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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0030, 201; Autotransporter, ro/ro, 0130, 203; CFF Solent, ro/ro, 0330, 30; QE2, passenger, 0530, 38/9; Caronia, passenger, 0630, 101; Oriana, passenger, 0645, 106; Velazquez, ro/ro, 1030, 105; Balmoral
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Rodrigues medal sells for £10,200
THREE minutes and forty seconds was all it took for one of Southampton Football Club's most important pieces of sporting memorabilia to go under the hammer. A mystery buyer is now the proud owner of Peter Rodrigues's precious FA Cup Winners medal, which
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Who is taking dog memorials?
IT WAS a gruesome discovery that shocked animal lovers across Hampshire. A dead cocker spaniel with a ten-kilogram dumb-bell strapped to its neck was pulled from the River Test. Twelve months on, well-wishers have been appalled to learn that memorials
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City hospital one of few to offer 'Blair' operation
SOUTHAMPTON General Hospital is one of the only sites on the south coast with experts able to carry out the same heart operation that Tony Blair underwent yesterday. The Prime Minister travelled just minutes from his home for an overnight stay at London's
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Up, up and away for our Flybe winners!
IT was a case of up, up and away for the lucky winners of a Daily Echo competition. Eight readers scooped tickets for flights with the Flybe airline in a prize draw. Visitors to a number of events throughout the summer were invited to enter the draw where
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What a great result
SHE used to be every teacher's nightmare, thinking nothing of barricading classrooms, setting off fire extinguishers and being abusive to staff. After dozens of exclusions totalling 18 months out of school few teachers would have wanted to see Jodie Turner
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Bad break for Beatts
JAMES Beattie could be facing a month on the sidelines after suffering a suspected fractured toe in the 0-0 draw against Manchester City at St Mary's. The frontman hobbled off after l8 minutes and was taken to hospital to have the damage X-rayed. After
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BASKETBALL - Solent tackle table-toppers
SOLENT Stars' men have two unbeaten records to preserve this weekend while the women are aiming for three wins out of three. The men's first team travel to table-topping Worcester Wolves tonight (University College, Worcester, 7pm), looking for their
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SNOOKER - Top ten cue up for Hunter
NICK JENNINGS was only three when blond pin-up star Paul Hunter turned professional - but on November 6 the pair will meet on level terms in an exhibition match at Chandler's Ford Snooker Club. The world number three will travel down the M1 from Leeds
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999 stations face the axe
NO job cuts and better response times. Those are the pledges from health chiefs as they consider shutting four in five ambulance stations across Hampshire to save money. Plans to axe up to 15 of the county's 19 major stations by 2010 have been put forward
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We'll do battle to save post offices
JUST hours after the Daily Echo revealed Post Office plans to close ten of its branches in Southampton, residents joined forces and prepared for battle. In Shirley, where two post offices are threatened with closure, residents called for people to make
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Fingers crossed for recovering Josh
Joshua Hartley is to be allowed home from hospital this weekend - but has to go back on Monday for a minor operation. The 12-year-old was taken to Southampton General Hospital with stomach problems and mild Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) following his
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Acting out a heroic wartime retreat
MARCHING for money was the name of the game for one Southampton man who raised £500 for the Royal British Legion. Ministry of Defence Police Officer Lee Gristwood, 39, of Southampton and his colleague David Whithorn, who both work at the Atomic Weapons
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MP's anger at £600 charge for viewing documents
PLANS to charge up to £600 to obtain secret documents under the new Freedom of Information Act have sparked a protest from a Hampshire MP. Liberal Democrat David Chidgey, pictured, has condemned the sky-high fees as a barrierto the public's right to know
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Aussie hoping for Great time in Portsmouth
World Cross Country champion Benita Johnson said yesterday that she is eagerly looking forward to competing in the BUPA Great South Run on October 10. Johnson, who scored a stunning victory against her normally dominant African rivals to clinch the world
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Marius's row is almost a winner
Winchester athlete Marius Kwint claimed third place at the third round of the 2004 Concept 2 British Rowathlon series at Thruxton Race Circuit last weekend. Marius finished ahead of nearly 150 other athletes to collect his medal after completing the three-discipline
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Statue it is then
Long-awaited plans to unveil a fitting memorial to Saints' greatest hero Ted Bates were gathering pace last night. The Daily Echo can reveal that Saints chairman Rupert Lowe is to canvass opinion among the club's fans in order to decide the best way to
