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Hants consider Isle of Wight return
HAMPSHIRE are considering playing their first County Championship match on the Isle of Wight since 1962. The MCC will stage a match at the new £2m ground at Newclose, near Newport, next year and Hampshire are also interested in using it as
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Romsey convent’s Miracle Room to be demolished
IT was the scene, it is claimed, where a miracle happened. But now a room at a Hampshire convent where a nun was brought back from the dead by a saint who had himself died 200 years earlier, is to be demolished. The spot where the Blessed Louis
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Udal announces retirement
Former Hampshire captain Shaun Udal has announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 41, bringing to an end a career spanning 22 seasons. Off-spinner Udal, who played four Tests and 11 one-day internationals for England, first retired
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New Focus is so appealing
WITH the new Ford Focus coming in the new year, Ford has launched a high specification special edition run-out Focus that will continue to be available throughout next year alongside the new model, combining sporty style with a comprehensive feature list
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2010 IRC Solent Series – Day 7
Although the day started cold and misty, the sun soon came out to shine on the competitors in the last day of the 2010 IRC Solent Series. It was the Royal Yacht Squadron’s day, and the course from the Squadron line was a classic “Cowes Week” course
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Gentle giant murder: Nine quizzed
It was a killing that shocked a community. The death of gentle giant Shawn Williams sparked a huge manhunt across Southampton and police spoke to hundreds of residents on a city housing estate. The decomposed body of the 42-year-old was found in woodland
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Nissan's new SUV has the X Factor
NISSAN has launched its revised X-Trail sports utility vehicle (SUV), with attractive pricing and enhanced economy, emissions and tax liabilities. Revisions include an updated exterior design plus new levels of interior quality, comfort and functionality
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CCADS: Our House
THE winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, Our House is a compelling tale of right and wrong, heartbreak and comedy, life and love set to the non-stop classic hits of Madness. Sixteen today, in love for the first time, the world is changing
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Chesil Theatre: Bedroom Farce
WINCHESTER’S Chesil Theatre present one of Alan Ayckbourn’s most popular plays as their October production. Bedroom Farce was commissioned in 1974 for the soon-to-be-opened National Theatre. The action takes place in three bedrooms but it is not a
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Julian Clary, the lord of laughter
“I’M loving being over 50. I’m a much happier person now. I get more content with every decade.” Julian is relaxing in his dressing room before a show in Newbury. Dressed casually in a green T-shirt and tattered jeans before he dons his fabulous stage
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Romeo & Juliet at The Mayflower
RUDOLF Nureyev’s award-winning production of Romeo & Juliet visits Southampton celebrating English National Ballet’s 60th anniversary next week. Nureyev’s unforgettable staging of Shakespeare’s famous love story is revived by Patricia Ruanne who originally
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The Overcoat at The Nuffield
TAKE an extraordinary journey through an intoxicating world as the award-winning physical theatre company Gecko – fresh from an international tour – reinvent Gogol’s famous short story The Overcoat at The Nuffield from Tuesday to Saturday. In this hugely
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£16.8m cocaine bust by Hampshire warship
A HAMPSHIRE-based warship caught a gang of drug smugglers with cocaine worth £16.8m by sneaking up behind them. HMS Manchester “stalked” the small fishing vessel being used by the drug traffickers throughout the night operation in the Caribbean
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City has most polite drivers
Southampton is home to the most respectful drivers in the UK, a new report revealed today. The poll, carried out by AXA Insurance, showed that 85 per cent of drivers waited for pedestrians at zebra crossings in the morning, increasing to 87 per cent
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Two arrested after baby boy dies
TWO people have been arrested after the death of a three-month-old baby in Hampshire, police said today. The baby boy was discovered not breathing in a flat in Hillsley Road, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth. He was taken to the Queen Alexandra Hospital by ambulance
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Ex-Pompey star Defoe fined £800 for using phone while driving
FORMER Pompey footballer Jermain Defoe was fined £800 today after admitting using a mobile phone behind the wheel. But the Tottenham Hotspur and England striker, who already has a series of convictions for motoring offences, avoided a ban after
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Air rifle fired close to primary school
WINCHESTER police arrested three teenagers after an air rifle was fired several times close to a city primary school. A man was struck by a pellet but was unharmed, said a police spokesman. A delivery driver was also targeted and a pellet lodged in
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Anderson expected to be fit for Ashes
The England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed James Anderson suffered a cracked rib during England's pre-Ashes training camp in Germany but expect the paceman to be fit for the first Test on November 25. Anderson struggled during the 5-0 whitewash
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Teenager ‘told me he’d planted bomb’
THE owner of a vehicle repair business described how a teenager confessed to putting a home-made bomb under a car, which blew up and wrecked it. Murray Smith, who runs Auto Perfection on the Allington Manor Business Park, said Robert White
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Pupils go loco over works visit
IT was full steam ahead for these Hampshire schoolchildren as they went on a special day trip to help them learn about life on the railways. Year 6 pupils from Scantabout Primary in Chandler’s Ford visited the Bruce Knights Railworks in Eastleigh
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The Delays
SOUTHAMPTON favourites Delays end their 11-date tour with a triumphant return to their hometown tomorrow night. The indie foursome, Greg and Aaron Gilbert, Colin Fox and Rowly, are set to rock Southampton University tomorrow night to bring the dates
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Local Bands with Xan Phillips from showcaseuk.tv
For many bands being paid is the most pressing aspect of music at the moment. This plight was highlighted recently by DJ Hammy, who lamented on Facebook that so many musicians were doing DJ sets to supplement their earnings, that maybe he should form
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PREVIEW: Johannes Moller, guitarist
YOU could say Johannes Moller is officially the best guitarist in the world right now! For he was recently awarded the top prize in the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition, which is widely recognised as the
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Muntu Valdo’s African blues
HE mixes African traditions with striking modernity and technical mastery, building up layers of sounds with loops and samples. An outstanding guitarist, singer and harmonica player, Muntu Valdo’s music is firmly rooted in the blues. First making a
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An oldy but a goody
THEY just don’t make them like they used to. Much as I’m wowed by 3D, IMAX and all the incredible innovations in cinema, which allow us to get booted in the face by a toy cowboy or take flight with a bunch of aliens, there’s nothing quite like an old
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Oscar winning film at a village hall near you
OSCAR winner Julian Fellowes’ new film, From Time To Time, is showing at a number of village halls in Hampshire this month. Beginning in Stockbridge on Wednesday and visiting areas including Brockenhurst, Frogham, Romsey, Ringwood and Hythe, comes the
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The Manics are on the up
THROUGHOUT their 20-year career, Manic Street Preachers have swung between the most extreme of extremes from dense post-punk records to sweeping melodic tracks and everything in between. Postcards From A Young Man, their tenth album, is another change
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Relief as forestry body survives axe
A HAMPSHIRE MP has praised the Government’s decision to retain the body that manages most of the New Forest. Ministers have revealed that the Forestry Commission is not among the publicly funded quangos being axed as part of the attempt to tackle
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Big drop in number of dole claimants
PLUNGING numbers of dole claimants across Hampshire are being hailed as evidence that the county economy is recovering from the recession. The number of Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants has fallen by about a fifth in the past six months and by a
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Nigel Adkins enjoying football gossip
Transfer speculation is usually a manager’s pet hate – but Nigel Adkins loves it. With the January transfer window still more than two months away, Adam Lallana has been linked with a new year move to Premiership club Birmingham. Saints boss Adkins
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Pompey clash Saints fan jailed
A SOUTHAMPTON soccer fan caught up in the violent aftermath of the Southampton v Portsmouth FA Cup match in February was jailed for six months with a six year football banning order. Joseph Sheldrake, 22, was seen pushing and holding the fence
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Southampton hotel offers iPad incentive
SOUTHAMPTON’S De Vere Grand Harbour hotel is offering a free Apple iPad, pictured, for any business bookings above £25,000. The offer, which covers events booked before November 30, is part of a new marketing campaign designed to bolster its meetings
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A lesson in weight loss from Harriet
A SLIMMER who lost a life-changing 15st in just over a year has reached the finals of a national competition. As the Daily Echo reported, 25-year-old Harriet Jenkins has literally become half the woman she used to be, going from 26st 7lb to
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I’ll go to court to stay in UK
A DESPERATE mum will launch a High Court battle to keep her family in Southampton. Iranian Sara Shakeri fled her country with her husband Saba four years ago as political asylum seekers because of their involvement in anti-government activism
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Friday October 15
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: CMA CGM Vela, container, 0200, 205; Sagittarius Leader, vehicle, 0630, 43; Black Watch, passenger, 0700, 101; Morning Calm, vehicle, 0730, 40; India, container, 0830, 206; Autosky, roro, 0900, 31; Huelin Dispatch
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Tragic death of New Forest teenager
A NEW Forest teenager has tragically died, despite a battle by doctors and paramedics to save him. Jack Boothroyd, 15, who was born 11 weeks premature and suffered severe lung disease as a result, was taken ill on the village green at Milford. The
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101 dance crew representing the south in major championships
THEY started from nothing, using the dance floor of a nightclub, but six months later a Southampton group will take on some of the best street dancers in the country. Members of 101, a dance crew of 12 to 26-year-olds, will represent the south
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Cabinet backs plans for solar panels on homes
BIDDERS are being invited to name their price as Winchester City Council seeks to install solar panels on up to 2,000 houses. Cabinet members backed the project when they met at the city’s Guildhall yesterday. Tory opposition councillors
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Athletes get £200k revamp of city track
RISING athletics stars in Southampton have been given a boost with a £200,000 revamp of the city’s running track. A new surface, at the Outdoor Sports Centre near Bassett, has been laid to ensure that the track complies with International Association
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Alcoholic admitted beating up a truck
A JUDGE told a former butcher from Southampton that he was too old to be vandalising trucks parked in the street. Self-confessed alcoholic Frayne Elliot of Languard Road, Polygon, admitted criminal damage after he began kicking a van. Southampton
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Man admits sex with underage girl
A MAN, who admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl, was further remanded in custody. Shane Kemp, 20, of St Helier Place, Southampton, pleaded guilty at the city crown court over a prison video link to two counts of having sexual activity
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Jobs fund for servicemen
PERSONNEL leaving the armed forces in Hampshire are being offered help to find new jobs. Hampshire County Council has approved a grant of £10,000 to support a major jobs fair for staff leaving the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The aim
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Man collapsed on visit to GP
A SOUTHAMPTON man who collapsed while he visited his doctor’s surgery died from heart failure, an inquest has heard. Denys John, 57, of Roundhill Close in Midanbury, was receiving treatment for the Hepatitis C infection as well as alcoholic cirrhosis
