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Cyd the snake makes do with a light lunch!
CYD the snake took the phrase "light lunch" to a new level - by getting her chops around a 25-watt lightbulb. Adventurous Cyd, a long North American bull snake, swapped her usual diet of dead mice for a candle bulb after she took a shining to it at her
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Mum is flushed with new arrival!
BOUNCING baby is a term that suits little Chloe Chick down to the ground. For the four-day-old girl had a more dramatic entrance into the world than most other newly-borns. Indeed the baby, who weighed in at a healthy 6lb 5oz, almost found herself in
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Jubilation time in millennium city over £40m boost
FOR the men and women who market Southampton as a major regional centre, it was the icing on the cake. The news yesterday that the city had been asked to stage the first ever Millennium Youth Games sparked as much entrepreneurial greed as pride among
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Pace bowler Taylor snatched by Sussex
WINCHESTER pace bowler Billy Taylor has been signed by Sussex - two years after being snubbed by Hampshire. Taylor, 22, signed a one-year contract with Sussex yesterday after a series of impressive Second XI Championship performances. He snapped up 15
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Johnson strikes Notts advantage
PAUL JOHNSON demonstrated once again why he is one of the most destructive batsmen in the country to help Nottinghamshire build up a commanding position in their County Championship match against leaders Hampshire at Trent Bridge. Johnson blazed his way
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SWIMMING: Sydney hope Hudson quits
WINCHESTER'S Glenn Hudson has retired from international swimming - for a career in the Royal Marines. Hudson, 21, a top-flight international freestyler who was expected to challenge for an Olympic place in Britain's Sydney 2000 team, had his last high-level
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Race hate man faces eviction
A CONVICTED racist who drove a couple out of their home following a year-long campaign of abuse is to be evicted from his Hampshire council flat. For the second time this year, Southampton City Council has won a case to throw out one of its tenants on
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Forest hotels hit by slump
A MASSIVE slump in bookings has hit hotels in the New Forest, sparking fears that some establishments could close. A huge number of tourists are turning their back on the area and booking bargain flights to the sun. Cheap mortgages, the strength of the
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Darts: Shirley fall to Pompey in decider
SHIRLEY missed out on a place in the British Champions' Cup regional finals after defeat by Portsmouth in the deciding match. But the Hampshire Ladies' Super League side battled for the single place and Lisa Bowring levelled in the second after Jenny
