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Hassan is fired up for home win
Saints must get the home fires burning by beating Coventry at The Dell tonight. Already this season they have been beaten three times in five games in front of their own fans, including a dismal 2-1 reverse against the Sky Blues. They clash again in the
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Dinosaurs seen in unlikely spot
JURASSIC Park has come to Gosport with the help of a team of young artists. A dozen youngsters did their best to liven up a dingy subway by painting a parade of dinosaurs that rival the best Disney has to offer. Organiser Carol Lycett from the council's
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Life revs up at 53 for Sierra racer Gilfoy
Roy Gilfoy may be the oldest competitor in the Special Rod Class down at the Ringwood Raceway - but he still drives the fastest Ford Sierra in the West. The 53-year-old speed ace from Lordshill in Southampton showed the boy racers the way home when he
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Always know the problem before your appointment
Dr Tim Billington, from the Lordshill Health Centre, tells you how to get the best out of your GP Last week I went to a wedding reception and sat next to a woman who had fallen off a wall and broken her pelvis. She told me how difficult it was to describe
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Seeds are sown to replace tree
WINCHESTER'S busiest park looks almost empty without it. For the first time in 80 years the tulip tree in Abbey Gardens has gone, fatally damaged by the storm on Sunday night. A split in the trunk gave the city council no choice but to cut it down on
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Mass turnout to give blood
MORE than three hundred students lined up at Winchester's Peter Symonds' College to make a charity donation of a very personal kind. Generous pupils at the sixth- form college enrolled to give blood to support a Hampshire charity aimed at raising awareness
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Westgate plan moves closer
WINCHESTER'S Westgate School will soon become the home of Hampshire badminton. The Hampshire Badminton Association are celebrating after hearing that their ambitious plans for the £1.97 million Westgate Centre have received approval in principle for lottery
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Big leisure boom looks promising
MASSIVE changes within leisure group Whitbread are set to mean further investment in Hampshire and new jobs in the future. Despite a fall in sales and profits nationally, regional director Steve Websdale says there was renewed confidence in the future
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Mum accused after child, 4, is burned
A CHILD aged four suffered serious facial burns after being asked to make her mother a cup of tea, a court heard. The girl needed treatment at a specialist burns unit after scalding herself with boiling water when she dropped the kettle, it was alleged
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Flu jabs to help old and infirm
HAMPSHIRE health chiefs are urging people to take up the offer of flu vaccinations this winter. Some flu clinics have postponed giving out the jabs because of the late arrival of the vaccine. But Dr Linda Booth, consultant in communicable diseases at
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Drivers pledge to bring road chaos
ANGRY Southampton private-hire and taxi drivers are set to cause mayhem in the city on Saturday when they blockade the WestQuay centre. Drivers are protesting at new rules introduced by the city council governing their trade - and they are willing to
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Green deal duo in bid to cut car use
AN EASTLEIGH college has signed up to a £1 million agreement aimed at encouraging its students out of the car and onto public transport. An exclusive, five-year contract between Barton Peveril College and bus operator Solent Blue Line has been agreed
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Recycling cans could be a real flyer
EASTLEIGH Council's recycling officer wants your old baked beans can to become part of an aircraft or a new car rather than ending up in a hole in the ground. At present three out of four beer, soft drink, food and pet food cans in Hampshire are being
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Shortage of drivers threatens groups
COMMUNITY groups are warning that unless they can find volunteer drivers, disabled and elderly people could be left stranded. Dial-a-Ride in Fareham provides a service to anyone who cannot use public transport for journeys in Hampshire, but have had to
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Your chance to take on vital volunteer work
WOULD-BE volunteers in Eastleigh are being offered the chance to discover the full array of opportunities to do good in the borough. Eastleigh and District Volunteer Bureau will later this month show hopeful do-gooders just what is on offer. A chance
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Tarnya posts winning entry to receive £500
HAMPSHIRE schoolgirl Tarnya Greaney is celebrating winning £500 after beating 16,000 entries in a Post Office competition. Tarnya, 12, of Henry Cort School, Fareham, is planning to buy her mother a Christmas present with her prize. She said: "I've never
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Dentists' kindness bridgesn charity's Third World gap
A DENTAL practice that begun in a caravan has done so well it has been able to donate equipment to poverty-stricken countries. Titchfield Dental Health Practice (TDHP), which now operates in South Street, Titchfield, gave a dental chair to Uganda and
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Hassan is fired up for home win
Saints must get the home fires burning by beating Coventry at The Dell tonight. Already this season they have been beaten three times in five games in front of their own fans, including a dismal 2-1 reverse against the Sky Blues. They clash again in the
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Keeper's heroics mean Ville must play it again
GLOUCESTER City goalkeeper Ryan Ganaway and the Westleigh Park woodwork contrived to block Havant & Waterlooville's path into the FA Cup first round proper last night. A home tie against ex-Saint Mark Wright's Southport still beckons, but H&W
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Volunteers give hall a makeover
A DRAB community hall in Gosport received a new lease of life when a group of MADD volunteers picked up paint brushes. Despite the bad weather about 50 people turned up at Magennis Hall to transform it, as part of Make a Difference Day last Sat-urday.
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Good causes win grants
VARIOUS organisations will be on the receiving end if the Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury Local Area Committee rubber-stamp community support grants amounting to £1,390. Councillors are being recommended to approve a grant of £730 to help the 2nd Ramalley
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Caring and sharing...
LOUISE SAYCH finds out how a mother whose child was born with a life-threatening defect is helping others in the same situation. Now she needs help to set up a registered charity. Most people think that a hernia is what you get when you're an adult and
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Barrier breaker
It's not an easy job to persuade GPs across the country to consider the benefits of complementary medicine but Southampton massage therapist Catherine Humphrys aims to do just that with a new TV series on Sky Digital. Julian Vaccari finds out more BREAKING
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Tension over clogged street
A WINCHESTER city councillor is calling for action to stop the chronic problem of traffic congestion in St George's Street caused by unloading delivery lorries. The narrow road is regularly gridlocked because of vehicles causing a bottleneck. Gerry Corden
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Musical medics are charity's tonic
THE HEALING talents of staff at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital at Winchester are well known. But many of them also have musical skills and will be showing them off at a fundraising concert on November 19. The event will include music from the last
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New shop tops the trade
A WINCHESTER shop has been hailed as one of the best new ones in the country. The Hambledon is one of three finalists in a national competition run by trade magazine Draper's Record. It opened in The Square in September 1999. The winner of the competition
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Police say no to the crime-fighting group
A HAMPSHIRE crime-fighting group has expressed disappointment at having its application for cash aid rejected by the county's police authority. Alresford and District Neigh-bourhood Watch Assoc-iation was hoping to land £157 to help with half the cost
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BAT chairman calls for co-operation
Continuing tough US markets hit trading at tobacco giant British American Tobacco (BAT) in the past three months. The group, which yesterday found itself the subject of a Department of Trade & Industry investigation into allegations of smuggling,
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Buff up on vampire slayer
THE doors are set to be thrown open at the University of Southampton New College this weekend giving visitors an insight into the courses that are available. You can find out about TV favourite Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or try your hand at instant sculpture
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University is top of form
AN assessment of teaching standards at the Univer-sity of Southampton depart-ment of management puts it among the top in the country. Department head Professor Roderick Martin said it received an excellent score of 23 out of a possible 24 in the assessment
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Love borne out of shared tragedies
THEY are two of the most recognisable faces in the Houses of Parliament whose lives have been touched by personal crises. She is a past president of the Liberal Democrats and a prominent member of the House of Lords while he is an MP and deputy leader
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Judge's ruling on Helena evidence
A JUDGE has ruled that key scientific evidence found beneath the fingernails of Hampshire DNA expert Helena Greenwood can be used in the trial of the man accused of killing her. David Frediani is accused of murdering Dr Greenwood in San Fransisco on August
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Scientist predicts dawning of Ice Age
FOR years it has been the general perception that more pollution and global warming could transform the South's climate into that of the sun-kissed costas of the Mediterranean. And the storms which have battered the region over the last few days have
