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Big day for Flintoff and Bransgrove
WORLD cricketing superstar Andrew Flintoff takes centre stage in the biggest day in the Rose Bowl's four-year history tomorrow. The 26-year-old all-rounder is the main attraction for a 16,000 sell-out crowd as England take on Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0001, 201; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Discovery, passenger, 0630, 106; Black Prince, passenger, 0700, 101; Yeoman Bank, bulk, 0930, 109; Trinidad, vehicle carrier, 0930, 34/35; Autosun, ro/ro, AM, 46
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Be prepared for chip and PIN
BUSINESSES that do not install new chip and PIN card terminals will soon become liable for purchases made by credit card fraudsters, warns a Southampton solicitor. Coffin Mew & Clover partner Amanda Brockwell says the deadline is up in January and
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BOWLS - No stopping Penfold in the last four
JOAN Penfold produced two convincing performances to become Hampshire's unbadged singles champion at Banister Park. In the semi-finals the Atherley member swept aside Jean Philip (Pyestock) 21-9 and she dealt with her final opponent just as competently
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Ex-Pompey star foils Whitchurch
WHITCHURCH fell at the first hurdle of the FA Vase on Saturday after a second-half comeback inspired by Sidlesham player-manager Joe Laidlaw. Laidlaw, 54, clocked up more than 450 pro appearances in a career that took in Middlesbrough, Carlisle, Doncaster
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Six of the best for Chestnut Tree
ABC United 2 Chestnut Tree 6 This was an emphatic win for Chestnut Tree (sponsored by Martin Myhill Property Maintenance) as they are only in their second season, having been promoted as runners-up last term. ABC United, playing their first season for
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Great day for fledgling Thrashers
Andover Thrashers, formed only eight months ago, took on Team England in a nine-a-side flag football match at Harrow Way School on Sunday and ran out victorious 16-12. Enjoying home field advantage for the first time, Andover were spurred on as they took
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Sun shines on tennis champions
Andover Tennis Club staged their annual club championships with 46 finalists competing in the different events and many spectators watching the exciting, closely contested matches. In the adult championships Claire Coomer and Andrew Winnett showed why
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Antique anvil is hauled away
THIEVES have stolen an antique iron anvil from a garden in Winchester. The anvil, believed to weigh in excess of 40kg, was grabbed in a raid on the house in Compton Way while the owners were away some time in the last month. It is described a slightly
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We'll carry on until the ban, say hunt supporters
Supporters of hunting in Hampshire say it is business as usual after Westminster moved closer to a ban on Wednesday. MPs voted by a majority of 190 to outlaw hunting with dogs in England and Wales by July 2006. President of the Hursley Hambledon Hunt,
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Last orders
Police are calling time on licensees, retailers and drinkers who break the law next week as part of a new crackdown aimed at stamping out alcohol-related disorder in the city. Police will join forces with the city council and Trading Standards to target
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Open verdict on hanged teenager
A coroner has criticised a mental health unit in Winchester for failing to prevent a teenage patient killing herself. Ainslie Jones took her own life in June this year after tying a pair of trousers around her neck, securing it to a towel rail and hanging
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School reviews its security after pupil is assaulted
A 12-year old pupil needed hospital treatment after being attacked by an intruder at Eastleigh's Alderman Quilley School. The attack, in the grounds of the secondary school on Tuesday, resulted in a cut above the eye. The assailant, thought to be of school
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Joint scheme to build theatre extension and drop-in centre
An amateur theatre company and a centuries-old charity are joining forces on a redevelopment scheme that aims to benefit them both. Winchester Dramatic Society and the St John's Charity have submitted a joint application to the city council for an extension
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Fall in for One Moore Challenge
Teams of volunteers who want a taste of Army life are being sought by Marie Curie Cancer Care. The charity is organising a fund-raising day, called One Moore Challenge 2004, at the Sir John Moore Barracks in Harestock, Winchester, on Saturday, October
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Hospital MRSA horror for film director
SOUTHAMPTON hospital chiefs have assured people they are winning the battle against the deadly superbug MRSA. But their pledge comes as the disease claimed its highest profile victim so far - Hampshire film director Ken Russell. Movie maker Mr Russell
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Help from the legal eagles
LEGAL eagles in Southampton have held a fundraising evening to help local people living with cancer. Solicitor Nick Turner, who has been recruited by Macmillan Cancer Relief to run in the New York Marathon in November, organised the fundraiser at Paris
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So, was the ship that sank really the Titanic?
IT is the the most infamous disaster story in shipping history. The "unsinkable" Southamp-ton liner Titanic went down in the freezing waters of the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of more than 1,500 lives on April 15, 1912. Or did she? A television documentary
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We want you as a new recruit!
WE need you! Marie Curie Cancer Care wants to sign up recruits for a challenging team-building day at the hands of Army PT instructors. The One Moore Challenge event will take place at Winchester's Sir John Moore Barracks on October 16. As well as testing
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All for one and one for all
HAMPSHIRE'S fire control room is heading for the scrap yard in favour of one super-emergency centre covering nine counties. Within two years there could be sweeping changes to how 999 calls are handled - despite massive resistance. Earlier this year Hampshire's
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Vandals put future of bus route in doubt
A BUS operator could pull out of its routes through Thornhill if vandals continue to terrorise passengers and drivers. Solent Blue Line's transport manager Peter Lane said each month a couple of windows are broken on buses covering all of its four routes
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Southampton Boat Show
Boat show news at www.sailsolent.co.uk Plus loads of sailing stories, pictures and info.
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Tribute to family man killed in A32 crash
THE family of the man killed in a mystery crash in Fareham have paid tribute to a devoted husband, father and grandfather. Jon Stewart Kavanagh, 54, died from head and chest injuries after his car was involved in a head-on collision on the A32 Gosport
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Locks boss finds the key
LOCKS Heath have found the key to unlocking the unbeaten records of the Division 2 leaders. Last Saturday, previously-undefeated Stockbridge topped the table before Matt Parr's side beat them 1-0, writes DEREK HAWKINS. And, last night, Locks Heath were
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The man who can empty sports bars ...
THE biggest draw in world cricket arrives in Southampton tomorrow. Andrew Flintoff was recently awarded the ICC International One-Day player of the year trophy at a star-studded awards dinner. The crowning of the Lancashire star came after a sensational
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Smith: This England side excites me
Robin Smith is baffled by England's lowly one-day ranking. Smith played 71 limited-overs internationals and was a key player the side that reached the final of the 1992 World Cup. And the Hampshire legend cannot believe why England are as far down as
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David's aboard for River Hamble role
IT'S the heart of the south's recreational boating community and an area of great environmental importance. Now the River Hamble has a pair of new hands on the tiller in the shape of David Evans who has been appointed to the newly-created post of marine
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TV programme examines a bizarre theory
So, was the ship that sank really the Titanic? IT is the the most infamous disaster story in shipping history. The "unsinkable" Southamp-ton liner Titanic went down in the freezing waters of the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of more than 1,500 lives on
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No concrete jungle plans for old VT site
SEEDA boss Pam Alexander dismissed criticism of her plans for the former VT shipbuilding factory at Woolston during a visit to Southampton. Renamed Woolston Riverside, the 32-acre site is slated for a mix of up to 1,500 homes and maritime industry, prompting
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BOWLS - Totton pick up their first championship
TOTTON and Eling captured their first ever trophy in the annual New Forest Women's BA Championships, thanks to Celia Bryant and Barbara Willsher. Playing in finals day at Braeside - home club of NFWBA president Pat Shepherd - the pair, pictured right,
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FISHING - Top 19 chase a £3,000 haul
SUNDAY's final of the Nigel Turner/Thomsons Wealth Management Sunday Series on Lord Romsey's prolific Longbridge Lakes will be the richest individual event in local history. More than £3,000 will go to the 19 competitors who either won one of the eight
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Late strike denies Lions victory
LIONS' boss Brian Le Boutillier has struck lucky already this season where a number of his astute substitutions have come up trumps and led to games won which were drifting. On Saturday at a windswept and bleak Portsmouth Road sports ground he appeared
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Battling Street still to turn corner
NEW Street's run of bad luck showed no sign of changing this week as they went down to away defeats at East Cowes Vics and Fawley with depleted sides on both days. On Wednesday Street went down to the Waterside Club with just one substitute and without
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Heath just a Bridge too far
Stocksbridge 0 Locks Heath 1 STOCKSBRIDGE were toppled off their perch at the top of the Wessex League Second Division on Saturday after visiting Locks Heath took the points with a second half penalty which proved enough. There were few chances in what
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Youth league kicks off with record number of clubs
The league kicked off the season with more teams competing than ever before and welcomed new clubs in Wilton, Alderbury, Clarendon Juniors and Bishops Waltham. Press officer Jon Holman is unfortunately ill at the moment and unable to send his usual reports
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All Blacks still not firing on all cylinders
Andover 6 Chobham 20 Not many positives to report and a bad day at the office as things just aren't clicking for Andover at the moment not helped once again by some poor performances. The game started brightly enough and there was a welcome return for
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Filthy loos making our city a pigsty
A WINCHESTER campaigner has slammed civic chiefs for spending £1m on a new cultural centre while the city's public toilets are a "disgrace". Alan Weeks, chairman of the Winchester Residents' Association, branded the city a "municipal pigsty" and said
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Four on the trot for kick-boxing Dave
LAST Sunday saw Fighting Falcons' kick-boxing student Dave Thomas win his fifth British championship title in four years. After a disappointing result in the world championships in Greece in May this year, Thomas was determined to prove he was still the
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Dave is top man at Todber
Sixteen anglers competed in the third round of the away championship at Todber Manor Fishery. Dave George came out on top with 30lb 2oz with Kevin Farrer (International Furniture) second with 24lb 4oz. On the smaller specimen size lake, Mike Berntsen
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Breakers warm up for new campaign
Andover Breakers 95 Devizes Wizards 80 Andover Breakers warmed up for their crack at the Wessex League Division 3 title with a well-deserved 15 point win in a friendly match against Devizes Wizards, at the ALC on Friday. Andover were pretty much at full
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We'll run this hunt bill to ground
WE will fight this all the way! That was the defiant message from fox-hunting enthusiasts today after MPs voted to ban the bloodsport and end centuries of tradition. A Bill that will make hunting with hounds illegal was backed in the Commons yesterday
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Praise for school that has to close
A NEW FOREST school that faces closure next year has been praised for its good teaching by Ofsted inspectors. Blackfield Infant School is due to amalgamate in Sept-ember 2005 with Blackfield Junior School to create a single primary because of falling
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Sponsorship could be lifeline for ambulance service
Hampshire ambulances could soon be the first in the country to carry advertisements. Sponsorship could bring in as much as £250,000 a year say Hampshire Ambulance Service Trust bosses who are looking to plug a budget deficit of £900,000 this year. A spokesman
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'Glass-box' extension for a 'chocolate-box' thatched cottage
A plan to extend a listed 17th-century thatched cottage at Crawley, near Winchester, has won approval despite opposition. The scheme, at Pitter Cottage, Peach Hill Lane, involves adding a single-storey, modern, glass extension to the rear, demolishing
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City focus on alternative travel options
Winchester provides the regional focus next week for an environmental event to promote sustainable travel options. The eighth Winchester Alternative Transport Day, on Wednesday, September 22nd, takes place in Winchester's High Street between 10.30am and
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'Sorry' for dumped letters
The Royal Mail has condemned as "unacceptable" the dumping of letters in the lobby of a block of flats in Northlands Drive, Winchester, instead of delivering them to the eight apartments. They weres found by one of the residents, retired news photographer
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Bosses aren't budging over BNP firefighter
Bosses told demonstrating firefighters this week: "We won't budge." The blunt message followed Wednesday's demonstration over a firefighter who stood for election for the far-right British National Party. Fire authority chairman, Michael Cartwright, refused
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Nadia in panto? Oh yes, she is!
NADIA Almada, the winner of this year's Big Brother, is coming to Southampton for Christmas. She'll be appearing in Peter Pan at The Mayflower Southampton from December. The 27-year-old Portugese bank clerk, pictured here on her winning exit from the
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Protesters storm Commons
MPs voted to ban foxhunting last night after a day of unprecedented drama at Parliament when protesters burst into the Commons chamber. Amid shocking scenes, five demonstrators ran from behind the Speaker's Chair and harangued Rural Affairs Minister Alun
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Campaigners: We'll fight ban
HAMPSHIRE hunt supporters have made their thoughts clear on the decision which threatens their livelihoods - the battle may be lost but the war is far from over. Pro-hunting campaigners across the county have vowed to fight the Hunting Bill every step
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DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR FREE CD WITH THE DAILY ECHO
MUSIC fans will be able to enjoy a whole CD of tracks from artists from around the world - free with this Saturday's Daily Echo. The paper is the media partner for Southampton's Turner Sims Concert Hall for their 30th anniversary season which starts this
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Healthy Living Centre will still go ahead
SOUTHAMPTON'S planned £5m Healthy Living Centre has been saved following fears it would be scrapped because of funding problems. Crunch talks yesterday between the city council and health chiefs rescued the project. It followed concerns that Southampton
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Lewis gets a flying start to career dreams
TEENAGER Lewis Lynch has not passed his driving test yet. But soon he will be able to take the controls of a plane and fly across the English Channel - on his own! The high-flying 17-year-old has become the youngest member to get his private pilot's licence
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Stanmore off to great start in Winchester & District Football Lge
Newcomers Stanmore wasted no time in stamping their mark on Sunday Division 2, romping to victory over hapless Winchester Trident Reserves by sixteen goals to nil! Skipper Chris Prangle ran midfield, and man-of-the-match Mark Feltham (8), Martin Cram,
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Buses no longer come in threes for A32 users
BUS passengers along the A32 between Gosport and Fareham will no longer have to wait and wonder when the next bus is due. Sixteen electronic bus stops giving passengers up-to-date information on bus running times are being installed along the route. And
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Cricket match chaos denied
IT WILL be the biggest crowd Hampshire's cricket ground has ever seen with more than 16,000 people packed into the Rose Bowl for tomorrow's England v Sri Lanka match. But traffic chaos and excessive noise feared by local residents will not be a problem
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Plea turned down on mill site's housing mix
A LAST-ditch bid to get a planning blueprint for the redevelopment of Hedge End's Wildern Mill to specify that only flats should be built on the site has been thrown out. Earlier this year, residents cheered after councillors rejected plans for 251 flats
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Baird keen to get Saints start
CHRIS BAIRD made his comeback from injury last night STILL confident he has a future at St Mary's. The right-back lost his place in the Northern Ireland team for the recent World Cup qualifiers against Poland and Wales due to a knee injury. He has also
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Wigley qualified?
SAINTS were this morning considering claims that head coach Steve Wigley is not fully qualified to be in charge of the club. A tabloid newspaper report stated Saints will be in breach of Premiership rules if Wigley remains in charge at St Mary's for more
