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Girls to get USA soccer chance
EX-SAINTS boss Alan Ball has teamed up with one of his former Pompey players to offer budding local female footballers the chance to one day play at a high level ... in America. Ball has been given "a new lease of life" since setting up the Alan Ball
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Past Mortem by Ben Elton
CONTRARY TO WHAT they say on the back of thrillers, it's quite easy to get inside the mind of a psychopath. You don't have to bother with empathy. All you need is a gimmick and a childhood trauma to explain it. Add eccentricities and academic qualifications
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Darts: Win slips away from Hampshire
HAMPSHIRE had to settle for a draw when they hosted Cheshire after the Men's A team won only three matches. But they had made a great start on the first day with a 3-3 draw for the Ladies' B team and a superb 9-3 success for the Men's B squad. The Ladies
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SILENT HERO
A WAR widow from Hampshire has finally learned the extent of her first husband's heroism in the Second World War - 61 years after he was killed in a bombing raid on Germany. Vi Davies, 88, knew Tony "Bunny" Barnes's plane had been lost during the night
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Ellen sets sail for her greatest ocean-going challenge to date
ROUND-THE-WORLD yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur will today begin her most gruelling challenge yet. The Isle of Wight-based sailor, pictured, is due to leave Falmouth, in Cornwall, for the starting line on her ambitious non-stop, round-the-world, solo record-breaking
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Internet scam is claiming six victims a week
AN INTERNET fraud scam conning people out of thousands of pounds is claiming up to six victims a week. Police are now urging the public to wise up to the con, which targets people selling cars, boats, caravans and motorhomes on the Internet. The scam
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Is this really what our city needs?
Portsmouth is a city which has reinvented itself at huge cost. Are there lessons here for Southampton as it pursues its own WOW factor? Karenza Morton reports... Surveying the Solent from the top of Ports-mouth's Spinnaker Tower, Southampton's famous
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Mutual consent? Let's see, where's my hankie gone?
GILLINGHAM boss Andy Hessenthaler's sacking this week reminded me it was only 12 months ago that I first met him. I was at Gillingham managing a team of all-stars for a charity named after the late, great ITV commentator Brian Moore. Andy took part in
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LATEST SCORES
Latest scores from the top clubs in the south. SAINTS 2 - CRYSTAL PALACE 2 BOLTON 0 - PORTSMOUTH 1 READING 1 - WIGAN 1 IPSWICH 1 - BRIGHTON 0 HARTLEPOOL 1 - BOURNEMOUTH 2
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LATEST SCORES
Latest scores from the top clubs in the south. SAINTS 1 - CRYSTAL PALACE 1 BOLTON 0 - PORTSMOUTH 1 READING 1 - WIGAN 1 IPSWICH 1 - BRIGHTON 0 HARTLEPOOL 1 - BOURNEMOUTH 2
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Twinkle Toes Black
Athlete, presenter and now dancer, Roger Black spoke to Karenza Morton... IT takes about 15 minutes for someone to notice him. Tucked away in a corner of a hotel lobby, you don't expect to see one of Britain's favourite sportsmen and a face familiar to
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Should England go to Zimbabwe?
YES: Hampshire chairman Rod insists: ECB had no choice. NO: Legend Robin blasts: They should come back home... ROBIN SMITH has criticised the England and Wales Cricket Board for allowing the tour of Zimbabwe to go ahead - but Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove
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Things are moving quickly for pace ace
IT'S been some few weeks for David Griffiths . . . Selected for England Under-19s' tour to India and awarded a one-year contract by Hampshire, Griffiths, 18, has also been named Southern Electric Premier League Young Cricketer of the Year. The Shanklin-based
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SAINTS 2 - CRYSTAL PALACE 2
STEVE WIGLEY'S position as head coach was looking precarious tonight as Saints could only manage a 2-2 St Mary's draw with Crystal Palace. Saints twice came from behind in a dramatic second half but on the back of the defeat at Norwich did not get the
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Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd by Nick Mason
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED for release in 1995 as The Official History of Pink Floyd, drummer and co-founder Nick Mason's lavishly illustrated book has languished unpublished until now. This was mainly due to objections from guitarist Dave Gilmour, who, according
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London Review of Books - A 25th Anniversary Anthology edited by Vanessa Coode
THERE WAS once a memorable confrontation in my geography class at school. Miss was berating a young troublemaker about his atrocious performance. He was pretty miffed at her cheek, and decided to turn the tables on her. "It's your job to put the knowledge
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The Worst Jobs in History by Tony Robinson
TONY Robinson's new book is a fascinating insight into the lives of people far worse off than most of us in modern British society. Based on the successful TV series of the same name, the book charts the plight of employees whose lives were never touched
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The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss
MARK GATISS'S debut novel is everything you would expect from one of The League Of Gentlemen. Darkly funny and scintillatingly shocking, The Vesuvius Club tells one of the many adventures of Lucifer Box. Living in the sumptuous environs of Edwardian high
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Franklin and Winston - A Portrait of a Friendship by Jon Meacham
THIS FASCINATING book by an American author takes a new look at how one great national leader successfully "courted" another at a time of international crisis, and delves objectively into their complex five-year relationship. The "wooer" was Britain's
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TOP TEN HARDBACKS
Best selling hardback books for the week ending November 27th supplied by Waterstone's. 1 (1) Himalaya by Michael Palin 2 (3) What You Wear Can Change Your Life by Trinny Woodall and Susanah Constantine 3 (5) The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw by Sheila
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TOP TEN PAPERBACKS
Best selling paperback books for the week ending November 27th supplied by Waterstone's. 1 (1) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 2 (3) A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 3 (4) The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom 4 (2) Angels
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Leona, cargo, 0730, 25; NYK Leo, container, 1200, 206; Asian Breeze, ro/ro, 1530, 202; Nordsee, cargo, 2000, 204W Today's Principal Sailings: CMA CGM Wagner, container, 0700, 206; Andes Highway,
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FINANCIAL DISASTER!
MORE than 1,000 people lost 80 per cent of their promised retirement funds after a Hampshire firm wound up the pension scheme to save itself from going bust. The plight of former and current members at APW Electronics near Southampton has starkly illustrated
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Basketball: Solent star axed - by own coach
SOLENT Stars coach Alan Cunningham has indefinitely suspended one of his starting five players, Nick OHarabe. The in-house disciplinary action follows a changing room bust-up after last Saturday's 82-72 defeat by Paws London Capitals at Fleming Park.
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Table Tennis: Hants success
HAMPSHIRE junior table-tennis players dominated the recent south-east England trials held at Cippenham. Portchester's county champion Ashley Willetts finished top in the under-18s, while Southampton's Matt Ware finished second. Ware followed this up by
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Malnourished babies prone to brittle bones
SOUTHAMPTON scientists have made a breakthrough in the diagnosis and treatment of brittle bone disease. Researchers based at the city's university found that babies in the womb and in early infancy who receive poor nutrition are more prone to osteoporosis
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Role in TV A&E is easy as ABC for our Rosie
A TALENTED young actress is set to appear in a dream role in her favourite TV programme. Millions of viewers will tonight watch Rosie de Wolf, 13, in BBC1's hospital drama Casualty. Twin Rosie, of Wilton Road, Shirley, Southampton, will be playing ten-year-old
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Harmonious award for tireless Parvin
SOUTHAMPTON'S first Muslim mayor was "overwhelmed" to be given a prestigious award for promoting social and racial harmony in the city. Councillor Parvin Damani, who ended her 12-month tenure as Southampton's first citizen in June this year, has been
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Don't let the bullies win
CHILDHOOD should be about happiness, freedom and the joy of learning - but for many children this isn't the case. Fear, misery and even thoughts of suicide mar their youth - and the cause is bullying. The government estimates that one in three children
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Tobin's French trip shows an improvement
HAMPSHIRE'S Helena Tobin had an excellent run to finish fourth senior woman in the 22nd Cross International in Countances, France. Tobin, older sister of Southampton University's rising 400 metres star Robert, edged out Romania's Itiana Fugigi for fourth
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Proud of history & pageantry
HAVING served in the guards and worn the scarlet jacket and bearskin standing outside the Palace, I've always been proud of our heritage and pageantry. This week Anne and I were delighted to be invited to the State Opening of Parliament. We sat in the
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Wilson's fund is a boost to charity
TWO sections of the newspaper I like to read after the sport are the birthdays and 'where are they now?' section. Last week I joined my old England partner, Graham Taylor, to help Bob Wilson, the Arsenal goalkeeping legend, raise money for Bob's Willow
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FINAL SCORES
Full-time results from the top clubs in the south. SAINTS 2 - CRYSTAL PALACE 2 BOLTON 0 - PORTSMOUTH 1 READING 1 - WIGAN 1 IPSWICH 1 - BRIGHTON 0 HARTLEPOOL 3 - BOURNEMOUTH 2
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It looks a no-win situation for Lowe unless ...
UNLESS Steve Wigley guides Saints into a position of Premiership respectability, Rupert Lowe is the man who cannot win. He has been criticised for saying too much, he is now being criticised for staying silent as the debate over Steve Wigley's future
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WE COULD HAVE BEEN CUT ADRIFT
STEVE WIGLEY feels Saints are fortunate not to have been cut adrift of their fellow Premiership strugglers after their poor start to the season. As Saints round off their crunch month of November with a huge match against Crystal Palace at St Mary's today
