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Goodwill gesture is a Saintly idea!
FANS leaders have today promised a concerted campaign to rid the Saints v Pompey matches of trouble. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Daily Echo, Hampshire Police plan to move the derby clashes from the scheduled Saturdays to Sunday, December
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2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (15A)
THE FAST and the Furious was one of those great movies that took cinema-goers by surprise. It wasn't really about anything but was packed with fantastic car races and chase scenes that left you breathless. It's follow-up, 2 Fast 2 Furious, has a bigger
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MASSIVE LOSS IS 'DISAPPOINTING'
THE Rose Bowl plc, the company who run Hampshire Cricket, have suffered one of the largest losses ever recorded by a county cricket club. In the year ending October 31 2002, the company suffered an operating loss of £1.105m and an overall loss of £4.384m
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Schofield set for a belated BAT debut
Former Hampshire medium-pace bowler James Schofield is to make his ECB Southern Electric Premier League debut for BAT Sports against Liphook & Ripsley at Southern Gardens tomorrow, 11.30am. Schofield, 25, had intended to play for BAT at the start
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Clubs face cut in FA Cup cash
CHRISTCHURCH boss Nigel Cripps has hit out at plans to slash FA Cup prize money for grassroots clubs. In an unexpected move, the 92-strong FA Council will next week hear proposals to cut the purse available before the third round proper by £2m - a decision
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Death crash driver was over the limit
A DRIVER who died when his car was flung into the air after hitting a Basingstoke town centre roundabout was four times over the legal drink-drive limit, an inquest heard. Paul Tebay, 35, of Barra Close, Oakley, broke his neck when he drove into the barriers
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Ainslie defends Euro title
Lymington's Ben Ainslie continued to exude the Midas touch when he successfully defended his Finn European Championship title in Sweden a race early. Held in Marstrand, a very small island 30 kilometres north of Gothenburg on Sweden's West coast, the
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Soton trio claim two crowns in one weekend
SOUTHAMPTON trio Rob and Peter Greenhalgh and Dan Johnson triumphed in the British Open Championship for 18-foot skiff sailors off Portland harbour. Competing in their RMW Marine boat, the trio also won the European Cup. Dave and Andy Richards, brothers
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Toby triumphs
Lymington Town SC's Calshot Challenge Trophy Race, normally a long distance two part race, proved impossible to run in baking weather. Instead 10 dinghies took part in a shorter race on a run against the tide to Hamstead Ledge. Most of the slower boats
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Great for Rory
Gosport's Rory Gillard and his Cockney crew on London Clipper had a great 12-hour run in the current leg of the Clipper 2003 race. The yacht covered 186 miles on a northerly passage towards the Agulhas current bound for Cape Town, South Africa. Fellow
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Island records looking safe
THE current monohull record held by Mike Slade's Skandia Life Leopard of 4hr 5m 40secs does not look like being threatened in the 67th Round-the-Island race off the Isle of Wight tomorrow. Almost 1,500 yachts from 20ft up to 129ft will cross the start
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100-year-old boat competes
WHILE there will be many modern boats competing in the Round-the-Island race, there are also some veteran hulls. The yacht 'Kelpie', for example, will be celebrating its 100th birthday. Launched in the Solent in 1903, 'Kelpie' has previously won the Old
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Cycling: Midsummer mad dash by Hughes
LAST year's result in Poole Wheelers' midsummer 25-mile time trial on the Holes Bay course looked like being reversed on Wednesday night. Steve Walkling (VC St Raphael Waite Contracts) raced into the last leg four seconds ahead of Ray Hughes (Clarence
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TV STAR ON DRINK-DRIVE CHARGE
WINCHESTER TV presenter Alastair Stewart has been charged with drink-driving, it was revealed today. The 50-year-old popular newsreader and presenter of the hit programme Police, Camera Action was arrested at his home in the city last night, police revealed
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Refurbishment company changes hands
SOUTHAMPTON based International Interiors Ltd, specialists in cruise ship and hotel refurbishment, has been sold by the company's founder, Geoff Street. Pictured above are Mr Street (left) and Martin Shears, contract manager, who has acquired the company
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RUBBISH!
WHAT a mess! Travellers who had set up a controversial site on a Hampshire playing field for more than six weeks finally began to move out today. But they left behind an eyesore likely to cost council tax payers thousands of pounds to clear up. Rubbish
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How can he appeal for mercy?
A MAN who ran over a Hampshire mother of two - then drove for a mile with her trapped under his car - is to appeal to London's High Court in a bid to cut his seven year sentence for causing death by dangerous driving. Today, the distraught family of Carolyn
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Finance boss relieved that jobs are secure
SOUTHAMPTON'S economic boss today spoke of his relief that the jobs of 1,500 workers at the city's BAT factory are safe. As reported in the Daily Echo yesterday, the worldfamous cigarette company is closing down its factory in Darlington and switching
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Polar Bear heading for icy challenge
A polar Bear on the way to the ice and frozen wastes of Greenland has been spotted in Southampton docks. Intrepid adventurer Bear Grylls - his first name is really Rupert - who originally comes from the Isle of Wight, is making tracks towards the North
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Poppadom rock!
THEY have already been given the royal seal of approval - and now one of the country's top Indian bands is set for Southampton. Bollywood outfit Strings will be among the acts wowing the crowds at the city's first Asian festival at Hoglands Park tomorrow
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Peter J Croissant
Southampton is truly striking out on its own with this local hero. Peter is a Southampton talent signed to the new Southampton-based Profile Music Management. Now 30 and married with kids, Peter has been involved in music since his teenage years and wasted
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World Music Extravaganza
THERE'S more to this year's Isle of Wight Festival than rock music. The weekend open-air festival, which featured the likes of Paul Weller, Bryan Adams and Iggy Pop, may be over and done with, but the music continues tonight with Quay Arts' World Music
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Injury and a breakdown fail to hold back fearless Jory
FEARLESS Southampton powerboat racer Shelley Jory still managed to win herself a place on the podium despite nursing a broken ankle and her boat breaking down on the start line. Unbowed by the breakdown, Shelley, who regularly races across water at speeds
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Lymington trio shatter record
Lymington trio Neil McGrigor, Tony Jenvey and Simon Rogers have shattered the Round Britain record. In their 29ft Revenger RIB powered by twin Yanmar diesels, they flew across the Lymington/Yarmouth finish line in bright sunshine and glassy water conditions
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Harassed by ex-employer
INSPIRED by the abrasive style of Jeremy Paxman and the language of newspaper columnist Richard Littlejohn, a tax consultant embarked on a campaign of harassment against a local councillor, a court heard. Magistrates were told that Howard Derham sent
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Family rallies round Eve, 85, after ordeal
THE family of an 85-year-old woman who lay in a ditch for two days are planning a low-key celebration after she leaves hospital in four days. Great-grandmother Eve May was found by police sniffer dogs in a field at the end of Hilson Drive, Fareham, after
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Steam railway re-creates wartime role
THE atmosphere of an isolated country branch line during 1940s wartime Britain is being re-created over the weekend in a new event at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. Frontline Branchline will portray life on the home front during the wartime years as
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RUBBISH!
WHAT a mess! Travellers who had set up a controversial site on a Hampshire playing field for more than six weeks finally began to move out today. But they left behind an eyesore likely to cost council tax payers thousands of pounds to clear up. Rubbish
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Clampdown on yobs brings peace to estate
A POLICE crackdown on teenage tearaways on an Eastleigh estate is already starting to restore peace to the area. Officers listed part of the Boyatt Wood area of the town as a hotspot, following an unprovoked attack on a 22-year-old Chandler's Ford student
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Southampton visit for luxury Voyager
ONE of the world's latest cruise ships, Seven Seas Voyager, was due to arrive in the port of Southampton today. The ultra-luxury, 42,000-ton vessel, operated by Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, that has a base in Canute Road, Southampton, is embarking passengers
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Hammer puts fizz into new Red Jet
A NEW £2.7m high-speed catamaran to link Southampton with the Isle of Wight was officially named by round-the-world yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur yesterday. After saying the famous words: "I name this vessel Red Jet Four. God bless her and all who sail
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TADPOLE (15)
FIFTEEN-year-old Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) is at odds with the world around him. Unlike his high school classmates, he is sensitive and compassionate and would prefer to immerse himself in Voltaire and the classics rather than party or go out drinking
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BASIC (15)
FEARSOME drill instructor Sergeant Nathan West (Samuel L Jackson) leads a platoon of six soldiers on a military training exercise in Panama. Only two cadets, Dunbar (Brian Van Holt) and Kendall (Giovanni Ribisi) return alive; the remainder are presumed
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Nicholas Nickleby event
ONE of the things that makes cinema different from theatre is that it's a one-way process. You can clap, cheer or boo when you go to the theatre to share your feelings with those who were responsible for the show. But at the cinema the only people you
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CINEMA LSITINGS
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 27 June 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (12A): See review. A GUY THING (12A): A romantic comedy in which the groom awakes from his stag do to find himself in bed with a dancer, Becky. And to make matters worse, Becky is his
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R Bar and Restaurant
THERE'S a certain dream-like quality to a warm, summery evening in Hamble. In the part of the village where the High Street meets Rope Walk, where dozens of yachts float gently on the river and the cobbled streets are lined with teashops, pubs and restaurants
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Dockers aboard
The 1950s were the time of Teddy boys and Brylcreem, rock 'n' roll, Sunday Night at the London Palladium and - as far as Southampton was concerned - the colourful couple Sir Bernard and Lady Docker. Back in those days people were fascinated by the flamboyant
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Blackey hangs on in wind
Matt Blackey climbed as high as sixth place before falling back into the pack as high winds turned Gleneagles into a minefield on the first day of the Diageo Championship. The Southampton-based golfer, looking for a confidence boost after slipping from
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Patience is the key to Hampshire win
When the season began Derek Kenway had never scored a hundred in one day cricket for Hampshire. But against Zimbabwe yesterday he scored his second in four games as a Hampshire side skippered by Will Kendall beat the tourists by 16 runs. Kenway's latest
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No rash shots from Kenway
Derek Kenway scored a personal best 120 at the Rose Bowl yesterday - by working on his selfish streak. Kenway scored his second century in four one day games as Hampshire beat Zimbabwe by 16 runs at the Rose Bowl. And he did so by ensuring that he batted
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Cricket with all the frills!
English Heritage is looking for enthusiastic cricketers with a sense of history - and humour - to make up a local side to play visitors in a Georgian Cricket match at Portchester Castle on Sunday, July 13. The match - which will be played in full Georgian
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Accused had anger problem
THE MAN accused of butchering a drinking friend, scattering his dismembered remains across a Basingstoke housing estate and cooking his arm, had told a work colleague he had problems controlling his anger, murder trial jurors heard. Winchester Crown Court
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Bishop defends attack on controversial cleric
THE Bishop of Basingstoke has given his support to nine bishops who have criticised the appointment of homosexual Dr Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading. The nine Bishops - headed by The Right Reverend Michael Scott-Joynt who is Bishop of Winchester and
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Exploring the wonderful world of wood
YOU could see the wood for the trees at Milestones museum in Basingstoke - at the eighth annual Wood Fair. More than 3,000 people turned out for the two-day event at the weekend, held as part of Hampshire Woodland Week. Exhibitors at the fair were demonstrating
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The intense thrills of Zapcat racing ..
FOUR SOUTHAMPTON thrill-seekers start their quest for national championship success in the ever-growing sport of Zapcat racing this weekend. Introduced to the UK in 2001, the sport's organising body is based in Southampton. And local man Tony Jones is
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Soton pair are happy with overall finish
SOUTHAMPTON pair Hugh Styles and Adam May left it late before shining on the final day of the Tornado European championships in Sardinia. They won the first race on the final day and finished fifth in the second to claim an overall fifth spot. Styles
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Hat-trick bid
It was a regular feature on the Solent, the maxi yacht Maxima owned by Upton-based entrepreneur businessman and avid sailor John Caulcutt. Then the 80ft yacht was bought, renamed Bols, and headed south to win its class in the Sydney to Hobart race. The
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: MOL Progress, container, 0030, 206; Silver Pearl, general, 0130, 108; Seven Seas Voyager, cruise ship, 0630, 106; Sundream, cruise ship, 0715, 38/8; Don Quijote, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; OOCL Malaysia, container, 1430, 207; Tinka
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Sam finds the going tough
It has been a tough week for Southampton yachtswoman Sam Davies on her Figaro boat, Skandia. Despite being in the top ten and up there with the best 'Figarists' on the water, in the first hour of Monday's race from Marseille to Port Camargue, Davies made
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Mr Football to quit
AFTER 50 years as secre-tary of the Basingstoke and District Football League, the town's Mr Football, Peter Raynbird, has announced his decision to stand down. He told last Thursday's league annual meeting at Popley Fields Community Centre that the forth-coming
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Justin: I did it for dad
EXCLUSIVE: JUSTIN Rose dedicated his superb tied fifth place finish in the US Open at Olympia Fields to his late dad Ken on an emotional and poignant Father's Day. Ken, who died after a long battle with leukaemia last September, was foremost in the thoughts
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Gibbens opts for Eastleigh
ERNIE Howe is saddened that former Saints midfielder Kevin Gibbens is contemplating dropping down the football pyramid when he should be moving up. After an impressive first season for Howe's Basingstoke Town in the Ryman Premier Division last season,
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Fare deal on the tracks?
As rail fares soar yet again the Daily Echo questions whether this hike is justified. It certainly spells more misery for those who rely on public transport and Jamie Thompson asks should taxpayers be hit for the cost of improvements to a service they
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Wilkinson aims to make the Aussies pay for his mistakes
Jonny Wilkinson aims to strike fear into the hearts of Australian supporters by declaring he will be a man on a mission when England clash with the Wallabies in Melbourne on Saturday. The 24-year-old's place-kicking may have been typically brilliant as
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Charity seeks to ease hostel fears
CRUNCH meetings about a controversial plannned hostel for ex-offenders will be held between the charity that would run it and Winchester residents. People in Highcliffe are campaigning against proposals for a six-bed hostel on the site of a garage block
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Parents battle to save school
HAMPSHIRE'S education chiefs were warned last night that they will be "waking a sleeping tiger" if they introduce plans to close Fawley's village school. Fawley is one of the schools which have come under threat because of a review of the infant and junior
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Plea to drivers to ease ponies' pain
A LEADING New Forest figure has condemned hit-and-run drivers who leave injured ponies to suffer in agony. Official Verderer Oliver Crosthwaite Eyre spoke out after a spate of animal accidents across the district. In some cases drivers sped off without
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Great bargains on summer air fares
THE price war to capture the biggest slice of the south's air travellers is hotting up at Southampton Airport as the busy peak summer holiday period prepares to take off. In one corner is well established carrier, British Airways CitiExpress while in
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Romeo and Juliet
TITCHFIELD Festival Theatre returns to the beautiful outdoor setting of Titchfield Abbey near Fareham tonight with the opening performance of their mammoth summer season. TFT's annual outdoor season is now in its third year and has expanded to include
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Judge to rule in row over mosque
THE south's first purpose-built mosque will be at the centre of a bizarre court case because more than 20 groups are laying claim to it. Southampton City Council, which sold the half-acre site on which the £2m Medina Mosque was built for a knockdown price
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All en Route Two cycle fun
MANY weird and wonderful bikes helped out at the launch of a new Hampshire cycle way which aims to get more people cycling to work. The National Cycle Network Route Two was opened along Weston Shore in Southampton, enabling cyclists to travel from West
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Studying refugees
LOCAL schoolchildren who challenged their own perceptions of refugees and asylum seekers have been rewarded for their efforts by Southampton City Council. The council's asylum team joined forces with Southampton City College and the South of England Consortium
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Fun Lovin' Criminals
BEING cool is one of those indefinable qualities that's almost impossible to pin down. But most music fans would agree that the Fun Lovin' Criminals definitely do fit into this category. With their laid-back style, eclectic approach and a lead singer
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Lloyd Cole
LLOYD COLE is second only to Morrissey in his reputation as Britain's grouchiest singer-songwriter. If his latest album is anything to go by, he's not getting any happier with age. Released last week, Music In a Foreign Language has already yielded a
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Numb second in nationals
Local racers performed well in the fourth RYA National Powerboat Championships at Ramsgate. Poole's Max Walker and Mick Spong (Surrey) won the Offshore Formula 1 class from Hook pair Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton. Southampton pair Gareth Williams and Jim
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BOOTED OUT
A HEROIN addict who has terrorised neighbours for almost a decade has until noon today to leave her home in Prospect Road, Newport. Medina Housing Association this week secured an Antisocial Behaviour Injunction against Shirley Barrett - whose home has
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Polar Bear heading for icy challenge
A polar Bear on the way to the ice and frozen wastes of Greenland has been spotted in Southampton docks. Intrepid adventurer Bear Grylls - his first name is really Rupert - who originally comes from the Isle of Wight, is making tracks towards the North
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£440,000 grant to develop sports fields
SPORTS fields in Ryde and Newport are to be developed thanks to a £440,000 government grant. The Isle of Wight Council's sports unit has learned schemes to improve Haylands Farm Playing Field at Ryde and Seaclose Park, Newport, have been awarded the cash
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Marian throws off her L-plates at last
IT'S taken 153 lessons, seven tests and a lot of patience, but Marian Kennard has finally thrown away her learner plates and become a bona fide motorist. What's made it more remarkable is that Mrs Kennard has also overcome a brain tumour to do it. The
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Treehouse may face axe from planners
A NEWPORT family were shocked to be told a treehouse in their garden that has been used by local children for nearly four years breaches planning laws and may have to be removed. Now miffed Glenn Fitch has had to fork out £110 for an official planning
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Island teaching jobs to be cut by 40
THE GOVERNMENT has come under attack after it was revealed that the Island will have 40 fewer teachers when the new school year starts in September. The job losses - the vast majority voluntarily or from natural wastage - are because of a shortfall in
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Rock on . . . for an extra day
THE Isle of Wight's music festival could rock-on for three days next year. Organisers are so pleased with the success of the weekend's event at Seaclose Park that they are considering adding a third day to the next concert. Up to 14,500 people attended
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Top scalp a welcome boost as Tobin puts injuries behind him
AFTER months troubled by hamstring worries, Robert Tobin gave himself the perfect pick-me-up last month when he left Britain's 400 metres record holder Iwan Thomas trailing in his wake at the Loughborough International. It was an extraordinary result
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Thomas is given a run
Iwan Thomas has received an unexpected boost heading into the weekend's Spar European Cup in Florence. The former Southampton resident, who is now living and training in Loughborough, has been handed the individual 400 metres berth for Great Britain following
