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Travel pound
Travel pound Austria 20.27 Belgium 59.44 francs Canada 2.39 dollars Cyprus 0.84 pounds Denmark 10.98 kroner Euro 1.54 euro Finland 8.76 marks France 9.66 francs Germany 2.88 marks Greece 484 drachma Holland 3.24 guilders Hong Kong 12.44 dollars Ireland
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In Port
In Port Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Arcadia, passenger liner, 0630, 106; Falstaff, ro-ro, 40/41, 0730; Lembitu, ro-ro, 0730, 25; Leo Leader, ro-ro, 43, 1600; Connemara, general, 1800, 204E; Ville De Virgo, container, 2000, 207; Argyrom, general
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Esther backs new childline
A NEW child helpline for youngsters in care in Southampton has been backed by TV star Esther Rantzen. The free phone line aims to give youngsters in the care system a way of asking for help if they need it. It has been set up in response to government
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Law puts paid to theme park plans
A COUNCIL-inspired scheme to put a giant theme park on Southampton's waterfront is against the law, leisure chiefs have discovered. Plans to put some of the biggest white-knuckle rides in Europe on Mayflower Park in a deal with a touring theme park company
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Clarke punishes slapdash AFC
AFC BOURNEMOUTH have only themelves to blame for collecting only a point on Saturday. They tossed away countless chances and that let Stoke escape with a Division 2 draw which the in-form Midlanders hardly deserved - even though the Potters ended with
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JONES CRIES FOUL AT REFS
Dave Jones today mounted a passionate defence of Kevin Davies - sent off in Saints' 2-1 defeat at Leicester. Davies had been on the field as a substitute for just nine minutes on Saturday when he was dismissed for a lunge on Gerry Taggart. In the heat
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BASIC ERRORS LET FOXES IN
If only the Saints defence had been as strong as that mounted by Dave Jones after Kevin Davies was sent off! The manager's press conference should have been the usual speech about careless errors and loss of concentration at key moments. Instead it was
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Dinghies gift buoys school
HAMBLE School has just received a surprise gift from the South's marine industry. No sooner had head teacher Ian Knights attended a meeting of the Southern Marine Industries Association to talk about his school's plan to attain specialist college status
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Darren is top youth worker in county
DARREN Tait, of King Alfred Youth Activities Centre, Winchester, has just been named Hampshire Youth Worker of the Year. As well as helping out several times during the week at the centre in Middle Brook Street and at weekends in Wales and Cornwall, he
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Pool campaigners in rescue package plea
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save a swimming pool are calling on Southampton council chiefs to meet them halfway in forming a rescue package. Controversial moves to close Frank Johnson pool in Bassett could be ditched if a community trust scheme can be worked
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Playful Frankie turns up
FRANKIE didn't go to Holly-wood - the wandering ferret was spotted in the Co-op in Bedford Place, Southampton. The playful ferret, who shot to fame after the Echo told of his habit of stealing lodgers' mobile phones at his owner's guesthouse in The Polygon
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Charity in pink
TEACHING staff at a Fareham borough school thought their eyes were deceiving them when they turned up for work recently. Children at Locks Heath Junior School dressed in all the colours of the rainbow for a special charity day. The pupils put on their
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Droppin in on a dream
IT WAS an ambition ex-soldier Andy Keenan feared would never be realised. All the former sapper from the Royal Engineers dreamed of when he joined the Army was successfully completing his first parachute jump. On his 18th birthday that's exactly what
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Ex-presenters launch legal battle
THREE of the South's top presenters were today beginning their legal battle against the BBC after they were sacked for setting up their own media company. Ex-BBC South Today news reader Alex Lush, her husband James and business partner Richard Williams
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Burner to destroy mad cows
A £17 MILLION incinerator is to be built in Hampshire to burn hundreds of thousands of tonnes of cattle infected with mad cow disease. Based near Southampton Water, the incinerator will dispose of more than 1,000 tonnes of flesh and bonemeal every week
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Gosport struggle to win scrappy affair
GOSPORT & FareHAM beat Andover 10-6 away in the NPI Intermediate Cup second round on Saturday - but for 50 minutes, any kind of score seemed unlikely. Defences were firmly on top and induced any number of errors as both sides struggled to find a way
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Bold Esso run out of gas after fightback
Esso looked to be staging a magnificent fightback in their friendly with United Services on Saturday - but they ended up losing 19-15. They recovered well from a 14-0 half-time deficit with Jason Jones, Gwilym Rees (tries), Gus James (conversion, penalty
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Abbott double denies Linnets more cup glory
Lymington & New Milton's dream to turn Fawcett's Field into the killing fields with another major FA Cup scalp were cruelly shattered by a late double blow from Aldershot ace Gary Abbott. After embarrassing Dr Martens Premier Division outfit Clevedon
