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The Aviator (12a)
MARTIN Scorcese's glorious biopic depicts the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), who dabbled in movies but was a pioneer in the field of aviation. Moving from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s, it covers Hughes
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White Noise (15)
MICHAEL Keaton stars as Jonathan Rivers, a man contacted by his dead wife through EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena), the "white noise" of the title. The latter states that in the "white noise" of a detuned radio you might hear voices, and in a detuned
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Go to great lengths for Channel swim
VOLUNTEERS are being urged to take the plunge to help fund a cancer information centre in Southampton. Macmillan Cancer Relief is asking local people to "swim the Channel" to boost the Daily Echo-backed South Hampshire Appeal. The campaign is raising
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Lose weight and pile on pounds for cancer relief
A CALL has gone out for Hampshire dieters to pile on the pounds for local people living with cancer. Macmillan Cancer Relief wants local people trying to lose weight in the new year to help the Daily Echo backed South Hampshire Appeal. Dieters looking
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Chain will open 25 new stores after £61m deal
ITS name is synonymous with an Aladdin's Cave of goods, ranging from plugs to jugs. Now the new owner of homeware chain Robert Dyas has pledged to build on that reputation, along with a successful Christmas trading season, by opening 25 new stores this
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New NFU director seeking a home-grown solution for food
A HAMPSHIRE man with a vision for the future of the food industry is now in the hotseat at the National Farmers Union South East. A former combine harvester driver, William White, 40, has worked for the NFU since 1987 and is the new director of NFU South
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New pizza makes for a bigger slice of sales
PIZZA delivery chain Domino's today said the popularity of a new double-layer pizza helped it serve up strong Christmas sales. The dough-to-doorstep delivery specialists, which operates 12 franchises in Hampshire, said its Double Decadence pizza contributed
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Rok solid crew fixes a wall
THANKS to the efforts of a task force of volunteers from construction and support services company Rok, a dilapidated wall outside the headquarters of Wessex Cancer Care Trust is now good as new. A team from the Rok Centre at Whiteley. including area
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Miriam becomes 17th partner at law firm Trethowans
SOUTHAMPTON law firm Trethowans has appointed wills, tax and trusts specialist Miriam Tarrant-Smith as a partner, bringing the total number of partners to 17. Miriam gained her law qualifications in 1993 and joined Trethowans as a trainee in the same
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Fury as travellers blight beauty spot
TRAVELLERS have set up an illegal campsite next to a Winch-ester nature reserve for the second time in a couple of months. Makeshift tents and bits of plastic litter the land near Winnall Moors, while piles of rubbish and even an old armchair have also
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Close-up look at pond life
CHILDREN at a New Forest school can take a closer look at pond life, thanks to a cash boost. A £600 donation from Fawley-based firm ExxonMobil will enable staff to remove a wall currently restricting access to the pond at Holbury Infant School. The work
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Mum and daughter die in road crash
A HAMPSHIRE family has been left devastated after a mother and daughter were killed in a car crash. Wendy Hobbs, 61, top picture, had been spending Christmas and new year with her daughter Vicky Keel, 39, bottom picture, when their car was involved in
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Second World War shells washed up
BOMB disposal experts were called to a Hampshire beach after live Second World War shells were washed ashore by gale-force winds. Hurst Spit was sealed off following the discovery of six shells - the biggest single haul of old ordnance found in the area
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Protesters battle Common mast
PROTESTERS have launched a campaign against a controversial phone mast application that they say will eat into Southampton Common. Mobile phone giant Vodafone has submitted an application to build a 12m mast in Hill Lane. The mast and two cabinets would
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Hartleys' double joy
YOUNG Daniel Hartley is due to return home to Romsey this week after spending Christmas in hospital recovering from a life-saving operation. His brother Joshua, 12, who underwent the same bone marrow transplant last summer, will rejoin his classmates
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Handlers raise an amazing £90,000
VOLUNTEERS at a Hampshire dog-handling club are celebrating raising thousands of pounds for charity. In the last 14 years volunteers at the Solent District Dog Training Club have raised almost £90,000. The fundraising effort was launched in 1988, a year
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We'll help tsunami victims, says council
STAFF from Southampton City Council may be sent thousands of miles to Asia to help rebuild countries shattered by the tsunami disaster which has claimed more than 160,000 lives. Social workers, teachers and road engineers could be allowed to take time
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Memories of Luke prompt new drama
A BOY'S love of theatre will live on in his schoolmates. Luke Fellows died a year ago, having spent most of his short life battling a debilitating heart condition. Later this month, his parents will be laying on a special drama workshop for pupils at
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Walking together for tsunami victims
TWO Hampshire youngsters were so touched by the plight of victims of the tsunami that they decided to tie themselves together to raise money to boost the relief effort. Sam Bennett and Jonny Walker, both 10, did 15 laps of Priory Park in Bishop's Waltham
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New police powers to deal with yobs
POLICE will be handed extra powers to deal with youths terrorising Portchester residents and shopkeepers from the end of this month. Plans for a dispersal order to combat antisocial behaviour were given the thumbs up by civic chiefs last night. Officers
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More homes for area's 'Flatsville'
PLANNING chiefs look set to give the go-ahead for 45 more flats to be built in Park Gate despite the area already being dubbed "Flatsville". Residents say the area does not have the services needed to support a huge influx of new people. But councillors
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£1,000 if you can help catch car vandals
AN EASTLEIGH man is offering a reward to anyone who can help track down vandals who caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage to his new Land Rover Freelander. The Land Rover was Henry Czak's pride and joy and thefirst new vehicle he had ever bought
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Atlantic House on offer
COMMERCIAL property agents Holland Mitchell are acting on behalf of shipping giants Atlantic Container Line to offer more than 28,000 square feet of office space in Southampton Docks. Called Atlantic House, Holland Mitchell expect the office space to
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Harry shrugs off hype
IT'S the tie of the FA Cup fourth round, but for Harry Redknapp it's the least important fixture on the horizon. The footballing gods were circling above the new St Mary's boss yesterday when they produced the mouth-watering fixture of Saints against
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Smith: Portsmouth kick-off favourites
Jim Smith has admitted that Portsmouth start as favourites in their FA Cup fourth round clash with Saints - thanks to Harry Redknapp. Smith, who along with Kevin Bond left Portsmouth and later joined Redknapp at Saints, is relishing the match against
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Growing old tunefully
THERE'S no stopping composer, trumpeter and flugelhorn player Kenny Wheeler. When he turns 75 this Friday, he's not going to sit at home and have a quiet celebration with his feet up - he's heading off on tour to do it in style! Kenny Wheeler's 75th Birthday
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A voyage of discovery
THE extraordinary tale of The Owl and the Pussycat and their beautiful pea-green boat takes to the stage at Winchester's Theatre Royal. Based on the poem by Edward Lear, this production combines storytelling, comedy and songs to create a magical world
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FISHING - Specimen fish are not floundering
Quality outshone quantity during the Lymington & District SFC annual flounder open shore competition from the Lymington & Pennington Sea Wall - producing three specimen size fish. Andover's Mick Chilton landed the day's heaviest flattie which
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Settled life is suiting Bland
Richard Bland admits he's a more chilled-out character these days - and puts it down to girlfriend Caroline Geere. "She's a calming presence," says the 31-year-old Southampton golfing star. "I used to go out for a few drinks with the lads; now I prefer
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James is hot in Arizona
Some like it hot and top Hampshire golfer James Ablett revelled in the heat of the Arizona Desert recently. The Lee-on-the-Solent left-hander finished tied second in the big Arizona Classic Pro-Am at Scottsdale, won by Surbiton's Neil Reilly. Reilly opened
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Malone's back and promotion is the key issue
PRETENDERS to the Sydenhams Wessex League crown had better beware. David Malone is back on board at Winchester City and says the FA Vase holders are in "bullish" mood and making promotion their number one priority. To prove it, they have already started
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Leaderboard give Tsunami appeal boost
The DEC Tsunami Earthquake Appeal will be boosted by around £40,000 after the Leaderboard Group of golf courses offered free golf to fundraisers. The group has a fine track record with fundraising and recently donated almost £30,000 for the BBC's Children
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'Bring on' the tough tests, says Robson
WESSEX LEAGUE fixtures don't come much tougher than facing Lymington & New Milton, Andover and champions Winchester City in the space of eight testing days. But, as far as Gosport Borough's new coach John Robson is concerned, the harder the opponents
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Closer (15)
A LOOK at modern relationships, based on the very successful play by Patrick Marber. The story of four strangers and their chance meetings, instant attractions and betrayals, the high-profile cast here includes Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Natalie Portman
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Grande Anversa, roro, 0800, 105; Lady Lisa, cargo, 0900, 102; NYK Lyra, container, 1015, 207; Happy Ranger, cargo, 1030, 43; Philipp, container, 1830, 204w Today's Principal Sailings: Nordsee, cargo
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Jelle names VLM's new Belgian service
SAINTS' Belgian full-back Jelle Van Damme named an aeroplane City of Southampton in a ceremony at Southampton Airport. The plane will be shuttling from Southampton to Brussels and back after its owners, airline VLM, took over the route from British Airways
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Flexibility is the quay
FLEXIBLE terms have proved to be the key to lettings at Southampton's Ocean Quay Marina. The city's office of Humberts Commercial has just completed five lettings in swift succession for the marine and industrial business park on the River Itchen. Ocean
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Friarsgate development slammed
DEMANDS for more openness about the multi-million Broadway-Friarsgate development in Winchester have been called for. Labour and Tory councillors are unhappy that discussions with the developers Thornfield over the £100m regeneration are still being conducted
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Extension will ease the nursing beds crisis
WORK has started on a multi-million-pound project to ease the shortage of nursing home places in the New Forest. Hampshire County Council is providing an extra 30 beds to help the district cope with a sharp rise in the number of people over 85. A £2.6m
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Counting down to disruption
THERE'S just one week to go until massive disruptions hit one of Hamp-shire's main arteries. The A36 through Wellow and Plaitford will be closed for up to nine weeks from next Monday while highways bosses carry out £770,000 of road repairs. A new surface
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Hats off to crazy headwear
A WATERSIDE pensioner has donated a bumper batch of colourful and crazy handmade hats to her local Oxfam shop to raise money for their tsunami appeal. Ruth Olden, 64, of Elm Crescent in Hythe, spent hours making the distinctive headwear and says that
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Angus Stubbs out opposition
Team Southampton's Angus Maclean lived up to his pre-race favourite's tag to cruise to victory in Sunday's Stubbington 10K. But the news was not so good for one of the area's leading women's runners, Kath Bailey, who missed out on competing because she
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Library extends hours
BOOKWORMS will soon be able to make the most of longer opening hours at Eastleigh Library. From January 17 the library will open its doors from 9am instead of 9.30am, bringing opening hours more into line with other outlets in the Swan Centre. The People's
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Flexibility is the quay
FLEXIBLE terms have proved to be the key to lettings at Southampton's Ocean Quay Marina. The city's office of Humberts Commercial has just completed five lettings in swift succession for the marine and industrial business park on the River Itchen. Ocean
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Departure delay for luxury liner passengers
NEARLY 2,000 passengers who should have been enjoying a luxury sea cruise have spent the first night of their holiday in Southampton docks. Luxury liner Aurora, above, was due to leave after a 24-hour delay yesterday for a three-month round-the-world
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A Night in November is a play of two halves
GAVIN Armstrong, from County Down in Northern Ireland, is leading a theatrical exclusive all the way to Basingstoke's Haymarket Theatre. A Night in November, a comedy about the sectarian troubles, which uses the game of football to demonstrate the deep
