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Pompey duo eye Scotland starts
SCOTLAND manager Berti Vogts will be without a number of experienced internationals for tomorrow night's friendly in Estonia. Vogts has already drafted Livingston left back Jamie McAllister into the squad and the game also provides debut possibilities
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, roro, 0500, 25; Aida, vehicle, 0615, 202; Talisman, vehicle, 0630, 34/35; Autofreighter, roro, 1330, 201; OOCL Los Angeles, container, 1900, 206; Andes Highway, roro, 2230, 34/35 Today's Principal Sailings: APL Hong
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Hendy out to cut deficit
Southampton rally driver Steve Hendy will be looking to avoid bank holiday traffic jams this weekend when the national title holder tackles the Millbrook National Rally Stages. The Bedfordshire-based event will see Hendy and co-driver Aled Davies behind
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Reynolds stays in command
John Reynolds consolidated his lead in the Think British Superbike Championship even though he had to be content with two second paces at Mondello Park on Sunday. The number one rider for the New Forest-based Rizla Crescent Suzuki team lost out to Scott
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BOXING: FIGHT ME!
MATTHEW Barney today asks the boxing world: "Why won't anyone fight me?" It is now almost eight months since Barney became Southampton's first and only world champion, but it appears that nobody wants to challenge him for the title. Barney thought he
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Boxing: Golden Ring four receive call-ups to England fold
FOUR of the city's amateur boxers have achieved international recognition. From the Golden Ring Club, Iain Weaver, Danny Kent and Tony Hill are all boxing for England in the Four Nations Championships during the next few weeks, while Southampton ABC's
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Swimming: Record times are smashed at gala
SOME 19 local primary schools swam their hearts out at the fifth Brooks Shopping Centre-sponsored Primary Schools gala. With 275 children and a full gallery of supporters, the event was both exciting and noisy, especially for Pilgrims school boys, who
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SHAMEFUL
HE SERVED his country during the dark days of war and will be joining millions of others in commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Now John Whitbread, 72, is horrified that an organisation which helped him out in a crisis may be
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Death knell for old hospital buildings
IT'S OFFICIAL - the death knell has now been sounded on The Mount Hospital. However, although the writing is on the wall for the old hospital buildings at Bishopstoke, residents have been given a glimmer of hope with the possibility of rebuilding new
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Warden scheme to be extended
HUNDREDS more children and young people across Southampton are being asked by city bosses to become junior neighbourhood wardens. Plans to introduce a citywide version of the scheme, beginning in Swaythling, were approved by members of the ruling Liberal
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Little green fingers dig for the future
A SMALL army of green-fingered learners turned out to help plant new trees and shrubs outside a new Southampton nursery and creche. The 25 youngsters all came from the William Macleod Way estate, near Millbrook, after school to get their hands dirty at
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Review: London Mozart Players - Turner Sims Concert Hall
IT'S ALWAYS a pleasure to hear the London Mozart Players, an ensemble of extreme virtuosity. This concert was no exception, with the Symphony No 31 in D (Paris) played with delicacy and finesse under the direction of Andrew Parrott. The innovative part
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DELIGHTED!
A FAREHAM mother has scooped a £1m prize on a National Lottery scratchcard. Sharon Hall, a 37-year-old Royal Navy sailor, hit the jackpot when she bought the £1 card from Dillons One Stop in White Hart Lane, Portchester. The Bullion scratchcard came up
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Where D-Day veterans can remember fallen
EASTLEIGH'S D-Day veterans will not have to cross the Channel to remember those comrades who never returned with them from the front line. Bosses at the town's Brookwood Avenue cemetery have planted a mulberry tree where old soldiers and generations who
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Like father, like son
IT'S certainly a family affair when it comes to motor racing in the Culley household. However, it's not because of a shared love of Formula One, but because father and son race against each other in the same championship! Martyn Culley and his father
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Let Georgie jazz up your June
MR HEFTY Jazz Keith Smith and his All Stars team up with legendary crooner Georgie Fame (above) for a night of jazz and swing in From Basin Street to Broadway at The Corn Exchange on Saturday, June 12, at 7.45pm. The show is a brief history of jazz from
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German PoW camp in the heart of Shirley
THE history of German prisoners of war held in England during the Second World War is well documented. Less however, can be said of the First World War although by October 1918, over quarter of a million German prisoners were held in 492 prisoner of war
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Robson and Bash in split
JOHN ROBSON'S long and winding managerial career took another twist last night when he parted company with Bashley FC. After a meeting of the Bashley FC executive committee, club and manager decided to go their separate ways - by mutual consent. A club
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Legal eagles flying high with suit stunt
THESE south-coast legal eagles are on top of the world after a bizarre fundraising bid to climb 3,000ft up the highest peak in England in their business suits. The suit stunt by law firm Lester Aldridge, which employs 300 people at its offices in Southampton
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Bike feast on the Island
The Isle of Wight becomes a mecca for motorcyling this week. Wightlink Islanders, who beat Newcastle 53-38 in their first league match on Tuesday, have a rearranged match against Exeter tomorrow night then host the final of the British Sidecar Speedway
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Netball: Applemore's passion play
BEATEN comprehensively in terms of points, Applemore received top marks for effort in their 34-7 loss to Swan. Although never likely to win the nationals, the Applemore girls would certainly win an award for their work rate and passion. Swan, however,
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A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW
A MASSIVE new health scheme in Winchester will remain only a quarter finished until extra funding can be secured. The £6m treatment centre at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital is set for completion in early 2005. The treatment centre will occupy the
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Men egged on to fight for Mr Watercress title
LAST year it was former Page Three model Jo Guest who boosted the profile of watercress. Now it is the men who are being urged to take on the role as Hampshire promotes its most famous crop. This weekend sees the first festival in praise of the plant,
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YOU'VE LET US DOWN
FURIOUS campaigners have accused Hampshire County Council of jeopardising plans to give Totton town centre a £22m facelift. The county council's application for government funding has been hit by a 12-month delay after Whitehall officials said the scheme
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New camera to keep watchful eye on yobs
TOTTON is to be provided with an extra CCTV camera in a bid to combat antisocial behaviour near a town centre supermarket. Asda has vowed to meet half the cost of a £25,000 camera and New Forest Council is likely to come up with the rest of the cash.
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Costs force council to drop youth centre
PARISH leaders in the New Forest have been forced to scrap plans to build a youth centre on a former landfill site. Unforeseen legal costs of £30,000 mean those behind the project are now looking for a new location for the £133,000 project. It has come
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PLANE ANGRY
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after an aircraft flying over a Southampton house caused tiles to lift off the roof and smash into a car. Rosemary Bull's Daewoo Matiz was left with a puncture mark in the roof after slates from a neighbour's home came
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Top union man is suspended
THE SOUTHAMPTON-based General Secretary of Britain's 16,000-member train drivers union ASLEF has been suspended after a barbecue at the union's headquarters ended in a brawl. Shaun Brady, pictured above, 41, from Bitterne, was allegedly involved in the
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You're a blooming marvellous bunch!
HAMPSHIRE'S gardeners are blooming marvellous. That's the verdict from the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show this week after growers across the region scooped top prizes in the world's most famous horticultural event. Picking up gold medals for their Floral
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Summer in the city and so much to do
CITY leisure bosses have revealed details of their events programme, ranging from Southampton's famous Power in the Park pop festival in June to the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings on Sunday, June 6. Southampton's famous July balloon festival is
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Please do your bit to help us
PLEASE do your bit! That is the message from charity officials who have the daunting task of raising £1m to fund a cancer information and support centre in Southampton. Thousands of pounds are already rolling in for Macmillan Cancer Relief's Appeal for
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PCT's books in balance
HEALTH bosses in Fareham and Gosport are expected to report that they broke even last financial year despite indicating they were facing a deficit of more than £700,000 just five months ago. At a public meeting of the Fareham and Gosport Primary Care
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DEATH KNELL FOR HOSPITAL
IT'S OFFICIAL - the death knell has now been sounded on The Mount Hospital. However, although the writing is on the wall for the old hospital buildings at Bishopstoke, residents have been given a glimmer of hope in the possibility of rebuilding new services
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Ex-cadet is in captain's chair
A SOUTHAMPTON seafarer who has worked his way through the ranks from the lowest rung of deck cadet right up to captain is to be the master of the city's next new luxury superliner, the 85,000 ton cruise ship Arcadia. Steve Burgoine, at present in command
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Minnows boost as Pahars wins his race against time
MARIAN Pahars has declared himself fit for Euro 2004. The Saints striker is training with Latvia after recovering from the groin injury which kept him out of the last four games of the season. Pahars had been sidelined for much of the previous 18 months
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Trouble in the halls of power
FARCICAL goings-on and convoluted cover-ups are not unusual in the Houses of Parliament. However, they have been given a novel twist by master playwright Ray Cooney in Out of Order at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre from May 31 to June 5. Featuring
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Sunday girl up on stage
TELL Me On A Sunday, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's spectacular West End success is now coming to the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, for one week only, starring Marti Webb. Written especially for Webb in 1979 as a television special, Tell Me On A
