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Smith turns down Scots
HAMPSHIRE legend Robin Smith has turned down the chance to play for the ambitious Scottish Saltires. Smith, who has family in Edinburgh, revealed that he has turned down an offer from the Saltires to play for them next season. Earlier in his career he
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'Terry's not given me a go'
Alex Morris fired a parting shot at Paul Terry after being released by Hampshire - then spoke of his desire to return to Yorkshire. All rounder Morris, 26, leaves Hampshire five years after making his debut, with 147 first class wickets for the county
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Tassel is going, going, gone
A REPLICA of a world-record beating, crystal decorated, giant tassel has been on show at a Hampshire children's hospice. Measuring more than half-a-metre in length and worth approximately £4,000, the tassel was taken to Naomi House in Sutton Scotney,
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Solo by name...
SHE'S Solo by name - but staff at West End's Blue Cross Animal Welfare Centre at West End are hoping that the three-year-old German shepherd cross collie won't be on her own for much longer. For when it comes to hard luck stories, Solo has had enough
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Robin the roving ambassador...
Robin Smith is set to take on a Matthew Le Tissier-like ambassadorial role with Hampshire Cricket. Hampshire legend Smith confirmed his retirement after 23 years as a Hampshire cricketer at the Rose Bowl yesterday. But chairman Rod Bransgrove wants the
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Sorry no information available
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ROWING - Lesson learned?
With the South Coast Championship Regatta at Swanage taking place today, it will be hoped that BTC's Seniors learned a salutary lesson when Ryde beat them by two feet in a Cat and Mouse senior final at the Weston Shore Regatta. The mouse got away as BTC
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ALL BARRED
EIGHT thugs have been barred from almost every pub and club in Southampton city centre under a tough new crackdown against drunken violence. A further 30 exclusion orders are in the pipeline, a little over a month since the blanket ban policy was launched
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Beth's class act!
IT'S the picture her parents thought they would never see. A Hampshire girl who almost died when she was a baby is about to celebrate another milestone in her remarkable recovery. Four-year-old Beth Heaton has gone from strength to strength since a bone
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Gran keeping shtum about being a mum
A HAMPSHIRE grandmother who created a storm when she ann-ounced her dream of having another baby is finding the attention all too much. Priscilla Eatwell, 56, and husband Don, 69, have opted out of the media circus which descended on them when they made
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Sad farewell to Joe 'the rock'
ONE of the biggest funeral corteges the south has ever seen carried a respected Hamp-shire horseman to his final resting place. A Victorian carriage built in 1860 led the sombre procession of nine Rolls-Royce Phantoms and five Rolls-Royce Silver Spurs
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Man with gun threatened staff
A RAIDER threatened shop staff with a gun and a knife during an attempted robbery in Southampton. The terrified 73-year-old owner of the Satellite Pet Foods warehouse in William Street, Northam, found himself staring down the barrel of a silver handgun
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Spitfire sculpture is stalled by artist
LAST minute technical hitches have stalled the unveiling of a close to full size sculpture of a Spitfire fighter aircraft at Eastleigh. On Monday a commemorative statue of a Spitfire prototype was scheduled to be placed, with some pomp and ceremony, just
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Building a historical picture of the area
SOUTHAMPTON'S most historic buildings are opening to the public free of charge this weekend, as part of the national Heritage Open Days. Until Monday, visitors to the city and surrounding area will be able to explore and enjoy guided tours of some rare
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Bats query over land plan
A LANDMARK decision on an 18-month planning row was headed off at the last minute when new information came before councillors. Test Valley planners were due to make a final decision on whether 13 homes should be built on a plot of land in Botley Road
