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Top three smash League record
IT looked inevitable that the Hants, Wilts & Dorset Winter League record set in November last year on The Dorset Stour at Gains Cross by Eastleigh's Alan Pragnall with 55lb 11oz of bream was going to be upstaged in the first round of this years event
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Using suncream could actually do harm
Suntan lotions used to protect against harmful ultraviolet radiation could themselves contain poisonous ingredients which kill skin, research disclosed today. A chemical used in 90 per cent of sunscreens worldwide might itself be toxic, a team of Norwegian
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The things we do for love
Have you got A LOVE STORY and would like the chance to appear on TV? The Things We Do For Love is a new series for Meridian exploring love and relationships and how they effect each and every one of us to varying degrees at different times in our lives
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More late woe for suffering Pompey
TWO FAT ladies and a pair of draws sound like the ingredients for a Carry On film. But there's little laughter from the Pompey camp after they saw a win disappear for the second successive week to an 88th minute goal. Take in the dead Worthington Cup
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On the bookshelf
The Breast Cancer Book is the book Val Sampson looked for in vain when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Based on her own experience, that of other breast cancer patients and also on interviews with experts in the field, it looks as the conventional
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It's my life
PATRICK O'BRIAN: A LIFE REVEALED, By Dean King. Published in Hardback by Hodder & Stoughton, £18 99. The epic 20-novel sequence which detailed the lives and adventures of sailor Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin during the Napoleonic Wars turned
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Books are good for your soul
It has been discovered, in research by Penguin, that reading books is good for your imagination, vocabulary and social standing. So there you are, thought so!
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Tetley's Bitter Cup woe for south's packs
Any form of representation in the Tetley's Bitter Cup from this part of the world disappeared on Saturday when Havant, Dorchester and Swanage & Wareham were all eliminated at the second round stage. Swanage went closest to success in only losing 9
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Millbrook put up brave fight at Winchester
THE narrow margin of Winchester's 22-3 home success against injury-stricken Millbrook was the only slight surprise in Saturday's Intermediate Cup second round matches. Such a close game against opponents from a league four levels above their own speaks
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Ray's in frame for exposure
AWARD-WINNING Eastleigh photographer Ray Humphrey has just returned from Holland where his work was shown at the prestigious eight-day Fotofest-atie in Zoetermeer. Ray, who runs Picture IT, a photographic and image technology business, was one of only
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Adolf's last hours convey a message
PIP UTTON says: "I believe if we all individually try to make a difference, then the accumulation of all that effort will make an enormous difference." And it's a good job he's so driven - otherwise, the angry heckling he has come to expect as part and
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Sounds of musical
JUST what is it about Julie Andrews and The Sound of Music that keeps us coming back for more? No matter how many times you've seen it, another viewing of the classic tale of nuns and Nazis is never out of the question. And that's just what's on offer
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Organillo, The Gantry, Southampton Friday October 13, 8pm
For most of us when we think of puppets we automatically visualise Sooty and Sweep, Basil Brush, The Muppets or, possibly, the characters from Spitting Image. What doesn't immediately spring to mind are sensual, beautifully-crafted creatures that move
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CAPTIVE RETURNS TO BUBBLY PARTY
CHAMPAGNE corks popped and bubbly flowed to celebrate the return of the Hampshire policeman held captive in Serbia on trumped-up spying charges. Detective Sergeant Adrian Prangnell admitted it was wonderful to be a free man after eight weeks behind bars
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Car tax dodgers beware warning
A MASSIVE blitz on car tax dodgers was today swinging into action across Southampton. DVLA hit squads were due to target the city as part of a countywide clampdown on thousands of tax disc evaders who persistently drive illegally on local roads. Police
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Stuart's hearty effort praised
AS A BABY, Stuart King was just a few heartbeats from death when emergency surgery saved him. Now as a strapping 12-year-old, Stuart is helping Wessex Heartbeat save other ailing babies. He took part in a gruelling triathlon to raise 350 pounds for the
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Hovercraft's - Class
The hovercraft is to make its final journey across the Channel on Sunday after 30 years of carrying passengers to France and back. The last two hovercraft on the Channel, Princess Anne and Princess Margaret, are being taken out of service and replaced
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Cinema under threat
Cinemas around the ountries are under threat of closure due to a rapidly expanding phenomenom, The Internet! People who were attending the cinema once a week are no longer able to prise themselves away from their Games consoles or PCs to get to the big
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KNIVES WERE OUT FOR KEV
The England manager's job has become a poisoned chalice rather than the holy grail of football. That's the view of former Saints boss Lawrie McMenemy who was stunned and saddened when Kevin Keegan dramatically quit after the 1-0 defeat by Germany at Wembley
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Vase trio march on into the next round
Hampshire still have three clubs with an interest in the Tetley's Bitter Vase following Saturday's second round games. Overton were given a walk-over by their intended hosts, Arun, while Fordingbridge defeated Fareham Heathens and Southampton Institute
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Basketball - Scott longing for first victory
SOLENT Stars player-coach Mark Scott can't wait for the day he breaks open a bottle of celebration bubbly. Speaking after Saturday night's 91-68 National Trophy Pool B defeat by Plymouth Raiders, the man with the onerous task of rebuilding in the aftermath
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Funky CounterPoint is proving a hit
ANDOVER company Alphameric Retail is reporting unprecedented interest in CounterPoint, its new electronic point of sale equipment. Described as fashionable, functional and funky, the equipment can be integrated with almost any computer- based point of
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Travel Pound
Australia 2.6241 dollars Austria 22.21 schillings Belgium 65.28 francs Canada 2.1124 dollars Cyprus 0.9195 pounds Denmark 12.09 kroner Euro 1.65967 euro Finland 9.6127 marks France 10.54 francs Germany 3.1678 marks Greece 548.31 drachma Holland 3.5592
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In Port
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Stena Shipper, ro-ro, 0700, Marchwood; Sestroretsk, 1100, 107; Ville De Taurus, container, 1300, 206; Jarikaba, refrigerat, 101W; 2359; Autofreighter, vehicle carrier, PM, 201 link; Regal Star, refrigerat, PM, 101W
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Ambush, The New Forest throughout October
If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a mole or any other animal that lives most of its life underground, now is your chance to find out. Just ask one woman who has spent the past few months burrowing beneath the New Forest digging tunnels and
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Saints fans under attack
FOOTBALL star David Beckham has branded Saints' fans as among the most abusive in the Premiership. The insults hurled against him at the Dell pushed him close to emulating former Manchester United player Eric Cantona who attacked an abusive fan. Speaking
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Secret past of artist's farm studio
BOARDED up and seemingly in danger of being submerged by the thick cocoon of ever-encroaching undergrowth, it hardly attracts a second glance. For years the house has remained unoccupied and, like many other crumbling listed buildings across Hampshire
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Party promises to be the biggest yet
AFTER their summer success, Southampton's leading drum 'n' bass promoters Paradox, based at Tripp 2 Records in Bargate Street, will be kick-starting their new season of dance events at Southampton Guildhall tomorrow night. Having hosted a string of successful
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Wild boys are far from idle
SCOTTISH rockers Idlewild may have taken their name from the book Anne Of Green Gables, but the rockin' foursome are far from quaint. The band, whose debut album, 100 Broken Windows, was released earlier this year, play Portsmouth's Pyramid Centre on
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The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (12)
THERE'S bad taste movies and then there's baaaaaad taste, and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is definitely the latter. The original may have saved Eddie Murphy from the reject comedian pile, but the sequel does him no justice whatsoever. Much like the