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Sad reunion for tearful Ernie
IT was the first time he could pay homage to his three comrades at their gravestones in Bayeux Cemetery. For 89-year-old Ernie Spacagna, a former Royal Army Service Corps driver, it was time to remember the young men he laughed and fought alongside. First
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Children's floral tribute to returning veterans
THEY came with plenty of smiles and flowers. Boys and girls learning about the D-Day landings at L'Ecole Primaire de Lingevres came face to face with the men they have so far only read about in their history books. The pupils aged nine and ten, were joined
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Musselwhite's staying put
SYDENHAMS Wessex League outfit Fareham Town look like hanging on to top scorer Jamie Musselwhite for another season. Although there was a rift between club and player following the War Memorial Charity Cup final against Gosport Borough in early May, the
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An amble through quirky Hamble
ANYONE interested in finding out more about the quirky maritime history of Hamble along with tales about Nelson and author Nevile Shute should not miss "An amble around Hamble" this month. People are invited to come along for the fascinating walk that
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The future looks healthy for HAS
HAMPSHIRE based health plan provider HAS has announced record results - with premium income up 32 per cent on last year. Its premium income increased from £165m to £218m, with £27.5m profit after tax. The company, which employs 450 people in Hampshire
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Young inventors showcase work
BRIGHT, young, technology degree students from Southampton Institute showcased their inventive skills to representatives of local engineering, electronics and manufacturing companies in an exhibition of final-year degree projects. Among the broad range
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Keen aiming to kickstart his season
NEW Forest touring car racer Justin Keen has teamed up with BMW works driver Patrick Huisman in a bid to kickstart his season. The former European F3000 campaigner from Bealieu has been floundering at the wrong end of the field since making his BTCC debut
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Cannie quits managerless Bash for City
STUART Cannie has quit managerless Bashley to join FA Vase winners Winchester City. The 21-year-old former Wimborne Town striker has elected to drop back into the Sydenhams Wessex League in the wake of John Robson's departure as first-team boss at the
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Cycling: Marathon man aims at a MILLION miles
DAILY ECHO cycling correspondant Chris Davies has started out on another marathon journey. He has set out to ride from Land's End to John O'Groats - and back again. Davies, pictured, believes the trip, which will cover at least 1,600 miles, could take
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Basketball: Stars feel right at home after draw for cups
SOLENT Stars have been blessed with home draws right across the board for next season's National Cup and Shield competitions. The senior men's first team will entertain the winners of the Swindon Sonics versus Taunton Tigers game in the National Cup second
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Table Tennis: Pair miss out at the final stage
TWO Waterside Table Tennis Club youngsters came so close to netting a title in the English National Under-12 and 13 Championships. David McBeath and Matthew Ware comfortably won their way through to the group stage of the Under-13s at Norfolk. McBeath
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Blaze drama OAP fights for his life
A WINCHESTER pensioner is today fighting for his life after he was rescued from a smoke-filled flat by firefighters. Henry Thornton, 77, suffered severe smoke inhalation and was today in intensive care at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital. Firefighters
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Anti-hunt row over bravery of Isabelle
PRO hunting campaigners are set to use the inspirational tale of a Hampshire woman to fight off attempts to ban the bloodsport. The Countryside Alliance has the backing of Isabelle Taylor, one of Britain's top three-day eventers, who fought back from
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Review: Brave venture has its rewards
Return To The Forbidden Planet - Southampton Musical Society, Nuffield Theatre LOOSELY based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, the Return of the title refers to the audience who are returning to a play first written 400 years ago. A spaceship lands on the
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HUGE DOSE OF ECSTASY KILLED TEENAGER
A HAMPSHIRE teenager who died at a house party had the world's highest ever recorded reading of Ecstasy in his system, an inquest heard today. Jack Elliott, 17, had 10,400 milligrammes of the drug per litre of blood. The previous highest known figure
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Two hailed heroes of flat blaze drama
ONE OF Southampton's leading community figures has been hailed a hero after he helped save one of his tenants from a smoke-filled flat. Landlord Harjap Singh and a Polish labourer broke down the door of the ground floor flat in Denzil Avenue in St Mary's
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Euro politics - who cares?
FEWER than a quarter of Hampshire voters can name one of their MEPs, an exclusive Daily Echo survey has revealed. Less a fifth know which party their MEP represents, and just 16 per cent of people could name any powers that the European Parliament has
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For the love of Sophie
PEOPLE in their hundreds have rallied to support a special charity launched in the name of inspirational six-year-old Eastleigh schoolgirl Sophie Barringer. A sell-out summer ball at the Rose Bowl in West End at the weekend raised a staggering £11,680
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Steep rise in stop and search is challenged
POLICE searches under controversial anti-terror laws have soared 2,400 per cent in Hampshire, the Daily Echo can reveal. Officers carried out 294 stop and searches of people and vehicles under the Terrorism Act in 2002-03, the last year figures are available
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Millions pledged for key workers' homes
SCORES of affordable new homes are to be built in Southampton over the coming months. City council leaders have approved the £3.3m scheme to create 101 properties, working alongside various housing associations over the next three years. Hundreds of other
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Home is where the art is for locals
SOUTHAMPTON residents have designed artwork that will stand as centrepieces of two new projects aimed at revamping the area. People living in Northam have created street art at two workshops that will be put into a new park and Homezone. The budding artists
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Footie was a knock-out for homeless
HOMELESS people in Southampton were encouraged to kick street life into touch at a football tournament. More than 80 players took part in the five-a-side competition in at the city's Sports Centre. It was organised by The Street Homeless Prevention Service
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Review: Modern makeover is a total triumph
La traviata - Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton IT is an opera written in 1853, but in this most modern of performances the characters sang to their friends down mobile phones and ate cornflakes for breakfast. Last night's performance
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Missing girl appeal
DETECTIVES on the Isle of Wight are appealing for a missing teenager to get in touch. Kacey Chandler, 15, went missing on Friday after being dropped in Newport town centre. Kacey, who lives with a foster carer in Ryde, is described as white, with straight
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We've just nine days to ride length of Britain
TWO naval lieutenants from HMS Collingwood in Fareham are to embark on the challenge of a lifetime next month when they cycle from Land's End to John O' Groats for Cancer Research UK. Navy officers Phil Rogers and Chris Jones, who begin their trek on
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Breast unit moves to Haslar hospital
BREAST screening services provided by Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust will move to Gosport for the next three years. The Patricia Massey Breast Care Unit will relocate from the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham to the Royal Hospital Haslar to allow for
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Heat's on Andy but he's still the man to beat
SOUTHAMPTON'S Andy Morgan-Lee continued his dominance of this summer's local road race events with victory in the Poole 10K. On a blisteringly hot day on the south coast, roadside temperatures soared to 28 degrees, so this was never going to be a fast
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Lewis rates Southerton highly
OLYMPIC heptathlon champion Denise Lewis is predicting a bright future for emerging Isle of Wight multi-eventer Kelly Sotherton. Lewis, who launched her competitive season at the weekend's Loughborough International meet, was not surprised by Sotherton's
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Team Solent continue to battle despite fixture clashes
DESPITE the usual fixture clashes which no one seems able to cure, Team Solent fought well in UK Women's League and Southern Women's League matches. The A team finished fifth behind the mighty Woodford Green and Essex Ladies at Barnet Copthall, while
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Let's give tenants say in their future
THOUSANDS of people across Eastleigh are to be given a bigger say in shaping the future of their communities. Tenants living in Eastleigh Housing Association homes will be able to give their views on what sort of neighbourhoods they want to live in. Two
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JELLE FITS THE MOULD!
SAINTS have completed their first major signing of the season with the capture of Ajax left-back Jelle van Damme. The fantastically-named 20-year-old Belgian international has joined for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £2.5m. Standing
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Jelle one of Saints' biggest buys
JELLE VAN DAMME is the joint fourth biggest signing in Saints' history. The only players to have cost more are record signing Rory Delap (£4m), Kevin Phillips (£3.25m) and Agustin Delgado (£3.2m). Midfielder David Prutton also cost £2.5m when he was signed
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Luggy preparing for more Euro signings?
SAINTS boss Paul Sturrock has given a clear indication he might be about to bring in more foreign talent at St Mary's. Sturrock made his first major signing as Saints boss yesterday afternoon when he completed the purchase of Ajax left-back Jelle Van
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Summerfield is on his way to St Mary's ...
PAUL STURROCK'S former assistant manager at Plymouth Argyle is joining Saints. Plymouth chairman Paul Stapleton this morning confirmed that Kevin Summerfield is poised to move to St Mary's on July 1 as one of two first team coaches - Steve Wigley being
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Forest cottage is a treat
A SINGLE-STOREY thatched cottage is described by its selling agents as "interesting and highly individual", after being modernised and extended. The period cottage (pictured) stands in a large garden overlooking a paddock and close to Pamber Forest at
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Graves bring home sheer scale of loss
FOR every one of the 4,848 headstones in Bayeux Cemetery, imagine a young man in his late teens, 20s or early 30s - each one somebody's son, father, brother or husband. As soon as I walk out through the main gates to the cemetery opposite the city's D-Day
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Handshake of thanks from mayor of Lingevres
THE mayor of Lingevres wel-comed Hampshire veterans to the small village in a gesture of goodwill. Christian Marie shook hands with Tom Cromie, the chairman of the Hampshire branch of the Normandy Veterans Association, in the village square where a memorial
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Hawks blow their chance to go top
LAST SEASON the Hampshire Hawks won all three of their floodlit National League matches. But last night they suffered their first defeat under lights in the competiton for two years against Essex at Chelmsford. It was also Hampshire's first National League
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Warne: We were poor
SHANE WARNE blasted his Hampshire players for their worst performance since he arrived as captain following last night's defeat against the Essex Eagles. Hampshire's Sky-televised 35-run reverse against Essex, who were bottom of the table before last
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Euro 2004: Euro sceptic - that's Channon
SAINTS legend Mick Channon has outlined his major concerns for England ahead of Euro 2004. The man who won 46 caps for his country while at The Dell in the 1970s is critical of all Sven-Goran Eriksson's departments despite the 6-1 weekend friendly thrashing
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Euro 2004: Former England defender's rearguard worry
FORMER Saints defender Mark Wright performed heroically for England in European Championship and World Cup campaigns and warned: "If you don't do your job at the back in these games, you're on on a hiding to nothing." The ex-Dell man has no worries about
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Batsmen under fire from Terry
PAUL Terry blamed Hampshire's underachieving batsmen for the county's second National League defeat of the season. John Crawley finished unbeaten on 70 and Michael Clarke was run out for 42 but openers Nic Pothas and Derek Kenway were both dismissed for
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Cannie quits managerless Bash for City
STUART Cannie has quit managerless Bashley to join FA Vase winners Winchester City. The 21-year-old former Wimborne Town striker has elected to drop back into the Sydenhams Wessex League in the wake of John Robson's departure as first-team boss at the
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Cup giants
IT'S BAT Sports against Havant in the ECB Cockspur Cup southern zone final at Southern Gardens on Sunday, June 27. The Southern Electric Premier League giants clinched their cup date with semi-final victories at the weekend - Havant crushing New Milton
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Musselwhite's staying put
SYDENHAMS Wessex League outfit Fareham Town look like hanging on to top scorer Jamie Musselwhite for another season. Although there was a rift between club and player following the War Memorial Charity Cup final against Gosport Borough in early May, the
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25 link; Hyundai Discovery, container, 0600, 205; Aurora, cruise, 0645, 106; Lykes Hero, container, 0710, 204; Madame Butterfly, vehicle, 0930, 40; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 1400, 201; Autoprestige, ro/
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Training company's naked ambition
EASTLEIGH'S Naked Training company is launching a brazen publicity blitz to put its courses on the map. Not only have the customer service and business skills specialists had the barefaced cheek to snap up some eye-catching promotional material, see left
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Emma proves herself to be one in 10,000
A Wiltshire fitness trainer has fought her way through an original entry of 10,000 to make the 16-strong grid for the Formula Woman Championship at Oulton Park this weekend. Emma Hayles is about to become a household name when a fly-on-the-wall documentary
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Students up to sum challenge
MORE than 100 students from Perins School in Alresford pitted their wits in the Junior UK Maths Trust Challenge. It proved to be the school's most successful year to date, with about 50 per cent of candidates achieving a certificate. Eleven obtained gold
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Car smashes into pensioner's home
A NEW Forest pensioner caused devastation when his car ploughed into the side of an elderly woman's home. Onlookers said it was lucky no one was killed after the 77-year-old male driver's Mercedes saloon careered off the road on a bend. The Milford resident
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Special place to be
OFSTED inspectors have praised an independent school for boys with autistic spectrum disorders. They visited Southlands School in Lymington, a residential special school for pupils aged from eight to 16, and found the curriculum to be "broad and balanced
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Review: Moving portayal of life in hiding
Diary of Anne Frank, RAODS, Plaza Theatre, Romsey THE D-Day invasion came a bit too late for Anne Frank and her family as they tried to escape the horrific treatment the Jews suffered under Hitler. This dark and moving play was well directed by Bob Blake
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MONSTER
DETECTIVES believe a Hampshire police doctor jailed for 15 years for drugging and sexually assaulting young girls may have claimed more victims. Officers who brought paedophile Dr Robert Wells to justice fear the sickening crimes of which he was convicted
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Review: A magical night with Miriam
Miriam Makeba, Salisbury Cathedral AT the age of 72, great-grandmother Miriam Makeba knows how to captivate an audience. Those who gathered at Salisbury Cathedral were entranced by the South African songstress. Her voice, strong and pure, wafted around
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Vandals daub school walls with graffiti
VANDALS broke into the grounds of a Hampshire school before daubing the walls and roof with obscene graffiti. Police have launched an investigation after damage was caused to Brookfield School in Sarisbury, near Fareham. Yobs used white, blue and brown
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Tobin is peaking at the right time
OLYMPIC 4x400 metres relay hopeful Robert Tobin is hitting form at just the right time for Athens. The Southampton University student shaved another chunk off his 400 metres personal best at the weekend's Loughborough International, placing him tenth
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Overall victory could have been City's
TEAM manager Pete Wareing described Southampton City's Southern Women's League Division 2 fixture at Southampton as "a match we could and should have won." Yet despite finishing first or second in more than 50 per cent of events on the day, City finished
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Lordshill country lane 10k grows in popularity
LORDSHILL Road Runners are holding their annual 10K road race later this month. Action starts at 10.30am on Sunday, June 27 at Lordshill Outdoor Recreation Centre, Redbridge Lane, Southampton. The fast, flat course is through country lanes and woods is
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Overlord was so overshadowed!
EASTLEIGH shops have been criticised for paying more attention to Euro 2004 than D-Day. Borough resident Jane Amery claims stores should have put on window displays commemorating Operation Overlord, the Allied landings in Normandy 60 years ago. Mrs Amery
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Sir Geoff is a true soccer Mchero!
THEY peered through the wire fence and chanted "We love you, Geoff" and "They think it's all over". Everywhere he goes Sir Geoff Hurst is reminded of that magical day in the summer of 1966 when overnight he became a national hero by sealing that famous
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Interviewing... Nick Faldo
WATCHING Nick Faldo putting himself in contention to win a golf tournament is still one of the sport's greatest thrills. You'd think that with the new breed of stars, like north Hampshire's Justin Rose, to idolise, support for the 46-year-old would be
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Test-driving the Lexus RX300
TAKE one three-litre engine, four-wheel-drive layout, an automatic gearbox, and refine until it reaches Rolls-Royce smoothness. Clad it all in the slickest off-road shell around, and top-off with a classy cabin full of finery. That's the basic Lexus recipe
