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Fortnums moves in to Shirley premises
PREMIUM car company Fortnums is expanding its operations by taking over the former BMW premises of Scotthall in Shirley, Southampton. It expects to create 12 new jobs before Christmas and says, when fully operational, it plans to have a total of 20 staff
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Daily Echo shows way as model print centre
Irish publishing chiefs are planning to build a brand new newspaper publishing complex just outside Dublin - and are using Newscom's Daily Echo centre at Redbridge, Southampton, as their model. Executives, management and union representatives from the
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Jet aircraft to make debut on Jersey route
FOR the first time ever jet aircraft are to be used on services linking Southampton International Airport with the Channel Island of Jersey. This is another significant milestone in the development of services out of the city's airport underlining its
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Prime ambition of little Matthew
HE'S six, he's blind and he knows exactly what he wants - to be Prime Minister. And Matthew Cooper's meeting with Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett, who is blind, this week is likely to spur him on even further. The plucky Saxon Shore
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Having a blast at scary do
FIREWORKS, frights and fanfares all went off with a bang as thousands flooded to the New Forest for Beaulieu's Great Spooks and Sparks Fireworks Fair. The South's most spectacular fireworks display set to music was the highlight of a day crammed full
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Victim glassed in furious pub brawl
POLICE are investigating a pub brawl in Winchester that has left one man horrifically injured. After the fight in Green's Wine Bar on Friday night a victim needed 27 stitches to his face and another was knocked unconscious. The fighting broke out in the
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SECRET GERM WARFARE TESTS
DETAILS emerged for the first time today of secret trials in which chemical clouds were sprayed across South Hampshire to simulate germ warfare attacks. A disused Royal Air Force station near Beaulieu was used to spray clouds across a 50-mile radius in
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Slow coach trains due to old excuse
LEAVES on the line have been causing problems for Fareham-bound commuters, despite the fact that Railtrack have two super new leafbuster machines. Frustrated passengers who should have arrived at the town station at 7.59am yesterday turned up more than
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JONES PLEADS NOT GUILTY
SAINTS boss Dave Jones today denied ten charges of sexually abusing and physically mistreating young boys. Jones, 43, pleaded not guilty to four charges of indecent assault and six of ill-treatment when he appeared before Liverpool magistrates this morning
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Milkman hero of the early morning
ANOTHER fire has broken out at a troubled complex of housing association flats in Eastleigh. Some residents had to be led from their smoke-filled homes by firefighters and electricity supplies to 11 flats were knocked out by an early morning rubbish blaze
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Anne backs city crime initiatives
PRINCESS Anne gave two new Southampton-based anti-crime initiatives a royal seal of approval yesterday. The Princess Royal, in her role as patron of national charity Crime Concern, gave a keynote address at a seminar held at Hampshire Police's Netley
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Football: Hirst hoping for all-clear
Saints striker David Hirst is today hoping to get the all-clear to resume jogging in his latest bid to resurrect his career. The £2 million club record signing has been out for virtually the whole of the past 15 months since suffering a career-threatening
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Golf: Extra school days make Andy happy
ANDY BEAL is among a rare breed of European golfers who actually enjoy the Final Tour School - seen by many of his fellow players as the modern version of the Spanish Inquisition. With around 170 golfers chasing fewer than 40 places on the European PGA
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Lights turn the clock back years
BITTERNE Park Triangle clock tower in Southampton was once again illuminated with four lights after a gap of more than 60 years when they were switched on over the weekend as part of the Triangle Traders' Hallowe'en street party. The lights - replicas
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Marsh creates 40 jobs
MARSH, the risk and insurance services firm, has launched a new insurance telesales and service operation to be based in Southampton, creating around 40 jobs over the next year. The new service, to be known as Marsh Business Insurance Solutions, has been
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Bonnie sails over the competition
HAMPSHIRE girl Bonnie Holt has been named regional winner in the BT British Nautical Awards. She wins the Marina Developments and Yachting Journalists Association young sailor of the year award for the Royal Yachting Association in the south. Bonnie,
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Retail miss to be rectified
IN the retail sector, Michael Green notes that while the region missed out on the initial boom in outlet centres, this is in the process of being rectified. Despite the sea change in government policy against out-of-town retail, schemes such as the Whiteley
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SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
Principal arrivals and departures Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Arroyofrio Uno, ro-ro, AM, 30; Hockenheim, ro-ro, AM, 105; Millennium, general, AM, 109; Celtic Ambassador, container, 1930, 207E; Adriana, general, PM, 36S. Sailings: Essen Express
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VIP visit to Dibden Bay
ONE of the world's most powerful shipping magnates has privately visited the port of Southampton and seen the proposed site of the controversial Dibden Bay container terminal, Business South can reveal. Dr Chang Yung-fa, chairman of the massive Taiwanese
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Asthma cure is one step closer
GROUND-breaking research at Southampton General Hospital has shown it may be possible to prevent allergic asthma in children while they are still in the womb. Doctors have found that mothers can influence whether their babies develop resistance to allergies
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Museum to house unique collection
A UNIQUE collection of more than 2,000 rare tools will form the centrepiece of a long-awaited museum in the New Forest. Plans to provide Fordingbridge with its own museum in time for the millennium have been given the green light by Hampshire County Council
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Snooker: Zagaroli suffers B&H loss
Chandler's Ford snooker star Daniele Zagaroli was unable to upset the odds as he lost to world number 70 Stuart Bingham in his first round match of the Benson & Hedges Tenth anniversary event in Malvern last night. He was spared the embarrassment
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Football: Ball offered police escort
POMPEY boss Alan Ball has been offered a police escort for tomorrow night's match with Manchester City, which marks his first return to Maine Road since his departure as manager. Scotland Yard's Football Intelligence Unit reacted after Pompey reported
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Golf: Consistent Rose is back in the old routine
THE second stage of the European Tour School brought joy and heartbreak for two of Hampshire's top players. A superb combination of scores - 70 67 68 67 - brought 19-year-old Justin Rose third place at Emporda but there was nothing but despair for Marchwood's
