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Final joy to signal end for City stars?
WINCHESTER CITY'S two-year quest to win the FA Vase came to a glorious conclusion yesterday with victory over last season's beaten finalists AFC Sudbury. But as their ecstactic supporters swaggered triumphantly away from Birmingham City's headquarters
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Portsmouth 5 - Middlesbrough 1
NIGERIAN striker Yakubu tore Middlesbrough to shreds to finish above Saints favourite James Beattie as the south coast's top scorer in the Premiership. Beattie finished with 17 league and cup goals, but Yakubu closed on 19 after a four-goal final-day
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Stu lays down Law to Hants
IT HAD to come to an end sometime. And Hampshire's unbeaten start to the season duly came to a shuddering halt at a sun-kissed Old Trafford yesterday. After beginning the season unbeaten in seven games in all competitions, Hampshire were outclassed by
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Well on the way to promotion
HAMPSHIRE'S storming start to the County Championship season has put them well on course for promotion to the top flight. On Friday evening they wrapped up victory against Yorkshire at Headingley inside three days. It was their third first class win in
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Penalty misery for Shots
ALDERSHOT couldn't make it a Hampshire non-league double yesterday as they failed to score in their Conference play-off final penalty shoot-out defeat to Shrewsbury Town. While Winchester were winning the FA Vase, Shrews keeper Scott Howie, a former Reading
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Dimi double tops so far
DIMI MASCARENHAS is leading an impressive array of Hampshire bowling performances in the county championship. The all-rounder has taken more wickets than anyone else in the Second Division of the championship - or the First for that matter - with 25.
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Fair Play Awards 2004
SAINTS midfielder David Prutton handed out the prizes at the 2004 Fair Play Awards at St Mary's yesterday. Prutton met a whole host of local youngsters honoured for their commitment and spirit towards the beautiful game at grass-roots level. The awards
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Ervine targeted for 2005 role?
HAMPSHIRE have targeted Zimbabwean Sean Ervine for next season - and the all-rounder may qualify as a non-overseas player. Ervine is one of the 15 rebel Zimbabwe players in dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union and retired from international cricket
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Mather magic spells the end for Andover
GRANT Mather produced a inspired all-round performance to guide Bournemouth to a 46-run win over Andover at Chapel Gate and set up a second consecutive ECB Southern Electric Premier League victory. The South African born all-rounder top scored with 43
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More than capable Abel is hit for Hawks
SALISBURY youngster Eddie Abel will probably spend the remainder of the summer playing cricket after he finishes his GCSE examinations at Bishop Wordsworth's School next month. But he might yet be in line for a Hampshire Academy contract if he continues
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Eye in the sky
A stunning view of the Hamble River and Marina. It's one of many aerial images of Hampshire which will be published in Eye in the Sky, a 32-page supplement free with your Daily Echo tomorrow.
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River boost for environment and wildlife
WATER chiefs in Hampshire have restored an old watercourse near Winchester to protect the environment and attract rare species of wildlife to the River Itchen. The work, which should help to enhance natural habitats along the river, has been carried out
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Eye in the sky
A stunning view of Calshot. It's one of many aerial images of Hampshire which will be published in Eye in the Sky, a 32-page supplement free with your Daily Echo on Tuesday, May 18th.
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Safer living is aim of police
Hampshire police are rolling out a number of strategies in a bid to creating safer communities within the county . . . HAMPSHIRE police are calling on residents across the county to play their part in making their communities safer. Beginning with the
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Review: Showing the way with classic drama
The Rivals, Theatre Royal, Winchester FIRST performed in 1775 and closed down after opening night - but rewritten and enjoyed ever since - Richard Sheridan's exuberant comedy of manners still amuses audiences and resonates tellingly today. Set in elegant
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Curtain Call Review: HMS Pinafore, Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society, City Hall Salisbury
GILBERT and Sullivan's operetta about class distinction in the British Navy proves a good vessel to convey the talents of the cast. Director Paul Chandler has kept to the spirit of the original while introducing several innovative elements, some more
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Eye in the sky
A stunning view of St Mary's Stadium in Southampton. It's one of many aerial images of Hampshire which will be published in Eye in the Sky, a 32-page supplement free with your Daily Echo tomorrow.
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Families flee flats after arson attack
FAMILIES had to be evacuated from a block of flats in Southampton after arsonists lit a fire in a corridor. The fire was started on the seventh floor of Albion Towers, Golden Grove, St Mary's. More than 30 firefighters were called to the blaze at 11.50pm
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Time finally catches up with men only club
THE WOMEN'S liberation movement may have taken off in the 1960s - but for a small corner of Southampton time stood resolutely still. But it seems that the revolutions of the 60s and 70s have finally caught up with the 160 members of Portswood's men only
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Schools breaking race equality laws
A DOZEN Hampshire schools are breaking the law by failing to have a race equality policy or record incidents of racial harassment, according to latest figures. Education bosses are to write to the 12 unnamed schools which have not filled in their annual
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Just magic!
GOLFING legend John Jacobs OBE was the guest of honour at a gala ball where guests splashed out more than £55,000 for Wessex Heartbeat. The former Open champion and Ryder Cup captain was joined by ex-Saints stars Matt Le Tissier and Francis Benali at
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Fans party at Winchester HQ
WINCHESTER City's players and staff returned to a heroes' welcome at their home ground last night. The team pulled into the Denplan ground at Abbotts Barton at around 10pm to massive cheers from around 200 fans who couldn't wait to welcome them back.
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Chris cuts sad figure
DEFEATED AFC Sudbury skipper Chris Tracey cut a forlorn figure as he stood propped against the players' tunnel, puffing on a cigarette and pondering on what might have been. For the second year running the Suffolk side had sampled the bitter taste of
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Review: Delays cut it at the Union
Delays, Southampton University Students' Union IT WAS Southampton band Delays' biggest gig to a home crowd so far. Up to this point they'd been packing out The Joiners Arms in St Mary's but this was their first chance to really prove that they could cut
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Review: Michael Marra, Talking Heads, Southampton
PITY about the low turn-out - this diminutive Scotsman deserved a bigger audience. A natural storyteller with a droll wit, he performed 20 songs, each telling a story, accompanying himself on keyboards with occasional forays to centre stage to play guitar
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Club pays tribute to leaving strike star
SCOTT Tarr has led the tributes to Basingstoke Town's outgoing striker Craig McAllister. Stevenage beat off competition from a host of other Conference clubs for the signature of 23-year-old McAllister. The forward, signed by Town boss Ernie Howe from
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All smiles as Richard's charity presents cash
TWO Saints players have handed over huge cheques to charity following a memorial football match for a talented teenage footballer who collapsed and died. Darren Kenton and David Prutton presented the Wessex Neurological Centre and Portsmouth Hospital's
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Fun day fun run
They're off at the Rotary and YMCA fun day at Fairthorne Manor, Curdridge. More than 150 people put their running shoes on to raise money for Sailability, a charity that provides sailing opportunities for children with disabilities.
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Eye in the sky
A stunning view of the Rose Bowl cricket ground in West End. It's one of many aerial images of Hampshire which will be published in Eye in the Sky, a 32-page supplement free with your Daily Echo on Tuesday, May 18th.
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Man feared dead in steamship collision
A MAN is missing feared drowned after Southampton-based steamship Shieldhall collided with a tug in the Netherlands. The Dutch captain of the tug is believed to have been killed in the incident, which took place last Thursday. Shieldhall, with a crew
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Antti's simply fan-tastic
THE star of the show for Saints on Saturday wasn't even on the pitch. Following the exertions of Wednesday night, the players looked largely subdued early on. Indeed, for the first hour, Charlton found Saints' general threat about as frightening as a
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Injury-ravaged Saints too slow to start
PAUL STURROCK pointed to an entire team of injuries following Saturday's 2-1 loss to Charlton. The Saints boss was honest in his assessment of his side's poor first-half display but stressed the terrible injury situation was again worsened on Saturday
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Danny's debut is a fishy tale
FORMER Saints star Danny Wallace, now suffering from MS, has a well deserved benefit game at St Mary's tonight with an all-star cast due to support him. Here Bob Brunskell speaks to two of his former Dell colleagues... Steve Moran still gets a sinking
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Weighting game pays off for club
BASINGSTOKE Powerlifting Club, one of the smallest sports club in Basingstoke, has enjoyed further success on the national stage. Three men from a total membership of less than 20 have qualified for the world championships later in the year after winning
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Show will strike a chord
THE resum of actress Alison Newman describes her hair as "ash blonde" - a fact which would confuse fans of her most famous role, that of Hazel Bailey in ITV's massively successful Footballers' Wives. The role of the poker-red-haired chain-smoking, tough-talking
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Emmo bounces back with a final round 71
BROADSTONE'S Gary Emerson hauled himself back up the leaderboard with a 71 during yesterday's final round of the BMW Asian Open held in Shanghai. After shooting a third-round 74, which had him in reverse, the 40-year-old earned a cheque for more than
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CHARLTON 2 - SAINTS 1
AS the Saints players head off on their summer holidays, it's time to reflect on a season that never really delivered what it promised. Many fans started the campaign with perhaps overly-optimistic dreams of what could be achieved and they will be bitterly
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It's peace at Pompey - for time being ...
PEACE has broken out again at Portsmouth and manager Harry Redknapp insists he will still be around next August - but do NOT expect he and chairman Milan Mandaric to have a smooth relationship. Last week it looked like Redknapp would be leaving Fratton
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Oceana, passenger, 0645, 106; City of Luctece, roro, 0645, 201/2; CFF Seine, roro, 0715, 25; NYK Canopus, container, 1015, 207; APL Agate, container, 1230, 206; Shieldhhall, passenger, tba, 48; Angela J, cargo, pm, 206w Today's
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Airport bosses fly idea for a train link
SOUTHAMPTON Airport bosses are in talks with South West Trains to launch an airport express service from London. The success of Gatwick and Heathrow expresses has inspired airlines and airport managers alike to dream of mirroring them on the south coast
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Try a new tack when it comes to team building
ANOTHER hard day at the office! Merchant Yachting, a south-coast yacht and power boat charter company, is holding a series of demonstration days this month at its base in Saxon Wharf, Southampton. The sailing demonstration days, which take place tomorrow
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TV's Boss Swap star to give talk
TV's Boss Swap star Lee Peck will offer an insight into his 30-year career in the media when he addresses Solent Executive Association's annual dinner on Wednesday. Lee, joint managing director of Southampton based advertising, marketing and PR agency
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GLORY, GLORY
THEY'VE done it! After 120 years of obscurity, Winchester City have won the FA Vase at only their second attempt. By lifting the cup yesterday, City are the first club from Hampshire to win a national football competition since Saints won the FA Cup in
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They are the pride of Winchester
THEY couldn't have a more apt motto - the Pride of Hampshire. Everyone connected with Winchester City Football Club was waking up today with a huge sense of pride in a unique achievement. They are the first club from the county to lift one of the most
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Eye in the sky
A stunning view of the King Alfred statue in Winchester. It's one of many aerial images of Hampshire which will be published in Eye in the Sky, a 32-page supplement free with your Daily Echo on Tuesday, May 18th.
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Council challenged over homes scheme
HIGHWAY chiefs have been told to justify their decision to support a scheme that has raised fears for the safety of New Forest schoolchildren. Officials have been summoned to a meeting of district councillors, who want to know why they think the proposed
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Crackdown on jump-the-gun developers
PLANNERS in the New Forest are vowing to take action against developers in a move that could result in new homes standing empty. The district council has decided to adopt a get-tough policy with construction firms that start to build schemes without waiting
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Brown's Bugatti heralds a classic day
TO hundreds of spellbound spectators it could have been the real thing. But this Bugatti Type 59 is a painstakingly built copy of the expensive original. With a price tag of £14,250, it is the nearest most of us will ever get to the 1934 classic car.
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BNP member to stand at elections
A HARTLEY Wintney man is to stand for the controversial British National Party in Hook in next month's local elections for Hart District Council. Roger Robertson, 58, who lives near Phoenix Green, is also on the party's list of candidates for the South
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Review: Closer, Forest Arts, New Milton
This multi-award-winning play by Patrick Marber explores the self-obsession of today's society, many people becoming increasingly calculating and selfish, and callously causing deep emotional damage to others. The lives and loves of a journalist, a stripper
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BETRAYED?
HUNDREDS of Hampshire jobs are today in jeopardy - just months after bosses told staff they were safe. The axe is hanging over 470 workers at the Abbey call centre in Segensworth as the company considers switching operations to India. But earlier this
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Drivers face delays over roadworks
ROADWORKS are to begin on one of Southampton's busiest roads today. Motorists face up to three weeks of hold-ups while repairs take place on the badly worn Bitterne Road from the middle section of Northam Bridge to Hawkeswood Road. During the first two
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Blot on the landscape!
FOR years it has been a haven of peace and tranquillity in an ever-changing world. People eager to escape the pressures of modern life have made their way to Salmon Leap, Totton, to admire the famous River Test. Many have lingered on a bridge over the
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Eastleigh venture for tennis programme
ONLY weeks after expanding into Newbury, Totally Tennis make another huge step by taking a programme to Eastleigh. This week, more than 600 school-children in the south Hampshire town will be trying tennis for the first time as the Totally Tennis Trail
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Gary vows to bow out a winner
IT TOOK every ounce of strength Gary Green had to get through an interview immediately after yesterday's Vase final at Birmingham City. Playing the full 90 minutes in soaring spring temperatures would have had many a fresh-legged teenager flagging, let
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Just like 1976 was for Saints
WINCHESTER'S red and black army marched to Birmingham to watch one of the city's most important ever sporting matches yesterday. Thousands of fans, young and old alike, joined forces to salute Winchester City FC at the FA Vase final - one of the most
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Mob threatens bail hostel after TV show
A MOB of vigilantes threatened to torch a Fareham bail hostel after a BBC documentary revealed its location. Police were called to Dixon House in Trinity Street to disperse an angry group of around 20 men and women. They gathered after flyers were distributed
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Eye in the sky
A stunning view over the centre of Warsash. It's one of many aerial images of Hampshire which will be published in Eye in the Sky, a 32-page supplement free with your Daily Echo on Tuesday, May 18th.
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Ground-breaking help for chronic disease
A GROUND-breaking project to improve the lives of chronic disease sufferers is coming to Fareham. The Expert Patients Programme is designed to come to the rescue of MS sufferers, those with arthritis, asthmatics, Parkinson's Disease sufferers or patients
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A dangerous game
CHILDREN as young as five or six have been dicing with death by playing "chicken" in a residential road in Fair Oak. Youngsters are leaping into the path of horrified motorists in a potentially deadly game. One driver, who narrowly avoided the youngster
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Work starts on £2.9m boost for the elderly
WORK has started on a £2.9m development at Eastleigh's Fleming House which will give a major boost to the town's nursing care for the elderly. The scheme at Hampshire County Council's complex in Heron Square will create 30 nursing home beds. The construction
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Shopping scooters
EASTLEIGH'S popular Shopmobility scheme has four new scooters. The streamlined machines will help the less able to access shops and facilities in the town, and a roomy carrying capacity should mean that shopping becomes much easier. For those people who
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City boat in Thames crash
A SOUTHAMPTON-based sailing ship crashed after a misunderstanding over the opening of Tower Bridge in London. The Lord Nelson avoided serious damage when it struck one of the buttresses on the River Thames at the weekend. The Jubilee Sailing Trust, which
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STURROCK RULES OUT SWEEPING CHANGES
PAUL STURROCK has outlined his summer transfer strategy. The Saints boss, wants to bolster his squad by just "one or two" players - and ideally wants those new faces in by July when pre-season training begins. "There are one or two players I would like
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Luggy: I can take Beatts to next level
JAMES Beattie could need a few injuries to rival strikers if he is to be included in Sven Goran Eriksson's England squad for Euro 2004. The Saints man, who won four caps in 2003, is now a long-shot for a place despite an impressive tally of more than
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Rueben knew Danny was destined for great things
REUBEN Agboola admits he might have a tear in his eye when he meets up with his long-lost buddie Danny Wallace tonight. The two players were inexorably linked by that November day in 1980 when they both made their debuts against Manchester United at Old
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S-Type gets twin turbo V6 oil-burner
THERE is a commonly-held belief among many people that Jaguar is a bit set in its ways, old-fashioned and somewhat scared of change. Owners are perceived by some as pipe-smoking, cardigan-wearing retired RAF squadron leaders. However, the big cat seems
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Win betters Honney pro boxing record
BOXER Jon Honney improved his professional record with a points win over John Alldis in a lightweight fight at Rivermead Leisure Centre in Reading last Wednesday. It was sweet revenge for Honney, who had lost on points when the pair met in the amateur
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Radlett deny hosts victory
FOR the second year running, Basingstoke and North Hants had to settle for a draw against visiting Radlett in the Home Counties League on Saturday. Charl Willoughby, in his first game back for the May's Bounty club, took the opening wicket with 20 on
