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SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
Today's principal arrivals and departures Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Towing Wizard, tug, 0100, 35; Dependia, general, 0100, 102/3; Hermann C Boye, general, 0530, Marchwood; Maas, container, 0600, 205; Inka Dede, container, 0630, 204W; Saga
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Churchyard gets heaven-sent help
PENNIES from heaven have rained down on a New Forest church thanks to a £50,000 trust fund left by a local millionairess. The recently-published will of Anna Audrey Crossley, who is a distant cousin of Belinda, Lady Montagu, reveals she left behind an
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basketball star recovers and wants to Play for England
A HAMPSHIRE teenager has made a miraculous recovery from the deadly brain bug meningitis to be selected for England Schoolboys basketball squad. Peter Knight was rushed to hospital after being struck down with the disease six weeks ago. Doctors believed
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Hearing aids are rationed
HUNDREDS of people with hearing difficulties are being denied free hearing aids because hospital bosses in Southampton cannot afford to buy them. Hearing aids are being rationed to "urgent" patients only, while others are being dumped on a two-year waiting
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TWISTER TERROR
FAMILIES across southern Hampshire were staging a massive clearing up operation today after a mini tornado left a trail of havoc. Houses lost their roofs, beach huts were smashed to smithereens and vehicles had their windows sucked out as the twister
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Darts: Not on the bull
Darts fans have accused Meridian for not being on the bull when it comes to their sport. Darts has returned to the ITV network for the first time in 12 years as a head-to-head battle between the two current world champions - England's Phil Taylor and
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Football: Half time scores
Half time results from the top clubs in the South ASTON VILLA 0 - SOUTHAMPTON 0 PORTSMOUTH 1 - BIRMINGHAM 0 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 - CARDIFF CITY 0 Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion
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FOOTBALL: FULL TIME SCORES
Full time results from the top clubs in the South ASTON VILLA 0 - SOUTHAMPTON 1 PORTSMOUTH 2 - BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 1 - CARDIFF CITY 0 Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the
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Basketball: Stars' bonus game brings bonus for fans
Solent Stars are slashing prices for tonight's National Basketball Trophy quarter-final at home to Coventry (8pm) as a thank-you to the fans for their loyal backing. They have knocked £1.50 off the admission which means children get in for half price
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Food: Monster meat
Since the dawn of time, meat has been the mainstay of our diet. While prehistoric man had his work cut out hunting and slaying his fodder, today we're faced with challenges of a different kind. There's the jungle of the supermarket to contend with and
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Gardens: Wyld Court, near Newbury
TO US, they look like ferns, but to a dinosaur, they might look like lunch! It is curious that the dinosaurs themselves became extinct millions of years ago, whereas many of the plants eaten by Jurassic herbivores have survived, and are still flourishing
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Apache made Richard rock
IT IS difficult to believe the record Apache by Hank Marvin and The Shadows was once so ground-breaking it sent shockwaves through young listeners. But BBC Radio Solent's Richard Cartridge can remember the day Cliff Richard's backing band caused the sensation
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Man robbed of Rolex
JEWELLERS across the South were put on alert today after a Southampton City College lecturer was robbed of his £3,350 Rolex wristwatch. The 51-year-old was knocked unconscious when two teenagers pounced on him as he left after lectures between 6pm and
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A creeping death with no cure
MALCOLM Marshall's untimely death has drawn attention to a disease which claims around 17,000 lives every year in the UK alone, yet there is no screening programme to combat it. Bowel cancer, also known as rectal, colorectal or colon cancer, is the third
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Aussies say referendum is a yawn
IT MAY be the biggest political decision Australians have ever had to make but some ex-pats in Southampton couldn't give much about last night's referendum Down Under. To many Aussies today's crunch Rugby World cup final when the mighty Wallabies take
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Cricket: Tributes pour in
MALCOLM Marshall's untimely death continues to send shock tremors through the cricket world. Hampshire chief executive Tony Baker described the club as in a state of "utter confusion" as tributes continued to pour in and the question arises as to what
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Cricket: Evergreen Peter is voted the tops
HAMPSHIRE Cricket Society have swung from one extreme to the other in naming Peter Hartley as the county's Player of the Year. Hartley, who reached 40 during this season and will be English cricket's senior player next season, is the oldest ever recipient
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Football: Aston Villa 0 - Saints 1
Dean Richards headed his first Premiership goal to give Saints their first league win since August and their first victory over Villa since December 1994. The big centre-back powered in to nod home from close range seven minutes from time and this time
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Football: Still time to make his Mark
Mark Hughes today revealed he would have hung up his boots at the end of this season if Saints had not offered to extend his contract. The veteran who turned 36 on Monday wants one more year in the Premiership before concentrating full-time on the Welsh
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Memories: The Fossil queen
MARY Anning was born at the end of the 18th century and lived until the middle of the 19th - a meagre 48 years - with her family in Lyme Regis, Dorset. But during those years, beginning as a passionate child collecting fossils and continuing her father's
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Feature: Walking with Dinosaurs: fact or fiction
The BBC's latest science series has been a runaway success, but is it realistic and revealing, or does it stomp roughshod over the facts DR IAN HARDING of the School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, reveals the make-believe. When
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Day Out: Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester
The Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester is unique - it is Britain's only museum solely devoted to dinosaurs and their fascinating world. Actual fossils, skeletons, and life-size dinosaur reconstructions combine with audio-visual, hands-on, computer and CD-Rom
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Pets: Lizards come out to play again...
ONCE close to extinction, sand lizards have been revived to inhabit the New Forest shadows they roamed for years. It is not a scene from Jurassic Park and dinosaurs are not about to rampage across Hampshire - this is a much safer type of lizard all together
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Society Diary: Wessex Heartbeat sixth year anniversary charity ball, De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel
STARS from the worlds of sport, showbiz and entertainment turned out in force last weekend to dig deep in their pockets for a charity anniversary ball. Wessex Heartbeat celebrated its sixth anniversary ball at the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel in timeless
