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Travel pound Austria 20.61 sch Belgium 60.44 francs Canada 2.41 dollars Cyprus 0.86 pounds Denmark 11.23 kroner Euro 1.55 euro Finland 8.85 marks France 9.83 francs Germany 2.93 marks Greece 494.65 drachma Holland 3.30 guilders Hong Kong 12.43 dollars
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In port
In port Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Francop, container, 0100, Con Term; Kitano, container, 0900, 204; Black Rover, military, 0930, Marchwood; Sir Tristram, military, 0945, Marchwood; Pelayo, container, 1100, 205E; Tango, ro-ro, AM, 30; Jervis
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Flood of protest meets heath bid
HOMES could be flooded as a result of plans by English Nature to cut down an area of woodland, New Forest residents have warned. People living in Sandy Down, Boldre, say the 16-acre patch of pine and birch in the heart of their village is vital to keep
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Beryl roll sout a long career
SHE'S hanging up her ladle after 32 years slaving over a hot stove - but Beryl Beckles intends to carry on making cakes even after retiring. Mrs Beckles has been queen of the kitchen at the boys' boarding house in Kings' School, Winchester, ever since
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Zoo helping species with latest baby
MARWELL Zoo's latest arrival, Hayley the baby zebra, has been pulling in the crowds at only 13 days old. The stripy bundle of ruffled hair is the fourth foal to be born to mum Wendy at the attraction near Winchester. Hayley is an endangered Grevy Zebra
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Disabled on move
A SCHEME giving disabled people the chance to get out and about in Southampton city centre has been hailed a great success. More than 360 people have registered to use the electric wheelchairs and scooters at Southampton's Shopmobility, Castle Way, which
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Pub gets garland for best blooms
A RIOT of colour outside a Fair Oak pub has run away with the top accolade in Eastleigh council's Borough in Bloom competition. Known as "the pub with the flowers", the Fox and Hounds at Crowd Hill was chosen as the outstanding entry in the 1999 competition
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Ball wants the same again in West End!
SAME FACES, same performance, same result - it's not much for Pompey manager Alan Ball to ask for tomorrow's trip to Shepherd's Bush. Having ended their worrying four-game losing streak emphatically with Tuesday night's 5-1 win over Walsall, Ball will
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JONES OUT TO SETTLE SCORE
Paul Jones aims to exorcise a few more ghosts tomorrow as Saints go for a quickfire double over Liverpool at The Dell. Last week's dramatic Worthington League Cup win over the Merseysiders went some way towards easing the pain of the seven goals Jones
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'Freezing' Ellen in third spot
Battling against 45-knot winds and 20-foot waves, Ellen MacArthur is heading up the English contingent in the Transat Jacques Vabre Race and after seven days at sea lies third on Aquitaine-Kingfisher with co-skipper Yves Parlier. The fleet of 11 monohulls
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Beadsworth in record-breaking form
Andy Beadsworth has won a record fourth RYA National Match Racing Championship title in Weymouth - despite determined opposition from 1997 RYA National Match Racing Champion Ian Williams. Beadsworth and his Soling crew of Richard Sydenham and Barry Parkin
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Jobs saved in swift buy-out
ORE than 60 jobs have been saved in the region after Sherwin Oliver negotiated the sale of collapsed Hampshire engineering firm Queensbury International. The Portsmouth firm called in receivers earlier this month, but the engineering company has now been
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Runner is kids' star
GREAT South Run competitor Andrew Warner visited the Hampshire KIDS Family Centre at Fareham to present a £305 cheque to the Salterns Lane centre for its Reach for the Stars appeal. He raised the cash through sponsorship for his running exploits. He completed
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STADIUM KICK-OFF
JUST two weeks after Saints plans for a new Dell were finally agreed neighbours Pompey have hit back with an £80 million stadium development. The Portsmouth scheme will mean the redevelopment of Fratton Park and include a huge retail site plus a new £30
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U-turn by health chiefs over Justin
HEALTH chiefs have made an astonishing U-turn by promising young Hampshire seven-year-old Justin Gregory high-quality artificial limbs for life. The pledge comes from managers at Portsmouth disablement service centre, where the boy's Southampton family
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Surgeon gets all clear to resume operations
A HEART and lung surgeon at Southampton General Hospital has been cleared following an investigation into his clinical competence. The internal probe was launched into Narendra Bhatnagar after one of his colleagues expressed concern about his clinical
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Doubts over city housing project
CONCERNS about the future of Southampton's inner-city revamp project led opposition politicians to abstain from a vote on appointing directors to the decision-making board. Lib Dem and Tory city councillors couldn't bring themselves to vote for a housing
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Ripley in race for Reds' visit
Stuart Ripley was today hoping to prove his fitness for tomorrow's re-match with Liverpool to give manager Dave Jones a clean bill of health. Apart from the club's long-term casualties, Ripley is the only doubt after being forced off at half-time against
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Fans are drawn to new Planet
CROWDS in Southampton have this week been proving that Return To The Forbidden Planet is still out of this world. Despite launching itself originally more than ten years ago, the Bob Carlton show has been drawing thousands to the Mayflower again, this
