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Living the dream for Dad
Former pop idol contender Darius talks to Kate Thompson about the effect his father's illness has had on him... DARIUS must be the ultimate people person. He was in Southampton recently to sing for a group of deliriously excited competition winners and
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SAINTS 2 - WEST BROM 2
SAINTS could only manage a draw with fellow Premiership strugglers West Brom at St Mary's today - and were relieved to get a point in the end. Steve Wigley, now without a league win in ten matches since taking over as head coach back in August, saw his
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Walking Across America by Roger Frear
WALKING Across America, which took maths teacher Roger Frear 111 days to complete in 1980, has since taken him almost ten years to write and his publishers a further 12 years to get into print. Now his lavishly illustrated 250-page account of the 3,200
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TOP TEN HARDBACKS
Best selling hardback books for the week ending November 6th supplied by Waterstone's. 1 (-) Jamie's Dinners by Jamie Oliver 2 (4) Himalaya by Michael Palin 3 (1) Going Postal by Terry Pratchett 4 (10) The Two Of Us: My Life With John Thaw by Sheila Hancock
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Review: A fine opera of the unexpected
Welsh National Opera, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Mayflower THIS is an opera of the unexpected. Without the renown of classics like Tosca and Turandot, Ariadne auf Naxos is a surprising insight into what opera can be - witty, engaging and self-parodying. Like
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Review: Seasonal show with some Summer Loving
Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society , Jack and the Beanstalk, The Point, Eastleigh THROUGH twists and turns the story revolves around lazy Jack, his poor mother Dame Trot and the beanstalk. Eventually, Jack saves the day for all and there is a happy
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Ambulance hit OAP near hospital's A&E
A PENSIONER is recovering after being hit by an ambulance outside Southampton General Hospital's accident and emergency department. The 87-year-old man was hit by the Hampshire ambulance as it reversed at low speed near the hospital's accident and emergency
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Denham to grill trust chiefs over £7.5m debt
THE future of vital health services at Southampton hospital will be thrashed out during crunch talks on Monday. MP John Denham and bosses at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust are set for showdown talks over why it is an estimated £7.5 million
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Mum and son going strong
TOGETHER they notch up a staggering 183 years. One of Southampton's oldest residents celebrates her milestone 105th birthday on Monday - on the same day as son Ken's 78th. Elizabeth Cornforth's life spans three centuries. She was born in 1899 when horse-drawn
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At 'cross purposes!
A FIELD of dreams is finally taking shape as a Hampshire businessman prepares to open the biggest motocross track in the country. The track could be open by the end of the year and is set to attract riders from across Hampshire and southern England. Tony
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We've hit the jackpot
IT'S been ten years since the balls first dropped - and helped lucky people across Hampshire hit the jackpot. As a range of tenth birthday celebrations are lined up this weekend, the largest ever winner of the National Lottery has been revealed - the
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The day Le Tiss was 'tapped up' by Chelsea
ILLEGAL approaches have been in the news recently and real football people will be amused. Tapping, as it has always been called, has been in the game since time immemorial. Nowadays it is even more prevalent and I suppose much easier with the arrival
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Stirred up by events at the Hawthorns...
AS MY old friend Frank Burrows brings West Brom to St Mary's today, I admit taken more than a passing interest in the happenings at the Hawthorns this week. Gary Megson, the manager who took them to two promotions, left his post in strange circumstances
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Watford visit stirs up old nightmare
NEXT week Saints travel to Watford who, no doubt, in their programme will relate to games gone by between the clubs and particularly the amazing 7-1 scoreline in the second leg of the League Cup over 20 years ago. We were 4-0 up after a first leg remembered
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FINAL SCORES
Full-time results from the top clubs in the south. SAINTS 2 - WEST BROM 2 ASTON VILLA 3 - PORTSMOUTH 0 BRIGHTON 1 - CREWE 3 READING 1 - STOKE 0 PETERBOROUGH 0 - BOURNEMOUTH 1
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Cockney capers
Andrew White spoke to Mike Reid about his days as host of Runaround... HE PROBABLY would have been more at home refereeing at a bare-knuckle boxing match - or calling time in a seedy East End pub. So what on earth was Cockney comedian Mike Reid doing
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Ervine back to earth in Aussie
NEW Hampshire signing Sean Ervine has discovered that some international reputations count for little in Australia. The 21-year-old all-rounder was among the rebel players involved in a row over racial selection quotas with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union,
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Wartime - Britain 1939-1945 by Juliet Gardiner
In May 1940, with Hitler posing the greatest threat to Britain since Napoleon, the country's new Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, admitted to the nation that he could only offer a regime of "blood, toil, tears and sweat". With hindsight, one could add
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Iron Council by China Mieville
China Mieville's latest novel returns to the setting of his acclaimed Perdido Street Station: New Crobuzon, a fantasy city rudely transfigured by a steampunk industrial revolution. If fantasy is traditionally founded on 'sense of wonder', Mieville's world
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Simone J, cargo, 0430, 206; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Oriana, passenger, 0645, 106; Adonia, passenger, 0700, 38/9; CMA CGM Bellini, container, 0745, 207; Global Spirit, ro/ro, 0930, 40; Grande Mediterraneo, vehicle carrier
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Horse Racing: Turbo-charged finale for one of the greats
DEDICATED form book assessors as well as misty eyed sentimentalists will be urging Turbo to go into over-drive in the last major race of the flat racing season this afternoon. Not only is he favourite for the highly-competitive November Handicap which
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Darts: Courage title won by red-hot Brown
ROY Brown's excellent form has continued with victory over Paul Hogan in the Courage Hampshire Singles final. Over 80 players fought it out at Hill Park Memorial WMC but Brown's good sequence of results from Lancashire continued as he saw off Hogan to
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Basketball: Stars bid to cash in on their first win
SOLENT STARS senior men go into basketball action at Fleming Park tonight (8pm) needing a second suc- cessive victory to transform their season. Having finally recorded their first league success against Kingston Wildcats 77-62 last weekend, Solent now
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From little seeds... Royal invites grow
A PENSIONER who has brought a splash of colour to his neighbourhood for more than a decade will meet the Queen next month, thanks to the Daily Echo. For 15 years Peter Andow, 70, has been carefully planting flowers on grass verges outside his home in
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Chance of a lifetime?
IT'S a vision of the future of Southampton that at first glance jars the senses. A Las Vegas-style "Sunset Strip" in the city centre with flashing neon lights enticing tourists to part with their money at a giant casino next to the city's flagship plaza
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...and you shake it all about!
BOTTLES were flung, glasses were juggled and ice was thrown up in the air in Southampton this week. The city was playing host to the second heat of Europe's first amateur flair bartending competition to find The Red Square Young Flair Bartender of the
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HALF-TIME SCORES
Half-time results from the top clubs in the south. SAINTS 1 - WEST BROM 2 ASTON VILLA 3 - PORTSMOUTH 0 (R) BRIGHTON 0 - CREWE 1 READING 1 - STOKE 0 PETERBOROUGH 0 - BOURNEMOUTH 1
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Power to the Premiership
Saints chairman Rupert Lowe is caught up in a debate over the future of the FA amid claims the Premiership has designs on running the England team and the FA Cup... RUPERT LOWE is no stranger to controversy. The St Mary's Iron Chairman has inspired both
