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Bison go in hope
BASINGSTOKE Bison go into their final local derby clash of the season full of confidence after winning 4-3 at London Racers on Wednesday night. At Guildford on New Year's Day, the Herd have a chance to avenge a 5-2 defeat earlier in the season when they
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Gale plans to shake up Hawks
HAVANT & Waterlooville assistant manager Shaun Gale looks set to ring the changes for their Conference South return against Bognor Regis Town at West Leigh Park tomorrow (3pm). Gale has been standing in for manager Ian Baird, who returns for tomorrow's
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Town bring in new keeper
GOALKEEPER Lee Webber will be handed his Eastleigh debut tomorrow for their Ryman League Premier Division clash at Wealdstone. Webber, pictured below, signed by manager Paul Doswell from Wessex League Fareham Town a fortnight ago, gets his big chance
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Napoleon Dynamite (PG)
THIS film already has a bit of a cult following in America. High school nerd Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), while dealing with his bizarre family life, decides to help his best friend Pedro (Efren Ramirez) win the class presidency from mean teen Summer
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Icy weather halts Boxing Day hunt
FREEZING weather conditions halted what could be the last-ever Hampshire Hunt. The traditional event, which was held on Monday because Boxing Day fell on a Sunday, had to be cancelled because the frozen ground was deemed too dangerous for the animals.
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Prestige Ace, ro/ro, 0130, 43; Asian Spirit, vehicle carrier, 0330, 40; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Bunga Raya Satu, container, 0700, 204; Aegean Breeze, ro/ro, 0730, 201; Suurhusen, cargo, 0800, 36; CMA CGM Puccini, container
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Boxing Day car rally a success despite late venue switch
ROMSEY'S annual Boxing Day Classic Car and Bike Meet was a classic case of "It'll be all right on the day." Organisers Steve Biddlecombe and Al Piekaar had a few headaches to overcome before the event, which was originally scheduled to have taken place
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On the spot fines for Forest yobs
A MAJOR crackdown on anti-social behaviour begins in the New Forest on New Year's Day. County council appointed accredited community safety officers will issue fixed penalty notices to litterbugs and people who daub graffiti, fly-post and those who allow
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Hunt rallies support at holiday meets
ANTI-BLOOD sports protesters kept their distance during the Hursley Hambledon Hunt's first Yuletide meeting at Stockbridge. Instead of demonstrators waving placards and shouting abuse at huntsmen and women, more than 1,000 supporters thronged the town's
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A Night in November
EVERYONE wept for Neighbour's softy Harold when his beloved wife Madge died. Still, most people preferred Helen Daniels and what was Neighbours' loss has been Hampshire's gain because Anne Charleston, who played the fiery housewife, is fast becoming a
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What's on the stage
IF you thought the New Year was a dull time for theatre then think again. What's On previews some of the highlights to pencil in your diary for January! TIM Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's clasic rock musical, Jesus Christ Superstar returns to The Mayflower
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Olympic heroes honoured
HAMPSHIRE'S Olympic heroes today picked up yet more medals as they claimed pride of place on the New Year's Honours List. Two of the county's Athens sailing heroes were awarded OBEs for services to their sport. Double Olympic gold medallists Shirley Robertson
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Saints stars add to disaster fund
SAINTS footballers have dug into their own pockets to help the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake. Club captain Jason Dodd revealed that the squad had donated a proportion of their wages to the disaster relief fund. No figure has been put on how much
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South opens its heart and pocket
PEOPLE across the region have begun to dig deep to help victims of the south Asia's tsunami disaster. Nationally, donations to aid charities from Britain were in the tens of millions, but some residents in the south have launched their own aid collection
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Feisty Florence is well worth studying
ROMSEY MP Sandra Gidley has pledged to fight for Hampshire heroine Florence Nightingale's place in the school's curriculum. As reported in the Daily Echo yesterday, the Wellow-based Lady of the Lamp has been threatened with the axe from the Key Stage
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Oh so Pleasant after clean-up
YOUNGSTERS in Southampton spread a little cheer over the festive period by helping to spruce up the inner city. Dozens of young people picked up litter and cleaned off graffiti around Mount Pleasant Junior School as part of the city council's drive to
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Connor in the frame
A SOUTHAMPTON boy with muscular dystrophy has been given a helping hand by Somerfield after the store raised money to buy him an electric standing frame. Connor Thomas, 11, from Lordswood, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a severe muscle weakening condition
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Store set to open in February
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has announced that its new Tesco Express store in Ludgershall will open its doors to the public on 7 February. The shop will replace the existing One-Stop outlet which shuts on 8 January - three days after post office services
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Weight watching in 2005
THOSE who have piled on the pounds over Christmas can get help in shedding the weight this new year in Ludgershall where Weight Watchers is celebrating by opening another meeting. Weight Watchers says its programme has proved so successful it has decided
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The Lindsay String Quartet
THE New Year opens in style at Southampton's Turner Sims Concert Hall with two very special performances by the internationally renowned Lindsay String Quartet. Regarded as one of the world's greatest classical ensembles, the quartet will perform two
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What's On - music
CELTIC folk-rockers Runrig play Southampton Guildhall in February as part of their 30th anniversary tour. The band shot to fame in the mid-70s at a time when heavy metal was at its peak and bands like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath were carving a new chapter
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Anything but a happy New Year for disabled
A NEW survey conducted by disability charity Leonard Cheshire has found many disabled people will not even attempt to make rail journeys to welcome in the New Year with family and friends due to the lack of accessible toilets. Leonard Cheshire's Bog Standard
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Christmas Day deliveries
ANDOVER baby Alex Nightingale made Christmas perfect for his parents Julie and Chris. The Roman Way baby, due on 22 December, timed his dramatic appearance to an hour when most families are beginning to settle down to Christmas dinner. "Alex was born
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Bobbies fix elderly couple's fence
POLICE officers at Stockbridge provided some festive cheer to an elderly Anna Valley couple after vandals damaged their garden fence. When news of the crime reached them, rural community beat officer Sian Newland immediately responded to assess the damage
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Chineham
FACILITIES: Last week, I referred to proposed upgrades to our rather modest Chineham recreational facilities. These are mainly for the benefit of our younger residents and, clearly, it is important that all generations benefit from the enhancement of
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Hook
THE Lions: The New Year should always start with a good old spring clean, and if you are looking for an incentive, Hook and Odiham Lions can offer one. They run a Lions Community Store in Fleet, where goods can be collected and then redistributed. In
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Kingsclere
VOLUNTEERS: At the start of the new year I normally suggest a few resolutions that are mostly about volunteering, but the splendid exhibition we had in October 2004 showed just how many volunteers we have in the village. We have room for many more, and
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Old Basing
REFLECTION: Another year has passed. Upon reflection it was a good year for the village, with the carnival, village show, festivities at the church and many other activities by The Friends of St Mary's, the Friends of Basing House, the school PTA and
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Tadley
I HOPE you all enjoyed your Christmas festivities and you managed to have a look at the new cemetery. If you did, you will understand how proud of this facility the town council is. HAPPY New Year: To you all. Please, if you are going out tonight or any
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Post sensibly to help stamp out jammed boxes
Sir.-I write in reply to a recent letter from B Aylett about postal problems in Basingstoke. Firstly, the post boxes around town and the estates are emptied more regularly at Christmas - roughly every two hours (give or take 10 minutes). I know because
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Sympathetic boys praised
Sir.-I wish to express my extreme thanks to the two young lads who came to the aid of my 27-year-old daughter on Monday, December 20. Her flat in Carmicheal Way, Basingstoke, was destroyed by a fire a couple of weeks ago, and she returned to the scene
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I fancy a Berger
Pompey winger Patrik Berger has emerged as a shock Saints transfer window target. The former Liverpool winger is believed to be unsettled at Fratton Park following the departures of Harry Redknapp, Jim Smith and Kevin Bond and is out of contract in the
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New Focus touches down at dealership
FORD'S sequel to the bestselling Focus is due to hit the streets next month. The humble hatch, which has topped sales charts across the world, has been given a fresh new look - and buyers can meet it in the metal at Gowrings Ford, Houndmills Autoplaza
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President hails resurgent Town
BASINGSTOKE Town president Rafi Razzak has spoken of his delight with the club's progress on and off the pitch under Ernie Howe's management and the new board of directors. With surprise package Town riding high in the top three of the Nationwide South
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Powerbase spreads
POWERLIFTERS from Basingstoke are planning a double assault on British titles in 2005. Two members, Jean Maton and Andy Bonner, recently booked places in the next British Amateur Weightlifting Association (BAWLA) championships, while two more local lifters
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The Aviator (12A)
MARTIN Scorsese will almost certainly win the Oscar that has eluded him for his efforts behind the camera on The Aviator. Not because he truly deserves the honour for this long cherished biopic of Howard Hughes, but because it is inconceivable that the
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Borough's economy is booming marvellous
A GOOD year for business in Basingstoke in 2004 is set to be followed by another. That is the view of John Harrocks, the chief executive of the North Hampshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Looking back on the past 12 months, Mr Harrocks said: "
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Full steam ahead
AGENTS Lane Fox are on track to find a buyer for an old steam engine barn that has been converted into a character home. Matthew White, of the Odiham office of Lane Fox, said: "Steam Barn offers an imaginative conversion of a former working barn." Steam
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City bonuses could keep market afloat
HAMPSHIRE still remains a happy hunting ground for Lon-don buyers wanting to move to the countryside. And talk of improved City bonuses at the end of 2004 should continue to keep the top end of the market buoyant. According to statistics from the Kni-ght
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A season of Lowe-s
IT was the year when the St Mary's faithful might have sung 'Oh when the Saints managers, go marching out (the exit door), oh when the Saints managers go marching out ...' This year will go down in the Saints history books as a sensational 12 months which
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Bumper sales put store in department of its own
DEPARTMENT store chain John Lewis, which employs thousands of people across the south, has reported bumper business in the first three days of its clearance sale. The retail giant, which has 1,000 "partners" at its flagship store at WestQuay, Southampton
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Banks slated over Chip and PIN problems
A CRISIS threatening to swamp the introduction of Chip and PIN technology across businesses in the south is the fault of the big banks, it's been claimed. Banks have aggressively driven the scheme before retailers and consumers are ready according to
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DARTS - Jenkins in super form
Hampshire's Andy Jenkins produced one of the best performances on day four of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship when he crushed former world matchplay champion Peter Evison 4-0. Evison had talked up his chances of reaching round four in the morning
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Operation Apple ready to help tsunami families
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Harris, family liaison co-ordinator with Hampshire Police, based in Portsmouth, confirmed that a number of families in the county had been affected by the incident. Mr Harris is in charge of Operation Apple, which co-ordinates
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New-look Church Place dug up to restore Abbey power
AN EMERGENCY generator ensured funeral-goers didn't get cold after a power cut at Romsey Abbey. Southern Electric officials quickly wheeled out the generator following last Thursday's power failure to ensure major church services continued. The emergency
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'Sickies' costing industry
BRITISH industry is suffering because workers phone in sick even when there's nothing wrong with them - and managers are the worst culprits. In a national survey conducted online, 80 per cent of workers who responded admitted pulling a fast one and taking
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Accolades for local heroes
THE great and the good of Hampshire were today celebrating after receiving awards in the New Year's Honours List. Alongside the internationally renowned sports personalities and entertainers were ordinary workers and civil servants. Come rain or shine
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Maybush makes a clean break
A GROUP of Southampton residents made sure their neighbourhood got off to a sparkling 2005 by holding a community clean-up. The marathon effort in Maybush was organised by the tenants' association at William Macleod Way and Barters Close, with help from
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Stolen - the gifts we worked so hard for
THEY were the Christmas presents that three Hampshire brothers had dreamed of. For months, their parents had struggled to save almost a thousand pounds to buy three mini-motorbikes for their sons. But, just two days after Christmas Day, festive joy turned
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Garden takes shape
SHIRLEY Warren's very own community garden is slowly taking shape. More than a dozen volunteers began the transformation of the wasteland near Shirley Warren Baptist Church, in Warren Crescent. They spent two days clearing rubbish and levelling the soil
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Rallying round
TWO families face the New Year homeless after disaster struck twice in one village over Christmas. Both families' picturesque, thatched cottages were left uninhabitable after a blaze gutted one and a refuse lorry careered into another. Nobody was badly
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Site stirs memories
A HOUSING association has marked the redevelopment of a former Ludgershall landmark with the presentation of £250 which will be used to buy shrubs for the village Jubilee Garden. The former E E Roy site had been closed for many months but in its heyday
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MP's plea for more station parking
ANDOVER MP Sir George Young, has spoken in the House of Commons on the need for railway stations in his constituency to have larger car parks to cope with increased demands. Sir George, a former cabinet minister for transport who regularly cycles to Andover
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Care centre mooted
A NEW respite care centre for people with learning disabilities is being proposed to serve the Kennet area of Wiltshire. The 10-bed short-break centre would help to meet increased demand for respite care in the area. People with learning disabilities
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Anyone for a sl;ice of turkey?
DAY patients at The Countess of Brecknock Hospice were given a treat when the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire Mary Fagan, along with a team of volunteers and staff, served Christmas dinner. Patients enjoyed a traditional turkey dinner with background piano
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OAP protest veto
A RESIDENT of Andover's Artists Way says she is so fed up with the way some taxi drivers have treated her that she says she doesn't want to use them any more. Tearful Mrs Beryl Duke, aged 68, who used to clean at Harrow Way School, said some drivers have
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Asia disaster prompts urgent plea for funds
TWO Andover Rotary Club members have launched appeals to help those caught up in the Asia earthquake disaster. Rotary Clubs in the UK have a central depot in Derbyshire where they keep stocks of water purification kits ready for supply to the major aid
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Town pay for a rare mistake
Basingstoke Town 0, Maidenhead United 1 A FESTIVE hangover struck on Monday as second-from-bottom Maidenhead stole a narrow victory to deny Ernie Howe's Town side a happy Christmas. After an excellent away win at Newport County sent him into the demanding
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Bramley
CHURCH services: On Sunday, there will be Holy Communion at 9am and, at 10.30am, Parish Communion and Sunday School at St James'. There is always coffee, tea, squash and biscuits available in Cross House after the 10.30am service. All are welcome. LUNCH
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Brighton Hill
MACBETH was a delight on December 15 at Chalk Ridge Primary School. I enjoyed the concert, beautifully performed by Years 5 and 6. Setting the scene were images of an entrance to a castle and steps leading upwards to the tower. The headmaster, Derek Buckle
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Hatch Warren
PLAY parks: Changes to the play parks at Kempshott Rise and Lymington Close are planned for some time in the near future. The borough council plans to consult residents living close to the sites to agree which changes would be most beneficial. YOUTH Caf
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Sherfield-on-Loddon
REFLECTION: As the end of the year approaches, this is how Sherfield people remember 2004: Kathleen Gaiger said: "We remember our achievements, particularly participation in the Village of the Year competition; new friends we have made, and old friends
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Silchester
A VERY happy and peaceful New Year to you all. Here is the news for the start of 2005. PANTOMIME: Silchester Players present King Arthur, a Pantomime Adventure in Camelot in the village hall. Tickets cost £6, £4 for concessions, and are available by calling
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Shock at tirade of abuse
Sir-On Christmas Eve, my husband and I went to Bramley churchyard to place some flowers on our relatives' resting places. It was 4.45pm and we noticed a number of cars were already parked outside the church, presumably for people to attend the annual
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Plan to tackle housing issues
Sir.-Recently, the Government introduced and published a Public Health White Paper. This was the first time we have had a comprehensive strategy outlined for a considerable period of time in this most important area, which seeks to link together all the
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Shortfall over blue badges
Sir.-I write in reference to disabled car parking badges. It is my understanding that, in the change from orange to the blue badge in 2000, only three per cent of the population received these in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane. Disabled people make
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Post office ideas 'ignored'
Sir.-The consultation by the Post Office over the closure of some local branches was a disgrace. I wrote suggesting a compromise - limited opening times - and got an acknowledgement, which was merely a set of platitudes and made no reference to my suggestion
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Rovers to leave Saints £1m short from Beatts sale
James Beattie's sale will be worth at least £1m to former Saint Mark Hughes. The welcome present for the manager of Beattie's former club Blackburn is down to a clause in his Saints contract, stating that the Ewood Park outfit will gain 20 per cent of
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Still showing
LEMONY SNICKETT'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (PG): Unusual and refreshingly unseasonal family film about a group of children who discover their uncle is trying to bump them off in order to get his hands on their inheritance. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
