the season's
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Aurora hit by virus
HUNDREDS of passengers on a Southampton based cruise liner have been struck by a highly contagious stomach virus. Around 430 people on board P&O's flagship Aurora have been laid low by the noro virus, which causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea. They
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Shops close as cloud of smog from warehouse inferno covers town centre
FALLOUT from the massive inferno that ripped through a giant warehouse forced shops in a Hampshire town centre to close after staff complained of feeling sick. A heavy smog hung over Eastleigh more than 24 hours after the huge blaze which destroyed Import
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Public respond to murder plea
MURDER squad detectives investigating the disappearance of a time share salesman are working on new information received after a public appeal for help, the Daily Echo can reveal. They asked for people's help in a bid to piece together the last movements
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Students focus on finding a sponsor
BUDDING Southampton photographers are asking companies to help put their work on the map by supporting their exhibition. More than 40 students from Southampton Institute are putting on a show to mark the end of their three-year degree course in photography
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Hindu customs shared with fellow workers
ASIAN officers put on an exotic feast for the senses for fellow workers at South-ampton Customs & Excise when they held a special celebration for the Hindu festival of Divali. More than 100 staff attended the lunchtime party at Compass House in Romsey
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Warning over data act scam
BUSINESSES in Hampshire are being warned not to fall for a money-making scam run by a data protection company. Hundreds of firms have been targeted across the county by Data Protection Agency Services which has sent out letters demanding a £95 payment
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Trial date set for the Naked Rambler
HAMPSHIRE'S naked rights campaigner Steve Gough's hopes of completing his controversial walk from Land's End to John O'Groats has gone off track again. The 44-year-old Eastleigh father of two, who has been nicknamed the Naked Rambler, will remain behind
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All aboard school bus - for time being
WHITELEY parents are celebrating after the future of a vital school bus has been guaranteed for at least another year. In September mums and dads of pupils at Swanmore School clubbed together to privately hire a 21-seater bus that they pay £5 a day for
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Councillor 'just doing his job'
Sir.-The forced resignation of Phil Heath from his position on the county council's Cabinet is callous and anti-democratic. His "crime" is to represent his ward interests, reflecting his constituents' overwhelming view that they do not want the Manydown
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Support for Co-op's policy
Sir.-I write regarding the article "Sparks fly over fireworks policy" (Gazette, October 17) and wish to say that I support what the Co-op is trying to do. I have lived in Basingstoke for almost 20 years and feel that the anti-social behaviour problem
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Call for an end to suffering
Sir.-I see the Vyne and Craven Hunt will be joining a protest against the proposed Government ban on hunting with hounds next month. I also note their "declaration of non co-operation with any ban", meaning - presumably - their intention to break the
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Better location for skate park?
Sir.-The recreational and cultural Cabinet member on the borough council has recently approved the siting of a skate park on Brighton Hill Playing Fields. The approval of this facility was given prior to any consultation with the residents of Brighton
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ALIEN: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (15)
IN SPACE no-one can hear you scream... again! As a special Hallowe'en treat, Twentieth Century Fox is releasing a new digitally remastered version of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror classic. It has been re-cut by the director and includes new footage
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (18)
WHEN TOBE Hooper made his seminal slasher The Texas Chainsaw Massacre way back in 1974, his budget was minuscule, not even stretching to $150,000. What the film lacked in finance, it more than made up for with invention and splatter. Unfortunately, the
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ABOUNA (PG)
WHEN the father of a teenage boy and his little brother fails to turn up at a football match, where he was supposed to referee, they go in search of him. Abouna, which translates as Our Father, is set in N'Djamena on the Chad/Cameroon border. It follows
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THE BIG SCREAM
IF YOU love film but have difficulty getting to the cinema because you have no one to look after your baby, The Big Scream at Harbour Lights Picture House is for you. This new club, which is exclusively for parents with babies under the age of one, allows
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CINEMA LISTINGS
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 7th November. ALIEN: DIRECTOR'S CUT (15): See review. BAD BOYS 2 (15): Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up again as wisecracking cops Mike and Marcus, who are on a mission to stop a drug lord flooding Miami
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Five acres of land
A FARMHOUSE that started life in the 18th century as a dairy is now a family home, set in more than five acres of land on the edge of Watership Down country. Bishops Green Farmhouse is near to the village of Ecchinswell and selling through agents Knight
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Family-sized accommodation
A FAMILY-sized detached house that was built only four years ago is changing hands at an asking price of around £274,000. The property, which is in Vespasian Gardens in Basingstoke's new homes development of Park Village, is selling through estate agents
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Sold for refurbishment
A TURN-of-the-20th-century terraced house sold within three days of coming to the market through estate agents Fox and Sons. Priced at £179,950, the property was sold for refurbishment after having been rented out as bedsitter accommodation. The Norn
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Master suite in loft space
THE master bedroom suite of a Bryant Homes-built property takes up the complete eaves space, after having been designed as a three-storey home on the Gabriel Park development in Kempshott. The detached house is in Puffin Close and its master suite includes
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Special offer for investors
STRONG demand from buy-to-let investors on the Barratt-built city-style apartments of Crown Heights has led to the developers introducing a special package - including a dedicated local lettings agency and a special show home. Investors buying off-plan
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Ennios al Porto, Town Quay Road, Southampton
ACCORDING to Ennio's website, this was voted the best Italian restaurant in Hampshire by Coriere Della Sera, the "Numero Uno Newspaper of Milano". Quite apart from the oddness of the concept - I can't imagine a restaurant reviewer from the Southern Daily
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Myth of pilot's bridge stunt
THE frustration of patrolling the skies of Hampshire in a state-of-the-art dog-fighting aircraft while the war against Nazi Germany raged on the continent was all too much for one pilot. Flying his Curtiss Tomahawk back from Eastleigh to Odiham after
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Bashley boss Robson lines up double swoop
BASHLEY boss John Robson has returned from a working/scouting trip to Cambridgeshire with two new signings in the pipeline. He has used his extensive contacts in the game to line up two 19-year-olds for the Recreation Ground - Matthew Graves from Wealdstone
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Totton go Brown with Whites!
SOUTH African striker Stuart Brown is ready to fill the vacancy left by departed AFC Totton skipper Martin Whiddett. The tall 23-year-old targetman has joined Testwood Park on a dual registration from Salisbury City, where he has been struggling to pin
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There's no panic at Basingstoke
Basingstoke Town, who scored back-to-back Hampshire Senior Cup successes in the 1996 and 1997, will provide stiff opposition for Sydenhams Wessex basement club Whitchurch United at the Camrose Ground. Although Stoke are currently only mid-table in the
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Don't price us out of the skies
SOUTHAMPTON Airport's biggest airline, the no frills FlyBe, has warned that government plans to double air taxes would devastate the development of the regional flights business. Chancellor Gordon Brown is said to be proposing to raise air passenger duty
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I've won £50,000!
FOR ten years Ron Travers' wife had nagged him that he would never win the Daily Echo's Find the Ball competition. With just a £10 prize to show for a decade of faithfully filling out the forms, you have to say she might have had a point. But all that
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People have not forgotten
TOTTON, you made my arms ache. You really did. Such was your generosity as I stood collecting for The Poppy Appeal on one of your street corners that the cord from the moneybox left a deep groove in my wrist. Even if I had been allowed to shake it (which
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Trio join forces in bid to 'Bin the Din'
THREE MPs met on a motorway bridge in a fresh bid to put a stop to the noise pollution that is blighting hundreds of their constituents' lives. Mark Oaten, Sandra Gidley and David Chidgey converged on the Otterbourne Bridge over the M3 - the point where
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Much more than a one hit wonder
SOMETHING strange is happening. For 25 years, the name Dean Friedman could only be said with a suppressed snigger or a slight feeling of embarrassment. But recently the man who gave us the hugely popular but deeply uncool romantic duet Lucky Stars - about
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Bjorn Again -The Anvil, Basingstoke
GIVEN that Abba themselves are unlikely to ever reform - especially now the sulky blonde one, Agnetha, is living in virtual self-imposed exile - the existence of tribute bands like Bjorn Again must be of great comfort to hardcore fans. Now one of the
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Simply Red - Bournemouth International Centre
MICK HUCKNALL and his band are becoming a familiar sight to audiences in the south. The soulful outfit, currently busy promoting their latest best-selling album Home, make their third visit to the area in a year on Tuesday, following a previous performance
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In need of more than a facelift
Sir.-The death of one of the best community halls happened recently when the crusher pulled down the Pen and Parchment. Built for the community it was well used in the '70s with weddings, parties and clubs like the Pudding Club. The families that used
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IN THE CUT (15)
IF FILM studies lecturers were running out of sufficiently complex material for their students to analyse, they'll be rubbing their hands with glee when they see this movie. Indeed, even if you aren't a film studies student, you're unlikely to really
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Sought-after village location
A WEALTH of character is stored up in Anne's Cottage - a pretty end-of-terrace home in the sought-after Hampshire village of Greywell. The double-fronted cottage is listed and stands in the conservation area of the village, from where it has views across
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Off-road parking with house
A PERIOD-style turn-of-the-century town centre cottage in Basingstoke has been refurbished to come to the market at £175,000 through estate agents Chequers. The mid-terrace home has a stained glass front door and its lounge has a Victorian-style fireplace
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Buyers will be beaming
A TERRACE of village cottages is thought to have begun life in the 16th century as two Hampshire farmhouses. Now the largest of the properties in the terrace of Castlebridge Cottages, in North Warnborough, is on the market with a price guide of £315,000
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Three-storey home
ORIGINAL cast-iron fireplaces in the bedrooms and the original doors are features of a three-storey period property in Basingstoke. The semi-detached house is in Wallis Road, in the Fairfields area of the town, and went under offer within days, with the
