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Southern Water pleased with praise
SOUTHERN Water yesterday warmed to a pat on the back from Ofwat, the water regulator, for having experienced the lowest level of leaks of any of the ten water companies throughout the country. Chairman Ronnie Mercer said Ofwat had confirmed Southern Water
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Well-read pupils go to top of class
MASSIVE improvements in reading ability have been achieved by Gosport pupils in a pilot project. And now more schools in the borough are set to benefit after yesterday's official launch of the Better Reading Partnership. It is a scheme set up by Portsmouth
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Fear for stolen puppies
ANIMAL rescuer John Harding has hit out at thieves who stole a litter of three-week old puppies from his sanctuary. The pups had been in quarantine at the Animal Rescue Centre in Shirley Road, Southampton, and being stolen could have killed them. Police
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M-WAY MISERY
HAMPSHIRE drivers already suffering snarl-ups across the county are to face an even worse nightmare - massive roadworks on the M27. The Daily Echo has learned that the work at the M27 and its M3 interchange will overlap with the major motoring misery
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Cleric says church building has to go
A LEADING New Forest clergyman has defended plans to bulldoze a church used by a playgroup and other community organisations. A campaign has been launched to save St Bernard's Church in Southbourne Avenue, Holbury, following an application to replace
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Gas leak means rush-hour woes
PARTS of Southampton are set for rush-hour traffic chaos today as workmen dig up one of the main roads out of the city. Bitterne Road will be closed to eastbound traffic for five days at the Bitterne Manor bend near Northam Bridge. Transco, the gas pipeline
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Benson starts south division
CONSTRUCTION group Benson has launched a southern division based in Southampton. It's the first expansion on the South Coast since a venture capital buy-in for the group last year. The business also operates from offices in Reigate, London and Solihull
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TRAVEL POUND
Today's foreign exchange rates Austria 20.93 schillings Belgium 61.38 francs Canada 2.35 dollars Cyprus 0.87 pounds Denmark 11.40 kroner Euro 1.56 euro France 9.98 francs Germany 2.98 deutschmark Greece 501.48 drachma Holland 3.3 guilders Ireland 1.20
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SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
Today's principal arrivals and departures Today's principal Southampton arrivals: HMS Goodwill, container, 0100, 204W; Arno, ro-ro, 0730, 201/2; Elektra, ro-ro, 0730, 43/44; Sinbad, general, 0730, 107; Ouirgane, container, 1200, 204; Porthos, general,
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Duo capture village past
A FORMER Winchester primary school teacher and the former boss of a huge tyre and cable company have joined forces to produce Twyford's history book for the millennium. Entitled Twyford - Ringing the Changes, the book by Doreen Pearce and Stanley Crooks
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Adam's Tiger treat gives new energy
GOLFING superstar Tiger Woods has given courageous Hampshire teenager Adam Vaughan a new lease of life. The golf-mad youngster, who suffers from the incurable lung disease cystic fibrosis, has just returned from a dream trip to America to meet his sporting
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Hill tribute has TV fame
EASTLEIGH'S gold top tribute to its favourite adopted son, the late Benny Hill, is set to be beamed across screens nationwide. Footage filmed in July when Eastleigh mayor Jane Welsh unveiled a plaque close to the former site of Hann's Dorset Dairies where
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A bird's eye, phew!
BREATHTAKING: An aerial view of Southampton. Picture copyright of The Millennium Mapping Company and the Geoinformation Group IT'S being billed as the Domesday Book for the millennium - a photographic snapshot of the British Isles in 1999. But the Millennium
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London lead in search for Davina
POLICE were today travelling to London to follow up a fresh lead in the search for missing Southampton schoolgirl Davina Pillay. The 15-year-old Sholing Girls' School pupil contacted a friend at a university in the capital on Tuesday evening, officers
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Tennis: Telford title test for Wilkinson
SOUTHAMPTON'S Chris Wilkinson has been seeded number six for next week's national tennis finals at Telford. Wilkinson was number one seed last year but was knocked out in the first round by eventual champion Danny Sapsford. Since then the former British
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Football: Manchester City 4 - Pompey 2
IT WAS just before the end last night that Alan Ball stood up in the directors' box and doffed his cap. At first glance it looked as though it was in mock acknowledgement at the chanting Manchester City fans but on reflection it was probably in respect
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Football: Mark sets up dual deal
Mark Hughes looks set to stay a Saint for another year after agreeing a compromise deal to become the new Welsh manager. The FA of Wales wanted the Southampton veteran to take the post full-time when his current contract at The Dell expires at the end
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Bowls: Season is all over in an instant
PETER LINE'S pre-match words ran so true as Hampshire lost their grip on the Liberty Trophy at Watford. The team manager warned that Essex were no mugs and that on their day they could beat the best. And so it proved as bowling's indoor county champions
