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Smith powers to title defence
KERRY SMITH made a decisive defence of her Hampshire Women's Golf Championship crown at wet and windy Marriott Meon Valley Golf and Country Club yesterday. The Curtis Cup player from Waterlooville powered to a crushing 5&4 victory over Channel Islander
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Wigley's Saints youth challenge
Steve Wigley is now Saints' director of youth. Reserve team coach Wigley has been handed the task of improving the club's record for producing players since the Academy was set up four years ago. An England under-21 coach and former assistant Academy
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Jewson end Wessex sponsorship
Jewson have withdrawn their sponsorship of Wessex League football after more than a decade. Wessex officials were advised this week that the prominent UK builders and timber merchant would be bringing their support to an end after 13 years. Although he
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0030, 201 link; Oceana, cruise ship, 0600, 106; Arabian Breeze, ro/ro, 0730, 201; Grande Europa, vehicle carrier, 1200, 202; NYK Artemis, container, 2215, 207; Skellig Rock, general, TBA, 107; Talitha
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Post office raids may be linked
POLICE are investigating whether the same gang is responsible for two armed raids on separate Hampshire post offices. They are looking at similarities between Tuesday morning's attempted robbery at Burridge Post Office and a midday raid at the One Stop
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Crew find vessel ship-shape
THE FUTURE crew of a mixed ability boat trip enjoyed an ice-breaking tour around the ship they will sail from London to Southampton. The Southampton Sailing Adventure will begin on May 12 when up to ten physically disabled people will help crew the Lord
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Dew underlines her true worth to City women
SOUTHAMPTON City had a lot of junior athletes unavailable for their opening Southern Women's League Division 2 match of the season at Luton, but those who did compete put in some special performances to help the club to overall second place. Michelle
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Barred!
Saints striker Brett Ormerod is on for an award double this evening - but fears success against Bolton tonight (5.30pm) could get him barred from his local pub! Ormerod, who has hit three goals in his last four games, will be presented with the Daily
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Football's a brutal business
RUPERT LOWE has described football as "a brutal business" - and explained why he tries to keep decision-making divorced from the emotion surrounding the game. The pressures of football have been highlighted in recent weeks with West Ham boss Glenn Roeder
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Ex-Saint Bobby McLaughlin dies
Bobby McLaughlin, a tough-tackling Saints half-back in the 1950s, has died suddenly in Southampton aged 77. The Belfast-born player was signed by George Roughton from Cardiff City to stiffen up Saints' defence after their relegation to the old Third Division
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Craig's put his shirt on Saints Cup triumph
CRAIG David has given his backing to Saints in their bid for FA Cup glory - by wearing the home kit for one of his stage shows. The Southampton singing sensation donned the familiar red and white shirt during a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. He continued
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DARTS - Hampshire Ladies B steel themselves for last-day drama
Hampshire's final match of the season will be at home to Staffordshire with only two changes showing from the teams who lost to Yorkshire last month. Both come in the Men's B team with Pete Castle and Robert Heard available again, replacing the absent
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BOY WHO VOTED AGED 13
A SOUTHAMPTON schoolboy has become the UK's youngest ever official voter - by casting his vote in the local council elections at the age of 13. But now an investigation is being called for by one of the south's MPs into the ballot box blunder, amid concerns
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Crew find vessel ship-shape
THE FUTURE crew of a mixed ability boat trip enjoyed an ice-breaking tour around the ship they will sail from London to Southampton. The Southampton Sailing Adventure will begin on May 12 when up to ten physically disabled people will help crew the Lord
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Wasim wisdom will be the key
Wasim Akram will prepare for his first one-day games in a Hampshire shirt by telling his new teammates how to play Mushtaq Ahmed. Pakistan legends Wasim and Mushtaq have played 154 Tests and nearly 500 one-day internationals between them and are set to
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Craig's put his shirt on Saints Cup triumph
CRAIG David has given his backing to Saints in their bid for FA Cup glory - by wearing the home kit for one of his stage shows. The Southampton singing sensation donned the familiar red and white shirt during a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. He continued
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World's biggest yacht stuns Andrew
IT'S THE biggest single-masted yacht in the world - and Prince Andrew was there to admire the multi-million-pound grandeur. The Duke of York visited Southampton yesterday to take a tour round a 75-metre superyacht being built at Woolston. The hull Mirabella
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Stone me! Who has real £1,000 gem?
A MYSTERY Hampshire shopper could be in line for a gem of a surprise - and they don't even know it. Now a hunt has been launched to find the person who could be unwittingly walking around with a real diamond worth £1,000 in their pocket. At the opening
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Vinson set to head city council
THE battle for power in Southampton got under way last night. Adrian Vinson is now poised to become one of the most influential and powerful people in the city after he was re-elected leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Southampton City Council. May
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Don't call time on our local!
REGULARS at a Hampshire pub are slamming their pint glasses down in fury after learning that their beloved local is set to close. The Elephant and Castle, in Bursledon Road, Bitterne, Southampton, has served loyal locals for years but the brewery that
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We need help to zip in more funds
THE Salvation Army in Hampshire and Dorset are desperately trying to recruit volunteers for a daredevil fundraising event. God's Army needs to raise thousands of pounds for its work locally, and has been offered a chance to fundraise through a sponsored
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Oceana cruises into Southampton waters
Southampton's spectacular superliner Oceana docked in port for the first time at the start of a new career in the city today. The 77,499-ton P&O Cruises' vessel, together with her sister ship, Adonia, which is yet to arrive, are to be officially named
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Angus shows clean pair of heels in forest
Even dark and dank weather will fail to make its mark on the Road Runners 10 series this season. A record number of runners turned out for the opening event a fortnight ago in glorious sunshine but even more made the start line in event two at Ashurst
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Oceana cruises into Southampton waters
Southampton's spectacular superliner Oceana docked in port for the first time at the start of a new career in the city today. The 77,499-ton P&O Cruises' vessel, together with her sister ship, Adonia, which is yet to arrive, are to be officially named
