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Trio have eye for top designs
THREE Southampton Institute students are celebrating after winning a competition to design the trophies for the prestigious Daily Echo Hampshire Business Awards. Melissa Caterer, 19, Anna Sunderland and Louise Oliver, both 20, are in the second year of
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Peter takes chair
PETER MURNAGHAN, transport policy team leader with Hampshire County Council, has been elected chairman of the southern section of the Chartered Institute of Transport. He has many years' experience in the transport, having started working in the railway
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Taking Steps to stardom
THEY came from all over Hampshire, dreaming of one thing. Stardom. Bright and bouncy, the energetic teenagers poured into a dance centre hoping to get their big break in showbiz. Dozens of hopefuls turned up at The Point, Eastleigh, to be put through
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We're tyred out but quids in
WHEELS were in danger of catching fire as members of the Boys' and Girls Brigade set a scorching pace around Southampton Common. The Wheels Around the Common sponsored event got into top spin with the wheels including decorated bicycles, prams, buggies
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Lyndhurst traffic chaos fears
LYNDHURST traders, already reeling from parking charges, fear Bank Holiday bottleneck chaos looms for their village. In the latest traffic-calming move, chunks of concrete have been laid on the edge of the road through the centre of Lyndhurst and two
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Gun held to boy's head
A HAMPSHIRE schoolboy pointed a gun at a classmate's head and threatened to kill him - because the terrified youngster told teachers that the teenager had stolen a hole punch. Anthony Ballard, 15, was told by a Southampton Crown court judge: "This was
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Jacobs and Lara keep West Indies hopes alive and well
IT may not exactly have been a case of winning One For The Gipper but the West Indies gave coach Malcolm Marshall the best possible pick-me-up as they kept their World Cup hopes burning. Ridley Jacobs was the man with the biggest spoonful of tonic on
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Blankley's the key to finding Case successor
BASHLEY are holding fire on the vacant manager's post until they have heard back from assistant boss Barry Blankley. Gary Parsons, acting chairman of the Dr Martens League Southern Division club, will wait to find out Blankley's intentions before deciding
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TECHNOLOGY developed at Southampton University is set to play a significant role in the changing fac
The new technology emerging from the opto-electronics laboratories will enable the mass production of low- cost optical devices for new communications networks. Headed up by Dr Richard Laming, research undertaken at the university has been crucial in
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New boat boosts rescue group's life-saving service
LIFE on the ocean waves got off to a flying start for the new Gosport Rescue 3 lifeboat. The boat will carry a team of trained divers to take part in underwater search-and-rescue operations. She has a top rate of 30 knots, carries three radios and will
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From the scrap heap to top of the pile
IT WAS literally a case of triumph over adversity - and a glowing example of people power. A few years ago one of Hampshire's activity centres faced almost certain closure because it was too much of a drain on the public purse. But a campaign involving
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Sweeden sour for Beattie
SAINTS Player-of-the-Year James Beattie has been ruled out of the England Under-21 squad to face Sweden and Bulgaria. The bustling striker goes into hospital on Thursday to have surgery on the hernia which has plagued him for the last five months of the
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Le Roux in a class of his own with 65
RECORD-BREAKING Jon Le Roux won the Hampshire MatchPlay qualifying competition by a distance at Royal Winchester yesterday - then landed potentially the toughest first round draw. When the Hampshire PGA event actually goes into matchplay at Royal Winchester
