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Great Scott shows he is best in the UK
SOUTH COAST anglers put in a tremendous performance during the week-long Alderney Festival, with Bill Scott from the Waterside winning the prize for the top UK angler. Scott, who works for the Environment Agency, was fishing with Andy Rogers from Southampton
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Agony for Rico as slump hits new low
STEVE Richardson's 12-year career as a European PGA Tour regular is over. The former Ryder Cup star agonisingly missed out on his playing rights for 2002 by just one shot at San Roque last night. It was Richardson's fourth successive visit to Tour School
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Hampshire's new hero says 'I nearly quit golf'
HAMPSHIRE golfing hero Richard Bland was close to quitting the game just four months ago. Bland produced one of the all-time great performances on the European Challenge Tour earlier this month when he won the Grand Final and earned his full playing rights
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Play blitz protesters get public platform
A MUM told Basingstoke council's Cabinet that more than 500 children in Oakley could have been left with just two bays of swings and a wooden climbing frame if a play area blitz had gone ahead. Mrs Clare Playdell-Pearce was speaking at last Wednesday's
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Children in care could get £100 exam bonus
CHILDREN in the Basingstoke area could cash in if social services bosses agree to pay £100 bonuses to every child in care who passes a handful of GCSE exams. Under the cash-for-results scheme, teenagers in the county council's 14 homes and in foster care
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Stars shine at festive switch-on
THERE were plenty of famous faces on show when a host of celebrity lookalikes turned out for the big switch-on of Basingstoke's Christmas lights. Panto star Keith Chegwin was the genuine star in the town centre as he enjoyed the fun and promoted Mother
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World leader Ellen pipped at post in Jacques Vabre
ELLEN MACARTHUR is still on top of the world despite finishing an agonising second in the Transat Jacques Vabre race. The Cowes-based yachtswoman, sailing Kingfisher-Foncia with Frenchman Alain Gautier, arrived in the Brazilian port of Salvador de Bahia
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivings: Delphinus Leader, ro/ro, 0130, 40; Hamburg Express, container, 0200, 207; Queen Elizabeth 2, passenger liner, 0530, 38/9; Tampa, ro/ro, 0530, 43; Le Castellet, vehicle carrier, 0600, 201 link; Giem, bulk, 0700, 107; Takasago
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MD makes the grade to join his G60 quartet
SOUTHAMPTON-based Asset Management has put itself at the forefront of pensions and investment advice with four directors and staff now qualified under the G60 Pensions Examination of the Advanced Financial Planning Certificate. The latest to qualify is
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MARS: WE NEED POINTS - AND FAST
CHRIS Marsden has warned his Southampton team-mates that they cannot waste time feeling sorry for themselves. Marsden was one of the shining stars in Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Derby which leaves Saints reeling at the bottom of the Premiership table. It
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Dibden Bay: Effect on the Environment
The public inquiry into Associated British Ports' plans for a new port complex at Dibden Bay promises to be one of the most contentious ever seen in the south. Today we examine the environmental issues. The case for... ONE of biggest environmental protection
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Dibden Bay: Questions and answers
The public inquiry into Associated British Ports' plans for Dibden Bay promises to be one of the most contentious ever seen in the south. Today the Daily Echo begins a series of features looking at what lies behind the arguments. Today we begin with an
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School's harvest show is all very mice!
OAKLEY Infant School was over-run by human field mice during its annual Harvest Assembly - but there was no cause for alarm. The appearance of the youngsters was all part of a show put on by pupils to tell the story of a family of mice collecting food
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Cabinet agrees not to write off idea of west-side station
AN INDEPENDENT councillor has appealed to the borough's Cabinet not to close the door to a western- side station in Chineham. The council is to go ahead with its bid for a new station on the east side of the main line because it cannot afford to put it
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P&O Princess Cruises to merge with US rival
Once they were the most formidable of rivals, but now P&O Princess Cruises, a major customer of the port of Southampton, and the American-based Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited are to merge in a massive six billion dollar deal. The move, described
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Net working across divisions for Testwood customers
CLICKING onto the Internet site www.testwoodmotorgroup.co.uk provides access to information from all seven of the specialised Testwood Motor Group divisions; Testwood Volkswagen, Southampton Audi, Testwood Van, Testwood Man Truck, Testwood Parts Centre
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LDC's further expansion in 'thriving business region'
LLOYDS TSB Development Capital which has established a new office in Ocean Village, Southampton has sights on becoming one of the leading venture capital providers in mid-market business. Jonathan Simm, investment director at LDC, has set up the new office
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Thanks, son, for saving my life
WHEN proud dad Stephen McLaughlin heard about the Ocean FM Local Heroes awards he wasted no time nominating his son Andrew after the youngster quite possibly saved his life. Andrew, of Stanier way, Hedge End, has been nominated in the category of Local
