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Pat chalks up 60 years with Stoneham club
Pat Pearse this month celebrates 60 years as a member at Stoneham Golf Club. Pat captained the ladies' section in 1970, served as their president between 1991 to 1994 and as a player scooped numerous trophy successes. She was seven times Stoneham champion
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Pompey on the brink again
Portsmouth have another chance of securing promotion to the Premiership against Burnley at Fratton Park tonight. Manager Harry Redknapp has urged his players to make up for their weekend disappointment. Second-in-the-table Pompey could have returned to
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Winchester to wrap it up?
NEIL Hards will forget all about his aches and pains from Sunday's Flora London Marathon if Winchester City's long slog towards the Hampshire Premier League title comes to a glorious conclusion at Burnaby Road tonight. City need victory against Portsmouth
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: P&O Nedlloyd Shackleton, container, 0100, 206; Sapphire Highway, ro/ro, 1930, 43; St Angelo, vehicle carrier, 2030, 105. Today's Principal Sailings: Southampton sailings: Autofreithter, ro/ro, 0600, 201 link; APL Coral,
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FISHING - Youngsters reel in top Wessex awards
Two local youngsters carried off the major awards at the Wessex Division of the National Federation of Sea Anglers' annual meeting in Southampton. Ten-year-old Glenn Tracy collected the Junior Fish of the Year award with a cracking smoothhound weighing
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Scene-stealing craft
PROSPECTS look bright internationally for Southampton hovercraft manufacturer Griffon. Backing by Lloyds TSB Corporate is proving invaluable ... with just a measure of help from 007 James Bond. As well as winning a series of major export and domestic
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City Council picks local firm
Moore & Blatch Solicitors has been selected from more than 100 local and national law firms to represent Southampton City Council. The Southampton-based practice has been awarded a three-year contract to provide legal advice on property and planning
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DESPICABLE
THESE are the shocking injuries suffered by a 91-year-old widow viciously attacked in her own home. Great-grandmother Ivy Fallon was brutally battered after waking to find the man leaning over her bed. She was so badly beaten across the face, hands and
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Tony says thanks for asylum petition
TONY BLAIR has thanked the Daedalus Action Group for handing in the 32,000-signature petition to Downing Street last week. He has also thanked campaigners for a copy of their letter, newsletter and complementary yellow baseball cap, like the ones worn
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Burglars empty shop day after it opens up
AFTER a successful first day of business, bosses at Southampton computer game shop Game Ex-change were looking forward to managing a thriving store. But their hopes was shattered when burglars broke into the Portswood Road shop and stole £20,000-worth
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Darts team on target for hospital fund
JUST before the marathon runners set off in London last weekend a group of Southampton friends completed their own 24-hour marathon. Nine members and friends of the sports and social club of the Mansbridge Community Centre took part in a 24-hour darts
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Recyclable rubbish to end up in London
FIRST it was dumped in landfill sites - now thousands of tonnes of rubbish scheduled for recycling is being trucked to plants in Essex, Reading and London. But today environment bosses defended the plans, saying it was either that or dumping the material
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Youngsters fired up for big day out
SCORES of seriously ill children were treated to an exciting day out at one of Hampshire's top attractions. About 50 cancer patients from Southampton and other parts of the Wessex region spent a fun-filled day at Paultons Park, near Romsey. The event
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Village mourns a colourful character
CRICKETER, thatcher, wine-maker, councillor and farmer - one of Hampshire's most colourful characters, Les Curtis, has died. The Plaitford man, who taught himself to thatch, died in Romsey Hospital at the age of 80. He had been ill for some time and was
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Pub post office wins stamp of approval
TWO pints of lager, a packet of crisps and a car tax disc please. That's not quite such an odd request from the punters at The Baker's Arms in Droxford who now have a post office in their village pub. Builders were still putting the finishing touches
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Wheels begin to turn for cycling strategy
A MAJOR move which will encourage Eastleigh citizens to get on their bikes is to be launched. Borough engineers are to carry out feasib-ility studies for three cycle routes including one which will bring riders into the town centre. Senior councillors
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25,000 TICKETS FOR SAINTS' CARDIFF ARMY
Saints have been allocated just under 25,000 tickets for next month's FA Cup final. Arsenal have been given virtually an identical amount for the Millennium Stadium showpiece on May 17. The FA will share the remaining 22,000 tickets among their member
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I'm not sure of final start
Brett Ormerod insists he is NOT certain of his place in the FA Cup final - despite being the main hero in the semi. The 26-year-old striker scored one - his first goal away from St Mary's all season - and set up the other on Sunday as Saints defeated
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Cruising's captain of industry
Cruising is a multi-million pound-business for the port of Southampton, now recognised as the UK's centre for the industry. Keith Hamilton talks to one of the most powerful and influential leaders of this rapidly expanding sector FACTFILE.... NAME: DAVID
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Carrier Oceania in for the long Hual
This is the latest vessel to join the growing Hual fleet of vehicle carriers, now familiar sights alongside the port of Southampton. Hual Oceania, set to become a regular caller in the docks, has 55,906 square metres of deck space and can carry up to
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Naming of new sea gem
Southampton is to be the venue for another cruise ship-naming ceremony, the fifth event of its kind to be held in the port this year. The 12,500-ton Saga Pearl, formerly known as Minerva, will be officially renamed alongside the Queen Eliabeth II Terminal
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Millvina, meet our own little Millvina!
A YOUNG couple were so inspired by the story of the youngest survivor of the Titanic disaster that they have named their baby after her. Millvina Dean, 91, was just nine weeks old when the doomed liner hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912. Her namesake
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Rico decides to give Portugal a miss
WHILE Justin Rose was preparing to make his Masters debut last week, the last Hampshire golfer to tread the hallowed fairways of Augusta was writing a sad letter to the European PGA withdrawing from the Algarve Portuguese Open. For Steve Richardson it
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Wasim to make Hants a mean machine
Wasim Akram wants to end his career on a high - by helping Hampshire develop a nasty streak. Pakistan legend Wasim yesterday revealed that he will almost certainly end his playing days at the end of the season. But he wants to retire with Hampshire in
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Eastleigh are aiming to get back on track
EASTLEIGH manager Paul Doswell heads into tonight's Jewson Wessex League Cup final dress rehearsal at AFC Totton admitting his side are struggling in the wake of winning the league title. Since lifting the crown with a 2-0 home win over their closest
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Romsey step up with real style
Romsey clinched their expected promotion to London Division Four South-West with a professional and calculated crushing of lowly Hamble, totalling 15 tries in a mammoth 91-5 success that ensured they lifted the Hampshire One title with some panache. It
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Yachting HQ receives royal launch
IT WAS back in the late 1980s that the Princess Royal officially opened the Royal Yachting Association's landlocked headquarters in Eastleigh. Yesterday she returned to the borough - but this time nearer to the sea - to give a royal launch to the RYA's
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An egg-cellent effort for charity
THEY were hard-boiled little characters, but they won the hearts of children at Fawley Infant School and inspired them to collect £770 for charity. Each pupil faced the task of caring for a 20-minute egg for one week to raise sponsorship for children's
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Residents' fight for better road safety
FAMILIES living in a New Forest village are demanding traffic calming measures following a spate of accidents near their homes. Members of Eling Conservation Area Protection Society (ECAPS) are lobbying Totton and Eling Town Council as part of their campaign
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Controversial church scheme thrown out
PLANNERS in the New Forest have rejected a church extension scheme that has split a local community. An application to build a chapel beside St John the Baptist Church, Burley, was thrown out at a meeting of New Forest District Council's planning committee
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Children let success go to their heads
HATS off to Copythorne Playgroup. Not only have the youngsters made some brilliant bonnets to celebrate Easter, but teachers and helpers are walking tall after gaining accreditation from the Pre-school Learning Alliance. Supervisor Denise Wiltshire said
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Who will win Hampshire's Innovation Award?
With its seafaring and aviation traditions, the county of Hampshire is no stranger to innovation. In addition to hi-tech manufacturing, aerospace and marine, Hampshire is contributing a great deal to leisure and tourism, financial services and the telecommunications
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Fitness First health clubs for sale
SOUTH coast health club operator Fitness First has confirmed that Moray has offered £204 million to acquire its business. Moray is a bid vehicle backed by venture capital firm Cinven, which had been tipped as the favourite to acquire the Poole-based group
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Denham praises Budget for business
John Denham's comments on the business aspects of the Budget: The amount of output produced per worker - productivity - has been historically lower in the UK than in other major economies. The Labour government's goal is that UK productivity should grow
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Anne brings cheer to Army families
HAMPSHIRE Army wives waiting for their husbands to return home from the Gulf received a morale-boosting visit from the Princess Royal yesterday. Princess Anne went to Marchwood Military Port to meet some of the women whose menfolk have been away since
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Oh boyo! Race on for Cardiff
THE race is officially on! Saints are on their way to Cardiff and the scramble has begun to make the journey even though match tickets have yet to go on sale. Coach operators across the south have been inundated with bookings and tourism offices in the
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School scores a £25,000 windfall
REDBRIDGE Community School scooped £25,000 at a ceremony held before a recent Saints match at St Mary's Stadium. The money came from HSBC Bank which is, along with Southampton Football Club, sponsoring, the school for its specialist sports status. In
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Soaraway celebrations mark group's 75th anniversary
UP, UP and away went the celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of Southampton's 1st Bitterne Park Brownies and Guides. A service was held at the Church of the Ascension followed by the launch of 75 blue and yellow balloons. The celebrations continued
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A whole year's work is stolen
A TEENAGER was left distraught when his school bag containing a year's hard work was stolen. Greg Moffitt, 14, left his yellow Doctor Marten's double-zipped rucksack in his Southampton school classroom while he made a phone call. When he returned just
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Riddanceto rubbish
AN ASSAULT on litter was made in Whiteley in a bid to rid the village of unwanted rubbish. A small army of litter pickers took to the streets, alleyways and parks of Whiteley collecting sackfuls of rubbish including sweet wrappers, food packaging and
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Artists put on a good show
MEMBERS of the Fair Oak Art and Craft Society showed off their handiwork at their annual spring exhibition and fair. The village hall was taken over by stalls and sideshows, as hundreds of visitors came to see exhibits billed as "original work at affordable
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Salute to stalwart
THE SERVICE of a veteran village councillor will be saluted at the annual parish meeting of Fair Oak and Horton Heath Parish Council. A presentation will be made to former parish council chairman Councillor Geoffrey Owen, in recognition of his long service
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I could see the desire in their eyes, reveals boss Strachan
GORDON STRACHAN reflected on Sunday's glorious FA Cup semi-final win and admitted: "The players were ready, I could see it in their eyes before kick-off." The Saints boss said he felt comfortable throughout the 2-1 victory over Watford - and today pledged
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A Titanic undertaking
ONE of the largest models ever built of Titanic was on display at the annual British Titanic Society convention which took place at Southampton's Hilton Hotel in Chilworth. Model-maker Peter Davies-Garner has spent 18 months constructing the spectacular
