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Apple Day at Wickham
Apple Day will be celebrated with Winchester, Fareham and Basingstoke Farmers Market regulars Fruitwise at Durley Memorial Hall on Saturday 23rd October from 10 'til 3. As well as an exhibition of rare old English apple varieties, free tasting and a chance
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Apple Day at Wickham
Apple Day will be celebrated with Winchester, Fareham and Basingstoke Farmers Market regulars Fruitwise at Durley Memorial Hall on Saturday 23rd October from 10 'til 3. As well as an exhibition of rare old English apple varieties, free tasting and a chance
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Hamble seeks a gateway
HAMBLE Parish Council is calling for a "gateway" road traffic feature to be built on the entrance to the village in Hamble Lane in a bid to slow traffic down. The village authority has tried unsuccessfully to get a 30mph speed restriction extended along
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Record profits for Green's Bhs
HUNDREDS of staff at one of Hampshire's biggest retailers are today cook-a-hoop after their billionaire boss unveiled record operating profits of £111.6m. Philip Green, owner of the 162-store Bhs chain, heaped praise on the workforce here and nationally
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Table Tennis: 21-team entry follows merger
SOUTHAMPTON West Table Tennis Club has secured its status as the fastest growing club in the south after entering an amazing 21 teams in this year's Southampton league. The growth follows hard-work developing table tennis in the area from Anne and Gary
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Freshwater Fishing: Willie's quick to forget his Tobago blank
REEL CARE proprietor Willie Skipp returned from his annual tarpon holiday in Tobago after his first ever trip without landing one. But he quickly made up for it when taking 87lb of carp to 10lb to win the Cormorants Club Match at Witherington Farm. Pete
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Class strike puts Lions on cup trail
ANDOVER lined up a Hampshire Senior Cup second round tie with BAT Sports after overcoming a determined Brockenhurst, who were playing their seventh cup tie of the season and who were up to then unbeaten in them. But Lions were forced to take the lead
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Electric bus dreams are nearing reality
IT might not be as striking as an intergalactic spaceship but this humble bus could be the future of Hampshire's public transport. A hybrid electric bus is being trialled by Stagecoach in Winchester on the city's park-and-ride until the weekend as part
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Church edge through in nine goal thriller
Whitchurch 5 City Royals 4 (aet) New Business Interiors-sponsored Whitchurch played hosts to City Royals from Portsmouth in the second round of the Hampshire Cup. The Royals started the better of the sides and with seven minutes gone forced a great save
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Long trip but bare bones squad brings home draw
Weymouth 2 Andover 2 Andover travelled to Weymouth with only a starting XI, but they worked hard to scrap out a draw. Against a Weymouth side recently relegated from the regional leagues, they expected a tough game but got the best of the early exchanges
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Historic hotel to be restored to glory
A DEVELOPER has unveiled a multi-million-pound plan to restore a derelict Waterside hotel to its former glory. Southampton based Diamond Property Holdings has bought the historic Westcliffe Hall, Hythe, from Associated British Ports (ABP) for an undisclosed
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Forest under threat from gravel extraction proposals
PLANNING chiefs are fighting proposals to turn part of the New Forest into a giant gravel pit. A large area of green belt land between Lymington and New Milton is under threat from an application to extract 810,000 tonnes of sand and gravel. New Milton
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Skating into controversy
Councillors in a Hampshire village have scrapped plans for a skateboard park, leading to accusations that some may have had a prejudicial interest in the decision... IT was supposed to be a done deal. After years of campaigning and waiting for their own
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THE MISSING £MILLIONS
MILLIONS of pounds that could help save the lives of cancer sufferers have not been sent in by women who took part in one of Britain's biggest charity campaigns, the Daily Echo can reveal. Only half the runners from this summer's 150 Race for Life events
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Our beaches bathe in Blue Flag glory
EVERY beach in Hampshire has hit the top Blue Flag standard on bathing water quality this summer - and more Isle of Wight beaches than ever have notched up the same success. It is the first time all 13 beaches in the county won the highest "excellent"
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Have a heart, do not scrap course
MEMBERS of a cardiac support group have joined the fight to save vital treatment received by heart patients across Hampshire. Southampton's Hospitals' Heart Support Group, a voluntary group affiliated to the British Heart Foundation, met with campaign
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We'll see you in 2005
A POPULAR music festival will go ahead again in 2005 despite making a loss this year. A question mark had hung over the future of the Eastleigh Summer Music Festival after this year's event at the town's Fleming Park failed to break even. The financial
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U2:UK live for only a tenner
U2:UK are inviting audiences to celebrate the much loved music of Irish rock legends, U2 at The Tower Arts Centre, Winchester on Friday, November 5. The band are stopping off at Winchester as a part of their aptly titled Into the Heart Tour, where they
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FOOTBALL: Sydenhams Wessex League - Division 2. Bore draw at Waltham!
Bishops Waltham Tn 0, Petersfield Tn 0 BISHOP'S Waltham and Petersfield moved kickoff time forward to 11.30am to enable spectators to watch England on TV later on; but even if they'd played until darkness fell there would probably have been no score!
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Hicks makes an early impression
DEBUTANT Adam Hicks stole the show for Eastleigh & District Junior AC in the Wessex Cross-Country League opener at Glastonbury. The newcomer made his mark with tenth place in the under-15 boys' race, backed by Chris Goller (19th), Tom Ingram (23rd
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Green light for inpatient plans
HEALTH bosses have approved major plans to replace inpatient services which were axed when the shutters went up on Bishopstoke's popular Mount Hospital. Despite a long-running battle by local campaigners to save the hospital, the last patients were transferred
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School run parking row flares up again
PARENTS of children at an Eastleigh school have accused the borough council of going back on its word in a row over parking in a busy town centre road. The row flared after the council's new team of parking attendants put advisory notices on vehicles
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Creative lectures on board QE2
FAMOUS faces from behind the creative worlds of television and literature are lining up for a wide selection of lectures on board the luxury cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2, next year. The best-selling mystery author Mary Higgins Clark and the director
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Saints' Swedes successful
THE four Saints on international duty last night all avoided adding their name to the St Mary's injury crisis. Both Mikael Nilsson and Anders Svensson played the full 90 minutes as Sweden jumped to the top of their World Cup qualifying group by winning
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Pietersen: 'Definitely' interested in Hants
ENGLAND new boy Kevin Pietersen is preparing to consider a move to Hampshire. Hampshire manager Paul Terry has joined Kent and Surrey at the head of a lengthening queue to sign the 24-year-old South African, who will play for England in Zimbabwe in November
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Hyundai Highness, container, 0330, 207; Tolosa, roro, 0530, 30, Undine, roro, 0630, 38/9; Oriana, passenger, 0645, 106; Pantanal, cargo, 0730, rlc3; Patriot, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; Hoo Finch, cargo, 1030, dw; Seijin vehicle,
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Fabulous five take plaudits
FIVE businesses in Hampshire were the centre of attention at last night's inaugural Test Valley Business Awards at Chilworth Manor, near Southampton. They were chosen from 15 finalists out of 123 entries, across 97 businesses. The winning companies are
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BOXING: MY WORLD TITLE MILLSTONE
SOUTHAMPTON'S only ever world boxing champion has sensationally given up his title without throwing so much as a punch. Matthew Barney realised a lifetime's ambition exactly a year ago when he shocked the boxing world to defeat Portsmouth rival Tony Oakey
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Bowls: Plomer: I think it's time to move aside
HAMPSHIRE are looking for a new Middleton Cup boss after John Plomer's decision to quit after three years in the county hot-seat. The Bournemouth-based boss reached two quarter-finals but the prize of a place at Worthing eluded him and now he feels it
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Swimming: City claim lucky 13
CITY of Southampton swimming club claimed 13 race successes on their way to winning the first round of the Speedo League at The Quays. Fourteen-year-old Joanna Jeffcoate won the Open 100m IM (1.10.26) and Under-15 girls 100m backstroke (1.10.70) events
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Long wait over for All Blacks
Weybridge Vandals 0 Andover 27 It has been a long time coming, but at last CFL UK sponsored Andover broke their league duck with a comfortable win against Weybridge Vandals and, more importantly, climbed four places up the league table. With injuries
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Armoured vests make their debut
IT'S A new state-of-the-art body armour that protected Fareham police officer PC Bennett when he was held hostage at knifepoint at the Gosport Road siege on Tuesday. Although the 52-year-old was unharmed in the three-hour ordeal that saw him held up in
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These boots are made for walking
IT'S a big step up from number-crunching to yomping across the Arctic. Hampshire accountant David Aston is set to prove he is up to the challenge by taking part in a race which will pit him against hazards such as ferocious polar bears, sub zero temperatures
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Tasty poems go on display
ASIAN women in Southampton are giving bookworms in the city some food for thought this week. The women joined forces with the BBC and staff at Southampton's Central Library to celebrate National Poetry Day and Black History Month. The group set out to
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FOOTBALL (Rymans League - Premier Division): Beck leaves a calling card as Eastleigh take the hono
Staines Town 0, Eastleigh 1 MARTIN BECK'S 72nd minute strike was enough to give Eastleigh all three points in a fiercely contested match last Saturday at Wheatsheaf Park. It was the home side's fifth successive defeat, but they approached the game in
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Don't tell us to do lollipop patrols!
WHITELEY parents are in uproar after a Fareham councillor slapped them with the responsibility of providing lollipop patrols for their children. Furious parents have labelled Councillor Sean Woodward's appeal to fill the posts themselves a "personal insult
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Warne feeling Test pressure
HAMPSHIRE captain Shane Warne wants to establish a 40-wicket lead over Muttiah Muralitharan before his world record rival returns from injury. Warne is currently just two wickets shy of reclaiming the world record for the most number of Test wickets from
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Wessex League Div 2: 'Bridge jump up
STOCKBRIDGE leapfrogged Shaftesbury into fifth place in the Wessex Division 2 table last night after they came from behind to beat the Dorset newcomers 2-1 at their Coppice Street home. Stockbridge assistant manager Stuart Thompson beamed: "That was probably
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United second half display blows away Horndean
Safeline sponsored Whitchurch came away with all three points after a fine second half display that could have yielded more than the three goals scored. With the start of the game being delayed due to the visitors' kit being left a their ground and not
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Stocks bounce back after League Cup disappointment
Stockbridge continue to surprise their management and supporters, as they followed Wednesday's League Cup capitulation to Clanfield by hammering US Portsmouth at the Recreation Ground. In a game brought forward to avoid the England v Wales World Cup qualifier
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Great Scott on the hat-trick trail yet again for Ludgershall
Ludgershall AFC 5 Tidworth 1 Jimmy Monro Memorial Cup Scott Seddon notched up yet another hat-trick as Ludgershall eventually saw off a spirited Tidworth and progressed to the next round of the Jimmy Munro Cup. The first half ended in a stalemate despite
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Moloko Bar licence under threat
THE landlord of one of Winchester's most popular bars has been fined £3,000 for letting underage youths buy alcohol. Jonathan Turpin, landlord of Moloko Bar in The Square, was fined after being found guilty of the charge at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court
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Andover athletes learn some lessons at Millfield
Andover Athletic Club had its first Wessex League cross country of the season at Millfield. The Under 11 age group was popular as ever with lots of the young athletes competing and the long distance for this age group seemed no problem for Daniel Jones
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Potter quest for a Ford Anglia
THOSE people at The Point know how to put on a fun day, but this time they need a little help from the public! The Eastleigh theatre has managed to transform its usual autumn half-term entertainment for families into its very first Family Film and Theatre
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Charity chat with Portillo
WHEN asked if he could go to Salisbury to help raise funds for local charity Children's Chance, the Rt Hon Michael Portillo responded that it would be an 'honour and delight'. So to do his part, Mr Portillo will be appearing at The Medieval Hall in Salisbury
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Too few pupils means axe will fall on school
A 108-year-old Hampshire primary school was today axed by county education bosses after pupil numbers plummeted. Despite hopes that it would be saved, Ampfield Primary School near Romsey will now be closed at the end of September 2006. The shock announcement
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Schools call in Unite for lunchtime care
VOLUNTEERS from a Southampton charity will be heading into city schools later this month in the first initiative of its kind to provide one-on-one support to pupils. Christian organisation Unite has been invited into schools to help with assemblies, pastoral
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Devilry afoot in Berlioz classic
AS Hallowe'en nears and the winter nights draw in, a concert full of drama, desire and devilry is sure to be just the ticket. On Friday, October 22, The Philharmonia Orchestra will present Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust at The Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke
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FOOTBALL: Sydenhams Wessex League - Division 3. Ton up for Lang
Hamble Club 0 Colden Common 5 RICHARD LANG was a relieved man on Saturday night - he scored his hundredth goal for Common after being stuck on 99 since the start of the season. The livewire hitman scored a hat-trick against DC AFC back in August, but
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Alvin needs choirs to give him a hand
ALVIN Stardust is performing at Chichester Festival Theatre this Christmas, but before he can take to the stage he has a mission to complete. He must find one local junior school choir of 20-24 children and one local adult choir of eight-12 people to
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RUGBY UNION: London League - Division 3 South-West. Unbeaten record ended as Winchester struggle
Effingham & Leatherhead 18, Winchester 14 THIS was not a day that Winchester will remember at all fondly. Not only did they lose their proud unbeaten league record at Effingham last Saturday, they didn't do themselves justice either. That hurt. Missing
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COUNCILLORS REPORTED
FOUR members of a Hampshire parish council are to be reported to a local government watchdog after plans for a skateboard park were controversially scrapped. The Whiteley Parish councillors went against the advice of their clerk when they voted to overturn
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Fury over NHS talks extension
A DECISION to extend a public consultation into the future of NHS services in Fareham and Gosport has sparked fury from Save Haslar campaigners who believe the move makes the whole process a "sham". A three-month consultation period had been due to end
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It's end of an era for the allotments
THE sell-off of three Eastleigh allotment sites has brought management arrangements for plots across Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Eastleigh to an end of after nearly 50 years. Since 1957 Eastleigh and Bishopstoke Allotments' Association has carried
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Software firm celebrates status as a rising star
A YOUNG Basingstoke software firm - founded only seven years ago - has shot into the top 50 of the UK's fastest-growing technology companies. iOra, which is based on the Intech Business Park in Wade Road, was placed 45th in The Sunday Times Tech Track
