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It's a nice one for my dad - Rose
HAMPSHIRE'S Justin Rose has paid tribute to coach David Leadbetter for putting an end to his "whinging". The Hampshire ace rose from 24th to finish joint fifth in the US Open last night. On his tournament debut, he ended up as the leading European along
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Porter bows out in style
David Porter, one of the finest Hampshire amateur players of his generation, struck gold in his last ever county championship event at Shanklin and Sandown yesterday. The 20-year-old Stoneham clubman took an afternoon stroll in the sun to beat Hayling
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HAWKS CAN FLY HIGHER - TERRY
HAMPSHIRE manager Paul Terry is calling for an improvement from his batsmen ahead of tonight's second Twenty20 Cup tie against Kent at Beckenham (5.30pm). Terry will select the same Hawks XI that kickstarted the competition with a thrilling five-run success
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Life's a beach
SAINTS legend Matt Le Tissier will be playing beach football again later this month. Le Tiss, along with Jimmy Case, will be playing for a Saints Old Boys team in this year's Kronenbourg Cup Beach Football tournament to be held in Brighton over the last
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Premier 1: Stalemate - after Havant rattle up a massive 288-7
BAT Sports remain top of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League after forcing a tame draw against arch championship rivals Havant. But their lead has been trimmed to a mere five points by South Wilts, who beat Liphook & Ripsley by four wickets at
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Premier 2: Aymes century is all in vain
Former Hampshire wicketkeeper Adrian Aymes cracked 128 - but finished on the losing Hursley Park side as Sparsholt chased 276 to win by eight wickets at The Quarters. Aymes, who captains Hursley, shared a century opening partnership with Raman Prendergast
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SHOTGUN TERROR
A SUB-postmaster has told of the horrifying moment when he found himself staring down the barrel of a sawn-off shotgun. Today the police hunt was continuing for the hooded raider who brought terror to staff before escaping with thousands of pounds of
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Wheels in motion to fight skate park plan
ANGRY Brighton Hill residents have mobilised against a proposed skate park in the suburb. More than 150 people signed a petition saying "no" to the £75,000 facility to be built in the playing fields off Gershwin Road. The council recently announced plans
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Racial assault results in six-month sentence
A TAKEAWAY owner in Brighton Hill was headbutted after he confronted a man for racially abusing him, a court heard. The incident occurred outside the Mirza Tandoori, Brighton Hill Centre, Brighton Hill, Basingstoke, on April 26, when Mirza Azaz Baeg was
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Resident's anger as bikers use footbaths
AN EXASPERATED resident who forced a 12-year-old boy off a motorbike after catching him riding on a public footpath has been left fuming after a police officer told him he would face a common assault charge if he did it again. David Harris, of Harlech
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Cyclist is latest victim of hit-and-run trend
A CYCLIST suffered a broken collar bone when a driver sent him flying into a hedge - the latest victim of a disturbing weekly spate of hit-and-run incidents in the Basingstoke area. David Drewett-O'Shea, 23, was knocked off his bike, as he cycled from
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Fine win for Mitchell
BOXER Jeff Mitchell finished his season with a conclusive victory in an evening show at Newbury. The 32-year-old Basingstoke Boxing Club member from Brighton Hill was in control from the start against Danny Ward of Thames Valley ABC. The more-confident
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Bon voyage for VT shipyard
A COMMUNITY gathered on Saturday to say farewell to a part of the city that will never return. They came to witness a passing of a tradition, for some a way of life, and the end of an era in the history of Southampton. All ages stood together under the
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Rowing: Novice Ladies come from behind to win a thriller
THE Southampton Novice Ladies team of Alison Walsh, Liza Hunter, Joe Laidler, Alison Jones (stk) and Richard Newman (cox) came from behind to win the most exciting race of the day at Southampton Town Regatta off Mayflower Park in a race that saw the lead
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LIBRARY A NOVEL IDEA
A NEW multi-million-pound "super library" is finally being proposed for Winchester in one of the biggest schemes in Britain. Hampshire County Council is poised to launch the scheme to replace the libraries on Jewry Street and North Walls. The £7 million
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Carnival capers!
COPYTHORNE went carnival crazy as villagers embarked on two days of summer celebrations. Blazing sunshine ensured a bumper crowd at the carnival, held on the scout field beside St Mary's Church in Romsey Road. The event turned into another triumph for
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Snooping bosses risk legal action
EMPLOYERS in the south face legal action if they read workers' e-mails or listen in on their phone calls unannounced. Firms will have to spell out, under a new code on workplace monitoring, when staff can and cannot use the work phone, e-mail and Internet
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Dramatic changes as theatre group takes new name
THE Esso Music & Drama Group has changed its name of 50 years to the Waterside Theatre Company - and is looking for new members. The change is because the company's parent group, the Esso Sports and Social Club, has changed its name to the Waterside
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City Patrol to tackle nuisance behaviour
LITTER, dog fouling, abandoned vehicles, graffiti and fly-posting are to be targeted by a new City Patrol team being launched in Southampton. The city council initiative will see six uniformed city enforcement officers patrolling the streets, outside
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Edna's love of the land under threat
EDNA Beard fell in love with the countryside working the land to feed a nation at war. Driving a tractor in the Land Army she helped produce crops as the country's men battled against Hitler's hordes during the Second World War. Now 60 years later, the
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Island rocks as 12,000 flock to festival
CROWDS of more than 12,000 basked in the sunshine at the weekend's Isle of Wight Music Festival near Newport - and already thoughts are turning to next year's event. Police, who praised the behaviour of festival goers, said that by yesterday afternoon
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Field gun day's a roaring success
HUNDREDS of people descended on to HMS Collingwood on Saturday for its field gun day. The annual event proved as popular as ever with a motorcycle display, helicopter rides and performances by The Royal Marines. There was plenty of entertainment for children
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Hampshire Schools' Championships: Kessia in for tough time?
TAUNTON'S College speed machine Kessia Sherliker already has two English Schools' medals in her sparkling collection. Last year the 200 metres specialist won intermediate girls' bronze while, as a junior, she famously roared her way to silver in a pair
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Edna's love of the land under threat
EDNA Beard fell in love with the countryside working the land to feed a nation at war. Driving a tractor in the Land Army she helped produce crops as the country's men battled against Hitler's hordes during the Second World War. Now 60 years later, the
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Campaigner Steve bares all for trek
HAMPSHIRE'S naked rights campaigner Steve Gough was planning to bare all today for a walk from Land's End to John O'Groats. The 44-year-old Eastleigh father of two has set up his own website, which will chart his progress from the bottom to the top of
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Models spice up Saturday shopping
THE catwalk came back to Eastleigh on Saturday and could now become an annual fixture in the town's showpiece Swan shopping centre. Professional models strutted their stuff while the Summer Fashion 2003 event featured music, dance and a bit of rap. A
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Proud history of Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton
Over the years, since 1904, more than 600 ships have been constructed at Victoria Road but times are changing for Vosper Thornycroft. Even the famous name is no more as the company is now known as the VT Group, and there is no room for Woolston in the
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Saints quash Trevor rumour
SAINTS today insisted they are NOT preparing to make a bid for England star Trevor Sinclair. The club also denied any interest in ex-Arsenal striker Kaba Diawara or Chinese midfielder Li Tie, who was at Everton last season. Tabloid reports had linked
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Pompey to fail in bid to see Hants return
PORTSMOUTH councillors aiming to persuade Hampshire Cricket to bring first-class cricket back to their city are doomed to failure. Councillor Jezz Baker believes a generation of Portsmouth youngsters will never develop a real love of cricket as long as
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Pike: Our Rose Bowl vision
NICK PIKE insists Hampshire Cricket have no plans to play any home matches away from their state-of-the-art Rose Bowl stadium. The managing director dismissed accusations from Portsmouth councillor Jezz Baker that the club might as well be renamed Southampton
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Twenty20 is a blast - James
James Hamblin has claimed that the Twenty20Cup thriller against his former county Sussex "was the best atmosphere I've played in." Hamblin was just one of many people at a packed Rose Bowl that was instantly won over by the new competition. And he could
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Hope and happiness
BLUE skies, sunshine and plenty of fun for everyone ensured that the second annual Daniel's Festival of Hope was a big success at the weekend - with plans already underway for next year's event. The festival - held at Basingstoke's War Memorial Park -
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'Everyone will have their say'
THE BOROUGH council's consultation process over possible developments on the controversial Manydown site west of Basingstoke has come in for fierce criticism - prompting a planning chief to stress that everyone will get their say. Conservative councillors
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Fresh twist over bid to appoint council chief
IT looks like Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is to have a new chief executive after all. When Katrine Sporle left in December to take a top Government job as the country's chief planning officer, the council spent £30,000 with a leading local government
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Royal Princess, cruise ship, 0430, 106; Hual Asia, ro/ro, 0730, 40; Nordsee, container, 0800, 207E; APL Agate, container, 1200, 206; Autoroute, ro/ro, 1200, 201; Lykes Innovator, container, 1500, 205. Today's Principal Sailings
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A real Cloke and Darren affair!
WEYBROOK Park assistant professional Andrew Cloke and amateur Darren Ellis are in the final of Europe's biggest pro-am, the Lombard Trophy. An all-expenses-paid trip to Portugal and San Lorenzo, one of the continent's finest courses, is their reward for
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Rose a cut above the rest
JUSTIN Rose cemented his growing reputation by making the cut in his inaugural US Open despite admitting after his first round he had played without "knowing where the ball is going". At Olympia Fields, near Chicago, the 22-year-old began the second major
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NH legend books a tilt at Ascot
THE 2001 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Looks Like Trouble sparked what could be a fairytale return to the big time when he landed a charity race over a mile and five furlongs at Newbury last Thursday. The 11-year-old returned to the biggest cheer of the
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New cricket fad tries to deliver
THE much-heralded birth of the Twenty20 Cup, English cricket's newest competition in 30 years, arrived at the Rose Bowl on Friday evening promising "twice the action; half the time". Hampshire's lovely ground was the setting for the inaugural evening
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Forget the car! Get back on two wheels
HUNDREDS of people took to two wheels on the streets of Winchester to celebrate the start of the city's eighth annual Bike Week. The week features a series of events aimed at enticing people out of their cars and back on to their cycles. Most spectacular
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Rioting fears for crowded prison
WINCHESTER prison is one of the most over-crowded jails in the country, new statistics have revealed. Now campaign groups like the Prison Reform Trust are warning that population levels in jails such as Winchester are becoming dangerously high, increasing
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Guides seek leader to stop closure threat
TIME is running out for a long established Alresford Guide group which looks set to close unless a new leader is found in the next six weeks. The 2nd Alresford Guides embarked on the hunt after their leader for the past ten years announced she was leaving
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Family rescued as dinghy is stranded
A FAMILY of four crawled to safety over some of Southampton Water's most treacherous mud in a dramatic rescue yesterday. They were helped along special rescue mud mats after their dinghy ran aground in a falling tide near Hythe Sailing Club. Coastguards
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Military port wins praise
A GOVERNMENT minister has praised the contribution made by Marchwood Military Port to the war in Iraq. Defence procurement minister Lord Bach was visiting the port - now called the Sea Mounting Centre - to take a close look at one of its newest ships,
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Printer presses ahead with investment
A PRINTING company in the south that brings in more than £10m to the local economy is on a roll. Award-winning Southernprint has reinforced its position among the top ten UK heatset magazine printers with a £7m investment. A new Man Roland Lithoman IV
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WE'RE SO SORRY
A SOUTHAMPTON teacher has been cautioned by police on suspicion of child cruelty after a comment he made during a lesson led to a pupil being kicked by another classmate. King Edward VI School will complete its own internal inquiry this week following
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A poor delivery
HAMPSHIRE posties are falling short of their target for next-day delivery of first class mail. But the SO postcode is by no means the worst in the south and meets its targets for local deliveries. The national target for first-class mail is that at least
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It's all been a huge success
THOUSANDS of Ford workers - plus their families and former employees - enjoyed a magnificent day of sunshine and fun at the company's 100th anniversary celebrations staged at Southampton Institute's Sports Ground at the weekend. An estimated 4,000 people
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Military port wins praise
A GOVERNMENT minister has praised the contribution made by Marchwood Military Port to the war in Iraq. Defence procurement minister Lord Bach was visiting the port - now called the Sea Mounting Centre - to take a close look at one of its newest ships,
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Fair trade deal for Third World farmers
A CAMPAIGN is under way to try to give Southampton a leading role in giving a fair deal to farmers in impoverished countries. The initiative would see the city gain Oxfam's Fair Trade status, with scores of shops selling food and drink for which producers
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Summer ball with a taste of the tropics
CARIBBEAN fun will be the name of the game when Hampshire Autistic Society holds its summer ball. Palm trees, cocktail shakers and parasols will decorate Winchester Guildhall transforming it into a tropical dream. Now the society is appealing for groups
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It's Viva las Vega's tour of hit songs
AMERICAN singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega stops off at Salisbury City Hall later this month - the only local gig on her marathon five-month tour of the USA and Europe. The tour comes in support of her new compilation album, Retrospective. Born in New York
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Island rocks as 12,000 flock to festival
CROWDS of more than 12,000 basked in the sunshine at the weekend's Isle of Wight Music Festival near Newport - and already thoughts are turning to next year's event. Police, who praised the behaviour of festival goers, said that by yesterday afternoon
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No end to heavy lorry road misery
NOISE, dust and heavy traffic congestion are still making people's lives a misery in a Fareham street - months after they complained to their MP about the problems. Residents in Redlands Lane put the blame on a large builders' merchant that opened a year
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Man, 34, charged with manslaughter
A MAN has been charged with the unlawful killing of 32-year-old Paul Bowers outside a Sarisbury pub. Gary Shorney, 34, of Franklin Road, Gosport, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on Saturday to face a single charge of manslaughter. James Kellam
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Lotto delight for sports kids
IT'S "hoop hoop hooray" for children at a Portchester school after it secured nearly £4,500 of basketball equipment. Pupils at Castle Primary School are jumping for joy after receiving the Lotto cash, which will pay for two new posts in the playground
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Hampshire Schools' Championships: CAT'S THE CREAM
CATRIONA Whitcombe proved herself a girl for the big occasion at Portsmouth on Saturday. Aiming for her first ever trip to the English Schools' Championships, the 14-year-old, pictured, came up trumps with victory and a personal best in the junior girls
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Hampshire Schools' Championships: I'm aiming for World Games
MARIMBA Odundo-Mendez is on course for his first ever English Schools' title at Sheffield next month (July 11/12). But the 16-year-old Lord Wandsworth College student will not be totally happy with Schools' gold unless he complements it with selection
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Soccer club latest target of vandals
EASTLEIGH Football Club has become the latest sports organisation to be hit by a wave of vandalism. Graffiti has been daubed on advertising boards around the Stoneham Lane club's pitch and attempts have been made to break into the alarmed clubhouse, said
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So it's the final bow
Today a part of Southampton will die as a tradition at the heart of the city fades away and is consigned to the history books. For decades the waterfront has rung with the sounds of shipbuilding and generations of workers, often from the same local families
