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Australia 2.4259 dollars Austria 20.38 schillings Belgium 59.96 francs Canada 2.3327 dollars Cyprus 0.8553 pounds Denmark 11.11 kroner Euro 1.5282 euro Finland 8.8589 marks France 9.7397 francs Germany 2.9147 marks Greece 485.65 drachma Holland 3.2695
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Abbie plans her Kenyan venture
A WINCHESTER student is preparing to undertake a gap-year with a difference. Abbie North, 18, from Hursley, near Winchester, is to learn Swahili intensively for three days before flying off to Africa to teach English to a classroom full of Kenyan youngsters
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DISABLED PENSIONER STILL WAITING FOR £15,0000
DISABLED pensioner Sam Maggs is still waiting for justice after being fleeced of his life savings by his doctor. The 88-year-old has not received a penny of the £15,000 he was duped out of by his GP. And while partially-sighted Sam waits for his cash
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Is it the end of the pier for landmark
TWISTED burnt-out remains, once the glory of Southampton's historic Royal Pier are set to carry on crumbling away. This is despite growing public pressure in the city demanding urgent moves to improve the decaying site with local calls for pier owners
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Lovell opens Pompey account in style
NEW FOREST teenager Steve Lovell beat "one of the best goalkeepers in the business" to score his first goal in professional football at Fratton Park last night. Lovell, 18, a £250,000 buy from AFC Bournemouth less than a fortnight ago, celebrated his
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Kingfisher links up with Internet giant
STORES group Kingfisher, owner of Hampshire-based B&Q, has teamed up with Internet company AOL Europe to launch Netscape Online, a new subscription-free Internet service. It will begin in September, co-branded with Kingfisher company Woolworth and
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Echo Shares
3i 851 +1 AB Ports 338 +2 Abbey National 1036 +8 AIM 235 +15 Alldays 70 -2 Allders 124 +1 Alliance & leics 814 +2 Allied Zurich 784 -2 AMEC 266 +1 Avon Rubber 592 BAA 639 -4 Bass 841 -5 British American 497 -8 Blue Circle 458 -6 Beale 99 BAe 478 +
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In Port
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: CMA Hakata, container, 0430, 204; Estoril, ro-ro, 0730, 201; Pacific Breeze, ro-ro, 0730, 34/5; Varangerfjord, ferry, 1545, 25; Triumph, general, 1630, 47; Klooga, general, 1700, 36; Torrent, general, 2200, 107;
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Children love ocean commotion
GOSPORT children caused a bit of a commotion with glitter and glue at the town's library. Around 30 four to eight-year-olds and their mums created a fish mobile at a free morning session. The Commotion in the Ocean event had a real fishy feel to it as
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Schoolwork gets a holiday boost
NEW PUPILS at a Totton school have got off to a flying start with the help of local MP Julian Lewis. The New Forest MP was on hand at Testwood School to take questions posed by the 30 children attending the school's Flying Start summer course. The two-week
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Historic poster may go abroad
A RARE poster which captures a famous moment in Southampton's maritime history could be lost to the city forever. The poster, designed by artist Donald Maxwell to mark the opening of King George V graving dock on July 26, 1933, is to be auctioned at Christie's
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Immigrants held at murder scene
SEVEN illegal immigrants were arrested yesterday at the Hampshire farm recently at the centre of one of the South's biggest murder cases. Little Abshot Farm, near Warsash, was raided in a joint operation by immigration officers and special branch detectives
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INTREPID DENNIS'S BRAZIL-BOUND
HE'S given hope to count-less people across the globe in dire need of aid during his 75 years. Tireless Hampshire great-grandfather Dennis Lillywhite refuses to rest until he has done all he can to help orphans and those suffering appalling illnesses.
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Legal fight over MMR vaccination
THREE Hampshire families are to sue a pharmaceutical company over the MMR vaccine which they claim caused massive brain damage to their children. Legal aid has been granted to the Page and Abrams families, both of Fareham, and the Mort family, of Winchester
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Tories set out on candidate search
EASTLEIGH Conservatives have already begun the hunt to find a candidate to fight the next general election and to restore the constituency back to Tory hands. The party lost its grip of the former Tory stronghold in the crucial 1994 by-election called
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Pompey teenagers torment Torquay
TWO goals by Luke Nightingale and a home debut strike by Steve Lovell sent Portsmouth strolling towards a place in the Worthington Cup second round. The 18-year-old strike pair turned teenage tormentors, scoring all three goals as Alan Ball's "shadow"
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Saints swoop for Boa Morte
SAINTS are close to completing a major coup by signing highly-rated Arsenal striker Luis Boa Morte. They are thought to have agreed a fee with the Gunners for the 22-year-old winger who was at The Dell yesterday for personal talks. Manager Dave Jones
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Mad for it - Who ate all the Pasties
AS I tour the away grounds of the country with the mighty Saints I assess their facilities with a little help from a different pie taster each week. This week it was Dave Hughes of Winchester which he describes as: "A nice suburb of Southampton." His
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Paul getting clear view of title race
PAUL HORTON is back on track to win the National Hot Hatch Championship after an extraordinary winning performance in torrential rain at Silverstone. The Chandler's Ford driver had to battle on for three-quarters of the race without windscreen wipers!
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Born-again Beale turns clock back
THE big Ken Hall international motocross event is back at Langrish for its traditional August Bank Holiday slot - and one of the event's old favourites is back too. Graham Beale from Lymington is riding in the MR Thumpercross round, for four-stroke machines
