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Quirke breaks new ground
GOSPORT Borough striker Fraser Quirke travels to AFC Totton in the Sydenhams Wessex League tonight, having broken new ground at the age of 36. The Navy striker has gone his furthest ever in a national competition after firing Gosport Borough through to
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British Gas safeguard call centre
MORE than 1,200 call centre workers at British Gas in Southampton have been promised there are no plans to export their jobs abroad. The top-level assurance will come as a huge relief to employees, whose phone-reliant operations perform exactly the type
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Rugby autobiography scores in book sales
BOOKSTORE chain Ottakar's has revealed that England rugby captain Martin Johnson's autobiography helped it record buoyant sales over the festive season. The retailer, which has local outlets at Eastleigh and Lymington, saw total sales rise 39.9 per cent
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Happy anniversary! Take a day off
ONE of Hampshire's leading employers has kicked off its 25th anniversary celebrations - by giving an extra day's holiday to staff. Skandia, the sponsors of world-famous sailing regatta Cowes Week, opened for business in the UK in July 1979 with just 25
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Orchard's Bayern match in honour of Ted Bates
SOUTHAMPTON Football Club is set to honour its former president, Ted Bates. This month's friendly match against Bayern Munich is to be played for the inaugural Ted Bates Trophy. Local company Orchard Homes as the title sponsor. Due to be staged at 8pm
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Insurer tackles fraud questions
A LEADING Hampshire-based insurance firm is hoping to drive away fraudsters by using a police-trained interrogation unit. Suspicious claimants of Fortis in Chandler's Ford are being passed on to experts at detection company Absolute, who quiz them with
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Integrated mapping will have costs benefit says OS
A TWO-YEAR project carried out by Southampton-based Ordnance Survey has shown that integrating land mapping, marine charts and geographical information around Britain's coastline would greatly improve coastal management. The idea would make it highly
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Directors' institute has new sponsors
CLYDESDALE Bank and BDO Stoy Hayward are being welcomed by the Institute of Directors as the first of four sponsors of IoD activities across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Both companies have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement to support the work
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Herb out to Ampress!
SHAMPOO manufacturer Herb (UK) has just agreed a ten-year lease on industrial premises at Ampress Park, Lymington. The building at 130 Ampress Park has 922.5 m (9,930 sq ft) of floor space and was let to Herb by UBS Global Asset Management (UK). Commercial
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Views wanted on library revamp
IT'S launch time for plan "B" for the new library in Winchester. Hampshire civic chiefs have dropped their initial proposal for a multi-million-pound new library in Sussex Street following public opposition. People were concerned that the location in
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Rest home plans are left in limbo
PLANNERS have put off a decision on a major scheme that would ease the growing shortage of rest home places in the New Forest. They have shelved an application to provide a further 50 bedrooms at the Engleburn residential care home in Milford Road, New
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Flying into the quake zone
There was little hope of saving lives after the Iranian town of Bam was struck by a devastating earthquake, but the people were still enormously grateful for the efforts of an eight-man team of Hampshire firefighters who flew out to help... MOST of us
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'Dangerous' stretch of A33 could be dualled
AN EIGHT-MILE stretch of the A33 north of Basingstoke could be considered for a dual carriageway, according to a leading Hampshire county councillor. Cllr Keith Estlin said the existing single carriageway section of the road would be looked at when the
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Rethink raises hopes of further turnabouts
IT would have raised about £150,000 a year - but council chiefs insist they will not be pursuing fresh ways of raising the cash after performing a U-turn on night-time parking charges. The Lib-Dems' decision to backtrack on plans to launch the controversial
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Mix-up put planes on collision course
NEW safety software is to be installed at a Hampshire air traffic centre after a controller sent two passenger planes on a collision course. A mix-up at the Swanwick centre led to a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 jumbo jet and a Delta Airlines Boeing 767
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Time to recognise selfless dedication
SOME of the most dedicated volunteers in Southampton have been recognised for donating their time to help others. More than 30 people who have completed at least 100 hours of voluntary work with Southampton Voluntary Services (SVS) attended a ceremony
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Giant get-together stays in the family
THERE were Tilleys as far as the eye could see when four generations of a Hampshire family held their first get-together. Nearly 200 members of the Tilley family met, some for the first time, at the Breezers social club in Eastleigh. The children, grandchildren
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Seeing acupuncture at the sharp end
ALMOST 300 patients from hospital waiting lists in Southampton are being recruited for a study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment. The three-year project, which is sponsored by the Department of Health, will see researchers
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Multicultural curry's a Pukaar event
CULINARY delights from around the world were served up at Southampton's POSH restaurant during a multicultural family party. Traditional Bhangra music and masterly magicians were just some of the attractions designed to bring people from different cultural
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Gary back after festive triumph
FLAT-CAPPED chart-topper Gary Jules has announced a date at Portsmouth's Wedgewood Rooms - but no prizes for guessing which song the audience will be cheering for. The American singer-songwriter, whose second album Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets hit
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Review: State of Undress, Forest Arts, New Milton
LAUNCHING their new CD, Undressed, this local folk-rock band entertained an enthusiastic crowd in the friendly Forest Arts Centre with a varied mix of original songs and covers by U2, REM and The Levellers. Lead singer Charlie Rose, with an energetic
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Get away! City can't believe the latest draw
THE FA Vase jinx struck again for Winchester City yesterday when they were handed yet another away draw at Norfolk side Wroxham in the last 16 on February 7. Despite being one of the competition's most successful sides over the last two seasons, the Wessex
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Treat in store from leading guitarist
WHETHER you prefer your blues traditional or contemporary, there should be something for everybody at Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham, on Saturday. Michael Messer, a leading exponent of acoustic resonator guitars with an impressive vocal style, will be
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I WILL NOT BE MOVED
THE HOME Secretary has vowed not to be swayed by petitions and protests opposing an asylum seekers' centre in Lee-on-the-Solent. David Blunkett said he would not be influenced by a massive petition collected by residents - even though the final figure
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Mast battle easily won
CAMPAIGNERS against a phone mast in Whiteley have won their battle without even firing a shot. Protesters were gearing up for another fight with a mobile phone company that wanted to put a 17-metre mast, three antennae, two six-metre dishes and cabins
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MUM SCORES VICTORY FOR ROAD SAFETY
A ONE-mum crusade to get a safer crossing point for a busy Chandler's Ford road used every day by hundreds of schoolchildren has ended in victory. Mother-of-two Caroline Brown campaigned tirelessly for more than a year to improve safety on Oakmount Road
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Another Cunarder - Queen Victoria
WITH style and just a little flamboyance, befitting such a great liner, Queen Mary 2 set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage this week, but plans are already well under way for the next new Cunard ship to sail into port. Fireworks soared high into
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Adams doing a 'smashing' job
MICKY ADAMS, the man who remains Saints' fans favourite to replace Gordon Strachan, is doing a "smashing" job at Leicester City. But ex-Saints chief Alan Ball insists Adams has been given a massive helping hand since taking over at The Walkers Stadium
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Magnifique? French is best if Lowe wants to go foreign
If Saints become the eighth Premiership club to appoint a foreign manager, history suggests that Rupert Lowe should opt for a Frenchman. It is nearly 14 years since Dr Jozef Venglos became the first manager from mainland Europe to take charge of a club
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'CHIEF' BEATS' HEALTH IS A CONCERN
SAINTS boss Gordon Strachan described his decision to leave James Beattie on the bench as "the original resting case." According to Strachan, Beattie looked so tired that he needed a rest on Saturday - and he's even been ordered to stay away from the
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Going Organix
Finding a health option to fill your child's lunchbox has always been a problem for parents. But now help is at hand. KATE THOMPSON reports. NINE out of ten children's lunchboxes contain foods with too much saturated fat, salt and sugar, according to
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SAINTS 2 - LEEDS 1
IF EVER proof was needed that there's not a lot to choose to between the bottom and the top of the Premiership this season, then this game was it. On one hand you had Leeds, bottom in the Premiership and facing an uncertain future off the pitch. Then
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Get away! City can't believe the latest draw
THE FA Vase jinx struck again for Winchester City yesterday when they were handed yet another away draw at Norfolk side Wroxham in the last 16 on February 7. Despite being one of the competition's most successful sides over the last two seasons, the Wessex
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Quirke breaks new ground
GOSPORT Borough striker Fraser Quirke travels to AFC Totton in the Sydenhams Wessex League tonight, having broken new ground at the age of 36. The Navy striker has gone his furthest ever in a national competition after firing Gosport Borough through to
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Kings' rules of the digital airwaves
A WINCHESTER secondary school made broadcasting history when it went on air live to digital radio listeners across south Hampshire. Pupils from Kings' School used their own broadcasting licence and facilities during a one-hour programme. Over the past
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Boss of paint vat victim questioned
THE BOSS of a Southampton man killed in a vat of paint has told an inquest he feels no responsibility for the accident despite admitting to failing to ensure his safety in court. Peter Preston was fined £5,000 after pleading guilty to the breach of health
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Chance to join the Gold rush
DETROIT rockers Gold Cash Gold embark on their second UK tour next week, calling at The Joiners, Southampton, to promote their new album, Paradise Pawned Vol 1. Not surprisingly for a band from 'Motor City', the hotly-tipped quartet play music that is
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Ram-raiders escape with furniture haul
RAM-raiders have targeted a Fareham business, stealing furniture worth thousands of pounds. Detectives believe the thieves used a van or lorry to break into Eagleway Freight at Wallington Industrial Estate. Once they had buckled the entrance door the
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Take a look 'a-round' Queen Mary 2
Did you get a chance to have a look around the new Cunarder when she was in Southampton? With our 360 degree panoramas you can take a virtual tour of Queen Mary 2. It is as close as it gets to being there without actually going onboard. We have six views
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Celebrating a buoyant year for Island's ferry services
TWO Hampshire ferry companies employing 1,000 people between them are celebrating fantastic annual results. Cross-Solent ferry routes have seen a sharp rise in business during a buoyant year for traffic between the mainland and the Isle of Wight. Southampton-based
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Future visions for the port
The future of the port of Southampton will come under the microscope at a special forum to be held in the city's docks early next month. Users, suppliers and operators in the port will have the opportunity to present their views on the development of
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The welcome return of a princess for another European season
SOUTHAMPTON will see the return of the 44,348-ton cruise ship Royal Princess for another season of European voyages this summer. Now a regular visitor, the Princess Cruises vessel, which entered service in November 1984, will undertake a series of seven
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Perrin's Newcy shocker
POSSIBLE Saints managerial target Alain Perrin made his name with French club Troyes. Perrin, 47, guided Michael Svensson's former club from the semi-pro French Fourth Division into the top flight and the UEFA Cup in 10 years. In 2001 Troyes defeated
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Centre embraces third age of life
The Third Age Centre officially opens its doors in Southampton at the end of the month. KATE THOMPSON looks at what's on offer for the city's over-55s... JUST BECAUSE you are over 55 doesn't have to mean you are over the hill - that's the message from
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Stepping ahead
When Sarah Newman's son Christopher was diagnosed with autism aged three, she found a way to cope with the shock by writing books to help others... BRINGING up kids is never child's play, but the parents of youngsters with so-called "special-needs" often
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Ville D'Antares, container, 0200, 204; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 201 link; Black Prince, cruise ship, 0700, 101; NYK Leo, container, 0700, 205; Arroyofrio Dos, ro/ro, 1000, 105; Pearl Ace, ro/ro, 1000, 40/41; Lapponian Reefer
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Sea Angling: Darren's cod beats the lot
Darren McKell from Lymington topped some cracking fish caught along the Wessex coastline with a 30lb 4oz cod aboard the Lymington-based boat Challenger II, skippered by Mike Cottingham. The 30-year-old shipwright, who works at the Berthon boat company
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All Blacks' Barnes-storming victory
Andover RFC defeated second-placed Barnes in the result of the season at the Goodship Ground on Saturday. The 22-12 victory against the semi-pros has boosted the All Blacks' hopes of staying alive in London Division 2 South this year, and is a credit
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TARGETED
A VICIOUS gang of youths is being hunted by police after five teenage boys were attacked near the grounds of Winchester Cathedral. The assaults were all carried out by thugs prowling the city's streets under the cover of darkness. Winchester police are
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WATERFRONT REVOLUTION ON THE WAY
A DEVELOPER has unveiled a multi-million-pound plan to transform a waterfront site in the New Forest. Westmere wants to redevelop the old Webbs Country Foods factory at Bridge Street, Lymington, by building a hotel, housing and at least one restaurant
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Theatre board's dramatic u-turn
THE Haymarket Theatre's board has reversed its decision not to renew the contract of artistic director Alasdair Ramsay, and has instead asked him to stay on. The theatre's board voted last week to overturn a decision it made in November, when it told
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U-TURN ON PARKING CHARGES
SOUTHAMPTON'S ruling Liberal Democrats have done a spectacular U-turn and scrapped plans to charge drivers to park at night in the city. Moves to charge inner-city residents £450 a year for permits to park second vehicles have also been abandoned. The
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School blaze blamed on electrical fault
AN electrical fault has been blamed for a weekend blaze that destroyed the kitchen at Eastleigh's Nightingale Primary School. Clean-up operations were in full swing at the Blackbird Road campus yesterday but it will be Thursday before all the school's
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DON'T DO IT, RUPERT!
WORLD CUP winner Alan Ball has pleaded with Saints chairman Rupert Lowe: Don't bring a foreign coach to St Mary's. The ex-Saints boss, pictured above, was speaking out after speculation continued that Lowe could break with tradition and appoint the club's
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Saints joining the queue interested in starlet Stead
SAINTS could face competition from other Premiership clubs if they are planning a swoop for one of England's top scorers. Saints sent a scout to Huddersfield Town at the weekend to run the rule over the home side's 18-goal striker Jonathan Stead. The
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I'VE ALWAYS KEPT THE FAITH
KEVIN PHILLIPS never lost faith in himself - and now hopes he has given manager Gordon Strachan a real selection headache. The former Sunderland man struck his first league goal since the opening day of the season against Leicester, with Brett Ormerod
