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Simonne's saver
FIONA GRIFFITHS finds out how one woman's life has been turned around thanks to an alternative health treatment that is fast catching on SIX years ago, Simonne Jones would never have dreamed she'd be feeling so good. With two young children to look after
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Pier train smashed
THREE teenage girl vandals yesterday landed the owners of the Hythe to Southampton Ferry with a £100 repair bill when they smashed a strengthened glass window on the train which carries ferry passengers along Hythe Pier.
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Cyclist's saddle loss
A SCHOOLBOY who left his bicycle outside the Tesco supermarket in Sizer Way, Dibden, returned to discover the saddle had been stolen.
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Charity shop is a sell-out success
A NEW Age Concern shop in Beaulieu Road, Dibden Purlieu, has taken £6,000 since it opened just three months ago. Age Concern is delighted at the success of the shop, the first it has opened in the Dibden Purlieu area. The building also contains offices
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Bedsit block to be converted to flats
PROVISIONAL approval has been granted for a block of ten bed-sitting rooms in Rumbridge Street, Totton, to be converted into seven one-bedroom flats and a warden's flat. Totton and Eling Town Council had objected to the proposals lodged by Hampshire Voluntary
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CRUNCH DAY for tessem
Jo Tessem is aiming to prove his fitness for Saturday's daunting trip to Old Trafford by coming through a reserve team friendly at Fulham today. The Saints midfielder has not played for a month since hurting a foot in the 1-0 victory at Bradford, his
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SCOUTS ROCKED BY BOATHOUSE BLAZE
A SCOUT group has been left reeling today by a fire which destroyed boats, trailers and sailing equipment. Vandals have been blamed for starting the fire which ripped through the boathouse extension at 5th Gosport Sea Scout Group's St Luke's Road HQ at
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Bike thefts lead to shed warning
HOUSEHOLDERS are warned to improve security of their sheds after the theft of ten bikes in four days in Gosport. Inspector Kirsty Blaylock, of Gosport police, said: "People tend to think their bikes are safe in their rear gardens and sheds, but it's no
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Monstrous challenge
A Gosport subway could be transformed into a mini Jurassic Park just for a day this weekend. Budding artists aged between seven and 12 can help create a living dinosaur landscape, on Sunday. With grant aid from Dulux Community Projects 2000, the Wildgrounds
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Roy moves to front of queue
FC Copenhagen manager Roy Hodgson is clearing the way for the FA to approach him in their search for a long-term successor to Kevin Keegan as national coach. Copenhagen sports director Niels-Christian Holmstrom retracted an earlier "hands-off" warning
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Gordon finishes top of the class
Southampton driver Steve Gordon has just become the most successful XR2 driver in the national Stock Hatch championship - in only his second season in racing. He clinched top spot in the category with another solid performance in the rain in the championship
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An injection of youth
IT'S a mild form of rat poison that's guaranteed to reduce facial wrinkles and it's the secret behind Cliff Richard's enduring youthfulness. Botox - a muscle relaxant refined from the highly toxic botulism bacteria - is a wonder drug that's taking the
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Sculpture exhibition puts trust's work in the frame
A WOODEN bell, a rusty filing cabinet and porcelain pillows are just some of the works on display at a sculpture exhibition in Hampshire. More than 30 professional and amateur sculptors who belong to Hampshire Sculpture Trust have submitted work for their
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Drills stolen
Two Bosch drills worth £300 and £160, a Robust drill valued at £80 and a Matabo power drill worth £200 were stolen from a Toyota Hiace parked in St Mary Street, in the Stanmore area of Winchester.
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Horsebox stolen
A MAROON and silver Ifor Williams horsebox valued at £3,300 was stolen from Long Walk, Easton, near Winchester.
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Garage burglary
A chainsaw, a hedge trimmer and a disc cutter were stolen from a garage at a detached house in Fair Oak's Winchester Road.
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Cruise line nets a new anchorage
SOUTHAMPTON Docks' big-gest cruise ship customer has clinched an international alliance with a major Inter-net provider, to help promote its city-based fleet of vessels. The deal was announced as P&O Princess Cruises began trading as a separate company
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Olympic ace backs scheme for swimmers
CIVIL engineering and construction company Trant teamed up with Southern Water in sponsoring a Learn To Swim initiative. The scheme is aimed at four- to 12-year-olds and so far has helped more than 300,000 children in learning to swim. This year's initiative
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DINNER LADY FOUND SAFE
MISSING Eastleigh school dinner lady Wendy Dunn has been found safe and well in the North of England. Forty-nine-year Mrs Dunn disappeared a week ago after leaving her job at Shakespeare Infant School on the Boyatt Wood estate. Her worried husband Daniel
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Sneak thieves
BURGLARS sneaked into a Southampton flat while the occupier was visiting a neighbour. A video recorder worth £70 was stolen from the property in Ridding Close, Shirley. At the time the occupant had left the front door closed but unlocked while she went
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Experts at the ready to take firms online
For the past two years, the Daily Echo's digital media team has been providing business Internet solutions to a wide and varied client base, large and small, throughout the South and south west of England. With the launch of the new This is Hampshire
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Woman, 89, is robbed
POLICE are hunting a man who snatched a bag from an 89-year-old Southampton pensioner as she walked home from church. The thug pounced as his frail victim walked through an underpass in Bitterne precinct at about 11.50am on Sunday. A police spokesman
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Just Just call me the Ostrich!
RED-faced builder Joe Targett found himself literally head over heels about DIY - and had to be freed by firefighters. Joe, 40, trapped his head between two floorboards while inspecting water pipes under the lounge at his home in Bitterne Manor, Southampton
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A musical trip from Ireland to Stateside
Riverdance without the dancers is one way to describe the music of Tim O'Brien, who is appearing at The Anvil, Basingstoke, tonight. Hailing from Nashville, Tim is on tour playing songs from his concept album The Crossing, which he likens to a journey
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Glassware taken
SILVER and glassware was stolen from a house at East End, near Lymington. The owner is still assessing the value of the missing items.
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Pregnancy aid move
A SERVICE helping New Forest couples with pregnancy problems has a new permanent home. Forest Pregnancy Counselling (FPC) is now based at 18 Whitefield Road, New Milton. FPC is a registered charity offering free pregnancy testing with an immediate result
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Treasurer's long family links
THE New Forest Show has a new treasurer whose family's links with the event go back 80 years. Michael Perkins has been a show member for many years, and his grandfather Frank Perkins was the founder-president of the show society 80 years ago. He was a
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Thieves stole my lifeline
THIEVES stole a disabled Eastleigh man's lifeline when they made off with his wheelchair in broad daylight. Christopher Leech, 52, had left the chair in the carport of his home in Mountbatten Road, Boyatt Wood, when the thieves struck sometime between
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Chris flies in for a chat
WILDLIFE broadcaster and Southampton resident Chris Packham will make rare public appearance in Eastleigh on Friday. Chris, president of Hampshire Ornithological Society, will talk about his life-long passion for birds at The Point Dance and Arts Centre
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Car vandalised
VANDALS smashed two offside windows worth £200 on a Ford Orion parked in Wilmer Road, Eastleigh.
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Plates removed
THE FRONT and rear number plates of a Ford Iveco were unscrewed and stolen while the vehicle was parked in Desbor-ough Road, Eastleigh.
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Delays not a problem say carnival organisers
TITCHFIELD carnival organisers have hit back at accusations that delays ruined the evening procession for on-lookers. A 30-minute delay to Monday's parade was caused after a car hit a participant and a passenger in another float had a serious asthma attack
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Concert promises excellent music
Last-minute preparations are under way for a major concert by Fareham Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra at the town's Ferneham Hall. The philharmonic society is being joined by the choir of Boundary Oak School, Fareham, for the concert on Saturday, November
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Eye warning to night drivers
DARKER driving conditions due to the clocks going back will surprise many Fareham and Gosport motorists next week, warn a local opticians. The time-change brought about by the end of British Summer Time on Sunday will mean many will avoid driving at night
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DINNER LADY FOUND SAFE
MISSING Eastleigh school dinner lady Wendy Dunn has been found safe and well in the North of England. Forty-nine-year Mrs Dunn disappeared a week ago after leaving her job at Shakespeare Infant School on the Boyatt Wood estate. Her worried husband Daniel
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Wasteful Cottee lets Pompey off the hook
AS A player who has carved out a reputation in a space 16 yards by six yards, Tony Cottee probably thought he would extend his career in the wide open acres of agricultural Norfolk. The pocket-sized striker was left wishing a patch of fertile ground would
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Pirelli win on night of Russell Cotes Cup shockers
IT was a night of shocks in the first round of the Russell Cotes Cup as own goals gave Hampshire League sides Pirelli General and Lymington Town prized Wessex League scalps. The biggest upset was at Western Way where Bemerton own goals by Paul Spiller
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City sickener puts a gloomy slant on Saints' statistics
Suspicions that the signs for this season are as ominous as ever were finally confirmed during Monday's match with Manchester City. That game and Coventry aside, it's been a pretty good start to the season footballing wise but we don't have enough points
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Oliver offers more
GOSPORT Amateur Operatic Society are to sing for their supper. The group will perform the ever-popular musical Oliver, with songs including Food, Glorious Food, Consider Yourself and You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two. Tickets for the show, which runs
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Bikes crime fight scheme expanded
A PIONEERING anti-theft scheme for cycles created in Gosport is to be adopted throughout the Hamp-shire police force to combat the growing problem. Gosport has suffered rising numbers of bicycle thefts, with a ten to 15 per cent increase last year compared
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Vertigo-ne
THIEVES wheeled off a blue Apollo Vertigo men's mountain bike that had been left on the ground outside the front door of a house in Hamble Lane, Hamble.
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School attacked
STONE-THROWING vandals cracked four panes of glass in a classroom's windows at the rear of Merdon Junior School, Merdon Avenue, Chandler's Ford.
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Attack on Ford
VANDALS smashed the rear windscreen of a Ford Fiesta parked in Ribble Close, Chandler's Ford.
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Drills removed
TWO Mazabo battery drills worth £120, a television worth £100, a Stanley knife with a curved blade and handle worth £10 and a radio worth £30 were all taken from the Millbrook Close premises of Combined Composite Techno-logies Ltd in Chandler's Ford.
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Vandals strike
VANDALS dented the bonnet of a Ford Escort by walking over it while it was parked in Hedge End's Mallow Road.
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Healing power of aroma
For centuries aromatherapy has been used to promote health and well-being and it is now popular as a beauty treatment as well as being appreciated for its medicinal and therapeutic potential. You can almost smell the essential oils as you flick through
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Health workers will face smoking ban
HEALTH chiefs are set to clampdown on smokers with a proposed ban that would extend to all buildings, grounds and even NHS cars. All staff and visitors would be affected, and patients would be discouraged from smoking but managers would have discretion
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Robbers snatch contents of car
THIEVES made off with over £1,000 worth of goods left in the glovebox of a Ford Escort parked in Fair Oak's Denham Fields. A satchel containing paperwork and books for college worth £600, was taken along with a jacket with a brown leather collar worth
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In Port
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Vibrence, general, 0130, 102/3; Hockenheim, ro-ro, 1300, 201 link; Hoo Beech, general, 1500, 107; Nedlloyd Hongkong, container, 1800, 205; Hyundai General, container, 1900, 207; Autlone, vehicle carrier, 1930, 105
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Wrestler's death hits line-up for show
AN AMERICAN wrestler bound for Southampton next month has been found dead in his hotel room. Yokozuna - real name Agatupu Rodney Anoei - had been touring Britain when he died just hours before he was due to perform with the Wrestlemania American roadshow
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Our web spreading for better service
The Daily Echo website is changing. Today sees the launch of a brand-new Internet service. The hugely successful Daily Echo online site has now been integrated into the newly-launched This is Hampshire network - available online now at www.thisishampshire.net
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City awaits naming of retail giant
THE MAJOR retailer who will take over Southampton's prime city centre commercial site will be named within the next month. Final negotiations are underway with a high street giant to take over the former Marks & Spencer store on Above Bar, and paperwork
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Boat crash man funeral service
THE funeral of a Southampton businessman who died in a late night speedboat crash is to be held next week. Kevin Rowsell, of Englefield Road, Bitterne, was killed instantly in a collision between two power boats under Northam Bridge on the River Itchen
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Mustard keen to recruit 100 staff Nightspot jobs boost
AROUND 100 jobs are set to be created in Southampton with a new £1.6 million nightspot. Brannigans will throw open the doors to the latest entertainment venue with a VIP event on Thursday, November 23. The 1,400 capacity venue, at 15-17 High Street, opens
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Ian forecasts warm future
FORMER TV weatherman Ian McCaskill visited Southampton to tell residents how to keep warm in winter. He joined energy experts from the city council at WestQuay and at Asda to give advice on grants available to home-owners and landlords. These include
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Our web spreading for better service
The Daily Echo website is changing. Today sees the launch of a brand-new Internet service. The hugely successful Daily Echo online site has now been integrated into the newly-launched This is Hampshire network - available online now at www.thisishampshire.net
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Vicky in the mire to save heather
ENVIRONMENTAL experts in the New Forest have come to the rescue of a wildlife haven that is helping to tackle global warming. Since last year a Forestry Commission team has been monitoring dramatic changes taking place in a five-acre bog near Shirley
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Van is targeted
A RENAULT van parked in Eastleigh's Grantham Road was targeted by vandals who caused £200 damage to its windscreen and passenger side window.
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Pensioners are cut free after crash
FOUR pensioners were trapped in a car for more than an hour after a head-on collision at Port Solent. Firefighters had to remove the rear and roof of the Nissan Micra containing the four women after the collision near the UCI cinema. A five-year-old boy
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Daylight theft nets tools haul
THIEVES stole more than £500 worth of tools from a van that was left parked in Eastleigh's town centre for just half an hour in broad daylight. The Ford Escort was parked in an alleyway at the back of the High Street when the thieves struck and removed
