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Hawks closing in on top spot
EX-SAINT Dean Blake produced a stunning early goal to fire Havant & Waterlooville within touching distance of the Dr Martens Premier Division summit last night. A 1-0 win at Steve Claridge's Weymouth puts the happy Hawks second in the table, level
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Cherries run riot
THIS fairytale victory for Cherries was more like a scene from Alice in Wonderland for Luton - the Mad Hatters' tea party, perhaps. Sean O'Driscoll's boys were given an open invitation to boost their goal tally as the generous visitors showered them with
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Whites looking off-colour
Assistant Salisbury City manager Tommy Killick is praying there will be no repeat of last night's performance when Lymington & New Milton come calling in the FA Cup on Saturday. After being subjected to a dreadful 1-1 home draw with Burnham in the
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All aboard!
PUPILS at The Hurst Community College and Winklebury Junior School will be celebrating Bad Hair Day on Friday on board a special bus. "Bad Hair Day on a Bus with BCOT" is a special event designed to take Bad Hair Day around Basingstoke and raise money
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NeighbourCare on the net
AFTER months of planning, Basingstoke's NeighbourCare website has been launched to attract more service users and volunteers to the neighbourhood-friendly charity. Neighbourcare.com was launched last Monday by manager Kay Elliot, chairman Andrew Parry
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Tory quits Cabinet over Manydown
A SENIOR Basingstoke councillor has been forced to resign his £15,000-a-year post on Hampshire County Council's Cabinet because of his opposition to plans to build thousands of houses on the controversial Manydown site. Cllr Phil Heath has stepped down
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MP Hunter in election bid
BASINGSTOKE MP Andrew Hunter is preparing to fight an election in Northern Ireland. As the Government announced yesterday that elections for the Northern Ireland Parliament would be held on November 26, Mr Hunter (pictured above) was making preparations
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Jane, container carrier, 0400, 204W; Tokyo Highway, ro/ro, 0430, 202; Haul Triton, ro/ro, 0530, 34/35; Nordstrand, general cargo, 0800, 36N; Cetam Victoriae, ro/ro, 2000, 203; Tanabata, vehicle carrier, 2130, 34/35; Autofreighter
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Teams are in good shape for 'triangle'
MID HANTS teams proved they have got what it takes in their first games of the season. The Under-14 A and Under-16 B teams fought hard representing the county in a 'triangle' fixture, playing two teams in one day. The under-14s took their first game by
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Planners are accused of ignoring villagers
A SENIOR Winchester councillor has attacked planners for ignoring villagers and insisting on an allegedly over-dense development. Developers want to build homes on Sutton Park, a former mobile home site in Sutton Scotney, north of the city. Villagers
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Sparsholt College strengthens links with Marwell Zoo
SPARSHOLT College is strengthening its academic links with nearby Marwell Zoo near Winchester. The UK Zoo Federation has chosen it to run its courses to train zoo keepers and managers. This summer, 24 members of the Sparsholt animal studies team, accompanied
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Centre helps Toby on way to glory
TRIATHLETE Toby Hood is set to have his dreams come true of a chance at the world championships in New Zealand this December. Toby, from Alderholt near Fordingbridge, has won a £500 grant from the nearby Sandy Balls Holiday Centre in Godshill, which will
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Who will be a star turn in Radio-zoo?
FOR the next ten days, you will have the chance to go to a different kind of zoo. Today is the first day of the Human Zoo, Power FM's endurance test, and live on this morning's Breakfast Show, six contestants moved into the conservatory complex in Whiteley
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Funday is a great success
YOUNGSTERS in Southampton enjoyed a funday and welcomed special guests to celebrate their school's achievements in gaining a healthy schools award and the Basic Skills Agency's quality mark. City mayor Councillor Parvin Damani was among the visitors to
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Elderly win battle to save homes - for now
A GROUP of pensioners sipped bubbly after winning a battle to stop bulldozers demolishing their homes. Residents in Burnetts Fields and Burnetts Gardens clapped and cheered as councillors voted out plans to demolish five bungalows to make way for new
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Missing anything?
POLICE in Southampton are to display an Aladdin's cave of stolen property in a bid to reunite burglary victims with their treasured possessions. Officers from the city's burglary investigation unit are inviting people along to view more than 100 exhibits
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Traders fight to keep car parking
CAMPAIGNERS against plans to sell off city centre car parks were stepping up their battle today by shutting up shops to stage a protest. Scores of shopkeepers in Bedford Place in Southampton were planning to close their businesses to demonstrate for 15
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Charity's plea to runners
THE Hampshire Autistic Society is appealing for runners with places in next year's London Marathon to raise money for the charity. Community fundraiser Sally Stemp would like to hear from anyone who wants to help people and their families coping with
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Youngsters hit top notes at concert
SCORES of musical youngsters at a Sarisbury school hit a high note with a concert they composed themselves for parents. More than 60 young musicians aged 11 to 12 took part in Brookfield Community School's Year 7 concert after writing a range of music
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Pensioners' victory in bulldozer battle
A GROUP of pensioners cracked open the champagne after winning a battle to stop the bulldozers moving in on their homes. Residents in Burnetts Fields and Burnetts Gardens clapped and cheered last night as councillors voted out plans to demolish five bungalows
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Clerk needed as stalwart retires
BISHOPSTOKE Parish Council is looking for a new clerk following news that Peter Bulbeck is to step down. Mr Bulbeck has been at the administrative helm of the village authority with the fifth-largest electorate in Hampshire - comprising 7,500 electors
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IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO TO THE DAY ...
Gordon Strachan today celebrates two years in charge of Saints in which time he's taken them from relegation scrappers into Europe. The transformation in the ambitions and expectations of the club, the players and the supporters has changed almost beyond
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For value for money, C-MAX
VALUE is a standard feature of all the new models of the Ford Focus C-MAX, that officially goes on sale in the UK today. With prices starting from £13,175 on-the-road and insurance ratings from just 5E, "Focus C-MAX carries forward Focus' key attributes
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Doswell has score to settle
JOHN Robson has told sought-after AFC Totton striker Martin Whiddett that the Bashley door is wide open if he fancies stepping up to the Southern League. Having played for Robson at Alton and Totton, the 32-year-old targetman turned to his old boss for
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Six-hit Craig steers Royals into last eight
Craig Emery grabbed a double hat-trick as Eastleigh Royals progressed to the last eight of the Southampton A Cup with a 6-2 romp against Millers Pond. Rich Lowther of Whitbread hit all four as his team emerged 4-3 extra-time victors against Division 1
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (12a)
THERE'S nothing worse than an anti-climax. Imagine a balloon being slowly inflated and then pppprrrtttt, shrinking down into a saggy mess behind the sofa. Thus we have the experience of watching The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Directed by Blade
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NDS adopts new brand as Newsquest
AWARD-WINNING newspaper and leaflet distributor NDS has rebranded to Newsquest Southern ahead of predicted growth in its database analysis and market research operations. Poole-based NDS has adopted the name of its parent group, Daily Echo publisher Newsquest
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Concerns over morale at Ford
FORD bosses say they are trying their best to keep spirits up at the motor giant's factory in Southampton following a production freeze. Work ground to a halt by last Thursday at the Ford Transit assembly plant because of a bitter industrial dispute in
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Colin could be fighting at the last chance saloon insists trainer
SOUTHAMPTON heavyweight Colin Kenna returns to the ring this weekend with an ultimatum from manager Jack Bishop: "Lose this one and I might tell you to quit the sport!" The Lordshill boxer takes the first step on the comeback trail after his first round
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CYCLING - Bowers' repeat performance boosts hopes of a call-up
TWO riders with winning reputations raced to success on Hampshire courses last weekend. A third travelled north in search of a higher level of competition - and clocked top ten placings in two cyclo-cross meetings. He was Stuart Bowers (Hargroves Cycles
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Work nearing the end on sculpture
THE wraps are set to soon come off Winchester's newest piece of public art. Work is nearing completion on the coronation sculpture being erected near the Law Courts to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The new £40,000 sculpture, set to transform the
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SHOCKING FIGURES IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME
POLICE 22 - CRIMINALS 78! That's the shocking 'scoreline' in the fight against crime in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. New figures just released show that only 22 per cent of all crimes committed in the county are successfully prosecuted. That means
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So Z-orry!
A WEAPONS collector caught with swords and an air rifle in the back of his car told a court they were only there because he was moving house. Police found the armaments when they searched Simon Gay's vehicle after pulling him over just yards away from
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Public still in dark over speed cameras
THE number of motorists caught by Hampshire's new speed cameras is still being kept secret - despite a pledge by bosses that they should be public by now. Hampshire speed camera chiefs had previously refused to release any figures for those caught speeding
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Locals fire volley at tennis club
BOSSES of Southampton's most exclusive leisure centre go before council chiefs next week after being ordered to shape up in a planning row. Bosses at David Lloyd in Lordshill were criticised by the city council's planning panel for putting in mud banks
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Karate club kick-starts movie magic
A GROUP of karate fighters kick-started the first screening of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill at a Southampton cinema. Members of the Goshin Jutsu Karate and Iaido Club put cinemagoers at Leisure World Odeon at West Quay in the mood for the new action
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Delayed website ready to go online
A WEBSITE set up in the memory of Locks Heath teenager Richard Bowler who died of a brain haemorrhage, will go live tomorrow after suffering a technical hitch. As reported in the Daily Echo the website was due to open earlier this week, with details of
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For value for money, C-MAX
VALUE is a standard feature of all the new models of the Ford Focus C-MAX, that officially goes on sale in the UK today. With prices starting from £13,175 on-the-road and insurance ratings from just 5E, "Focus C-MAX carries forward Focus' key attributes
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A treat for music fans
ONE of the world's oldest and most prestigious orchestras, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, visits The Anvil tonight (Wednesday). The orchestra will be led by Professor Herbert Blomstedt, former music director of the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg
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interviewing...Simon Pearson and James Dicks
TWO kart drivers are on the look-out for help as they try to take a step closer to fulfilling their lifetime ambition of taking part in the British Championship. The duo, who are good friends, are Simon Pearson from Lychpit and James Dicks from Kempshott
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Deadly funny
REHEARSALS are well and truly under way at Central Studio for Anthony Schaffer's black comedy Murderer. The production is being brought to life by a strong cast of four, led by director Crispian Cook, from tomorrow until Saturday, at 7.45pm daily. Always
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Fountain a feature of courtyard home
THE back garden of a village home has been given the Ground Force treatment - even including a Charlie Dimmock-style water feature. Instead of lawn, the Hartley Wintney home now has a courtyard with a patio area featuring a central ornamental pond with
