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Premiership: Charlton 2 - Portsmouth 1
ALL THE talk after Pompey's 2-1 defeat at Charlton on Saturday centred on Shaka Hislop's astonishing howler. The big Pompey keeper gifted Charlton the points three minutes from time, after Patrik Berger's stunning 35-yard volley had looked to have clinched
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Wessex League: City men offer few crumbs of comfort
THE good news for Winchester City's Sydenhams Wessex League title rivals is that Neil Hards's reigning champions are not perfect. Having set themselves the challenge of achieving a third clean sheet to go with their third straight win of the new season
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Ryman League: Butler's blast
BASHLEY'S unbeaten record is still intact, but new manager Geoff Butler is far from satisfied with his team. Branding Saturday's 1-1 home draw with Dulwich Hamlet "a poor performance", he admitted he started the game believing he needed three or four
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Portland wilt under Boro fire
A FIRST-half goal feast left Gosport Borough dining out with reigning champions Winchester City at the head of the Wessex League table. Goal-hungry Gosport struck five times in the opening 37 minutes as they pummelled Portland 5-0 at Privett Park to maintain
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Hawks flying into the safety zone
HAMPSHIRE HAWKS eased their totesport League relegation fears with a comfortable 67-run victory over Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Milton Keynes. Only a freak set of results will see Shane Warne's men suffer an immediate return to the Second Division
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Wessex League: Locks Heath celebrations tempered by Jones injury
LOCKS Heath's victory celebrations following their 2-1 success at East Cowes Vics on Saturday were marred by a serious injury to their left-back Tony Jones. "Tony has broken his leg very close to his ankle and will almost certainly need an operation,"
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Pointing a way to promotion
HAMPSHIRE took another massive step towards promotion from the Second Division of the championship with a dramatic victory at Somerset on Saturday. Shane Warne led by example with his second six-wicket haul of the season as the visitors scored their seventh
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Title-winner Rob just wants sleep!
Rob Wade confessed that he would be able to relax for the first time in six weeks after South Wilts finally clinched the ECB Southern Electric Premier League championship with a six-wicket win over Portsmouth. "The tension has been unbearable since early
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SAINTS 3 - BLACKBURN 2
WHAT Paul Sturrock needed going into this game was a win - a nice, steady 2-0 where Saints were solid at the back and scored a couple of neat goals would have done very nicely. So, incredibly, with fears already surrounding Sturrock's future, it probably
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Debts split open the defence at Kickers centre
MOUNTING debts have forced the founders of Eastleigh's indoor football centre Kickers to put the company into liquidation. But the centre, the largest indoor football arena in the south, has been snapped up by new owners as an investment for an undisclosed
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New business Maasaige. . .
IT'S not what immediately leaps to mind when searching for the key to business success. But Southampton marketing man Nicholas Gow, pictured inset, reckons the ancient people of Africa can teach him how to propel his company WorksUnit on to the next level
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Asquith in merger for nursery years
ASQUITH has merged with kidsunlimited to help create the UK's largest independent provider of early years care and education. The new parent company will be known as Nursery Years Group. It stressed that parents and children won't notice any changes.
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Bashley 1 - Dulwich 1
BASHLEY'S unbeaten record is still intact, but new manager Geoff Butler is far from satisfied with his team. Branding Saturday's 1-1 home draw with Dulwich Hamlet "a poor performance", he admitted he started the game believing he needed three or four
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Lymington & New Milton 0 - Bemerton 3
BEMERTON Heath Harlequins boss Steve Slade had three good reasons to be cheerful on Saturday evening. High-riding Harlequins' impressive 3-0 victory at Lymington & New Milton extended their 100 per cent record to three games and Slade's 16-year-old
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Totton 2 - Alton 1
A last-minute winner by Danny Barker saw Totton record their second home win in the space of four days as they beat Alton 2-1 at Testwood Park. Totton's Scott Bundy opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 32 minutes only for Steve Poulton to equalise
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Forgive us our car trespasses
WINCHESTER Cathedral bosses have vowed to give motorists one last chance before issuing them with a hefty fine. Cars parked without authorisation in the cathedral grounds will soon get a warning notice slapped underneath their windscreen wipers. But if
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D-Day gunboat may be sold to Germans
BRITAIN'S last surviving Second World War gunboat could be sold overseas because its Hampshire owner cannot find a UK buyer. MGB81, now moored at Buckler's Hard near Beaulieu, saw action on D-Day supporting American troops on Omaha beach - but could,
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Ex-councillor: New junction is no failure
A FORMER New Forest councillor has hit back at claims that a new £1m junction is a failure. Shirley Cooke said the recently opened right-turn facility on the A326 at Colbury was never meant to be a relief road for Lyndhurst. The junction, which opened
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Rat on a rat
Today Hampshire police are stepping up their campaign to nail drug dealers, many of whom are travelling to Hampshire from London and Birmingham preying on people in cities such as Southampton. These people have all the air of respectability, but they
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Coming up
NEW shows are being announced every day. Keep up to date with what's coming up in the area with our new feature and make sure you don't miss out. THE first of the Nuffield's own productions of its new season is the ultimate tale of horror and humanity
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LUGGY OUT
PAUL Sturrock today sensationally left Saints after only five months as manager. There has been rampant speculation over his future as Saints manager over the past few weeks and the club announced this morning that he has left with immediate effect. Steve
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LUGGY OUT
PAUL Sturrock today sensationally left Saints after only five months as manager. There has been rampant speculation over his future as Saints manager over the past few weeks and the club announced this morning that he has left with immediate effect with
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RAT ON A RAT!
ORGANISED drugs gangs are commuting to the south from major cities elsewhere to sell illegal substances, the Daily Echo can reveal. Dealers are travelling by road and rail from places like London and Birmingham to peddle their wares. Police say the salesmen
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Hospital criticised for fast food outlet
HEALTH chiefs have slammed a Hampshire hospital for having a fast food restaurant on its premises. Patients being treated for heart disease and other illnesses linked to a poor diet have to walk past the Burger King at Southampton General Hospital. A
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GP surgery offers a treatment for debt
WHEN you have money worries, your doctor's surgery might not be the first place you would go for advice. But thanks to a new service from the Citizens Advice Bureau, residents in a Southampton community can do just that. A new scheme will see a CAB adviser
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Leighton collects his Echo Child of the Year prizes
PRIZES galore were lined up for the family of Leighton Kerr after the gorgeous tot was named the Daily Echo's Child of the Year 2004. He beat off competition from 764 other boys and girls to win the coveted title after readers voted him through to the
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City tops league for cheaper campus life
THRIFTY students in Southampton have helped to make the city the most cost-effective place to study in the UK, according to a survey published today. They spend less money on alcohol, rent and buying clothes each week compared to the national average,
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Winchester City 4 - VTFC 1
THE good news for Winchester City's Sydenhams Wessex League title rivals is that Neil Hards's reigning champions are not perfect. Having set themselves the challenge of achieving a third clean sheet to go with their third straight win of the new season
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Totton 2 - Alton 1
A last-minute winner by Danny Barker saw Totton record their second home win in the space of four days as they beat Alton 2-1 at Testwood Park. Totton's Scott Bundy opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 32 minutes only for Steve Poulton to equalise
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Horse fundraiser in memory of Lisa
SCORES of horse fans enjoyed a specially arranged show near Droxford at the weekend to raise cash for a children's cancer ward at a local hospital. Talented rider Lisa Berry died in May this year, aged 12, after contracting a rare form of bone cancer.
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Joan's fun blossoms into award winner
A PENSIONER from West Meon who spends hours perfecting her garden full of hundreds of flowers has had her efforts rewards after winning a Best Hanging Basket Award. Seventy-four-year-old Joan Sherfield has more than 200 hanging baskets around the outside
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Sherfield-on-Loddon
GAIGER: I'm happy to see that the main throrough-fare through the new Taylor's Farm development has been named "Gaiger Avenue" and not "The Boulevard" as originally planned. Brian Gaiger was a former parish council chairman and great contributor to Sherfield
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Silchester
SPRATS: A reminder of this club for small children and their adults, held in the Mission Church, Bramley Road on the last Wednesday of each month, starting at 9.45am. COACH trip: Many thanks to Rosemary for organising a trip to Eastbourne and the air
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Fans tune in to our Kelly
ISLE of Wight star Kelly Sotherton confessed it will take time for the "enormity" of her Olympic medal-winning achievements to sink in. The 27-year-old grabbed bronze in the heptathlon on Saturday night - and if she had run two seconds faster in the final
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Tadley
ACTIVITIES: There is something for everyone at the community centre during August. Every Monday, from 10.30am to noon, let your children get rid of some energy. They can come and bounce on the centre's bouncy castle, explore the inflatable undersea adventure
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Hospital beds axed on doctors' advice
HEALTH chiefs were due to meet today to rubber-stamp proposals which will see the shutters go up at Bishopstoke's Mount Hospital next month. Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust is set to pull the plug on the much-loved hospital ahead of schedule
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Who was the hero of KFC brawl?
EASTLEIGH police want to trace a have-a-go hero who bravely intervened when a late-night brawl between drunken youths and KFC staff broke out in the town centre. The clash happened just before midnight outside the KFC restaurant on the corner of Leigh
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Ten-year-old girl fights for life
A TEN-year-old girl is today fighting for her life in hospital after a road accident. The young pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries after she was in collision with a silver Mitsubishi 4x4 vehicle yesterday in Wide Lane, Eastleigh. The girl,
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Unhappy over trees issue
Sir.-Back in February this year, we contacted the council office responsible for trees in this area to tell them about the trees that are overhanging our property front and rear. It was agreed that work would be carried out in April. Then we were promised
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Steaming in to help celebrate
Sir.-On September 25, the Basingstoke branch of ASLEF will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. Two special steam trains with specially-commissioned real ale will operate, and food will also be supplied. The committee is keen to hear from any former
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Hoping to drum up membership
Sir.-I wish to bring to readers' attention The Cavaliers, a non-profit-making drum corps (American high school-style marching band). We are a group of youngsters who get together on a weekly basis to learn music and drill to go with this music. Throughout
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Store praised
Sir.-I've recently discovered Slater's menswear store, above Tesco Metro, in Basingstoke. A shop not solely devoted to the teens and twenty-somethings, my husband and I will certainly be visiting it again. Prices and selection are excellent, staff friendly
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DISBELIEF
SAINTS fans this morning reacted in disbelief at news that Paul Sturrock was leaving their club, writes Jeremy Wilson. The search now begins for Rupert Lowe's seventh manager in just over seven years as chairman after former Plymouth boss Sturrock lasted
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Victory can't save Luggy
JAMES BEATTIE played a captain's role to lift some of the pressure surrounding his manager - but it was not enough to save his job. After all the transfer speculation, the failed bids from Aston Villa and David O'Leary's comments over Beattie's desire
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I want to stay - Beatts
JAMES Beattie broke his silence on a possible move to Aston Villa by saying he is happy to stay with Saints. But the striker looked uncomfortable when asked about his future following his last-minute penalty which clinched all three points on Saturday
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Making a concert-ed effort
IT'S not often you can say that a soloist and orchestra pop into The Anvil in Basingstoke after they have played both the Last Night of the Proms and the Royal Festival Hall. But that will be the situation on Friday, September 24 at 7.45pm - the start
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Gosport Boro 5 - Portland 0
A FIRST-half goal feast left Gosport Borough dining out with reigning champions Winchester City at the head of the Wessex League table. Goal-hungry Gosport struck five times in the opening 37 minutes as they pummelled Portland 5-0 at Privett Park to maintain
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Wessex League: Boss Slade cheered by Jack the lad
BEMERTON Heath Harlequins boss Steve Slade had three good reasons to be cheerful on Saturday evening. High-riding Harlequins' impressive 3-0 victory at Lymington & New Milton extended their 100 per cent record to three games and Slade's 16-year-old
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Christchurch 0 - Fareham 2
After back-to-back defeats at the hands of Thatcham and Andover, Fareham scored their first goals and points of the campaign with a 2-0 away day success at Christchurch. "Christchurch are a good footballing side but we were solid at the back today and
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Ryman League: Headache for Dozzy as injury list grows
INJURY-PLAGUED Eastleigh boss Paul Doswell reckons you can forget all about the theory that the old Ryman League was less physical than the Dr Martens. Two bruising home matches in four days against London clubs Hampton & Richmond and Harrow Borough
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Tremlett still injured but Udal stands chance of a recall
HAMPSHIRE select from the same 12 men on duty at Somerset for the championship match at Durham tomorrow. That means pace bowler Chris Tremlett is again ruled out through the foot injury that has dogged him for over a month. Tremlett made his comeback
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Wessex League: Paulsgrove setting hot pace at top of the table
IT WAS high fives for 100 percenters Paulsgrove after hoisting their goal tally to 20 in their opening five victories. The leaders' latest success was a 4-0 victory away at Colden Common where Martin Whittaker gave them a 23rd-minute lead after the ball
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SAINTS 3 - BLACKBURN 2
WHAT Paul Sturrock needed going into this game was a win - a nice, steady 2-0 where Saints were solid at the back and scored a couple of neat goals would have done very nicely. So, incredibly, with fears already surrounding Sturrock's future, it probably
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OTs keep on fighting until the final ball
Plucky Old Tauntonians & Romsey may have seen their ECB Southern Electric Premier League life cord finally snapped by a heartbreaking last-ball defeat by Bashley (Rydal). Liphook & Ripsley pulled off a second consecutive shock win - they beat
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: CMA CGM Puget, container, 0700, 205; Red Falcon, roro, 0701, rp; CFF Solent, roro, 0730; Discovery, research, 1130, 26; Independence, vehicle, 1400, 34/35; Lykes Hero, container, 1400, 204; APL Spain, container, 2000, 206;
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Eastleigh 1 - Harrow 1
INJURY-PLAGUED Eastleigh boss Paul Doswell reckons you can forget all about the theory that the old Ryman League was less physical than the Dr Martens. Two bruising home matches in four days against London clubs Hampton & Richmond and Harrow Borough
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Thatcham Town 5 - BAT 3
Thatcham Town also boasted five different goal-scorers as they triumphed 5-3 against BAT at Waterside Park. Dave Roberts fired the Tobaccomen into a tenth-minute lead but a four-goal blitz by Richard Witt (23mins), Ian Davies, (28), Adam Campion (35)
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Downton 0 - Hamworthy 6
Ex-Cuthbury supremo and now Hamworthy manager Alex Pike also saw his club open their account in emphatic fashion as they dumped Downton 6-0 on their own patch. "It's nice to finally get off the mark after playing well against both Gosport and Thatcham
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Selborne on course for prestigious title
A VILLAGE hall near Winchester is in the running for a national award. Selborne Village Hall is on a shortlist of three to win the prestigious title of National Village Hall of the Year. The grand sum of £300,000 has been raised to refurbish the hall,
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Turning back the clock
A TUDOR-themed fun day at Winchester Cathedral saw children learn the customs of England 450 years ago. The youngsters were at the cathedral as part of a series of summer holiday events being staged to provide fun activities. As well as learning how to
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Zimmer frame plea ends in success
A ZIMMER frame drought in the New Forest has ended thanks to an amnesty championed by the Daily Echo. Elderly health patients around the Hythe area were struggling to get about because of a shortage of the metal walking frames at the local hospital. Health
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When the elephants visited the zoo . . .
THE elephants from Just So, inspired by the stories of Rudyard Kipling, playing now at Chichester Festival Theatre, took time out from entertaining their young audiences to visit the giraffes at Marwell Zoo last week. If you can think of a good caption
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Playwright goes to Fringe Festival
A TALENTED young playwright from the New Forest is going to be enjoying his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this week. Twenty-four-year-old Peter Langton, who lives in Lymington, is premiering his play, The Joker, at the festival tomorrow. For
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LISTINGS
What's on the stage for the week ahead MONDAY, 23 AUGUST: Jethro - Cornwall's Minister of Culture - Windsor Hall, Bournemouth, 7.30pm. Tel. 0870 111 3000. Grease - The Musical - Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, 8pm. Tel. 0870 1113000. Out of Order starring
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So happy to have our Joshua home
THE eldest of four Hampshire brothers suffering from the same rare genetic disease has returned home from hospital after successfully undergoing a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Joshua Hartley, 12, and his brothers Nathan, 10, Daniel, eight, and
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D-Day gunboat could be sold to Germans
BRITAIN'S last surviving Second World War gunboat could be sold overseas because its Hampshire owner cannot find a UK buyer. MGB81, now moored at Buckler's Hard near Beaulieu, saw action on D-Day supporting American troops on Omaha beach - but could,
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Wayne's family to open charity shop
THE family of Southampton motorbike crash victim Wayne Howard is to open a charity shop to help other brain damaged patients. Plans for the shop were unveiled today, four years after dad-of-three Wayne suffered horrendous injuries in a near-fatal road
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Talent show at the Basingstoke Open
THE third Basingstoke Open Junior Tournament at Totally Tennis brought together some of the South's best players. Entries for the boys' events were a record high at 60 but, disappointingly, only 10 girls entered. In the boys' under-10 singles, Alex Gasson
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Budding artists get a big opportunity
HAVE you ever fancied yourself as a bit of an artist? If so, you can try your hand at creating a masterpiece at Southampton Art Society's life drawing class, taking place on Thursday. There will be a model, a tutor and a demonstration to help get you
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Neil Young film comes to big screen
MUSIC fans in Southampton are in for a real treat this week when Neil Young comes to town - well, almost. We might not be getting the man himself but we are having the next best thing - Neil Young on the big screen. On September 6, Greendale, by Neil
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Coming up
NEW shows are being announced every day. Keep up to date with what's coming up in the area with our new feature and make sure you don't miss out. ERASURE The ever popular duo Andy Bell and Vince Clarke, whose hits include Sometimes, Run to the Sun and
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LISTINGS
Who's on the live music circuit for the week ahead MONDAY, 23 AUGUST: Candle Club - guest musicians - Talking Heads, Southampton. Roots Night - the meeting place for singers and songwriters - The Railway Inn, Winchester. Folk, Jazz & Blues Jazz Tete
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Housing survey to fight crisis
SIX thousands randomly selected households in Fareham are to be surveyed in the latest attempt to solve the borough's affordable housing crisis. Fareham Borough Council say the lack of affordable housing is one of the most pressing issues facing local
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Pamber Heath
PAMBER Heath Scout group: The Den in Pelican Road has recently benefited from a grant of £700 from Hampshire County Council towards the cost of a new fire door. Keith Chapman, leader of Pamber Parish Council, and Anna Macnair-Scott, borough councillor
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Eastleigh Carnival
IT may have been down on the number of big floats, but Eastleigh's 117th carnival still involved a cast of hundreds while thousands lined the streets to watch the grand procession. And while the size of the oldest carnival in the south of England took
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Seeking help with RAFP books
Sir.-The RAFP Association is currently involved in producing two books on the history of the RAF Police, compiled by Steve Davies, our historian. The first book is The first 100 years, 1917-2017', the second book is Halt or I'll release my Dog - a companion
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DISBELIEF
SAINTS fans this morning reacted in disbelief at news that Paul Sturrock was leaving their club. The search now begins for Rupert Lowe's seventh manager in just over seven years as chairman after former Plymouth boss Sturrock lasted little more than five
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Beattie's winner still does not save the day for Luggy
SO, it's all over for Paul Sturrock after little more than five months. And the question on the lips of every Saints fan will be very simple. Why? After just 13 games in charge, five of which Saints won, why? Saints gave nothing away in their club statement
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Sense of relief was all too obvious ...
THE reaction of the players said it all. Yes, it was a dramatic last-minute victory, but the hugging and salutes to the crowd indicated a real sense of relief. It was only the second game of the season but, amazingly, Saturday's victory against Blackburn
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Anders: I'm loving it out on the left
GOALSCORER Anders Svensson admits he is relishing the freedom he gets on the left of midfield. It has been a problem position for Saints over the past year, but the Swedish international put himself forward as the answer with the pick of the goals in
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Kev: We're all behind Luggy
KEVIN PHILLIPS has labelled any plan to sack Saints manager Paul Sturrock as "ludicrous". The in-form striker cannot believe Sturrock is under pressure after such a short time - just 13 games, of which five have been won - at the helm. He said: "I know
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Saints linked with Craig
SAINTS are being linked with a move for Glasgow Rangers centre half Craig Moore. The 28-year-old was slapped on the transfer list at Ibrox last month after deciding to play for Australia in the Olympics. A £500,000 move to Blackburn collapsed due to Moore's
