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Heroes sought for Jubilee honour
The search is on for Basingstoke's unsung heroes to carry the baton and play their part in celebrating the Queen's Jubilee next year. Prince Edward will today announce that a relay to carry a Jubilee Baton around the United Kingdom will pass through Basingstoke
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Penalty shocker for Bison coach
BASINGSTOKE BISON coach Charlie Colon was left shell-shocked after seeing his side lose out 3-2 in a penalty shoot out in the Findus Challenge Cup semi-final against Coventry Blaze on Saturday in Nottingham. The disappointment was plain for all to see
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Town dig in to stop the rot
Purfleet 0 Basingstoke Town 0 TOWN put their recent dismal run behind them to earn a good point at Purfleet. By no means a pretty game to watch, manager Ernie Howe was pleased with his side's battling performance and, more importantly, a clean sheet.
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Online bookies tipped as good net investment
ONLINE bookmaker ukbetting plc (www.ukbetting.com) has floated on the Alternative Investment Market, raising £6m, thanks to the help of corporate financiers in Southampton. A team from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance's Southampton office, led by Linda
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Wuthering Heights, now for the comedy
IT'S been a book, a song, countless films of drastically fluctuating quality, and even a musical starring a specially-stubbled Cliff Richard. Now Wuthering Heights has returned from the grave in its unlikeliest form yet - a comedy. Emily Bront's 19th
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Drink fuelled brother killing
A MOTHER says she bears no ill will to her son after he killed her other son in a drunken fight. Ivars Sondors, 28, a Latvian, punched his brother Gunar, 34, in a brawl at a flat in Northumberland Road, St Mary's, South-ampton, on Boxing Day last year
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Motorway closed in both directions during jet alert
AN AIR safety scare brought motorway chaos across Hampshire this morning when a plane was forced to make an emergency landing. Police closed the M27 in both directions after a plane flying from Southampton Airport to Dublin was forced to turn back when
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HQ scheme in the balance
CONTROVERSIAL proposals for a technological and research park that would provide an HQ for the pioneering Leukaemia Busters could be kicked out by Eastleigh planners. It would be a major blow to the Southampton-based scientists who have been on the brink
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Raiders grab lorry stock worth more than £70,000
RAIDERS stole more than £70,000-worth of stock from a lorry while it was parked up at Rownhams Services off the M27 in Southampton. Police believe the thieves made off in two white vans after loading them up with numerous cartons of clothing and cookware
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Review: Intimate night of jazz
Andra Sparks Quintet, Southampton Jazz Club, Southampton University PERFECT pitch and phrasing from Andra and immaculate backing from her band entertained more than 100 jazz fans. Former classical singer Andra proved you don't have to belt it out to hold
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Gridlock charge may take toll on business
A BUSINESS leader has blasted the idea of billing drivers to stop cars clogging up major routes around Fareham and Gosport. Alexander Hamelin, policy and research manager at Fareham Chamber of Commerce, believes so-called congestion charges would kill
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Directors welcomed aboard
Such has been the success of Wired Wessex, the network for companies operating in new media and screen-based media markets, that the organisation has appointed its first board of directors. It follows the appointment of Jeremy Gould as first executive
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Blackpool wait on Saints bid
SOUTHAMPTON could be about to increase their bid for Blackpool striker, Brett Ormerod to £1.5 million, according to Seasiders' boss, Steve McMahon. It would match Wigan's offer for the 25-year-old who is the Second Division's top scorer. Saints had tabled
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Daily Echo Comment: An Inspector Calls
TODAY begins a process that will change the shape of the Southampton area forever. It will take a year to complete, cost over £2 million and will change all of our lives. As Inspector Michael Hurley takes his seat for the year-long Dibden Bay Inquiry,
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Parade brings festive cheer to town centre
THE SLEIGH bells were ringing in the centre of Basingstoke yesterday, as Father Christmas made his annual journey through the Top of Town. The merry old man and his big sack of presents were pulled along by a well-behaved pair of miniature Shetland ponies
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Brigade's appeal rejected
HAMPSHIRE fire brigade has had its appeal against a "landmark" tribunal ruling thrown out. Union officials Simon Green, Steve Ash and Richard Carrington won their industrial tribunal against the service in February this year after it ruled Hampshire Fire
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Decision due on airbase's future
THE fate of RAF Odiham is to be revealed in the House of Commons today. As exclusively revealed in The Gazette last year, Joint Helicopter Command has had to chose whether to shut the base or RAF Dishforth in Yorkshire, as part of an "estate rationalisation
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Ellen triumphs again
Ellen MacArthur was named the BBC South Sports Personality of the Year at the fifth annual BBC South Sports Awards. She won the title for being the fastest and youngest woman to sail single handed around the world in this year's gruelling Vendee Globe
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivings: Gran Bretagna, vehicle, 0100, 202; Autosun, ro-ro, 0545, 43; Le Castellet, ro-ro, 0600, 201 link; St Barbara, ro-ro, 1130, 105; Asian King, ro-ro, 1600, 43; P&O Nedlloyd Shackleton, container, 1630, 207. Today's Principal
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Bison crash out in penalty shoot-out
Basingstoke Bison 3 Coventry Blaze 3 (Coventry win 3-2 on penalty shots) A NAIL-biting penalty shoot-out decided the Basingstoke Bison fate as they were knocked out of the Findus Challenge Cup by their bogy side this campaign, the Coventry Blaze. In a
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Last sighting of tragic student Dan
POLICE inquiries were continuing today into the death of a Hampshire student who was killed while walking on the M3. Dan Surtees, 19, of Upper St Helens Road, Hedge End, died after being struck by a lorry near Twyford Down early on Sunday morning. Police
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Take part in Milia 2002
HAMPSHIRE-based cutting edge technology companies are being offered the chance by Wired Wessex to take part in the world's most important interactive media event. Milia 2002 will take place in Cannes between February 4 and 8 next year, and the Wired regional
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Southampton's big arrival
Hapag Lloyd's Hamburg Express has made her maiden visit to the port of Southampton. With a dead weight of 106,006 tonnes and nearly 1,050 feet long, the huge vessel has a capacity of 7,506 container units.The German-flagged giant arrived in Europe on
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Southampton travel firm soars
SOUTHAMPTON-based Sterling Travel Management continues to buck the trend of a downturn in travel agencies' fortunes by winning new accounts and recruiting new staff. The events of September 11, which caused a dramatic decline in airline passengers both
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Speak out to end violence in silence
THE fight against domestic violence in Hampshire has seen the number of attacks reported more than double in one year. Thousands of residents are falling victim to behind-closed-doors physical and sexual abuse every year, the latest report reveals. Campaigners
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Media stars at careers day
UP TO 3,000 people are expected to attend the biggest media careers information day ever held on the south coast. The high profile event on November 28 - being held at the Southampton Guildhall - will give youngsters unprecedented access to the shakers
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LEG 2: LATEST POSITIONS
Position of the yachts on 27 November 2001 at 10:12 GMT 1 SEB - LAT: 36 06.16S LONG: 118 09.68E 2 illbruck - LAT: 35 50.76S LONG: 118 10.96E 3 News Corporation - LAT: 35 45.24S LONG: 118 07.92E 4 ASSA ABLOY - LAT: 35 48.92S LONG: 118 05.00E 5 djuice -
