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Dr Martens League: Brave Havant
Havant guaranteed their Dr Martens League Premier Division status with a dramatic, late fightback in last night's 3-3 draw at champions Tamworth. Having taken an early James Taylor lead, the Hawks fell 3-1down to their FA Trophy semi-final conquerors,
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Bridge repair work to start
WORK on a £600,000 scheme to repair Bursledon Bridge - which carries the A27 over the River Hamble - is due to start this month. The major project will be carried out in two phases to minimise disruption to river traffic. Phase One begins on April 28
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I'll be back, says injured skip Smith
NICKY Smith has given a defiant "I'll be back" pledge to Hampshire team manager John Plomer after being forced to pull out of this season's Middleton Cup squad through injury. The 37-year-old Atherley bowler was one of the successes of Plomer's first
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CAB in bid for justice to be done
A CAMPAIGN to change government policy and preserve a service which helps hundreds of people a year has been launched by the manager of Waterside Citizens Advice Bureau. Peter Wales fears that the Legal Services franchise run from his CAB base in Hythe
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Firm takes a dip in the Ocean
GRAPHICS Workshop, one of Southampton's fastest growing design and marketing companies, has won a competitive three-way pitch to create the corporate identity and marketing material for the city's Oceanography Centre. The company has been asked to create
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Whitchurch need to win
Whitchurch United must win on Saturday against Christchurch at the Hurn Bridge Sports Ground to have a chance of staying in the Jewson Wessex League. Derek Smalley's side won against Brockenhurst on Saturday and lost to Andover on Monday, meaning relegation
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Hannah's parents pen letter of thanks to police
THE parents of murdered student Hannah Foster have paid a poignant tribute to the team of Hampshire police officers hunting their daughter's killer. Trevor and Hilary Foster have written an open letter to the Operation Springfield squad, praising every
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Sky's the limit for 16-year-old
HE wasn't old enough to drink let alone drive to a pub - but as a special 16th birthday present Mark Smith went on a solo flight around Southampton Airport. The plane loopy teenager has been flying since he was 14 but legally could not go solo until he
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Let's celebrate with the Saints
DISCUSSIONS for an official celebration to mark Saints' incredible FA Cup run after next month's final are well under way. Police chiefs, club bosses and the city council are meeting up to plan an event for the people of the city to show their support
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Teen nuisance must stop say pensioners
ELDERLY residents on an Abbotts Ann estate say their lives are being made a misery by groups of youths who are shouting abuse, throwing stones and even exposing themselves. Complaints have been made to police and Test Valley Borough Council about the
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Students in the swim
CRICKLADE computing students gave college staff and students one of the first chances to play their new Fish Wars game. The two-player game is the latest project by the computing students. Producer Matthew Hurst said: "The day was a great success. I am
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May Day fun
OVERTON Action Group is hosting a celebratory May Day at The Lynch in Overton on May in aid of Hart Wildlife. There will be traditional dancing around the maypole as well as a host of other activities. Entry is free. "It's about people getting together
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Cash boost music to their ears
TESTBOURNE Community School in Whitchurch has been awarded £10,000 from Barclays New Futures 2003. The money, part of the company's education sponsorship scheme, will be used to set up a community music project with their five main partner schools - Whitchurch
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Woolly jumpers!
NORTHINGTON Farm in Overton held another of its popular lambing weekends recently. Visitors were able to see the lambs on the farm and learn how the farm works at this busy time of year. They were told that the farm has 500 Mules ewes, which were put
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Housing needs register for key workers
KEY professionals in Test Valley can now register their need for housing with the borough council. Many police officers, teachers and health workers are facing difficulties buying their own home on their salaries because of the high cost of housing in
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Iron Age living a magnet for pupils
BROUGHTON Primary School enjoyed a day of activities dedicated to the Iron Age as part of their work on the subject. Pupils spent a week studying the Iron Age and visited the Museum of the Iron Age in Andover to learn more about the period before holding
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Experiments pay off at Balksbury
BALKSBURY Junior School science teacher Rebecca Bone has been awarded a special prize for advancing the teaching of science at primary school level. The national 'Top Teacher' awards are part of an education programme for nine to 11-year-olds, sponsored
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On their bikes for charity
PRE-SCHOOL children took part in a sponsored pedal push to raise money for Childline, the UK's free 24-hour helpline for children and young people. Caterpillars pre-school in Tidworth took part in the Pedal Push 2003 by riding bikes, trikes and pedal
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Activists celebrate chicken 'liberation'
ANIMAL rights campaigners are claiming victory after they say they successfully set free 1,000 chickens from a Droxford farm. Members of the Animal Liberation Front have claimed responsibility for wrecking equipment and releasing the birds at Wallops
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Invitation to a picnic protest
HAMPSHIRE'S home-grown gardening star Charlie Dimmock has been invited to join the ground force in the battle to stop homes being planted on Eastleigh allotments. Angry allotment gardeners are waging war on a plan which threatens to replace rows of peas
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BLOSSOMING
MAN-of-the-moment Brett Ormerod hopes Saints can now reap the rewards of his blossoming strike partnership with James Beattie. Manager Gordon Strachan has tried Jo Tessem, Anders Svensson, Kevin Davies and Agustin Delgado alongside 23-goal Beattie this
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Don't let Utd do their deal
A local MEP yesterday warned the EU Commission not to back Manchester United in its attempt to get an unfair share of the television revenues from sales of Premiership TV rights. Chris Huhne, Hampshire's Liberal Democrat MEP, wrote to Competition Commissioner
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New single from Craig
Having already received considerable radio and TV airplay, our Craig's latest single Rise & Fall featuring Sting hits the shelves on May 28. Seven weeks after the Sugababes charted with their Sting-sampled Shape, Mr David raises the bar by having
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Ton eludes in-form Smith
Two hundred-run stands, including a second in three days from John Crawley and Robin Smith, put Hampshire in charge against a depleted Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens. Smith's 92 was the highest score in the Frizzell County Championship yesterday as Hampshire
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Hobie heroes hang on to championship
TEENAGERS Ben Mansfield and Ben Hinks successfully defended their National RYA Youth Championship title in the Hobie 16 class at Hayling Island Sailing Club. Helm Mansfield, 16, is a member of the Royal Southern Yacht Club, attends King Edward VI School
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: P&O Nedlloyd Southampton, container, 0100, 207; Aqua Pioneer, general, 0400, 102/3; Hual Trekker, vehicle carrier, 0630, 43; CMA CGM Balzac, container, 0645, 206; Alianca Brasil, container, 0900, 204; Ina, general, AM,
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Green activists take docks fight to ABP meeting
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have fired yet another salvo of criticism at Southampton docks operator Associated British Ports over its plans for a £700m dock at Dibden Bay. But ABP's chief executive Bo Lerenius has hit back by stressing that the company
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Hants pay the price for tackling weakness
Sussex 38 - Hampshire 31 With matches still to play for Henley Hawks and Portsmouth this weekend, Hampshire faired well despite going into their final pre-Championship Shield fixture with Sussex with just 17 men at Worthing last night. Minus all four
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Table Tennis: Victor becomes a winner again!
VICTOR Imiseev, the 2001 winner from the Fareham-based Generation club, has regained the Southampton men's singles table tennis title. At this season's finals, played at the Chamberlayne Leisure Centre, Imiseev, pictured, comfortably overcame 1996 champion
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Swimming: Emily grabs gold
City of Southampton Swimming Club travelled to the Basingstoke Easter Egg Graded Open Meet at the Aquadome Leisure Park - and came away with three speeding tickets. The strongest group were the 12-years girls - Emily Webber winning gold in the 50m freestyle
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Freshwater Angling: Tappenden turns it on
HOMESTORES' Graham Tappenden had an Easter weekend to remember. First he triumphed in the Witherington Teams of Four with a huge 81lb 6oz of carp, before following it up the next day by taking The Reel Care Winter Series Final on the match lake at Broadlands
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£2m tennis plan for historic farm
PLANS to build a multi-million-pound tennis and arts centre in the New Forest are set to receive the go-ahead. New Forest councillors will be recommended to approve proposals to convert a former farm into a state-of-the-art facility. Historic Hanger Farm
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Final farewell for soldier killed in Iraq
MOURNERS were today paying tribute to a Hampshire bomb disposal expert killed in southern Iraq. More than 300 relatives, friends and comrades of Army Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, 32, were due to attend his funeral at All Saints Church in Burton Dassett,
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Consultant Steve is a real live wire
A recruitment consultant from Totton is Hampshire's top Shell Livewire Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Steve Wyeth, 24, won the £500 first prize at the Hampshire final of the awards, which are supported by Business Link Wessex. Steven outshone other young
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Murder detectives' information appeal
MURDER squad detectives are trying to piece together the final movements of a Southampton dad who was found dead in an alleyway. The body of divorced Alec Newman, 50, was discovered at the rear of a house in Cranbury Avenue, Newtown, early on Friday,
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Final farewell for soldier killed in Iraq
MOURNERS were today paying tribute to a Hampshire bomb disposal expert killed in southern Iraq. More than 300 relatives, friends and comrades of Army Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, 32, were due to attend his funeral at All Saints Church in Burton Dassett,
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Reassurances over SARS preparations
HEALTH bosses are assuring the people of Hampshire that contingency plans are in place in the event of an outbreak of the potentially-fatal Sars virus in the county. Fears were raised after a number of children who had flown back to the UK from school
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Kevin's joy for life simply ringing out
KEVIN Mintram has a zest for life. Remarkably it has never faltered, despite having to cope with a number of learning difficulties and battling serious health problems. Having recently recovered from a life-threatening operation, he is now back on form
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Softly softly wardens tackle town's hotspots
NEIGHBOURHOOD wardens will gain greater public recognition as the nights draw out, says neighbourhood warden manager David Smith. He was responding to comments made in the regular 'Have your say' feature in the Andover Midweek Advertiser in which some
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No away ban on derby days, police confirm
POLICE today scotched rumours that away fans would be banned when Saints take on arch-rivals Pompey in the Premiership next season. The reassurance follows widespread speculation that Southampton and Portsmouth FC supporters could be prevented from attending
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Milford on Sea
Milford on Sea, where else would I be? The island, the sea, The needles, the sea, The gulls, the sea, The yachts, the sea, The ferries, the sea, The trawlers, the sea, The steamers, the sea, Born on the Prairies, Far from the sea, In Canada, my homeland
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Danger gap shut
A TRIAL closure of the one remaining central reservation gap on the A303, at Amport, is now set to go ahead. It has claimed two lives in the past year. The Highways Agency has announced the move following the death of 79-year-old Eric Lovegrove on the
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Town's schools in a league of their own
A FOOTBALL league has been set up between Andover's town schools to encourage children to take part in the sport. Pupils from Anton, Balksbury, Portway and Vigo junior schools are playing home and away in the six-a-side league. Dave Coombs, of Balksbury
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Spring meet is another classic
CLASSIC cars attracted a record number of people to the 12th Andover Spring Vehicle Meet and Autojumble. Around 10,000 people converged on Wyke Down's fields on Easter Monday to see vintage vehicles including fire engines, motorcycles and American cars
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Police plea for help
DETECTIVES investigating an alleged assault on an Andover man are keen for witnesses to come forward. It happened at around 10.30pm on Friday 28 March outside Stripes Football Club on East Portway. It's believed the man was involved in a dispute with
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ID card a must?
EVERYONE in the Test Valley will have to pay around £25 for a compulsory identity card under proposals being put to the cabinet by David Blun-kett, the Home Secretary. The 'smart' card will identify the holder using iris-recognition technology and use
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Homes target doubled
MEMBERS of Test Valley Borough Council's executive committee have been told of the council's success in exceeding affordable housing targets. A total of 198 homes have been completed - almost twice the target number of 100 in the last year. A development
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Plans well in hand as festival draws nearer
PREPARATIONS for this year's Andover Festival Weekend are well under way. The weekend will kick off on Friday 27 June with Walls festival funfair at the Walworth Sports Ground. Special cut-price and discount rides will be available on a wide variety of
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Take care plea after pet hurt
A 12-year-old St Mary Bourne cat called Sam is recovering after being hit by a stray shotgun pellet. Sam belongs to Mr and Mrs Barry and Pauline Cornhill, who live in Batsford, St Mary Bourne. They first noticed something was wrong when he returned home
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Church revamp launched
A MAJOR new refurbishment plan for St Mary's Church in Broughton has been launched. Over the next three years the overall theme is to transform the church from being a house of God to a home of God. Rector, Rev Ron Corne, said: "We have many families
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Plea for witnesses to hotel blaze
POLICE investigating a fire at the White Hart Hotel in Whitchurch are urging anyone with information to come forward. An arsonist struck at the pub while people were still in the bar area at around 11pm on 20 March. Around £1,000 of damage was caused
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Tragic Lucie's father rages at conman
THE ISLE of Wight businesssman father of murdered former air hostess Lucie Blackman said a man who conned him out of £15,500 when he was desperate to find his missing daughter should be "severely punished". Michael Hills, 59, told Tim Blackman he had
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Pensioner fights for life after road crash
A PENSIONER is fighting for her life after she was involved in a head-on crash on the A32 Wickham Road near Fareham. The 76-year-old Fareham woman was trapped in her car for more than half an hour before she was taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham
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I'll fight to save post office
THE BATTLE to save a Gosport post office is on - thanks to a one-woman campaign. Linda Smart has taken it upon herself to drum up support to keep the San Diego Road branch open, taking a petition to local residents, shops and businesses. Mrs Smart of
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Action plea over parking
NEIGHBOURS of the new Waitrose supermarket in Chandler's Ford are demanding action over parking and traffic. Fryern Residents' Association - which campaigned against the 42,000 sq ft branch being built on their doorstep - says it is still waiting for
