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Rose quick to congratulate mate Poulter
Ian Poulter, sporting red streaks in his hair to celebrate Arsenal's FA Cup win and to match his Ferrari, drove off with the £250,000 first prize after a three-shot victory in the £1.5million Wales Open. Poulter survived a late stumble for the second
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Alton looking good
Alton, Trojans and Rowledge maintained their two wins out of two start, but Ventnor lost their unbeaten Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 tag at Havant. Andy Balcombe and Ben Jansen took four wickets each as Alton dismissed Winchester KS for
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Robin upstages Indian batsman
Robin Smith led Hampshire Hawks to a convincing third win in five National League game against the Scottish Saltires in Edinburgh yesterday. Smith's second half century of the season in the competition provided the backbone of Hawks' comfortable six wicket
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Police probe spate of vehicle thefts
POLICE are appealing for witnesses or information which could help track down car raiders following a rash of incidents in the Netley and Hamble areas. On May 28 a white Vauxhall Corsa was stolen from Garfield Road, Netley Abbey, and found the following
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Walking with trees!
WILDLIFE lovers are invited to take a walk with the trees. The two-mile Tree Trail will run from Saturday, June 7 to Sunday, June 15, at the Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley Abbey, Southampton. Contact the park on 023 8045 5157 for more information
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Stress of working for force
STRESS and depression are blamed for more than 20 per cent of sick days taken by police officers in Hampshire, a report to the police authority has revealed. The Chief Constable's report said officers took an average of just over nine days sick leave
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Super surgeon
AS A father, one of the most harrowing experiences James Calder faced as a surgeon during the Iraqi war was operating on children. Mr Calder - a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at both Basingstoke hospital and The Hampshire Clinic - was called
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End of the road for closure row
A HIGHWAYS engineer has stepped in to arrange a compromise between a housing developer and furious North Warnborough residents facing a nine-hour-a-day ban on driving down their own street. Two weeks ago, the residents of Queen's Road received a letter
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Warm welcome for new store
BASINGSTOKE'S newest supermarket opens its doors today - and it has received a ringing endorsement from the town's mayor. First citizen Cllr Gerry Traynor was among the dignitaries, councillors and business leaders who were treated to a sneak preview
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Residents speak out against development
OAKLEY residents got their chance to speak about the controversial Manydown development - and delivered a resounding "no" to the plans. Around 60 people attended a consultation meeting at Oakley Junior School on Thursday to hear about Basingstoke council's
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Cloke sets matchplay pace
SOUTH Winchester's Richard Adams and Andrew Cloke of Weybrook Park led the qual-ifiers for the two-day Hampshire PGA Matchplay Championship at Corhampton. They each shot three-under-par rounds of 68. Lee-on-the-Solent's Rob Edwards and Dibden's Kevin
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Coaching Lions roar to handicap victory
DIVISION three side Coaching Lions have retained the Basingstoke Table Tennis League team handicap title. They comfortably beat division one Queens A by 70 points. However it was a tough task for Alan and Tony Palaczky and Pete Martin to beat Sue Tompsett
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Team still seek first league win
A FIRST win of the season still eludes Basingstoke and North Hants Cricket Club after newly-promoted Hemel Hempstead inflicted a 33-run defeat on Saturday. The home side in the top-flight Home Counties League encounter in Hertfordshire posted an impressive
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Sunday mourning
Bramley United 3 Basingstoke & North Hants Cricket Club 1 THE SATURDAY champions in the Basingstoke and District League again reigned supreme against their Sunday counterparts in the Knightsbridge Garage-sponsored All Champions Cup final. Bramley
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BOXING - Colin's got his hands full thanks to Molly
SOUTHAMPTON boxer Colin Kenna certainly has his hands full thanks to the latest addition to his family. The 16-stone pugilist is pictured cradling newborn baby Molly, who was born one week early but still weighed in at a massive 10 pounds 8oz. "I said
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DIVING - WATCH OUT WORLD!
SOUTHAMPTON diver Pete Waterfield has become the first diver to ever score maximum points with one of his dives ...in an event he still only finished second in! The 2002 Commonwealth Games gold medallist was competing in the Men's Platform event at the
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IT COULD BE YOU!
THAT'S the message from lottery bosses who are searching for a lucky punter who holds an unclaimed ticket worth £170,000. The Lotto player, whose numbers came up trumps on Saturday May 3, bought the winning ticket in a Winchester city centre shop. But
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Okapi Kibali, 33 is a birthday world beater!
STAFF at one of Hampshire's top-tourist attractions have been wishing happy birthday to a very special 'old deer'. The old dear in question is Marwell Zoo's 33-year-old male African Okapi, Kibali, who is thought to the oldest recorded member of his species
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Thumbs up for PALS advice service
AN NHS advice service for patients in the Winchester region has been hailed a great success by health care chiefs. The Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) is a free, impartial and confidential service for anyone who wants advice, information or
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Hats off to steam specialist Keith!
DOZENS of historical machinery fans flocked to the Twyford Waterworks Trust's open day in the village this weekend. Steam was the focus of the day, with the trust showing off its latest acquisition, the steam engine and pump from Knowles Hospital at Funtley
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JOBS BOOST FOR TOWN
ARGOS is opening a store at Totton in a move that will create 40 jobs and give the town centre a major boost. Businesses battling competition from the WestQuay complex in Southampton are delighted that one of Britain's biggest retailers is investing in
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New move to revamp station
NEW attempts to have New Milton's "scruffy" railway station smartened up are being made by councillors. Members of New Milton Town Council's amenities committee decided to write to South West Trains advising them of their concerns about the scruffy appearance
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Housing market in steady slowdown
HOUSE prices rose by 1.3 per cent during May after growth ground to a halt the previous month, figures showed this week. Despite the increase, which puts the average price of a house at £124,752, annual house price inflation for the year to the end of
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Recovery may be a slow one
WEAKNESS has intensified among consumer services firms with business volumes, profitability and expansion expectations all deteriorating markedly, according to a survey published today by the CBI and Grant Thornton. The quarterly Service Sector Survey
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I have awful fear I might have lost a child
THE mother of missing Hampshire teenager Dan Nolan has spoken of her family's pain and fear as they patiently wait to discover if remains of a human foot, a sock and a training shoe are his. The grim find, including the recovery of a DC trainer - matching
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958-mile trek on a bicycle made for two
A Southampton vicar and his son who are determined to raise money for charity will make tracks for bonnie Scotland next month on a bicycle made for two. Gary Philbrick, 46, vicar of Swaythling parish, Southampton, and his 17-year-old foster son Craig
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Veterans mark RAFA anniversary
HAMPSHIRE RAF veterans proudly marched through Romsey yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Air Forces Association. Led by musicians from Basingstoke's Salvation Army, they accompanied standard bearing representatives from
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Lottery windfall for asylum seeker project
ASYLUM seekers in Southampton are being helped to learn English and find work thanks to a Lottery windfall. The huge £227,000 grant has been handed to City Life Education and Action for Refugees (CLEAR) in a bid to integrate the hundreds of people seeking
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SAINTS TARGET NEEDS TO START
THE agent representing Ipswich Town striker Darren Bent could advise the player NOT to move to St Mary's unless he is confident of playing regular first-team football. Saints have been linked with a £3m move for 19-year-old Bent, pictured, and 18-year-old
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Help make the news
COMMUNITY news broadcasters are needed to provide weekly bulletins for blind and visually impaired people in Fareham on recorded news tapes. Fareham Talking News, founded in 1987, is appealing for volunteers to help produce more than 350 tapes every week
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Craig is flava of the month
CRAIG DAVID last night just missed out on a third number one when his latest release Rise & Fall went straight into the charts at number two. The punk-trance hit Loneliness by Tomcraft took top spot, seeing off the twin new entries of Rise & Fall
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We're up for it now, says Matt
Bournemouth are shaping up for a long overdue challenge in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League after dominating neighbours Bashley (Rydal) in the last of the initial batch of 50-over matches. A 50-run victory brought Bournemouth a third successive
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BAT top after crushing Academy
BAT Sports sit at the top of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League after crushing the Hampshire Academy by eight wickets at the Rose Bowl. The Young Hawks were never in the hunt after dipping to 33-4 and, even though they rallied to reach 152-7, were
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I have awful fear I might have lost a child
THE mother of missing Hampshire teenager Dan Nolan has spoken of her family's pain and fear as they patiently wait to discover if remains of a human foot, a sock and a training shoe are his. The grim find, including the recovery of a DC trainer - matching
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Auction donations
ORGANISERS of the Sarisbury Green Fair and Fun Day on June 14 are appealing for donations for a silent auction. If you can help call Brenda Sherwood on 01489 572939.
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Extra cabs set for town despite drivers' pleas
DESPITE a plea from taxi drivers, Basingstoke council's Cabinet has backed a bid to grant 15 new licences in the borough - followed by a further seven six months later and seven more six months after that. The plan - coupled with a proposal for seven
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Vandals force early end to spring break
DEVASTATED staff at Worting Infant School in Basingstoke gave up their holiday last week to clear up the school after vandals went on a half-term spree - the second incident in less than a week. Staff and teachers all returned to school early to clear
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Argana, container, 0230, 205E; Hual Trident, ro/ro, 0630, 40; Repubblica Di Roma, ro/ro, 1100, 105; APL Cyprine, container, 1115, 206; Celtic King, container, 1630, 204; P&O Nedlloyd Marseille, container, TBA, 205. Today's
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Team of the Week: AFC Aldermaston
AFC Aldermaston are the second team of a club which enjoys Hampshire League premier division status and many of their players have had experience at county level. Like their first team, Aldermaston play at the RecSoc Ground at AWE and they finished sixth
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A Royal pretender
MUSTAJED looked a serious candidate for Royal Ascot when giving Lambourn trainer Marcus Tregoning a winner with his first two-year-old runner of the season at Newbury on Wednesday night. Touted as something above the ordinary and having had his named
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DARTS - Monk rues his missed chances
Colin Monk was left counting the cost of missed doubles as he went out of the finals of the UK Open at Bolton Wanderers FC 10-8 to Shayne Burgess. The Basingstoke star had beaten John King, Andy Smith, Matt Chapman, Alan Reynolds and reigning PDC World
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Jon to climb new frontier
GREENLAND is one of the world's last uncharted wildernesses but former Brockenhurst College student Jon Roberts aims to fill in some gaps on the map. Jon, 25, who first learned to scale sheer rock faces as a member of the college climbing club seven years
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A CAREER IN TATTERS
THE CAREER of a world-respected spinal expert from Hampshire is today in ruins after he was found guilty of indecently assaulting a young patient. David Holmes, pictured, slumped in the dock with his head in his hands as a jury at Southampton Crown Court
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Coronation treat
FIFTY years ago today Linda Arnold made her first appearance in the world just two minutes after the Queen was crowned. Born in her grandparents' home at 2.02pm she was Titchfield's only coronation baby - making her an extra-special little girl in the
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Tasty scheme to curb trouble
CLUBBERS and pub goers in Southampton city centre were given loads of lovely lollies courtesy of the Daily Echo and city police in a tasty new initiative to beat anti-social behaviour. Around 10,000 lollipops were dished out in a trial designed to see
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Is your father a daft dad?
The Scandinavian playwright J August Strindberg once said: "That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all." The Daily Echo has launched a competition to find the daftest dad in the county ahead
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£564,000 to secure future for the past
SOUTHAMPTON'S newly formed Liberal Democrat cabinet is set to secure the future of one of the city's best known and most historically important landmarks today. Councillors are expected to approve council funding of £564,000 which will go towards a £2.3m
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Alton looking good
Alton, Trojans and Rowledge maintained their two wins out of two start, but Ventnor lost their unbeaten Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 tag at Havant. Andy Balcombe and Ben Jansen took four wickets each as Alton dismissed Winchester KS for
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Coronation treat
FIFTY years ago today Linda Arnold made her first appearance in the world just two minutes after the Queen was crowned. Born in her grandparents' home at 2.02pm she was Titchfield's only coronation baby - making her an extra-special little girl in the
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TEEN GIRLS ASSAULTED
TWO teenage girls were indecently assaulted at a beauty spot near Fareham in broad daylight. The girls, both aged 14, were swimming in the River Meon at Funtley on Saturday afternoon when they were approached by three men who began talking to them and
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We're all making a noise
SCHOOLCHILDREN were getting a lesson on making noise as part of an awareness campaign supported by Gosport Council. Youngsters from across the borough are taking part in workshops run by the council's environmental health officers as part of Noise Action
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WE'LL STOP THE MISSILE HURLERS
EASTLEIGH police are vowing to get tough with vandals who are putting the lives of motorists at risk by hurling missiles at cars. The move comes after the second attack in less than a month - and police believe there may have been more which have so far
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Global support for allotments battle
A CAMPAIGN to stop hundreds of flats being built on allotment plots has attracted worldwide support. Residents of countries including South Africa, America and New Zealand have signed a petition asking Eastleigh Borough Council to turn down plans to build
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Acrobat Matt Flye-ing high
AN EASTLEIGH College student's acrobatic skills have landed him a top place in a nationwide contest. Matt Flye, 17, competed in The British Championships of Sports Acrobatics in Stoke on Trent and won third place in the junior mixed pairs. He said: "I
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Craig's set to rock BIC again
IT'S BEEN two years since Craig David played to a home crowd. Now the Southampton singing sensation is on his way back - with a gig at the Bournemouth International Centre. As part of his first full tour for nearly two years, the Southampton chart-topper
