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Holiday costs Joe captain's armband
NEWPORT IoW goalkeeper Joe McCormack has paid a high price for missing out on tomorrow's FA Cup trip to Fareham Town. The Island number one has been stripped of the club captaincy by manager Steve Tate, who does not agree with him going away on holiday
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Whites' strikeforce weakened
SALISBURY City are missing their two main strikers for tomorrow's FA Cup first qualifying round tussle against Taunton Town at Old Sarum. Former Saints reserves hitman Adam Wallace is still on the road to recovery from a broken toe and the irrepressible
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Cherries a 'bigger threat'
RIVAL boss Steve McMahon believes Cherries will be a bigger threat back in Division Two than they were in the third. McMahon, who will send his Blackpool side out against Sean O'Driscoll's men at Bloomfield Road tomorrow (3pm), thinks that Cherries' reputation
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Campaigners battle on to get their voices heard
CAMPAIGNERS waging a battle to prevent thousands of houses being built on the Manydown estate to the west of Basingstoke may win the right to speak at an important council meeting. In an unusual step, the Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane - Cllr Gerry Traynor
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Courier service lands sperm donor contract
A LEADING courier service has teamed up with the controversial Man Not Included website to help women across Basingstoke conceive in a more unconventional way. CitySprint is the leading distribution partner for the Man Not Included service, designed to
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Ellingham promotion bid underway
Ellingham & Ringwood take on promoted Overton in their opening Hampshire Division Two game as they look to go one better than last season, having narrowly missed promotion on points difference behind Fawley. And they have strengthened their squad
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Soaring success
SOARAWAY Southampton Airport has recorded another thumping 79 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of passengers for the second month in a row - making it the fastest growing airport in Britain. Figures released by airport operators BAA showed
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Reward is doubled for suspect's arrest
A REWARD has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the prime suspect in the murder of teenager Hannah Foster. Hampshire police has put up £7,000, which is being matched by a national newspaper. The £14,000 reward would be more than a Punjabi
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Canine of character
HIS NAME might be Puzzle, but there is no doubt that this cute canine has the character which makes him a top dog. The terrier has leapt into the regional finals of a nationwide contest after his owner, Linda Batcheldor, of Bishopstoke, came up with a
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Dead Men Walking
PUNK rock may be the least sentimental music on the planet, but many fans will experience a twinge of nostalgia in Winchester next week. Key figures from five of the most influential punk and post-punk outfits of the late 1970s and early 80s go back to
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Alkaline Trio
LOVE, loss, drink, drugs, God and Satan - it's all in a day's work for US punk outfit the Alkaline Trio. Formed around 1997, the band are currently busy promoting their third album, Good Mourning. And what a cheery concoction it is. Featuring songs about
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Shipbuilder cuts last ties
SHIPBUILDER Vosper Thorny-croft comes one step closer to severing its final, historic ties with Southampton when it completes its switch along the coast to Portsmouth this week. Almost 6,000 pieces of machinery have been carted out of the city and along
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Cup hero must get 'presence'
GORDON STRACHAN has praised the "presence" of Jason Dodd, who continues to keep Chris Baird out of first-team action. Many rated Baird, pictured, man-of-the-match in Saints' FA Cup final defeat and on Wednesday he won his fourth full Northern Ireland
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CALENDAR GIRLS (12A)
CALENDAR Girls is one of those films that you have a knee-jerk reaction to before you've even seen it. Depending on your persuasion, you probably think it sounds like a wonderfully charming and heart-warming movie that represents the best of British filmmaking
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TEARS OF THE SUN (15)
A BRUCE Willis movie is the last place you'd expect to find an intelligent discussion of mankind's endless capacity for needless violence and brutality. But then Tears Of The Sun is not your usual Willis film, at least not for the first 90 minutes, when
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Launch of the flying saucer
AS the eyes of the nautical world are fixed once again on Southampton for the city's 34th annual boat show, there is one anniversary that will not be celebrated with the same glamour or fuss as at Mayflower Park. Even if this anniversary is celebrated
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Bransgrove's ultimate praise as Hants legend Smith retires
HAMPSHIRE Cricket legend Robin Smith announced his retirement from the game this morning. Smith, who is 40 tomorrow, said his recent hamstring injuries had helped him come to his decision. Smith, pictured, was instantly praised by Hampshire Cricket chairman
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Sheila passes the test
A "DOMESTIC goddess" from Oakley proved that she is one of Britain's brightest people, by finishing second in a national quiz. Sheila Trott, 73, is a life member of Basingstoke Ladies Choir and was one of 10 singers who took part in Saturday's BBC quiz
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Education chief has an eye on the future
HAMPSHIRE education chief Don Allen believes the concept of specialist school status is "to some extent flawed" and "essentially about money rather than anything else". Cllr Allen, Hampshire County Council's executive member for education, revealed his
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'When I saw the knife I just froze'
AN ARMED robbery victim this week relived her terrifying ordeal at the hands of knife-wielding thugs during a £10,000 hold-up at a Basingstoke store. Hazel Carver, of Cayman Close, Popley, told The Gazette how she feared for her life when a gang of five
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Ocean Scene, cruise liner, 0400, Ocean Village; MOL Solution, carrier, 0400, 206; Heereplein, carrier, 0730, 205E; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0730, 201 Link; Cassiopeia Leader, vehicle, 0830, 43; Nedlloyd America, carrier, 2100,
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Trojans' season a tough ask from the kick-off
A BURNING desire to return to the London Leagues at the first time of asking will be Trojans' spur this season - but they have been dealt a tough assignment to start with. Unbeaten Division Two champions Isle of Wight will be Russell Clarke's first competitive
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Soariung sucess
SOARAWAY Southampton Airport has recorded another thumping 79 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of passengers for the second month in a row - making it the fastest growing airport in Britain. Figures released by airport operators BAA showed
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Man found dead in block of flats
A POLICE investigation is under way today after the body of a 20-year-old man was found in a Southampton block of flats. A team of forensic experts was sent to the building in Tunstall Road, Thornhill, after the discovery was reported at 6.40pm yesterday
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Dating game . . . we're as cheap as chips!
AFTER months of plucking up the courage to finally ask out the girl of your dreams, you know that to impress this special lady on a first date it's worth taking a bit of extra effort. You go all out planning a posh candlelit dinner in a fine restaurant
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Leaflets move to curb the Creeper
POLICE have stepped up their hunt for the serial burglar nicknamed the Shirley Creeper, who is targeting a Southampton neighbourhood. Crime prevention leaflets are to be distributed around Upper Shirley, which is being plagued by a burglar picking off
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Organisers predict bumper boat show
SOUTHAMPTON'S annual boat show spectacular starts today with tens of thousands of visitors set to descend on the city over the coming days. The event, which generates millions of pounds for the local economy, was officially opened by round the world yachtswoman
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Residents battle to save fields
NEIGHBOURS in a leafy Southampton suburb have launched a fierce battle to stop a city college's playing fields being turned over to housing developers. Residents living near Taunton's College, Hill Lane, are furious that a planning application for new
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New jobs initiative launched on estate
JOBLESS residents living on a Southampton estate are being asked to take part in a scheme that can get them back to work and improve the local environment. The Intermediate Labour Market (ILM) project is being run in Thornhill by The Wheatsheaf Trust
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The Poozies
IT'S Changed Days, Same Roots for female folk foursome The Poozies who hit Hampshire with four consecutive dates from next week. "That's the title of our new CD," says band member Mary McMaster, mistress of the electro-harp. Speaking from her home in
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Van Morrison
COMMERCIAL success may have eluded him over the last 30 years, but Van the Man has remained one of our most treasured musical possessions. The Irish singer-songwriter, whose most famous song, Brown Eyed Girl, was never released as a single in the UK but
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T-Rextasy
NEVER mind The Darkness. If it's glam rock revival you're after, look no further than T-Rextasy. Led by the irrepressible Danielz, the world's best known Marc Bolan and T Rex tribute band have been paying faithful homage to the curly-haired king of glam
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THE HARD WORD (18)
IN AUSTRALIA, there is a colourful expression 'to put the hard word on', meaning to verbally menace, threaten with extortion or proposition sexually. All the main characters in Scott Roberts' thriller put the hard word on each other in some form or another
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RAIN (15)
ALL children reach a point where they decide that they want to grow up, but Janey wants to grow up too quickly. Thirteen-year old Janey (Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki) and her family settle into their isolated seaside cottage for another perfect holiday.
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THE SIN EATER (15)
FORGIVE him Father, for he has sinned. Writer-director Brian Helgeland has summoned forth the darkest forces on this Earth and channelled them into The Sin Eater, a ridiculous, convoluted pseudo-religious thriller which is by turns dull, impenetrable
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CINEMA LISTINGS
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 18 September. AMERICAN PIE: THE WEDDING (15) Teen comedy of the gross-out variety. Jim and Michelle are getting married but Jim's friend Stifler looks in danger of ruining the preparations and the big day. BLACKBALL
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