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'I was poor' - Le Mesurier
Martin Le Mesurier made no excuses after returning home from Final Tour School empty-handed last week. He missed the four-round cut in Spain by ten shots and admitted: "It's the worst I've played all year. "The courses at Emporda and Pals were set up
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Barton ladies triumph
BARTON were the winners of the eighth annual rally hosted by the New Forest Club at Lyndhurst. A dozen clubs entered eight-strong teams for the Portland Management Colsultants-sponsored event involving women golfers from in and around the New Forest.
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Smith must take back seat
TERRY Smith has taken a back seat from managing Blackfield & Langley - for health reasons. Smith, who returned to the Gang Warily hot-seat nearly a year ago, has a faulty heart valve and has been advised to take a break from the stresses and strains
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Angela J, container, 0330, 204W; Hong Kong Express, container, 0400, 207; Lemmergracht, general, 0600, 107; Liban Car, ro/ro, 0600, 43; Jinsei Maru, vehicle carrier, 0630, 202; Hual Trident, ro/ro, 0900, 40; Hanseatic Star,
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MASSIVE VOTE FOR FACELIFT
THE majority of Totton residents back plans to give their town centre one of the biggest facelifts in its history. Figures from Hampshire County Council show that more than 70 per cent of residents support proposals for a multi-million-pound redevelopment
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Looks like a long haul if it's rain, dear
REINDEER are in short supply in the New Forest - plenty of roe, red and sika deer, but no reindeer. However, Father Christmas won't be beaten. He's breaking in a new recruit to buck up his under-strength sleigh team. Chuckie the alpaca, who lives at Longdown
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New play kit? Sorry, no cash
PARENTS calling for new play equipment in a Waterside village have had their plea rejected by cash-strapped councillors. Marchwood Parish Council responded to complaints about Central Park by insisting all the council can do is repaint the existing apparatus
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New businesses to benefit from incentive grant
More fledgling businesses in the Test Valley council area have been able to spread their wings - thanks to a small business incentive grant. Plumbers, mobile locksmiths, landscape gardeners and website designers are just some of the Test Valley businesses
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Record year for waste recycling
HAMPSHIRE Waste Services (HWS), part of the Onyx Environmental Group, has reached a major milestone in its recycling programme after recycling a record 200,000 tonnes of waste. The facility, in Portsmouth, was opened in 1998 and in its first year recycled
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Sentimental Saints shirt goes on sale
The Draper Tools Saints shirt of the early 1980s was worn by the likes of Nick Holmes, Kevin Keegan and David Armstrong during a highly successful period in the club's history. Now the retro-style team shirt is making a comeback as one of the nostalgic
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TFB dominates software supplies for legal firms
HAMPSHIRE-based software firm TFB is celebrating record sales figures as it continues to dominate supplies to law firms. Based at Segensworth TFB is the leading supplier of computer software to the legal profession in the UK. TFB ended a successful trading
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Rok helps firm to work under one roof
Three into one does go according to property solutions provider Rok which has just started work on a single new corporate headquarters for a rapidly expanding Petersfield company currently operating out of three separate units. The company, test and inspections
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Life's so Cruella in pre-Christmas rush
UNSPEAKABLE evil comes to the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, this week - but it's all in the name of festive family fun. From Thursday, the theatre hosts its annual Christmas production, The 101 Dalmatians, the classic tale of doggy kidnap. Cruella de
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Review: Brief Encounter, Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke
BRIEF Encounter, the 1946 film written by Noel Coward and directed by David Lean, seems to have lost its soul in translation to stage. The film itself achieved near-perfection and still has the power to grip - the love affair between a suburban housewife
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Pupils and staff go to top of the class
Ofsted Report: Cedar School, Nursling PUPILS and staff at a Hampshire special school are celebrating a glowing Ofsted report. Just about every aspect of Cedar School in Nursling was judged good or very good by inspectors - among the highest praise Ofsted
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INCHES FROM DEATH
A Hampshire grandad has told how he grappled with a masked raider who plunged a screwdriver into his head in his home. William Sheath, 65, believes he came just inches from death after the armed intruder lashed out in the hallway of his flat in Weston
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UK rescue? We're off Thailand!
THE MIRACLE of modern technology helped save the lives of two Hampshire yachtsmen last night when their distress call off the coast of Malaysia was answered in Britain. When their yacht Blue was holed beneath the water line ten miles off the coast and
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Memories flood back for nurses
IT MAY be more than a quarter of a century since they trained together, but for this group of nurses the memories were still fresh. Twenty-five members of the class of 1974-77 met up for a reunion at Southampton General Hospital's Truffles restaurant,
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Adventure holiday for more youngsters
EVEN more Southampton youngsters will be going on a Daily Echo- backed action adventure holiday next summer. The selection procedure to pick the most deserving young people is already under way at the Woolston Youth Project from which the first group
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DON'T BEEP JUST WAVE!
FAREHAM firefighters are urging drivers to wave rather than beep in support of the strike after elderly neighbours complained of sleepless nights. Red watch members have put up a new sign telling motorists to wave in the hope that 30 residents in sheltered
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Pupils earn praise for good manners
Ofsted Report: Wickham C of E Primary School INSPECTORS have praised Wickham Primary School for putting its school motto - Manners Maketh Man - into practice. Pupils at the school were found to be eager to learn and very well behaved during a four-day
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Passing on some festive goodwill
GENEROUS shoppers are donating gifts in droves to make sure some Christmas cheer is sent to less fortunate children. Supermarket chain Asda has again teamed up with This Morning's Pass the Parcel scheme whereby Christmas presents are dropped into the
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Train-for-free offer to county's top athletes
AN INNOVATIVE scheme to support up-and-coming athletes has been launched by Hampshire County Council. The Fans scheme - Free Access for National Sports people - will allow athletes to use local leisure centre facilities for free during off-peak periods
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Cross Country: Hampshire senior men storm to first win in 19 years
TEAM Solent's Angus Maclean led Hampshire's senior men to their first victory in 19 years at the annual International Cross-Country Races in Coutances, France. Taking time out from his medical studies at Southampton University, the 22-year-old 1,500-metres
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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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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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Lining up for store launch
A HUGE queue of shoppers lined up outside the new Waitrose store in Chandler's Ford this morning waiting for the doors of the 42,000 sq ft supermarket to be finally thrown open to the public. Work on the controversial scheme - which prompted howls of
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City welcomes artistic new cruise liner
It won't be difficult to spot the world's newest cruise ship when she arrives in Southampton next week to make her international debut. The 91,000-ton Norwegian Dawn has a most distinctive and contemporary edge to her appearance as the exterior of the
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Dodd: All of us stood together in Arsenal triumph
CLUB captain Jason Dodd reflected on Saturday's awesome 3-2 win over Arsenal and said: "It was just a great team effort." The Saints right-back turned in arguably his best performance of the season to help keep Swedish left-wing dangerman Freddie Ljungberg
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Richardson: 'I'll give it one more year'
Steve Richardson will give it one more year to try and rescue his European Tour Card. After finishing three places from last at Final Tour School last week, the former Ryder Cup ace fears he may have reached the point of no return as a top tournament
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Hockley aiming for win number three
Good luck to Stoneham and Hockley who are flying the flag for Hampshire in the Mail on Sunday Finals at Myrtle Beach, Florida next weekend. Stoneham are going for their first win in the men's competition, and Hockley are looking for win number three in
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Woking make move on BAT young guns
TWO members of last season's BAT 'brat pack' have caught the eye of Conference outfit Woking. One of the bright, young duo is Liam Cockerill, the 18-year-old son of former Saint Glenn, who was appointed manager at Kingfield earlier this month following
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Mancey signing means yet more City competition
Winchester City have increased their already awesome fire-power by signing Fleet Town goal machine Ian Mancey. Fuelled by the scoring prowess of former Andover hot-shot Andy Forbes, the club have already netted 58 times in 14 games en route to the Hampshire
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Cycling: Exhaustion takes toll on riders
One hour of racing was more than enough for the 39 competitors who contested the Wessex Cyclo-cross League's race of the day - all who survived finished in various states of exhaustion. By the finish the course in the grounds of Tatchbury Mount Hospital
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Sea Angling: Explosive action off Hurst Castle
The Milford Shingle bank and the Hurst Castle section have provided some explosive action during the past few days with both match and freelance anglers from Southampton sampling the action. During a sortie to the deep water section at Hurst Castle Rick
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Queen Mary 2 is rising to occasion
The largest passenger liner the world has ever seen, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, rises up into the night sky in this dramatic and exclusive photograph. Gradually the massive 150,000-ton ship is taking shape, on course for her arrival in the city's docks
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Rented homes must be saved - warning
RENTED houses in rural villages in the New Forest must be protected from the threat of extended right to buy legislation, councillors have warned. In Lyndhurst - where nearly 30 people are on the register waiting for homes - parish councillors have welcomed
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Wayne's world of BMX ambition
A YOUTH worker is campaigning to turn a local attraction into a national competition venue. On Saturdays Wayne Pembridge supervises teenagers at Bartley Skate Park Totton. "We've got some really great kids," said Wayne, who's a teacher at Testwood School
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Iain wheelie is an asset to law firm
Business law expert Iain Thom is revving up the company and commercial division at Southampton-based legal firm Eric Robinson Solicitors. Iain, who can often be seen arriving for work on his 750cc motorbike, brings a wealth of regional, national and international
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Basepoint Enterprise Centre's flexible letting terms attract interest
SPACE at the new Basepoint Enterprise Centre in Eastleigh continues following completion of the development. Agents Young & Butt and Primmer Olds are now handling the letting of units on the development. The scheme is located in the centre of Southampton
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Real upper-crust comedy
FROM the cream of high society to the dregs of criminal low life - West End Little Theatre Club is running the gamut of social stereotypes in its latest comic offering. Written by Peter Coke, Breath of Spring is a rip-roaring farce that finds its three
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Computer break ends in tragedy
A Southampton grandfather who had gone out for a walk for a computer screen break died after being struck by a Maserati sports car which mounted the pavement, it was revealed today. Laurie Griffiths had gone out for a walk to clear his head after working
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Internet child porn man jailed
A SOUTHAMPTON telesales worker who advertised his sickening collection of child porn through Internet chat rooms has been jailed for two years. Andrew Hessey, described as "lonely and inadequate", masterminded a sophisticated scheme spurred by his own
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Queen Mary 2 is rising to occasion
The largest passenger liner the world has ever seen, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, rises up into the night sky in this dramatic and exclusive photograph. Gradually the massive 150,000-ton ship is taking shape, on course for her arrival in the city's docks
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Mock trial contestants are keen to do themselves justice
SOUTHAMPTON Crown Court was full of young people from schools across the city on Saturday - all taking part in the Bar National Mock Trial Competition. The competition, organised jointly by the Bar Council and the Citizenship Foundation, provides a unique
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Review: The Levellers, Southampton Guildhall
THE Levellers returned to Southampton to prove they are still as popular as they were in their heyday of the late 1990s. Southampton Guildhall was packed out with a mix of students and ageing hippies. One Way of Life, What a Beautiful Day and The Boatman
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Wait for test results on rape victim's body
THE results of forensic tests on the body of a mother-of-four, who last year was attacked and left for dead on a bridle path, could take up to seven weeks. A home office pathologist, Dr Allen Anscombe, yesterday carried out a post-mortem examination at
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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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FURY AT ITALIAN JOBS
UNFAIR cash incentives from the Italian government could be behind Pirelli's decision to shed 185 jobs at its Eastleigh factory and move production to Italy, claim the town's MP and MEP. Job cuts at the giant Bishopstoke plant were announced last week
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A civic honour for Margaret
ONE of Eastleigh's longest-serving councillors is set to be given the freedom of the borough. Former council leader and twice mayor Margaret Kyrle will become only the ninth person since the current borough was formed in 1974 to receive the accolade if
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Oriana becomes floating library
A special cargo is making its way from Southampton to the Caribbean island of St Lucia on board the P&O Cruises' ship 69,153-ton Oriana. More than 2,000 books are being taken out by the ship's master, Captain Rory Smith and his crew on behalf of Hampshire
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Whitaker Group introduces its newest vessel
A new vessel, set to become a familiar sight in Southampton and along the south coast, has entered service after an inaugural event in the city's port. Whitchallenger is the first of a two-vessel series for the Whitaker Group, that has a base in Southampton
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BMT merge trio of businesses
British Maritime Technology Limited is to merge its Southampton subsidiary, BMT Marine Information Systems with two other of its businesses based in Scotland and Poland. With offices in the city's Ocean Village, the Southampton arm of the company has
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Good start but die-hards run risk for everyone
A HAMPSHIRE County councillor has stressed that Saints fans must continue to stay seated despite the strides being made in the standing campaign. Cllr Mike Roberts, who represents Aldershot South and is a member of the London Saints supporters club, believes
