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Ray of Hope
YOUNG Amber Ghanouni is off on an expedition to India to continue the work started by her mother more than 20 years ago. Kate Thompson reports... FOR more than two decades caring mother of two Jill Ghanouni has devoted herself to the plight of children
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Promise of the spa East
With experience showers and volcanic pool, a touch of Thai luxury is coming to the New Forest. Kate Thompson reports... A NEW £6m state-of-the-art spa in the heart of the New Forest will offer a touch of exotic luxury for stressed out local men and women
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WASTE OF TIME!
SHANE WARNE branded Hampshire's four days in Nottingham as "a waste of time". Hampshire were unable to force the win they needed to put pressure on the second division championship leaders because of a lifeless Trent Bridge wicket. For captain Warne,
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Clarke joins legends such as Richards and Greenidge with twin centuries
MICHAEL CLARKE plays against Glamorgan at Cardiff this week as the first Hampshire batsman in seven years to have scored hundreds in both innings of a first class match. Fellow Australian Matthew Hayden twice achieved the feat in 1997, scoring 150 in
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Merge? Not in a million years, says Brock
HAVANT & Waterlooville's Trevor Brock has flattened rumours about a possible merger with Fareham Town, writes WENDY GEE. "Not in million years!" said the Hawks' secretary, who is at a loss to know what the Conference South newcomers could gain from
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King Arthur (12a)
CONSIDERING that, in this blockbuster-packed summer, poor realistic King Arthur must battle a man with spider powers, a green ogre and a dazzling boy wizard at the box office, not many of us would be surprised if he came a cropper. But he doesn't fall
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GAIS 0 - SAINTS 1
MANY came to see just one man. And, although Anders Svensson was sat high in the stands throughout last night's 1-0 win against Division One club GAIS, the charismatic Swede was in many respects the star of the show in his home city of Gothenburg. It
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Two Brothers (U)
TIGERS separated as cubs and taken into captivity are reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Guy Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other. Very well-received film from director Jean-Jacques Annaud.
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Andes Highway, roro, 0030, 43; Vigo Stone, container, 0100, 107; Autosky, roro, 0130, 46; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Thebeland, roro, 0630, 34/35; Autofreighter, roro, 0730, 201; NYK Andromeda, container, 0900, 205; Hual Oceania
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Southern Water is doused by the EA
THE company that provides water to thousands of businesses across the south has come under fire from the Environment Agency over its pollution record. Southern Water today made a public apology in the wake of the damning findings - and vowed to do more
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Don't miss Business South Magazine
ARE you in it? August's complimentary Hampshire Business South Magazine is available from Thursday, July 29. It is packed with must-have information about companies, firms and burning issues that touch upon the lives of the county's 900,000-strong labour
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Matthews backed to have a stormer
PAUL Doswell is backing Eastleigh's Robbie Matthews to take the Isthmian Premier Division by storm next season - even though he might have parted company with the towering striker earlier this summer. Former Salisbury and Bemerton striker Matthews, pictured
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Sea Angling: Bass hits right note for Robert
A BRACE of excellent bass have been caught by local rods, with eight-year-old Robert Jones from Langley, along the Waterside, heaving a cracker over the gunwales, which tipped the scales down to 8lb 4oz. Fishing from his dad's small boat, while anchored
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HOTEL TO BE BUILT
ONE of the biggest hotel developments in Hampshire in recent years is set to be built near Winchester, more than 15 years after planning permission was first given. Local businessman Geoff Williams is completing the purchase of the Morn Hill site and
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FOREST HOMES TOP £4M MARK
THEY are among the finest - and most expensive - homes that money can buy. Two houses with multi-million-pound price tags have gone on sale in the New Forest showing property prices in the area are continuing to soar. The cream of the crop is Wereburne
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Show is expected to draw 100,000
THE three-day New Forest Show got under way today as the area staged its annual celebration of rural life. Organisers confidently expect 30,000 visitors per day to pour through the gates of the 38-acre showground at New Park, Brockenhurst. It is the first
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£1m junction aims to beat gridlock
HIGHWAY chiefs have opened a £1m junction that aims to ease summer gridlock in the New Forest. Hampshire County Council has provided drivers with a second major route to tourist hotspots by installing a right-turn facility on the A326 at Colbury. The
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Review: Talented teen tells horrific tale
Lucifer's Army - Fantasia Acting Company, The Station, Chandler's Ford A GIRL disappearing on her way home from school...the headteacher ordering all the school windows to be covered and the doors secured...parents inexplicably telling their children
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HOSPITAL JOBS AXE
ALMOST 400 jobs are to go and two hospital wards will close as health chiefs in Southampton struggle to make cuts of £15m. The Daily Echo can today reveal Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to axe about 300 admin workers - as well
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Defiant pensioner is facing eviction
HOUSING bosses have started proceedings to evict a pensioner who is refusing to move back into her home after £80,000 of taxpayers' money was spent renovating it. Southampton City Council served notice to Flo Giblett that it intends to take possession
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House! Jill cleans up £101,000 bingo win
A PART-TIME cleaner from Southampton has hit the Bingo jackpot winning more than £101,000. Jill White, 66, from Bitterne, says she will not give up her part-time cleaning job because it funds her twice-weekly trips to bingo. Jill joined Mecca Bingo in
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City pilots idea to help drug users
A NEW scheme to help crack addicts and other hard-core drug users kick the habit is being piloted in Southamp-ton. The six-month project is aimed at groups that can be hard to reach, such as ethnic minorities, prostitutes, parents, homeless people and
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See Dionne for less!
SOULFUL diva Dionne Warwick puts in an appearance at the Eastleigh Summer Music Festival on Thursday, July 29 - and if you're a Daily Echo reader you can get to see her for £5 less than the normal ticket price. The veteran performer, who has been having
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Asylum centre is a fire risk says report
FIRE safety measures need to be upgraded, staff training is below par and detainees are not given proper freedom of movement or contact with the outside world. That's the verdict of a damning report of the Home Office's own immigration removal centre
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Fire leaves football club struggling to make big kick-off
AN EASTLEIGH football club faces a race against the clock to salvage its new season after an arson attack destroyed its changing room facilities. As reported by the Daily Echo a fire swept through two metal security containers that had been converted
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School is stamping out racial harassment
AN EASTLEIGH school has joined a council led attack on racism. Alderman Quilley School has become the latest local organisation to sign up to the Eastleigh Against Racial Harassment Declaration. The brainchild of the Eastleigh Multi-Agency Racial Harassment
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Keepers hauled over the Coles...
THE enthusiasm, commitment and effort are inspiring. "C'mon Antti!" yells David Coles. "It's the final minute, Alan Shearer's headed it. "C'mon, c'mon, make it!" Antti Niemi scrambles back, leaps through the air and tips the ball onto the cross-bar. "
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Concert series set to impress
BOOKING is now open for the 2004/2005 International Concert Series at The Anvil. The 10th anniversary season begins on Friday, September 24 with a meeting of musical giants when the Philharmonia Orchestra is conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi and joined
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Reach out for a healing hand
Every parent's worst nightmare is that their child will be struck down by a potentially fatal illness. Here Angie Buxton-King talks to HANNAH STEPHENSON about her tireless journey to help her son Sam... When Angie Buxton-King discovered that her seven-year-old
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Cracking the whip
SOUTHAMPTON dominatrix Mistress Christina is used to having men falling at her feet - either to lick them or the floor she is standing on. Kate Thompson meets the fetish queen who is living the high life... TO her friends she is Karen, the self-assured
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Matthews backed to have a stormer
PAUL Doswell is backing Eastleigh's Robbie Matthews to take the Isthmian Premier Division by storm next season - even though he might have parted company with the towering striker earlier this summer. Former Salisbury and Bemerton striker Matthews, pictured
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Merge? Not in a million years, says Brock
HAVANT & Waterlooville's Trevor Brock has flattened rumours about a possible merger with Fareham Town, writes WENDY GEE. "Not in million years!" said the Hawks' secretary, who is at a loss to know what the Conference South newcomers could gain from
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ASEBRO IF 0 - SAINTS 8
SOME of the Saints squad spent a few hours unwinding at a Gothenburg theme park yesterday after an intense week on the training ground. But whether it was any less taxing than Saturday's 8-0 demolition of Asebro IF is questionable. Physically it probably
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A picturesque Hamble ramble
WALKERS can now take in much of the Hamble peninsula along a new self-guided trail launched this summer. It extends the existing Hamble Valley Strawberry Trail from Botley to Hamble to incorporate Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley and Bursledon. The
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Award gives women the chance to show success
IT'S HERE again - and it's a golden opportunity to show the public what you've achieved in the hurly-burly world of business. The current Wessex Business Woman of the Year is Selaine Messex, of Salisbury based LessBounce, who gives the award a ringing
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Will it be pain in Spain for Abbey?
NEARLY 500 Abbey staff are wondering if they will be saying "buenos dias" to new Spanish bosses after the banking giant agreed terms on an £8.3 billion offer from abroad. Banco Santander Central Hispano, Spain's largest bank, will give shareholders one
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Red tape has employers in knots
NEW figures reveal small Hampshire businesses are drowning in a sea of red tape. The average small company in the county spends a whopping 14.6 hours each month dealing with government regulations and paperwork. This figure almost doubles for businesses
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Cycling: Crabwood 14 experience Armstrong feat
RACING will never be quite the same again for a 14-strong party of Crabwood CC members just returned from a week's holiday in the French Alps. Based near a ski resort chosen for the finish of a mountain stage of the Tour de France last Tuesday, they were
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This royal wedding changed history. . .
VISITORS to Winchester's Wolvesey Castle travelled back in time to Tudor England at the weekend. The two-day living history re-enactment was one of a series of events to mark Mary Tudor and King Philip II of Spain's 450th wedding anniversary. The royal
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Death cannot halt fight for justice
A TOTTON widow has pledged to fulfil a promise to her dying husband and continue his battle for justice after his death. As Alexander Flanagan, 57, lay dying of asbestos related lung disease, he asked his wife Louise to take up his legal battle. Sadly
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NHS admin is under the knife
NEARLY one admin worker for every three qualified nurses - that is the staffing balance inside Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, which was stripped of a star in the latest round of checks on Hampshire's health service. The Daily Echo can reveal
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Island safety review after beach tragedy
COUNCIL chiefs today promised a full investigation into how a car plunged on to a crowded Isle of Wight beach, killing a toddler playing on the sand. Isle of Wight Council also said it would bring forward a health and safety review of all its facilities
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Stick to 30mph or you will suffer the penalty
DRIVERS coming into Southampton beware. From today, motorists breaking the 30mph limit across the Millbrook flyover heading into the city along Mountbatten Way could face fines and penalty points on their licences if they do not drop their speed. Bosses
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Firm steps forward to install birth pool
A NEW birthing pool which has sat unused at a Hampshire maternity hospital for the past four months should be in operation next month. The news will be music to the ears of local mums-to-be who have been wondering if they would be able to use the two
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Summer fun in SO16
A SEVEN-week festival packed full of free activities to keep children and young people occupied throughout the school holidays has begun in Southampton. The SO16 Festival is the first time such an ambitious programme of free, summer activities has been
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HERITAGE SITE BLAZE
FIREFIGHTERS were battling this morning to stop a fire that destroyed thousands of council wheelie bins spreading to an award-winning Gosport museum. Arsonist were believed to be behind the fire at Priddy's Hard heritage site, that started at 6.30am today
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Police mast farce remains unresolved
A BIG question mark still hangs over a police telecommunications mast at Chandler's Ford which was at the centre of a planning blunder. We revealed how the application for the Tetra mast at the Chandler's Ford Industrial Estate had been mistakenly sent
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Tributes for former Echo shipping writer
A FORMER Daily Echo journalist who reported Southampton's shipping stories for nearly 40 years has died aged 88. Arthur Taylor, pictured, joined the Southern Daily Echo from the Salisbury Journal in 1944, and when the docks reopened after the Second World
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Hitting the heights
MUSIC in the Air, a magical evening of orchestral and choral music united with breathtaking, synchronised and aerial displays, takes place at Middle Wallop, on Saturday, at the Battle of Britain airfield. This year, the London Pro Arte Orchestra, conducted