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Following in Jane's footsteps
THIS walk follows the paths and lanes Jane Austen took to visit some of her closest friends at Ashe and Deane. We start from Steventon church and the distance is about five miles. 1. From the church, walk a few yards down the lane towards the village.
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Full-time scores
Full-time results from the top clubs in the South Ipswich 3 - Southampton 1 Portsmouth 1 - Huddersfield 1 Bournemouth 2 - Swansea 0
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Ice Christmas
CHRISTMAS on ice opens at Gosport ice rink today. Billed as the South's best ice show, the curtain goes up on A Virtual World on Ice with the matinee performance today. Featuring a cast of about 80 skaters from Gosport, Southampton and Bournemouth, the
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Darts: Revenge is sweet for Warwickshire
Warwickshire gained revenge for last season's defeat with a hard-won victory over Hampshire in Tamworth - Hampshire men's team losing the last five sets without even chalking up a leg. Kent received a drubbing at the hands of Cambridgeshire and are now
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Hit-and-run driver killed teenage girl
A SHORT-sighted motorist who killed a teenage girl in a hit-and-run crash is today behind bars after being convicted of manslaughter. Michael Emm, 22, was found guilty of unlawfully killing 18-year-old beauty therapy student Emma Holley by gross negligence
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Flood risks remaining despite respite
FLOODING problems are continuing to affect communities across Hampshire despite the respite in poor weather conditions. Residents, shopkeepers and motorists have been urged to remain vigilant, as river flows and levels will still continue to increase
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Snow Queen makes an entrance at Tower
IT'S not often you come across a Finnish-Norfolk co-production - but this weekend an example of this ultra-rare species will be on show at The Tower arts centre, Winchester. Lumikuningatar - Finnish for The Snow Queen - is a major co-production by Green
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Roads nightmare as more repairs on way
THOUSANDS of drivers in the Southampton area are being told to brace themselves for weeks of motoring misery. The Highways Agency has announced that major repairs are to be carried out to the M271 motorway between Junction 1 and Redbridge roundabout.
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Residents to fight science park bid
RESIDENTS in an exclusive corner of Hampshire are banding together to fight plans to build factories on their doorstep. Following a public meeting in Chilworth in October - attended by 200 people - a residents' action committee has been formed in a bid
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Musical medley
ONCE Dick Whittington and his cat have departed, it's music all the way at Basingstoke's Anvil Theatre next year. Apart from a few one-offs like a visit from crude comic Roy "Chubby" Brown and an evening with TV maths whizz Johnny Ball, all kinds of music
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Kid Mills signed to academy from the Manor
Saints have snapped up another promising youngster for their flourishing academy by signing 17-year old midfielder Jonathan Mills from Oxford. The club have paid a nominal sum up front and the fee could eventually reach £300,000 if he goes on to play
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A star is born
As her debut album flies off the record shelves, Stars in Their Eyes winner Nicola Kirsch talks to RACHEL LAMB about the heartache and pain of getting to the top For years the likes of Chris De Burgh, Freddie Mercury and other popular artists have been
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Dress up your tree
Give your Christmas tree the personal touch by making your own tree decorations. Jayne Stamp shows you how to create five simple designs with a traditional feel to them. You will need: Four small packs of FIMO modelling clay in red, dark green, black
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Sister act
Forget spoilt brats and precocious tantrums, all child stars are not the same. RACHEL LAMB meets Southampton twins Megan and Rosie de Wolf whose massive TV success has not tarnished their freckled innocence IT can only be a tribute to their mother that
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Dunwood's teamwork helps them take top junior title
IT was a case of third time lucky for Dunwood Manor juniors yesterday as they lifted the Sunday Telegraph Junior Team Championship at La Manga in Spain by a massive 42 shots. After two losses in the last three years the team of Matt Thomas (4 handicap
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Half-time results
Half-time scores from the top clubs in the South Ipswich 0 - Southampton 1 Portsmouth 0 - Huddersfield 1 Bournemouth 1 - Swansea 0
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SORRY IS THE WORD I WANT TO HEAR
DAVE JONES'S 18 months of hell will cost him around £150,000 - but all he wants back is an apology after being wrongly accused of child abuse. After being totally cleared on 14 charges at Liverpool Crown Court last week, the former Saints boss, pictured
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Basement boys take a step up
Tichborne Park hauled themselves off the Winchester & District League basement with a thumping 60-run victory over high-riding Swanmore at River Park. They rattled up a massive 160-5, with Brian Prevett (47 not out), Andy Joyce (31), Paul Primmer
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TOP TEN BOOKS: with Waterstone's of Southampton
This week's best selling books in Southampton PAPERBACK 1 (1) Chocolat - Joanne Harris 2 (4) Between Extremes: A Journey Beyond Imagination Brian Keenan and John McCarthy 3 (2) Man and Boy - Tony Parsons 4 (8) Galileo's Daughter - Dava Sobel 5 (3) Tis
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Town that stands out in our history
THE historic market town of Romsey, in the Test Valley, has been visited by everyone from Stone Age man to royalty. Now a new book, The History of Romsey, traces the town's past from the Ice Age to the new millennium. Romsey Abbey was established in the
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Shelley swings it Atherley's way
ATHERLEY squeezed through to the last 16 of the Canada Life Denny Cup in an extra-end thriller against East Dorset. Beaten over 21 ends, Richard Shelley's rink were still the Atherley heroes in the sudden-death play-off, scoring the crucial shots against
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Darren adds to medals tally
THE ISLE of Wight's Darren Mew has added to Britain's medal tally at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Valencia. Mew, who qualified with the fastest time yesterday after shattering Adrian Moorhouse's long-standing record, was unable
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Kennedy praises locals
LIBERAL Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has joined Romsey MP Sandra Gidley on visits to waterlogged homes in the area. One resident he met was 89-year-old Dorothy Thomas, whose garden in Rivermead Close has been flooded since Wednesday. Her home could
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Politicians taken to task by resident
THE proposal to build 1,100 houses on a greenfield site in Romsey was turned into a political football when Conservatives used it to attack Labour's national housing targets. But the Tory media event went awry when a passing cyclist stopped to confront
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Shipping Movements
Arrivals and sailings from the Port of Southampton for Saturday 16th December. Today's principal arrivals: Cosmos Ace, ro/ro, 0100, 105; Autostar, vehicle carrier, 0600, 43; P&O Nedlloyd Kobe, container, 0700, 207; Autotransporter, vehicle carrier
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Beth says thanks to lifesaving staff
TODDLER Beth Heaton has met some of the people who kept her alive as she waited for a vital transplant. Beth visited Southampton Blood Centre, where staff prepared all the blood products she needed during her illness last year. Beth was accompanied by
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Myth of big beast that roams fields
FOR decades the spectre of big wild cats roaming wild in Britain has sent shivers down the spines of farmers and residents alike. Sightings of powerful and shadowy animals prowling through fields and mauling livestock have become common legends in many
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Police seek witnesses who saw city centre bank robbery gang
DETECTIVES have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a raid on a Winchester city centre bank earlier this week. They are particularly keen to hear from pedestrians, who may have seen the gang of robbers before they struck the Bristol and West branch,
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Presents get seamen into the festive spirit
SOUTHAMPTON people and local church organisations are wishing Happy Christmas to thousands of visiting seamen far from their families and home. Presents are being distributed to visiting ships in the docks while a team of clergymen prepare to make sure
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Bid to beat world drumming record
A GROUP of Hampshire musicians are drumming up support for a world record bid in Southampton next summer. They hope to ensnare as many as possible to play the dhol drums at a special event. The current record stands at 314 musicians who played the dhol
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DOWN TOWN!
Alun Armstrong, who almost became a Saints player four years ago, returned to haunt them at Portman Road this afternoon. Armstrong a £500,000 midweek signing, fired Ipswich ahead with a second goal in a two-minute burst and then iced the cake in the last
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SORRY IS THE WORD I WANT TO HEAR
DAVE JONES'S 18 months of hell will cost him around £150,000 - but all he wants back is an apology after being wrongly accused of child abuse. After being totally cleared on 14 charges at Liverpool Crown Court last week, the former Saints boss, pictured