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I'm staying put - Prittipaul
LAWRIE PRITTIPAUL is ready to accept a new one year deal to stay at Hampshire. Out-of-contract batsman Prittipaul, 24, is playing only his fifth championship match of the season but has shot down speculation linking him with Gloucestershire and Somerset
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In the Rose Garden of Martyrs by Christopher de Bellaigue
IN THIS highly topical account of present day Iran, Christopher de Bellaigue provides an insight into a proud and misunderstood nation. Married to an Iranian and having lived there for a number of years, de Bellaigue is able to access currents of national
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TOP TEN HARDBACKS
Best selling hardback books for the week ending September 4th. 1 (1) Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach To Punctuation by Lynn Truss 2 (-) The Other Woman by Jane Green 3 (-) 'And That's When It Came Off In My Hand' by Louise Rennison
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TOP TEN PAPERBACKS
Best selling paperback books for the week ending September 4th. 1 (1) You Are What You Eat by Gillian McKeith 2 (3) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 3 (2) A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4 (4) The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time
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Institute out to step up a level
AFTER three years of slowly moving up the standings in the British University Sports Association championship, Southampton Institute is out to maintain this progress over the coming years by hiring dedicated sports people. The Institute has decided to
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One for the road at the halfway house!
WITH just two bottles of spirits, a handful of beer mats and a small stack of glasses, Brockenhurst's newest pub probably sounds a bit downmarket. But the meagre trappings of Harry's Bar have become a huge tourist draw in the two weeks since it opened
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Seeing justice done
A RARE glimpse into the world of criminal justice is being offered in Winchester next weekend as the city's Crown Court opens its doors to the public. The idea behind the open day is to give people an insight into the work that goes on in one of the country's
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MYSTERY DEATH OF MURDER SUSPECT
A SUSPECT in a Hampshire murder trial has been found drowned, the Daily Echo can reveal. The body of Robert Craig was found washed up on the banks of the River Itchen in Southampton a month after he was cleared of the murder charge. The 54-year-old was
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Sailor with the Midas touch
QUITE simply, Ben Ainslie is Hampshire's most successful sportsman. The 27-year-old collects world and Olympic titles like we mere mortals collect stamps. While most boys were playing with Action Man, the twice gold medal winner - at the Sydney and Athens
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Seeing justice done
A RARE glimpse into the world of criminal justice is being offered in Winchester next weekend as the city's Crown Court opens its doors to the public. The idea behind the open day is to give people an insight into the work that goes on in one of the country's
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Just like Brazil!
I RECENTLY watched my first Test match at The Oval - it was a a terrific experience, especially the way England are performing nowadays. The Oval is certainly steeped in tradition but in my opinion it's not a patch on our own Rose Bowl which, along with
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Warne's men going up!
A PREMATURE message congratulating Hampshire on promotion lit up the scoreboard at Grace Road yesterday. When play began this morning, Essex, who are in control of their latest match against third-placed Glamorgan at Chelmsford, and Leicestershire were
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The Coma by Alex Garland
ON HIS way home Carl sees a young woman being hassled by a group of young men. Intervening, he finds himself the focus of the gang's aggression, and is brutally assaulted. With the numbness that generally follows extreme trauma, Carl gradually absorbs
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Royal Princess, passenger, 0500, 106; CFF Solent, roro, 0530, 30; Nedlloyd Asia, container, 0600, 204; QE2, passenger, 0630, 38/9; Discovery, passenger, 0730, 101; Grande Scandinavia, roro, 1630, 202; Liberty, vehicle, 1630
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Darts: Check out Swedish youngster who hit magical 9-darter
A 12-year-old Swedish darting sensation, Oscar Lukusiak became the youngest darts player to hit the perfect 9-dart 501 leg on his way to winning the Boy's Youth Singles in the 2004 Denmark Open. His achievement eclipses that of 13-year-old Dutch boy Pascal
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Why Rooney is driving us loony
IT SEEMED a fitting tribute to their new footballing hero. There was only one obvious name for the Whelan family's new pet Labrador after they watched Everton wonderkid Wayne Rooney become the country's youngest Premiership goalscorer. But two years on
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I was attacked by gang of children
A SOUTHAMPTON man who was savagely beaten by a gang of youngsters, some as young as ten, has spoken of his ordeal. The father-of-one was attacked as he tried to chase them away from his car that they had broken into. Speaking exclusively to the Daily
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Ex-mayor's legacy of help for others
THE FORMER Mayor of Southampton, who was once described as an innocuous lady with a will of iron, is still doing her best for the city - even after her death. Kathie Johnson MBE, who was also described by the Daily Echo in 1962 as "someone you can't ignore
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Will cars of the future be running on garden waste?
A VISIT to an organic composting site in Hampshire could trigger parliamentary plans for cars fuelled by garden waste. Staff at Down End Composting Facility in Down End Road, Fareham, took Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead on a fact-finding tour of their
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Sailor with the midas touch
QUITE simply, Ben Ainslie is Hampshire's most successful sportsman. The 27-year-old collects world and Olympic titles like we mere mortals collect stamps. While most boys were playing with Action Man, the twice gold medal winner - at the Sydney and Athens
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£11,000 fine for Southern Water blunder
SOUTHERN Water has been fined more than £11,000 after a burst pipe caused sewage to gush into one of Hampshire's famous chalk streams. Fareham Magistrates' Court heard yesterday that the River Meon at Titchfield was so badly polluted that it may take
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Different pressures now for 'star' Kelly
ISLE of Wight-born Olympic bronze medal winning heptathlete Kelly Sotherton is now back from Athens and, after time to take stock, she speaks to the Southern Daily Echo about her experience... KELLY SOTHERTON is finding it hard to come back down after
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Plummer in title joy
SIMON Plummer scored the biggest win of his athletics career when he became Scottish 5000m champion. The Team Solent/Southampton Running Club athlete returned a personal best of 14 minutes and 38 seconds to take a comfortable victory. SRC's Tony Fern
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Just what we need at this stage of life!
I HAVE an idea I would like to discuss with Sir Bobby Robson when he gets back from the holiday he's taking to get over his sacking at Newcastle. Between us Bobby and I have a fair amount of managerial experience. I had over 1,000 games at different levels
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Old-fashioned ways best?
WE have all learned to come to terms now with the escalation of transfer fees and the salaries that go with them. But the figures issued by Manchester United on their signing of Wayne Rooney this week were quite staggering. For any player, whatever age
