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Women's Football: Miracle needed to avoid relegation
It's not quite mission impossible, but Southampton Saints will need something approaching a miracle to keep them alive in the FA Women's Premier League National Division this week. The only hope the second-to-bottom Saints have of surviving is by beating
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0030, 201 link; Braemar, cruise ship, 0700, 38/9; Black Prince, cruise ship, 0715, 106; P&O Nedlloyd Newark, container, AM, 205; Tamerlane, ro/ro, AM, 43; Grande Scandinavia, ro/ro, 1700, 202; Crystal
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Darts: Monk and Wade in darts spectacular
MORE THAN £100,000 is available to the world class field when the first-ever International Darts League starts next month. Players competing include stars who appeared at the 2003 World Professional Darts Championships at Lakeside Country Club - such
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Building a giant
Queen Mary 2 is the biggest passenger liner in the history of shipping and she is heading for Southampton. Keith Hamilton takes you on a tour of her decks SOUTHAMPTON'S slumbering giant is slowly awakening. Gradually this leviathan of the sea, the like
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THANK YOU
A BIG, heartfelt "thank you". That's the message to Daily Echo readers who helped send 130 tons of vital aid to refugees in southern Serbia. Volunteers from the Hampshire branch of Hope and Aid Direct have just returned safely home following a gruelling
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SARS scare puts hockey trip on ice
A GROUP of Southampton ice hockey players has cancelled a trip of a lifetime to Canada because of their growing concerns about the SARS virus. The players, who all used to play in the city when Southampton had an ice rink, were invited to take part in
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Children escape as car runs into wall
TWO women and two children had a miraculous escape when their car crashed through the garden wall of a home in Southampton. The saloon plummeted through a brick wall and pillar, ending up in the front garden of the property in Bitterne Park. Neighbours
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House-to-house in the hunt for killer
MURDER squad detectives are following up several major leads in the hunt for the killer of an Isle of Wight taxi driver. Police believe Paul Jacques Rosenberg was the victim of a racially motivated attack, which left him with fatal head injuries. The
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FULL-TIME SCORES
Full-time results from the top clubs in the South CHARLTON 2 - SOUTHAMPTON 1 BOURNEMOUTH 0 - LINCOLN CITY 1 (Portsmouth play Rotherham at Fratton Park on Sunday) FOR FULL MATCH REPORTS, ANALYSIS AND PICTURES SEE TONIGHT'S PINK AND THE DAILY ECHO SPORTS
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'BLAME CULTURE HURTING GAME'
GORDON STRACHAN has attacked the 'blame culture' which he says has come to engulf football and place huge extra strain on managers. West Ham boss Glenn Roeder collapsed on Monday following his side's match against Middlesbrough after suffering a minor
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Pahars and Delgado out of FA Cup final
SAINTS strikers Marian Pahars and Agustin Delgado are facing further surgery. Both players have had injury wrecked seasons and are almost certainly out of the FA Cup final against Arsenal, with Rory Delap and Jason Dodd also major doubts. Pahars' has
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Girl power grows up
Former Spice Girl Mel C has endured a roller coaster ride through life so far. She speaks to SALLY CHURCHWARD about her battle with depression, her Sporty Spice days and her latest solo album and tour... IS THERE life after Spice? Melanie Chisholm certainly
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Katich brings Aussie winning attitude to Rose bowl
HAMPSHIRE overseas signing Simon Katich jetted into England yesterday intent on bringing that Aussie winning habit to the Rose Bowl. The 27-year-old arrives in impressive form fresh from captaining Australia A and scoring a superb 134 against South Africa
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Young poets under-stanza what's what
Hundreds of pupils entered the Kids Verse poetry competition, and judge Carol Ann Duffy - author of The World's Wife and one of the poems on the GCSE syllabus - had a tough job picking the winners. The Daily Echo will be in touch with the winners and
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Speaking from the streets
Uncovered Voices is a new booklet of creative writing by users of The Two Saints Day Centre in Southampton. The centre, set up to offer learning opportunities of many kinds to homeless people in the area, has been encouraging creative writing for four
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Great author deposits new work with us
WORLD famous author Louis de Bernires has written a short story exclusively for the Daily Echo. De Bernires, whose book Captain Corelli's Mandolin was an international bestseller and was turned into a film starring Nicolas Cage, was commissioned to write
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Extraordinary life
I DIDN'T GET WHERE I AM TODAY by David Nobbs. Published in hardback by Heinemann priced £17.99 When the last bomb was dropped on Britain by the Germans during the Second World War, David Nobbs' bedroom ceiling collapsed on top of him. He hurt one of his
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CHARLTON 2 - SOUTHAMPTON 1
SAINTS slipped to their second defeat in a row with a 2-1 defeat at Charlton this afternoon. The home side were in control for much of the game, particularly in the first half, when their front three and central midfielder Scott Parker always posed a
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Richard offers up some 'private' thoughts
COMEDIAN Richard Herring brings his one-man celebration of the male member to Southampton's Nuffield Theatre next month. Richard Herring Talking Cock offers a comic exploration of men's thoughts and feelings about an object that has inspired lust, fear
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Review: Grantham can't save weak farce
Love and Marriage - Lighthouse, Poole THE rather sparse audience at Lighthouse had a struggle responding to Donald Churchill's play as it strays from comedy to farce with odd bits of homespun philosophy. Two approaches to marriage are under the spotlight
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Indian FBI to hunt for Hannah's killer
THE Indian equivalent of the FBI has been drafted in to help track down the prime suspect for the murder of Southampton student Hannah Foster. Hampshire detectives are liaising with officers from the elite Central Bureau of Investigation in the hunt for
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Oh baby! May 17 is our big day too. . .
EVERYONE knows May 17 is a big day for Southampton Football Club and their fans. But in one Hampshire household they are hoping to be celebrating a double that Saturday night. As the team takes to the field at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium for their first
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Lawrie kicks off campaign with a special appeal
FORMER Saints manager Lawrie McMenemy has thrown his weight behind a drive in the south to promote the Special Olympics. The only man to lead Southampton Football Club to FA Cup glory - in 1976 - was joined by 20 local football players - all of whom have
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Recognition for a very smart idea
LOCAL MPs, businesses and councillors will be joined by representatives from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Department for Trade and Industry to recognise the significant work the ground-breaking project SmartCities has achieved
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Sea history at trust's open event
THE Brave Little Ships of Dunkirk fame took a bow again when the British Military Powerboat Trust held its second Easter open weekend. Last year more than 500 visitors found their way to the BMPT's huge boatsheds at Cracknore Hard near Marchwood, a total
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Irish singing sensation will entertain you
IRISH singing sensation Cara Dillon will be entertaining at the Turner Sims Concert Hall next month. The award-winning young star will be at the Southampton venue on Thursday, May 8, with piano accompaniment by Sam Lakeman and guitar and fiddle by Seth
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Painting the town Maroon
NOT many bands would boast about spending Christmas in jail - but Maroon Town once had the pleasure of playing a concert in Brixton Prison. It should be a little more restrained, but no less enjoyable, when the nine-piece band, who fuse breakbeat, ska
