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Robson: Sorry Fleet for hitting seven past you
John Robson couldn't help but feel sorry for Fleet Town as his Bashley side tore into them 7-0 at the Recreation Ground yesterday to keep their promotion hopes alive. While Bash are still in with an outside chance of a top-eight finish, Fleet's only hope
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May fourth be with Linnets!
Lymington & New Milton moved clear into fourth place by avenging their 2-1 Christmas defeat at Brockenhurst with the same scoreline at Fawcett's Field last night. Ex-Badger Ben Thomson capitalised on a goalkeeping mistake to wipe out Dominic Taylor's
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The pride of Totton again
AFC TOTTON reclaimed the local bragging rights over neighbours BAT with a 2-0 win at Testwood Park. It was the first time the Stags had beaten Andy Leader's Tobaccomen in four league meetings. Both goals came in the second half with Danny Barker sneaking
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Frontier Ace, ro/ro, 0130, 43; Hual Triton, ro/ro, 0730, 40/41; P&O Nedlloyd Genoa, container, 0915, 204; Hamburg Express, container, 1115, 207; Adonia, cruise, 1145, 106; Century Leader No 5, ro/ro, am, 34/35; Saga Pearl
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Rum deal for Bacardi
DRINKS giant Bacardi has added another twist to its long-running rum wrangle with Fidel Castro's Cuban government over ownership of the American rights to the popular Havana Club brand. The company, which has a giant bottling factory, warehouse and offices
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Bank boss in line for bonus of £8m
THE CHIEF executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland could be in line for a whopping bonus of more than £8m, it has been revealed. Fred Goodwin also has the use of the Edinburgh-based company's £17.5m Dassault Falcon 900 jet, which itself is based in Paris
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Setting the standard
WINCHESTER City's youth team has set the standard for the senior squad after they cruised to victory in their very own cup final. The match came just weeks before City's main team travels to Birmingham for the biggest match in the club's history. Everyone
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Late return shadow cast over QM2 trip
THE world's biggest and most expensive passenger liner, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, arrived in the city nearly four hours late throwing travel plans for many passengers into disruption yesterday. The delay meant that hundreds of American passengers missed
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Baby lemurs are a tonic for Martini
THEY are fast movers, like doing the twist and are limbering up for life in a zoo near Winchester. For the latest new arrivals at Marwell getting their tails in a twist is all that's on their mind. Proud parents Martini and Genou are ring-tailed lemurs
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OAP stages one-man council tax protest
A RETIRED publican is staging a one-man protest against council tax at his New Forest home. Derek Reeves, former landlord at the Hare and Hounds pub in Durnstown, Sway, has failed in his bid to get his taxation band lowered. Now the 70-year-old, who lives
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Hunt leaders defiant over new ban threat
HUNT leaders in the New Forest have vowed to fight on amid reports that the government is planning new moves to outlaw the bloodsport. Labour MPs say they have been given a private assurance that legislation banning hunting with hounds will be reintroduced
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A Royal three cheers for HMS Blazer
HAMPSHIRE students raised their caps and gave the Duke of Edinburgh three cheers when he visited HMS Blazer while she was in Paris. The Southampton University Royal Naval Unit vessel spent three days in the French capital as part of celebrations marking
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Missing man's body found on beach
THE BODY of a man last seen leaving an Isle of Wight pub late on Good Friday has been found washed up on a beach. Brian Gandy, 30, a single man, was found near Kings Quay, east of Osborne Bay, after a massive land, sea and air search. Mr Gandy, from Guildford
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New full-time member of the coaching team
DAVID Munt is a new member of the full-time coaching team at Totally Tennis. The coaching assistant passed the dev-elopment coach award, which is the first rung on the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) ladder, at the end of March. Munt, who has been a player
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Red card sours relations
Bradford 2, Reading 1 READING'S play-off aspirations were dented by defeat at relegation-threatened Bradford on Saturday. The Royals could have gone fourth with victory at Valley Parade so the result was a bitter pill to swallow for manager Steve Coppell
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Town make amends after sad Saturday
Bognor Regis 1, Basingstoke Town 3 INCONSISTENCY continues to blight Basingstoke Town's season, especially at the Camrose. On Saturday, they lost to lowly visitors Hitchin but yesterday they bounced back with an excellent away win at Bognor. The victory
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ROAD WORKS AHEAD
WEEKS of road misery could be in store for Eastleigh residents living near a multi-million pound property redevelopment. Building bosses working on The Gardens site are facing the possibility of having to close Cranbury Road for a month so they can lay
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Going down the wrong road
Sir.-I wholeheartedly agree with Mr Cooper's views regarding the traffic lights installed on the Eastrop roundabout. They present an unwarranted hazard to the many motorists that use the roundabout outside of rush hour. Even during these times, one often
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Members share award
Sir.-Basingstoke Heritage Society is delighted to have received an award in the Sense of Place category in the first-ever "A Place to be Proud of" awards. We would like to compliment The Gazette for its involvement in the event. Thanks are also due to
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Youth views
Sir.-After the recent issues regarding a possible skatepark on Brighton Hill playing fields, I feel that clarification of our position needs to be made. We were informed a skatepark was to be built after a discussion by the council with young people.
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Late return shadow cast over QM2 trip
THE world's biggest and most expensive passenger liner, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, arrived in the city nearly four hours late throwing travel plans for many passengers into disruption yesterday. The delay meant that hundreds of American passengers missed
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Late return shadow cast over QM2 trip
THE world's biggest and most expensive passenger liner, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, arrived in the city nearly four hours late throwing travel plans for many passengers into disruption yesterday. The delay meant that hundreds of American passengers missed
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'I'm good enough to win Masters'
JUSTIN ROSE admitted he watched Phil Mickelson's dramatic success at the US Masters with a "slight sense of what could have been" - but vowed he would one day win the coveted Green Jacket. The 23-year-old north Hamp-shire star led golf's first Major of
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Web is one for the kids to tangle in
EB WHITE'S classic story Charlotte's Web has been entertaining children for generations and now Watershed theatre company brings this heart-warming tale to the stage. Adapted by Chris Wallis, this kids' favourite tells the story of Wilbur the pig, a runt
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President's top show after late call
Hampshire president Lionel Smith turned out for the full county side in their recent friendly against Berks, Bucks and Oxon at Liphook - and did them proud. Lionel, a bronzed and sprightly 68 (age, not gross score!) got the last-minute call from county
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Ralph cashes in at Stockley Park
Camberley Heath's Glenn Ralph won the first prize of £2,000 in the inaugural DC Golf Limited Pro-Am at Stockley Park. The former European Tour man's five-under-par 67 was one shot better than Mark Nichols with Kevin Saunders of Dibden in third place on
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Middlesbrough 3 - Saints 1
NO SOONER had the excited chatter of European qualification re-started then it stalled again. Two months or so ago it seemed there was no chance of Saints making Europe. It was just going to be a drab ending to the season. But three wins from four under
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Injury blows as Eastleigh hit top four
Salisbury's disappointing 1-1 draw at Newport IoW allowed elated Eastleigh to leapfrog them into fourth place after a 2-1 win at Burnham. Although promotion is not quite mathematically secure, Eastleigh boss Paul Doswell said: "As far as we're concerned
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Pompey survival is Taylor-made?
Ex-Saint Maik Taylor handed Pompey a survival lifeline as he was sent off for the second time this season. Birmingham keeper Taylor, who helped Saints complete The Great Escape in 1997, was given his marching orders at Fratton Park in controversial circumstances
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Winchester dig so deep to stay on top
WINCHESTER City dug deep into their reserves of strength to chisel out a 3-0 victory at Hamble ASSC and stay top of the league on goal difference. Playing their fifth game in a torturous ten-day spell, the weary FA finalists produced a first-half peformance
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Dunk faces a long time out
MONEYFIELDS 'bad boy' James Dunk can virtually wave goodbye to next season after collecting his third red card of the season in a 5-0 home humiliation by Alton Town. The hot-headed midfielder/defender was red-carded two minutes from time for spitting
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Rew beauty wins derby
GOSPORT BOROUGH strengthened their grip on third place by completing a season's double over Fareham at Cams Alders. Fittingly it was former Town player who scored the winner - Ian Rew capitalising in the 84th minute after Jon Gittens' men had failed to
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Craig's link with troubled record label
CRAIG David, the 22-year-old singing sensation from Southampton, is a top music star linked to a famous record label with debts of £8.5m. Telstar Records, which had an annual turnover of £28m, has gone into administration in order to protect creditors
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Awards for young liveWIRES
THE hot young business liveWIREs of Hampshire have been named for 2004. Business partners Sam Sutton, 26, and Richard Pearsall, 25, won the £800 first prize at the Hampshire final of the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Sam and Richard
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Inspirational Johnny to speak at Ball
JOHNNY Ball renowned for his inspirational approach to popularising science and mathematics, is to be a guest speaker at a dinner with a unique format and the theme of 'Inspirations and Innovations in Business'. It is being held for business leaders in
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City sees 1,700 new businesses
THAT wonderful entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Southampton. An estimated 1,700 new businesses were started in the city in 2003. In the same year Hampshire achieved 12,100, Portsmouth 1,900 and the Isle of Wight 1,500. However, looking at starts
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We'll achieve our goals for Saints
THESE two will be a regular fixture in the regional business community. The new head of sales at the Saints is Rupert Vitoria, with Georgie Sayle taking the reins as sponsorship executive for the club. Rupert, 29, who previously worked for London-based
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Dixon of Down Grange
Jim Dixon, Basingstoke RFC's community development officer, fills us in on the latest news from the rugby club. IT was action aplenty down at the club on Monday. The William Webb Ellis Cup was in town and we were lucky enough to have it at the club in
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Fans flock to rugby club to glimpse cup
MORE than 500 people of all ages packed into Down Grange a week ago to see the rugby world cup in all its glory and grab a treasured picture alongside the gold-plated trophy. The Webb Ellis Cup's visit to town made Basingstoke RFC the place to be on Monday
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Westcombe Park taunt 'Stoke again
Westcombe Park 66pts, Basingstoke 7 BASINGSTOKE suffered a second hiding of the season at the hands of Westcombe Park on Saturday. FX-backed 'Stoke were hit by late withdrawals and unavailability as they suffered their third heaviest league defeat ever
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FISHING - Blondes proving the most popular
Some excellent blonde rays continue to be taken from marks off both the Nab Tower The Needles with Clive Archer the latest to strike when he heaved a 25lb 4oz specimen over the gunnels of his own small boat Seahawke. Anchored just a few miles to the south
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ROADWORKS NIGHTMARE
MOTORISTS in Winchester are facing a nightmare summer season of roadworks. Regular drivers in the city know only too well that schemes in one part of the city have knock-on effects elsewhere as drivers seek rat-runs to avoid bottlenecks. Civic chiefs
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JobCentre workers reject strike
ALL three JobCentres in the New Forest were open today after most of the staff rejected a national strike call. About 100,000 civil servants across the country were expected to walk out this morning over a pay dispute. Only a few employees at the Ringwood
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Late return shadow cast over QM2 trip
THE world's biggest and most expensive passenger liner, Southampton's Queen Mary 2, arrived in the city nearly four hours late throwing travel plans for many passengers into disruption yesterday. The delay meant that hundreds of American passengers missed
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POST CRISIS DEEPENS
CONCERNS continue to mount today that Hampshire's postal service remains in crisis. A massive belt-tightening exercise has crippled deliveries across the county, triggering scores of complaints. The Daily Echo has been inundated with calls and letters
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Puppy love
LIFE has already been a bit of a fight for pooch Scrappy Doo. The five-month-old loveable pup suffered a nasty accident six weeks ago, which left his front legs facing the wrong way. It meant the Shih-tzu puppy could only push himself around with his
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Easter getaway passes peacefully on the roads
THE Easter getaway passed off peacefully on the roads yesterday with only minor congestion as day-trippers headed for the coast. Motorists travelling southbound were stuck in minor tailbacks during the morning on the M27 at junction four. There was also
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Crisis-hit Little Ships play host to visitors
HUNDREDS of people flocked to a Hamp-shire shipyard to view a priceless collection of wartime vessels that could soon disappear from the county. The British Military Powerboat Trust opened its doors to the public over Easter - just days after revealing
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Saints sunk
Middlesborough 3, Southampton 1 MIDDLESBROUGH completed a seasonal double over Saints at the Riverside yesterday, sending the visitors down to 11th in the Premiership. The visitors' plans were hit before the kick-off as Graeme Le Saux, due to replace
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ONS staff on strike over pay
REDUNDANCY threatened workers at the crisis torn Office for National Statistics in Titchfield today went on strike over pay. It is a show of solidarity with thousands of fellow civil servants from across the country who are also taking industrial action
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Annual festival
DOZENS of children and adults have entered the Fareham Drama Festival. The annual event was held at the town's United Reformed Church. Organiser Betty Staley said the quality of the performances was as high as ever.
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Fun day helps fire-hit school
IT was a day of Easter fun that went some way to helping an Eastleigh school get back on its feet. Regulars from The Cricketers Arms turned out in force to raise cash for Nightingale Primary School, which was hit by fire earlier this year. A fierce blaze
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Proud of stage efforts
Sir.-We have a lifelong love of music and theatre and, being community-minded, support very many of the concerts and musical shows offered by amateur companies at our local venues. Many, though by no means all, are most credit-worthy and enjoyable but
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Charity thanks
Sir.-A superb fundraising concert for the Basingstoke Group of the Wessex Cancer Trust took place at Queen Mary's Hall. The Army Medical Services Band and Basing Singers performed a variety of music, led by bandmaster Mick Feehily, with the appreciative
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Jewel of the Seas on trial
It was meticulously planned with all the demanding precision of a military campaign. Nothing could be left to chance as the world's newest luxury cruise liner began a journey that would eventually end in Southampton and a glittering quayside naming ceremony
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Revitalising shipyard
PLANNERS are busy working on a draft brief for one of the south's biggest redevelopment projects - and it should be available for public inspection after Easter. Regional development agency SEEDA bought the £15m site from shipbuilder and support services
