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Jewson Wessex League: Linnets Strong at top of table
LYMINGTON & New Milton's 3-0 win at home to Cowes Sports last night has put them top of the table - for 24 hours at least. A win for Eastleigh tonight will put them back at the head of affairs but Graham Kemp's Linnets did all that was asked of them
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We won't play Le Tiss in defence!
EASTLEIGH are going to resist the temptation to play Matt Le Tissier in defence tonight, despite the injury crisis spreading round Ten Acres. The Jewson Wessex League title favourites must host championship rivals Totton without ex-Saint Christer Warren
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Senior Cup: Leader fumes at ref after BAT exit county cup
Havant & Waterlooville will travel to Christchurch in the quarter-finals of the Hampshire Senior Cup after both sides disposed of Lymington Town and BAT respectivley. BAT went down 3-1 at Christchurch after having Ross Walters controversially sent
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Aussie Katich lined up to join Warne at Hampshire
Hampshire are expected to name Australian batsman Simon Katich as their second overseas player next week. Left-handed batsman Katich, 27, played for Durham in 2000 and last season he played one first class game for Yorkshire as a replacement for Darren
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Stormy waters ahead for river safety report
BOAT owners on the River Hamble have slated plans to improve safety on the crowded waterway. A report due to be presented to the river's harbour management committee this Friday is set to look into a radical overhaul of moorings on the river. Plans involve
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Mosel Ace, ro-ro, 0130, 34/5; Hyundai Highness, container, 0700, 205; Cetam Victoriae, ro-ro, 0815, 25 link; Ryfjell, container, am, 204; Anna Oden, ro-ro, 1200, 25 link; Autotransporter, ro-ro, 1400, 201 link; Grace, refrigerated
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Team fantastic
Southampton-based Rose/Holland Racing have just completed a fantastic year in the national rallycross championship. Lead driver Greg Rose retained the Stock Hatch title in the team's home-built Peugeot 205GTI while his teammates, brothers Derek and Sean
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Sweet on sponsorship
Eastleigh-based sweet-makers Adams were so enthused over the success of a sponsorship deal with one of the leading British Superbike teams that they are considering doing it again. Adams, who make the famous Halls Mentho Lyptus throat sweets, backed championship
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We won't play Le Tiss in defence!
EASTLEIGH are going to resist the temptation to play Matt Le Tissier in defence tonight, despite the injury crisis spreading round Ten Acres. The Jewson Wessex League title favourites must host championship rivals Totton without ex-Saint Christer Warren
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Matter of life and death
Death is one of life's few certainties but how well prepared are we for our final moment and have we thought about those we leave behind? Kieran Fox reports... IT WAS the American statesman and philanthropist Benjamin Franklin (1709-1790) who wrote: "
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Jewson Wessex League: Linnets Strong at top of table
LYMINGTON & New Milton's 3-0 win at home to Cowes Sports last night has put them top of the table - for 24 hours at least. A win for Eastleigh tonight will put them back at the head of affairs but Graham Kemp's Linnets did all that was asked of them
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Netball: Young Lymington club going places
Lymington netball club was formed in December 2001 following a 10-week course organised by Active Sport, which is an initiative supported by Sport England. The club was able to form one team in the under 12-age group who entered the Southampton Junior
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FOREST BOOM TOWNS
BUSINESS is definitely booming in the New Forest after two of its towns were named today among the top five most profitable business communities in Britain. While other parts of the country have seen a fall in profits, the neighbouring south coast towns
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Stamp of approval for parcel delivery firm
A local parcel distribution delivery company has won an industry first. The Institute of Transport Management (ITM) has recognised Nightspeed Services as the best overall parcel carrier in its 25-year history. The Institute has awarded its Silver Jubilee
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Review: Disappointing performance
Dick Whittington, Collingwood RSC & Nelson ADSHMS, HMS Nelson, Portsmouth ON a raw evening in Portsmouth, an enthusiastic audience was warmed by some traditional panto entertainment, complete with wonky sets, raucous backstage badinage and improvised
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Bucketloads of generosity at Odeon
VOLUNTEERS from a Southampton-based charity visited the city's Odeon cinema to say a big thank you to staff and customers for raising more than £6,000 for leukaemia research. Odeon staff and volunteers from Leukaemia Busters were on hand for nearly three
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Blackbird Music
Flutter of sudden wings Crashing shadows across The window-pane. And now a piping Pitched out of that bill Of bright rolled gold Startles a late time to sing Like that, with the moon In his eye, the open secret Of his music, vibrating empty Streets in
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Deal averts threat of airport strikes
THE threat of pre-Christmas strikes at Southampton airport was averted today when union leaders agreed a new pay deal. Talks between the Transport and General Workers Union and the British Airports Authority ended in agreement at 4am. The union will now
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Showroom is devastated by workshop fire
A SOUTHAMPTON furniture store is today counting the cost of a fire that ripped through the shop, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. DeeCee Upholstery in Portswood was badly damaged when 30ft flames tore through the company's on-site workshop
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Give us fairer deal, demand pensioners
THOUSANDS of fed-up Hampshire pensioners have demanded a fairer deal from the government. More than 3,100 pensioners have signed a petition asking for free long-term care for the elderly in nursing or residential care or their own homes, and a "noticeable
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Home sweet home for brave Ross, 13
IT'S been a long hard road to recovery but finally Ross McGuinness has returned home. The 13-year-old from Southampton has pulled through a life-saving bone marrow transplant operation to treat a rare blood disorder thanks to younger sister Holly, who
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Review: Badly Drawn Boy's clearly a winner
Badly Drawn Boy, Portsmouth Guildhall DAVID ICKE may have proclaimed himself the Son of God, but really I think the honours in that department could go to Damon Gough - better known as Badly Drawn Boy. Look at the evidence. He cares little for personal
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SAXONIA
The 22,000 ton Saxonia was the lead ship in the quartet ordered by Cunard in the 1950s to give a much needed boost to their cargo and passenger vessels. John Brown and Co was the builder, and Saxonia was launched by Lady Spencer Churchill, wife of the
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Vandal-hit alleyway may be blocked off
HOUSING bosses are considering sealing off a Fareham alleyway after it became a haven for vandals and other antisocial behaviour. Residents who live next to the well-used cut through from Privett Road to Valentine Close have been dogged by noise, litter
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LIVES AT RISK
HAMPSHIRE highways chiefs are being urged to help ease Chandler's Ford's traffic nightmare. Last night, a local councillor said lives could be lost if action was not taken soon. Councillor Ernest Pullen, who represents Chandler's Ford East, said pupils
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Discussions bring end to carnival row
AGREEMENT has been reached in the row over the future of Eastleigh's 115-year-old carnival following talks between organisers and members of Eastleigh council's executive Cabinet. Last month carnival organisers called for urgent investigations into the
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Giving tree reaches out to children
MANY CHILDREN will be spoilt for choice when they open their stockings on Christmas Day. But for the young victims of homes torn apart by domestic violence there will not be the Yuletide joy of finding out what Santa has brought them. However, The Giving
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Beatts must keep his run going - Shearer
Alan Shearer claims England caps are being given to players before they have earned the right to represent their country. The former England captain, who retired from international football two years ago, believes hopefuls must prove themselves at club
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Our finest hour
This month is the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Tebourba - a violent conflict that proved an important turning point in the so-called Desert War. Soldiers from the Hampshire Regiment came away heroes. It was the regiment's finest hour, but it came
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Badgers facing extinction
BROCKENHURST treasurer Tina Colverson has admitted the club is in danger of folding unless they can attract more matchday helpers. Colverson and husband Ray have been almost single-handedly keeping the Wessex League club going since chairman Dave Stansbridge
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MORE SEX PLEASE, WE'RE ENGLISH (Cricketers, that is!)
HAMPSHIRE chairman Rod Bransgrove believes English county cricket must receive an injection of "sex and pizzazz" - and believes football's Premiership is an ideal role model to follow. Bransgrove disregards the thoughts of cricket's traditionalists when
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Songs are so helpful
THE SOLENT Singers wowed the crowds again with their annual carol concert staged at St Mary's Church in Warsash. Not only was the night a roaring success for the group of talented singers but also for the Young Adults Cystic Fibrosis unit, which was the
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Farmers put on a festive market
A SPECIAL Christmas farmers' produce market will be staged in the maritime village of Hamble next Thursday evening. The 4-8pm event will feature fresh produce and natural Christmas decorations, including holly door wreaths, table decorations, game, pork
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Crescent snap up Yukio
Japanese star Yukio Kagayama has joined the New Forest-based Crescent Suzuki team. Kagayama will race a GSX-R1000 alongside new teammate and former BSB champion John Reynolds, who rode for the team in 2002. The 28-year-old Kagayama, from Yokohama, has
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'This plan will be rejected'
COUNCILLORS in two parishes have confidently forecast that plans for the major container terminal at Dibden Bay will be rejected. Graham Parkes who has represented Hythe and Dibden Parish Council at the public inquiry into the scheme, told his council
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DAY 118: QC's assault on bay scheme proposals
A LEADING QC has made a 240-page assault on plans to build a huge container terminal on environmentally sensitive land at Dibden Bay. Richard Drabble represents Hampshire County Council and New Forest District Council, two of the main objectors to proposals
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Badgers facing extinction
BROCKENHURST treasurer Tina Colverson has admitted the club is in danger of folding unless they can attract more matchday helpers. Colverson and husband Ray have been almost single-handedly keeping the Wessex League club going since chairman Dave Stansbridge
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Senior Cup: Lymington Town 1 - Havant & Waterlooville 4
Havant & Waterlooville will travel to Christchurch in the quarter-finals of the Hampshire Senior Cup after both sides disposed of Lymington Town and BAT respectivley. Havant & Waterlooville's father and son double act Dave (2) and Craig Leworthy
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Boxing: Richardson weight loss costs him title
JAMES Richardson dream of an amazing fourth national title ended in heartbreak on Monday night. The Millbrook youngster had breezed into yet another national final following an impressive win against Dagenham's Dean Smith. But problems making the 57-kg
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Boxing: Southampton ABC duo steal the show
TWO Southampton ABC boxers excelled at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Bristol on Saturday. First-up was Rob Mann fighting in the 50kg division, against Steven Warne from the Devonport Police ABC. The 14-year-old Bitterne Park schoolboy started slowly
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Hockey: Nadine braves flying sticks to clinch cup win
Nadine Devereux got in where the sticks were flying to earn Trojans a 1-0 win over Sutton Coldfield and a place in the last 16 of the EHA Women's Knockout Cup. Devereux's bravery not only clinched a February fourth round home tie against Epsom - but also
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A safe walk to school in offing
PUPILS could soon be enjoying a safer journey to school now the accelerator has been pressed on a project to cut traffic dangers. Three and a half years after the Safer Routes to Schools initiative was launched, Hampshire County Council has produced a
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Animals die in forest road accidents
NEW warnings have gone out to drivers in the New Forest following seven accidents in seven days involving ponies and cattle. In one of those accidents, a bay filly was left in agony for hours by a hit-and-run driver before it was found just off the Beaulieu
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Festive record beckons
RETAILERS in the south are hoping to buck the trend of stagnant retail sales in the run-up to Christmas. Figures out this week reveal that sales growth on the high street has fallen to a two-year low just as retailers prepare for the crucial Christmas
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MURDER INQUIRY
POLICE today launched a murder inquiry after a father stabbed in a Southampton street fight died in hospital. Father-of-three Anthony Gunn, 37, from the Shirley area, died last night in the intensive care unit at Southampton General Hospital. Mr Gunn,
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UNDER SIEGE
A HAMPSHIRE family have vowed not be driven out of their own home by threats of violence from gangs of balaclava-wearing young thugs. Neil Chapman, 25, says that he and his family have to deal with fireworks being put through their letterbox, eggs thrown
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It's p-p-p-perishing freezing here, mate
IT WAS nine degrees centigrade in Reykjavik, Iceland, yesterday - but that's warm compared with Southampton. Temperatures on the south coast felt like minus 8C in the bitter easterly wind yesterday. The mercury actually registered at 2C, but with the
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Farewell to voice of a city
With his booming voice, thick white beard and portly figure, Jack Hibberd had plenty to shout about as Southampton's town crier. Dressed in all his red, green and gold finery, the jolly fellow would sound out the civic news on Southampton's streets, ringing
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Rock and Roll era lives on
THERE will be a whole lot of rock 'n' rolling going on at Hedge End on Friday. Southampton's original rock 'n' roll disc jockey Frank Rogers will be spinning back the turntable to the Fifties when stars like Elvis Presley and Bill Haley were kings of
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Musicians to show off their talent
LOCAL musicians and singers are invited to show off their star qualities by entering a free talent show to be held at the YMCA centre in Cranbury Place, Southampton on Wednesday, December 18. It's open to all, refreshments will be available, and there
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James back in hit venue
POLISHED jazz-funk band The James Taylor Quartet return to the Greene Cellars, Southampton, tomorrow. Led by Taylor's powerful Hammond organ sound, the band's dance-happy sound sold out the venue last time. For ticket information telephone 023 8071 0648
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Jobs axe to end 160-year tradition
THE Isle of Wight faces another economic setback with the confirmation that up to 61 engineering jobs at Trinity House in Cowes are to go. As reported by the Daily Echo in August, Trinity House chiefs are making the move to counter the downturn in business
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BOOM TOWN
FAREHAM business leaders are vowing to shoot up the league table after missing out on a top 50 place in the country's most profitable towns. In a nationwide poll Fareham ranked 54th in the country as the best place to set up business. Business leaders
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Summer of arts on way
CHANDLER'S Ford is to be the summertime setting for a music and arts festival. One of the major attractions will be a two-week period of special events, including a concert by the Eastleigh Areas Schools Orchestra with the Bournemouth Symphony at the
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Rock and Roll era lives on
THERE will be a whole lot of rock 'n' rolling going on at Hedge End on Friday. Southampton's original rock 'n' roll disc jockey Frank Rogers will be spinning back the turntable to the Fifties when stars like Elvis Presley and Bill Haley were kings of
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Stoke City snap up Hall
Marcus Hall has moved to Stoke City on a permanent free transfer only a few months after joining Saints. The left back has been unable to dislodge Wayne Bridge in the Saints first team and Gordon Strachan kept a promise he made to him and let the former
