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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: CMA CGM Bizet, container carrier, 0230, 207; Yeoman Bridge, bulk carrier, 0300, 109; OOCL Los Angeles, container carrier, 0530, 206; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25; Don Carlos, vehicle carrier, 0730, 40/41; Don Juan, vehicle carrier
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Businesses welcome interest rate freeze
IT'S AN Easter bonus - enjoy it while you can. Manufacturers and householders in the south breathed a sigh of relief as that all-important interest rate was frozen at four per cent. But regional economy experts predict a rate rise next month, making the
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It's good to talk ... and text
The New Forest's assertive outreach team is using every modern method to connect with people with mental health problems... WE'RE always being told that it's good to talk. But, now we're in the 21st century, we've discovered that it's also good to text
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S O S! Save Our Ships
THEY saved our boys and now we could lose them forever. Some of the famous "Little Ships" that rescued more than 300,000 soldiers stranded at Dunkirk are in danger of being moved out of Hampshire. The British Military Powerboat Trust has been told to
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Feel the Passion
A HAMPSHIRE church has booked an entire cinema and is splashing out more than £2,000 on taking people to see Mel Gibson's controversial film, The Passion of The Christ. North Baddesley's Victory Gospel church has booked a 330-seat theatre at Southampton's
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Hop to it - Easter is here!
EASTER has been on the mind of people, young and old, across Hampshire all week. Chicks, bunnies, bonnets and hundreds of the inevitable chocolate eggs have been appearing all over the county. Ruth Wilkins, a part-time animal keeper at Paultons Park,
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£52,000 boost for cancer fight
A YOUNG Hampshire doctor has won a prestigious award to enable him to carry out pioneering research into new treatments for leukaemia. Dr Feargal McNicholl, 32, is working with a University of Southampton team developing vaccines for patients with lymphoma
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Aid on way with meals in Transit
LET'S pack this van with food. This is the message to more than 1,400 staff at Southampton's Ford factory taking part in the Daily Echo's Easter appeal to help feed thousands of the city's poorest people. The aim it to collect enough grub to fill a Ford
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Gosport and Fareham Easter Folk Festival
ENGLAND'S biggest indoor folk and roots music festival is taking place in Hampshire this weekend. Over 10,000 people from all over the world are expected to descend on Fareham and Gosport to hear such artists as Glenn Tilbrook, The Levellers, Cara Dillon
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Jazz
THERE are three great nights of jazz on offer in Bournemouth this weekend. Brian Earwicker is presenting three different nights with something for every jazz fan. Tonight's show features top jazz violinist Christian Garrick and guitarist Dave Cliffe with
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It's deja vu as Arcadia comes home again. . .
One of the great names of Southampton's maritime past is to be seen once again in the docks marking the start of a new era in 21st century shipping. Over the decades P&O ships bearing the name Arcadia have figured largely in the history of the port
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Old lady of the sea books into Southampton
SHE was built in 1914, just two years after the ill-fated Titanic sailed from Southampton, and now the world's oldest passenger ship still in active service has sailed into the city's docks. The vessel has survived the decades to become a floating Christian
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Clapham Junction of the sea
Southampton's 2004 cruise season has started to gather pace as the docks prepares for what will be the busiest year in recent times for this vital sector of port trade. Over the coming months it is expected about half a million people will converge on
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Bid to curb invaders in ballast water
Don Quijote, the Wallenius Wilhelmsen vessel that regularly calls at Southampton as part of the port's highly successful vehicle import and export trade, is taking part in a vital test programme aimed at improving the marine environment. It is estimated
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50 FIRST DATES (12A)
WHEN A relationship goes bad, it's tempting to want to erase all memory of your former lover and the time you spent together. Anything to ease the pain. But imagine spending the most wonderful day of you life, with the man or woman of your dreams, then
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THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (15)
WRITERS and film-makers have always been interested in the notion of time travel. But as Marty McFly discovered again and again in Back To The Future, the fabric of time is incredibly fragile. Tear it at your peril. Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) is a
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S.O.S. Save Our Ships
THEY saved our boys and now we could lose them forever. Some of the famous "Little Ships" that rescued more than 300,000 soldiers stranded at Dunkirk are in danger of being moved out of Hampshire. The British Military Powerboat Trust has been told to
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MP warns fed-up postal workers may quit jobs
SOUTHAMPTON MP Alan Whitehead has predicted postmen will walk out in droves unless the current mail crisis hitting Hampshire is solved. Yesterday the Daily Echo revealed the county's postal service had become a shambles and had sparked widespread fury
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Pubs on alert for serial trickster
PUBS have been warned to be on their guard after a serial con man struck several times in Hampshire. A nationwide search has been launched for the man who has conned tens of thousands of pounds out of landlords around Britain. The fraudster is known to
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Your help has gone direct to those who need it
STRICKEN families in war-torn Kosovo may be sitting down to the first proper meal they've had in years thanks to those generous donations that the people of Southampton have made to the Hope and Aid Direct Appeal. Less than five days after Southampton
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Power of the Drum
IF YOU have trouble sitting quietly in your seat when you go to see a show, The Anvil has the perfect thing for you. Every audience member at the Power of the Drum concert will be given an African drum and will become a performer in the show. This is
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Probe continues after hazardous chemical leak in port
AN investigation is continuing at Southampton docks after a chemical spill meant eight people having to go to hospital. Two workers were detained overnight after the leak at the city's container terminal on Tuesday morning while six others were sent away
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City wins in cruise bonanza
Southampton became a sure fire winner when one of the biggest names in global shipping flexed its mighty muscle power and, at a stroke, changed the face of the UK's rapidly expanding cruise industry yesterday. Carnival Corporation, that owns city based
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SHAUN OF THE DEAD (15)
SHAUN (Simon Pegg) is fast approaching his 30th birthday and can't escape the nagging thought that life is passing him by. He shares a flat in London with his layabout best friend from junior school, Ed (Nick Frost), and his pernickety college buddy Pete
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IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE (15)
JOAQUIN Phoenix and Clare Danes star in Harbour Lights' late night-movie, Set in the near future, the film tells the story of a married couple who have become estranged but who fall in love again as they are about to get a divorce. They find themselves
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CINEMA LISTINGS
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 15th April. 50 FIRST DATES (12A): See review. AGENT CODY BANKS 2 - DESTINATION LONDON (PG): Frankie Muniz from Malcolm in the Middle returns to the big screen in his role as a pint-sized spy. One for the children
