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Aston Villa 2 - Portsmouth 1
Aston Villa manager David O'Leary is refusing to be carried away with his side's top-six placing in the Barclaycard Premiership. Goals from Juan Pablo Angel and Darius Vassell earned Villa a 2-1 home success over Portsmouth as they took their points tally
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Mancey's cup double floors old club Fleet
Winchester City's Ian Mancey spelt double trouble for his old club, Fleet Town, in the third round of the Russell Cotes Cup. The towering marksman scored twice as Winchester's Wessex League title chasers outgunned the Southern League strugglers 4-0 at
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Top honour for engraver
THE delicate steel engravings of a Basingstoke artisan won an award after catching the eyes of eminent artists at a top exhibition in London. The work of Morris Dick impressed visitors and judges alike at the Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors
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Teenagers warned of chatroom perils
POLICE have issued a warning about the perils posed by internet chatrooms following an investigation involving a 31-year-old man from Basingstoke. The man was arrested in Merseyside after travelling there with a 14-year-old girl he met over the internet
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Workers suffer miserable start to the new year
COMMUTERS returning to work on Monday morning faced delays on both the railway and roads. Basingstoke's rail service was affected after a 100-tonne crane crashed onto the track near Clapham Junction on Sunday morning, during routine engineering work.
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Pedal power is rewarded
TWO cyclists from Basingstoke have been rewarded for raising the most funds for the town's hospice at a big event in the summer. Barry Field and Chris Holland pulled in the pounds by taking part in Big Wheel 9, an annual cycling event in aid of St Mary's
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Soton ace misses out on big Triumph ride
MOTORCYCLE road-racer John Crockford went agonisingly close to landing a seat in the fast emerging Triumph team for this year's British Supersport Championship. The Southampton rider was on the brink of sealing a deal with Valmoto Triumph when a change
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Palmer buys up four tracks
ONE-TIME Hampshire-based Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer has vowed to develop motorsport in Britain after buying four of the most famous circuits in the sport. Palmer has guaranteed the future of Brands Hatch, Cadwell Park, Oulton Park and Snetterton
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More memories of Queen Mary
A day before Queen Mary 2 is named in Southampton, former ship workers remember the original vessel to carry the name... SHE is the world's largest passenger liner, weighing in at 150,000-tonnes and costing a staggering £550m. Cunard boasts that the vessel
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Cowes Sports 2 - BAT 2
Andy Leader was an unhappy manager after watching his BAT side surrender a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw at Cowes Sports. Dave Roberts missed a potential third from the penalty spot for the Tobaccomen before Cowes hit back twice in the last ten minutes.
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Basketball: Stars' juniors take it out on Hackney
AFTER a disappointing outing at the Hoopfest Tournament at Crystal Palace over Christmas, Solent Stars' junior men pulled off a 63-60 win against a Hackney White Heat side who did not live up to their reputation. It was Hackney who had won the Hoopfest
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Trailer thefts prompts alert
POLICE are warning Winchester residents to be on the lookout for a dark coloured car acting suspiciously on or near their properties after a spate of trailer thefts in the area. Officers are linking a string of similar offences after at least three trailers
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12 PER DAY
That's how many drink-drivers were caught on Hampshire's roads during the festive period... A DOZEN drink-drivers were caught on Hampshire's roads every single day over the Christmas period, figures revealed today. Figures released by Hampshire police
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MPs to debate TV company's move
MERIDIAN TV's controversial move out of Southampton will be questioned in a House of Commons debate tonight. City MP John Denham has landed an Adjournment Debate when he will speak of his fears for the city's broadcasting industry in the wake of Meridian's
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MOVE WILL COST
UP TO 115 people are to lose their jobs in a relocation shake-up at a leading company in Hampshire, it emerged today. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is upping sticks to move 75 miles away from its regional office near Southampton to its £75m commercial headquarters
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Tribute paid to talented student
A HAMPSHIRE student who died after being crushed by a gritter lorry during a night out with friends was today described as "an exemplary" pupil. Budding scriptwriter Melissa Wallace was killed in an accident on Edinburgh's North Bridge as she left the
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Creeping con man steals from OAP, 94
A BOGUS council worker stole a 94-year-old woman's savings as she slept in an armchair at her home. The con man crept into the Southampton property through an unlocked back door, crept past the dozing pensioner and helped himself to £300 from another
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I'll go to jail, vows council tax rebel
A HAMPSHIRE war veteran is prepared to go to prison in a bid to force council chiefs to tell him what his tax is spent on. Fred Estall, 80, faces a court hearing next week for refusing to pay up after his bill increased by 15 per cent in April last year
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Bank on bottles to ease landfill burden
RESIDENTS are being urged to go green and hit the bottle banks. After all that festive cheer, people are being asked to give their empty glass bottles a new lease of life instead of turfing them out with household rubbish and sending them to landfill
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Heading for cult status
ESBJORN Svensson Trio members are fast on their way to becoming cult musical heroes. The acclaimed experimental band makes music that is labelled jazz but takes in a dizzying array of styles. Their live shows are also something to talk about, combining
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Winchester City 4 - Fleet Town 0
Winchester City's Ian Mancey spelt double trouble for his old club, Fleet Town, in the third round of the Russell Cotes Cup. The towering marksman scored twice as Winchester's Wessex League title chasers outgunned the Southern League strugglers 4-0 at
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Veteran popsters are celebrating
HALF a century of hits will be dusted off at The Mayflower next month with a visit from American soul group The Drifters. The veteran singers call at the Southampton theatre on Friday, February 6 as part of their 50th anniversary tour. The celebratory
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HUNT IS ON FOR GANG OF THUGS
POLICE are hunting a gang of robbers who went on a crime spree in Fareham and Ports-mouth. A security guard was left seriously shaken after he was attacked by a gang of up to four people who stole a cash box before threatening to mow him down with their
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Youth club HQ attacked again
VANDALS have targeted the headquarters of an Eastleigh air training squadron for the fifth time in less than two months. But despite the unrelenting attacks on the Woodside Avenue base of 1216 (Eastleigh) Squadron of the Air Training Corps, a pledge has
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Strach keen to stay on a level footing
Saints boss Gordon Strachan is confident his team will have their shape right against Leicester tonight - they just need to keep the ball. After three successive defeats against teams playing a lone striker, pressing high up the field and having men running
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Kevin's settled now, so any goal will do!
KEVIN PHILLIPS admits he is happy to see the back of 2003. The Saints striker has suffered the worst goal-drought of his career in recent months, having failed to score in the league since his opening day belter against Leicester way back on August 16
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Boogie on down to '70s sounds
IF YOU have always fancied yourself as a bit of a dancing queen, then don't miss Mamma Mia - The Concert, coming to The Anvil on Friday, January 30, at 7.45pm. Featuring hits not just by Abba but the Bee Gees, Barry White and a host of other '70s favourites
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Monk bites the dust
COLIN MONK came back from the dead in his match against Ted "The Count" Hankey, but in the end he narrowly failed to drive a stake into the heart of his Dracula-loving opponent. Monk went down 3-2 in the first round of the Lakeside World Professional
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Master the film art of Scorsese
FILM fans are invited to a master class covering the work of leading director Martin Scorsese. His best known films, including Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Taxi Driver and others, will all feature in the interactive session. Southern Film Education will be
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Setting the stage alight
ARE women any better off now than they were a century ago? Haunting, witty and beautifully observed, the new play In Flame, coming to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford on Thursday, January 15, compares and contrasts the lives of two women separated
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Please help me to piece together my father's final hours
A daughter searches for clues after a wartime bombing raid killed her dad... HELL rained from the skies that fateful summer afternoon during the Second World War. A daylight stealth attack by German bombers killed 52 men and women at an aircraft factory
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Second red card too much for Blackfield
BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY will be appealing against the second of their two late sendings-off in a 4-1 defeat at Gosport Borough. Having seen Jimmy Dickens get a second yellow card for the foul which led to John Cripps's late penalty, the Watersiders were
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Doswell wants to share glory
EASTLEIGH'S Paul Doswell has been named Dr Martens Eastern Division manager-of-the-month for December, but he refuses to hog all the credit himself. It's shaping into a great debut season for the Sparshatts Stadium side and Doswell insists the praise
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Gosport 4 - Blackfield & Langley 1
BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY will be appealing against the second of their two late sendings-off in a 4-1 defeat at Gosport Borough. Having seen Jimmy Dickens get a second yellow card for the foul which led to John Cripps's late penalty, the Watersiders were
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Love Actually (15)
ONCE again, I'm forced to play the bad guy, having made the mistake of being overly enthusiastic about a film before I saw it, and now having to relay the bad news to the audience. Yes, folks, I'm afraid the much-anticipated and massively hyped Love Actually
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Lost In Translation (15)
STRANGERS in a strange land, a man and a woman meet, connect, then go their separate ways in Lost In Translation, Sofia Coppola's assured follow-up to the affecting intimacy of The Virgin Suicides. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a lonely, disaffected movie
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Vandals force Scouts to seek alternative venue
VANDALS have damaged an Old Basing Scout hut for the fifth time in three years, leaving club members without a safe place to meet. The hut, in Milkingpen Lane, has been an ongoing target for vandals. The recent attack occurred between December 19 and
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hoo Crest, bulk, 0500, 36S; Chikuma Reefer, refrigerat, 0730, 104; Falstaff, vehicle, 1000, 34/35; P&O Nedlloyd Hudson, container, 1045, 206; Hual Trader, ro/ro, 1830, 46; Hyundai Highness, container, 2200, 207; HMS Goodwill
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Energy firm is fighting closure
THE race is on to save a Hampshire energy company with bags of potential from going to the wall with the loss of 40 jobs. Bowman Power Systems is a world leader in small-scale systems for environmentally-friendly power generation systems, but vital funding
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McRae penalised for driving too fast
Colin McRae's good run in the Dakar Rally was hindered yesterday by a time penalty - for driving too fast. The Scotsman ended the fifth stage of the event in sixth to stay sixth overall but his good mood was soured by a penalty for speeding through the
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Doswell wants to share glory
EASTLEIGH'S Paul Doswell has been named Dr Martens Eastern Division manager-of-the-month for December, but he refuses to hog all the credit himself. It's shaping into a great debut season for the Sparshatts Stadium side and Doswell insists the praise
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Gosport 4 - Blackfield & Langley 1
BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY will be appealing against the second of their two late sendings-off in a 4-1 defeat at Gosport Borough. Having seen Jimmy Dickens get a second yellow card for the foul which led to John Cripps's late penalty, the Watersiders were
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Boxing: Gloves off at St Mary's as Kenna tops boxing bill
BIG-TIME boxing makes its debut at the Friends Provident St Mary's stadium next month. Season-ticket holder Colin Kenna - brother of former Saints full-back Jeff - is set to top a bill which will also include ever-popular Totton welterweight Danny Cooper
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Lions crush Moneyfields
Andover outplayed Moneyfields at the Portway on Tuesday night to rise to 8th place in the Wessex League with a 3-1 win. Justin Bennett (2) and Dean Cole got the vital goals, while the visitors got one back through the penalty spot. Both sides ended up
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Flyers used to trace vulnerable David
POLICE are handing out flyers in a bid to trace a vulnerable Winchester man, who urgently needs to take medication, after he went missing on Saturday. David Roberts, 31, disappeared from an address in Romsey Road and was last spotted on Monday morning
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Gate to stay at fly-tip site
A CONTROVERSIAL gate erected to prevent £10,000 worth of fly-tipping every year on a quiet stretch of the popular Solent Way walking route between Fawley and Hythe is back on its hinges. The swinging barrier across Hardley Lane, which is opposite the
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Long wait for new classrooms
TWO 'temporary' classrooms at a New Forest school are going to be replaced - after 34 years. Hampshire County Council has approved plans to provide Fordingbridge Infant School with a £560,000 extension housing two classrooms, a library, a computer suite
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Lost in space
A LITTLE piece of Hampshire is lost in space. But Romsey-based avionics experts who played a key role in the Beagle 2 Mars mission remain hopeful that contact can still be made with the probe. Roke Manor Research produced a special radar altimeter trigger
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Fears remain over sports centre homes
FEARS have been raised again about land at Southampton Sports Centre being sold off for development. Council chiefs scrapped all mention of areas being used to build homes in their draft local plan after an outcry from people in the city. But Peter Wirgman
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MP calls for more council homes on shipyard site
SOUTHAMPTON Itchen MP John Denham is to press the architect to include an allocation of 50 per cent council housing in plans for a former city shipbuilding site. The Labour MP will meet architect Lord Rogers over plans for the Vosper Thorneycroft site
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MPs to debate Meridian move
MERIDIAN TV's controversial move to Whiteley will be questioned in a House of Commons debate tonight. City MP John Denham has landed an Adjournment Debate when he will tell a government minister of his fears for Southampton's flourishing broadcasting
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Drummer Glenn is set to be Shattered
AN EASTLEIGH man will be trying to drum up enthusiasm for staying awake on Channel 4's latest reality TV show, Shattered. The show, which is like Big Brother but without beds features 12 contestants battling to stay awake and be in with a chance of scooping
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Miraculous show from one of magic's finest
MAGICIAN Geoffrey Durham is bringing more than two hours of Little Miracles to The Corn Exchange on Saturday, January 24 at 7.45pm. The whole show is performed by Durham, with no support act, no glamorous assistant - just sleight-of-hand tricks and great
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Home for an extended stay
AN EXTENDED house on the mini-town of Hatch Warren was part of Bellwinch Homes' first-ever development in Basingstoke. Now on the second-hand residential market, the Chatsworth Green property has an asking price of £365,000 with Barons estate agents.
