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Fair play - you have to hand it to Lee!
SAINTS striker Agustin Delgado was the guest of honour for the presentation of the FA backed Friends Provident Fair Play awards, held in the Mike Channon suite at St Mary's on Sunday. Hundreds of parents, coaches and footballing youngsters from across
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Wasim: We are getting into a groove
PAKISTAN great Wasim Akram believes Hampshire's season can be kick-started by Sunday's 99-run beating of Somerset. Akram and the Hampshire squad are still looking for their first win in the county championship, but will have to wait until a week today
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Facing up to a cricket legend
SOUTHAMPTON Community Cricket Club - the city's only inner-city team - was officially opened by Hampshire all-rounder Wasim Akram at Hoglands Park yesterday. The club aims to provide an avenue for youngsters living in Southampton to get involved in cricket
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Crash leaves Collard to count cost
Rob Collard's hopes of a home win at Thruxton on Monday lasted less than half a minute. Hampshire's big challenger for Indepedents Cup honours in the Green Flag British Touring Car Championship was forced into the barriers in the fast sweep out of Allards
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Wilkinson is the players' choice
England star Jonny Wilkinson was last night named players' player of the year at a glittering awards ceremony in central London. The Newcastle fly-half emerged victorious from a short-list that also featured Gloucester flanker Jake Boer - this season's
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Homelands clear-up starts
THE clear-up operation to transform Britain's largest club venue back into the field it was before the Homelands festival has got under way outside Winchester. More than 28,000 clubbers turned the green-field site at the Matterley Bowl near Winchester
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Builders to outline their homes plan
ANGRY scenes are expected in Winchester tonight as the developers planning to build supported housing in the city meet with residents to discuss their ideas. The meeting has been arranged by John Thompson and Partners, the London-based company installed
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Easy pickings left in vehicles for thieves
POLICE in Winchester say they are becoming increasingly concerned about the easy pickings for opportunist thieves left by careless motorists in their vehicles. Since the start of March, more than £10,000 worth of tools have been stolen from vehicles in
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Our yearbook is voted best in UK
WINCHESTER students have scooped a top publishing prize after their college yearbook was voted best in the country. Ten pupils from Peter Symonds College produced the 120-page colour yearbook as a photographic record of the school year. So impressed were
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WE'LL SAVE OUR SCHOOL
PARENTS in the New Forest have launched a campaign to save one of the area's top schools. Families are furious at moves to close the highly successful Blackfield Infant School and merge it with an adjoining junior school. Blackfield is one of several
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Roofing firm's hardest task
HAMPSHIRE company Blunt Construction has completed the first stage of a complex roof refurbishment contract at London's Claridge's hotel. The Twyford company has a dedicated fully trained workforce and has identified a niche market for liquid applied
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Riviera-style living for Ocean Village
IT'S the new look set to become the jewel in Southampton's waterfront. Admiral's Quay will bring Riviera-style living to the city and make Ocean Village one of the most sought-after addresses in town. As the UK home of ocean racing, the six towering apartment
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'Callous' thief stole from seizure victim
A THIEF cruelly targeted a young man as he suffered an epileptic seizure on Southampton Common. Police and national charity Epilepsy Action today said they were appalled that someone could have stooped so low. The thief struck as the 23-year-old lay helpless
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David celebrates sporting triumph
A DISABLED 14-year-old Eastleigh boy is celebrating after being called up to the England squad for his favourite sport. David Smith, who was born with cerebral palsy and uses an electric wheelchair, has broken into the national ranks for boccia - a similar
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Let's rein in the cash for a worthy cause. . .
SMILING faces were everywhere to be seen at Quob Stables in Durley for a horsing extravaganza. The venue was chosen to host the 7th Jeep National Riding Festival Horsepower Day. Attractions included demonstrations by the Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy
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Just what the student doctors ordered
A GROUP of student doctors have raised £2,000 for young hospital patients and medical research. Members of Southampton University Medsoc donated £1,000 each to the Hope charity and the children's unit at the General Hospital. President Umang Patel and
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Stanton steps up his challenge
Salisbury racing driver Richard Stanton stepped up his bid for the TVR Tuscan Challenge crown with two strong podium finishes at Silverstone over the bank holiday. Stanton powered his Dewalt Motorsport TVR to third place in the Sprint Race then went two
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Mayor gears up for fundraising fun
WHAT do footballs, a car, a tandem and the Royal Yacht Britannia all have in common? The simple answer is they are all in one way or another helping to raise money for the Mayor of Gosport's chosen charities for the coming year. Councillor Iris Binfield
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Tough action against nuisance youths
ACTION IS being taken to crack down on young louts who cause misery to communities in the Eastleigh area. Eastleigh and Test Valley Community Safety Partnerships plan to get tough on youth nuisance and anti-social behaviour by tackling it head on. Two
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Link with port is crystal clear
GROWING links between the port of Southampton and the operator of some of the world's most luxurious cruise ships was strengthened with the arrival of the 51,044-ton Crystal Symphony yesterday. In recent years the five-star vessel, regularly voted one
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Top two make it through to semi
Basingstoke & North Hants and Havant, arguably Hampshire's top club sides, will meet in the ECB Club Championship regional semi-final at May's Bounty on June 8. In the other semi-final, either Bashley (Rydal) or Portsmouth face Corsham. Basingstoke
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Dev gets behind charity
THE cheek of it. Basingstoke Samaritans volunteer Dev went for the bottom line as part of the charity's awareness and fundraising week - he had his bum tattooed! Dev, who cannot reveal his surname or address, said: "I'm heavily into my tattoos, and I
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Bid to become a new Wessex
GROUPS campaigning to bring back the ancient kingdom of Wessex are pressing to move Hampshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire from the South East to the South West so they can form part of a new Wessex. The Wessex Constitutional Convention, the Wessex Society
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Grand Race, ro/ro, 0330, 34/35; Caronia, cruise ship, 0630, 38/9; OOCL Shanghai, container, 1100, 205; CCNI Potrerillos, container, 1200, 204; Cetam Victoriae, ro/ro, 1200, 203; CCNI Atacama, container, 2000, 207; Cap Polonio
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Track racing 'safer than the roads!'
Callum Pearce is cutting his motor cycle road racing teeth in the Rookie and Clubman 400 classes which, any motor bike enthusiast will tell you, are not for the faint hearted. Racing marshal Karen Higgens, who follows the Southampton racer's career closely
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NETBALL - Five keep Totton alive - only just!
IT WAS bad enough that Totton Netball Club had to take on an experienced team in Chandler's Ford. But the fact they had only five players available to do it put them at a distinct disadvantage. Rules state that five players is the minimum requirement
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SWIMMING - Walker under the two-minute mark
Fareham Nomads swimmers had excellent results in the Bracknell Open Meet last weekend. Men's club captain Chris Walker made club history by becoming the first swimmer to go under two minutes for the 200m freestyle in a 50m pool. His time of 1.59.53min
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Have a splashing time at water festival
PEOPLE will be flooding into Winchester when the first Hampshire Water Festival gets under way later this year. The event on August 16 will see a host of activities and events with a watery theme and comes on the back of the Hampshire Water Strategy,
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Hovercraft daredevils race into action
HOVERCRAFT racing provided plenty of high-speed action at one of Hampshire's top sports venues. Scores of competitors from all over the UK took part in the three-day spectacular at the Gang Warily centre in Newlands Road, Blackfield - the second round
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Link with port is crystal clear
GROWING links between the port of Southampton and the operator of some of the world's most luxurious cruise ships was strengthened with the arrival of the 51,044-ton Crystal Symphony yesterday. In recent years the five-star vessel, regularly voted one
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PAIR JAILED FOR THREATS TO DRIVERS
A SOUTHAMPTON woman blackmailed innocent motorists by threatening to expose them as kerb-crawlers unless they handed over cash. Theresa McLaughlin-Taylor and her accomplice Christian Ward targeted lone motorists in the inner city area of Southampton.
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Don't panic, says leader
DON'T' PANIC about your pension. That is the message to thousands of council workers from Hampshire County Council Leader Ken Thornber following revelations that the county is facing a massive £590m shortfall in its pension fund. Last week, The Daily
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Homelands is hailed success
THE clear-up operation to transform Britain's largest club venue back into the field it was before the Homelands festival has got under way outside Winchester. More than 28,000 clubbers turned the green-field site at the Matterley Bowl near Winchester
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Having fun to help friend
REGULARS at a Southampton pub turned out for a family fun day to raise funds for a friend paralysed in an accident. Customers at the Exford Arms, in Harefield, turned out in force to help raise enough funds to buy a wheelchair for their friend and former
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Creative cubs fly by with gift
MEMBERS of a Hampshire Cub pack winged their way to Redbridge Fire Station to present White Watch with a bird table they had made especially for their community garden. The 9th Southampton West Cubs assembled the table as part of the "Creative Challenge
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PATIENTS TO LOSE SURGERY
ELDERLY patients have been left in limbo after the death knell was finally sounded for a village surgery. After two years of uncertainty, health chiefs yesterday insisted there would be no re-think over plans to close Southwick Surgery run by Wickham
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KA-CHING!
SAINTS chairman Rupert Lowe believes the successes of this season will make strengthening the squad easier during the summer. With a place in the UEFA Cup guaranteed by reaching the FA Cup final, manager Gordon Strachan will be fighting on four fronts
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LORRIES FACING A RED LIGHT
LORRIES could be banned from using Eastleigh town centre during the rush hour. The controversial pollution-busting move would not apply to 999 vehicles and buses. But it would mean that the brakes would be slammed on lorries delivering to town centre
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Off-the-wall fundraiser now in desert
AN Eastleigh teacher has had to change track in his bid to raise £3,500 by cycling around the Great Wall of China due to the SARS outbreak in the Far East. Now Adrian Goddard, Crestwood School's head of humanities, will cycle the same distance - 400km
