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Bison take local derby
Basingstoke Bison Ladies 4, Basingstoke Bears 1 THE Basingstoke Bison Ladies won this intense local derby game with the Basingstoke Bears last Sunday. In the first-ever league meeting between these sides, it was the Bison Ladies who opened the scoring
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New sponsors boost pride awards launch
THE prestigious A Place to be Proud of Awards for 2004-05 were officially launched this week - and organisers were delighted when a clutch of new sponsors came forward to pledge their support. Around 50 people, including organisers, past winners, sponsors
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FA Cup: Moore's men go on a four-goal spree
CHRISTCHURCH toasted winning doubles from James Bailey-Pearce and Paul Rideout as they dumped SWL rivals Bemerton Heath Harlequins out of the FA Vase 4-0 at Hurn Bridge. "This was an excellent win," purred Christchurch boss Pete Moore. "We've played very
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Wessex League Div 1: Linnets' winning run is into double figures
FA CUP heroes Lymington & New Milton warmed up for Saturday's crunch fourth qualifying round tie against Conference outfit Woking with an 8-0 demolition of lowly Hamble ASSC at Fawcett Fields. The Linnets are enjoying a red-hot streak of form at the
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Wessex League Div 2: Five-goal Blackfield singing in the rain
BLACKFIELD & Langley were left singing in the rain after Saturday's appalling weather washed out all but two games of the Division 2 programme. The Watersiders kept AFC Aldermaston nailed firmly to the foot of the table as they romped to a convincing
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Spanish banking on £9 billion Abbey deal
THE £9 billion takeover of Abbey has cleared a major hurdle after shareholders in Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano voted to approve the deal. The decision means Abbey's hundreds of call centre staff at Segensworth, near Fareham, are now almost certain
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Coach demands wins
JIM Dixon has set his Basingstoke side the target of winning their next three London one fixtures and has warned he will not accept any more poor displays. The 27-year-old senior coach says enough is enough after five defeats in five and that it is time
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'Stoke lose St Bernard
SELWYN St Bernard has called time on his 'Stoke career after accepting an offer to play rugby league for Gateshead. The big West Indian number 8 is moving to the north-east to play for a team just three divisions below the Superleague. The 26-year-old
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'Stoke still waiting for first win
Canterbury 24, Basingstoke 10 IT WAS a tale of two halves as Basingstoke RFC won the first, but were well-beaten in the second, writes Martyn Humberstone. Leading 10-7 at half-time, it looked like 'Stoke were heading for their first win of the season
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Luff departure forces boss to reshuffle side
JIM Dixon has had to reshuffle his back line to deal with the departure of Jason Luff, but he is confident it won't have a detrimental effect. Ex-London Irish academy player Luff has left Down Grange to go to Exeter University. His last game was in the
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'Stoke lose their heads
JIM Dixon said he was shocked and angry that his 'Stoke side "completely lost their heads" in their shoddy defeat to Old Colfeians. The flanker and senior coach labelled last Saturday's 10-29 home loss as the "worst display" he has been involved with
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'Stoke aim for home rule
BASINGSTOKE RFC begin their bid to establish home rule by making sure Old Colfeians are the first in a trio of opponents to be put to the sword at Down Grange. Over the next three weeks, 'Stoke have consecutive Saturday matches on home turf - against
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Club pitch in to help Grange contractors
IT WAS a case of digging deep to support Basingstoke rugby club as work started on a council-funded new pitch. Club members joined Cllr Alison Wall, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's Cabinet member for recreation and culture, to see work start on
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'Stoke's brave battle
Richmond 17 Basingstoke 8 BASINGSTOKE came away from Richmond without the two points they wanted, but suitably encouraged by their performance in frustrating hosts who anticipated a big opening day win. Jim Dixon's young side fought for 80 minutes and
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Will Scottish reel?
BUOYANT after their comfortable 24-0 qualifying round triumph at Harlow, the Powergen Cup takes on greater competitive status for Basingstoke when they meet London Scottish tomorrow. Jim Dixon's side know the preliminary round clash at Down Grange will
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New rugby deals for club sponsors
BASINGSTOKE RFC's two major backers are renewing their vital support in sponsorship deals that will deliver a substantial five-figure financial boost to the club. The B J Champion group of companies, and FX Management Services, this week announced their
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Dixon in signing talks
NEGOTIATIONS have been taking place this week between Basingstoke senior rugby coach Jim Dixon and prime playing targets he is pursuing. Dixon said: "The key areas we need to fill are tighthead prop, goal-kicker and centre, because we've lost Neil Young
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Front row crisis
BASINGSTOKE'S pack has taken a huge hit after influential prop Neil Young decided to join Reading. Young's departure follows the retirements of fellow front row men Steve Hobden and Steve Buttle - although they are staying on at Down Grange to help with
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Skipper quits Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON RFC captain Tony Cador has sensationally quit the club a quarter of the way through his fourth year in charge. Cador has given personal reasons for his decision to leavebut there are believed to be many underlying political reasons for his
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London 2/National 3: King: We can hold our own
THE relief was evident as Havant broke their National League Division Three South duck with a hard-working 17-10 victory over previously unbeaten Dings Crusaders at a rain-soaked Hooks Lane. It was another performance where the wind had an influence as
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London 4: Romsey off the bottom
TWO sides without a win to their name in atrocious conditions. Yes, the game lived up to its expectations but Romsey didn't mind - they beat Old Emanuel 16-15 and are no longer bottom of the table. They leapfrogged their Surrey opponents and are now level
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Barton Farm rivals attack housing plan
A DEVELOPER has joined residents in attacking plans for a new suburb on the edge of Winchester. The proposal for 2,000 homes at Barton Farm has been criticised - but this time by representatives of a company that wants to build a new town at Micheldever
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Parking backlog now stretching resources
WINCHESTER residents are waiting years for the city council to tackle potentially dangerous parking problems near their homes. Staff and money shortages at the city council means that traffic regulation orders are taking up to two years to process. A
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Baroness praises home deliveries
A NEW scheme to encourage New Forest mothers to have their children at home has been given a boost with a visit from a senior health figure. Baroness Cumberledge, vice president of the Royal College of Midwifery and a Patron of the National Childbirth
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Osprey loses the battle
An osprey, which died on its migration flight to Africa after being released into the wild near Romsey, may have been beaten by atrocious weather. That was the view of Ashley Smith, chief executive of the Hawk Conservancy, near Andover, after the osprey
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Spellbound by those city haunts
It's not for the faint-hearted, but Winchester is again offering a spine-tingling tour of the city on the spookiest night of the year. The lantern-lit Hallowe'en walk was a sell-out last year. Hosted by Winchester's Blue Badge tourist guides, the tour
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Caught 'redhanded' with planted notes
A carer accused of stealing money from elderly ladies in Winchester was sacked from her job after she was trapped, a court heard. Angela Pain (43) turned white when told she had been caught, prosecutor, Simon Privett, told Winchester Crown Court. It heard
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Cutting out the street clutter
Winchester's Women's Institute branch plans to support a national campaign to transform Britain's streets. "Save our Streets" is an English Heritage campaign that aims to lobby local authorities to restore historic thoroughfares. It has already won the
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Coroner's report prompts road junction improvements
Safety measures are to be introduced on a dangerous junction in Winchester nearly a year after an elderly pensioner was killed. Residents have long been calling on Hampshire County Council to do something about the St George's Street junction in the city
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MP supports pub campaign
Villagers are looking for a "white knight" to provide the cash to reopen a pub. The Bugle Inn at Twyford near Winchester was boarded up in July. The owners, the Ringwood-based Inntown Pub Company, submitted an application to Winchester City Council in
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Peach of a name - but why change it?
Residents were a little surprised after county officials renamed the main street in their village. Crawley Parish Council, meeting earlier this week, heard that, until recently, villagers were oblivious of the change. Members were told that Hampshire
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Review: Jane Eyre, Dalian Players, Woolston Methodist Hall
WELL known stories are told again and again, for the simple reason that they are so good. One such story is Jane Eyre. And in Dalian Players' telling, the word that comes most to mind is charming. Charming to walk through the library setting to get to
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Revealed - seedy past of panto star
SOUTHAMPTON'S pantomime star Nadia Almada has admitted she was once a prostitute. The Big Brother 5 winner, who is playing a mermaid in Peter Pan at The Mayflower this Christmas, said she had sold her body to men for almost a year to pay for her sex-change
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Tigers set to return from Iraq
HUNDREDS of soldiers from Hampshire's own regiment were set to return home today after six months in Iraq. Servicemen from the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment - formerly the Hampshire Regiment - were heading back to their barracks
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Tennis festival for primary schools
CHILDREN from local schools were brought together for an afternoon tennis festival. Sponsored by Totally Tennis and held at the indoor centre last Wednesday, it was organised by tennis development officer Alison Beard. The children, who were all year
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Tiny Mini makes a massive impact
THEY have never been the biggest vehicles on the road. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis as an economic little runabout, Minis are among the most compact cars ever to roll off the assembly lines. Now motoring enthusiasts in Hampshire can admire one that
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Review: Glasgow boys really deliver
Franz Ferdinand, Portsmouth Guildhall PORTSMOUTH Guildhall welcomed Franz Ferdinand on Saturday night, and the Glasgow quartet knew precisely what the crowd wanted and exactly how to deliver it. Igniting the stage with latest single Michael, before roaring
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Review: Hamsters relaunch Brook with great gig
The Hamsters, The Brook, Portswood THE Hamsters played the best gig at the reopened Brook that I've ever been to. I know, you think I say that in all the music reviews. The fact is live music bores me more often than not. But every single song played
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Bobbies on bikes across US: Done that!
FOUR triumphant Hampshire police officers who have cycled 4,000 miles across the mountains, deserts and plains of America to raise thousands of pounds for Fareham's Rainbow Centre finished their epic journey last night. Simon Wrigglesworth, Nick Morgan
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Garden blossoms as Jean's saviour
JEAN Kingdom blew away Fareham in Bloom judges with her breathtaking flowers. But for green-fingered Jean, cultivating a stunning floral display in her front garden was more than just a hobby - it was her "saviour". Having battled through the last 18
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£750,000 revamp
MORE THAN £750,000 has been spent on improving facilities for mourners at Porchester Crematorium. The money has been spent on separate waiting rooms opposite the crematorium's two chapels which are linked by covered walkways. There are also new open-air
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Charity sparkles on firework night
EASTLEIGH Council and Norwich Union Healthcare are teaming up again this year to stage a fireworks spectacular in aid of the Wessex Cancer Trust. The November 6 event will take place at the attractive Lakeside Country Park, off Wide Lane, Eastleigh, where
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NO FEAR
STEVE WIGLEY insists he is not looking over his shoulder despite another St Mary's stalemate against Birmingham. Only a few weeks into his job as head coach Wigley, pictured above, is already being asked whether he is worried about being sacked due to
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NO FEAR
STEVE WIGLEY insists he is not looking over his shoulder despite another St Mary's stalemate against Birmingham. Only a few weeks into his job as head coach Wigley, pictured above, is already being asked whether he is worried about being sacked due to
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ORM AIMS FOR FRESH START
BRETT ORMEROD is hoping his spell at Leeds will help kick-start his Saints career. After starting the season's opener against Aston Villa, Ormerod fell behind James Beattie, Kevin Phillips, Peter Crouch in the strikers' pecking order. And with the likes
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Jelle fits Bridge mould
A MONTH ago Jelle Van Damme admitted he felt a little frustrated by a lack of opportunities since arriving at St Mary's during the summer. "I want to show what I can do," he commented. An injury to Graeme Le Saux has given him his chance, and in the past
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Wigley can see the light as injured improve
BRETT Ormerod was hailed as an example to footballers everywhere after coming off the bench to play for the second time in two days against Birmingham yesterday. The £1.75m hitman's loan spell at Leeds ran out on Saturday - after he had played the full
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Saints in middle of a famine
SAINTS stretched their Premiership goal drought to 397 minutes yesterday. The club's last league goal was scored by Anders Svensson in the 53rd minute of the 2-1 home loss to Newcastle over a month ago - on September 18th. Since then, they have fired
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Bland back in big time
STONEHAM'S Richard Bland is back in the big time, but it's back to school for two of the county's other top players. The 31-year-old, pictured above, made sure of his ticket back to the European Tour by cementing his place in the top 15 of the Challenge
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Premiership: Middlesbrough 1 - Portsmouth 1
HARRY REDKNAPP hailed his Portsmouth goal hero Diomansy Kamara - then claimed to be in the dark about the player's Fratton Park future. Kamara, pictured above, hit a brilliant solo effort against Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium which was later
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FA Cup: Muddy Fareham marvels
FAREHAM Town battled through the Cams Alders mud, rain and a howling gale to sink Sydenhams Wessex League neighbours Moneyfields 3 -2 with two late goals. But their place in today's FA Vase second round draw was in some jeopardy at half-time when Guildford
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SAINTS 0 - BIRMINGHAM 0
WHILE THE statistics surrounding Saints aren't getting much better, the performances certainly are. And surely it's now only a matter of time before the wins start to come for Steve Wigley's men. Kicking-off against Birmingham propping up the Premier
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A new show of pride
THIS year, it put the spotlight on people and organisations in the Basingstoke area that have really made a difference - and now it's launch time for next year's A Place to be Proud of Awards event. In March, individuals and groups were honoured as the
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Ryman League: Ref's decision has Butler seeing red
BASHLEY manager Geoff Butler reckons referee Simon Hooper "bottled it" when he abandoned the New Forest side's clash against Hastings United in the New Forest. Former Saints Academy defender Luke Byles gave Bashley a fifth minute lead on his debut when
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Ryman League: Dennis blasts defenders for 'showboating'
EASTLEIGH director of football Mark Dennis slammed the club's defenders for squandering a two-goal lead at Leyton. Midfielder Jamie Stokoe and veteran striker Nicky Banger scored the goals that got Eastleigh off to a flier, despite the injury crisis that
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Ryman League: Whites look good cup bet
SALISBURY bounced back from the midweek defeat at Hampton & Richmond Borough with a battling performance to overcome the full-timers of Billericay Town 1-0. They protected their lead for 65 minutes - plus another six minutes added on. Whites assistant
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Wessex League Div 3: Overton is Bridge too far for North End
OVERTON United served up the shock of the day on Saturday when they smashed the last remaining unbeaten record in the entire Sydenhams Wessex League. They toppled previously undefeated Division 3 table-toppers Farnborough North End 1-0 at Bridge Street
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Hampshire League: Vernham barrage shocks high-fliers
SEVERAL Hampshire League games were ruled out by the rain but Vernham Dean picked up three points when they beat high-flyers East Lodge 4-1. M Ford scored for Vernham Dean in the second minute and D Marr made it 2-0 right on half-time. In the second half
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Stan really was the man
THE HAMPSHIRE Cricket League is mourning the death of Stan Brambley, its former results secretary and the person who 'made it all tick' for almost three decades. He was 88. Mr Brambley, who lived on the banks of the River Itchen in Bitterne for many years
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New sponsors boost pride awards launch
THE prestigious A Place to be Proud of Awards for 2004-05 were officially launched this week - and organisers were delighted when a clutch of new sponsors came forward to pledge their support. Around 50 people, including organisers, past winners, sponsors
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Philipp, container, 1145, 204w; CFF Seine, ro/ro, AM, 30; APL Coral, container, 1245, 206; Platinum Ray, ro/ro, 1300, 43; Hual Trapper, ro/ro, 1330, 105; Nordsee, cargo, 1600, 204; Pegasus Diamond, ro/ro, 2000, 38/9; NYK Antares
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Meachers' arm Oast is the toast of TOA
JAPANESE procurement company TOA has entrusted Southampton based freight group Meachers with the handling of a variety of products from the Far East. The rolling contract, for an undisclosed amount, was awarded for a complete supply chain network to include
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Trainees starting jobs en masse
REGIONAL law firm Blake Lapthorn Linnell has appointed 14 graduates - all pictured right - to the firm's Southampton, Fareham, Portsmouth and Oxford offices, as part of its trainee programme. Alistair Gray, human resources director, said: "This year we
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Home side fail despite hard work in training
Basingstoke 3pts, Old Albanians 27 BASINGSTOKE suffered another defeat against a side they had targeted a win against. The disappointing result also means they stay on nil points at the bottom of the London one table after six games. As early as the first
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Skipper's new knee setback
KELVIN Chapman has had a second major knee operation in as many years in a final bid to clear up the problem. The influential second row and first team captain had the operation to remove a big piece of floating cartilage last week. His knee locked completely
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Players are called in for extra training
BASINGSTOKE are without a first-team rugby fixture this weekend and senior coach Jim Dixon is demanding extra training during their London division one break. 'Stoke are bottom of the table after five consecutive league defeats and Dixon, in a bid to
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'Stoke are still waiting to open their account
Basingstoke 13pts London Scottish 29 'STOKE failed to open their London division one account but put in a much-improved performance, fighting back from 0-14 down to make it 13-14, before their efforts caught up with them in the final 20 minutes. Once
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Fury as errors cost 'Stoke
Basingstoke 10pts, Old Colfeians 29 AFTER last week's dogged performance at Richmond, 'Stoke showed a Jekyll and Hyde character with a poor display against rivals Old Colfeians. There was little evidence of the effort and commitment shown against Richmond
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Collins on the mend
PROP Steve Collins is in the final stages of putting a nightmare year of injury behind him, as he gets closer to a first-team return. "Shrek" suffered a horrific training ground injury just before the start of 'Stoke's national three south campaign last
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'Stoke have belief
JIM DIXON says his Basingstoke players are fit and ready to launch a new rugby season with victory at Harlow in the Powergen Cup. 'Stoke's failure to win the Hampshire Cup final against Andover - they disappointingly lost 9-5 in March - means they have
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Ruffy joins Bracknell
FORMER Basingstoke RFC director of rugby Ian Calder has joined Bracknell as the national division two club's fly-half and backs coach. The 38-year-old Kiwi left Down Grange in May after three years in charge when officials decided against renewing his
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'Stoke start a new season at Grange
BASINGSTOKE will face Old Colfeians at Down Grange to open their 22 league fixtures for the 2004-05 rugby season. After end-of-season doubts over which league they would be playing in, following relegation from national division three south in April,
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London 3: Totts in highest placing ever
WITH all the results going in their favour, Tottonians' mud-ridden 18-0 victory over Weybridge Vandals allowed them to leap into second place in London Division Three South-West - their highest ever league position. Winchester's shock 11-10 reverse to
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Hampshire League 1: Just sweet revenge
THE WINE at their annual dinner and dance tasted sweeter than ever as Trojans moved four points clear at the top of Hampshire Division One as they exacted the perfect revenge for last year's defeat inflicted on them by New Milton & District. With
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Hampshire League 2:Ventnor shocked
HAMPSHIRE Division Two has new leaders as Ventnor slipped to a 14-12 defeat at Ellingham & Ringwood which has allowed surprise package Chineham to take over at the top. They recorded their second successive 50-point haul by thumping lowly Lytchett
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Swimming: Triple joy for City's girls at The Quays
A LARGE collection of medals, awards and personal best times were claimed by swimmers from the City of Southampton club at their James Moreno Open Meet held at The Quays. There were top girl awards for Hannah Husband (10), Alice Bessey (13) and Amy Pope
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Diving: Young Farrow in good Nick
NICK FARROW, aged 10, was the youngest and most successful of the seven-strong team the Southampton Diving Academy sent to Crystal Palace to compete in the Surrey Novice Diving Open Championships. Competitors from clubs across Southern and Central England
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Soggy moggy voted county's ugliest feline
THIS is the poor moggy from Winchester that that has been voted the ugliest cat in Hampshire. Owner Joy Brown took the picture of her bedraggled 14-week-old kitten after she gave him his first bath. The 66-year-old grandmother could not believe how ugly
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Mayor's bouquet greeting for Chris
CHRISTOPHER Dominey had a pleasant surprise when he visited Winchester City Council's new cash office. Waiting for him was the mayor, Cecily Sutton, who presented him with a large bunch of flowers as the first customer to use the relocated cash office
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Campaigners hit out over quarry plans
HUNDREDS of campaigners are lining up to fight plans for a vast gravel extraction operation in the New Forest, the Daily Echo can reveal. More than 500 protesters have written to council chiefs urging them to abandon plans for the new quarry in Milford
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Early finish to £2.5m river clean-up works
A MASSIVE £2.5m scheme to cut pollution in the New Forest has been finished a year ahead of the deadline set by environmental watchdogs. Southern Water says cleaner rivers are flowing through the Forest following major improvements to a sewage works serving
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Alliance denies blockade claim
FOX-hunting supporters in Hampshire have rubbished claims they are to block roads into the New Forest in an effort to highlight opposition to a ban on the bloodsport. The Countryside Alliance was said to have been considering the blockade as part of a
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Teenage tearaway caged
A teenage tearaway who has blighted residents' lives for years with his disruptive and criminal behaviour has been put behind bars. The 16-year-old, from Highcliffe, Winchester, was sentenced at Basingstoke Youth Court to four months in a young offender's
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Beating yobbery begins at home, says police chief
Hampshire's chief constable turned the tables on worried pensioners concerned about antisocial behaviour. Speaking at the county's Age Concern AGM in Winchester, he said that tackling antisocial behaviour started at home. The conference was entitled "
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Remembering the man in a million
TODAY marks the 60th anniversary of the "Millionth Yank" to embark from Southampton docks during the Second World War. Local historian Jake Simpkin looks back at the life of Private Paul Shimer Jr which left a legacy linking Southampton and his hometown
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Lay off our coffee shop, customers urge planners
Planners are being urged to be lenient over a franchise coffee shop that opened without permission. Staff at Caff Nero, in High Street, Winchester, are collecting signatures to lobby the city council against closing them down. Scores of customers have
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Four more kittens found abandoned
The case of the little kitten dumped and left to die in a rubbish bin at a block of flats in Winchester has taken a new turn. The RSPCA launched a door-to door inquiry to find the person responsible after the two-week old tabby was found, emaciated and
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I WILL STOP THESE ROGUE CLAMPERS
A CAR clamping firm has been threatened with an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) after it targeted a woman and her four-year-old granddaughter. A Hampshire council boss has vowed to take action that could put Southampton based Security International
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Pantomime star Nadia's seedy past
SOUTHAMPTON'S pantomime star Nadia Almada has admitted she was once a prostitute. The Big Brother 5 winner, who is playing a mermaid in Peter Pan at The Mayflower this Christmas, said she had sold her body to men for almost a year to pay for her sex-change
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See how we'll be boxing clever!
IT is a stunt which echoes that of US illusionist David Blaine's 44 days spent in a box suspended above the River Thames. Now two brave contestants are swapping the privacy of their homes to live life in the public gaze inside a see-through box. But Lee
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Red light for the Green Link plans
A PROTEST group has delivered scores of leaflets to residents on a Southampton estate urging them to vote down plans to build houses on open space. Mansel Park could be turned into a £1m community park with an open-air amphitheatre, sports pitches, a
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Post office battles have come too late
A POSTMASTER says battles to save ten Southampton post offices threatened with closure have come years too late. John Armstrong blames the proposed closures on an exodus of customers who have chosen to take benefit and pension payments via bank accounts
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Every litter helps to Cath and Katie
TWO Southampton teenagers are cleaning the streets to raise money for poor children overseas. Catherine Mace and Katie Garnett, of Highfield, are looking for sponsors to support their 12-hour litter picking challenge. The two 18-year-olds still need to
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Concorde heading for greater heights
ONE of the south's premier social venues has just received planning permission for an ambitious £1m refurbishment plan. The Concorde Club in Eastleigh has been a favoured haunt for tens of thousands of members and visitors during its 47-year history,
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Spectacular street parade
VEHICLES, armaments and exhibitions have been added to the line-up for Gosport's 800th anniversary freedom parade on Thursday. A spectacular parade of freemen of the borough through the streets of the town is planned. Included are 380 service personnel
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Safety fears after £8,000 fireworks raid
A GANG of thieves have got away with fireworks worth thousands of pounds from a yard at a Hedge End superstore. The raiders burst into a compound at Homebase in Tolbar Way and broke into a container where they emptied the entire fireworks stock worth
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Hungary and thirsty at beer festival
EASTLEIGH Beer Festival has been getting to parts that real ale does not normally reach. For the popular festival, now in its 22nd year, attracted visitors from as far afield as Hungary. The overseas visitors had heard about the festival through friends
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Our Ivie's a pillar of the local societies
WHEN she moved from Cornwall to Botley three years ago, 79-year-old Ivie Clarke was supposed to be taking it easy. But after spotting the need to set up a club for the elderly in the area, Ivie, of Mortimer Road, threw her heart and soul into getting
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November could go with bang
AN injury list the size of Sir Clive Woodward's backroom staff may have been a factor, but head coach Steve Wigley certainly picked his most imaginative Saints line-up yet yesterday. Central defensive and midfield partnerships predictably contained Claus
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Arrests down
THE number of Saints fans arrested last season dropped. Home Office statistics show 21 supporters were collared by police at Premiership matches in 2003/04, compared with 23 in 2002/03. Just three top flight clubs had fewer fans arrested - Charlton (six
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Champion bowler looks to stay top
WORLD champion Claire Spreadbury is looking to make bowls history in the next week by becoming the first-ever player to retain her title. It is just a year since the teenager shocked the bowls world by winning the Ladies Under-25 World Indoor singles
