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Justin takes Vijay to limit
JUSTIN ROSE regained his appetite for golf in the sun at Wentworth yesterday and went so close to completing a what would have been an astonishing comeback in the Cisco World Match Play Championship. For long stages the young Hamp-shire star trailed former
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WARNE TUSSLE
Hampshire Cricket chairman Rod Bransgrove has rubbished suggestions that Shane Warne will only be available for six weeks of next season. Australia team manager Steve Bernard revealed that Warne will only be available for a quarter of the 2003 English
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Legend to sign for Eastleigh tomorrow
BARRING a crippling injury crisis at Ten Acres, big-spending Eastleigh will have saved their biggest signing until last. When Saints legend Matt Le Tissier puts pen to paper before tomorrow's FA Vase first round match against Deal Town, he will hopefully
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Vase of hope for Le God
Matthew Le Tisser never lifted the FA Cup with Saints, but he might just savour FA Vase glory with Eastleigh. Le God, who is due to sign on for the Jewson Wessex League side tomorrow posed with the prestigious non-League trophy at St Mary's Stadium prior
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Women's Football: Danni called into England squad
SOUTHAMPTON Saints' Danni Bird has taken a giant step onto the international ladder. The North Hampshire girl, a product of the Southampton FC Centre of Excellence, has been called into the England squad for their under-17 friendly international against
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Mad Hair Day breeze
THE Basingstoke Bison ice hockey team are gearing up for Mad Hair Day. Netminder Scott Hay and defenceman Benoit Cotnoir encouraged pupils at Winklebury Junior School to join in next Friday's fun when they visited the school this week. And a year's supply
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Man denies attack on his 'ex-lover'
A MAN accused of battering his ex-mistress in a savage assault after she dumped him has denied the assault. Inoos Chukoury, 59, of Old Reading Road, Chineham, also said he was not Elisabeth Colliard's lover - despite the prosecution showing the jury romantic
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Bid to stop rent debt evictions
ZERO evictions for rent arrears is among the goals of a new team bidding to get to grips with housing issues in the Basingstoke borough. A new housing partnership board has been formed of councillors, council officers and representatives of housing associations
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Sooty sweeps in on infants
IZZY wizzy let's get busy - and one of the nation's favourite bears has certainly been busy in the Basingstoke area this week. Sooty was in town, visiting Old Basing and Kempshott infant schools. He was with his friend Richard Cadell, promoting their
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SNAP disco forced to find alternative venue
THE FUTURE of Basingstoke's trailblazing SNAP disco is hanging in the balance as it searches for a new home. The popular events for teenagers face uncertainty after Sports Centre bosses said the town centre venue is unable to continue hosting the regular
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Car crime campaign
POLICE officers are set to mount a special operation in the Oakridge area of Basing-toke in a move to crack down on a spate of car crime. This Sunday, officers will be carrying out house-to-house enquiries in the town suburb as part of their efforts to
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School bids to remove mast
A HEADTEACHER and her governors are seeking to get a mobile mast removed from a Basingstoke school, partly because of health fears. Judith Edge, head of The Vyne Community School, told The Gazette a decision had been reached to enter into negotiations
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Gang members put behind bars
MEMBERS of a gang who left three people in hospital after a violent rampage on a Basingstoke estate have been locked up. Emma Davis, 21, Jason Arnold, 18, and a juvenile - who cannot be named for legal reasons - were among a group of youths who caused
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Bison squash Vipers for first league win
Basingstoke Bison 4 Newcastle Vipers 1 IT WAS third time lucky for the Basingstoke Bison as they chalked up their first league win of the season on Sunday night with a 4-1 victory over the Newcastle Vipers. The home side were forced to reshuffle their
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RS in the doldrums
RS BASINGSTOKE have not had the best of weeks as they lost twice in the space of three days. To add to their misery, the side have seen two of their league wins wiped from the records after Ashton Clinton pulled out of Hellenic Division 1 East. The loss
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Vase of hope for Le God
Matthew Le Tisser never lifted the FA Cup with Saints, but he might just savour FA Vase glory with Eastleigh. Le God, who is due to sign on for the Jewson Wessex League side tomorrow posed with the prestigious non-League trophy at St Mary's Stadium prior
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DAY 101: Sleepless nights 'unlikely'
PEOPLE living near a big new port on Southampton Water would be unlikely to lose any sleep because of the noise coming from it, a public inquiry has been told. But the inquiry into Associated British Ports' plans for a new container terminal between Hythe
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Top six incentive for under-strength Havant
With the cup taking centre stage, there is very little in the way of league action, with just Havant and the Isle of Wight competing for points, while many other clubs sit back and take a week off to rest injuries and their battle-worn players. The National
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Tae Kwon Do: Junior bronze for impressive Gemma
Fifteen-year-old Gemma Johnson has returned home with a medal in hand after an impressive performance at the World Junior Tae kwon do Championships in Crete. Gemma, from Lordshill, earned herself a bronze after her battling display through the first three
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Cycling: Hard workout in the Forest worthy of beer
"Your number can be exchanged for a hot drink at the finish," is a note for competitors that appears on most race programmes. New Forest CC has modified it for the open 10-mile time trial it is organising on the Old Christchurch Road south of Ringwood
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Weightlifting: Legend Morris dies at 74
SOUTHAMPTON weightlifting legend Terry Morris has died at the age of 74. A former British heavyweight champion of the 1950s and '60s, "Big Mo" as he was affectionately known, put the sport on the local map 35 years ago when he opened the Terry Morris
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OAP BRAVES AN AXEMAN
A DISABLED Hampshire pensioner has been praised by a judge for his bravery after tackling an axeman outside his home. Ex Royal Marine James Gavagan confronted a man brandishing the axe after he heard a row in the street outside his home at Hounsdown near
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Artwork just plain sailing
They were created by passion decades ago and went on to become bywords for beauty and power. Now the mighty J Class yachts have been captured in a series of new paintings by a Hampshire artist. Just the names, Velsheda, Shamrock V and Endeavour, conjure
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Match helps to 'sell' city
IN the wake of the England versus Macedonia international, an initiative by Southampton advertising agency LeepeckGreenfield has led to the production of a special corporate video promoting the city as a major UK sporting venue. It was previewed to VIPs
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Spartacus, Ballet Grigorovich
FORGET Russell Crowe's turn as General Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator. The ultimate tale of a man taking a heroic stand against oppressive Romans is Spartacus. Spartacus is the epic story of the valour and fate of the man who led the uprising of
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Malvolio's Revenge
EVERYONE'S familiar with Hamlet's "to be or not to be..." and Juliet's "Romeo, Romeo" speeches. But what if Hamlet was pondering his existence while preparing to seduce Lady Macbeth or Juliet and Romeo's romance would be just fine if it wasn't for that
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Jeremy Hardy
MOST stand-up comedians know their limits and stick to them. Jeremy Hardy, on the other hand, isn't afraid to tackle any subject. Unlike many modern comedians, preferring a mixture of whimsical observation and childhood anecdotes, the Radio 4 favourite
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Animal Farm
LIZZIE Wort obviously enjoys a challenge. Not only does her latest project see her performing alone on stage for the duration of the show, the 22-year-old rising star also has to play several different characters - none of them human. The ballet-trained
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Two's a Crowd: Rosalind Plowright and John Pohlhammer
WHEN you're running a busy theatre and booking hundreds of acts throughout the year, it's easy to see how things could go wrong. The Nuffield Theatre has managed to book Rosalind Plowright, a world-class opera singer, and John Pohlhammer, a famous jazz
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The Electrification of the Soviet Union
WHEN you think of opera, classics that have been performed for decades, even centuries spring to mind. But as with any art form, while people will always love the classics, there's plenty of room for new work. Commissioned in 1985 by the BBC for Glyndebourne
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BARE-FACED CHEEK
A MAN who was facing trial after walking through the streets of the town centre naked, has been arrested again - after turning up at court in Southampton starkers. Steve Gough, 43, of Chamberlayne Road, Eastleigh, was due to appear before magistrates
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OAP BRAVES AN AXEMAN
A DISABLED Hampshire pensioner has been praised by a judge for his bravery after tackling an axeman outside his home. Ex Royal Marine James Gavagan confronted a man brandishing the axe after he heard a row in the street outside his home at Hounsdown near
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Star's pal's sea death an accident
ONE of media mogul Chris Evans' best friends died after an accident on board his luxury yacht left him face down and unconscious in the Solent, an inquest was told. The yacht had been returning from a birthday bash on the Isle of Wight with the crew enjoying
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Crme Brle
As a nation, we eat nearly 10 billion eggs a year; that's 26 million every day. If placed end to end, the line of eggs would reach from the earth to the moon. Hampshire Chronicle cookery expert, Venika Kingsland, serves up a special dish for National
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Steve Harley
GENUINE timeless classics songs are few and far between - but Steve Harley is the proud author of at least one. The singer made his name with his band Cockney Rebel at the tail-end of the glam era in the 1970s, scoring top ten hits with Judy Teen and
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Puressence
PURESSENCE have had their fair share of ups and downs. At the moment, they're going through a definite 'up' phase. Their new album, Planet Helpless, is their third release. True to their Mancunian roots, they know they're good and aren't afraid of saying
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Andy White
IT'S hard to know where to start with Andy White. The Belfast-born singer-songwriter is as much of a poet as a rock' n' roll star, and as politically astute as he is spiritually aware. The acclaimed star, who has worked with the likes of Peter Gabriel
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Bellamy opens Island project to help save the red squirrel
Red squirrels on the Isle of Wight will today face a brighter future with the opening of a local heritage project. Naturalist Dr David Bellamy, pictured, was today opening Parkhurst Red Squirrels, a Local Heritage Initiative, in Parkhurst Forest. Managed
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999 service under fire
HAMPSHIRE Ambulance Service is failing to meet its target for emergency response times in the Meon Valley and surrounding countryside, latest figures reveal. One ambulanceman has blamed the shortfall on management "obsession" with reaching targets - leaving
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Champ Rodriguez wins in fine style
NEW Forest Runners' Lee Rodriguez continued where he left off last season by scoring a first-day victory in the Leisure Pursuits Hampshire Cross-Country League at Winchester's Farley Mount. The reigning league champion completed three laps of the hilly
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Runners mourn Bryan Switzer
The local running community are mourning the loss of Bryan Switzer, who died after a long illness last Thursday. A well-known member of Southampton City AC, Switzer found his strength in ultra distance races particularly during the 1970s and '80s. He
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Bare-faced cheek
A MAN who was facing trial after walking through the streets of the town centre naked, has been arrested again - after turning up at court in Southampton starkers. Steve Gough, 43, of Chamberlayne Road, Eastleigh, was due to appear before magistrates
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Bridge: I feel comfortable in England's problem role
WAYNE BRIDGE looked back on Wednesday's England adventure and said he would be happy to make his international mark in midfield. England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson drafted the Saints left-back in to start alongside Arsenal's Ashley Cole in the 2-2 draw
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T-Bone and Spagetti House, 4 Northam Road, Southampton
ONE of Southampton's longest-established restaurants providing a realistic taste of Greek cuisine and well known in the city's Greek Cypriot community is still family-owned, run by Demetria Andreou with help from her daughter Androulla. You can be assured
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The Lord Bute
Sometimes you just know when you walk into a restaurant that everything will be fine. And so it was with the Lord Bute at Highcliffe, recently taken over my mine hosts Simon and Gary who moved there from Milford-on-Sea. For a change, Elena and I were
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GBR Challenge well placed
Peter Harrison's British America's Cup team, skippered by Ian Walker, won three out of their four last races in the first round of the Louis Vuitton Challenger series, moving up the rankings from seventh to fourth position. This places them just behind
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Star's pal's sea death an accident
ONE of media mogul Chris Evans' best friends died after an accident on board his luxury yacht left him face down and unconscious in the Solent, an inquest was told. The yacht had been returning from a birthday bash on the Isle of Wight with the crew enjoying
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Have you won a great cinema night out?
WINNERS of two tickets to Ster Century's special pre-screening of High Crimes on Monday night at Festival Place are: MRS PARKER, Byfleet Avenue, Old Basing; MR GREEN, Loggon Road, Basingstoke; MRS SEYMOUR, Budds Close, Basingstoke; MRS ROCHE, Tollway,
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Festival Place gives rise to a new dawn for town centre
THE long wait is nearly over. In just four days, Basingstoke's exciting new £300million retail and shopping complex, Festival Place, will be unveiled to the public for the first time. The grand opening kicks off on Tuesday at 9.45am with a few words from
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Love, honour and a bear
MARIE Hyde did not need to paws for thought when her Army-based boyfriend proposed by sending a Loveheart Bear with the romantic message "Marry Me?" James Bland, 24, was serving with the 1st Royal Horse Artillery, based in Kosovo, when he decided to pop
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Basingstoke teams raise their games
Newbury IV 10pts Basingstoke Griffins 31 Basingstoke Griffins never looked back after Dominic Laval had a clear run to the posts after just five minutes. On 28 minutes, Mark Hemmings knocked the ball on and the scrum half fly hacked the ball forward and
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Legend to sign for Eastleigh tomorrow
BARRING a crippling injury crisis at Ten Acres, big-spending Eastleigh will have saved their biggest signing until last. When Saints legend Matt Le Tissier puts pen to paper before tomorrow's FA Vase first round match against Deal Town, he will hopefully
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Athletics: White leads home Eastleigh runners
Eastleigh Running Club took the men's and women's honours in the Clarendon Marathon last Sunday. The 129 runners battled against high winds and rain in the tough event, which follows a cross-country route from Winchester to Salisbury. Derek White was
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Business of efficiency
As Energy Efficiency Week comes to a close reporter Vicki Green looks at the part businesses are playing in helping to protect the planet... It is not just in the home where we can concentrate on being energy efficient - we need to start being more efficient
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Vase boost as Butler returns for Eastleigh
Eastleigh return to the scene of great triumph and great disappointment - all on the same day - tomorrow, as they travel to play Ventnor in the Powergen Junior Vase second round. It was at the picturesque ground on the southern island cliff edge that
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Bright future for hospice
Staff at Lymington's Oakhaven Hospice have been looking back on the most difficult period so far - but there were silver linings among the clouds, say managers of the charity trust. Last year saw staff redundancies and the closure of Oakhaven's newest
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Massaging the stress away
AS A practical contribution to the European Working on Stress Week initiative, Wyko Calibration Services in Romsey is not only organising a series of stress awareness seminars for its staff, but also providing the opportunity to enjoy an Indian head massage
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Two and Two Together
FORGET Sex in the City - it's more a case of sex in Southampton this week as Esso Music and Drama Group perform their decidedly saucy autumn production. Two and Two Together is a comic romp about relationships, written by Derek Benfield, revolving around
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Police chief's extra money call for south
HAMPSHIRE'S chief constable has renewed calls for a regional police pay allowance after constables in the south were found to be 15 per cent worse off than their northern counterparts. Paul Kernaghan appealed for the government to introduce an allowance
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Wayne's world is about to change
THIS is the picture Daily Echo readers have been longing to see. Tragic motorcycle accident victim Wayne Howard heads off for vital brain injury treatment in German - all thanks to you. The 34-year-old father of three, of Porlock Road, Millbrook, Southampton
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Clubbers urged to be safety aware
A SOUTHAMPTON nightspot is pledging to do what it can to ensure clubbers get home safely in the early hours. Bosses at Magnum in St Mary's Road are backing the Daily Echo campaign by putting advice posters up throughout the nightclub. The safety blitz
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Artwork just plain sailing
They were created by passion decades ago and went on to become bywords for beauty and power. Now the mighty J Class yachts have been captured in a series of new paintings by a Hampshire artist. Just the names, Velsheda, Shamrock V and Endeavour, conjure
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Fashion Footwear
Fashion is belonging. Even when the fashion is a brash ephemeral flicker. I do recall the longing to wear a pair of winkle-pickers so that my feet belonged among those other feet. The sort of feet whose owners kissed sweet back-seat girls in turquoise
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JJ72
IRISH threesome JJ72 have grown up. When they released their eponymous debut album in 2000, main man Mark Greaney already sounded wiser than his 20 years and his teenage looks might have indicated. The album went on to sell half a million copies worldwide
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Balaka, Stoney Lane, Weeke, Winchester
THE Winchester suburb of Weeke is not the place one would expect to find one of the shock troops in the invasion of the new-style Indian restaurants. Balaka is one of those increasingly common places which have reinvented the traditional Indian eateries
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Old boy Mills all out to halt Pompey run
Pompey face another stern test of their promotion credentials tomorrow when Coventry visit a sold-out Fratton Park armed with former striker Lee Mills, who is having a much happier time in the Midlands than he did on the south coast. Mills spent months
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A 'new woman' will open doors to new shopping
NEXT Tuesday, at 10am, Jenny Moxley - eight-and-a-half stone lighter than she was nearly two years ago - will open the Festival Place door at Clifton Walk and get herself a place in local history. At the same time, six fellow competition winners will
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Victory for Vail Williams in the Challenge Transat
The champagne corks were popping as a victorious Vail Williams, sponsored by the Hampshire commercial property company, crossed the finish line off the Royal Yacht Squadron to take Race 2 of the Challenge Transat. Just an hour behind was Logica, which
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GBR Challenge well placed
Peter Harrison's British America's Cup team, skippered by Ian Walker, won three out of their four last races in the first round of the Louis Vuitton Challenger series, moving up the rankings from seventh to fourth position. This places them just behind
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Arno, ro/ro, 0300, 102; Saga Rose, cruise ship, 0600, 38/9; Poolgracht, general, 0700, 43; Tinka, container, PM, Con Term; Duobuk, general, PM, 102; MOL Promise, container, PM, 206; Stavros S Niarchos, sail training, PM, 104
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Stock car driver takes pole position
TOP Basingstoke stock car racer Allan Roberts is celebrating after winning the Ford Rods Western Championship at Ringwood recently. The South View-based driver, who owns the Cabra Motor Co in Goat Lane, won the final - leading the race from start to finish
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Basingstoke teams raise their games
Newbury IV 10pts Basingstoke Griffins 31 Basingstoke Griffins never looked back after Dominic Laval had a clear run to the posts after just five minutes. On 28 minutes, Mark Hemmings knocked the ball on and the scrum half fly hacked the ball forward and
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'Stoke kids in cash boost
AS IT bids to develop junior rugby in the region, Basingstoke rugby club has received a massive boost - a grant of £3,800 has been awarded to the Down Grange outfit. The cash injection was announced on Wednesday and is another positive step for a club
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Bison squash Vipers for first league win
Basingstoke Bison 4 Newcastle Vipers 1 IT WAS third time lucky for the Basingstoke Bison as they chalked up their first league win of the season on Sunday night with a 4-1 victory over the Newcastle Vipers. The home side were forced to reshuffle their
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Winchester hit by injury list from hell
Four divisions separate Winchester and their Powergen Intermediate Cup opponents United Services Portsmouth, so it should be a formality for the county capital's men. It should - except Winchester have the injury list from hell and coach Mike Marchant
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Cross Country: New Forest junior Hayley revels in wintry conditions
NEW Forest Juniors sent a sizeable squad to Salisbury for the opening fixture of the Wessex Cross-Country League season. With the weather taking a turn for the worse, Noadswood School's Hayley Pointer revelled in the heavy rain and strong winds to record
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Lonely hearts case charges are dropped
A MAN who had been accused of ripping off Southampton women he befriended through newspaper lonely hearts adverts has been cleared of deception allegations. Philip Tovey had been arrested following a long-running investigation by detectives from Shirley
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Be first to see Bond movie
BOND fans will be shaken and stirred next month at the Daily Echo's regional premier of Die Another Day. The event is being held at Southampton's LeisureWorld to raise funds for Southampton-based charity Leukaemia Busters. The charity's mission is to
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Blitz aims to drive down vehicle crime
A NEW crackdown designed to reduce car crime has been unveiled by Home Office minister and Southampton MP John Denham. The crime reduction minister launched a £5m advertising campaign aimed at encouraging motorists to change their habits. Entitled Don't
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Beth Orton
IF ANYONE deserves a rest right now, it's Beth Orton. The singer-songwriter is currently busier than ever, promoting her new album, Daybreaker, all over the world - with an American and European tour already under her belt. Orton is dedicating October
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Goldrush
THE omens weren't good for Goldrush's debut album. The Oxford-based band went into the famous Abbey Road studios on the same day that George Harrison died. True to the title of the album, Don't Bring Me Down, the coincidence doesn't seem to have altered
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Star's pal's sea death an accident
ONE of media mogul Chris Evans' best friends died after an accident on board his luxury yacht left him face down and unconscious in the Solent, an inquest was told. The yacht had been returning from a birthday bash on the Isle of Wight with the crew enjoying
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OUR BATTLE TO BAN THUG
CIVIC bosses have launched a move to ban a thug, who carried out a year-long reign of terror in Fareham, from the town centre. Terry Miller, 20, was locked up in August for randomly attacking three shoppers in West Street. In one case he punched a teenager
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Amy shines in wind and rain
Over five hundred runners battled through the wind and rain last Sunday in the Clarendon Way full, half and relay marathons. Despite the horrendous conditions, in the Marathon, which was started by BBC South Today's Tony Husband, Amy Stiles put a sparkle
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Pool project to get new lease of life
EASTLEIGH'S housing boom is providing fresh impetus to a project aimed at getting a disused swimming pool back into action. The Shakespeare Community Pool Project - supported by Councillor Maureen Sollitt as one of her good causes during her year of office
