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Rose back in home county
JUSTIN ROSE swaps the perils of Olympia Fields for the gentler climbs of Waybrook Park in Basingstoke today. The Hampshire golfing star, fresh from his superb fifth place in the US Open on Sunday, headlines a golfing day to raise money for the Wessex
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WIN OR BUST!
JOHN Crawley knows Hampshire have to beat Essex at the Rose Bowl tonight to keep their Twenty20 hopes alive. Crawley has led his side to a win and a defeat so far in the competition but a loss tonight will put almost certainly end Hampshire's hopes of
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Son of Piquet rides out at the Combe
ONE OF the great names of Formula One returns to Castle Combe for the biggest day in the Wiltshire circuit's recent history. Nelson Piquet junior is set to ride out in the big race of the day, the Formula Three Championship in which the young Brazilian
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Hodgson's two victories
Verwood-based Rizla Suzuki caused a stir in the World Superbike Championships at Silverstone where their Japanese rider Yukio Kageyama led in the early stages of the first race. They settled for fifth and sixth places with John Reynolds following his
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Kenna gets a shot at European champion
COLIN KENNA could be just one win from a shot at the British heavyweight title after today securing a fight for the Southern Area crown. Kenna's manager Jack Bishop has received confirmation that his Lordshill fighter will take on IBO European Champion
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No point if you don't enjoy it!
THE essence of sport is not in the victory but in the struggle. Thirteen words with which Hampshire Olympian Roger Black certainly wouldn't disagree. "It's not the moment you achieve victory which means so much, it's the journey you have had in getting
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Netball: Fully-fledged Chicks will be side to watch
SWAYTHLING Chicks have the potential to become a good team - once they remember netball is a non-contact sport! I watched them play Romsey Ladies recently - and they played very well but needed to stop running around all over the court and stay in their
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Cycling: Stanton's revenge win keeps
LIGHT winds and warm temperatures may have provided almost ideal conditions for time trailists last weekend - but course records stayed intact, though several 'lesser lights' did update their own personal best times. Aran Stanton (VC St Raphael Waite
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THANKS FOR SAVING ME, MATES!
A HAMPSHIRE firefighter has told how his colleagues freed him from the wreckage of his car after a fatal accident in the New Forest. Lyndhurst based Peter Cooksey was off duty when his Rover Vitesse was involved in a head-on collision on the A337. The
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M&S staff 'better off'
HIGH street giant Marks & Spencer has come out fighting after announcing plans to cut staff's premium payments for working Sundays and bank holidays. As revealed in later editions of the Daily Echo yesterday, Britain's biggest clothing retailer, which
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Flybe soars
Southampton airline Flybe is now claiming to be the UK's third largest budget carrier after a surge in passenger numbers in the past six months. One of the major reasons for Flybe's growth has been the launch of the airline's new hub at Southampton Airport
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Review: Plucky pirates with a panto-feel
Pinafore Pirates, Eastleigh Youth Theatre, Wildern School, Hedge End WITH an imaginative set, colourful costumes and dramatic lighting, Eastleigh Youth Theatre entertained an enthusiastic audience with some energetic acting, singing and dancing in a light
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STAND-OFF
A CONTROVERSIAL group of travellers have been given three days to move off a Hampshire playing field before they are kicked off. A judge has ordered the 30 caravans to quit the county council-owned land near Southampton by Friday. But the travellers have
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Man is questioned over stab death
A MAN was being questioned by murder squad detectives today after a Southampton man was stabbed to death in broad daylight. The victim, believed to be a local man in his early 30s, was found with serious stab injuries on the pavement in St Mary's just
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Net closing in on sex attacker
DETECTIVES hunting a sex attacker who abducted a teenage shop worker on a busy Southampton street have reported a good response from the public. Police said several important witnesses had come forward after reading about the attack in the Daily Echo.
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Hair salon to restyle nightspot
A COMPANY that owns a high-profile chain of hair salons in south Hampshire has bought a table-dancing club in Southampton for £1m. McKinlay Group, which owns the Storm Hair outlets in Southampton, West End and Winchester, has made a successful bid for
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Review: Reading with great clarity
Eddi Reader, Theatre Royal, Winchester EDDI READER has a distinctive and powerfully delicate voice, simultaneously jazzy, bluesy, folky, country, but always crystal clear. Backed by four excellent musicians, her material ranges from sentimental Robert
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Allotments protest takes to the streets
YOUNG and old marched on Eastleigh Civic Offices yesterday as they took their battle to save their allotments right to heart of local government. Cabbage patches could be replaced by hundreds of homes if the council go ahead with a multi-million pound
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Holly's special home is just smiles better
THE smile on the face of little Holly Dobell said it all when the keys to the first special unit at Eastleigh's giant Pirelli housing development were officially handed over. For Holly, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, was just so excited
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Fab's future is still at St Mary's
Saints chairman Rupert Lowe has said Fabrice Fernandes' future is still at St Mary's. The French winger, pictured above, was angry about his exclusion from the FA Cup final side where he just played the closing moments of the game despite having started
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Tate takes trophy
Russell Tate won the ERIF Hampshire MatchPlay title at Corhampton last night then set himself the target of all four Hampshire majors in the same year. The Lee-on-Solent assistant professional, who won the Hampshire Open last July, had to overcome fierce
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Summer Sales still too costly
SALISBURY City would have jumped at the chance to take cult strike hero Paul Sales back to the Raymond McEnill Stadium. But assistant Whites' boss Tommy Killick reckons Eastleigh's financial muscle makes it nigh on impossible for other local clubs to
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Beleaguered Bugle prompts call to arms
VILLAGERS campaigning to save an internationally renowned pub in the yachting mecca of Hamble are set to crowd into a public meeting at the village's Memorial Hall tonight. Local residents called for the meeting, arranged by Hamble Parish Council, to
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Celtic King, container, 0600, 204; Adonia, cruise ship, 0630, 106; CMA CGM Pasteur, container, 2100, 204. Today's Principal Sailings: APL Agate, container, 0400, 206; Adonia, cruise ship, 1700, 106; Hyundai General, pm, 205
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Car set-up suits Jon in second race
Southampton teenager Jon Barnes has moved into fourth place overall in the Autosport Caterham Eurocup after a sizzling performance at the Sachsenring in eastern Germany. The 19-year-old from West End was on top form throughout the German meeting, qualifying
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Tim smashes his own record!
Tim Stevens obliterated his own class record in his superb 1.8 Lotus Exige to take what must now be an unassailable lead in the Gates of Brockenhurst Gurston Down Hillclimb Championship. The man from Wimborne wasn't the only local hero in a red-hot weekend
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FAIR WINDS FOR SUHAILI'S RETURN TO THE SOLENT
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston set sail once again in his beloved "Suhaili" this morning, bound for the Solent from Falmouth, and ready to compete in the Round the Island Race this Saturday 21st June. By afternoon "Suhaili" was south of Fowey. She was revelling
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In praise of pedal power
It's time to get on your bike as part of National Cycle Week. Today we look at how Southampton is embracing the two-wheeled culture... IN an age of cars and public transport, getting on your bike is not something that many of us consider as an option.
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Diving: Waterfield's Mexican wave
SOUTHAMPTON diver Pete Waterfield rounded off his FINA Grand Prix season in fine fashion in the series Super Final in Mexico. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist took silver in the men's 10m Synchro along with Sheffield's Leon Taylor. Entry to the meet
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FIELDS OF IRE
WINCHESTER is again bracing itself to be an environmental battleground as the county council prepares to finally start work on its controversial park-and-ride extension. Contractors are moving on to the site at Bar End to build a compound in readiness
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Wife killer sent to mental unit
A MENTALLY ill Hampshire father who killed his alcoholic wife in Totton near Southampton last summer, has been sent to a secure hospital for an indefinite period. John Austin had been due to stand trial for murder following the discovery of his wife,
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It would be mad to close this school!
A PETITION containing 1,367 signatures of people objecting to the possible closure of Totton's Calmore Infant School has been handed to New Forest East MP Doctor Julian Lewis. The school is one of several along the eastern edge of the New Forest which
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Flo won't go
THERE is no place like home - and grandmother Flo Giblett wants hers back. The 76-year-old has spent the past three-and-a-half years living in the house next door while major repairs have been carried out at her own property in Southampton. Although the
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School year revamp now step closer
CONTROVERSIAL plans to switch the school year from three terms to six in Southampton's schools have moved a step closer. City education chiefs have given the green light to plans for a radical shake-up of next year's term structure which they say will
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Don't pass housing problems on to us
ANGRY residents have expressed concern at plans to house 120 people on an already busy Southampton estate due to the city's extreme need for accommodation. People living in the Lordshill area have been organising a petition against plans by Swaythling
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Kite capers to light up skies
IT'S ALMOST take-off time for Southampton's kite festival, when all eyes will be on the sky for the annual display of colourful flying wizardry. The experts will be looping and wheeling their kites in a spectacular range of tricks as they take part in
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Lost Weekend Cole finds a new niche
SINGER Lloyd Cole won't be making too much of a commotion when he plays at Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton on Thursday June 26. He now plays it solo, having parted company with his band The Commotions back in 1987 when he moved to the USA. Now
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NEW SIGNS MAY SAVE LIVES
AS three-day-old Jennifer Price was struggling for breath in desperate need of medical attention, the paramedics sent to help her were 500 yards down the road at the wrong address. The ambulance was all set to turn around, assuming it was a hoax call,
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STAND-OFF
A CONTROVERSIAL group of travellers have been given three days to move off a Hampshire playing field before they are kicked off. A judge has ordered the 30 caravans to quit the county council-owned land near Southampton by Friday. But the travellers have
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Maritime exhibition is Europe's biggest
A major international commercial maritime exhibition, which highlights a business sector claimed to be potentially worth more than £72m a week, is under way in Southampton. The biggest event of its kind in Europe, Seawork2003 also includes a specially
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Delgado looks to be a fayre attraction
Saints striker Agustin Delgado will show he's back in England early for pre-season training by opening the Bevis Town Primary School Annual Summer Fayre on Saturday. The controversial Ecuadorian, who failed to report on time for pre-season training last
