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Dismal end to promising day
HAMPSHIRE'S batsmen must have breathed a sigh of relief when Glamorgan left Simon Jones out of their side yesterday morning. But after a brilliant performance with the ball after tea, Hampshire lost three wickets of their own as Glamorgan justified the
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Louis wants fans on his side
NEW Fareham Town boss Louis Savage has walked into a hornet's nest at Cams Alders. But the man who must pick up the pieces amid the turmoil surrounding Jon Gittens's departure doesn't blame the fans one bit for kicking up a stink. He said: "The fans pay
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600% RISE IN DRUGS SEIZURES
POLICE in Hampshire are making an average of more than seven drugs seizures every day. Heroin, cocaine, crack, amphetamines, Ecstasy and cannabis with a street value running into hundreds of pounds are being recovered each week. Officers say the figures
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Estate agent speak goes over the top!
IT is the kind of property which should sell itself. Trees line the surrounding roads, the beach is just minutes away and a permanent tranquillity hangs pleasantly in the air. Yet Jackqui Wright and Peggy Palmer, who own the half a million pound Barton-on-Sea
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£3m scheme hit by delay
TOTTON'S new £3m leisure centre has been hit by a four-month delay following the collapse of a Hampshire construction firm. The Hanger Farm scheme was due to be fully operational by September, but some of the facilities will not be finished until next
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Hundreds enjoy budding festival
THE first ever Flower Festival at St Thomas' Church in Charlton was a resounding success. More than 80 people helped with flower arrangements, more than 500 people visited the festival over the weekend and more than £1,140 was raised for local charities
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Village pride blossoms
LUDGERSHALL in Bloom has flowered in its first year after people in the village nominated 55 entries in the competition, which grew out of a similar competition in Tidworth. The scheme is designed to raise the profile of the many, very well tended gardens
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Bingo! She's a winner!
ANDOVER grandmother Marian Thorne won £202,060 playing bingo at the Gala Club in Salisbury. Now the 58-year-old will be able to realise her dream of visiting Canada and the Rocky Mountains. Marian won the National Bingo Game prize of £200,000 on Sunday
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The way we were!
WARRIORS brought history to life at Danebury Hill Fort near Stockbridge when The Brigantia Iron Age Re-enactment Society demonstrated how people lived. A guided walk led by Hamp-shire County Council Countryside Rangers gave insights into the history of
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Petition over threat to free hospital parking
A ROW has blown up at Andover War Memorial Hospital over car parking charges due to be introduced for the first time in October. A 100-name petition has been handed in to oppose the charges - which will cost staff as much as £1 a day. They have already
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Fatigue blamed for shipping collisions
POOR standards of lookout and fatigue among ships' officers on watch duties have contributed to dozens of collisions around the UK coastline, according to a report today. A study of 65 collisions revealed a late detection or failure to detect small vessels
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Triple-ton score in vain
HAMPSHIRE'S latest game in the County Championship, at Trent Bridge against Nottinghamshire, may have ended as a dull draw on Monday. However, it is a game John Crawley will not be forgetting in a hurry as he scored 301 not out in Hampshire's first innings
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THE STEPFORD WIVES (12A)
FRANK Oz's all-star remake of Ira Levin's classic chiller undergoes radical cosmetic surgery at the hands of screenwriter Paul Rudnick. The choking tension which permeated every frame of the original is replaced by campy humour and razor-sharp satire,
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GARFIELD: THE MOVIE
JIM Davis's popular cartoon strip chronicling the exploits of an overweight cat with a passion for lasagne is enjoyed by a phenomenal 260 million readers around the world. The ginger feline, with a belly almost as large as his ego, has been ripe for the
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CINEMA LISTINGS
Films showing in the Hampshire region until August 5. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (PG): Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan star in the tale of a race around the world in the 1870s. The movie focuses on Passepartout (Chan) and his adventures on the journey.
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Hazy, lazy days at the city's Lido
FOR YEARS Southampton's Lido was a mecca for swimmers and sunbathers who flocked in their thousands to spend lazy afternoons in the great British summertime. Sadly, summer never came again after 1977 when the Lido, situated at the railway end of Western
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Kelly aiming to go the distance
KELLY Sotherton will be going all out to crack the Olympic long jump qualifying distance at Crystal Palace tonight - irrespective of whether she can double up in Athens. The 27-year-old Isle of Wight all-rounder is already guaranteed an Olympic place
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Louis wants fans on his side
NEW Fareham Town boss Louis Savage has walked into a hornet's nest at Cams Alders. But the man who must pick up the pieces amid the turmoil surrounding Jon Gittens's departure doesn't blame the fans one bit for kicking up a stink. He said: "The fans pay
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Butler confident of Bash signings
NEW Bashley boss Geoff Butler believes he is only "two or three players" away from a side capable of holding their own in the Isthmian Division 1 next season. With no guarantees over their futures, players such as Andy Darnton, Stuart Cannie, Gary Connolly
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Key players pick bad 'time' to go missing
SOUTH WILTS, Havant and BAT Sports, the three clubs in contention in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League honours race, suffer from the absence of key players for tomorrow's final round of all-day 'time' matches. Leaders South Wilts are without Hampshire's
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Butler confident of Bash signings
NEW Bashley boss Geoff Butler believes he is only "two or three players" away from a side capable of holding their own in the Isthmian Division 1 next season. With no guarantees over their futures, players such as Andy Darnton, Stuart Cannie, Gary Connolly
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: P&O Nedlloyd Torres, container, 0330, 206; Royal Princess, passenger, 0500, 105; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Sea Rhine, cargo, 0530, 107; City of Lutece, ro/ro, 0700, 201; Oceana, passenger, 0700, 106; OOCL Rotterdam,
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Butler confident of Bash signings
NEW Bashley boss Geoff Butler believes he is only "two or three players" away from a side capable of holding their own in the Isthmian Division 1 next season. With no guarantees over their futures, players such as Andy Darnton, Stuart Cannie, Gary Connolly
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THE £1.7M HOME ROW
AN ex-wife today lost her court battle for a bigger slice of her husband's wealth after he sold their Hampshire mansion for twice what she originally thought it was worth. The Court of Appeal ruled this morning that Christine Burns had left it too long
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Kohli's extradition could be slow, say police
SENIOR Indian government officials have warned that the extradition of the prime suspect in the Hannah Foster murder could take a "very long time". Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, pictured, would have to be tried in his native country on any offences there
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Help - I'm in a traffic jam!
THOUSANDS of time wasters are tying up emergency phone lines by dialling 999 without good reason, police chiefs have warned. Hampshire police staff who have been specially trained to deal with crisis situations are instead being used as a directory service
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Job centres strike continues in pay dispute
STAFF were due to picket job centres across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight today on the second day of a 48-hour strike. Union bosses were expecting 80 to 85 per cent of members to support the action as yesterday. About 1,300 staff in the county vented
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It's a Testing time for our chalk rivers
RIVERS including the Test and the Itchen could be damaged forever unless urgent action is taken. The first ever report on the state of England's 161 chalk rivers has been launched in Winchester. Chalk rivers, of which Hampshire's River Test and Itchen
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Curtain falls on a bumper year
AS the curtain fell on this year's New Forest Show, delighted organisers celebrated a bumper crop of visitors. Organisers predicted the annual showcase event's biggest attendance as early as day one when crowds were up by a quarter on last year. With
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We canbeat MRSA bug
Andover company Bioquell says it has the answer to Britain's hospital superbug, MRSA. Bioquell says its unique equipment has been proven to virtually eradicate hospital bugs, but it has yet to be deployed in the UK. It has been used in Singapore to tackle
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Estate adopted 'soon'
HUNDREDS of homes in the Saxon Fields area of Andover should see their roads and street lighting adopted by Hampshire County Council 'soon'. A spokeswoman for the county council said: "We want to get on with it and we are ready to adopt the roads soon
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Trapped teen's legs amputated
FAMILY and friends have rallied round brave Andover teenager Phill Mayer this week following the news that surgeons have had to amputate both his legs. Three weeks ago, a serious accident at the former Rothsay Hotel in Weyhill left Harrow Way schoolboy
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Workers facing anxious autumn
WORKERS at the huge DLO complex south west of Andover face an uncertain autumn after an announcement that the DLO wants to shed 2,950 posts by 2008 and might move to Abbey Wood, Bristol to achieve cost savings. MP Sir George Young has been sent a written
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Cafe drumming up support for the arts
ANDOVER'S Upper High Street was packed at the weekend as residents enjoyed live musical entertainment in a street party organised by the Art and Soul Caf. The event was not only a chance to show residents the talent Andover has to offer but also to highlight
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MP backs theatre campaign
Andover MP Sir George Young has said he will do everything he can to ensure the town has the facilities it needs - and he has pledged his support for the Andover Advertiser campaign to save the theatre for the community. Below he gives his personal view
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Forced to use church
ANDOVER Music Club is fast approaching its 58th season but has suddenly been forced to find an alternative venue because of the closure of Cricklade Theatre. But chairman Richard Ryder said this week that they had managed to find an alternative venue
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Tennis: Seeding works out right at Winchester
A PACKED crowd watched a thrilling finals day at the Winchester Tennis and Squash Club. And quality came to the fore as the blue ribbon International Tennis Federation 18-and-under girls and boys events were both won by the number one seeds. Alexandra
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Kelly aiming to go the distance
KELLY Sotherton will be going all out to crack the Olympic long jump qualifying distance at Crystal Palace tonight - irrespective of whether she can double up in Athens. The 27-year-old Isle of Wight all-rounder is already guaranteed an Olympic place
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Champion bowlers
GRAHAM Hillier gave Old Basing Bowling Club the most glorious moment in their history when he carried off the Hampshire singles title at Southampton. The 40-year-old went into the quarter-finals on the Atherley green as an outsider but quickly proved
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The hottest festival around
GLASTONBURY is simply unique - a festival for everyone. With music ranging from James Brown to Wagner, the Chemical Brothers to Paul McCartney, it draws an amazing variety of people - and fashions. For some, the vast array of music is the main attraction
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KING ARTHUR (12A)
FORGET everything you know about the myths and magic of the Arthurian legend - in fact, forget almost everything that you know about the stories of King Arthur and his knights. This isn't a mystical tale of charmed swords and sorcerers - it's Braveheart
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NEW YORK MINUTE (PG)
IN AMERICA, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have been entertaining audiences since their television debuts at the age of nine months on the television series Full House. The 18-year-old twins have steadily expanded their empire, including fashion and lifestyle