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Travel pound
Travel pound Austria 20.53 Belgium 60.20 francs Canada 2.42 dollars Cyprus 0.86 pounds Denmark 11.18 kroner Euro 1.54 euro Finland 8.84 marks France 9.79 francs Germany 2.92 marks Greece 92.26 drachma Holland 3.29 guilders Hong Kong 12.44 dollars Ireland
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High hopes of further refits
SOUTHAMPTON'S A&P shipyard could be in line to win further prestigious refit contracts before Christmas. The prospect comes as the workforce successfully completes a £2 million four-vessel contract for ship operator Safmarine. During a visit to the
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In port
In port Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Autoroute, ro-ro, 0730, 201; Setubal, ro-ro, 0900, 43; Norasia Toronto, container, 1500, 204. Today's principal Southampton sailings: Urgench, general, 0800, 47; Hamburg Express, container, 0900, 206; SA
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Doner found for baby Beth
A TINY Hampshire baby has been thrown a lifeline after a nationwide search to find a bone marrow donor. The plight of little Beth Heaton, who suffers from a rare blood disorder, touched the hearts of thousands after an appeal for help to save her life
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Warning goes out over bait-digging
BAIT diggers targeting a stretch of some of Hampshire's most beautiful coastline are being warned they could face prosecution. Groups of diggers have been visiting Swanwick Shore - a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a conservation area - at low
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Parish hall is set for millennium
A LONG-awaited £200,000 renovation project to provide villagers near Winchester with an up-to-date parish hall for the millennium has been completed. The scheme had been in the pipeline for more than a decade and work finally got under way on refurbishing
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Brits in the tournament spotlight
BRITISH girls took centre stage as the ITF Women's $50,000 indoor tennis tournament got under way in Southampton today. After two days of qualifying competition at the Hampshire Tennis & Health Club, the main draw began with six Brits scheduled to
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Top players want to cash in
HAMPSHIRE have had to say "thanks - but no thanks" to three international cricketers because they are not as flushed with cash as people think. As Alan Mullally put pen to paper yesterday to join Shane Warne in the Hampshire line-up for next season, Hampshire
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Mullally completes full circle
IT HAS taken 11 years for the web circle to close and the Spider to end up where he started. And who'll be waiting for Alan Mullally next summer None other than his old teammate, Shane Warne. It's possibly stretching a point to call Spider and the Spinner
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Praise for young refs with community spirit
Two Young Saints are whistle happy after being nominated for community service awards. Our picture shows Carl Stevenson and Richard Charrett (right) who have been rewarded for acting as referees at the club's Saturday morning fun sessions at Oaklands.
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A ticket to the jungle
Young Saints will be going ape this week over a chance to win tickets to see the new Disney animated film Tarzan. To coin a phrase from another Disney classic, he's the King of the Swingers, the Jungle VIP. And he will be bounding into the Odeon at Leisure
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Pupils show metal for green cause
WHEN it comes to promoting the green cause, Eastleigh's Crescent Primary School pupils are clearly top of the class. For they have been so successful at gathering clean aluminium for recycling that they have won educational prizes adding up to £50. And
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Children plant bulbs for future
Pupils of Lyndhurst Infant School took part in a mass bulb-planting exercise for the millennium. More than 1,000 bulbs were planted in the grounds as part of the millennium bulb campaign, organised by Mary Fagan, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, and backed
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Best-seller of all time is a Phantom
THE fastest-selling show ever staged by Southampton's Mayflower Theatre has already taken more than one million pounds at the box office. It has been revealed that 60,000 tickets - £1.5m worth - have been sold for Phantom of the Opera, even though it
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Limbs campaign sparks a review
THE Daily Echo's Make a Difference campaign has received a massive boost. It has sparked a sweeping government review of the NHS's artificial limbs provision. And health minister John Hutton has revealed he wants to make well-fitting life-like limbs available
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Gardeners awarded for displays
SOUTHAMPTON'S top gardeners were declared blooming marvellous at an awards ceremony in the city's Guildhall. More than 40 individuals and groups collected silverware and certificates as the annual Southampton in Bloom competition drew to a close. There
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Mad for it - Referee was a right card - and the pies weren't much better!
What a week! A last- minute goal to us and a club who have more boardroom troubles than we do. What was that ref at Leicester doing He'd been dodgy all game before he sent off Davies for the same challenge that Heskey had just got away with. Then, just
