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Moyes: Would I have been in line for chop?
David Moyes has pleaded for managers to get more time in the job as the victims of the early season sack race continue to mount. The Everton boss has seen a string of his fellow managers being axed already this term, and has had to witness the troubled
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Hants legend Robin ends 'retirement' already ...
Robin Smith is set to play Southern League cricket for the first time in 22 years next season - for Hursley Park. Smith, right, broke the Southern League's batting record by scoring 1,015 runs when he played for Trojans while qualifying to play for Hampshire
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: P&O Nedlloyd Shackleton, container carrier, 0600, 206; Oriana, cruise liner, 0700, 106; Grande Europa, vehicle carrier, 1000, 202; Merwedelta, cargo, AM, 36; Ina, cargo, 2000, 102/3. Today's Principal Sailings: Oriana,
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COME BACK HOME, DAD
THE children of a missing Hampshire man who has not been seen for four days have begged: "Please come back home, Dad." Martin Ellis, 40, was last seen on Tuesday morning when he took his 15-year-old son Sean to Testwood School in Totton. He should have
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Pub rampage driver spared spell behind bars
A MAN who caused £154,000 of damage after ploughing his car into a pub with staff and customers inside has been spared jail. Stephen Lewry, who admitted driving his car into the Lord Arthur Lee pub in Fareham, was facing up to two years in jail but was
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Hard to Beatt class reward
DELIGHTED young fundraisers from a Hampshire school were rewarded for their hard work by getting to meet their Saints hero James Beattie. In one huge class effort, pupils from Year 4 of Durlston Court Prep School at Barton on Sea in the New Forest raised
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Pauline's on time for her VIP date!
LABOUR has once again sent one of its big guns into Southampton - with the help of a leading lady. Mother of three Pauline Prescott - the wife of the Deputy Prime Minister John - was in the city to officially reopen the £2m Queen Elizabeth II Terminal
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Roadshow tips for job hunters
FREE careers advice covering CVs, adult guidance and starting up a business will be available to all visitors to the Southern Daily Echo Job Scene Roadshow taking place at the Guildhall, Southampton, on Thursday. A CV is often the first contact with a
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Dairy fined over slurry in harbour
A DAIRY which allowed cattle slurry to pollute one of the New Forest's most popular sailing harbours has been fined £2,000. Magistrates at Lyndhurst were told that an Environment Agency officer was called to Keyhaven near Lymington in July last year,
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Newcastle are still massive threat to us, admits James
JAMES BEATTIE today warned that Newcastle remain a massive threat - despite their poor start to the season. The Saints striker says St James' Park is one of the most imposing places to play football, but believes the big game experience of matches like
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Factory worker gave my career a kickstart
Billy Taylor resurrected his cricket career in New Zealand after being rejected by Hampshire in 1997 - following some advice from his elder brothers and a fellow factory worker. Taylor, who also plays for Winchester KS with brothers James and Martin,
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New twist in slave labour claims row
BITTER allegations of slave labour conditions on the £550m Queen Mary 2 today took on an extraordinary new twist. The cruise liner - the world's longest, tallest and widest - is at the centre of an acrimonious row between foreign workers and the French
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Don't let this happen again
RESIDENTS in a Southampton community where a 13-year-old boy died in a road smash are calling for safety measures in the wake of the tragedy. The death of Chris Garner has devastated householders in Bitterne Park. More than a dozen bouquets were laid
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Spaniel did not drown
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a cocker spaniel found in a Hampshire river with a 10kg weight tied around her neck. A post-mortem has revealed the dog did not drown because her lungs had no water in them - meaning she was dead before she was thrown into
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Do you remember the Toomer sisters?
DOES anyone have any information on the three Toomer sisters who donated the land known today as Rockstone Place Park on the Avenue? The City of Southampton Society is hoping to donate a sculpture to the Park to commemorate the gift from Jane Wills (Toomer
