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OAKS EAGER TO BOUNCE BACK
MATTHEW OAKLEY is hoping his early exit from the 3-1 defeat at Ipswich will enable him to play at Coventry on Friday. The Saints midfielder limped off after just 29 minutes with hamstring pain caused by a back problem. At the time Southampton were 1-0
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Claridge rocket enough to earn Pompey a point
STEVE CLARIDGE branded his team's first-half performance as "gutless" after a festive stinker at Fratton Park. The Portsmouth player-manager ripped into his troops after an appalling opening first 45 minutes when lowly Huddersfield took a 39th minute
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Hawks stunned as FA put hold on cup
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE are baffled by the Hampshire Football Associa-tion's decision to suspend the Russell Cotes Cup competition for two months. The Hawks, who have suffered more than most due to wet-weather postponements, were all geared up to play
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No flood aid for tenants in crisis
HOUSING bosses whose tenants were flooded out of their Chandler's Ford homes have refused to take action to deal with any future crisis. Hyde Housing Association has told tenants on the Birdfield estate in Valley Park that it still has not set up any
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Pumas take advantage of Solent's slow start
SLOW-STARTING Solent Stars never fully recovered from a poor first quarter as they slumped to yet another NBL Conference defeat 102-77 at Sutton Pumas on Saturday night. Coach Mark Scott branded it "a particularly disappointing performance" from his bottom-of-the-table
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Drug users' support team in need of cash
WINCHESTER'S drugs service is seeking extra funds to reduce the misery of people waiting months for treatment. The Community Substance Misuse Service, based in Romsey Road, has been criticised for allegedly failing heroin addicts who have to wait up to
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Man freed
FIREFIGHTERS released a man from a car after it left the road and crashed into a tree outside Northington Village Hall on the Alresford - Preston Candover road early yesterday morning. Crews from Alresford and Winchester together with a special equipment
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Laporte bought in £1.36bn deal
Laporte, one of the few remaining large British chemicals groups, which has operations at Hythe, is to be bought by German giant Degussa-Huls in a £1.36 billion deal. The takeover comes just three months after the 118-year-old company clinched a deal
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Ex-trainee rejoins as executive
ANDY Park is welcomed back to his old Andover company by managing director David Trenchard. Mr Park (pictured) is rejoining Hampshire removals firm Britannia Leather-barrows as sales and marketing manager. He began work with the company ten years ago
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'PORCUPINE' MASTS ANGER
MOBILE phone giants are still facing a major battle in their bid to put up telecommunications masts and dishes across the New Forest. Councillors don't like them and environmentalists don't want the Forest to resemble a porcupine with spines sticking
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Residents plead for action on vandals
RESIDENTS plagued by vandalism are pleading with a council to move them and demolish a notorious block of flats. Many of the 30 or more residents have lost patience with a housing authority. They are asking to be rehoused from the place they have dubbed
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Ipswich 3 - Saints 1
Graham Hiley reports from Portman Road on Saturday's defeat against and on-form Ipswich... It was not so much the Suffolk punch as the sucker punches which hurt Saints as they threw away victory. If this had been a boxing match it would have been stopped
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Happy ending hope for shelter
PEOPLE who wait for buses at Hardley near Fawley may not have to stand in the rain for much longer. The previous shelter at Solent Blue Lane's Lime Kiln Lane stop was taken down when fears were expressed that it obscured the sightline for drivers of vehicles
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Flying the flag
A POLE that has flown the flag for new homes in Totton is about to carry the colours of the town's bowls club. Totton and Eling Bowls Club had always wanted a flagpole at its headquarters in Crabbs Way, which opened two years ago. And its wishes were
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FLOODED OUT
A WINCHESTER primary school is to be moved lock, stock and barrel to a temporary site after flooding forced its closure. Education bosses decided at a crisis meeting to build an interim school for the staff and children of St Bede Primary School on a
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Cathedral giant gives performance
WINCHESTER'S very own giant took to the stage to take part in Europe's oldest play. The 12ft Saint Nicholas was the centrepiece in a new version of the 800-year-old script The Play of Saint Nicholas, by French author Jehan Bodel. His work has been translated
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Heart & Soul effort ties in to appeal
Two Hampshire company directors have played their part in unusual ways in helping to raise money for the Children in Need Appeal. Bob Fenton, managing director, and Nigel Tillyard, technical director, of ExPD Limited, an independent specialist supplier
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Undertaking is £1m contract
Southampton building company Drew Smith has started work on a £1m facility in London to install a new funeral depot and parlour. The work at Hayes, Middlesex, is being carried out for Co-operative Funeral Service and is the biggest so far of several contracts
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Cliff hotel battle loses out to flats
CLIFFTOP campaigners have lost their battle to save a seafront hotel on the edge of the New Forest. District councillors have approved plans to replace the Old Coastguard Hotel at Marine Drive East, Barton-on-Sea, with a block of four flats. New Milton
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SEWAGE STINK
FLOOD-HIT residents in Wickham are demanding action over sewage that is repeatedly forcing them from their historic homes. The flat-dwellers of Riverside Mews claim the sewage is a health hazard to children who visit their Grade II-listed homes. About
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Chiefs pledge to support school
EDUCATION chiefs forced to send in a troubleshooter to an Eastleigh school for emotionally-disturbed youngsters have pledged to step up their support during a shake-up of its leadership. The search is already on for a new headteacher for Pitmore Special
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Poet speaks glowing words at support
POETRY is alive and well in Eastleigh - according to the bard who has been in residence for the whole of the year 2000. Moira Clark, a professional writer from Chandler's Ford, was appointed by the borough and has spent the millennium year getting out
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OAKS EAGER TO BOUNCE BACK
MATTHEW OAKLEY is hoping his early exit from the 3-1 defeat at Ipswich will enable him to play at Coventry on Friday. The Saints midfielder limped off after just 29 minutes with hamstring pain caused by a back problem. At the time Southampton were 1-0
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Saints left standing in second-half slump
Dell Focus, with John May. ONE OF the oldest cliches in the games provides a manager with one of his biggest dilemmas. Never Change A Winning Team, says the old maxim. It's true up to a point, but if a manager has a chance to strengthen a team, he'd be