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Under 11 Cup Finals
The Under 11 Cup Finals are to be held on Sunday 5th April at Andover Football Club. Sarisbury Sparks & Sportstars will contest the Sub Cup at 12 noon, while AFC Wolves & Hythe & Dibden Rangers will compete for the Daltons Cup at 2pm.
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Under 11 Cup Finals
The Under 11 Cup Finals are to be held on Sunday 5th April at Andover Football Club. Sarisbury Sparks & Sportstars will contest the Sub Cup at 12 noon, while AFC Wolves & Hythe & Dibden Rangers will compete for the Daltons Cup at 2pm.
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Whole city has massive part to play in saving Saints
SUPPORT your Saints to support your city. That’s the message from people across Southampton who have picked up the Daily Echo’s call to Save Our Saints by filling every seat in St Mary’s Stadium. From the classroom to the corridors of
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Severe congestion on M3 following rush hour crash
MOTORISTS are being warned of major delays following a crash on a Hampshire motorway this evening. Drivers are experiencing severe delays on the northbound M3 after a van smashed into the central reservation between junctions 5 and 4a near
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Hyundai Coup
SOUTHAMPTON’S new-est car dealer now has the official Hyundai franchise for the city. Richmond – which took over the Inchcape Renault site in March – is already Hyundai’s top UK dealer with franchises in Portsmouth and Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Richmond
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Insight - on you!
A FEELING of Big Brother is difficult to shift with the new Honda Insight – and women might not initially welcome the sense of being watched by car and not being totally in control. Features such as cruise control, automatic transmission and even radios
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Death crash pensioner freed from jail on appeal
AN elderly woman whose careless driving resulted in the deaths of a motorcylist and his 11-year-old stepdaughter was freed from her two-year jail sentence today. Three judges in the Court of Appeal in London ruled that the prison term handed
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Win tickets to see High School Musical live on stage!
The Co-operative Food, sponsor of Disney High School Musical Live on Stage, is offering Southern Daily Echo readers the chance to win tickets to the show at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre on Monday 27 April. There are 5 pairs up for grabs.
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Top model gives Saints her support
HAMPSHIRE pin-up Lucy Pinder is giving her support to the Daily Echo Save Our Saints campaign and is urging fans across the county to join her. The glamour model and life-long Saints fan said people need to ignore the boardroom trouble and
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Driver avoids jail after fatal crash
A HAMPSHIRE driver who killed a teenage motorcyclist after crashing into him has avoided a jail sentence. Daniel Cook was sentenced to a 12-month community order, doing 100 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for a year. The
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Music stars turned down for St Mary's shows
THEY are some of the biggest stars in the world – and they could have been playing in St Mary’s this summer. Club bosses were in talks to bring Take That, Rod Stewart and The Eagles to the stadium for a lucrative summer of music that could
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Man arrested after indecent exposure claim
A 30-year-old Fareham man has been arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure. It follows reports that a man had been exposing himself to dog walkers in Priory Park, Locks Heath. A police spokesperson said a man had been released on police bail until
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Could council buy St Mary's Stadium?
CITY council bosses last night refused to rule out a dramatic move to buy Saints’ stadium. The £24m debt on the ground is the biggest millstone round the ailing football club, but the Daily Echo understands the stadium could be available for
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Knifepoint robbery at luxury hotel
AN investigation is underway today after a knifepoint robbery at a luxury Hampshire hotel. Police were called to The White Horse Silks Hotel in Marketplace, Romsey at around midnight last night amid reports a man had approached staff with a blade. No
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Busy weekend ahead for Royal Southampton Yacht Club
It’s a hectic weekend for Royal Southampton Club racers with separate events on the water on Saturday and Sunday. Currently 65 yachts are entered to take to the Solent on Saturday for the opening round of the Club’s McGuigan Wines Double Handed
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Anti-fluoride group looks for support at public meeting
ANTI-fluoride campaigners will step up their fight against plans to add the chemical to Southampton’s tap water at a public meeting tomorrow. Hampshire Against Fluoridation (HAF) members will be talking to residents about their concerns
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Widow woke to find intruder standing by her bedside
AN elderly widow gave chase after waking up in the middle of the night to discover a burglar standing beside her bed. Eighty-four-year Lilian followed the intruder downstairs as he made his escape – only to discover that her home had been ransacked
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Sinister powder sent to councillors
AN investigation has been launched after packages containing a white powder were posted to the Hampshire homes of nine councillors. The Daily Echo understands that envelopes containing the unidentified substance landed on the doormats of Eastleigh
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Saints Trust calls for fans to 'get behind the team'
Supporters' organisation The Saints Trust is calling on Southampton supporters everywhere to forget the past and get fully behind the club in its darkest hour.The appointment of administrators this week to Southampton Leisure Holdings plc, the
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City's derelict building site is sign of the recession
IT IS a monument to the impact of the recession in Southampton. A half-built, rotting apartment block sitting derelict in the heart of one of the city’s most prestigious addresses. When construction started this time last year, it was hoped
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Elbow to headline Bestival
BRIT Award winners Elbow are to headline this year's Bestival music festival on the Isle of Wight. The Manchester band who have been riding high in their most successful year after scooping the Mercury Music Prize and Best British Group award at this
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Wotte: We're prepared for make or break fortnight
SAINTS head coach Mark Wotte says his players are ready for the testing challenge of four games in nine days. Saints resume their relegation battle after the two week international break and begin one of their busiest runs of games of the
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World’s leaders in last chance saloon
ALL the players have turned up, so now its the big game on, no place for the weak hearted. This is the last chance saloon for the world’s leaders to sort out the mess they have allowed to happen. It’s time for the greedy to pay their dues. The world
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Over 100 Norwich Union workers facing the axe
HAMPSHIRE employees of insurance giant Norwich Union are fearing for their jobs yet again after it emerged a further 103 workers face the axe. Unions attacked the profitable company for an “annual exercise in cutting thousands of staff” and
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Saints to use Jackson's Farm to escape points deduction?
Saints will argue that Southampton Leisure Holdings is a separate entity from Southampton Football Club as they bid to beat a ten-point deduction. In what has been a rapidly changing scenario, it appears the Football League board will definitely
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Brown should know pain – he caused it!
GORDON Brown (report, March 31) tells church leaders he understands the pain which the recession is causing. Of course he does! He helped create it. Was it not Mr Brown recklessly gambling on the public finances over the last 12 years which has saddled
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Wotte: It's business as usual
MARK WOTTE insists that he and his Saints squad remain fully-focussed on matters on the field after the club’s parent company went into administration. Saints’ head coach was keen to keep talk to football matters when he addressed the media
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Five capitals in one day for Chandler's Ford fundraisers
IT’S a fundraising drive inspired by the memory of someone who dedicated their life raising cash for good causes. Tomorrow this Hampshire trio will set off on a 24-hour whistle-stop tour of the British Isles – visiting all five capitals in one day.
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Scared, but she can handle it...
AN arachnophobe thinks that she may be cured after facing her eight-legged phobia head on. Cathy Nicholl felt that the only way to rid herself of her fear of spiders was to handle one. So with shaking hands, a racing heartbeat and a look of
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Garden centre boss cultivates TV slot
THE owner of a New Forest garden centre is hoping to turn thousands of new customers on to gardening after securing a regular spot on QVC, one of the top-grossing TV shopping channels in the world. As one of QVC’s new gardening experts, Patrick Fairweather
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Crunch’s grip easing?
THE availability of credit to individuals and businesses is expected to improve during the coming three months in a sign that the credit crunch may be easing, a report showed today. Around 15 per cent more banks and building societies said
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Kelvin: Administration news wasn't a huge shock
Saints captain Kelvin Davis admitted it came as little surprise when the players were told the gravity of the club’s financial situation. Manager Mark Wotte explained the severity of Saints’ predicament to his squad yesterday morning – but
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Parents warned after man approaches children
PARENTS are being asked to be on their guard after a man was seen approaching children in Winchester. The incident happened at about 11am on Wednesday when two 12-year-old children were walking along Stanmore Lane near the junction of Oliver
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Rupert's gone ... now it's time to fill every seat in St Mary's!
DAILY ECHO COMMENT RUPERT Lowe yesterday resigned as Saints chairman for the second time …... paving the way for thousands of staway fans to return to cheer on Saints in their ultra-crucial game against Charlton tomorrow. All season we have
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Death crash driver was over drink limit
A MOTORIST killed near Southampton was more than twice above the drink-drive limit and not wearing a seatbelt. An inquest in Winchester heard that Geoffrey Manns died instantly on the A27 Kanes Hill. His green Rover 214 collided head-on
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Referee Appointment Secretary
Please note that all Referee Appointment Issues should be forwarded to Dan Wilson with immediate effect until the end of the season Dan's details are as follows; danwilson3@hotmail.com.
