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John set to profit from Will's form?
PAUL TERRY has hinted that the out-of-form Will Kendall will NOT be the man to replace Shane Warne as Hampshire captain against Somerset on Friday. Batsman Kendall scored a half-century in leading Hampshire to a memorable victory over Yorkshire at Headingley
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Awards date is closing in
LOCAL companies have until the end of the week to get their forms filled in and submitted to be in the running for one of this year's prestigious Hampshire Business Awards. Nick Page, pictured, commercial partner at law firm Bond Pearce in Southampton
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College has uni status
A NEW era for higher education has begun in Winchester after the city's King Alfred's College formally became a university yesterday. Now called University College Winchester, the move means the 160-year-old college can now award it's own degrees separate
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Mast pair out to squash Orange
BATTLING campaigners hoping to prevent a mobile phone mast being installed on land near a Winchester school say they are confident their appeal will be successful. The Byron Avenue protesters, whose campaign will be entering its fourth year later this
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Mayor keeps job after voting row
A NEW Forest mayor has been spared the embarrassment of losing his job just two days before his investiture. A row erupted last month after Goff Beck, chairman of New Milton Town Council, used his casting vote to re-elect himself as mayor. The issue was
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Review: Living Together, Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke
STAGED in tandem with Round And Round The Garden - Alan Ayckbourn's second play from the Norman Conquests trilogy - Living Together explores the same six characters over the same summer weekend, with a slight time difference and in the house rather than
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ABSURD
IT is a ruling that mocks justice itself. A teenager who kicked a man while he lay defenceless during an unprovoked gang beating has had his jail sentence slashed. The move has outraged the victim's family and police who say it sends out the wrong message
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MP asks for diaries of prison life
PRISONERS have been asked to keep diaries documenting their lives behind bars as part of an investigation by a city MP. John Denham, wants accurate details of the amount of time inmates spend studying, working, eating, exercising and sleeping. He is leading
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BRAISHFIELD BEER RACE RESULTS
BOURNEMOUTH'S Mark Hargreaves won the 2004 Braishfield Beer race, a 2.5m event which consisted of a two-lap course along undulating countryside. It is called the Beer Race because traditionally runners are offered a free pint of beer (or soft drink) at
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Road link could spell allotments' doom
A PACKAGE of road improvements to pave the way for a major housing development on Eastleigh's allotments has been given the green light. County highways chiefs have approved street schemes that are crucial to plans for 432 homes on plots in the town's
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All set for seawork2004
SOUTHAMPTON waterfront is to be transformed into the venue for a major global marine exhibition set to attract thousands of visitors to the city next week. Work is under way to create a huge quayside exhibition hall and specially constructed floating
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Performance is the key factor
AARON Monteverde, a young virtuoso in piano flamenco, will be at The Forge in The Anvil this Friday from 8pm. Flamenco is lively, passionate and very energetic and Aaron (pictured) uses the piano's power and complex sounds to enhance this expressive genre
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Winchester Festival hits the mark
THEATRE-LOVERS are in for a treat at this year's Winchester Festival, with leading names already attracting strong interest at the box office. The July festival's finale with Timothy West and Prunella Scales has sold out, but tickets are still available
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The joke can be on you
YOU Must be Joking, the new comedy competition in Newbury's first-ever comedy festival, is looking for acts to take part in the event. Whether you're a complete first-timer or someone who has done just a few slots here and there - but hasn't performed
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A play to get hooked on
SECOND to the right and straight on 'til morning - the acclaimed Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre are heading for a unique double celebration with their sparkling new summer show. Fifty young actors, ranging from seven to 18, will perform a new musical version
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Top hill climbers set for Gurston
VARIETY'S the word for this weekend's Gates of Brockenhurst Hill Climb Championship at Gurston Down. The entry varies from classic to hi-tech with special classes for Morgans and Porsches on Saturday and MGs and GTD 40s on Sunday. Then there are the modified
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Cole shrugs off loss of a wheel!
SOUTHAMPTON'S Ricky Cole and co-driver Peter Le Bas lost a wheel in the fifth round of the British GT Championship at Snetterton - and still managed to finish eighth. It happened with Cole at the wheel of the Team Xero Corvette and scrapping for one of
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Mast pair out to squash Orange
BATTLING campaigners hoping to prevent a mobile phone mast being installed on land near a Winchester school say they are confident their appeal will be successful. The Byron Avenue protesters, whose campaign will be entering its fourth year later this
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Lighting up time for castle?
FLOODLIGHTS on the castle could be considered for Portchester after the completion of a £400,000 village makeover. The idea was mooted by Hampshire's environment chief Councillor Keith Estlin as he unveiled a plaque to mark the end of improvement works
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HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Gene-ial Gough!
GOSPORT & Fareham's up-and-coming middle distance prospect Rebecca Gough has athletics in her genes. Her mum, Lorna, was a champion heptathlete in the Navy and her dad, Steve - better known as 'Ginge' - was a quality marathon runner, also from a Navy
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'Poster invalidates my election result'
A FORMER Eastleigh councillor is calling for last Thurday's election in the Eastleigh Central ward to be declared void after he discovered a "scurrilous" poster about him had been pasted in a town centre underpass. Bill Luffman, who failed to oust former
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Saints star blamed for Latvian defeat
JOY turned to despair for Marian Pahars as he played a part in the goal that cost his country one of their greatest-ever footballing moments. With questions surrounding his fitness - he has been plagued by injuries since the summer of 2002 - the Saints
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Euro 2004: We get knocked down - but we'll get up again!
DAVID BECKHAM warned Switzerland that England are ready to take out the anger and frustration from their defeat by France in tomorrow's clash to revive their Euro 2004 qualifying hopes. England face the Swiss in Coimbra knowing that, although defeat would
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Forbes can train with Yeovil
WINCHESTER City will grant prolific marksman Andy Forbes permission to go pre-season training with Nationwide Division 3 outfit Yeovil Town - unless one of his other admirers turns the 25-year-old's head. Forbes boosted his prospects of a move to Huish
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THE INTERNATIONAL RECORD-BREAKERS
HAMPSHIRE are confident of averaging more than the Rose Bowl's current attendance record for their forthcoming SIX one-day cricket internationals. The Rose Bowl capacity of 9,000 is being increased to 15,000 with the addition of several temporary stands
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Hants Twenty20 places up for grabs at SPL
FIVE Australians, four South Africans and two New Zealanders will make up a local International XI to play the Southern Electric Premier League in a Twenty20 Challenge match at Hursley Park this Sunday (5.30pm). The match will be played under strict Twenty20
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hyundai Confidence, container, 0100, 205; OOCL Faith, container, 0300, 204; Pongo, general, 0400, 108; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 25; OOCL Long Beach, container, 0700, 206; THV Patricia, buoy ship, 0900, 47; Tendo, general, 1930
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Looking at lens plant
A HEDGE End based construction company has clinched a £3.5m deal to build a contact lens production plant at Hamble. Benson Ltd, which has been based locally for five years and employs 55 staff, has won the contract to construct the new facility for Coopervision
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Super Shane
EASTLEIGH'S Shane Kelly made an impressive debut on the Spa Francorchamps Grand Prix circuit in Belgium where he qualified sixth for the ARP Formula 3 Championship race. A power failure during the green flag lap forced Kelly to start from the back of
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Children make mark on graffiti
THE writing was on the wall when a group of community-minded children decided to tackle a graffiti problem in the New Forest. More than 20 youngsters removed slogans daubed on the side of St Mark's Church Centre, Pennington, and replaced them with a painted
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Lions go on the prowl
Lions are on the prowl in Winchester and are looking for people interested in joining a new Winchester Lions Club. There are 43,000 Lions clubs in 185 countries making it the largest and most successful service organisation in the world. There are clubs
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Menace of teeny riders
There is a new danger on the streets - underage youngsters are causing fear and serious injury by wrecklessly riding motorcycles in built-up areas of Southampton... IT is a nuisance that is plaguing a community and one that nearly cost a youngster his
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SHAMED
A FORMER Hampshire judge today pleaded guilty to a string of child pornography offences. Father-of-four David Selwood entered guilty pleas to 12 counts of making indecent photographs of children when he appeared at London's Bow Street Magistrates' Court
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There's something about Mary
IT'S almost five years ago to the day that they took the plunge and walked up the aisle themselves. Now Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, have been invited to open a Hampshire exhibition celebrating the 450th wedding anniversary of two
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The wrong sort of offers for Internet virginity auction
A HAMPSHIRE teenager who is offering to auction his virginity on the Internet is being flooded with offers - but from men. David Vardy, 19, is asking for women to bid more than £6,000 to sleep with him. More than 10,000 people have logged on to his web
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Tributes to poet who touched many lives
THE world was a better place with her in it - those were the moving words of tribute paid to Virginia Smith who died when her car hit a tree as she drove through North Baddesley. Her partner Lisa said the 35-year-old poet and writer would be remembered
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Residents strike back in bar wars
RESIDENTS in Southampton have launched a battle against plans to increase the hours at a local pub. People living in Portswood and Highfield, who say they are victim to a sharp rise in alcohol-related crime, have fought a long-running battle to halt the
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Ensuring the good work will carry on
A SOUTHAMPTON charity run to support the victims of fire has been saved by Daily Echo readers. The Goodwill Fund, which supports the Hampshire Fire Victim Support Unit, was struggling to continue due to a shortage of fundraising volunteers. However, after
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Owl's about that then, my little starling?
TWO tiny new residents are causing a bit of a flap at Paultons Park. A purple glossy starling, pictured inset above, and a spectacle owl are the latest birds to join the 1,000 already at the leisure park - and they are demanding round-the-clock attention
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Residents' right of way dispute
RESIDENTS of a Portchester street are locked in a dispute with a development company over the protection of what they claim are their ancient rights of way. Neighbours in Cranleigh Road, believe that for as long as they can remember they have had a right
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HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Speed king Louis reigns supreme
LOUIS Sellers no longer has a half share in the Hampshire Schools' intermediate boys' 400 metres championship best. As of Saturday, the 16-year-old owns the record lock, stock and barrel after flying round one circuit of Portsmouth's Mountbatten Centre
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HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Full list of results, times and distances SENIOR BOYS: 100m: 1 M Odundo-Mendez (Ald) 11.1 seconds, 2 T Berry (E&W) 11.3, 3 L Rehnberg (Ald) 11.4. 200m: 1 M Odundo-Mendez (Ald) 21.7, 2 B Richardson (E&W) 22.5, 3 L Rehnberg (Ald) 22.7. 400m: 1 A
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Nilsson one we're keen on - Lowe
RUPERT LOWE has confirmed an interest in Sweden international Mikael Nilsson. The Daily Echo yesterday reported that the 25-year-old was considering a move to St Mary's and the Saints chairman has now admitted Nilsson IS a Saints target. Nilsson is a
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Nilsson one we're keen on - Lowe
RUPERT LOWE has confirmed an interest in Sweden international Mikael Nilsson. The Daily Echo yesterday reported that the 25-year-old was considering a move to St Mary's and the Saints chairman has now admitted Nilsson IS a Saints target. Nilsson is a
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Pahars: That's football!
SAINTS striker Marian Pahars was remaining philosophical after Latvia conceded two late goals to lose to the Czech Republic. Pahars, who came on for the last nine minutes, admitted: "It's very difficult playing at this level. I hope we can play like this
