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Away duck is broken
London Racers 1, Basingstoke Bison 4 THE BISON recorded their first away win of the season in their first-ever visit to Alexandra Palace on Friday night. American Matt Reid made an impressive debut for the Wella-backed side, while fellow import Chris
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Pirates of the Caribbean (12a)
YES, the biggest smash of the summer so far and it's got all you could ask for from a blockbuster - high romance, great fight scenes, scary baddies and the rest. A fantastic cast led by Johnny Depp, Orlando (swoon) Bloom and Keira Knightley fight the
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (12a)
RENOWNED adventurer Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman. This "league" comprises Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney
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Down With Love (12a)
"AH BUT it was all so simple then", so Gladys Knight once sang. Girls were girls, boys were boys, and Doris Day and Rock Hudson could conceivably fall in love on screen, despite the fact that the latter was gay and had no more interest in the former than
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Finance sector in upbeat mode
THOUSANDS of employees in the south's buoyant financial services sector today received a feel-good boost. The confidence of their companies has improved more than at any time in the last four years as business grew at its fastest rate since last summer
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Top directors' pay: who earns what?
IF YOU would like to know how much the top executives in the south are earning, there's now an easy way to find out. It's called the Index of Directors' Remuneration and, for the first time ever, this intriguing list of names and numbers is freely available
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FA Cup: Linnets close in on 'proper' round
Lymington & New Milton's incredible FA Cup run continued with a solid 2-0 win over Highworth Town in front of 280 enthralled spectators at the Fawcetts Field. FA Cup fever has gripped the New Forest club this season, and they now stand just one match
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FA Cup: Bashley scrape a win
Substitute Danny Gibbons gave new Bashley boss John Robson a timely reminder of what he's capable of in Saturday's last-gasp 1-0 home win over Burgess Hill Town. The former Newport IoW striker has been dropped to the bench in recent games to accommodate
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Wessex League Round-up
TOP scorer Andy Forbes grabbed two more goals as Winchester City opened up a two-point lead at the top of the Sydenhams Wessex League. Forbes took his seasonal tally to 13 - four more than nearest rival and one-time Winchester target Martin Whiddett of
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Pillar of community Clive dies aged 53
A WELL-known Winchester figure who helped set up and run a charity for orphaned and neglected South American children has died following a long fight against cancer. Clive Houghton, 53, died at the weekend after battling prostate cancer for two years.
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HOSPITAL PLAN FURY
FURIOUS residents are challenging the accuracy of figures being used to support a multi-million-pound expansion plan at a New Forest hospital. People living near Tatchbury Mount Hospital, Calmore, are alarmed at the scheme, which is set to create more
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Pair launch history book
THE first book to be written about Lyndhurst's history was launched at the weekend. Lyndhurst, A Brief History and Guide, has been written by Georgina Babey and Peter Roberts of Ashurst-based Nova Foresta Publishing. The pair have drawn on earlier works
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DATE RAPE DRUGS USED IN CITY BARS
POLICE issued a warning to pub-goers and clubbers today following a series of drink-spiking incidents in Southampton. Officers have investigated three reported cases in which the date rape drug GHB (gamma- hydroxybutyrate) is thought to have been added
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GOT THE HUMP 2
STATE-of-the-art bendy buses are being bumped off Southampton streets for good by troublesome speed ramps. Mike Smith, director of First Hampshire, announced yesterday that he had decided to pull the £2.3m fleet of super-low floor bendy buses because
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Defiant gran, 89, locked in the cells for hours
SHE may be 89 but Hampshire great-grandmother Frances Mackeith still fights for what she believes in. Having spent the past 40 years taking part in peace protests across the country, the defiant pensioner was never going to let her age stand in the way
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Explosive find at the sandwich shop
WORKMEN extending a Southampton sandwich shop made an explosive find at the back of the premises - an 11in Second World War British shell. The live shell was found at the back of Minsky's in Bedford Place at about 9.30am yesterday while excavation work
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New squad nabs burglary suspect
A MAN has been charged with committing 26 house burglaries across Southampton following investigations by a specialist new police unit. Andrew Bowers, 37, of Earls Road, Portswood, Southampton, has been remanded in custody after appearing before city
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Cowherds inn is a blooming delight
A SOUTHAMPTON inn has beaten off competition from across the country to scoop a prestigious pub in bloom competition. The Cowherds on the city's common has won the award which is entered by hundreds of hostelries throughout the country. Robert Mitchell
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School successful in regional semi-final
BRIGHTON Hill Community College under-13 boys have equalled the success of their under-17 team schoolmates by reaching the southern regional final of the British Schools tennis competition. In a regional semi-final against Coke Thorpe School from South
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WRECKERS HIT SCHOOL
VANDALS have caused £2,000 of damage after breaking into a Portchester school. Paint was thrown around and graffiti daubed on the walls of a temporary classroom at Wicor Primary School. Computer equipment was destroyed and coursework ruined by the vandals
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Traffic scheme may be given a red light
A CONTROVERSIAL traffic scheme could be given the red light after scores of angry motorists branded it dangerous. An experimental one way system under the railway bridge in Station Road and Hill Road in Portchester could be replaced with traffic lights
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WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED
PENSIONERS have vowed to stand in front of the bulldozers to stop their Horton Heath homes being flattened to make way for a new development. They are stepping up their battle to halt plans by Eastleigh Housing Associa-tion to knock down five bungalows
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More views on Manydown
Sir.-The problem over Manydown has arisen because the council has chosen voluntarily to extend the Local Plan from 2011 to 2016. No one knows how many houses Basingstoke will be expected to build after 2011. The council has assumed that house building
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Phillips is one of the 'greats'
GORDON STRACHAN always thought Kevin Phillips was very good, but after nearly three months working with the former England international, he has come to a fresh conclusion. The Saints boss does not use his words lightly, when he now describes Phillips
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Veteran passes a stamina check-up
A NEW Basingstoke and District Table Tennis League season opened with a high standard in each of the three divisions. In Queens C's 6-4 win over KG D in division three, the star of the match was veteran George Hellans, who won all his three matches, but
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Telling a good story
STORYTELLING at its best, using music, song, a beautiful set and a very distinctive performance style, comes to the Haymarket Theatre on Saturday. This fantastic new production brings three travellers tales from around the world to life right before your
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Get in the Pink
MAKE a date to Get in the Pink - that's the message from Cancer Research UK during this year's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The charity, which spends more than £15m a year on breast cancer research, is urging people across Hampshire to sign up now for
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Helen's tuned into finding Mr Right
Southampton singleton Helen Thorogood has gone on national TV to try to find her Mr Right. She tells KATE THOMPSON why she dared to go public with her dating disasters... AT 35 years old, Helen Thorogood seemingly has it all. She is a manager on an executive
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Serving up more choice
Today, on National School Meals Day, KATE THOMPSON investigates the high-profile subject of school lunches, and the price paid for them... WHEN Lizzie Vann MBE became a governor at a Hampshire primary school, she immediately wanted to know what the children
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Help with hearing is hot stuff
SALLY CHURCHWARD opens her ears to a treatment that may seem strange but is relaxing and therapeutic... ALTHOUGH shoving a lighted candle in your ear sounds like the kind of thing that you were strictly instructed not to do as a child, it is, in fact,
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From screen to stage
BASINGSTOKE native David Allard, who you may have seen in local theatrical productions in the past, is certainly multi-talented. A former successful journalist, he recently put his career on the back-burner in order to pursue his dream of taking to the
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Albatross clinches win
Hampshire PGA Patrons chairman David Goodlake holed his seven wood second shot at the 18th hole for a nett albatross to give his team victory in the 31st Patrons Pro-Am at East Horton. Corhampton clubman Goodlake and his team of Jason Neve (Cams Hall)
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Shaun wins - at the double
Shaun Hall from the County Club in West End has won both the gross and net divisions of the Hampshire Junior Order of Merit. Leading positions: Gross: S Hall (The County) 44 points, C Kilgannon (Royal Winchester) and T Hobbs (Bramshott Hill) 39, D Wright
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Bison complete a four-point weekend
Basingstoke Bison 3, Manchester Phoenix 0 THE WELLA Bison completed a four-point weekend as the Manchester Phoenix were beaten by three unanswered goals in the second period on Saturday night. New import forward Matt Reid scored on his home debut, while
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Robinson 'not fazed' by City
LYMINGTON & New Milton may not have landed their first-choice FA Cup tie, but an October 25 trip to Salisbury City is not to be sneezed for the Sydenhams Wessex League's sole survivors. "I was hoping to get Paulton Rovers at home," confessed manager
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New Wessex division should go ahead - Alf
SYDENHAMS Wessex League chairman Alf Peckham remains confident of forming a second division next season even though the national FA have been asked to intervene. The Hampshire and Dorset Premier Leagues stand to lose several their clubs if the Wessex
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'Boro win Fareham draw
Gosport jumped up into second place following a 3-0 win over Andover courtesy of goals from Stuart Hensman (2) and Mark Tyron. Totton, who had started the day second, were held 1-1 at Thatcham. Graham Kemp continued his fine start to life as Brockenhurst
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Rugby: Gosport & Fareham and Heathens results
After looking like promotion certainties until a collapse in the final few weeks of last season, Gosport & Fareham have started this campaign in the worst possible way, with four defeats in their five games to date. While playing all their early season
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The Italian Job (12a)
IN VENICE, a team of expert thieves pull off a daring heist of $35million in bars of gold, but one (Edward Norton) betrays his companions and swipes the gold for himself. One year later, in Los Angeles, the surviving team, including Mark Whalberg and
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Finding Nemo (U)
MARLIN the clown fish is a widower who only has his son Nemo left after a predator attack. On Nemo's first day of school, he's captured by a scuba diver and taken to live in a dentist's office, so Marlin and his new friend Dory set off across the ocean
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Keep dogs at crossing
A TIDAL wave of support is sweeping through the yachting village of Hamble in a bid to keep lollipop man Tony Williams and his two New-foundland dogs on duty outside the local primary school. The Daily Echo revealed how a community campaign had swung
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Pumpkins put on parade for charity
PERFECT pumpkins have helped to provide a passport to a sailing adventure of a lifetime. For the fifth annual pumpkin festival was making fundraising waves for the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST). The chapel at Netley's Royal Victoria Country Park was the
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hong Kong Express, container carrier, 0430, 207; Hual Triumph, ro/ro, 0600, 40; Aida, vehicle carrier, 0830, 34/35; Buzzy B, yacht, 1200, 24; Asian Legend, ro/ro, 1400, 43/44; Cervantes, ro/ro, 1700, 30; Ilona G, cargo, 2200
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Andrew's one in a million-air
IT WAS a taste of the high life for Andrew Masters as he accepted his prize for being the one-millionth passenger to travel from Southampton International Airport. Andrew and his girlfriend Kelly were treated to a VIP day out at Goodwood races, arriving
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Second store for city
MAPLIN Electronics, a leading specialist electronics retailer, is due to launch its second Southampton store this Saturday. TV personality Tiff Needel, a presenter from Channel Five's Fifth Gear, will be on hand to cut the ribbon and host the day's events
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Work starts on new office for learning
CONSTRUCTION has begun on a new office building for the Learning and Skills Council for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight at Segensworth, near Fareham. The LSC has agreed a pre-let deal through joint agents King Sturge and CB Richard Ellis to relocate from
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FA Cup: Gibbens shows he is worth his money
FORMER Dell boy Kevin Gibbens proved a snip at £2,000 as he inspired Eastleigh to a 6-2 home hammering of Hastings United. After Eastleigh had failed to agree a price for Gibbens with his old club Basingstoke Town, the fee was settled by tribunal late
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Rugby: Farnborough 39 - Eastleigh 5
An under-strength Eastleigh were cast adrift by Farnborough 39-5. However, they came away with heads high especially in the defence department where Arnie Payne, Clive Wooding and Pete Noonan all performed admirably.
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Hampshire League Round-up
Lymington Town are proving to be a curse on Hampshire League Premier Division title chasers VT. A week after beating Vospers 1-0 in the Hampshire Senior Cup, Town did it again on Saturday to wreck their 100 per cent league record. Paul Sims got the all-important
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Rugby Round-up
It was a case of mixed emotions for Fawley as they shocked league leaders Guernsey but are still searching for their first victory of the season, despite playing their part in a 78-point cracker at Holbury. Captain Ian Cromar urged his winless side to
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Boxing: Bring on the likes of Roy Jones!
NEW world champion Matthew Barney is already mapping out his boxing future - and now even dreams of fighting the legendary Roy Jones Jnr. The 29-year-old Southampton fighter, pictured above, rocked the boxing world on Saturday when he took the WBU world
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Sea Angling: Shingle Bank is a happy hunting ground
The Milford Shingle Bank again produced the goods at the Lymington Autumn Open. The 120 competitors landed a wide variety of species - but visiting angler John Lintern carried off the £200 top prize. Lintern, fishing just 200 yards along the bank, beached
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GRAN, 89, IS JAILED
SHE may be 89 but Hampshire great-grandmother Frances Mackeith still fights for what she believes in. Having spent the past 40 years taking part in peace protests across the country, the defiant pensioner was never going to let her age stand in the way
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Key post for rising star Oaten
WINCHESTER MP Mark Oaten is continuing his steady rise through the ranks of the Liberal Democrat party. Mr Oaten, 39, has been appointed to the key post of shadow Home Secretary in a reshuffle announced by Charles Kennedy. Mark Oaten said: "I am delighted
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Review: A family tale as Little Women is revisited
Good Wives - Dalian Players, Woolston Methodist Hall BASED on Louisa May Alcott's follow-up to Little Women, Peter Clapham's play Good Wives describes the customs, attitudes and values of a family in 1860s Massachusetts, New England. Spanning two years
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Claire takes on top ambulance job full time
THE acting chief executive for Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is to take on the top role permanently. Claire Severgnini, pictured above, was covering the position after the sacking of former chief executive Richard Mawson in May. But she has now
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Get in the Pink
MAKE a date to Get in the Pink - that's the message from Cancer Research UK during this year's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The charity, which spends more than £15m a year on breast cancer research, is urging people across Hampshire to sign up now for
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Pumpkins put on parade for charity
PERFECT pumpkins have helped to provide a passport to a sailing adventure of a lifetime. For the fifth annual pumpkin festival was making fundraising waves for the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST). The chapel at Netley's Royal Victoria Country Park was the
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City strikers plough on
TOP scorer Andy Forbes grabbed two more goals as Winchester City opened up a two-point lead at the top of the Sydenhams Wessex League. Forbes took his seasonal tally to 13 - four more than nearest rival and one-time Winchester target Martin Whiddett of
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Rugby: Winchester soundly beaten
If Winchester thought their result against Barnes the previous week was a good omen, a rampant Richmond brought them down to earth with a serious bump - thrashing them 75-5 at Nuns Road. Andover are also struggling at the wrong end of the table, going
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Let Juan whip you into a Latin frenzy
RICKY isn't the only Martin capable of working an audience into a Latin fever - there's also Juan. Flamenco guitarist Juan Martin will be working up to full steam when he brings his brand new music and dance show to the Theatre Royal Winchester this month
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New status adds up to better lessons
LESSONS have gone hi-tech at a Fareham school thanks to it being awarded specialist status in maths and computing. Pupils at Neville Lovett school are already feeling the benefits of the award that means half a million pounds will be ploughed into the
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'We're lucky to get a second chance'
Basingstoke Town 0, Bracknell Town 0 A FRUSTRATED Ernie Howe said his Town side were fortunate to be in the FA Cup following Saturday's stalemate with Bracknell. The two teams meet again tomorrow (7.45pm) at Bracknell's Larges Lane ground to decide who
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Passengers' shock as louts attack bus
PASSENGERS on an Eastleigh bus were left showered with glass after vandals threw a stone at a window. Customers on the Solent Blue Line Number 2 service were shaken up by the experience on the double-decker in Stoneham Lane. No one was reported as seriously
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Kev confesses: My England dream is over
KEVIN PHILLIPS has conceded his England career might be at an end. England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, whose team drew 0-0 in Turkey on Saturday to qualify for Euro 2004, has suggested a wave of squad changes before the trip to Portugal. But the Saints
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Life as an uncool dad and British musical institution
OVER the last 20-plus years, one man has remained constant in the line-up that is Level 42 - Mark King. From 1980 until he finally secured the rights to the band name in 2001, he's been the lead singer, taking songs like Running in the Family and Something
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Encore for Fascinating Aida
FASCINATING Aida - Dillie Keane, Marilyn Cutts and Adele Anderson - are on tour for the last time. But don't panic, because you can see them at The Anvil in One Last Flutter on Friday. After wooing audiences with their blend of sweet melodies and savage
