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Jewson Wessex League: Relief as battered Blackfield survive
Alton Town manager Dave Hawtin shared in Blackfield & Langley's sense of relief after their 1-1 draw when news filtered through from Hurn Bridge that Whitchurch United had lost their 'must win' survival fixture at Christchurch. For the Watersiders
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Dr Martens League: Newport hitman Guy professional to the end
FORMER Portsmouth hitman Guy Whittingham had a hand in both goals as Newport concluded their Eastern Division home programme with a 2-1 win over Histon. But Island boss Steve Tate has confirmed that the 38-year-old will be shipping out of St George's
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Jewson Wessex League: Whitchurch wait on drop
Whitchurch United are hoping that finishing bottom of the table does not equal relegation. The North Hampshire club's 1-0 defeat at Christchurch meant they finished the season with the Wessex League's wooden spoon. But with no team due to be relegated
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Ryman League: Supporters' award prompts stylish Roach
NEVILLE Roach picked up Basingstoke Town's supporters' player-of-the-season award and promptly served up a man-of-the-match performance in Saturday's 2-2 home draw with Heybridge Swifts. The 24-year-old, a recent trialist with Boston United, got his name
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Top-ranking golfer will patronise ward charity
GOLF ace Justin Rose is to "give a little back" to Basingstoke hospital - where his late dad was treated during his battle with leukaemia - by becoming the patron of a charity appeal to build a new cancer ward. Justin, 22, who recently returned to England
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Archaeologist attempts to save home on the Grange
A BASINGSTOKE archaeologist is making a last-gasp plea to save the farmhouse at Grange Farm, Old Basing, from being sold. Gareth Owen says that, by selling the farmhouse, Hampshire County Council is missing out on a golden opportunity to set up a museum
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Wel-Care's the winner of charity match
KICKING off 30 minutes earlier than scheduled, this charity game in aid of Wel-Care was played in a good spirit and there were chances at both ends in the opening stages. Goals from Jamal Al Noah and Gary Stanley made it 1-1 and the score stayed level
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Your cash brings aid to thousands of children
MORE than 4,000 children in conflict-torn Iraq could receive a potentially life-saving boost thanks to the generosity of kind-hearted Gazette readers. Two weeks agas, Gazette Newspapers joined forces with UNICEF to launch an appeal to help some of the
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Aurora, cruise ship, 0630, 106; Gopher State, military, 1000, Marchwood; APL Hong Kong, container, 1045, 206; Jade Arrow, ro-ro, 1500, 201; Yeoman Bontrup, bulk, 2100, 109; Cetam Nicea, ro-ro, pm, 203. Today's Principal Sailings
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Macca miss aids Swifts' survival
Basingstoke Town 2 Heybridge Swifts 2 BASINGSTOKE Town were denied a win in their final league match at the Camrose this season when Akpo Sodje netted a 90th minute equaliser for the visitors. Sodje was on hand to tap in from six yards after Town 'keeper
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Rain wrecks chances of victory
CRICKET: RAIN in Cardiff ensured Hampshire's game against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens ended in a draw on Saturday. The only full day's play in the four-day county championship match took place on Wednesday when the visitors racked up an excellent 381-
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'Stoke survive dreaded drop
A TENSE weekend off the field for Basingstoke rugby club officials, players and fans, ended in triumph with the Down Grange club escaping relegation. They finished third from bottom but were spared the drop from national division three south because only
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Ex-Cabinet minister backs battle for Bay
FORMER Cabinet minister John Redwood has joined the battle to save Dibden Bay. Mr Redwood visited the proposed site of a £750m port and backed calls for new container facilities to be built elsewhere in the country. The former shadow environment secretary
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No promotion as Portsmouth lose play-off
For the second time in succession, Portsmouth missed out on promotion in the one-off play-off clash, but the measure of the defeat was saddening as they left their best form back on the south coast. After turning in a number of superb performances in
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Bashley 2 - Stamford 1
Stamford had their Dr Martens Eastern Division promotion hopes snuffed out by a 2-1 defeat at fifth-placed Bashley on Saturday. Bashley's supporters' player-of-the-year Craig Davis had an early shot blocked and both Richard Gillespie and Paul Sales went
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CAR BONNET TERROR RIDE
A NEW Forest man had an amazing escape after being driven for almost a quarter of a mile - and through a red traffic light - on the bonnet of a car. The man, who is from the Lymington area, was first thought to have sustained a broken leg in the incident
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Exbury memorial to D-Day landings
IT was a day for remembering as more than 500 veterans of the Second World War gathered at Exbury Gardens for a special ceremony. The purpose of the event was to present Exbury with a memorial plaque, formally marking the place of the Normandy landings
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SHIP AHOY! ULRIKA
TELEVISION personality Ulrika Jonsson sent the Champagne fizzing when she named the UK's latest cruise ship Ocean Village in Southampton today. Ulrika, who famously made the news over her friendship with England football team coach Sven Goran Eriksson
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HERO DAD IN BIKE TRAGEDY
A HAMPSHIRE father-of-two who was hailed a hero after rescuing a woman from a blazing flat has died in a tragic motorcyle accident. Brent Saunders, 35, was riding his Kawasaki bike on one of his favourite routes in North Hampshire when he was in collision
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Sailors cling to capsized yacht for 12 hours!
FOUR sailors are today lucky to be alive after they were dramatically rescued from their capsized boat in the Solent - having spent nearly 12 hours adrift. The group of friends - two men aged 50 and 48 and two women both aged 32 - were finally rescued
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New date for end of bridge repairs
FINALLY there could be an end in sight to the misery of one of Southampton's longest running road repair sagas - and this time it is not a false dawn! For almost two-and-a-half years cones have lined the Mountbatten Way flyover near Millbrook while planned
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Holiday makes way for the Cup Final
WHEN Saints won a place in the FA Cup Final no one cheered louder than avid fan Carol Horn but the date for the May 17 fixture left her with a pressing problem - it clashed with the £600 two-week summer sunshine holiday she had pre-booked months ago.
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Twins turn heads
MUSICIANS Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley - otherwise known as The Wrigley Sisters - take travel in their stride these days, having captivated audiences all over the world in the past ten years. But it wasn't always so simple for the Orkney Island twins who
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Jazz Nights resume
A NEW programme of International Jazz Nights begins at the Concorde Club, Eastleigh, next week with a performance by American saxophonist Scott Hamilton. Acknowledged as one of the world's leading tenor saxophone players, Hamilton has made more than 60
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Hamble ASSC 0 - Fareham Town 1
Fareham Town secured a 1-0 win at Hamble ASSC after a Scott Thornton goal.
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Teenager due in court charged with murder of Island taxi driver
A TEENAGER from the Isle of Wight was due before magistrates today, charged with the murder of taxi driver Paul Jacques Rosenberg. Officers charged unemployed 19-year-old Lee Albert Arnold, from Bellview Road in Cowes, at the weekend. Mr Rosenberg, 56
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Charity ball joy
IT was an evening of fine food, wine and dancing which raised more than £5,000 for four charities chosen by Fareham Mayor Pamela Bryant. The Mayor of Fareham's St George's Charity Ball at Ferneham Hall on Friday proved to be one of the highlights of the
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GET READY FOR THE INVASION
LANDOWNERS across the Eastleigh borough are being urged to act now to prevent another summer invasion by travellers. Last year the town became a prime target for travellers who, after setting up makeshift campsites, left a trail of devastation and a clean-up
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Young volunteers' efforts rewarded
BIG-HEARTED youngsters who each clocked up 200 hours of voluntary work with the Eastleigh Millennium Volunteers have been saluted at an awards ceremony. Twenty-two young people qualified for special certificates and those able to get to the presentation
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Old photographs a big attraction
VISITORS flooded in to view historic pictures of Eastleigh, Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Fair Oak when Eastleigh and District Local History Society staged a mammoth identity parade with a difference. The society's April meeting was thrown open in
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Ocean Village ready to party
SOUTHAMPTON is ready to party with a glittering fireworks display, 1,000 guests, street entertainers and dancers as the UK's latest cruise ship is officially unveiled in the city tonight. The 63,524-ton Ocean Village is due to be named in a spectacular
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Strachan in need of quality and quantity
SAINTS are enjoying a wonderful season - their best for more than a decade - but that cannot mask a growing feeling of anti-climax about the league. Back in January, Saints were in the fourth round of the FA Cup, but had climbed to fifth in the Premiership
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Craig jumps up Rich List with £8m fortune
SOUTHAMPTON singing sensation Craig David has amassed a fortune estimated at £8m from his music career. The R&B prodigy, who grew up on the city's Holyrood council estate is ranked equal 39th in The Sunday Times' Rich List of the 100 richest young
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It's Pompey's title: Pompey 3 - Rotherham 2
Pompey won their first trophy for 20 years at a delirious Fratton Park last night. Not since winning the old Division Three championship in 1983 have Pompey had any silverware in the Fratton Park trophy cabinet. And the last time they lifted a trophy
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Runners-up spot for Gosport
GOSPORT BOROUGH finished as runners up after equalling their record Wessex League win - an 8-0 thrashing of Brockenhurst. Neil Scammell's first goal since recovering from his knee injury took his tally to 41 for the season. It came after five minutes
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Dr Martens League: Premier Division
Southampton-based hitman James Taylor and strike partner Warren Haughton produced their best display of the season in Havant & Waterlooville's 5-4 goal feast at Cambridge City. The pair bagged two goals apiece to help fire the Hawks into a 5-1 lead
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Drew Smith League: Fair Oak stay up but it's bye bye Baddesley
Bye bye Baddesley. Fair Oak put their survival beyond the statistician's slide-rule with a hard fought 0-0 draw at Sporting BTC. The Oak came closest to winning when Sporting keeper Martin Coe saved a spot kick and then brilliantly saved the follow-up
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Still more to come from Dimi
Paul Terry backed Dimitri Mascarenhas to have his best season for Hampshire with bat and ball after the rain-affected championship match against Glamorgan ended in a draw at Sophia Gardens. Mascarenhas capitalised on a flat wicket in scoring the third
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Agony for Hants Youth skipper
Hampshire Under-19 captain Steve Snell could miss the opening month of the new cricket season after fracturing his jaw practising with the MCC Young Cricketers in the Nursery ground nets at Lord's. Snell, who helped guide the Hampshire YC's into last
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Couple plea for puppy's return
A PUPPY that disappeared from a house in Hunts Common, near Hartley Wintney, may have been stolen, according to police. Gina, a nine-week-old Norfolk terrier belonging to Ann Pern, 79, and her husband John, 85, had only recently been weaned from her mother
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Debate over development
MORE than 300 people in the Whitchurch area have signed petitions in protest against the demolition of Berehill House and the building of new homes on the site. Seven separate petitions have been circulated around the town and will now be sent to Basingstoke
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Media overload for war families
THE acting station commander of RAF Odiham has spoken of how blanket media coverage added to the stress that families at the base went through while their loved ones were serving in the Iraq conflict. Wing commander Guy van den Berg told the Odiham parish
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Medics take steps to stop SARS outbreak
PROTECTIVE masks have been sent to GPs across north Hampshire and a special sign put up in the casualty department at Basingstoke hospital as health chiefs implement measures to prevent an outbreak of the SARS virus in the area. So far, SARS - Severe
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Vosser shines in cross-country marathon
ATHLETICS: OVERTON Harriers staged the Combe Gibbet to Overton 16-mile cross-country race for the 29th time. From the gun in West Berkshire, Team Kennet's Tom Munt and Salisbury's Robin Kindersley moved into a substantial lead and, by the 12-mile point
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Euro gold winner
JUDO player Judy Earle became a European champion at Norwich recently and another Basingstoke-based member of Winchester Judo Club, Derek Hopkins, won a bronze medal. T he British Judo Association hosted the Multi Nations European Masters Championships
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Clay is cup winner
Oakridge West 2 AFC Aldermaston 1 (after extra time) A GOAL in the second half of extra time by man-of-the-match Stacey Clay proved the decider in a closely-contested Peter Raynbird Cup final at the Camrose Ground on Saturday. AFC Aldermaston, considered
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Team of the Week: Emerald Colour FC
EMERALD Colour are the real jewels in the Basingstoke Sunday League and are on course for a magnificent treble this season. Having lost just two league games all season, they are well-placed if they win their games in hand to take the division one title
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Eastleigh finish top dogs
Nine-man Eastleigh's 4-1 win at ten man Wimborne Town ensured they finished the season as the Wessex league hot shots. Before the last round of games Wimborne led 112-111 but Eastleigh's haul took them to 115 league goals for the season. Wimborne led
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CHARLTON 2 - SAINTS 1
GORDON STRACHAN said after this game that if Saints are to move on a level in the league next year they need to win more games away from home - and the stats back him up. The Saints boss, along with many of his players, has always insisted that the league
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Totton 2 - Bournemouth Poppies 0
TOTTON boss John Robson admitted to being "very disappointed" at his side's failure to secure the runners-up spot in the Jewson Wessex League. Danny Barker struck a brilliant opener from midfield and an individual goal from Ben Thomson secured a 2-0 win
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Gosport Boro 8 - Brockenhurst 0
Gosport Borough finished as runners up after equalling their record Wessex League win - an 8-0 thrashing of Brockenhurst. Neil Scammell's first goal since recovering from his knee injury took his tally to 41 for the season. It came after five minutes
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Darts: Experience tells as Monk claims title
Determined Colin Monk became the new Daily Echo Hampshire Open champion after a dogged display of darts at the weekend. The Basingstoke builder worked his way through a record entry to claim the £1,000 winner's purse at Southampton's Novotel with victory
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Sailors cling to capsized yacht for 12 hours!
FOUR sailors are today lucky to be alive after they were dramatically rescued from their capsized boat in the Solent - having spent nearly 12 hours adrift. The group of friends - two men aged 50 and 48 and two women both aged 32 - were finally rescued
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Delight as accident toll drops
A MAJOR traffic-calming scheme on a Totton estate is to be made permanent after achieving a dramatic reduction in the number of accidents. Hampshire County Council took action in 2001 after a spate of complaints about drivers flouting the 30mph speed
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Ex-Cabinet minister backs battle for Bay
FORMER Cabinet minister John Redwood has joined the battle to save Dibden Bay. Mr Redwood visited the proposed site of a £750m port and backed calls for new container facilities to be built elsewhere in the country. The former shadow environment secretary
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Morant heir dies suddenly, aged 36
THE only son and heir of the influential New Forest Morant family has died suddenly at the age of 36. John Morant died in his sleep at his London flat just two days after suffering a minor car accident in which he appeared to be unhurt. The accident happened
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Firm plays part in battle with SARS
NEW MILTON company Genetix is supplying equipment that is playing a key role in finding a cure and vaccine treatment for the SARS virus. The company is at the cutting edge of developing automated techniques for understanding human systems biology and
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Raymarine ups the standard
HAMPSHIRE marine electronic systems designer and manufacturer Raymarine is on its way to achieving a world-class business management standard. Thanks to a new system that provides workers with accessible company information via their computers, Raymarine
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Mapmakers give computers to hospital
SOUTHAMPTON mapping agency Ordnance Survey is donating surplus computers to the city's General Hospital. The 100 PCs are being given to the hospital to assist them with a range of administration tasks in the radiology department. Although no longer used
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Writers are in the spotlight
WRITERS Past and Present is the title of a themed season of events at Theatre Royal Winchester next month. Kicking off the season on May 6 and 7 is a literary spoof boasting possibly the longest title in modern theatre - The Complete Lost Works of Samuel
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Man fighting for life after street attack
A MAN was today fighting for his life after suffering serious head injuries in an unprovoked street attack in Southampton. The 28-year-old was struck around the head and knocked to the ground after telling a gang of four men to stop tampering with his
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SARS virus will gladden hearts of terrorists, claims expert
A LEADING medical expert from Southampton claims the outbreak of SARS has "gladdened the hearts" of terrorist organisations. Frank Boulton, a consultant haematologist at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, made his comments as he addressed a bio-terrorism
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One thousand thank yous . . .
A LITTLE girl who was last year fighting for her life at Southampton General Hospital has sold her precious toys to raise more than £1,000 for the children's unit. Phoebe Messenger, aged five, was transferred to the hospital's intensive care unit after
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Exbury memorial to D-Day landings
IT was a day for remembering as more than 500 veterans of the Second World War gathered at Exbury Gardens for a special ceremony. The purpose of the event was to present Exbury with a memorial plaque, formally marking the place of the Normandy landings
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A classic show promised
FROM soul to pop, Joan Armatrading, pictured, is one of the most diverse performers around. Born in the West Indies but raised in Birmingham, she brings her unique sound to The Anvil, Basingstoke, next week. The Ivor Novello Award-winner will be performing
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Activists in protest outside animal labs
DETERMINED animal rights campaigners dressed up as rabbits, rats and mice outside Wickham Laboratories to stage a protest at animal testing. About a dozen demonstrators blocked the entrance to the controversial laboratories in Winchester Road on Saturday
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Pledge to look into school route safety
TRANSPORT chiefs have pledged to investigate ways of making a school run safer for pupils in Waltham Chase. As reported in the Daily Echo, dozens of parents signed a petition demanding action over the main road through the village that they say is a danger
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Disappointing response to appeal over crash
TRAFFIC police have had a disappointing response to their appeal for witnesses following a crash which left a Fareham pensioner fighting for her life. Not a single person has come forward after officers urged anyone who saw the head-on crash on the A32
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Search goes on for pensioner
NO trace has yet been found of a 74-year-old Chandler's Ford man who disappeared nine days ago from the Carthage Close home he shares with his son. Police today confirmed that they still had no idea of the whereabouts of widower John Reed, pictured above
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SAINTS: GREAT ROLE MODELS
Charlton boss Alan Curbishley hopes his side can emulate Saints' success next season and said he believes Gordon Strachan's men can beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final. The Addicks manager, speaking after his team's 2-1 win against Saints at The Valley,
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Cruise liners screen passengers for Sars
URGENT precautions have been introduced to stop passengers and crew who might be affected with the potentially deadly Sars virus from embarking on Southampton cruise ships. Both P&O Cruises and Cunard are now screening passengers and ship board staff
