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Pace ace aiming at better batting
Chris Tremlett sets off for his second stint with the England Academy tomorrow, aiming to develop into an all-rounder. Adelaide-bound Tremlett, 21, is still a month away from running after suffering a stress fracture of the metatarsal bone in his left
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The Mary Rose, 20 years on
An estimated 60 million people across the world watched the hull of the Mary Rose surface from the Solent after 437 years. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of that day, MIKE FORD relives the extraordinary moment he saw the ship rise from her watery
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Day 98 - Expert plays down noise fears over new port plan
A NOISE specialist has rejected claims that a planned £750m port at Dibden Bay will cause a deafening din. Rupert Thornely-Taylor admitted that the controversial scheme had the potential to produce a "significant" amount of noise and vibration in the
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Fire at Wykeham Arms
A chimney fire broke out in a popular Winchester pub on Wednesday night. The alarm was raised at the Wykeham Arms at 6.46pm and three fire crews worked until 11.30pm to bring the blaze under control. The fire spread to the upper floors, but all 30 to
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Homes' plan is recipe for slums
"Today's planning guidance is a recipe for tomorrow's slums," says a Kings Worthy parish councillor, who insists he will fight to stop a housing development. Dr Adrian March, parish council chairman, says a scheme to knock down five homes in Springvale
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Police deny MP's claim
Police have rejected a claim by Mark Oaten that his constituents get a raw deal with police coverage. The Winchester MP made the comments on Tuesday to constituency Liberal Democrat members in the Meon Valley. He said: "Shortages are still a serious problem
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Breast clinic link on hold
A controversial breast cancer assessment service merger may not go ahead because so many people objected. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Health Authority announced in June that services in Winchester and Basingstoke would have to merge on one site. The
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Totton 10k organisers chasing a backer
The delayed Totton 10K Road Race is fast approaching on October 27 (2.30pm), but it has again run into a sponsorship hurdle. After several years surviving with no financial backer, the organisers thought they had found the answer when a local Totton company
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Jan takes care of county archives
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mary Fagan, has welcomed Janet Smith as the new county archivist. Jan is taking the reins from Gill Rushton, who has been acting county archivist since Rosemary Dunhill's retirement last year. She will be responsible for
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Praise for walking and food festival
Hundreds of people took advantage of the Hampshire Walking and Local Food Festival as an ideal opportunity to explore the county and discover the variety of produce available. "It was an excellent example of the kind of project we have been encouraging
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Conference lifts veil on death
An undertaker, a hospice worker, a hospital chaplain and an elderly care consultant are all taking part in a one-off conference designed to break the taboo around death. "Death and Dying" will take place at Winchester's United Reform Church, Jewry Street
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Recalling the early days of Southampton basketball
KEITH Prewett from Sarisbury Green has proved it's not just the local football community who enjoy a wander down memory lane. Fuelled, no doubt, by the popularity of our 'Scare are they now?' feature in Park Scratchings, Keith has delved into the archives
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Guymon: hard work is the cure for Stars
YOUTH coach Jimmie Guymon believes there is only one to cure for Solent Stars current ills - hard work. With the mighty Brighton Bears due on court at Fleming Park tomorrow, Stars must fear a hiding as their experiment with an all-English side has backfired
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Up for the cup!
Southampton Cycle Speedway Club were crowned British team champions for the second successive year after an epic victory over arch rivals Leicester in the sport's equivalent of the FA Cup. The semi-final saw Saints dismantle the Scotia side from Edinburgh
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Small projects are big news
Architects from Romsey and Winchester beat off strong competition from colleagues throughout the South to win three awards. Neill Beasley, of Genesis Design Studio, Romsey; Rupert Cook, architecture plb, Winchester; and Richard Jobson, Oliver Cunningham
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Money for old rope?
Amanda Hatto, of Alresford, will be abseiling for charity on Sunday down the sheer face of the Ordnance Survey building in Southampton. Her sponsors have come from her local, the Horse & Groom, in Broad Street and from her employers, banknote printers
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Bid to halt brain drain
Live-in work spaces will be built in Winchester in a bid to stop the "brain-drain" of talented graduates. Hundreds of students of both the Winchester School of Art and King Alfred's College leave the city each year because they cannot afford local sky-high
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Bevin Boys reunited
Bournemouth's Hinton Firs Hotel provided the perfect setting for the first reunion of Bevin Boys from the Southern Counties. Fifty gathered t o reminisce of the times nearly 60 years ago when they were conscripted to the coal mines as part of the war
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Developers 'blackmail' planners
Tough new rules on affordable housing should provoke anger among property developers, a Winchester City Council planner has warned. Labour leader, Patrick Davies, said the high level of objection to the council's proposed building criteria was "only a
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Lecturer scoops award
A senior lecturer at the Winchester School of Art has won the top prize of £15,000 in the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for textiles. Shelly Goldsmith won after a unanimous vote of approval by the competition judges. She said: "The Jerwood Prize for textiles
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Action group ready for appeal
Around 80 people attended a meeting in Winchester this week to prepare for Orange's phone mast appeal. The four-day appeal hearing, later this month, will give a final decision on whether the telecom company can erect a phone mast in Byron Avenue, Winchester
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Dance the Jane Austen way
You've read the book, seen the film - and now you can learn to dance Jane Austen-style. Follow in the footsteps of Mr Darcy and join a new Regency dance group, started last week in St Luke's Hall, Mildmay Street, off Stanmore Lane, at 8pm. Jane Austen
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Intech hosts branding workshops
Businesses are being invited to an event to learn more about branding. It is being hosted by the North Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Intuition Design. It takes place at the new Intech auditorium at Morn Hill, Winchester, on Thursday,
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MP backs Fair Trade campaign
Winchester's MP, Mark Oaten, joined a panel speaking out on issues of Fair Trade with the developing world at a public meeting in the city's St Lawrence Church. Present were representatives from the World Development Movement, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Save
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Police seek mugging gang
A Winchester man, who was mugged for his cigarettes by a group of youths, may have been their second victim. The 29-year-old man was attacked between Water Lane and Beggar's Lane at 10.50pm on Wednesday in last week. Now, say police, a second man has
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Funding crisis threat
A new plan for youth service provision has been launched in Hampshire - despite a potential funding crisis. Hampshire Youth Service is committed to increasing activities and retaining staff - but it's short of money. Assistant county education officer
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College to host skills debate
What makes a good entrepreneur? Should students be regarded as potential "employment fodder" or should they focus on their academic discipline? Winchester's King Alfred's College hosts a debate next Wednesday on the controversial and conflicting views
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Corking way of raising profile
Winchester and District RSPB group met at St Boniface Hall, Chandler's Ford. Group leader, Maurice Walker, said the RSPB had collected 350,000 corks over the last 18 months to be used by the Cornish sculptor, Robert Bradford, to create a giant eagle,
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St Cross maintains standards
Yet again, there was a splendid display at the St Cross Garden Society Annual Show, held at St Faith's Hall. It also provided a fitting note of triumph for Michael and Christine King, who completed a "his and hers" double of trophies to mark his final
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Obituary: Richard Mussellwhite
A service of thanksgiving for the life of Hampshire builder, Richard Ingleton Mussellwhite, was held at Winchester Cathedral. Mr Mussellwhite (73) died at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, following a stroke. He was the third son of the
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ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
EVERY bride dreams that her wedding day will be special, but for Debs Collins the event will hold a particular poignancy. For just six weeks ago, she discovered her fiance, Tim Neale, is dying of cancer. The 38-year-old is suffering from small cell carcinoma
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Countess supports women in business
THE Countess of Wessex was in Southampton yesterday, attending a charity lunch to honour the south of England's leading business women. Presenting the award at the Wessex Business Woman of the Year award was a new experience for the royal, who was making
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Flying our team's flag
IT WILL be the proudest moment of his life. Southampton teenager Lee Cook has been picked to lead the England team out when they take on Macedonia at St Mary's. Lee is one of eight Southampton youngsters chosen to be a flag bearer on Wednesday night for
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DELAP: HARD TO MAKE MIDFIELD CHOICE
Rory Delap has admitted he would find it hard to pick Southampton's central midfield pairing this season. The Irish midfielder, who has joined up with his country ahead of their Euro 2004 qualifying match with Switzerland on Wednesday, believes there
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Results are what matters for Sven
For 90 minutes in Slovakia tonight, Sven-Goran Eriksson could be considered to have found some welcome relief from the intensifying gossip over his personal life. However, the England coach knows only too well from the fate of many of his predecessors
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Historic meadows repaired
Following an extensive restoration project, the historic water meadows at Twyford Meads were opened by Winchester's deputy mayor, Jean Hammerton, and county councillor, Keith Estlin. The purchase of the site by the parish council and the restoration works
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Hosey's a Gem
Senior gymnast Gemma Hosey set the standards north of border as Southampton's Rhythmic South Gym Club team, pictured left, came away with a host of medals from the Scottish Open Invididual Apparatus Championships. Competing against girls from as far afield
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Fashion agency closure leaves customers out of pocket
Customers of a Winchester dress agency have been left out of pocket after the shop shut without telling them. They all left good-quality clothes with Opals' Designer Fashion Agency in Parchment Street to sell on their behalf. The proceeds of the sale
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Rush to sign up for low cost homes
Over 400 people in the Winchester district have expressed an interest in shared home ownership, with 61 new applicants joining the city council's Low Cost Home Ownership Register in the past few weeks. With the cost of a terraced house in Winchester running
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Park or homes?
A public inquiry will decide whether an area of land should be kept as open space or zoned for housing. Winchester City Council is managing the project for a major development area west of Waterlooville, a small part of which comes under Havant Borough
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Derek leads Vision Aid
Winchester optician, Derek Davidson, is off on his third visit to Uganda - this time as leader of a Vision Aid Overseas team. They'll be in the south of the country, holding eye clinics, prescribing and supplying recycled spectacles. Derek's team will
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L-plate Aaron's Italian Job aim
HE MAY not have passed his driving test yet, but teenager Aaron Barnes has committed himself to raising £1,500 for charity on a 3,000-mile rally to Italy. Aaron, who has just turned 17, has only got a few days to go before joining a convoy of 100 Minis
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Girls' crisp new strip
TOTTON residents chomped their way through thousands of crisps - and helped win a new football strip for a local school. Supermarket giant Asda ran a competition to see which of its 250-plus stores could sell the most packets of Walker's football crisps
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QE2 sails a record five million miles
Walk down any street, even in the most land-locked city, town or village, at home or abroad, ask passers-by to name a ship and, more likely than not, they will always say QE2. Southampton's Queen Elizabeth 2 is quite simply the most famous ship in the
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Villa ace Liam set for Cherries debut
ASTON Villa defender Liam Ridgewell could make his Football League debut tomorrow following confirmation of his one-month loan deal with Cherries. The England Under-19 defender links up with Sean O'Driscoll's squad for training today ahead of their mouthwatering
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autotransporter, ro/ro, 0600, 201 link; P&O Nedlloyd Kowloon, container, 0600, Con Term; Aida, ro/ro, 0630, 34/35; Oriana, cruise ship, 0645, 105; Gran Bretagna, vehicle carrier, 1000, 202; Sundream, cruise ship, 1000,
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Minstrels 'OK' devastates neighbours
Winchester city residents say they are "devastated" by a secretary of state decision not to intervene in the controversial Minstrels building scheme. Government housing minister, Jeff Rooker, has written to St Thomas Street residents to say that intervention
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Choir date for Relate
Winchester Cathedral Girls' Choir will be appearing in concert at Christ Church, Winchester, on Saturday, November 9th, at 7.30pm in aid of Relate Winchester. Directed by Sarah Baldock, with organist Andrew Lumsden, the choir will perform items by Mendelssohn
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Heritage days 'best yet'
Hampshire County Council's Heritage Open Days were the most successful yet. Over 5,000 people made the most of their chance to see some of the county's most interesting historic sites, monuments, buildings and beautiful countryside. Hampshire Record Office
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Harvest praise fills St Lukes
The golden October sunshine flooded into St Luke's Church, Stanmore, for a service of Harvest Community Praise. Representatives of the 3rd and 12th Winchester Brownies, the 8th Winchester Cub Scouts, the 5th Winchester Guides and St Luke's Playgroup formed
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Ancestral voices
Winchester's fifth Early Music Festival once again brought an international spotlight onto the historic city. The festival attracts top names form the world of early music and with it the interest of enthusiasts and critics from all over the UK and abroad
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Steam lines reignites memories
The Mid-Hants 'Watercress Line' Railway, will today assist in the making of a BBC short film called Coming to England. Floella Benjamin Productions have been commissioned to make her book of the same name into the drama. Floella is best known as the presenter
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Alresford Guy Fawkes night details
The Rotary Club of Alresford is already planning for Guy Fawkes Night. November 5th is the organisation's biggest fund-raising event, when everybody has a lot of fun and cash is raised to help families in difficult circumstances. The evening entertainment
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Let there be light
Visitors to Winchester Cathedral could soon be greeted by a distinctive 15-foot light sculpture in the shape of Cleopatra's Needle. Artist, Peter Freeman, has designed the £40,000 illumination as part of a lottery-funded city council arts project. Called
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Hampshire signs on for adoption week
"Help a child to grow" is the message promoted by the county council's adoption team in National Adoption Week, which runs from tomorrow (Saturday) October 12th. To encourage prospective adopters to come forward, the message will be promoted across the
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Fire plan is an example
Winchester firefighters are advising residents not only to get a smoke alarm, but an emergency action plan as well. The advice comes after a couple from Addison Close, Winchester, followed their own action plan after their oven burst into flames. A spokesman
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Jigsaw marks anniversary
The East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is 40 years old. It marked the landmark in style with the unveiling of a massive photographic collage to an invited audience at the medieval Court Hall, in East Meon. The Parish Jigsaw project, which
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Explorer's finale
Explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes brought Hampshire County Council's Walking and Local Food Festival to a fascinating close over the weekend. Sharing his tales of hardship, determination and triumph, the explorer gave accounts of his 1992 trans-Antarctica
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New trains not so far away
South West Trains' introduction of its new Desiro trains hasn't been put back six months, after all. It was Mike Roberts, Labour environment spokesman on Hampshire County Council, who made the claim with a reference to a new date in January. "We said
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Lord Lieutenant joins Tigers in Kosovo
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mary Fagan, has renewed her acquaintance with the Tidworth-based Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. "The Tigers" - Hampshire's Infantry Regiment - has been busy patrolling the streets of the Kosovan capital, Pristina, as
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Obituary: Martin Scott
Martin Spencer Scott, who has died aged 76, was second master of Winchester College from 1962 to 1979. Born in Hampstead, London, he was educated at Rugby and after National Service took up a scholarship to King's College, Cambridge, where he took a first
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Photographic journey
A photographic journey, "From Darkroom to Digital", was presented by Barry Senior ARPS, APAGB, to members of Winchester Photographic Society. His interest in photography began as long ago as school days when he won a book with one of his first black and
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Why charity may extend to Caribbean
Winchester charity, Child Health International, could soon extend its mission to help children in the Caribbean. Until now, its pioneering work has helped energise parents and doctors in Russia, the Ukraine and Lithuania. But Winchester-based heart surgeon
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Bladers prepare to skate rings round city
MORE THAN 1,000 skaters are expected to take to the streets of Southampton tomorrow as part of a massive event aimed at promoting Anglo-French relations. Five hundred French skaters are making the trip from Southampton's twin town Le Havre, in what promises
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Anyone want to snap up bevy of beauties?
SEXY stars Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears are among a galaxy of famous people who have given their celebrity backing to a Hampshire school's fundraising drive. TV entertainer Rolf Harris has also got in the swing of things by donating a signed sketch
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Winchester runners expected to top 500
The annual Winchester to Salisbury Clarendon Way Marathon, half-marathon and relay races will take place tomorrow. A field of almost 500 runners is expected, with the event raising money for local and national charities, including The Rotary Club and
