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Emerson gets boost in Portugal
Salisbury's Gary Emerson finished a season's best ninth place as high winds forced the early abandonement of the Portuguese Open. Justin Rose was eight places further back in a tie for 17th place but the day belonged to Sweden's Carl Petersson who chalked
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Villagers congratulate celebrity new mum
VILLAGERS in North Waltham have spoken of their joy after model and Hollywood actress Elizabeth Hurley - whose family roots are in the village - gave birth to a baby boy. The 36-year-old superstar, who has appeared in many films, including Austin Powers
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivings: Nordsee, container, 0630, 207E; Koeln Express, container, 0900, 204; Magic, refrigerat, 0900, 104; APL Iolite, container, 1300, 205; Crystal Ace, ro/ro, 1430, 202; Hual Tribute, ro/ro, 1430, 40; Heidelberg Express, container
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Hampshire unveil new pavilion
HAMPSHIRE'S main Oval Pavilion (pictured) has finally been completed and will be ready for business for the opening county championship fixture against Leicestershire on April 24. County chief executive Graham Walker and project director Geoff Cox unveiled
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Moreton completes a hat-trick of titles
GAZETTE-sponsored elite squad player Sammie Moreton completed a hat-trick of titles at the 22nd Hale Gardens Open Junior Tournament in New Milton in the Easter holidays. Moreton, who turned 14 last month, won three of the four events she entered, playing
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Town prevent Gravesend going top of the league
Gravesend & Northfleet 0 Basingstoke Town 0 A SUPERB display of defending by Basingstoke Town earned them a point at title-chasing Gravesend and Northfleet on Saturday. The visitors lost top defender Jason Bristow with a twisted knee after 38 minutes
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Super 'Stoke make sure of a home play-off place
Winchester 3pts Basingstoke 47 Basingstoke assured themselves of a home play-off place on April 27 by crushing local rivals Winchester on Saturday. The FX-backed side ran in seven tries and outclassed their opponents in all areas of the field to guarantee
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Eastleigh lose but still go up
EASTLEIGH will take their place in Hampshire Division 1 next season, but promotion was not achieved as they had wished as Ventnor beat them 18-5 on a blustery but glorious Island afternoon. They were relieved to hear that New Milton & District, crowned
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Ton-up Ricmond trounce Trojans
TROJANS had no answer to an amazing display of rugby from league-champions-elect Richmond, as they stood helpless in the way of a 101-0 scoreline. With a full strength side, all of whom have National League and Premiership experience behind them, Richmond
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London Leagues: Havant wrap up promotion in some style
After an absence of three years, Havant have regained their National League status in the most comprehensive of styles, running in 11 tries in a celebratory 65-3 crushing of fourth placed Norwich. Basking in the sunshine and the carnival atmosphere that
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Title race wide open as the top sides falter
Lymington & New Milton's surge in the Jewson Wessex League title race was halted by a 2-0 defeat at AFC Totton. Totton remain in pole position after young reserve graduate Mark Osman scored one and made one for Scott Bundy against Lymington at Testwood
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Immigrants held after hitching lifts
EIGHT illegal immigrants were being detained in police custody after being spotted travelling in the back of lorries on two separate motorways in Hampshire. Firstly, a lorry driver travelling eastbound between junctions four and three of the M27, found
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Bring on the clowns
A CLOWN parade will be one of the highlights of a village-style fete to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee at Netley Marsh, near Southampton. The parish council is also planning a vintage vehicle display, craft stalls, face-painting activities, picnics
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ASTURIAS
One of the principal liners on Royal Mail Lines' service from Southampton to South America between the two World Wars was the 22,048 ton Asturias. She and another vessel Alcantra were the first big ships to be fitted with diesel machinery. The Duchess
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DUNERA
The 12,615-ton Dunera was associated with Southampton in two distinctly different careers - the first as a troopship and second as Britain's pioneer educational cruise liner. She was trooping for 14 years while her second career, only seven years, was
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FORD WINS £289m ORDER FROM BT
SIXTEEN hundred workers at motor giant Ford at Swaythling today received a bumper Easter egg in the shape of a deal which secures jobs and is a big vote of confidence in the Southampton factory. It came in the shape of confirmation of a massive £289m
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One family's loss at sea
There are many individual human stories that have survived the decades from the sinking of Titanic. Keith Hamilton recalls just three The life or death lottery that was the sinking of Titanic brought both untold misery and, at the same time, a sense of
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A watery graveyard
Seventeen years ago the wreck of the ill-fated liner was discovered deep in the Atlantic. MALCOLM PRIOR looks at whether she should be left to rest in peace or raised up above the waves ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1985, a new episode in the story of Titanic unfolded
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Personal effects
JOHN CONDIE explains why personal items from Titanic attract so much interest When RMS Titanic slipped her moorings in Southampton docks at the stroke of noon on Wednesday, April 10, 1912, to set sail on the maiden voyage that would end so tragically,
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Royal Southampton Yacht Club Spring Series Race 3 : Victory for X-Parrot, Big Boys Toys and Shakata
The third race of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Spring series on Sunday 7 April saw an easterly breeze of around 18 knots with gusts up to 32 knots. The Race Management Team set the Committee Boat off Bird Pile on the Fawley shore. The multihull
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DJ forced to end record bid
A MOTOR-mouthed DJ fell short of his world record bid when he was taken ill halfway through his mammoth presentation. Dave Leonard, a presenter and chairman of Hospital Radio Basingstoke, had been hogging the airwaves for almost two days. Dave, 39, who
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Teenager was '90 per cent sure' of attacker's identity
A FATHER-of-two, accused of attempting to rape two teenage girls, claimed marks on his face were the result of him being attacked, a jury has been told. Winchester Crown Court heard Michael Traynor, 24, told his girlfriend he had been in a fight at a
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Vandals target dream garden
VANDALS and thieves have targeted a community garden that was the brainchild of a campaigning wheelchair-bound stroke victim - just days after it was completed. George Potten let out a despondent sigh as he spoke about the culprits who have vandalised
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Bison title hopes get a lift
THE WELLA Bison Ladies kept alive their championship hopes with an impressive 7-2 victory over Chelmsford Cobras in Essex. The first goal, after 57 seconds, was slotted home by fast-skating Chrissie Newman after a pass from Lucy Barfoot. The second goal
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Ice hockey boss gets promotion
BASINGSTOKE Bison coach Charlie Colon has been promoted to become the first-ever director of hockey operations for Planet Ice and Basingstoke arena manager. As director of hockey operations, Colon will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the
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Heathens are in for a tough ride
IF four sides are relegated this season from Hampshire 1, then Sandown & Shanklin's win over Fareham Heathens may have given them the advantage in the battle against the axe. Their 33-16 victory didn't do enough to move them ahead of their beaten
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Basketball: Cunningham off after 83 seconds
ALAN CUNNINGHAM has only been thrown out of a basketball game three times in a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years. But on Saturday, the Solent Stars player was on court for barely 83 seconds before he was ejected from the NBL Conference
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Boxing: Barney ready to topple IBO king Hussain
MATTHEW Barney is convinced his moment has come. The Bishops Waltham boxer is sure in his heart that by tonight, he will be wearing a world title belt around his waist, and bring a first world championship to Southampton. Barney is seeking revenge on
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Lap dancing club proposals outrage
CONTROVERSIAL plans to open a lap dancing club on the site of a former Southampton church hall could take a massive step forward this week. On Wednesday, city council licensing bosses must decide on whether to grant an entertainment licence until 2am
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Sally backs charity
THE BRAVE Hampshire mum who started a new charity to help others to deal with the death of a loved one has found help from one of the South's best-known personalities. BBC South anchorwoman Sally Taylor has pledged her support for Sally Stanley who launched
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Sally backs charity
THE BRAVE Hampshire mum who started a new charity to help others to deal with the death of a loved one has found help from one of the South's best-known personalities. BBC South anchorwoman Sally Taylor has pledged her support for Sally Stanley who launched
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Trojans crowned champions
TROJANS clinched the English Hockey Association Women's Division 1 title after forcing a 1-1 draw at relegated Bradford on Saturday. Even though nearest challengers Wimbledon won 1-0 at Harleston, a draw was enough to ensure Trojans a coveted place in
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Football: Hamble score again after 9hrs 55 mins!
Hamble's long wait for a Jewson Wessex League goal is over - a mere 9 hours 55 minutes after their last strike...on February 2 ! The Planemakers seemed destined to never score again going seven league matches without hitting the target since a 4-3 defeat
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ORONSAY
THE second liner ordered by the Orient line for its Australian service after the Second World War was the 28,000 ton Oronsay, which entered service in 1951. She was built by Vickers Armstrongs at Barrow at a cost of more than £4m and was a sister ship
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LIBERTE
ONCE the pride of North German Lloyd on the Atlantic, the 49,750 ton Europa had a second career as French Line's Libert, while in between she served as a US troopship. Built in Hamburg by Blohm and Voss in the late 1920s, she was a partner to the slightly
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ATHLONE CASTLE
Union-Castle Line's 25,550-ton Athlone Castle was one of the fast new ships of the 1930s. She and a sister liner, Sterling Castle, had diesel engines driving twin propellers and were capable of around 21 knots, compared to 15 knots of the earlier mail
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SCYTHIA
Although one of the smaller Cunarders, the 19,700- ton Scythia had a successful career and a particularly long life span of nearly four decades. Like her sisters she operated chiefly on the New York and Canadian services, carrying among the passengers
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UGANDA
The Falkland Islands crisis 20 years ago resulted in the call-up of British India Line's 17,000-ton educational ship, Uganda. She was cruising with many school pupils on board when the call-up was received by radio from her owners and the Ministry of
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STRACHAN STARTS SUMMER SEARCH
SAINTS have all but cemented their place in the Premiership next season - and boss Gordon Strachan has already drawn up a list of summer transfer targets. Matthew Oakley and Marian Pahars scored the goals in a convincing 2-0 win over Derby on Saturday
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SAINTS 2 - DERBY 0
MATTHEW OAKLEY and goalscoring have not exactly been the snuggest of bedfellows this season. "I've been getting a bit of stick about it from the lads," admitted the midfielder who, before Saturday's match, has failed to find the back of the net in 28
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I survived the sinking of Titanic
She was only a tiny baby when Titanic sunk, but Millvina Dean lived to tell the tale and is now one of only four survivors still alive today. MALCOLM PRIOR spoke to her 90 years on MONDAY, April 15, 1912, is a day that will be forever writ large in the
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Did Titanic really sink?
The moment the "unsinkable" Titanic sank below the waves, a legend was born. Inevitably, with that legend came rumour, myth and speculation. Today, can anybody be sure they really know the true story of Titanic? The ship that never sank? One of the most
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Lucky to be alive
As Titanic slipped under to a watery grave beneath the Atlantic two Southampton seamen watched in horror. Keith Hamilton recalls their stories Nothing is more powerful than the words of those who were actually there as Titanic sank below the cold waters
