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SWITCH OFF TO SAVE THE PLANET
If every home replaced just three of its light bulbs with energy-efficient ones, we would save enough energy to power all the streetlights in the UK... CLIMATE change, it seems, is a fact of life. It only takes a quick glance out of the window to confirm
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No end to hostilities on the home front
The war is over . . . Saddam and his regime has been ousted in Iraq . . . but Prime Minister Tony Blair has little to celebrate... TODAY thousands of people were expected to gather in London to demonstrate against the ongoing occupation of Iraq. Meanwhile
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Lucky Jim
James Herbert has written his 21st novel. NICK ELLWOOD met the prolific author... "THE old house had been empty for more than a year. It stood, detached and faded, away from the road, screened by foliage gone wild. No one went there, nobody showed much
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TOP TWENTY BOOKS:
with Waterstone's of Southampton 1. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 2. Life of Pi - Yann Martel 3. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith 4. Pompeii - Robert Harris 5. Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution: The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Marie Jeanne, cargo, 0300, 36; Orion Leader, ro/ro, 0330, 43; NYK Sirius, carrier, 0445, 205; Mosel Ace, ro/ro, 0445, 202; Asian Breeze, ro/ro, 0515, 201; Sundream, cruise liner, 0845, 38/9; CCNI Angol, carrier, 1315, 206E;
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TWO FOUND DEAD AT HOME
DETECTIVES are investigating after the bodies of an elderly couple were found in their Hampshire home. The pensioners, thought to be a married couple in their late 70s and early 80s, were discovered dead at their Totton bungalow at 9.30am yesterday. Police
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It had to be battered for Battersby
WHEN a Hampshire family volunteered to put up Coronation Street star Bruce Jones - aka Les Battersby - for a new TV series they thought the best way to welcome him into their family was with a good old fish and chip picnic. Andy and Estelle Szasz and
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Pupils take to stage to raise charity funds
YOUNGSTERS from a Southampton school will be putting their creative talents to good use when they take part in a fundraising concert in aid of Leukaemia Busters. Pupils from The Atherley School, in Upton Lane, Nursling, are staging the event on Saturday
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Windmills and flowers
Windmills watch the whispering willow, Dazed and dazzled by dwindling dreams, Clouds of colour cascade and create A cavalcade of energy, which envelops Droplets of dew, dangling from dwarf daffodils. Swaying in the sunlight, bathing in solitude, Plant
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Cohen's strum and bass show
THERE aren't many bases that multi-talented performer Avishai Cohen hasn't got covered. He's a bass player, pianist, composer, arranger and band leader - and you can see him in action at the Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton next month. The Israeli-born
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Sally wins Craig's signed shirt
NO WONDER young Sally Roe looks happy - she's just won a Saints football shirt signed by her favourite singer, Craig David. The 13-year-old Daily Echo reader of Longmore Avenue, Woolston was one of scores of entrants to our competition to win a footie
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Fringe society
Gaynor Edwards talks to Chrissie Hynde, who's back on the road and is the talk of the town. How many real rock legends are there today? True icons, we're talking, who tick all the boxes. How many can you name that have retained that X factor, are still
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Reader's bright poem needs a small polish
HELP! Is the cry from LE Madgewick, who sent in the poem 'Windmills and flowers' to Creative Corner because it "needs an expert's opinion". I'm no expert, LE, but in the run-up to the closing date for the Daily Echo's poetry competition (October 2) I
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Poetry competition
THERE is still time to enter the Daily Echo's Poetry Competition for National Poetry Day. You could win two essential books for budding poets: The Writer's & Artists' Yearbook and Staying Alive, an unforgettable anthology. Entries can be any length
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Fiction's action man
Avenger, by Frederick Forsyth. Published by Bantam Press in hardback, priced £17.99. More than 70 million copies of his books have been sold so far - in more than 30 languages - but Frederick Forsyth, now 65, never planned to be a novelist. As a young
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You gave your life to save others, now it's our turn to salute you
A HAMPSHIRE community gathered to pay their respects to the US Second World War pilot who saved their town from disaster. The ceremony took place 60 years to the day from when Captain Robert Cogswell personally steered a B-17 bomber away from Alresford
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Moves to move the travellers
WELFARE officers are due to visit a group of travellers who have set up camp on Southampton Common. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Daily Echo, more than a dozen vehicles drove on to the conservation site off Highfield Lane overnight on Thursday
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Win tickets to see city slicker Craig
IT'S the gig everyone's talking about - a free intimate concert by chart sensation Craig David for the people of his home city. Today the Daily Echo is giving Southampton readers the chance to be one of the 500 lucky fans to see Craig in action in the
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Report on complaints finds fault with force
COMPLAINTS about bullying, sexism and racism are not being dealt with properly by Hampshire police force, a report has revealed. The force has been criticised over the way it deals with complaints, following a probe into its Professional Standards Department
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YMCA celebrates 125 years in city
SOUTHAMPTON YMCA celebrated 125 years in the city with an open day attended by the city's mayor Parvin Damani. The event took place at the centre in Cranbury Avenue, where members of staff were on hand to welcome VIP guests and provide information on
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Craig David linked to Amazonian beauty
SOUTHAMPTON singing sensation Craig David has been linked to a new girlfriend - Miss Amazonia. The 22-year-old has been spotted on a luxury yacht with Venezuelan Aida Yespica in Corsica. Last year Aida won the title Miss Amazonia after being voted the
