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READING 0 - PORTSMOUTH 0
POMPEY came through a tough test before a Madejski Stadium-record crowd unscathed and showed their steely side in defying an in-form Reading side who had won their previous six games, without conceding a goal. Manager Harry Redknapp admitted: "In all
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FA Vase: Winchester can go all the way
Brockenhurst 0 - Winchester 7 On paper it was a humiliating scoreline, but Brockenhurst boss Pete Moore was not overly embarrassed to be steamrollered out of the FA Vase by a team from a league below. Hampshire League sensations Winchester City may be
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Dr Martens League: Tate - My phone's stopped ringing!
Newport IoW player-manager Steve Tate has always maintained the Islanders are way too good to be embroiled in a relegation dogfight. And who'd dare argue with him after Saturday's momentous 3-1 result away to a King's Lynn side, who had won their previous
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Hampshire League: Seven-up Ringwood please boss - for keeping clean sheet!
Ringwood Town blasted Pirelli General 7-0 on Saturday and manager Bob Lane joked: "I was more happy with the nil!" He explained: "We've been struggling to keep the goals out, so I was especially pleased we kept a clean sheet against Pirelli. "But there
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Dr Martens League: Influential Havant midfielder Wood's hospital health scare
HAVANT & Waterlooville's glee at winning 5-1 at rock-bottom Ilkeston on Saturday has been tempered by a health scare surrounding their influential midfielder Paul Wood. The 38-year-old former Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Brighton and Sheffield Wednesday
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Aymes goes back to where it all started for ex-Hants favourite
FORMER Hampshire wicketkeeper Adi Aymes is to play for his old club Hursley Park in the ECB Southern Premier League next summer. The 38-year-old parted company with Hampshire by mutual consent recently after 17 years of loyal service. Knee problems had
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Women's Football: Una on target as Saints are beaten
FULHAM'S former Southampton Saint Una Nwajei (pictured above) struck the first blow against her old club as the Londoners stayed top of the FA Women's Premier League National Division with a 5-0 victory. But it was far from a poor performance from the
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Storm brews over soap pub changes
A POPULAR Hampshire pub which starred in the Dallas-By-the-Sea Sunday soap Howard's Way is at the centre of a new drama. Plans to alter Bursledon's Jolly Sailor, which overlooks the River Hamble, have been hit by waves of protest. The South Hampshire
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Primary school tables are most encouraging
HAMPSHIRE primary schools are doing well according to newly- published league tables. The figures show that many of county's 328 schools saw 100 percent of their pupils attaining level 4 in English, maths and science. Hampshire County Council's executive
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Offices planned for conservation land
PLANS to build office blocks on a greenfield site in Mapledurwell could get the go-ahead this week. Basingstoke council's development and control committee will consider outline planning permission for Bewley Homes Plc to build four office blocks on land
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Plans for new medical centre anger residents
RESIDENTS in a Basingstoke neighbourhood have vowed to fight plans to build a medical centre on land outside their homes. Dr S W Hudson & Partners and South Ham Dental Surgery, which are currently practising in Paddock Road, are seeking to build on
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'Bargain' paid for leisure complex
BASINGSTOKE council is about to settle the bill for the new Aquadrome swimming and leisure complex - at more than £1.25million pounds over the original budget. But council leaders still feel they have got a bargain. They are asking Thursday's meeting
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Jury to resume in Allison trial
THE jury in the trial of Basingstoke psychiatrist Christopher Allison will today continue their deliberations. Allison, 60, formerly of Skippetts Lane West, Basingstoke, and now living in Suffolk, has pleaded not guilty to 18 charges involving eight women
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Residents face tax hike
RESIDENTS in the Basingstoke borough are facing a massive increase in their council tax next year that will take the bill for the average house to more than £1,000 a year. After the Government announced that Hampshire would be receiving the smallest grant
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TV star sped to 'protect family'
TOP television journalist Martin Bashir told a Basingstoke court that he sped through a 30mph zone at twice the speed limit because he was rushing home to protect his family from a menacing youth. The award-winning reporter, who is best known for his
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Double blast sinks the unlucky Bison
Basingstoke Bison 1 Coventry Blaze 3 TWO goals in 13 seconds early in the final period made the difference between two teams battling for second spot in the league. This was very much a dual of two netminders as both Scott Hay and Jody Lehman turned in
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'Stoke avenge an early-term defeat
Basingstoke 49pts Old Patesians 8 BASINGSTOKE continued their recent good form to knock Old Patesians off second spot. The FX-backed home side ran out deserved winners after a good all-round display, scoring seven tries to avenge September's defeat at
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United we will stand
IAN Juryeff is a man on a mission - to bring children throughout Hampshire together through the game of football. Five years ago, Ian was appointed Football Community Development Officer for Southampton Football Club. His role is to take football back
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Powergen London Div 2 South: It's blackjack as Gosport go third!
Gosport & Fareham 21 - Portsmouth 8 IT is almost becoming a regular feature of the season that the big derby between south-east Hampshire's leading pair, Gosport & Fareham and Portsmouth, should be played on two sets of varying surfaces. The match
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Powergen London League Round-up: Ali's Totts box clever
THEY may have started slowly, but Tottonians are charging towards promotion from London Division Four South-West after they beat one of their main title rivals, London Irish Amateur 15-5 to keep themselves four points clear and unbeaten. It was a terrific
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National league: Record broken, but the Isle of White remain top
FORDINGBRIDGE broke the Isle of Wight's record of not conceding any points but Adam Dennett's penalty strike was not enough to prevent Richard Beardsall's side from making it eight out of eight in a dour game at the Recreation ground. There was no abundance
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National League: Havant loss turns up heat
THE differences between Havant's defeat and Basingstoke's victory could not be more diverse, but the gap separating the pair is now just two points and they meet in just a fortnight's time. Havant's injury-ravaged squad seemed to forget that matches lasted
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SAINTS 2 - BIRMINGHAM 0
WHAT A DAY for Saints - three wins in a row, the Premiership's leading scorer playing up front and a leap to eighth in the table after 17 games. It seems that Gordon Strachan and his men can do little wrong at the moment and this was yet another fine
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Basketball: Woeful start is costly for Stars
A woeful first-half display by a disappointing Solent Stars team led to a defeat by Kingston Wildcats at the Tolworth Recreation Centre. Gone was the cohesion and drive from last week's win over Sutton Pumas and it was replaced by a lacklustre first half
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Entrepreneurs warned to be prepared
THE increasing entrepreneurial culture in the south is creating hundreds of new and exciting businesses but very often these falter through a lack of sound business acumen. Antony Fanshawe, regional chairman of R3 and a partner in Southampton-based Fanshawe
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Sinister touch to seasonal offering
VISITING your relatives can be perilous at the best of times. Little Red Riding Hood's trip to see her grandmother makes usual family rows over Christmas dinner seem like a scene out of The Waltons - particularly when Granny threatens to eat her. If you
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Review: Local talent show class
Bouncers, Goody Zombee, Wildern School, Hedge End It's party season and time to try your luck with the local talent. Bouncers is a vision of Nineties urban nightlife, where our four lads play over 30 different characters. This is fast and physical theatre
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Man fighting for life after stabbing horror
A SOUTHAMPTON man is fighting for his life after he was stabbed in the street during a fight involving up to 15 people. The 37-year-old man from the Shirley area collapsed on the pavement after he was stabbed in the abdomen during the incident shortly
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Lift-off for the aircraft factory calendar girls
THIS year's most-valued Christmas surprise isn't likely to be a robotic pet, a scooter or even a Tellytubby. It's a raunchy calendar - and the latest one is featuring models making their debut at an average age of 46. It went on sale last week and they
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Fears for puppy taken from rescue centre
ANIMAL lovers have been urged to help find a puppy stolen from a Hampshire rescue centre. John Harding, general manager at the Animal Rescue Centre in Southampton, today pleaded for people to keep their eyes peeled for the six-week-old Jack Russell, which
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Crackdown to stop the school truants
A CRACKDOWN on Southampton youngsters who bunk off school swings into action again today. Police and council chiefs will be teaming up to comb the city's streets in a bid to cut the number of pupils who are wrongly taking time off school. The week-long
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Pupils create a new wood and nature walk
GREEN-fingered schoolchildren have just completed planting nearly 200 trees in their school grounds to create a nature walk and educational woodland. Bursledon Junior School wood was becoming overgrown before teachers decided to act and cut the rogue
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GOLF: Hampshire professionals honour former stalwart
It's Jack's day as the professionals are beaten RICHARD BLAND took time out from his European tour duties this week to play in a very special match for the Hampshire assistant professionals. The Stoneham ace lined up for them in the annual match against
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FOOTBALL: Can anyone put the brakes on Winchester City's bandwagon as they stretch their unbeaten r
Goals galore as City march on in league and cup Winchester City 3, Gosport Borough Athletic 2 (aet) Report by Ian Henderson WINCHESTER City stormed into the quarter finals of the Hampshire Senior Cup with a battling extra time win against Gosport Borough
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Health advice on tap at a pub
IT'S not everyday that a visit to the local pub could save your life. While beer, lager and spirits were flowing as freely as ever at The Lord Arthur Lee in Fareham so too was potentially lifesaving advice. Tips on improving diets, preventing sexually
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We've got our own Fame Academy
A FAREHAM arts centre has turned into a mini Fame Academy for budding young local musicians. The Ashcroft Arts Centre has been hosting innovative workshops that have given students from Fareham and Gosport the chance to create new music, lyrics and stage
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Lasting memento of quiet philanthropist
A RAGS-to-riches story about an Eastleigh boy who went on to become founding chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange now has a lasting memento in the railway town. A green plaque adorns the wall of a terraced house in Eastleigh High Street commemorating
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Exam students back at blaze-hit school
THORNDEN School was slowly getting back to business today - just a week after a disastrous fire swept through the huge Chandler's Ford campus. A car park was being transformed into a mini classroom complex as contractors winched ten temporary double rooms
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Ready to Honk?
EASTLEIGH Borough Youth Theatre takes to the stage at the town's art and dance centre, The Point, this week with its production of Honk. Adapted from the original story of the Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, Honk runs from Thursday to Saturday
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P&O revamp goes full steam ahead
Ports and ferries group P&O has said it is steaming ahead with an organisational revamp that includes the creation of a single brand and the loss of jobs in Portsmouth. The group is introducing a new organisational structure for its ferries business
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Dawn of a mega-ship
The world's newest cruise ship arrived in Southampton for her international debut in a riot of colour. Weighing in at nearly 92,000 tons, Norwegian Dawn make a spectacular impression as she sailed up Southampton Water with her hull covered in distinctive
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BEATTIE FOR ENGLAND?
GORDON STRACHAN has played down the south coast clamour for James Beattie to receive an England call-up. The Saints striker's double sent him clear at the top of the Premiership scoring charts as Birmingham were brushed aside 2-0 on Saturday. They were
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Hoddle makes double Saints return after FA Cup draw
SAINTS have been drawn at home to Premiership arch-enemies Tottenham in the third round of the FA Cup. It will mean the teams locking horns twice in less than a week at St Mary's and will be the first FA Cup tie ever played at the new stadium. Former
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FA VASE: 4-0 DOWN, 5-4 UP - IS LYMINGTON'S NAME ON THE CUP?
Never-say-die Lymington & New Milton staged one of the greatest fightbacks in FA Vase history on Saturday to secure a place in today's fourth round draw with an amazing 5-4 victory at Willand Rovers. Incredibly, the Linnets found themselves almost
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Jewson Wessex League: Hamble hit the unknown heights
The big day itself may still be more than two weeks away but the Jewson Wessex League has already started going Christmas crackers! Seasonal strugglers Hamble ASSC find themselves in the lofty heights of seventh place following their 1-0 victory at Bournemouth
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Ryman League: McAllister grabs goal No 21 as 'Stoke hit form
BASINGSTOKE Town's ex-Eastleigh marksman Craig McAllister reigns supreme as the Ryman Premier Division's top scorer after burying his 21st goal of the season in league and cup. His latest masterpiece came at the Camrose Ground on Saturday where fifth-place
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Intermediate Cup: Amazing fightback from Nursling
Nursling pulled off a staggering fightback after trailing Paulsgrove 3-0 in the Hampshire Intermediate Cup. They went behind in the first minute and trailed 3-0 after 25 minutes before Ryan Underhill pulled one back. Malc Callaway and Lee Humby drew them
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Lift-off for the aircraft factory calendar girls
THIS year's most-valued Christmas surprise isn't likely to be a robotic pet, a scooter or even a Tellytubby. It's a raunchy calendar - and the latest one is featuring models making their debut at an average age of 46. It went on sale last week and they
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Pupils create a new wood and nature walk
GREEN-fingered schoolchildren have just completed planting nearly 200 trees in their school grounds to create a nature walk and educational woodland. Bursledon Junior School wood was becoming overgrown before teachers decided to act and cut the rogue
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Pupils prepare boxes of delights
STUDENTS at Costello Technology College have pulled out all the stops to help Children In Need and make sure kids in Eastern Europe get at least one gift this Christmas. Years 7 and 8 gathered all the spare sweets, toys and other goodies they could, to
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Teenage heroin addict denies killing her baby half-brother
A TEENAGE heroin addict accused of letting her baby half-brother die of a methadone overdose told a jury she was not to blame for his death. Claire Gormley, 19, said her confession that she had seen 22-month-old Jacksa Bowyer holding a methadone bottle
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Inventors prepare to make piles of cash
A BASINGSTOKE couple are set to become millionaires from a medical invention. Housewife Helen Lismore, 39, and her partner Graham Holland, 38, a plumber, of Abbey Road, Popley, have perfected a method of relieving haemorrhoids - and it is about to be
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MacArthur can't wait for her Kingfisher return
HAMPSHIRE yachtswomen Ellen MacArthur has named a 14-strong crew to race the 110ft maxi-catamaran Kingfisher2 for the Jules Verne Trophy this winter. The international team for the round-the- world voyage is drawn from six nations and boasts 20 circumnavigations
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: P&O Nedlloyd Sydney, container, 0900, 204; Hyundai No 205, ro/ro, AM, 40; Bonn Express, container, 1500, 205; Crystal Ace, ro/ro, PM, 202. Today's Principal Sailings: Arco Severn, misc, 0630, 101E; Aida, ro/ro, PM, 34/35
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Double world champion
DAVID Lamport has made a dream start in his first year of kick-boxing by clinching two world titles. The Cannings Martial Arts fighter has just returned from Odense in Denmark as a member of the British squad. He beat an Italian in the sparring final
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Town win again
Basingstoke Town 3 St Albans City 1 QUESTIONS continue to be asked of Ernie Howe's young Basingstoke Town side this season, but time and again they are answering them. The visit of third place St Albans City to the Camrose on Saturday presented Town with
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Hampshire League: Farnborough stop those Romsey rapids
IN this most fascinating of seasons in Hampshire Division One where six clubs are separated by just five points at the top, Farnborough are back on top after they clinched a vital victory over previously unbeaten Romsey. A try with just five minutes left
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HE'S FREE!
A HAMPSHIRE woman who has been fighting for her brother to be released from an Indian jail has been given the perfect Christmas present - his freedom. Charity worker Ian Stillman, who is profoundly deaf, has one leg and suffers from diabetes, was given
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I couldn't believe fire striking twice
A HAMPSHIRE woman who escaped as fire ravaged her home 24 years ago has told how she watched in horror as the house which replaced it burnt to the ground. Rachel Kalis could not believe her eyes as flames ripped through Hinchelsea House in the New Forest
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Aiming to revitalise ailing community
A POLICY to give a "shot in the arm" to the deprived community of Calshot has been backed by the New Forest District Council. Councillors recommended that the scheme, which will encourage more house-building in the most easterly corner of the district
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Driver failed to deal with faulty brakes
A HAMPSHIRE lorry driver has been convicted of ignoring a fault with the brakes on his vehicle and causing an accident in which six people were injured. Leonard Sherwood was found guilty of dangerous driving following the crash when his flatbed truck
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Santa spins a festive web in town
SCORES of youngsters braved freezing temperatures to catch a glimpse of Santa. Pulled on his sleigh by two real-life reindeers, he made his way into the centre of Ringwood to meet and greet the children whose homes he will be dropping into on December
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New titles for Echo owner
NEWSPAPER group Gannet, the ultimate owner of the Southern Daily Echo, is on the acquisition trail. The group is planning to spread its wings north of the border with the purchase of the Glasgow based Herald newspaper titles. Papers including the Herald
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New alliance is big step forward
HAMBLE-based defence electronics company ESL Defence has received a major endorsement of its technology and expertise from aerospace giant BAE Systems. The result is the creation of a strategic alliance under which ESL Defence and BAE Systems Avionics
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Review: Scrooge puts you in a festive mood
Scrooge, Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society Junior Section, Colden Common Community Centre If you're a miserly old humbug at Christmas time, get some Christmas cheer by seeing the junior section of the Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society's production
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Review: Easy to spot a real winner
The 101 Dalmatians, Nuffield Theatre IT'S dotty, quite potty and is guaranteed to knock the spots off anyone not yet in the Christmas spirit. The Nuffield Theatre's The 101 Dalmatians is a classy canine caper that had everyone's tails wagging at last
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Staff to take action over tutoring system
STAFF at Southampton City College have once again voted to take industrial action. In a narrow vote, members of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) opted to take action short of a strike action in protest at changes
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HE'S FREE!
A HAMPSHIRE woman who has been fighting for her brother to be released from an Indian jail has been given the perfect Christmas present - his freedom. Charity worker Ian Stillman, who is profoundly deaf, has one leg and suffers from diabetes, was given
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I couldn't believe fire striking twice
A HAMPSHIRE woman who escaped as fire ravaged her home 24 years ago has told how she watched in horror as the house which replaced it burnt to the ground. Rachel Kalis could not believe her eyes as flames ripped through Hincheslea House in the New Forest
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Step forward for precinct
RADICAL plans to transform a Southampton shopping precinct move a step further tonight. The ambitious multi-million pound project in Shirley, which will include a Sainsbury's superstore, is expected to be completed by autumn 2004. Council bosses are set
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£4,000 for city Samaritans
SAMARITANS in Southampton is celebrating a cracking Christmas after receiving a £4,000 cash boost from one of the UK's largest grant-making trusts. The Lloyds TSB Foundation has handed out almost £420,000 to more than 60 voluntary groups in the south
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10 years on: M3 protesters return
MORE than 50 environmental campaigners from across the UK have set up camp on top of Winchester's St Catherine's Hill. Under canvas and with log fires they have gathered to mark the tenth anniversary of the vain battle to save Twyford Down from being
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Gorilla Elvis provides £350 boost for Cedar pupils
DISABLED youngsters at a Hampshire school are getting an early Christmas present of £350 thanks to generous diners at a Southampton restaurant. The money for Cedar School in Rownhams, Southampton, was raised by staff and customers at Mustang Sally's in
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Local lecturers go into print over police and the media
A NEW book about how police are represented in the media has been written by two Southampton lecturers. Prof Frank Leishman and Dr Paul Mason, from Southampton Institute's Faculty of Media, Arts and Society, have worked together on Police and the Media
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COUNTY CRICKET: Hampshire are set to sign an Australian batsman but...
Waugh is not the man for Hampshire RUMOURS that Hampshire are trying to bring Australian batsman Mark Waugh to the Rose Bowl next summer as their second overseas player have been scotched by the county, writes Ian Henderson. The 37 year old batsman recently
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FROM THE SIDELINES: Comprehensive new book on Saints to be published next summer
A Christmas present with a difference for Saints fans TWO loyal Saints fans have come up with a novel Christmas present for fellow supporters - a promisory 'greetings' card, assuring the recipient of a copy of their comprehensive new book on Saints when
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Review: Criminals on top form
Fun Lovin' Criminals, Portsmouth Guildhall ONCE again, the Fun Lovin' Criminals lived up to their name - the fun bit, that is - during their Portsmouth Guildhall gig. Grinning throughout the performance, frontman Huey kept it laid-back but upbeat with
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REFUGEE HOSTEL OUTRAGE
THE OWNER of a hostel for homeless people and refugees is set on another collision course with her neighbours after they raised objections to her latest extension plans. Daphne Downes, owner of The Hinton Hotel in Catisfield, wants to build two log cabins
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Family injured in car smash
AN ELDERLY couple, their daughter and grandson are today recovering in hospital after being involved in a car accident near Fareham. The pensioners were travelling in a Nissan Micra car with their 36-year-old daughter and her two children when the accident
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Museum put under review's spotlight
THE review of leisure services across Fareham will shift focus to Westbury Manor Museum as the attraction comes under the scrutiny of councillors. The future of the West Street museum, pictured, will be under the spotlight as members of the leisure panel
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Leader in pledge to avoid any cutbacks
NO cuts to borough services - that is the pledge from Eastleigh council leader Keith House following the release of provisional government figures for next year's revenue support grant. Councillor House has given a cautious welcome to the 2003/4 grant
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Guide to mental health services reflects the important issues
COMMUNITY services in Eastleigh have moved into unchartered territory by launching a new guide for people using mental health services. The Charter for Adults who use Mental Health Services sets out the minimum standards people can expect from the facilities
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Superliner passengers in Norwalk virus scare
SOUTHAMPTON'S luxury super-liner Oceana is at the centre of a Norwalk virus scare with more than 100 passengers and crew taken ill. The virus, which causes sickness and diarrhoea, is currently plaguing passenger ships in America with many vessels cutting
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Star to name new luxury cruise ship
SOUTHAMPTON docks will be alive with the sound of music when legendary singing star, Dame Julie Andrews, pictured, officially names the new ultra-luxurious cruise ship, Crystal Serenity in the port next year. As godmother of Crystal Serenity, Julie Andrews
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Titanic baby gets a name
SCIENTISTS have solved the 90-year-old riddle of the identity of an infant who perished when the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton. For years the 13-month-old boy buried in a Canadian graveyard as "An Unknown Child" was thought to have
