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Rose still in hunt
THERE was a time when Justin Rose was on all fours at Royal Lytham & St Anne's yesterday, but the youngster from Hamp-shire is still up running in the 130th Open Golf Championship. Rose traded birdies for bogies over the front nine, taking four at
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Relatively speaking, it's a personal thing
THREE generations of one family will be running to save lives on Southampton Common this Sunday as they take part in a massive fundraising event to raise money for cancer research. Grandmother Ruth Berry and her three daughters and granddaughter will
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Don't they have a conscience at all?
A SHIPMENT of wheelchairs destined for disabled children and elderly people in the south has been stolen in a raid on a Hampshire industrial estate. The eight wheelchairs, valued at £1,000 each, were wrapped in cardboard boxes and packed into a trailer
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The Southampton Train
(With apologies to John Betjeman's A Subaltern's Love-Song) On cold Hamble Halt in the wind and the rain Waiting so long for the Southampton train. I've a date with my dear love, the jewel in my crown; My golden-haired goddess Miss Barbara Brown. Grey
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Phone mast war petition day
PROTESTERS against mobile phone masts are holding a day of action today in Hampshire by petitioning people for a change in planning law. Candlelight vigils and poster displays will be staged in Gosport and Winchester in places where people have lost battles
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Full steam ahead to the traction fair
CHURNING out silver-grey clouds these veterans of the steam engine world conjure up nostalgic images. Thousands of nostalgia seekers have been flocking to Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Show to drink in the memories and atmosphere of a bygone industrial
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Club visit bid in Damian tragedy
POLICE are turning to Southampton clubbers in a bid to piece together the final movements of tragic motorway victim Damian Whitfield. Late tonight, officers on the inquiry, codenamed Operation Northdene, will visit Southampton's Leisure World complex
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Bootlegger found guilty
A BOOTLEGGER, who tried to smuggle £1.8 million cigarettes through Southampton Docks, will be sentenced next month. Jurors heard that customs officers discovered the contraband hidden in a container which, according to the manifest, had only Chinese foodstuffs
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Action over flood areas
DRAINAGE improvements to a flood-hit area of Fareham and a special site at Bishop's Waltham have been announ-ced by the Environment Agency. The agency is asking the water company to carry out improvements to the drainage system serving Wallington, which
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Accident verdict in bike fan tragedy
A LORRY driver has relived the harrowing moment when his petrol tanker ran over a motorcyclist. Stephen Blake, of Eling, near Totton, described the accident at an inquest into the death of motorcyclist Eric Beach, 68. The tragedy occurred around 3pm on
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Saints confident for big kick-off
SAINTS have moved quickly to reassure fans they are confident the August 11 opener against Espanyol at the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium will go ahead. Although the ground is not finished - there is still some internal decoration and finishing to
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Kenway and Mullally in the shop window
DEREK KENWAY and Alan Mullally gave another little reminder to the England selectors, knowing they can give them a real dig in the ribs with an elbow next week. On the day England failed with bat and ball against Australia, Kenway put his hand up as a
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SAINTS SEARCH FOR A STAR
Local hero Wayne Bridge came right through the ranks to win the Echo Saints Player of the Year award - now the hunt is on for youngsters to follow in his footsteps. The Echo is teaming up with the Saints to launch a special Search for a Star campaign.
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Gray favours a 4-4-2 as Saints start to take shape
Saints are getting in strong shape for the new season - and that shape is 4-4-2. Both teams lined up in that traditional formation in their opening midweek friendlies and are unlikely to change. Manager Stuart Gray confirmed that will be his preferred
