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Craig adds his voice to aid appeal
CRAIG David has helped to raise more than £1m for the tsunami disaster appeal after performing at one of the biggest charity concerts in the UK since Live Aid. Tsunami Relief Cardiff, held at the Welsh capital's Millennium Stadium on Saturday, raised
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WHY HOME BIRTHS IN WESTON ARE 10 TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
Health reporter Sarah Cole finds out about the baby boom on a Hampshire housing estate... ACROSS the country, only two per cent of women choose to give birth at home. But on a Southampton housing estate, ten times the national average are delivering their
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Justin to get a feel for Classic
JUSTIN Rose was among the first arrivals at Palm Springs for this week's Bob Hope Classic. The Hampshire player missed the cut by one shot for The Buick International at Torrey Pines, and admitted: "I had a problem with the surface there. "I want to get
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Play-off idea out of favour
LYMINGTON & New Milton boss Ian Robinson reckons the Wessex League's emergence as an FA Vase force is one good reason why their champion side shouldn't be drawn into promotion play-offs at the end of the season. As things currently stand, only the
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Local link is back at Newport
NEWPORT IoW are officially an Island-owned club again - thanks to their fans. Newport Football Club Supporters' Society Ltd are celebrating after successfully acquiring the 51 per cent majority shareholding from Portsmouth-based business Bill Manuel.
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Public asked for their clock tower comments
GAZETTE readers have been given the chance to decide the final design of a new landmark for the town. The famous Thornycroft factory clock is set to become a fixture of the skyline again when it is mounted on the Thornycroft Roundabout - but how the restored
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, roro, 0030, 201; Egelantiersgracht, cargo, 0300, 25; CFF Seine, roro, 0530, 30; Chikuma Reefer, refrigerated, 0900, 104; Progress Ace, roro, 0930, 43; OOCL Long Beach, container, 1200, 206; Madame Butterfly,
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Beales feels that chill as sales slide
DEPARTMENT store group Beales is bracing itself for a "challenging" year after tough Christmas trading dented its recent recovery. The 12-store chain, which has a branch in Winchester, said it had shared the festive pain of other retailers after gross
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MP and unions tackle APW pensions crisis
A BATTLE plan to help the victims of one of the worst pensions crisis in the south will be drawn during a meeting at Parliament today. At least 40 APW employees, along with trade union representatives and MPs, will attend the talks, which are being chaired
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Basketball: Solent on a roll as they get third win
SOLENT STARS 98 (21, 53, 81) - COVENTRY CRUSADERS 89 (17, 39, 59) SOLENT Stars made it three league wins in a row with their first away victory of the season against Coventry Crusaders on Saturday night. Alan Cunningham's men stepped up their late charge
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Billiards: Legend Alf will be saluted
ONE OF Southampton's finest ever snooker and billiards players, Alf Hobbs, will be remembered by his family, friends and fellow players tomorrow. Popular Hobbs who passed away last Monday, broke records throughout his life and even made a century break
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Sea Angling: Ben goes flat out on his first trip
SWAYTHLING'S ten-year-old Ben Oliver had a trip to remember when his stepfather, Tim Smith, took him on his first serious fishing sortie to the Hamble where he landed an excellent flattie. The youngster, who attends St Denys School, used ragworm to tempt
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FA Vase: Billington 1 - Lymington & NM 3
AS HOLDERS Winchester slipped out of the Vase, Lymington and New Milton stated a credible case for why they could be the next Wessex League winners. Despite having to tackle a 600-mile round trip to Billingham in the north-east, frostbite-inducing weather
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BAT 2 - Bemerton 0
Totton's neighbours BAT also collected maximum points with a 2-0 win against BEMERTON HEATH HARLEQUINS. Paul West crossed for midfielder Jamie Platt to slot the Tobaccomen into a 25th-minute lead and Barry Mason, returning to the side following a shoulder
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Billiards: Legend Alf will be saluted
ONE OF Southampton's finest ever snooker and billiards players, Alf Hobbs, will be remembered by his family, friends and fellow players tomorrow. Popular Hobbs who passed away last Monday, broke records throughout his life and even made a century break
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Sea Angling: Ben goes flat out on his first trip
SWAYTHLING'S ten-year-old Ben Oliver had a trip to remember when his stepfather, Tim Smith, took him on his first serious fishing sortie to the Hamble where he landed an excellent flattie. The youngster, who attends St Denys School, used ragworm to tempt
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Reaching for the skies
A POPULAR Hampshire tourist attraction is set to soar again when it re-opens next month. The former New Forest Owl Sanctuary, which has been closed for 18 months, is due to open its doors to visitors on February 13. Owner Giles Talbot has ploughed nearly
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Pensioner left shocked after brick hits car
AN ELDERLY motorist was severely shocked after his car was hit by a brick on the M27. The 78-year-old man had just passed under a bridge between junctions 4 and 5 at Eastleigh when the missile hit the front of his Ford Focus, cracking the windscreen.
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Little April blossoms against the odds
LIKE any other birthday party there was a cake with a candle and lots of presents. But this was no ordinary first birthday. It was a day the Orman family once thought they would never see. When baby April was born 12 weeks early at Southampton's Princess
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Craig adds his voice to aid appeal
CRAIG David has helped to raise more than £1m for the tsunami disaster appeal after performing at one of the biggest charity concerts in the UK since Live Aid. Tsunami Relief Cardiff, held at the Welsh capital's Millennium Stadium on Saturday, raised
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FA Vase: Bridgwater Town 2 - Winchester City 0
WINCHESTER'S dreams of defending the FA Vase perished on what manager Neil Hards dismissed as "a junk-heap of a pitch" at Bridgwater Town on Saturday. When City proudly lifted the silverware at St Andrews in May, the Wessex champions were acclaimed as
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Hamble ASSC 0 - Bournemouth Poppies 1
HAMBLE ASSC remain anchored in the bottom two after going down 1-0 at home to BOURNEMOUTH POPPIES, Karim Banssaouda grabbing the only goal of the game.
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Village blueprint passes first hurdle
A NEW planning blueprint aimed at retaining Fair Oak's "village atmosphere" has passed its first hurdle. The document outlines what building should be allowed in a triangular area between Winchester Road, Fair Oak Road and Summerlands Road. The main idea
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Trimline is fitted out with orders worth £1.5m
HAMPSHIRE marine outfitters Trimline have started the year off with more than £1.5m in the order book after securing a series of cruise and passenger ship projects. The work includes the new Thomson Cruises ship Thomson Celebration (formerly Noordam),
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Claus claims a Premier record
CLAUS Lundekvam has created his own piece of history by setting a new record for the most Premiership appearances by a Norwegian. Fittingly, Lundekvam notched up his 276th top-flight appearance for Saints as captain in Saturday's 2-0 win over Liverpool
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Street life
In her secret life as a prostitute, Lynda could make up to £100 a night to fund her drink and drugs habit. But now she has decided to change her life and help others do the same. Kate Thompson finds out more... BY DAY Lynda worked as a carer looking after
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You can net some great diet tips
SOUTHAMPTON green campaigner John Spottiswoode has set up a new Internet site offering the latest information on nutrition and diet. Built by his 17-year-old son, Robin, the website www.foodcures.net offers: specialised diets for specific conditions;
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CRACKING THE RELAXATION CODE
GOLDEN rule of journalism number one - never fall asleep while conducting an interview. But for Dr Nick Webb sending said interviewer into slumber deep mid-interrogation would be unquestionably mission accomplished. Swaythling-based acoustics graduate
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Singapore calling: telephone Booth!
NATALIE Booth is hanging on the telephone hoping for a call from Singapore. The 22-year-old New Milton golfer is on the reserve list for the Singapore Masters on February 3, first event of the year on the European Ladies' Tour. Natalie came out of European
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Andy joins world event
POPULAR Meridian sports presenter Andy Steggall has joined the International Pairs golf tournament. Steggall stunned viewers recently by announcing live on air that he was quitting ITV's Meridian Tonight news and sports programme to join the world-wide
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England calling ...
HAMPSHIRE FA referees development officer Keith Stroud has spoken of his "shock" at winning an England international call. The former Wessex League referee of the year has been selected as England's representative for this week's Under-17 tournament in
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Gosport 4 - Christchurch 1
GOSPORT goal-getter Graham Lindsay scored his 100th goal for the club as they returned to winning ways with a 4-1 victory over CHRISTCHURCH at Privett Park. Lindsay became only the sixth member to join Gosport's exclusive 'century club' after 88 minutes
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Thatcham 1 - Fareham 0
The three clubs immediately above fifth-placed Gosport also picked up maximum points but THATCHAM TOWN manager Jason Braidwood missed his side's 1-0 win over FAREHAM after being taken to hospital on Friday evening with a stomach problem. New-signing Danny
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Public asked for their clock tower comments
GAZETTE readers have been given the chance to decide the final design of a new landmark for the town. The famous Thornycroft factory clock is set to become a fixture of the skyline again when it is mounted on the Thornycroft Roundabout - but how the restored
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Transit men hit Ford accelerator
SOUTHAMPTON'S 1,440 strong Transit van workforce has helped prop up the results of Ford Europe as the auto giant went back into the black for the first time since 1997. The state-of-the-art assembly plant at Swaythling, Ford's only remaining UK production
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Lights, cameras and . . . action!
SOME of the south's leading business figures and politicians were present at the official opening of Meridian TV's space-age regional television centre in Hampshire. The £6.5m digital-age facility at the Forum One office at Solent Business Park, Whiteley
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Eastleigh 0 - Slough Town 4
There were no excuses from manager Paul Doswell as EASTLEIGH spectacularly blew their chance to narrow the gap on leaders Yeading after being hammered 4-0 by Slough Town at the Sparshatts Stadium. "We had one of those days, I'm afraid," said Doswell.
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Swimming: Members dip into awards at their presentation bash
MORE than 300 members of Southampton Swimming Club descended upon St Mary's Stadium recently. But football was not the reason for the mass gathering - picking up well-deserved silverware at the presentation evening was! As well as the just under 200 trophies
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Play-off idea out of favour
LYMINGTON & New Milton boss Ian Robinson reckons the Wessex League's emergence as an FA Vase force is one good reason why their champion side shouldn't be drawn into promotion play-offs at the end of the season. As things currently stand, only the
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Bashley 1 - Cray Wanderers 5
GEOFF BUTLER came away from Saturday's 5-1 crushing by Cray Wanderers thankful that Bashley hadn't been beaten by more. "We played second fiddle to them all afternoon and it was just damage limitation really," he said. "We were run ragged at the back,
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Totton 2 - Brockenhurst 1
AFC TOTTON followed up their excellent midweek over Lymington & New Milton with a matching 2-1 home success over BROCKENHURST at Testwood Park. "We're going really well at the moment, although a couple more goals would have been nice. I'm looking
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Basketball: Solent on a roll as they get third win
SOLENT STARS 98 (21, 53, 81) - COVENTRY CRUSADERS 89 (17, 39, 59) SOLENT Stars made it three league wins in a row with their first away victory of the season against Coventry Crusaders on Saturday night. Alan Cunningham's men stepped up their late charge
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Charity race bosses hope for perfect ten
WINCHESTER'S annual Race 4 Hope will be 25 per cent longer this year. Runners will have to cover a 10km course instead of the five miles of the three previous years the event has been held. Asthma research is the good cause that will benefit from the
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Ewe didn't want to miss the baa-bies
TWO thousand people witnessed the miracle of birth when Sparsholt College opened its doors at lambing time. It is the first time the agricultural college has opened its doors to the public for the five-week season. The 300-strong flock of ewes are about
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Waste centre blaze: was it deliberate?
A MAJOR blaze at the waste storage centre in Marchwood could have been started deliberately, according to police. They are refusing to rule out the possibility that the 18-hour fire could have been the work of an arsonist. About 70 firefighters battled
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Top class nursery
A TOTTON playgroup is celebrating a smashing report following a visit by Ofsted inspectors. The Humpty Dumpty Pre-school Playgroup in Totton was praised as "very good" in each of the six key learning areas that were assessed. Forty youngsters currently
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Double boost to get on housing ladder
FOR two years, Richard Horn has been peering through estate agent windows. Totting up his savings, sifting through reams of finance advice, watching the housing market rise and rise, owning a home was an impossible dream for this 26-year-old electronics
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SOLDIER'S AGONY IN IRAQ BLAST
A HAMPSHIRE soldier has been seriously wounded in a bomb attack in Iraq. Private Darron Curtis was serving with the 2nd Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment when the explosion happened outside a military base in Shaibah, 20 miles south-west
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Call for action over APW pensions loss
MINISTERS have been urged to help the victims of one of Hampshire's worst pensions scandals. Southampton MPs John Denham and Alan Whitehead highlighted the plight of 1,260 men and women facing an uncertain retirement after APW Electronics wound up its
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Violent crime up by almost a quarter...but burglaries are set to hit a 30-year-low
VIOLENT crime is still rising in Hampshire but the number of burglaries is falling, the Daily Echo can reveal. New police figures show violent crime rose by almost 24 per cent to 22,308 incidents recorded between April and September 2004, compared with
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Rare chance to see city's Tudor gem
IT is one of the jewels in the crown of Southampton's past but time has taken its toll on the city's Tudor House Museum. The house was built in 1495 and is now in need of urgent repair. The museum has been closed pending a year-long restoration programme
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£100,000 garden makeover!
INSURERS have had to pay out almost a six-figure sum to return Roy and Nancy Buckner's pride and joy to its blooming best. Twelve months ago the bottom fell out of the couple's world when their garden and garage were swallowed up by the ground. The lid
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Project seeks start-up funding
A PROJECT to help reduce the number of domestic violence cases in Hampshire looks set to get funding from the police. The domestic abuse cascade training programme is applying for £4,000 from Hampshire Police Authority towards the £14,000 start-up costs
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So who will rock the Island this year?
THE first big headline act at this summer's Isle of White Festival will be announced this week. Rumours of just who will be performing at the festival, which is one of the biggest in the UK, have been growing since tickets went on sale last month. Last
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Portland Utd 0 - Alton 2
A Steve Poulton penalty plus a goal by substitute John Wanless gave ALTON a 2-0 winning scoreline away at PORTLAND UNITED.
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Review: The joie de vivre of Forcione
Antonio Forcione Quartet, Forest Arts, New Milton TAKE the deep, throbbing cello of African Jenny Adejayan. Mix with the rich variety of percussive sound colours from Brazilian Adriano Pinto. Embellish with the eastern accordion of Russian Igor Otkine
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Residents hit the roof in height row
A DEVELOPER is being forced to reduce the size of a controversial block of Locks Heath flats in a conflict over 60cm of roof height. Planning chiefs in Fareham have ordered Kebbell Homes to lower the roof of the building in Locks Road after impassioned
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Transport bosses to sample A32 gridlock
TRANSPORT chiefs are to leave the comfort of their Whitehall offices and sit in rush hour traffic on the A32 Fareham to Gosport Road in a bid to crack down on congestion. Department for Transport civil servants will pile into a car and join frustrated
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So who will rock the Island this year?
THE first big headline act at this summer's Isle of White Festival will be announced this week. Rumours of just who will be performing at the festival, which is one of the biggest in the UK, have been growing since tickets went on sale last month. Last
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Slow-worms' safety is assured as water quality project begins
THE quality of water in a Fareham river should improve dramatically following the start of a £530,000 environmental scheme. The Wallington River's protected slow-worms are safe after being housed in their own fenced-off area as they hibernate and work
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Pensioner left shocked after brick hits car
AN elderly motorist was severely shocked when his car was hit by a brick on the M27 at Eastleigh. The 78-year-old man had just passed under a bridge between junctions 4 and 5 of the motorway at Eastleigh when the missile hit the front of his Ford Focus
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Clean sheets and Crouch outlet breeds confidence
HARRY REDKNAPP has stated the case for the defence as Saints keep their focus on Premiership survival. Saturday's 2-0 win over Liverpool was the first time all season that Saints have scored and not conceded in the same Premiership match. Indeed, the
