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Spooky treats just the trick
EASTLEIGH'S Itchen Valley Country Park will be offering some spooky surprises and ghostly goings-on over the half-term holiday. Youngsters will be able to check out the spooks on the Hallowe'en trail, solve the clues and win a creepy prize. The tricky
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Trio put behind bars for brutal assault (continued)
THE THREE men in the dock sat transfixed at the court video screen, watching the familiar face of Peter Clarke preparing to answer police questions as the judge viewed the recording to see how he had been affected by the assault. As their old friend began
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Trio put behind bars for brutal assault
THREE men were this week locked up for four years for their part in a brutal attack which left a Basingstoke man in a coma. Peter Clarke spent six weeks in a coma after his best friend Russell Davis repeatedly stamped on his head. Two other men were also
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Flybe increases European destinations
LOW-cost airline Flybe has brought in its winter timetable from Southampton Airport, offering even more European destinations. They are Salzburg in Austria, Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, and Edinburgh. Daily flights to Salzburg, the birthplace
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The Herbal Bed
SCANDAL is an everyday affair for us nowadays with numerous newspaper column inches devoted to revealing the love affairs of celebrities and politicians. But what happened when scandal broke in the Elizabethan era? Sexual liaisons and Shakespeare come
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BEYOND BELIEF
FRUSTRATION and anger grows daily for parents of pupils at St Mark's Junior School and residents who live nearby. They cannot understand why travellers camped next to the school in Shirley, Southampton, for two weeks have not been moved on. Games lessons
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E-mail protest over Taunton's
RESIDENTS of a leafy Southampton suburb are blitzing the country's top politicians with letters and e-mails in an attempt to head off a controversial development. Hundreds of Upper Shirley homeowners are sending letters to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott
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Safety mapped out for foreign students
FOREIGN students are being given havens across Southampton where they can run for help if in trouble. A dozen shops and restaurants in the city centre have been identified as potential help points for any student in need. Student Safe Southampton, the
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Meet Mr Pumpkin!
IT might not be the most cosmopolitan image in the world but Titchfield farmer Nathan Dellicott is proud to have helped put pumpkins on the map. His face is appearing in supermarkets across the country as part of a promotional campaign for the humble
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In a spin at Human Zoo
IT'S DAY three of the Human Zoo and the contestants are facing their toughest challenge yet. The six housemates, who are taking part in Power FM's ten-day Big Brother-style competition, were put in a spin by their latest challenge, which was set live
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Def Leppard
LONG before The Darkness were a twinkle in their mothers' eyes, Def Leppard were the original glam rockers. Founded in Sheffield in 1977, the original band members held their first rehearsal in a spoon factory and performed their first live gig at a local
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The Waterboys
MEMBERS of The Waterboys have come and gone, but one thing has always stayed the same and that's founding member, Mike Scott. He led the folk-rock group through its various line-ups and changing sounds from 1981 until 1993. It started as a 'big music'
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Herriard in cup double billing
ONE of the minnows, Herriard Sports Reserves, have a tough match tomorrow in the Peter Raynbird Cup. They face Laarsens from division one of the Basingstoke and District League, who have conceded six goals in each of their last two matches, last week
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Sumner returns to the Camrose
TOBY Sumner has received the all clear from a knee specialist to step up his rehabilitation programme. Sumner visited the specialist last week and was told he can now get involved in contact training and games. Sumner said: "It was a big boost and news
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New midfield talent introduced to side
ERNIE Howe is hoping that the arrival of two new midfielders will end the problems his side have been having in that area. Howe brought Ben Surey and Matthew Warner to the Camrose last week and the duo enjoyed good debuts in the 2-2 draw with Kettering
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Oakridge/South View
SOME residents of Oakridge Towers have been very busy knitting and they have made lots of squares and blankets which they have delivered to Parklands. Lots of wool is still needed. If you have any to spare, contact Helen Parry on 01256 465711, who will
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Kingsclere
ENVIRONMENT: I understand that Wilson Homes is pressing for the Settlement Policy Boundary to be breached on the north side of the village by permitting houses to be built between the present housing boundary and the bypass. This is, of course, excluded
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Kempshott
HAPPY ninth birthday to Matthew Harman, love from mum, dad and Scott. THE Mayor's Charity Appeal: Basingstoke Ladies Choir is holding a concert on Saturday, November 8, at the United Reformed Church, London Street. It will be in aid of two charities,
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Cliddesden
THE next parish council meeting takes place on Tuesday, November 4, at 7.30pm, in the Millennium Village Hall. YOU can learn more about St Leonard's by visiting their website www.hants.org/stleonardscliddesden/ THE village website www.cliddesden.org.uk
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Brookvale
HALF-TERM is here! I hope everyone enjoys themselves and stays safe. Halloween is just around the corner, so to speak. I have never really liked the very North American practice of "trick or treat", but I will have to let my own children knock on a few
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Rotherwick
"HE slipped the surly bonds of earth...to touch the face of God." If you were driving through the village last Friday lunchtime you could not fail to notice the 300-plus people gathered at Rotherwick church. They were there to say farewell to Esmond Ligget
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Struggle to pay for own home
Sir.-After reading the story in last Friday's Gazette regarding the lady who was complaining about her living condtions with her eight kids in a three-bedroomed house on the appropriate benefits, I would like to know why I should pay for a six-bedroomed
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Pool cash plan 'a disgrace'
Sir.-While it is a great idea to refurbish the town centre pools, I think it is a disgrace that some of the councillors may be considering diverting funds allocated for the sports barns in Hatch Warren and Chineham for this purpose. Surely this money
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Port struggles with gridlock
BRITAIN'S high street boom has led to gridlock at Southampton's container terminal, it emerged today. Stores across the UK are stocking up on imports from around the world in readiness for a Christmas spending spree fuelled by record borrowing. European
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INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (12)
WHILE it might be a bit strong to compare the Coen brothers' movies to Marmite (you either love it or you hate it), they certainly are an acquired taste which won't suit everyone's palates. With such films as The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski
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HOLES (PG)
STANLEY Yelnats IV (Shia LaBeouf) is wrongly accused of stealing a pair of trainers belonging to star baseball player Clyde Livingstone, which were to be auctioned off to raise funds for an orphanage. The case goes to court and, unthinkably, Stanley is
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WINGED MIGRATION (U)
SHOT by more than 12 cinematographers over a four-year period, Winged Migration is a beautifully mounted nature documentary offering an intimate portrait of birds, their mating rituals and migratory patterns. The film travels the length and breadth of
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CINEMA LISTINGS
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 30th October. BAD BOYS 2 (15): Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up again as wisecracking cops Mike and Marcus, who are on a mission to stop a drug lord flooding Miami with deadly Ecstasy. CABIN FEVER (15)
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Former award-winner sets sights on double
A HAMPSHIRE company is going for gold in the Basingstoke Business Awards and bidding to scoop the Barclays Asset Finance Small Business of the Year trophy for the second consecutive year. When Jonathan Grant, founder and managing director of Premier Business
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World Flowers is growing from strength to strength
BUSINESS is blooming at World Flowers - and to cope with demand, the north Hampshire company has invested £1million in building a new warehouse, which has just become operational. World Flowers is the UK's largest importer of cut flowers and, from a base
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Modernised home
CONTEMPORARY dcor has added to the character in one of Basingstoke's older-style semi-detached homes. The house, in Winchester Road, is selling through haart estate agents with a price tag of £249,950 for three-bedroomed accommodation and a modern, shared
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Secluded garden
LEA Hollows partly overlooks the River Loddon valley from its location on the edge of the historic village of Old Basing. The four-bedroomed family home dates back to the 1950s but it has been progressively updated over the years and is now selling through
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Five-bedroomed home
A LOFT conversion has created five-bedroomed accommodation in a detached home on Basingstoke's Hatch Warren development. The eaves space in the Highwood Ridge house is now the master bedroom, with a range of fitted wardrobes, and an en suite shower room
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All decked out
A RAISED wooden deck has been added to the back of a Bryant Homes-built house on the developer's Gabriel Park site in Kempshott, Basingstoke. The Victorian-style house is a detached Coniston design and is on the second-hand residential market with estate
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Cellar offers scope
THE Georgian market town of Alresford has a mid-terrace house for sale with a price guide of £460,000. The listed town house is on the market with Lane Fox and its period features include exposed internal timbers, panelled doors and bay windows still
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Opportunity to convert to English country life
THE countdown is on for house buyers wanting to spend the festive season in a new home - especially when it has all the character of a listed barn in a Hampshire village. With only two clear months until Christmas, time is running out to make a successful
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Foresters Arms, Abbots Well Road, Frogham
WE'D heard pretty good things about the Foresters Arms, and it seemed the archetypal country pub that my wife and I like (our city life boozing days now a distant memory since the birth of our little one 18 months ago). On moving to the Fordingbridge
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Minder more than earns her keep
Peterborough Islanders 4, Basingstoke Buffalo 6 VICKY Robbins turned away over a shot a minute to help the Basingstoke Buffalo to a 6-4 win in Peterborough on Saturday night. In total, Robbins faced 70 shots and was involved in the first piece of action
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Bison get a draw after being sent to Coventry
Coventry Blaze 2, Basingstoke Bison 2(after overtime) THE Wella Bison earned another point on the road, this time at Coventry on Sunday night after a 2-2 tie. The visitors could have gone ahead in the opening seconds after Markku Takala had sent Joe Ciccarello
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Hislop happy to bust a gut
Shaka Hislop is still ready to risk busting a gut as he prepares to face Newcastle, the club which gave him his Premiership break and where he twice went agonisingly close to winning the title. Portsmouth's Jamaican international goalkeeper is playing
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Lordshill set to appeal
AFC LORDSHILL have hit back over claims they are a dirty side. The City of Southampton Sunday League recently had four players sent off in a match against SAS Maybush. As a result, they have been put under temporary suspension until all their cases have
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Specialist school sets new record
GCSE results published by Hampshire County Council today show a real success story at Hamble Sports College, which enjoyed a meteoric rise up the rankings after its first year of specialist status. The Satchell Lane school turned in the best set of results
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Dad faces eviction after drug crime conviction
A KINGSCLERE father with a history of substance abuse could be evicted after he allowed his daughter to take drugs in the house. Stephen Gromowski-Cook, of Elm Grove, Kingsclere, was sentenced to 50 hours community service by Basingstoke magistrates on
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Burglar jailed for officer attack
A DRUG addict burglar tried to strangle a policewoman during an attempt to escape from Basingstoke police station. Kasey Rolfe, 22, of St Peter's Road, Basingstoke, was this week locked up for four-and-a-half years for the attack on WPc Melanie Gaskell
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Former head jailed for sex offences
A FORMER headmaster who sexually assaulted two boys starts a jail sentence today after the police appealed against an original sentence of probation. Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London ruled that the three-year community rehabilitation order
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: P&O Nedloyd Drake, container, 0145, 207; Oceana, passenger, 0530, 105; RMS Homberg, cargo, 0600, 102; Oriana, passenger, 0700, 106; Autofreighter, roro, 0730, 201; Sundream, passenger, 0800, 38/9; Mark C, cargo, 0830, 36s
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'Stoke injury blow
BASINGSTOKE will take the field tomorrow with their third-choice scrum-half against Down Grange visitors Old Colfeians. Tom Humphreys suffered a broken arm in last Saturday's humbling 54-17 defeat at Southend so second team captain Simon Wickes steps
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Trojans aim to stay in promotion race
Pre-season promotion favourites Trojans have to return to winning ways if they are to keep pace with the current leaders of Hampshire Division One and they aim to start their recovery at resurgent Fareham Heathens. With three consecutive defeats, two
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Cycling: Danny has high hopes of hill climb success
THE last of this year's national time trial championships, for the hill climb title, takes place in Yorkshire this Sunday. It's a race which has remained high on Winchester road man Danny Axford's list of objectives. Now racing for Oxford University,
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Police tight-lipped over house search
MYSTERY continues to surround a house in Bishop's Waltham that has become the centre of a major police inquiry. Officers have been at the property in Hoe Road since Monday conducting a thorough search of the semi-detached home. They have been focusing
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School bullies bit my son on the leg - mum
A HAMSPHIRE mum has been forced to keep her 12-year-old son off school after he came home with bite marks on his leg following a vicious bullying attack. Kai Shaw, from Barnfield Close, Weston, has been subjected to a year of torment from fellow pupils
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Musical tribute to Tim
HAMPSHIRE musician Tim Colwell was laid to rest to the strains of some of the music he loved best - played by some of the people who thought the world of him. Scores of musicians joined up with friends and family of one of the south's top saxophone players
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£50,000 MUST be won tomorrow
IT'S true... an amazing £50,000 jackpot must be won in tomorrow's Daily Echo. The maximum possible cash prize in the Find The Ball Competition is up for grabs after last week's top prize failed to be won. And it must be won tomorrow by one lucky reader
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Flaming Lips
THESE were not normal guys from normal families - you're talking about freaks." So says former Flaming Lips manager Michele Vlasimsky - and he should know. One of the most distinctive bands to have emerged in recent years, The Flaming Lips really took
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Delays
UP AND coming band Delays are back on home turf on Monday when the Southampton lads take to the stage at the Joiners. The indie rock foursome have already enjoyed chart success and plenty of air time on Radio 1 with their debut single, Nearer than Heaven
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Bristow worry for Essex trip
BASINGSTOKE Town boss Ernie Howe is looking for three points tomorrow when his side make the trip to Essex to face Braintree. Both sides have not had the best of times in October, with each team having won only once in five outings. Since Town's disappointing
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Improved Town return pointless
Hayes 2, Basingstoke Town 1 BASINGSTOKE produced a good team performance but still left Church Road on Tuesday night with nothing to show for their efforts. In a good game of many chances, Town scored first after 15 minutes. New boy Matt Warner crossed
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Popley
THE CAR boot sale at John Hunt School was very popular and very busy, as usual. There must have been 50-or-so booters out on the grass. Brilliant! FUN sing-along sessions for parents, babies and toddlers, every Monday, from 10.30am to 11.30am, at St Gabriel's
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Pamber Heath
JUMBLE Sale: More than £377 was raised for hall funds at the recent jumble sale. Many thanks from the hall committee for all the support on the day and to the people who came along and bought things. This money is needed for the upkeep of the hall. "VOICES
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Old Basing
ALLOTMENTS: It is unfortunate that Jo Jaundy has had to step down from the position of secretary to the Allotment Association due to the pressure of family commitments. Jo worked tirelessly for about two years and she will be sadly missed. Sally Friday
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Oakley
NEW play equipment is to be installed at Beach Park. The two new items promised are a rolling log and stepping stones, and they will be set up in the bark pit. THE Acorn Trust Day Centre is looking for some muscle! At the moment, the day centre, which
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Hatch Warren
MS SOCIETY: The Basingstoke branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society is holding a fundraising event in Hatch Warren today, at the community centre, between 12.15pm and 2.15pm. You will find cake stalls, Christmas crafts, speciality chocolates and more
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Ellisfield/Farleigh
WELCOME: There's a new arrival on Ellisfield's Axford Road - Jonathan Zdzylowski, a brother for Hannah and Olivia. Jonathan weighed in at 9lb 7oz on October 13 at 10.03am, and he and his mother, Tracey, are doing very well. PARISH council meetings: Under
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Sherfield-on-Loddon
PARISH council news: The draft Welcome leaflet for new residents to Sherfield Park was tabled and noted that Donald Dawson would print it. Any profit from advertising is to be donated to the Loddon Link. Regarding the Parish Plan, a letter of intent is
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Silchester
BONFIRE Night: Tickets are already on sale for the big night on November 1. Gates open at 6pm. Remember, if you buy in advance from the Calleva Arms, Pamber Stores or 9700282, besides saving £1 per ticket, you will also save time in the queue! AUCTION
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Tadley
A local person recently won £5,000 on the radio station 2-TEN FM by guessing the mystery sound. Congratulations to that person. If you are aged between 18 and 40 (up to 43 for some groups), weigh at least eight stone (seven stone for some groups) and
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Roads beyond parish's control
Sir.-It was with some amazement that I read in The Gazette that Hampshire County Council still exists. As far as the parish council of Mortimer West End is aware, the highways department has disappeared without trace! Council tax payers may be aware that
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Wrong to still say 'negligence'
Sir.-Regarding the RAF Odiham Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, when 29 lives were lost, almost 10 years have passed without the Ministry of Defence (MoD) offering any absolution to the pilots whom it found "guilty of negligence". Two years
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Proud to have lived here
Sir.-Re: "A Place to be Proud of". I would like to say that we lived in Basingstoke from 1966 to 1997, having moved from London to a new factory and new house. The town grew to what it is today, with growth in business, hospitals, and shops. We have good
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Tug needs a little tender loving care
SHE'S a nostalgic reminder of a golden age of Southampton's shipping history. For the past four years the tug tender Calshot has sat quietly in a corner of Southampton's waterfront, patiently waiting to be restored to her former glory. But time may be
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Your chance to win with Antti
SAINTS goalkeeper Antti Niemi will be making a public appearance in Southampton between 2.30pm-4pm next Thursday at St Mary's Saints Megastore. To commemorate the event, the Daily Echo has teamed up with Antti's new official kit supplier Uhlsport to bring
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Paine's rueing a lost art
Terry Paine, master of the lost art of crossing the ball, has admitted: "If I'd played today, I would be a multi millionare!" The Saints legend, who scored 160 goals for the club and created three times as many as that for the likes of Ron Davies and
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Test-driving the Kia Sedona LE
FOR those who require a people carrier/load-lugger that is spacious and versatile, the LE special edition Kia Sedona takes the exceptional value-for-money attributes of this large MPV into another dimension. The Sedona, which is the second-best-selling
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Diving ambition
A PROMISING gymnast who had to quit because of injury is now being tipped as a future Great Britain team member in his new sport of diving. Keen Basingstoke sportsman Tom Owens was forced to give up gymnastics last year due to an ongoing back injury -
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SECONDHAND LIONS (PG)
FAMILY audiences are unexpectedly spoilt for choice at the moment. Disney's exquisite computer animated epic Finding Nemo is quite undoubtedly one of the films of the year, and this week we have Holes and now this charming rites-of-passage drama, written
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Conference will lure SEEDA boss to town
HAMPSHIRE Economic Partnership is to hold its 2003 annual conference in Basingstoke. It is a major event that will bring Jim Brathwaite, chairman of the South East England Development Agency to north Hampshire for the first time. The conference is being
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Check the lie of the land online
HAMPSHIRE is piloting the UK's first online resource to provide farmers and land managers with easy access to public information about their land. LaMIS, the Land Management Information System, has been developed by a team including the Countryside Agency
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Future looks bright for Fibernet
BOSSES at Fibernet, the Basingstoke-headquartered bespoke network services company, are in an upbeat mood despite annual results showing pre-tax losses of £5million. But the loss could be interpreted as a turnaround in the Viables-based company's fortunes
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Country town setting
LYNCH Hill Park, on the edge of the country town of Whitchurch, is the setting for a single-storey home priced at £495,000 with estate agents Connells. The extended bungalow has a Victorian-style conservatory leading off the kitchen-breakfast room, where
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Enormous character
OVER the last four years, a redundant farm worker's cottage has been restored and refurbished by owners who are now selling with a price guide of £298,000 through estate agents Dreweatt Neate. Yew Tree Cottage is in West End in the village of Sherborne
