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Travel pound
Today's foreign exchange rates Austria 20.62 Belgium 60.45 francs Canada 2.42 dollars Cyprus 0.86 pounds Denmark 11.23 kroner Euro 1.54 euro Finland 8.85 marks France 9.83 francs Germany 2.93 marks Greece 494.72 drachma Holland 3.30 guilders Hong Kong
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Refitting success
THE Safmarine containership SA Winterberg has sailed out of Southampton docks after the successful completion of a wide-ranging refit in the city's A&P shipyard. SA Winterberg is the last of four Safmarine ships to have undergone work at the A&
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Top marks for special school
A SPECIAL New Forest school for children with learning difficulties and complex needs has Top marks for special school overshadowed a host of mainstream schools by picking up a prestigious national science award. Oak Lodge School, in Dibden Purlieu, is
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Millennial music tuned to Twyford
A CHANDLER'S Ford school has been providing a musical stage for the build-up to the county's millennium celebrations. The recent controversial history of Winchester's Twyford Down has been captured musically as part of Hampshire's Millennium Composition
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JASON HIT AS HE SAT NAKED AND CRYING
SOUTHAMPTON toddler Jason Dorricott was forced to sit naked and crying on a potty for five hours and slapped in the head and kicked by his father when he tried to get off, a court has heard. The two-year-old was repeatedly smacked in the back of the head
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Baby born in bathroom
COOL-headed Southampton dad Anthony Hill turned midwife when his wife unexpectedly started to give birth on their bathroom floor. Anthony, 26, had escorted Joanna to the car minutes earlier, but she suddenly realised the journey would take too long. So
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Boy plays truant to appear on TV
BBC's Kilroy programme persuaded a Southampton teenager to skip school - to appear in a television debate about truancy. Now city education chiefs have slammed the producers of the programme - hosted by former Labour MP Robert Kilroy-Silk (pictured) -
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Science park site is free of nasties
THE SITE for a new £10 million science park at Winchester has been given a complete clean bill of health following final tests for contamination. Extensive examinations of soil samples from Morn Hill have confirmed that there are no traces of deadly anthrax
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Park's new bandstand opens with a fanfare
A FANFARE heralded the opening of a new bandstand in one of Southampton's historic parks. The bandstand in Palmerston Park marks the completion of the first phase of work in the lottery and council-funded revamp of the city's central parks. The city has
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Reeling under the housing spectre
CONSERVATIONISTS and planners are gearing up for the biggest housing battle to threaten Hampshire this century. Within just two weeks of reaching an agreement on the number of new homes to be built in the county, the three major planning authorities have
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Taxi drivers face huge charges rise
TAXI drivers in Fareham borough face swingeing increases in charges - with some facing a hike of as much as 127 per cent. The increases have been set at a level to cover "reasonable" costs of administering the service in whole or in part, borough councillors
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Tennis: Brit wins to give more Pullin power
JULIE PULLIN led the way on a great day for the Brits at the $50,000 Ladies Indoor Challenger Tournament at the Hampshire Tennis and Health Club, Southampton. British number two Pullin, who will be 24 on November 5, came up with some fireworks as she
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Football: Former Saints manager dies
Former Saints manager Bill Dodgin Senior has died in Godalming, Surrey, aged 90. The Gateshead-born centre-half made 84 war-time appearances for Saints when the league programme was suspended, his only senior competitive games coming in the 1945-46 FA
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Premier CHATS TO PUPILS AT DOWNING STREET
IT'S not every day you have a surprise meeting with a world leader, so children from a Hampshire school made the most of their once-in-a-lifetime chance. Thirty pupils from St Anthony's Primary School in Titchfield Common near Fareham found themselves
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Cunard deal all shipshape
CARNIVAL Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, has become outright owner of shipping line, Cunard, which has its European headquarters in Southampton, in a multi-million dollar deal. The move is good news for Southampton docks as it underlines
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Shipping movements
Today's principal arrivals and departures Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Oriana, passenger liner, 0630, 106; Clare, ro-ro, 0730, 25; Kinterbury, military, 0900, Marchwood; Arroyofrio Uno, ro-ro, AM, 30; Autoroute, ro-ro, 2200, 201. Today's principal
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Men found dead on isle were disabled
TWO young men found dead in an Isle of Wight cottage were both physically and mentally disabled, it has emerged. The bodies of the pair, aged in their early 20s, were discovered by police in a rented country cottage near the yachting village of Bembridge
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Football: Matt's race against clock
Matthew Oakley has seen a back specialist in a bid to get himself fit for a second crack at Liverpool on Saturday. The in-form Saints midfielder limped out of last week's Worthington League Cup win after jarring his back in the first half. The Echo/Courage
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Cycling: Rogers bows out a winner
Definitely my last race of the season, promised Gosport hard rider Paul Rogers (VC St Raphael Waite Contracts) after helping his club break a team record he helped to set in West Sussex ten years ago. The 35-year-old all-rounder has now completed almost
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Bowls: Champions bow to Banister Park
BANISTER PARK handed out a beating to reigning champions Victory on the opening day of the Hampshire Inter-club Leag-ue season. Although their margin of success was only ten shots, Banister Park took the contest 6.5-1.5 on points in a tight match where
