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Font through to last eight of senior cup
MOTTISFONT comfortably overcome fellow Hampshire Leaguers Netley to gain a place in the last eight of the Southampton Senior Cup. Two goals in each half sealed a good all round performance in a match that Font always looked favourites to win. It took
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FOOTBALL: Romsey win Test Valley thriller
STOCKBRIDGE and Romsey Town served up a real thriller at the Rec on Saturday, with seven goals and a sending-off to keep the crowd enthralled on a damp, dark afternoon. Romsey took the lead, but had to mount a grandstand recovery in the second half to
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Jamie is getting a kick out of it...
The Wessex League's joint top scorer Jamie Laidlaw has thanked Winchester City boss Neil Hards for reviving his appetite for football. After two seasons burying goals galore for Chichester City United in the Sussex County League, the 27-year-old son of
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Downton are on the up following recent success
ANYONE who has earmarked Downton as a dead cert for relegation had better think again. According to manager Jeff Softley, the Wiltshire club are going nowhere. They may be bottom of the Wessex Division 1, but four points from their last two games have
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Duo are Forces to be reckoned with
NEW Fleet Town boss Paul Holden will rely heavily on his assistant Ian Saunders to steer him through his first few days in charge. The former Crystal Palace academy director and reserve team manager begins his Calthorpe Park reign with two home matches
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Beyond the Sea (12a)
KEVIN Spacey stars as Mack the Knife singer Bobby Darin in this biographical picture, which focuses specifically on his marital relationship with the actress Sandra Dee (Kate Bosworth)
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Haul Trident, ro/ro, 0330, 40; Oriental Highway, vehicle carrier, 0430, 202; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0730, 201; CMA CGM Wagner, container, 1030, 206; HNLMS Van Galen, military, 1300, 101E; HNLMS Zuiderkruis, military, 1300, 101W
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Make it a 'global' Christmas greeting
Macmillan Cancer Relief is urging people to write a Christmas message for the whole office on a poster rather than sending out individual cards. The charity wants workers to donate the money they would have spent on cards to its South Hampshire Appeal
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Honouring the trailblazers
THEY are the heroes of the business world - the firms that have gone all the way to make their businesses accessible. Nine of them in Hampshire were honoured at the first annual disability awards organised by Southampton Centre for Independent Living
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Gosport are serious about big Cup clash
With new sponsors on board, the three Hampshire Gales' Cup competitions get underway on Sunday with the pick of the Senior Cup games taking place at Hooks Lane where Havant challenge Gosport & Fareham. However both sides will have played respective
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Lorry driver hurt in latest bridge bash
A DAF lorry driver was taken to hospital following another crash at Romsey's Greatbridge Road rail bridge. His 40ft long trailer completely demolished railings alongside Fishlake Stream on the northside of the notorious bridge over the A3057 last Thursday
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Big turn-out for big switch-on
HUNDREDS braved Saturday's appalling weather conditions to watch Romsey's popular winter carnival parade and the Christmas lights switch on. Despite the cold and the heavy drizzle, community spirit reigned supreme with an eye-catching display of entries
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Transplant joy for Daniel
ROMSEY schoolboy Daniel Hartley was this week "full of beans" and "enjoying being pampered" after having a bone marrow transplant in London. Daniel, eight, became the second of four brothers to have a transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. His older
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Wrapped up in helping Tibet charity
A CARING New Forest woman has launched her own import business in a bid to help children who have fled Chinese oppression in Tibet. Vanessa Ashley is selling summer and winter shawls in aid of charity after visiting the northern Indian town of Dharmsala
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Some tempting entitlements
Have you ever considered taking up temporary work over Christmas for some extra cash? If so, employment law specialist Gill Brown, from Phillips Solicitors, has some important advice for you. IT'S the time for turkey and tinsel again, and many businesses
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Tell Me On A Sunday
THE spectacular West End success that is Tell Me On A Sunday is heading straight for Southampton's Mayflower this week. The musical stars Marti Webb, pictured right, who was last on stage at The Mayflower back in the summer of 2002 as Anna in The King
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Who's betting that Anita will be the bookies' favourite?
ANITA Graham is a favourite with her punters and now she's trying to convince a judging panel she'd be a winner anywhere. Anita, 37, has made the final six in the Betting Shop Manager of the Year award. Not only is she the only woman in the line-up but
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Flats 'like squeezing a gallon into a pint'
PLANS for two blocks of city flats on a site where campaigners fought off a similar development have been causing a stir. Housholders living near the controversial plans for Tamarisk Gardens, Bitterne have stated they do not want the flats next to their
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Asylum seeker waits
AN ASYLUM seeker fighting deportation to a country where he faces death will have to stay in detention while he waits to hear his fate. Congolese Willy Mpasi Mutwadi was due to be flown home yesterday, but campaigners helping him, including Portsmouth
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Our Danny offers his own WOW formula!
HE'S USED to creating a WOW Factor all of his own. Now one of Southampton's most famous entertainers has entered the debate about how the city can generate an international buzz. Female impersonator Danny La Rue told the Daily Echo that his adopted city
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Signing eases 'Stoke front row problems
BASINGSTOKE senior coach Jim Dixon hopes he has finally solved one of his side's problem positions after completing the signing of new prop Roberto Bussati. Argentinian Bussati arrived on Tuesday from Rhyll, north Wales, where he has been living and playing
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Hat-trick as Labour chooses Mumford
THE North West Hampshire Constituency Labour Party has selected veteran campaigner Michael Mumford as Prospective Parliamentary candidate for the next General Election. Mr Mumford has been a schoolteacher in Andover for many years. He lives in Andover
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Remove traffic island - plea
A TEST Valley councillor has called for the removal of a recently installed traffic island in Enham Alamein. Cllr Len Gates has written to Test Valley Borough Council and Hampshire County Council claiming that the island - installed by developers as part
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Trust celebrates expansion
THE Dale Trust drug and alcohol advisory service is celebrating the expansion of its premises in Andover. The Rev Brian Rostill, trustee chairman, said: "From the small seed planted almost 20 years ago we now have a well established, firmly-rooted Dale
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Here I go again. . .
IN THE world of tight-trousered, big- haired rock there are few, if any, bigger names than David Coverdale. The former Deep Purple frontman has been the undisputed leader of Whitesnake for just over 25 years, a band responsible for hits such as Fool for
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A little pot of gold for Rainbow people
STAFF and children at Fareham's Rainbow Centre are celebrating after getting a £4,000 grant from Hampshire County Council. The centre, which does some fantastic work with children as young as six who have mobility problems, will use the huge sum to bolster
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Music festival gets cash boost for 2005
NEXT year's Eastleigh summer music festival has received an extra £5,000 boost. Hampshire County Council has given a grant to the 2005 event at the town's Fleming Park. It will be the third in a series of live music concerts which have featured top national
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Volvo gets a sporty makeover
VOLVO Cars North America (VCNA) has been showing off concept versions of the XC90, S40 and V50 at an aftermarket equipment show in Las Vegas. The XC90 PUV (Power Utility Vehicle) has been tuned and super-charged to produce an estimated 650bhp from its
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Corvette's gunning for British buyers
ONE of the most famous names in world motoring will soon be making a comeback in the UK, it has been confirmed. Next year will see a brand-new Corvette on British roads, offering more power than a Porsche 911 for around half the price. Fifty years after
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Beyond The Sea (12A)
BOBBY Darin, born Walden Robert Cassotto, became a rock 'n' roll sensation in the 50s with swinging tunes including Dream Lover and Mack The Knife. Beyond The Sea, Kevin Spacey's second feature as director, traces the entertainer's career from a child
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The Forgotten (12A)
AT school, you're taught that every story should have a beginning, middle and end. The Forgotten certainly has all three, but the final act of Joseph Ruben's thriller, written by Gerald Di Pego, seems to belong to a different film entirely. The intriguing
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Enduring Love (15)
UNIVERSITY lecturer Joe (Daniel Craig) and his sculptor girlfriend Claire (Samantha Morton) are enjoying a picnic in the countryside when they witness a hot air balloon crash-land in a field nearby. Racing to help, Joe grabs the balloon's basket with
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Piano business has been finely tuned
THE key to business success for Ben Wheeler is being in tune with his market sector in a new venture selling pianos. Mr Wheeler, 37, has transformed a former village post office, which was most recently a tack shop for horse riders, into a piano showroom
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Forward planning pays off for Matt
A FRAMED picture of a Gazette Property front page is hanging up in a brand-new apartment in Basingstoke. The picture of Matt Bray, 33, a recruitment manager in Reading, was taken last March when his apartment was just a shell. It has been framed for him
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RUGBY: Romsey pipped in dour struggle
AFTER another dour struggle in dire weather conditions at Petersfield, Romsey just failed to secure another narrow win. Petersfield started much the better team, especially in the backs, and scored a converted try within minutes of the kick-off. Romsey
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Welsh woe for Bison as Devils triumph
Cardiff Devils 5, Basingstoke Bison 2 THE Elite Ice Hockey League leaders Cardiff Devils ensured a miserable trip to Wales for Mark Bernard's Bison side, who slumped to another defeat on Sunday night. Coming hot on the heels of their gritty previous day's
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Dons can expect a big Bash
ALMOST ten years after a 2,047 crowd crammed into the Recreation Ground at Bashley for the FA Cup visit of Swansea, the turnstiles will click into overdrive again tomorrow. Around 1,000 fans of south London wonder club AFC Wimbledon are expected to descend
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Dropped Katich hitting back with runs
After his controversial axing from the Australian Test side last week, Hampshire batsman Simon Katich led his state New South Wales to an innings victory over Victoria yeterday. Katich, right, led the way with 78 in New South Wales' first innings total
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The Forgotten (12a)
JULIANNE Moore stars in this thriller as a mother grieving over the death of her son, Sam, in a plane crash. But her psychiatrist tells her that she's invented memories and that she never even had a son to begin with.
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The Manchurian Candidate (15)
SILENCE of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme has now joined the ranks of the remakers. These are the film-makers who attempt to reassess and represent material which was made into a movie in the past - and get hammered for doing so in the process. But
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Salsa dancers out of step with town club
SCORES of salsa dancers claim they were left dancing in the dark after their sessions at a Conservative club ended in acrimony. The Justdance Salsa club was midway through its weekly class at Basingstoke Conservative Club when members say they were suddenly
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Insightful talk from Holocaust survivor
PUPILS at Basingstoke's John Hunt of Everest Community School this week took part in a lesson they should never forget. Teenagers from Year 10 were given a talk by Holocaust survivor Rudi Oppenheimer as part of a personal health and social education day
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Trojans travel with injured squad
Preparations for Trojans' long Powergen Junior Vase hike to Wisbech have been far from comfortable as they have suffered a number of injury doubts. The backlash of the tough encounter against Millbrook last weekend have dug deep into Pete Surtees' squad
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TENNIS - Kasiri a star turn in Soton
SOME of Great Britain's brightest tennis talent will be in action in Southampton this weekend, starting today. They will be playing at the Southampton Indoor Tennis Centre at David Lloyd Leisure in Frogmore Lane, Nursling, which is hosting the men's Group
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Cheers all round for pubwatch scheme
ROMSEY town centre streets are safer than they were six months ago and that's official. Police say that since the summer crackdown on drunken yobs - when the central Romsey Pubwatch scheme was launched - there has been a 'significant reduction' in violent
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Woolies closed after £5,000 mobile phone raid
DETECTIVES believe raiders who stole 51 mobile phones at Romsey's Woolworth's store targeted the company's Eastleigh branch the night before. At least £5,000 worth of goods were removed by the burglars who forced a gate and tampered with a security light
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Ridge recycling unit plan binned
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to build a permanent recycling plant at Ridge has been thrown in the garbage bin. Hampshire's regulatory committee went against the officers' recommendation and blocked Raymond Brown Construction Ltd's plans to set up the plant
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Health jobs fear as merger considered
UNIONS fear jobs will be axed if cash-strapped Winchester health bosses go ahead with merger plans. Bosses at the Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, are considering joining forces with Mid-Hampshire Primary
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Pupils bring history to life
WINCHESTER children relived a violent period of English history in a special workshop this week. Boys and girls from St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School dressed up in Tudor costume and recreated a soldiers' charge. The mock warring was part of the
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Power station in the park
PLANS to include a major industrial site in the New Forest National Park have sparked a second public inquiry into the proposed boundary. Next week's hearing has been ordered after rural affairs minister Alun Michael ruled that the park should be enlarged
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The Hamble Players - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
SNOW White and John Travolta seem worlds apart but thanks to some innovative thinking by Hamble Players, our famous fairytale heroine gets a seventies style makeover for the group's pantomime. Along with her Seven Dwarfs, played by two sets of local children
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Centrestage Productions Youth Theatre - It's Nearly Christmas but not yet!
IF IT'S musicals that make you buy a theatre ticket then you can indulge in a mega-mix of some of the greatest show numbers courtesy of Centrestage Productions Youth Theatre (CPYT). The group, which is made up of local children and teenagers, is performing
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Watch out, gems gang is back
AN EXPERT gang of jewel thieves, which has hit more than 100 upmarket Hamp-shire homes, has returned. Police fear the raiders, who have already escaped with gems worth tens of thousands of pounds, have sneaked back into the area. A new raid that bagged
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Loraine's dogged determination!
CARRIAGE clocks were traditionally the time honoured gifts for those stalwart employees who have ticked up 25 years' service. Over the years the ideas for gifts have taken off by leaps and bounds. But this particular one was on four legs and skipped into
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Give us what we are owed!
CALLS are growing for a pressure group to be formed over the APW Electronics pensions scandal in Hampshire. More than 1,000 former and current workers at the American-owned electronics company near Southampton have lost up to 80 per cent of their promised
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Jobs concern over health merger plan
UNIONS fear jobs will be axed if cash-strapped Winchester health bosses go ahead with merger plans. Bosses at the Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, are considering joining forces with Mid Hampshire Primary
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Post Office bosses axe nine branches
IT IS the news campaigners were dreading - the axe has finally fallen on nine post offices across Hampshire. The future of three more is hanging in the balance as bosses consider whether to grant them a stay of execution. Southampton has borne the brunt
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An offer you can't refuse!
TINSEL, turkey and all the trimmings could be on the way to community groups across Hampshire - for free. The Daily Echo today joins forces with British Gas to offer local organisations the chance to bid for part of a Christmas party fund. With the season
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Best foot forward for heart group
A TOTAL of 24 hearty walkers turned out for the annual Test Valley sponsored walk organised by the Andover and District branch of the British Heart Foundation. Combined sponsorships came to £1,400 and recently a cheque was presented to representatives
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Trust celebrates expansion
THE Dale Trust drug and alcohol advisory service is celebrating the expansion of its premises in Andover. The Rev Brian Rostill, trustee chairman, said: "From the small seed planted almost 20 years ago we now have a well established, firmly-rooted Dale
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Travel token admin fee to double
TEST Valley Borough Councillors have decided to double the administration fee for the issue of concessionary travel tokens. The admin charge for the token will rise from £5 to £10 but will not fall on those over 60, on benefits or disabled people. The
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Second radio station mooted
THE Tidworth area could have two broadcasting radio stations competing for attention by the spring while listeners in Andover have nothing. Steve Lawton chief executive of Tidworth Develo-pment Trust and Bas Reilly, who will be the mainstay of the new
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Pupils make votes count
MAKING changes in a democratic society is an important life lesson that Balksbury Infant School pupils have been learning recently. Newly-elected Balksbury representatives will now be given (some) control of the school's purse strings and will meet on
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Driving in with changes
MP Sir George Young and European Tour player Richard Bland officially opened the new Golf Academy at Test Valley Golf Club, near Overton. At the beginning of the year the club was taken over by Re-Org Solutions who have since been improving the course
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Villages' green theme paper scheme
A FRESH round of recycling is coming to Ludgershall and the Collingbournes from 6 December as paper recycling is extended to the villages. The extension of the kerbside paper collection service to an extra 13,000 homes in the Kennet district has been
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Asaf Sirkis & the Inner Noise
DRUMMERS tend to be the overlooked members of bands. The singer, guitarist and bass player get to stand at the front of the stage and work the crowd whereas the drummer is stuck at the back behind a big kit, often without people even knowing who he or
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Bid to stem 'yob culture'
ANDOVER councillors lost the battle to stem what they see as a 'frightening' yob culture, when plans for a new town centre pub were approved. Led by Cllrs Chris Lynn and Marion Kerley, northern Test Valley members moved against the council's own emerging
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Gomez
BRITISH rock band Gomez have just finished touring the US and now they are on their way round the UK. The tour coincides with the release of their latest album, Split the Difference. For a band who started out in Southport, recording in a studio they
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Switch on to festive fun
FRIDAY saw the big Christmas lights switch-on in Andover with our own star - Olympic silver medallist Kate Howey - doing the honours. Meanwhile pupils at Andover's Rookwood School have created some colourful costumes in time for next Friday's big event
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Geno Washington
KING of the swingers Geno Washington is still going strong and spreading his musical talent on his current tour, Just Geno. The American-born soul singer had two of the biggest-selling UK albums of the 60s alongside his collaborators, The Ram Jam Band
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Striker speaks of his hamstring injury woe
NEVILLE Roach admits that his latest hamstring injury has left him as a frustrated spectator as he has to watch his team-mates from the sidelines. Live-wire Roach (pictured above) has missed the last two Town fixtures because of his predicament - which
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Town need a run
AFTER an inconsistent spell of results, Basingstoke Town boss Ernie Howe is hoping his side can put together two consecutive wins for the first time in a month. The October triumphs over Lewes and Cambridge City - in the Carthium Cup and Nationwide South
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Ramp boost for riding charity
A HAMPSHIRE riding charity for disabled people has been given a big boost thanks to a new wheelchair ramp. The Hampshire Riding Therapy Centre in Eastleigh needed the new £2,000 ramp to help disabled riders on to their horses. More than 100 disabled visitors
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Crystal Bally
DELL legend Alan Ball has looked into the future and predicted Premiership survival for Saints - providing chairman Rupert Lowe invests "in real quality" during the January transfer window. Ball does NOT buy into the theory that head coach Steve Wigley
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Just how can Saints break Palace down?
CRYSTAL Palace are a well organised, hard working outfit who have benefited this season from sticking to a simple, yet relatively effective, game-plan. Perhaps without the individual talent to compete man-for-man with much of the Premiership, Iain Dowie
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National award for paintball player
GETTING involved in paintballing has turned out to be a life-changing experience for Cherry Collins - and now she's crowned a memorable couple of years with a national award. The coveted Paintball Association (PA) National Player of the Year trophy has
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The Incredibles (U)
THE new computer-animated fable from the Pixar team (Toy Story, Finding Nemo) more than lives up to its name, conjuring up a hilarious portrait of dysfunctional family life set in the dangerous world of superheroes. It has smart script, eye-popping visuals
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I Love Huckabees (15)
LET me say up front, with no hint of shame, that I have no idea what I Huckabees is about. Even on second viewing, David O Russell's existential comedy is still infuriatingly, wilfully obtuse and impenetrable. The film is the cinematic equivalent of a
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CINEMA LISTINGS
AFTER THE SUNSET (12A): Pierce Brosnan stars in this generic heist movie about a master criminal who comes out of retirement to pull off one last job. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (15): Intelligent thriller about a soldier who realises that he and his former
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A new generation for IEI
A BUILDING services engineering company headquartered in Basingstoke has taken on a record number of apprentices when most firms are struggling with a skills shortage. IEI managing director Ray Manning believes one of the reasons for the success is that
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GAME's seasonal staff
VIDEO games chain GAME is taking on more than 2,500 new staff for the busy Christmas trading period. The recruitment drive marks the biggest-ever push for the Basingstoke-headquartered retailer, who annually bolsters permanent staff numbers - currently
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Dame for a laugh
Four Dames and a Panto, Proteus, at Central Studio, Basingstoke, Until November 27 I FELT five years old at Central Studio, thanks to the wonderfully-universal Christmas production from Proteus Theatre Company, Four Dames and a Panto. An enchanting, vigorously-performed
