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They are women on a mission
Up to 120 mums and girls from a Southampton school touched by tragedy will put sorrow behind them when they line up alongside nearly 10,000 runners for the annual Race for Life. Each member of the team from St Monica Infant School in Sholing has a poignant
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Old soldiers recall those golden years
MANY years may have passed since they last saw each other but the bond between them remains as strong as ever. A reunion of the First Battalion of the Royal Hampshire Regiment took place in Winchester - exactly 50 years to the day since they started their
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Lord hosts thank-you lunch for Echo journalist
LORD Montagu of Beaulieu hosted a lunch for former Daily Echo journalist Peter East to mark his retirement from the paper after 37 years. Peter, who was accompanied by his wife Pat was presented with a framed picture of the Beaulieu Estate by Lord Montagu
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro; 0030, 201; G&C Parana, ro/ro, 0400, 202; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 30; QE2, passenger, 0630, 38/9; Oceana, passenger, 0700, 106; Emden, ro/ro, 0745, 34/35; MOL Progress, container, 1100, 207; Resolve
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Schoolboy's Forest trek prompted by African experience
IT has helped more than seven million people around the world gain access to better water supplies. In the past two years alone, WaterAid has provided about 640,000 villagers in the world's poorest countries with safer water and better sanitation. Now
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Hill family get their gnashers into holiday fun
A ROMSEY family won a gnashingly good prize during a holiday to Pontins. The Hill family, of Knyght Close, were one of just ten lucky families who won a competition to meet Dennis the Menace and his faithful dog Gnasher when they turned up at Pontin's
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Driver in danger after yobs take wheel nuts
A HAMPSHIRE woman driver had an incredible escape when she nearly lost control of her car on a motorway after mindless yobs had removed wheel nuts. They were taken from the nearside front wheel while it was parked outside The Dolphin Hotel in Botley.
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Statistics staff consider strike action over jobs threat
CIVIL servants in Titchfield threatened with the axe have warned they are considering strike action. Workers at the Office of National Statistics may strike for the second time in three months after management went back on a promise not to force job losses
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Picture clue to missing wife Beverley
Police have issued closed-circuit television pictures of a missing special needs teacher at a Hampshire train station, taken just hours after her mystery disappearance. Mother of two Beverley Miles was captured on camera at Brockenhurst railway station
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Sizing up improved New Forest Show
ATTRACTIONS come in all shapes and sizes at the New Forest Show. Molly Peters and her family staged their own version of the Little and Large Show yesterday at a special preview of this year's event. Five-year-old Molly, from Burley, was there to promote
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Jitterbug alive and well at Marwell!
THE jitterbug was alive at Marwell Zoological Park near Winchester as a special event aimed at commemorating the Second World War took place at the park. Elderly visitors could be forgiven for thinking they had stepped back in time as the 1940s were relived