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Bob's counting his lucky stars
Hampshire man Bob Bunce walked into a mole-checking service and was diagnosed with Basal Cell Carcinoma - a form of skin cancer. Here he tells his story to Zoe Hussain... WHEN Hampshire man Bob Bunce wandered into a mole-checking service set up at WestQuay's
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A sound idea for the future
The race is on to raise £1.4m for a new Cochlear Implant Centre at Southampton University. KATE THOMPSON finds out more... ITS ROOMS have played host to the most dramatic moments imaginable when more than 200 people have been given the chance to hear
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Hudson aims for a top-ten finish
Former Hampshire amateur champion Chris Hudson will be among 60 of the PGA South Region's top young golfers battling it out at North Downs today in the Powerade PGA Assistants Championship regional qualifier. Hudson, in his second year as a trainee at
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New Milton Bash-ed out of cup
New Milton sprang one of the biggest ECB Cockspur Cup shocks of the season by knocking out near neighbours Bashley (Rydal) in a nerve jangling third-round finish. The Southern Electric Premier League Division 3 minnows won by three runs to clinch a plum
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hong Kong Express, container, 0030, 207; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0030, 201 link; Comet Ace, ro/ro, 0100, 202; 0100, 202; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25; Autosky, ro/ro, 0800, 46; Frio Seatlle, refrigerat, 1500, 104; P&O Nedlloyd
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Local firm would repeat space bid
THE HAMPSHIRE company behind key technology in the ill-fated British mission to Mars says it is proud of the project and would jump at the chance to get involved again. Roke Manor Research's enthusiasm for space ventures was left undimmed by a critical
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Local firm would repeat space bid
THE HAMPSHIRE company behind key technology in the ill-fated British mission to Mars says it is proud of the project and would jump at the chance to get involved again. Roke Manor Research's enthusiasm for space ventures was left undimmed by a critical
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Dust-up over De Vere sell-off
LEISURE firm De Vere, which owns Southampton's flagship Grand Harbour Hotel, is under fresh pressure to sell its UK hotels after a major investor upped its bid for a larger stake in the group. Disposal of the hotels would raise more than £550m at a time
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Mast campaigners win right to appeal
A LONG-RUNNING Winchester phone mast battle is to continue after campaigners were given leave to appeal a High Court decision. Fulflood residents lost their challenge in March against plans for a 39ft mast which they regard as a health risk and an eyesore
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Pensioners' club is crippled by rent rise
TOTTON councillors have rejected calls to help hundreds of pensioners whose club has been hit by a massive rent rise. Totton and Eling Town Council has increased the Three Score Club's annual ground rent from £5 to a thumping £1,425 in 12 years. The club
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Speed up verdict on national park - MP
GOVERNMENT ministers should speed up the decision on transforming the New Forest into a national park, says a Hampshire MP. Desmond Swayne said it was not good enough that a crucial report on the controversial proposals was still being studied by the
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Al's sure to be a barrel of laughs
HELL'S Kitchen star Al Murray will be cooking up a comedy treat at Theatre Royal Winchester this summer. Murray, the mouthy pub landlord who is one of the celebrities putting their culinary skills to the test in ITV's latest reality show, has added 19
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Curtain Call Review: Funny Money - Bishopstoke Players, Bishopstoke Memorial Hall
THIS wonderfully funny play by Ray Cooney gets more and more complicated with innuendo abounding at every twist and turn of the story. The talented cast all gave such good performances it is difficult to single out any individual, although Colin Carter
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Review: Impressively funny
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Chichester Festival Theatre There were moments during Chichester's A Midsummer Night's Dream when I couldn't actually see the stage or hear the action. This had nothing to do with the dry ice or other effects, and all to do
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Review: A gripping performance
Veronica's Room, Waterside Theatre Company, Waterside Theatre, Holbury THEMES of incest and murder were tackled with skill and panache in this gripping performance of Ira Levin's Veronica's Room. First-time directors Claire Baldwin and Jenny Roberts created
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Secret bunker found in the Civic Centre
IT'S been lying undiscovered beneath Southampton's corridors of power for decades. Now workmen digging beneath the city Civic Centre have stumbled on a secret bomb-proof bunker. The discovery has stunned archaeologists, who had no idea it existed. Now
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Nudity campaigner is arrested - again
PUBLIC nudity campaigner Steve Gough arrived at court in typical fashion yesterday - and was promptly arrested before his trial could start. Officers detained the 45-year-old for refusing to cover up after turning up at the building in just sandals and
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We're simply the best in the country
THEY don't even have their own football pitch. But that wasn't going to stop girls at one Southampton school from playing the beautiful game and coming top of the country. The determined 16-strong squad from Sholing Technology College beat off competition
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Composers pen protest song after yob's threat
IT is a reflection of our times, of frustration at the breakdown of law and order. When Richard Wotton was threatened by young yobs outside his Hampshire music shop he decided to respond in the way he knew best. He and fellow music teacher Sandy Noad
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TIME BOMB UNDER OUR FEET
PEOPLE living in a Swanmore street say they are prepared to pay civic chiefs £60,000 to defuse a "time bomb ticking under their homes". The diggers have moved into Crofton Way after 15 residents were warned that their homes were sitting above a damaged
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It's sheer luxury on £30m Mirabella
WATCHING a movie under the stars, scuba diving, jet skiing, a dip in the 20-person jacuzzi - all aboard the biggest single masted yacht ever built. All this can all be yours for £140,000 a week although it might add up to more once you have paid for the
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Arcadia a step nearer
It is a ceremony almost as old as time itself and tomorrow it will signal the next major stage in the construction of Southampton's latest luxury superliner, the 85,000 ton Arcadia. This key development comes as the British cruise industry, with its main
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Stacey's works are a masterpiece
STACEY Kent (above) returns to the Concorde Club by popular demand for two consecutive nights to satisfy the requests of the South's adoring jazz fans. Stacey's passion and ability to interpret the songs she sings into romantic, moving, works of art has
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Young brothers flying the flag
Brokenhurst Manor brothers Martin and Jonathan Young were Hampshire's only qualifiers for the Brabazon Trophy, the English Amateur Strokeplay Championship, last week. Jon missed the halfway cut with scores of 78 and 71, but England international Martin
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DIGHTON:THIS IS ALL A DREAM!
MICHAEL DIGHTON is preparing for Groundhog weekend by playing his final game for Hampshire - before flying north to play for Greenock in the Scottish Cup. Australian batsman Dighton will play for Hampshire against holders Gloucestershire at Bristol in
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Hospital warns patients following eye findings
BASINGSTOKE hospital has written to eye patients warning them that their sight could be at risk following surgery. Those at risk, say the hospital, are cataract patients who received a lens implant between 2000 and 2001. About 100 letters were sent out
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David bones up on dog couture
EVERYONE thought he was barking up the wrong tree when David Herbert, 21 said he was setting up a Mobile Dog Wash in the Southampton area. But his venture is nothing to be sniffed at, as Mr Herbert is definitely not going to the dogs. While still just
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Just the jobsworth. . .
THOUSANDS of visitors made their way to Southampton's Guildhall to discover a world of jobs, training and career opportunities at the Southern Daily Echo Job Scene The Roadshow supported by Power FM. The Daily Echo and organisers TJW Exhibitions were
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Sea Angling: Seven-year-old record-breaker!
Big-hearted anglers raised more than £1,000 for Wessex Heatbeat during the Lymington charity open shore competition. They also landed some very good fish into the bargain during the competition, staged between Hordle and Hurst Castle. The event attracted
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Testway plans put to the test
PLANS to build flats on the site of Winchester's Trinity Centre have been given a mixed reception by neighbouring residents. About 40 people attended a meeting about the move of the drop-in centre from St Paul's Hill in Fulflood to Durngate. The present
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Bapsy bequest to help the disabled
STEPS are at last being taken by Winchester civic chiefs to use the money left by the Bapsy Bequest. For years the city council has struggled to spend the £500,000 bequest by the Marchioness of Winchester, Bapsybanoo Pavry. The amount has grown to £1.1m
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Trinity 'drop-in' can move to a new site
A DROP-IN centre for the disadvantaged people in Winchester will be moving to a new site after civic leaders agreed to lease the charity a site in the city centre for the next 99 years. The Trinity Centre, which offers support and advice for people suffering
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Noise ban issued against skatepark
ATHLETIC skateboarders in Lymington are giving a headache to a handful of residents - and the town council. Fed up with the bash and crash of landing skateboards the unhappy residents got environmental health officers on their side. Now the town council
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Families join fight against two masts
HUNDREDS of New Forest parents have pledged to wage war with a pair of telecom giants over fears for their children's safety. Worried mums are backing pensioner Janet Osborne, who is leading a campaign to remove two communications masts she claims are
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Review: Three for the price of one
An Evening of Tom Stoppard, Horndean Amateur Theatrical Society, Merchistoun Hall, Horndean AN evening of plays by Tom Stoppard featuring The Real Inspector Hound, The Fifteen Minute Hamlet and The Boundary provided a showcase for three very different
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HOSPITALS TRUST MUST SAVE £15m
BOSSES at the trust which runs Southampton General Hospital are facing a £24m shortfall by next April, the Daily Echo can reveal. Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust - which runs the General, the Royal South Hants Hospital and the Princess Anne
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Give us a proper parade, says Ernie
THEY say there is a first time for everything. At the age of 89, war veteran Ernie Spacagna never thought he would have to stage a protest. But the former Royal Army Service Corps driver - who was prepared to lay down his life for his country - held his
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Protests fail to halt plan for another pub
RESIDENTS in Southampton fear their district will become nothing more than a crime-ridden drinking den after permission was granted to establish another pub in Portswood Road. Last week gunshots were fired at The Mitre pub in Portswood Road and residents
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Sure start to families' fun at school
MORE than 200 adults and youngsters flocked to a Southampton school last weekend to learn more about city family organisation SureStart. The fun day at St John's Infant and Nursery School, Castle Way, included football training from the Saints in the
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Internet serves up school lunch guide
FIND out about healthy school lunches with the help of a brand new interactive website. The My School Lunch website is packed with information about catering in Southampton schools and how families can eat more healthily. It's split into three areas -
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Disabled fury at parking changes
DISABLED rights campaigners have hit out at plans for a new pay-and- display parking system in Fareham which they say will stop them going to the town to shop. Members of Fareham Access Group are being urged to register their objection to the plans for
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Help needed to get rescue boat afloat
ONE of the UK's busiest sea rescue crews has launched a fundraising appeal so it can take to the waves in a state-of-the-art vessel. Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS) has launched a £66,000 appeal for equipment for its new boat. The
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Crunch time for hospital
SHE is praying for a miracle - and Annette Stratton is not alone. The campaigner is hoping health chiefs see sense at the 11th hour and save a popular Hampshire hospital. Today is D-Day for The Mount Hospital at Bishopstoke as health bosses decide whether
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Homes bid set to clear hurdle
A CONTROVERSIAL move to build homes on an Eastleigh school's playing fields was today set to clear a major hurdle. Hampshire County Council wants to sell off the land to developers and plough the cash into a million-pound makeover for Nightingale Primary
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Council urged: Back curbs on fireworks
CIVIC chiefs at Eastleigh will be asked to back an RSPCA campaign to limit the noise of fireworks used by individual members of the public. The RSPCA's Quiet Please campaign aims to set the limit at 95 decibels. Eastleigh Council has been asked for its
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Shop funds extra Dial-A-Ride service
DISABLED and elderly people unable to use public transport are being given a lift by Eastleigh Community Services - courtesy of the generosity of the general public. Proceeds from goods donated by local people to the popular Eastleigh Community Services
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It's sheer luxury on £30m Mirabella
WATCHING a movie under the stars, scuba diving, jet skiing, a dip in the 20-person jacuzzi - all aboard the biggest single masted yacht ever built. All this can all be yours for £140,000 a week although it might add up to more once you have paid for the
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A true docker John retires
It really was a case of looking back over a career of "working man and boy'' in the port of Southampton when terminal operator, John Amey retired after 46 years in the docks. John began work in the port at the age of 15 in 1957, joining the old Southern
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Kop idol?
GORDON STRACHAN has emerged as one of the front-runners for the vacant post of Liverpool manager. The former Saints boss has been priced by Ladbrokes as 5-1 fourth favourite for the job to succeed Gerard Houllier, behind Valencia manager Rafael Benitez
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Pre-season dates confirmed
PAUL STURROCK will return to Plymouth with Saints, following the confirmation of four of six pre-season friendlies. The match at Home Park has been arranged for Saturday July 31, kick-off 3pm and will be Saints' first pre-season fixture on English soil
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Stacey's works are a masterpiece
STACEY Kent (above) returns to the Concorde Club by popular demand for two consecutive nights to satisfy the requests of the South's adoring jazz fans. Stacey's passion and ability to interpret the songs she sings into romantic, moving, works of art has
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Jacques jazzes up the music scene
YOU may not recognise the name Jacques Loussier, but you'd certainly recognise his music. It was Jacques who was responsible for the version of Air on a G String that was used for the famous Benson & Hedges advertisement in the 1960s. Born in Angers
