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Village mourns popular author
A HAMPSHIRE village is mourning the loss of a local historian whose well-known writings and photographs have left the community with a lasting legacy. Susannah Ritchie died in her sleep at the Brook Lane Rest Home in Brook Lane, Sarisbury last week, aged
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: MOL Integrity, container, 0100, 205; C FF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Undine,. Roro, 0730, 34/35; Le Castellet, roro, 0830, 201; Autofreighter, roro, 1000, 201; Scandinavian Highway, roro, 1030, 102; Baltic Leader, vehicle, am,
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Super Solent begin to eye play-off spot
LAST week's magnificent victory over Worcester Wolves has done Solent Stars the world of good in their quest to make the English Basketball League Division 1 play-offs. First-team coach Alan Cunningham feels so enthusiastic that he can't wait for tonight's
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SNOOKER - Jennings adds a string to his bow
COACHES at Chandler's Ford SC are always impressing upon young players that a high break only wins one frame. As new club personal bests were being set all round, Nick Jennings proved them right with a string of 30s and 40s that took him to back-to-back
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DARTS - Rasher brings home the bacon
RASHER Parker (Linden Tree) recorded the only maximum in the latest round of Bishop's Waltham League action. Ian Edmunds (Sam's) hit a 121 finish and Joe Higgins (Wheatsheaf) checked out on 109. In competitions, Jason Richards/M Vidler (Crown) will meet
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Happy Birthday
SUPERLINER Queen Mary 2 celebrates her first birthday tomorrow. And what a year it has been for the first transatlantic liner to be built since QE2! Queen Mary 2 is the biggest (151,400 tons) is the longest (1,132ft), tallest (236ft) and widest (135ft
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Aurora sends for comedy cavalry as troubles mount
JIMMY Tarbuck and Paul Daniels have been drafted on to troubled cruise ship Aurora in efforts to keep passengers amused as they face their third day in Southampton docks. More than 1,700 passengers were due to embark on a 103-day cruise of a lifetime
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Twitching frenzy!
NORMALLY it is shoppers who flock to the Hedge End Retail Park. But they were in danger of being outnumbered by a migration of waxwings and a posse of bird watchers. For the word had got out through pagers and websites that a squad of hungry waxwings,
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Magic night at south's Oscars
THE Daily Echo Curtain Call Awards took place last night at a star-studded ceremony at Winchester Guildhall. Known affectionately as the Oscars of the south, the ceremony brought together some of Hampshire's finest thespians, directors and playwrights
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Mail dumped after postie's bag is stolen
A DOZEN pieces of mail - including an insurance payout of £3,000 - were found dumped in a city pathway after an opportunist thief stole a postie's bike. The part-time postman had his bike, and letters for almost an entire round, stolen soon after he left
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Magical visit for young cancer patients
PETER Pan and Wendy helped cheer up young cancer patients at Southampton General Hospital. Panto stars Sarah Jane Honeywell and Joanna Forest took a break from performing to bring some Neverland magic to the Piam Brown children's ward. The pair, starring
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Nasty niff still a mystery
GAS firm Transco was bombarded with more than 500 calls from worried Southampton residents after a mystery smell brought disruption to parts of the city. But experts are still no closer to pinpointing the origin of the nasty niff which smelt like a gas
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Sailing federation is staying put, for now
THE International Sailing Federation has denied reports that it is to move out of Southampton. There had been fears that the Town Quay based organisation, which manages sailing throughout the world, could move to Monaco, France. Already, several sporting
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Pictured with the Pompey badge - but I was happy!
Last week I entered enemy territory. No, I wasn't asked to go back to Afghanistan, but to Portsmouth, a place I don't frequent where, surprisingly enough, some people still recognise me. And while we usually exchange good-natured banter, the rivalry still
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Antti's Toon agony
Saints suffered a double blow at St James' Park with a 2-1 defeat against Newcastle being compounded by an injury worry over Antti Niemi. The Saints keeper was stretchered off holding his right knee after just eight minutes following a collision with
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Nigel's career gelled under Harry
Nigel Quashie will not be crossing a footballing divide for the first time if he completes his move from Pompey to Saints on Monday. Quashie was born in the south London district of Nunhead and represented the country of his birth at youth, under 21 and
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Rose one off lead
Hampshire's Justin Rose was in great shape after the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii. The 24-year-old from Fleet shot a first round 67 to lie just one shot off a four-way tie for the lead. With a stiff breeze blowing off the Pacific, scoring wasn't
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Club serves up some money, money, money...
FITNESS fans gave a super trooper birthday boost to Southampton based charity Leukaemia Busters. Members of Esporta Hamp-shire tennis and health club at West End donated the proceeds from a raffle and auction at the club's tenth birthday party to the
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Shape of things to come
IT is the kind of eye-catching building that could become the symbol of Southampton around the world. The stunning vision of Ocean Pier would seem to be exactly the sort of iconic project that city chiefs are looking for to give the city a Wow factor.
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Royal couple pay tribute to aid effort
THE EARL and Countess of Wessex have paid tribute to the hard work of volunteers and fundraisers who have helped collect more than £16,000 for the Daily Echo-backed Southamp-ton Council of Faiths Tsunami appeal. The mayor, councillor Dennis Harryman,
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Tenants happy with housing services
MORE than three-quarters of Southampton's 18,000 council tenants are satisfied with the city council's level of service. That's the finding of a city-wide poll conducted by housing bosses which shows that 78 per cent of tenants are happy with the service
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Time to end our blame culture
KEVIN PHILLIPS believes Saints' current plight has stemmed from a lack of leadership - but the new skipper is now determined to lead from the front. The 31-year-old is relieved to see the managerial situation settling with Harry Redknapp at the helm and
