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French connections
Southampton has been twinned with Le Havre for nearly 30 years but, thanks to ever-developing links with Europe, the south is closer to its neighbours than ever before. ALI KEFFORD reports..... IF YOU were living in Southampton around 1,000 years ago,
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DON'T PANIC! SAYS SMITH
Robin Smith watched his bowlers struggle as Kent dominated the opening-day clash at Canterbury and then said: "Don't panic!" Robert Key, an England Academy teammate of Hampshire's Chris Tremlett and Derek Kenway in Australia during the winter, smashed
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivings: Bunga Mas 10, container, 0230, 204E; NYK Sirius, container, 0400, Con Term; Grande Medierraneo, vehicle carrier, 1030, 202; Otello, vehicle carrier, TBA, 34/35; Shieldhall, steam ship, 1530, No. 7 Dry Dock; Hual Tribute, ro
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Jail for aiding body disposal
A HAMPSHIRE laundry worker has been jailed for three years for helping dispose of a woman's body. Jayendra Patel, 37, of The Marsh in Hythe, admitted aiding murderer Dilip Patel to dump the body of his ex-wife Chadrika in a field in Lancashire. Preston
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Rodriguez is right back in the fast lane
Regular winner Lee Rodriguez took up where he left off last season in the opening race of the 2002 Road Runners Ten series. The New Forest Runner led home a field of more than 250 men and women at the Royal Victoria Country Park race which kicked off
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Visiting the front line
If you are struck by the sheer history that surrounds the battlefields of northern France or you want to pay your respects and remember fallen comrades, ALI KEFFORD reveals how you can visit key regions and reflect... WE CAN barely imagine the sheer suffering
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Deadline day looms
ENTRIES have been flooding in for the Daily Echo short story and poetry competition - but there is still time to enter. The closing date is next Friday. The winners in each category will be published in the Creative Writing Supplement to be published
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Day 45: Why waders give shoreline the bird
SEA birds are put off feeding on the foreshore near Fawley Refinery because of poisonous chemicals, a public inquiry has been told. Plans by Southampton Docks owner Associated British Ports for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay include pumping dredgings
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Competition Launch
I'm rather loath to write about sloth; The subject does not inspire me: To force myself might affect my health And inevitably tire me. I'll be late for the send-off date If I don't compose something soon: Yes but how can I do it now - Better wait till
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Roof-top demo at animal lab
THESE were the scenes in a Hampshire village when angry protesters staged a demonstration outside an animal testing laboratory. Protesters staged a roof-top demonstration at Wickham Laboratories that has, in the past, been a target for animal rights activists
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Car thieves bag £150,000 in Rovers
POLICE were today investigating the theft of £150,000 worth of brand new Range Rovers from Southampton docks. The three left-hand-drive vehicles, worth around £50,000 each, vanished between 5pm and 11.30pm last night. Detectives said the thieves cut down
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Saints vs Everton: final score
Final score from Saints' late-evening clash with Everton at St Mary's... Southampton 0 - Everton 1
