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Rix furious after Pompey give Crewe a head start in yet another home defeat
GRAHAM RIX found himself under even more pressure after Portsmouth slumped to their biggest defeat of the season, losing 4-2 to Crewe at Fratton Park. The Pompey boss watched in amazement as his side were demolished by a team stuck in the bottom six of
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Hampshire League: Bailey won't give in after Romsey get a battering from Clanfield at home
John Bailey resolved to bravely battle on as Romsey Town manager after the once-proud Jewson Wessex League champions took another Hampshire League Division 1 battering on Saturday. Town were savaged 8-1 by Clanfield at the Bypass Ground and former Andover
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Drew Homes: In-form Brendon march on thanks to treble from Wilson
BRENDON stole the show in the Drew Smith Homes Southampton League's Premier Division on Saturday inflicting an 8-1 defeat on Solent Youth. Jake Wilson hit a treble, Terry Kouziou 2, Pat McManus, Darren Stanley and John McKiernan enforced the issue. North
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Father charged with the murder of baby daughter
A FATHER from Bishop's Waltham has appeared in court charged with the murder of his ten-week old daughter. Mark Douglas Latta, known as Doug, sat solemnly in Portsmouth Magistrates' Court as he was accused of murdering his baby daughter Charlotte at the
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Festive fun goes back in time
CHESTNUTS roasting on an open fire, lace-trimmed Christmas cards, an organ grinder pumping tunes out of a wooden instrument... that was the spirit of Christmas past in Basingstoke at the weekend. Stilt-walkers dressed as bobbies and top-hatted gentlemen
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Bid to warn pupils over bridge antics
YOUNG bridge jokers are to be warned they could face charges of manslaughter, or even murder, if someone dies from having debris thrown at their car. Police receive several reports a week of school children throwing bricks or smaller objects at cars.
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Jobs to go as firm announces closure
A BASINGSTOKE-based aircraft maintenance firm will be shutting up shop in the new year. Goodrich Landing Services - part of the US-based Goodrich Corporation - has employed 72 people at Chineham Business Park for the past 10 years. The facility is primarily
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Fence row leads to resignation
A VETERAN Basingstoke councillor has resigned from a committee over what he sees as a "planning injustice". Gerry Traynor stood down from Basingstoke council's development control committee after a family in South Ham were ordered to remove a fence they
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivings: Maveric, refrigerated, 0130, 104; Dutch Navigator, general cargo, 0700, 207; Atlanticar, ro-ro, am, 30; Oualidia, refrigerated, am, 206; Hyundai Duke, container, 1400, 206; APL Sardonyx, container, 1400, 205; Aleksey Alfanasyev
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Clarke is Bison hero
Slough Jets 3 Basingstoke Bison 4 (after overtime) FOR THE second time this season, Gary Clarke was the Bison overtime hero as he netted the game-winning goal at 66:19. It completed a great comeback for the visiting Bison at Slough on Saturday night after
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Skaters fail to draw crowds
THE PEOPLE of Basingstoke gave a lukewarm reception to a British championship which came to town last week. Saturday night's finale to five days of action at the British Ice Skating Championships played to only a two-thirds-full Planet Ice arena. The
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Leading two clock up the points as home sides crumble
IF there were any potential banana skins for Hampshire One leaders Petersfield and Southampton on their trips to Hamble and Fawley respectively, they were dry and non-slippy as they crushed their hosts by 80 points in both cases. After going behind 3-
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Stars shine but it's not enough for Scott
Solent Stars have got the measure of the lesser lights of basketball's National Conference. But despite the ease of Saturday's 92-74 taming of Sutton Pumas at Fleming Park, coach Mark Scott believes there is plenty of improving to do before they can live
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Super flies invade village
Swarms of mutant flies, immune to household insecticides, have been invading homes in Twyford, near Winchester. Mainly hitting residents in Bourne Lane, Bourne Fields and Hazeley Road, the infestation has been traced to nearby Humphrey Farms, where chicken
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Cash boost for textile centre
Winchester School of Art has been given a cash boost of nearly £1m to help fund textile research and conservation. The Arts and Humanities Research Board has made the award of £937,000 over five years to enable the establishment of the Research Centre
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QE2 ready to sail the world again
The world's best known liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2 is back in Southampton after her refit in Germany, preparing for her round-the-world Christmas cruise sailing tomorrow. The 32-year-old liner arrived at Southampton Docks yesterday, back from her multi-million-pound
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NewNet takes on extra staff to cope
Fareham IT company NewNet has taken on more staff to cope with increasing business. Corporate manager Peter Milford is the first point of contact with the company's business customers. An expert in large-scale networks and systems, he is a former chief
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Tobacco smugglers starting jail terms
TWO people who tried to smuggle nearly four million counterfeit cigarettes into Britain through Southampton docks have been jailed. Thi Nguyen, 31 and Hung Pham, 39, both Vietnamese immigrants, pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court on Friday to the
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Bonney is the new fire chief deputy
FIRE safety in Hampshire has been boosted with the appointment of a new deputy chief fire officer. John Bonney, who came from the Gloucestershire brigade, will also have special responsibility for personnel. He led the emergency management team in Gloucestershire
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illbruck's proving tough to live with
THE finish of the second leg in the Volvo Ocean Race proved every bit as exciting as the previous 6,000 miles, but it was John Kostecki's illbruck which crossed the Sydney finish line first, giving him his second victory in two legs. Only Team SEB, the
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Saints hit the road to Millmoor
SAINTS have been handed a tricky trip to Rotherham for the third round of the FA Cup next month. But skipper Jason Dodd admitted it could have been worse. "It's not the greatest of draws, but at least we have missed the big boys," said Dodd. "I've never
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Missing link could become a reality
THE missing million-pound link in the New Forest's biggest road scheme of the 1990s could be built within a year. Totton's £22m Western Bypass taking the A326 through to the M27 was opened in 1994 without a right turn at its big Colbury Junction to take
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EVERTON 2 - SAINTS 0
If only the PFA hadn't called off the proposed strike for this weekend, a lot of misery would have been spared! The small band of travelling fans could have stayed home in the warm instead of suffering and shivering through another desperately disappointing
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Derby 1 - Saints 0
THE pantomime season is still a few weeks away, but Saints' whacky warm-up act was no laughing matter. The goal which plunged them to the foot of the table would have been comical if it were not so tragic. Craig Burley's corner on the left was ballooned
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Fulham 2 - Saints 1
WE can only guess whether Monsieur and Madame Malbranque named their baby boy after their favourite character in The Avengers. Whether or not Mere and Pere Malbranque did pick their boy's name on the basis of a dodgy TV, there was one Steed who certainly
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SAINTS 3 - IPSWICH 3
GORDON STRACHAN flopped into his chair in the press room and issued a big sigh before answering the question: "Was it a fair result?" "I suppose so," said Saints' new boss who had seen his side draw a game they should have won but could have lost. In
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WEST HAM 2 - SAINTS 0
KING KANOUTE turned the tide for washed-up West Ham to leave Saints all at sea once more - and ultimately cost Stuart Gray his job. Both teams went into this match under huge pressure after bad defeats, but it is Hammers boss Glenn Roeder who can now
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'Rough diamond' Jackson earns deal as Bashley win away
MICHAEL Jackson will be rewarded with a contract this week after playing a star role in Bashley's first league away win of the season. The 22-year-old former King's Somborne striker, described as a "rough diamond" by caretaker boss Derek Binns, scored
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Jewson Wessex League : Fleet open up a three point lead
AFC Totton are four points adrift in the Jewson Wessex League leadership tussle after crashing to a 4-2 defeat against title challengers AFC Newbury. Back-to-back defeats - Totton lost 5-4 to resurgent Blackfield & Langley last week - have enabled
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FA Carlsberg Vase : Brockenhurst are the sole survivors
Bemerton Heath Harlequins are left to fly the Jewson Wessex League flag in the FA Carlsberg Vase. They snatched a 2-0 extra-time win at Thamesmead Town to earn a place in today's fourth round draw. But there was no joy for the other five local representatives
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Ryman League: It's defeat number five at home for suffering Stoke
EVEN with three fit-again players and a new signing in their squad, Basingstoke Town crashed to their fifth home league defeat against Maidenhead United on Saturday. Paul Wilkinson, Matt Hayfield and Matt Elverson all returned and Stoke were buoyed by
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Breakthrough beds allocated to Haslar
A NEW rehabilitation ward has opened in Haslar to help cut waiting lists and prevent bed blocking. The 12 beds are being funded by a one-off government grant of £100,000 to help ease the pressure on hospital beds at Queen Alexandra and St Mary's. The
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Co-op announces axing of its Buy-Lo store
SOUTHERN Co-operatives Ltd has announced the closure of one of its Gosport stores leaving 64 staff without jobs. Buy-Lo in Gunners Way, Fort Brockhurst, will close its doors for the last time on January 5. Some of the staff at the discount store will
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NFB proud of its centre of excellence
A new centre of excellence for the construction industry in Hampshire has been opened by leading trade organisation the National Federation of Builders. The federation, which provides specialist support to nearly 4,000 professional builders and contractors
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Cabinet system proves to be unpopular with councillors
A LARGE number of Basingstoke's councillors may not stand for re-election next May - some because they do not like the new Cabinet system. Every one of Basingstoke's 57 council members comes up for re-election in May because of boundary reorganisation
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Ellen is runner-up in BBC awards
Round-the-world yachting heroine and record breaker Ellen MacArthur has been named runner-up in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. England football captain David Beckham was voted the overall BBC Sports Personality of the Year and fellow England
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Switzerland triumph in mock Davis Cup
BROTHERS Matthew and Luke Miles, representing Switzerland, were the winners of the second Davis Cup event to be held at Totally Tennis this year. The victorious pair lost only one match throughout the whole tournament. Following the success of the Davis
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Welli boot out Oakley
DIVISION one Wellington Social Club are surpise semi-finalists in the Basingstoke A Cup after putting out last season's finalists Oakley Athletic on Saturday. Wellington SC 3, Oakley Ath 0 Division One leaders Wellington contained the premier side in
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Basingstoke 22pts Winchester 7
Basingstoke Town 1 Maidenhead United 2 MANAGER Ernie Howe was upbeat about his Town team's performance despite another defeat, at the hands of visiting Maidenhead. Having slammed his team for under achieving in midweek after their FA Trophy exit, the
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Local derby rivals routed
Basingstoke 22pts Winchester 7 BASINGSTOKE boosted their chances of getting into one of the two promotion spots with a good win in the local derby against Winchester on Saturday, writes Martyn Humberstone. 'Stoke could have scored more points but, when
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Gosport fail to turn possession into maximum points against neighbours
WHILE the Basingstoke v Winchester game was a typical local derby, so too was the one at Dolphin Crescent where honours were shared between south-east Hampshire's London Division Two pair. But, according to both Gosport coach Mark Wells and Portsmouth's
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Basingstoke get the rewards in tight contest
THE 22-7 scoreline in Basingstoke's favour reflected this match perfectly. This was a dour, tight Hampshire derby between two sides desperate for the league points, for the hosts to launch them up the table, and for Winchester to continue their recent
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Badminton ace Littlecott heads a star-studded list of Hants youngsters
TALENTED Hampshire youngsters have been honoured at the prestigious Michael Austin Harlick Awards Evening at Winchester Guildhall. The event was hosted by the Hampshire Schools' Sports Federation, and each youngster was chosen as the "Hampshire Schools
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Police hunt escaped prisoner
Hampshire Police have launched a large scale search for a man who has escaped from Winchester Prison. William Todd, aged 37, scaled the wall of the prison in the early hours of Monday morning. He was serving two life sentences for murder and attempted
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Here we go Homelands again
The biggest Homelands festival yet atCheesefoot Head, near Winchester, next summer, has been given the go-ahead by licensing chiefs. As many as 50,000 are expected to descend on the city for the fifth annual dance music event. Organisers, Mean Fiddler
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Rail row spells Yuletide chaos
Christmas could be severely disrupted for thousands of rail passengers if South West Trains (SWT) staff decide to strike. Members of the National Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) could walk out in a dispute over pay and disciplinary procedures
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Hampshire police help to keep Bosnian peace
IT is a deep assumption in this country that the police force exists to uphold the law firmly and fairly, to protect and reassure, and to bring criminals to justice. The occasional story of police corruption or violence is greeted with horror--a reaction
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Sentence reduced
A drug addict who allowed six men to use heroin in his room at a homeless hostel has had his sentence reduced by a year. John Paul Sykes (29), of Hyde Street, Hyde, Winchester, was sentenced to four years at Winchester Crown Court on July 9th for permitting
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Brian calls tune for Bruce Willis epic
The American producers of the latest Hollywood epic have turned to a small Hampshire film company. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer are currently in the final editing stages of a World War II epic, Hart's War, featuring Bruce Willis. They have called on Twyford-based
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Rumpole creator holds court at Theatre Royal
SIR John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole, will be on stage at Theatre Royal, Winchester on Thursday. The barrister, playwright and raconteur will be joined by friends to present an evening of stories, poetry, anecdotes from the legal world and music. Tickets
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4,000 FACE CHRISTMAS JOBS AXE
A QUESTION MARK today hangs over thousands of high-tech jobs in Hampshire as American owned cable group NTL announced it was planning to cut its workforce by up to 4,000. The Hampshire based company currently employs 17,000 people in the UK but said it
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It's Ola to play for. . .
OLA Onabule knows that variety is the spice of life, and loves every minute of it. Ola is currently working on his new album which is due out on his own label, Rugged Ram Records, in the New Year. His last long-player, Precious Liberations For Silent
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Concert set to go with a swing
HOLDING out for a blue Christmas rather than a white one? The Southampton Jazz Club, in association with Southampton University Staff Club, presents a series of concerts under the title Swingin' Christmas Gigs, open to members of the public. The John
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END OF THE SECOND LEG: CAPE TOWN TO SYDNEY
Dates and finishing times of all the yachts. 1 illbruck - Finished on 04 DEC at 00:22 2 SEB - Finished on 04 DEC at 01:35 3 News Corporation - Finished on 04 DEC at 02:17 4 djuice - Finished on 04 DEC at 06:43 5 Amer Sports One - Finished on 04 DEC at
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Neal's position in doubt
NEAL MCDONALD'S position as skipper of Assa Abloy could come under threat after he steered his boat to a disappointing sixth place in the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. The Hamble yachtsman, who was promoted from watch leader to skipper in Cape Town
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BOLTON 2 - SAINTS 2 (Bolton wIn 6-5 on pens)
THERE was hurt and heart in equal measure for Saints as they crashed out of the Worthington League Cup on penalties. It was another hugely encouraging display in terms of chances and character as they twice came from behind to force a sudden-death shoot-out
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SAINTS 1 - CHARLTON 0
IF you're looking for one possible turning point to Saints' season, one solitary moment in time which could transform what has been a dire first three months in the Premiership, then rewind the clock back to the 86th minute on Saturday. Southampton were
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SAINTS 1 - BLACKBURN 2
The bells of St Mary's are ringing loud - and sounding a chilling alarm for new boss Gordon Strachan. The international break means he now has two weeks to put things right either on the training field or in the transfer market before an absolutely crucial
