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NEW FORSET - GCSE Results
A WATERSIDE school has beaten the odds with a crop of outstanding GCSE exam results. Staff at Dibden Purlieu's Noadswood School were delighted to have seen their pupils take on the exams with a gusto that produced such a host of smiles yesterday. The
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Winchester - GCSE Results
THE GCSE results have confirmed Winchester's schools as the most consistently high performing in Hampshire. The district's schools are reporting record years. While the teachers pored over the statistics the pupils were, in the main, enjoying the release
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Road misery for drivers
MONTHS of motoring misery are on the way for thousands of Hampshire commuters who use the busy A31 across the New Forest. The Highways Agency has unveiled plans for major resurfacing of the worn out westbound carriageway from Stoney Cross to Picket Post
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Karate kick kid fells attacker
A KARATE kicking Southampton schoolgirl fought off a would-be attacker with her self-defence skills. Rachel White, 12, a provisional black belt in the martial art, was walking home along The Valley footpath, in Sholing, when the attack happened. A middle-aged
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Mountbatten remembered
A PROLONGED period of nation-al mourning followed the death of Lord Louis Mountbatten - 20 years ago today - and few places felt the loss more deeply than his home town of Romsey. The IRA bomb also claimed the lives of the Dowager Lady Brabourne, the
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Hungerford poised for title encore
HUNGERFORD are set to become only the third club in the past 20 years to win back-to-back Peter Cooper Volkswagen Southern Leag-ue championships. They need a maximum 13 points from tomorrow's home match against basement boys Hambledon to be assured of
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Keegan backs captain Shearer
KEVIN KEEGAN believes that England will benefit from Alan Shearer's omission from the Newcastle side by Ruud Gullit - as the striker will have a point to prove. Shearer's evident troubles at Newcastle, amid constant reports of a deep rift between him
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Wilson vows to go back to basics
DANNY WILSON is to go back to the drawing board ahead of tomorrow's visit to The Dell in a bid to save Sheffield Wednesday's season from ruin. The Owls have suffered their worst start to a season since they were relegated in 1989-90 with one draw and
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Youngsters pass survival test
NEW Forest youngsters added a few strings to their bows this school holiday - learning how to survive in the wild. A group of them have spent a week in Hartford Wood, Beaulieu, making huts from bracken and branches, and cooking on an open fire. And that's
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SOUTHAMPTON - GCSE Results
IT'S not often that pupils turn up a full hour-and-a-half early at school. But then again, not every day is results day. There was mounting tension yester-day as more than 100 teenagers awaited their GCSEs at Cantell School in Bassett, Southampton. They
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In Port
Today's Southampton arrivals: Francop, container, 0100, 206W; Valentine, ro-ro, 0630, 105; Seahawk, ro-ro, 0730, 25; Pelayo, container, 0900, 206W; Estoril, ro-ro, 1030, 201; Sonia, general, AM, 47; Atlanticar, ro-ro, 1230, 30; Challenger, research, 1400
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Ford workers' bumper pay bid
WORKERS at Southampton's Ford Transit factory are hoping for a bumper pay settlement this year. Unions representing thou-sands of workers at car giant Ford around the country are to seek a "substantial'' pay rise, two hours off the working week and retirement
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Fareham and Gosport - GCSE Results
SQUEALS of delight almost drowned out the bleep of mobile phones as pupils rushed to spread the good news about their GCSE results. And the news was good in schools and colleges in Fareham and Gosport although not all students scooped masses of As and
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Port acts over nines date fear
FEARS that a quirk of the calendar might trigger the millennium computer bug four months early are forcing the port of Southampton to introduce special safety rules. There are concerns that computers might read Thursday, September 9 as 9/9/99 and cause
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Station masters chuffed to bits
THEY are the station-masters. . . the men whose task is to take the strain out of train travel. Railwaymen Ian Faletto of Sway Station, and Carl Collins of Southampton Parkway, both work to make the British commuter happy - and they are definitely on
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Son loses battle for mum's home
A PROPER-TY company broke into a 93-year-old woman's home while she was in a nursing home in a bid to take possession of it, a court heard. Workmen changed the locks at the house while dementia sufferer Freda Wallis was in the nursing home. The incident
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Blacked out by cheap TV scam
POLICE are probing an alleged satellite TV viewing card scam which has left at least one angry Hampshire pensioner £130 out of pocket. Two people remanded by magistrates in connection with other charges in Yorkshire are under investigation. The allegations
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Hampshire are baffled by Kirtley
HAMPSHIRE launched a spirited fightback at The County Ground last night after suffering a first-innings nightmare in their PPP County Championship match against Sussex. With Sussex fast medium bowler James Kirtley wreaking pure havoc, Hampshire crashed
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Boa waits on debut
DAVE JONES must decide whether to give new signing Luis Boa Morte a debut at home to Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow following his midweek move from Arsenal. The Portuguese winger joined his new teammates for training yesterday but may have to settle for
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EASTLEIGH - GCSE Results
FOR a number of years Thornden School has been top of the county pops when it comes to GCSE exam results for non-selective entry schools. And another crop of stunning successes from the Class of '99 looks set to preserve the Chandler's Ford com-prehensive's
