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Blackey through
MATT Blackey held his nerve trying to beat the cut at the Madeira Island Open yesterday. Low cloud and poor visibility delaying the start of the second day made it difficult for early starters like Blackey. His early birdie was overshadowed by bogeys
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Warne can be a huge headache!
ENGLAND could easily go into the Ashes series boasting three left-handers at the top of their order. Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss and Graham Thorpe are expected to feature prominently against Ricky Ponting's men. And that's good news for Hampshire
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BAT seek return trip to Lord's
BAT Sports defend their Hampshire indoor cricket crown at the Rose Bowl tomorrow evening - barely a month after being pipped in the ECB Lord's six-a-side final. Beaten by one run by Madisons in a thrilling final, BAT are anxious for another taste of Lord's
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BLACKBURN 3 - SAINTS 0
SAINTS Premiership survival bid hit a setback today as they were comprehensively beaten by a far superior Blackburn outfit. Over 2,000 travelling Saints fans made the journey north and turned their end into a sea of yellow and blue but left bitterly disappointed
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Rare Titanic film sells for £15,000
A FILM of the ill-fated liner Titanic taken more than 90 years ago fetched £15,000 at auction in Southampton - after being discovered in an attic. The film, containing images of the ship as she made her way from a Belfast shipyard to Southampton, was
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Gymnastics: Natasha destined for the international scene
AN 11-year-old from Southampton's Valentine School is set to become the sweetheart of the gymnastics world. Natasha Nolan secured a bright future for herself when she travelled to Liverpool to compete in the National Elite Grade Competition. Not only
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Diving: Pete's finals are a washout!
OLYMPIC silver medallist Peter Waterfield is out of this weekend's Champions Cup diving finals in Sweden - after washing his car! The Southampton-based Athens hero has picked up a back injury - although he doesn't know how he did it. "My back felt a bit
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Darts: County need to find form for final match
HAMPSHIRE crashed to a disappointing 27-9 defeat in Yorkshire with both men's teams losing 10-2. Hampshire's success came in the ladies' matches where the B team fought an honourable draw. Sarah Morgan, Laura Power and Amanda Humphreys were the winners
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Snooker: Davis & Taylor in Soton
SNOOKER legends Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor go head-to-head in Southampton next week - almost 20 years to the day they contested the most memorable match in world championship snooker history. More than 18 million people stayed up after midnight back
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Just three days to write royal book
WHEN the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles announced their engagement in February, it came as a surprise to people across the globe. However, for one freelance journalist it meant a commission to write a souvenir wedding guide, with just three
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Rare Titanic film sells for £15,000
A FILM of the ill-fated liner Titanic taken more than 90 years ago fetched £15,000 at auction in Southampton - after being discovered in an attic. The film, containing images of the ship as she made her way from a Belfast shipyard to Southampton, was
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City gets set for superliner celebrations
EVERYONE is invited to a party, and the guest of honour does not come much bigger - in fact, she weighs in at 83,000 tons and is Southampton's latest superliner. The £200m cruise ship Arcadia is to be named in a spectacular quayside ceremony on Tuesday
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Dream festival line-up dashed
HAMPSHIRE'S Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank has revealed to the Daily Echo that he tried to sign Dolly Parton and Kate Bush to perform at his festival on the Isle of Wight. Talks got as far as Rob meeting up with the two singers' management, but his hopes were
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Relay teams in form
TEAM Southampton AC produced two encouraging team performances at the National Young Athletes' Road Relays in Sutton Coldfield. Stars of the show were the under-15 girls' team, who managed 11th place out of the 69 teams and, for much of the race, had
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Bowyer in fine mess but it's fans I feel for
IT WAS a week when European games should have made the main headlines. The opportunity to see the likes of Juventus and Bayern Munich play against our own top teams still has a certain magic about it. And intrigue, too, as we wondered whether Jose Mourinho
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City gets set for superliner celebrations
EVERYONE is invited to a party, and the guest of honour does not come much bigger - in fact, she weighs in at 83,000 tons and is Southampton's latest superliner. The £200m cruise ship Arcadia is to be named in a spectacular quayside ceremony on Tuesday
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Full-time results from the top clubs in the south.
BLACKBURN 3 - SAINTS 0 PORTSMOUTH 4 - CHARLTON 2 SUNDERLAND 1 - READING 2 BRIGHTON 1 - LEICESTER 1 BOURNEMOUTH 0 - LUTON 1
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FINAL SCORES
Full-time results from the top clubs in the south. BLACKBURN 3 - SAINTS 0 PORTSMOUTH 4 - CHARLTON 2 SUNDERLAND 1 - READING 2 BRIGHTON 1 - LEICESTER 1 BOURNEMOUTH 0 - LUTON 1
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Please don't take my lifeline away
LIFE without the Hythe ferry does not bear thinking about for Debbie Talbot. The wheelchair user relies on the service to keep in touch with friends and family who live on the other side of the water. It would cost her about £60 to do the same trip using
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Good Knight
Noel Davies gets the lowdown on singer Beverley Knight... DETERMINATION has played just as big a part in Beverley Knight's rise to stardom as one of the UK's most successful R'n'B singers as her sensual, angelic voice. Ten years ago she could have so
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Wren's vision
Today's Winchester could be completely different if Wren's ambitious plan to build a palace had gone ahead... Imagine the scene. It is the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. The royal couple have chosen to celebrate their nuptials not
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Chernobyl Strawberries by Vesna Goldsworthy
AFTER BEING diagnosed with breast cancer, Vesna Goldsworthy wrote this memoir as a record of her life for her young son. She grew up in a middle-class home in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, under Tito but left her homeland in the mid 1980s to marry an Englishman
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Where We Have Hope - A Memoir of Zimbabwe by Andrew Meldrum
THE PAPERBACK publication of this chilling account of how a prosperous country, once known as "the breadbasket of Africa", descended into a morally and economically bankrupt tyranny comes shortly before the general election there. Journalist Andrew Meldrum
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TOP TEN HARDBACKS
Best selling hardback books for the week ending April 9th supplied by Waterstone's. 1 (1) Poppy Cat Loves Rainbows by Lara Jones 2 (-) Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi 3 (4) Jamie's Dinners by Jamie Oliver 4 (2) Clean Break by Jacqueline Wilson 5 (-) Never
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TOP TEN PAPERBACKS
Best selling paperback books for the week ending April 9th supplied by Waterstone's. 1 (1) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 2 (5) The Creature In The Case by Garth Nix 3 (2) Roald Dahl's Incredible Chocolate Box by Roald Dahl 4 (4) Night Flight For The
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Bunga Raya Dua, container, 1500, 204; Grande Ellade, vehicle carrier, 1730, 202; Clonmore, container, 2330, 205E. Today's Principal Sailings: Sospan, dredger, 1200, Marchwood Quay; CMA CGM Chopin, container, 1200, 207; Autotransporter
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Haydon ruled out
FORMER Thruxton winner James Haydon has lost out in his bid for a comeback in tomorrow's Bennett's/Think British Superbike Championship meeting at the Hampshire track. Haydon still hasn't recovered from the hand injury which ruled him out of the first
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Cycling Speedway: Tom a winner - eventually!
TOM COLLING mixed pain with joy as Southampton Saints defeated Welsh club Newport in a British League South West encounter. In the final heat the 15-year-old was forced off his bike THREE times! First Newport's Kieran Jones flattened him, then Colin Simmonds
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Basketball: Jess gets Solent going
A 51-31 defeat of Exeter Eagles sent Solent Stars' under-14 girls winging into the last eight of the National League competition. A superb defensive display kept the Eagles pointless until the eighth minute of the first quarter, by which time skipper
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City gets set for superliner celebrations
EVERYONE is invited to a party, and the guest of honour does not come much bigger - in fact, she weighs in at 83,000 tons and is Southampton's latest superliner. The £200m cruise ship Arcadia is to be named in a spectacular quayside ceremony on Tuesday
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GRAFFITI VANDAL TARGETS HORSE
A "SICK" vandal has horrified Hampshire animal lovers by spraying graffiti on a horse. Three-year-old Rumour was plastered with paint in an overnight attack. The culprit has outraged the mother of the horse's 18-year-old owner Olivia Back, police and
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A city in mourning
=Yesterday huge crowds gathered in the Polish city of Krakow, the city in which John Paul II was cardinal before ascending to the papacy. Waterside parish priest the Rev Ray Lyons had prebooked a holiday to Krakow. He described by phone the amazing scenes
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Out of the blue comes Roman's super yacht...
IT is more than 350ft long, cost a staggering £72 million and is owned by one of the world's richest men. Today it was in Southampton. The super yacht Pelorus arrived in the city's docks last night in all its glory. It is believed that it will be anchored
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Hospitals boss faces £14m debt grilling
THE boss of Southampton's hospitals has been summoned by city councillors to explain why his organisation is £14m in the red. Mark Hackett, chief executive at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, will address the city council's health scrutiny
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Dispelling the myths
WHEN Yasmeen Hussain and her friends were approached to host an event looking at the lives of Muslim women, they thought just a handful of people to turn up. But they are expecting about 200 women to go along and learn about their lives at the first event
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Review: Night my Idle love died
Idlewild, Southampton Guildhall FALLING out of love usually takes months, even years. You wake up one day and realise the feelings have gone and you don't know when or why. But I know exactly the moment when my love for Idlewild evaporated. It was halfway
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Athletics: Winchester medal collection grows
WINCHESTER & District AC's women are going from strength to strength. Yet more medals came their way at the South of England Six-Stage Road Relays at Milton Keynes, where they finished third behind Shaftesbury Barnet and Belgrave Harriers. The team
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Snooker: Jennings shows true class
OTTERBOURNE'S Nick Jennings made light of his ten-point handicap to take an early lead in the new £1,000 Under-21 Roll-Up at Chandler's Ford SC. The 13-year-old only dropped one frame on his way to the final and knocked in the best break of the day, a
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Dream festival line-up dashed
HAMPSHIRE'S Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank has revealed to the Daily Echo that he tried to sign Dolly Parton and Kate Bush to perform at his festival on the Isle of Wight. Talks got as far as Rob meeting up with the two singers' management, but his hopes were
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City gets set for superliner celebrations
EVERYONE is invited to a party, and the guest of honour does not come much bigger - in fact, she weighs in at 83,000 tons and is Southampton's latest superliner. The £200m cruise ship Arcadia is to be named in a spectacular quayside ceremony on Tuesday
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Saints in driving seat in chase for ace Wilson
SAINTS may reunite £1m-rated Notts County defender Kelvin Wilson with FA Youth Cup stars Leon Best and David McGoldrick - but will face competition from Chelsea and Arsenal. Nottingham-born Wilson, a 19-year-old centre back, has been tracked by Saints
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I WANT TO KEEP 'LEGEND' DODD
HARRY REDKNAPP has revealed he would like to keep Jason Dodd in a coaching capacity with Saints. Dodd is currently on-loan at Plymouth after falling out of the first-team reckoning at St Mary's. He is undecided about whether he will look for another club
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Harry: We can share award
HARRY REDKNAPP was almost left empty-handed yesterday - despite being named the Barclays Premiership manager of the month for the second time this season. The trophy was due to be presented at the Staplewood training ground but was eventually handed over
