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I want to move to bigger club - Ken
ANDOVER supremo Ken Cunningham-Brown this week reaffirmed his intention to quit the Jewson Wessex League champions at the end of the season and "move to a bigger club with a better infrastructure." Rumour has been rife for months that he has been trying
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Cemetery committee could become a permanent group
RESIDENTS are to lobby Whitchurch Town Council to set up a permanent steering group to run the town's cemetery. The council agreed at an emergency meeting on Monday night to set up the steering group for six months after public outrage over its handling
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Arson transexual is a convicted rapist
A TRANSEXUAL who was yesterday found guilty of torching his own home is a double rapist currently serving a five-year jail sentence. Rachael Tuscani buried his head in his hands when a jury convicted him of recklessly endangering life through arson by
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Drive-by airgun shootings spark 'criminalise' debate
AIRGUNS are under the spotlight after the latest in a series of drive-by shootings in the Basingstoke area. Dr Lionel Goodfellow, of Ramptons Meadow, Tadley, is recovering after undergoing an operation to remove a pellet from his thigh. The physicist,
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Money shortfall forces BCOT cuts
A TOP college is set to cut back on staff as it faces an £800,000 shortfall. Basingstoke College Of Technology will not replace some staff and could axe administrative posts in its effort to cut costs. One of the reasons the college is facing a cash headache
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What happened to your promise Mr Milburn?
Political reporter Tony Snow and health reporter Hugh Cadman report on a landmark week for The Gazette's Healthy Hearts campaign. HEALTH Secretary Alan Milburn was this week put on the spot in Parliament over his failure to meet his pledge to provide
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Hell for Ell as boat falters at the last
ELLEN MACARTHUR missed out on one of the world's most coveted sailing titles when her 60-foot trimaran Kingfisher Foncia suffered bowsprit and hydraulics problems just miles from the finish of the Transat Jacques Vabre. MacArthur, who had started the
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Midfielder defends defiance of Town's rehab programme
DOMINIC Naylor has defended the course of action that signalled the end of his Basingstoke Town career. Insisting he was correct to demand a scan on his injured right knee instead of following the club's set rehabilitation programme, the 31-year-old spoke
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Best finish yet by relay girls
TWO teams from Basingstoke and Mid-Hants AC finished well at the national cross-country relays at Mansfield. The senior women recorded their highest ever placing, ninth. The three-kilometre course allowed fast times and Basingstoke road runner of the
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Hadleigh in the mood for goals
HADLEIGH travel to Broughton tomorrow, looking to build on their excellent 4-0 win against visiting Hedge End last Saturday. Manager Jon Nicholls has doubts over Gary Tollett, Jeff Coltman and Stuart Lyons for the Hampshire division two trip. Last Saturday
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Important role of communication
HAMPSHIRE businesses are being encouraged to improve their communication. The Hampshire Economic Partnership wants to see industry, business and commerce at all levels improve its communications. Chairman Jennifer Miller said: "It is vital at all levels
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Bend me, shape me...
Plastik, The Joiners, 24 November UNLIKE most bands, seemingly desperate to place themselves in one musical category or another, Plastik are refreshingly ambiguous when it comes to labelling themselves. The homegrown three-piece, who play The Joiners
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Kilpatrick ill as supplies run low
The all-important position reports in the Volvo Ocean Race have taken second place to progress reports concerning the health of Amer Sports One crewmember Keith Kilpatrick, who is suffering from abdominal pain and a suspected blocked intestine. Medical
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Nothing in zamora 'bid'
Saints today denied reports that they have tabled a £2.5m bid for highly-rated Brighton striker Bobby Zamora. Speculation surfaced after Saints boss Gordon Strachan watched the Seagulls at home to Peterborough in midweek. But chairman Rupert Lowe today
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Trade at risk if port plan scuppered
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 ask is the port really necessary? The case for... JOBS AND trade will disappear from
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Generous fundraisers just grin and bear it
Richard Garfield and Elizabeth Roberts report on how local people did their bit for this year's Children in Need. WHEN it's November and people are dressing up in costumes, having their hair shaved off and getting up to other weird and wacky things, it
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Percy's back in Finn form after Olympics
Iain Percy was back in his gold medal-winning Finn last weekend, seizing on the chance to prove the old adage that form might be temporary, but class permanent. Percy, the Winchester sailor who won gold at the Sydney Olympics more than a year ago, has
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Wilko in England hat-trick goal
JONNY Wilkinson will be hoping to share in an England hat-trick of successes over South Africa at Twickenham tomorrow. The mercurial fly-half returns as coach Clive Woodward makes just one change to the side that beat Australia 21-15 earlier this month
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Bison captain's fitness battle
BASINGSTOKE Bison captain Mike Ellis is facing a race against time to be fit for the biggest game of the Bison season so far. Tomorrow (11am), the Wella-backed side travel to Nottingham for their Findus Challenge Cup semi-final against Coventry Blaze.
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Bison hit round dozen
Basingstoke Bison 12, Paisley Pirates 1 BASINGSTOKE-born Neil Leary scored his first senior goal for the Basingstoke Bison on Sunday as they thrashed Paisley Pirates 12-1. Leary received the biggest cheer of the night as he scored the last goal in a contest
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Nomination day is looming
Only three weeks to go before we announce this year's nominations for the Curtain Call Awards 2001. It's a nail-biting time as the judges start to pore over the 30-plus productions they have seen this year to weigh up their merits. No one is forgotten
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Lift your festive spirits
Scrooge - the musical, Upper Clatford Village Hall, Sunday December 2 to Saturday December 8 Bah humbug! If the thought of Christmas turns you into a bit of a miser then the forthcoming production by Burdock Valley Players should help lift your festive
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Ruth-less move for The 45s
The 45s, The Joiners, Southampton, November 30 WHEN a band says that a particular moment changed their lives forever, you'd naturally think they'd been smoking something dodgy - but in The 45s' case, it happens to be true. The 45s, who hail from Winchester
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Ribbing is ideal tonic for Jonah
Paul Jones has been the butt of the training ground jokes all this week - and he's delighted about it. Not that he is happy about his error that gifted Derby their victory over Saints at Pride Park. But he knows that, if his team-mates had any doubts
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THE BIG SCREEN
Films showing in the Hampshire region this week... AMERICAN PIE 2 (15) **** : A Follow up where the original cast reunites on summer vacation after their first college year - Odeon Cinema, Southampton: UGC Cinema, Ocean Village: The Screen, Winchester
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SPY GAME (15) ****
THE cloak and dagger world of international espionage has long been a fruitful subject for movie-makers. This glossy tale, a star-powered film that seems a world away from the downbeat Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy actually shares much with that Le Carr
