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Ferry offers a great getaway
FOR Southampton pensioner Mary Field, the Hythe ferry has always represented a quick and easy escape route from the hustle and bustle of city life. She has sailed regularly on the service for the past 60 years and is heartbroken that the ferry route is
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Wessex League Div 1: Top two keep up a hot pace
TITANS Winchester City and Lymington & New Milton maintained status quo at the summit with crucial victories last night. With just three games go, Neil Hards' Winchester stay top on goal difference after seeing off Hamworthy United 2-0 at the Denplan
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Eastleigh's bad break
EASTLEIGH can only pray that big Wayne Shaw stays fit and healthy after being rocked by news that fellow goalkeeper Lee Webber - AND reserve team understudy Gary Morris - have broken fingers. Manager Paul Doswell had hoped to play Morris in tonight's
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Cheers to some fond memories!
It is now just a pile of broken bricks, lumps of concrete and old planks of wood, but in years past this was once a favourite spot for Southampton people. The Bassett Hotel at the junction of Burgess Road and Butterfield Road has now been demolished to
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Titanic voyager
IT was 93 years ago that the ship of dreams left Southampton. Her passengers, filled with excitement, lined the rails as the captain, the proud master of the latest symbol of Britain's maritime might, took the vessel out to sea. The liner was at the start
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Lessons of the past
FOR more than a century countless Southampton children have passed through its classrooms since the school in Foundry Lane, Shirley, welcomed its first pupils in 1902. Recent stories in Hampshire Heritage have featured photographs and reminiscences from
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Department of dreams
IT'S always easy to spot someone who has lived in Southampton for a good few years, as they still talk about Edwin Jones, Mayes, Bourne and Hollingsworth or even Tyrrell and Green. Those are all old names of department stores that once served the people
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Daisy's happy memories
JIM Collins was going through some old family belongings when he came across a letter his mother, Daisy, had written in November 1979, seven years before she died at the age of 91. Jim believes his mum had intending sending this to the Daily Echo but
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Gambling ring member lost £60,000 in raid
KNIFE-WIELDING raiders stole more than £60,000 in cash from the Basingstoke home of a professional gambler who is part of a high-earning betting syndicate. Someone with inside information about the amount of money at David Dixon's house, in Kempshott
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Gazette House Doctor
IF YOU'RE thinking of selling your home, look objectively at the property. Making the most of your hallway This should welcome your guests rather than scare them off. The first impression you give your prospective buyer will encourage them to see more
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IT Learner of the Year 2003
KATY Blay is a girl who battled her way back from illness and then went on to triumph this week, by scooping the title of IT Learner of the Year - as well as being a runner-up in the Individual Learner of the Year Award. Twenty-year-old Katy, from Winklebury
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Employee Learner of the Year 2003
TEENAGER Kelly Wrightson didn't feel that university was right for her, even though many of her friends left home to study for a degree. Instead, the 19-year-old from Brighton Hill took the route of learning on the job by taking an NVQ in customer service
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Senior Learner of the Year 2003
IRIS Wait proved the old clich: "It's never too late to learn," by scooping the Senior Learner of the Year Award last year at the age of 68. She travelled from her home in Beech Hill, north of Basingstoke, to learn IT skills at the Chineham Learning Centre
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Higher Education Learner of the Year Award 2003
THE winner of the Higher Education Learner of the Year Award works in the glamorous world of fashion. Karen Budge, 37, from Farnborough, achieved a lifetime's ambition when she decided to return to learning to get away from her secretarial career and
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Individual Learner of the Year 2003
CHRISTOPHER O'Connor is off to university in Derby this September - and will be several years older than the teenage students. Continuing his studies with an Adult Access course at Basingstoke College of Technology has brought double honours for the 33
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Titanic voyager
IT was 93 years ago that the ship of dreams left Southampton. Her passengers, filled with excitement, lined the rails as the captain, the proud master of the latest symbol of Britain's maritime might, took the vessel out to sea. The liner was at the start
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Tour race ends in a real battle
SOUTHAMPTON rally driver Steve Hendy began the new season in style with second place in the Tour of Cornwall. The double national champion is bidding for a third title in the GPR MSA National Asphalt Rally Championship and is confident he can do it. Driving
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Eastleigh's bad break
EASTLEIGH can only pray that big Wayne Shaw stays fit and healthy after being rocked by news that fellow goalkeeper Lee Webber - AND reserve team understudy Gary Morris - have broken fingers. Manager Paul Doswell had hoped to play Morris in tonight's
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Hockey: Eight sin-binned as Hamble lose it
EIGHT players were sin binned in an ugly, ill-tempered affair as Hamble lost 6-3 to Slough and dipped out on a South Regional League promotion slot. Hamble had high hopes of joining Trojans in South Premier League, Division 2 next season after routing
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Thatcham 1 - Lymington & New Milton 3
TITANS Winchester City and Lymington & New Milton maintained status quo at the summit with crucial victories last night. With just three games go, Neil Hards' Winchester stay top on goal difference after seeing off Hamworthy United 2-0 at the Denplan
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Newbury 0 - Totton 1
Much to the regret of AFC Newbury boss Guy Whittingham, his side are no longer involved in the championship race. The Berkshire club's Faraday Road ground passed its FA inspection with flying colours, but the post-Vase decline continued last night when
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Hockey: Defeat sinks Trojans
TROJANS have lost their seat at the top table of England women's hockey. Promoted as Premier Division 2 champions last season, they have managed to win only three (and draw three) of their 21 games and cannot now catch Harleston Magpies, the side immediately
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Plenty of unanswered questions
THERE were any number of questions posed on Saturday, before, during and after Lions' less than epic Wessex League encounter at AFC Totton. Some would take a little investigation whereas others are surely unanswerable. For example, why were the goalkeepers
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Thrashers kick off season
The Andover Thrashers American Football Club kicked-off their inaugural season by hosting the Plymouth Admirals last Sunday at Harrow Way Community School. The game ended with a 0-22 defeat for the fledgling Thrashers, which wasn't a bad result considering
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Miracles can happen so Oak have to wait and hope
ROYAL Oak Charlton moved into top spot with their win over Tidworth RBL and now need a miracle to happen as Chute need 11 points from two games to clinch the title. Division Two is also going to the wire as Chute B drew level with Wolversdene B with two
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Patience is a virtue as Paul breaks his medal duck
There was a great success story in Andover Golf Club's Sunday April medal with Paul Kesterton (26) winning for the first time in all his years at the club. His superb net 66 won him the Division 3 title and a handicap reduction to 25.
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An Inspector Calls - The Mayflower, Southampton
ARDENT socialist J B Priestley might have been disappointed to learn that, 60 years since he wrote An Inspector Calls, audiences still have a lot to learn from this powerful modern morality play. But, just as the social divisions and blinkered attitudes
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Mysterious metal in road causes jam
MOTORISTS were forced to make emergency repairs to their cars this morning when they hit a mysterious metal object which punctured their tyres. It is thought a lorry had shed part of its load of nuts and bolts on the east-bound carriageway of the A31
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SEVEN STAR PLANS
DEVELOPERS want to build one of the world's most luxurious hotels in Southampton, the Daily Echo can reveal. It would be constructed on the same magnificent scale as the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, pictured above - the only seven-star hotel in the world. Council
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Front runners
THE Daily Echo saved my life. That's the belief of Peter Swift, who has recovered from life-threatening prostate cancer in time to take up the challenge of this year's Flora London Marathon in aid of fellow sufferers. And Peter, pictured left preparing
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Ethan's on a musical journey
BLUESY troubadour Ethan Daniel Davidson takes the stage with his band at Talking Heads in Southampton on Saturday. After leaving his home in Detroit at the age of 14, he has since lived a globetrotting life, learning and playing music. Currently residing
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Winchester City 2 - Hamworthy 0
TITANS Winchester City and Lymington & New Milton maintained status quo at the summit with crucial victories last night. With just three games go, Neil Hards' Winchester stay top on goal difference after seeing off Hamworthy United 2-0 at the Denplan
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Emergency!
MORE than 600 Hampshire schoolchildren have learned how to cope in an emergency, at an event at Fareham's Fort Nelson. Youngsters from schools across the Lee-on-the-Solent and Gosport areas attended the annual junior citizen event. Agencies teaching them
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Golden girl Kelly cruises in to name Arcadia
ON your marks, get set, go! Olympic golden girl Kelly Holmes sprinted into Southampton and officially named the world's latest superliner, the 83,000 ton Arcadia last night. Kelly, who was made a dame by the Queen after her double success in last year's
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Three million reasons for Roy to carry on ...
ROY BEAZLEY has special reason to celebrate 25 years of running the Ex-Saints. He's had to overcome incredible odds to keep the fund-raising operation going. Former Saints players have been raising money for charity since 1975, with cancer-related organisations
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Villa ready to make new Phillips bid in summer
ASTON VILLA are set to make a fresh bid for Saints striker Kevin Phillips this summer. David O'Leary attempted to prise Phillips away from St Mary's during the transfer window in a £2m deal, but was turned down by the 31-year-old who wanted to stay and
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Speedway
THE ISLE of Wight Islanders defeated visiting Somerset Rebels 50-40 last night - giving them a chance of the bonus point when the teams clash again in Somerset on Friday night. Craig Boyce starred with an 18-point maximium with young Steen Jensen contributing
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Drew Smith League: Bush Hill take Junior 2 title
TWO DOWN, one to go! Bush Hill are pictured with the Drew Smith Group Southampton League Junior 2 title trophy they won after a 1-0 success at second-placed Sporting BTC Reserves, Paul Boucher netting. Bush could have been caught by Sporting prior to
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Coaching mission for ex-opener
SECOND XI coach Giles White is looking forward to helping Hampshire's brightest talent bridge the gap between the first team and the academy. The former Hampshire opener, pictured above, begins his first season as the coach of the club's second XI, having
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Grand little theatre
The date was October 1948 and the following month Southampton's former Grand Theatre was to celebrate its 50th anniversary. These days the Grand is just a memory for the many Southampton people who regularly saw the plays, variety shows, pantomimes and
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New centre is named after cancer victim
CANCER and haematology services in north Hampshire have been given a boost with the opening of a new unit at Basingstoke hospital. The Elizabeth Hall Centre has been part-funded by charities and named in memory of a cancer victim who lived in Hook. The
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Learning to achieve
"SUCCESS through learning" is the new mission statement from Basingstoke College of Technology and one that was celebrated in style as the borough's army of adult learners were saluted at last year's awards. Basingstoke's inaugural Adult Learner Awards
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Community Learner of the Year Award 2003
WHAT a night the Milestones celebration turned out to be last year for childminder Susan Hill. She was in the spotlight for winning the Community Learner of the Year Award and being a runner-up in the Lifetime Achievement category. Fifty-year-old Susan
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Ryujin, ro/ro, 1500, 40; Morning Melody, vehicle carrier, PM, 34/35. Today's Principal Sailings: Atlantic Spirit, ro/ro, 1400, 40; Grand Anversa, ro/ro, container, 1500, 202; Sirius P, cargo, 1545, Princes Wharf; Nagato Reefer
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Bra-vo!
A HAMPSHIRE woman is set to take the fashion world by storm with a model solution to retailers' display problems. Fareham single mum Andrea Cheason, 30, needed an easily transportable mannequin for her lingerie business, but couldn't find one. So, she
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NATS handles record flights
NATIONAL Air Traffic Services (NATS), which employs 2,200 people at its UK headquarters near Fareham, handled record numbers of flights with fewer delays in 2004-5. A total of 2,200,665 flights used UK airspace, a new record and an increase of 4.8 per
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Growing fast
FIVE private firms in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have been making some of the fastest growing profits in the UK. Topping The Sunday Times' profit track 100 is insurance underwriter BDML, based at Portsmouth and employing 450 people. At 22, Lucite
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Rob's best yet
HAMPSHIRE'S Rob Collard achieved his best results in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship when he made a superb debut for the West Surrey racing team at Donington Park. The 2005 Independents Cup champion from Eversley achieved his first BTCC
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Spalding making rapid progress
NEW MILTON teenager Pete Spalding, who took second place in the Metabo British Supersport Cup race at Thruxton on Sunday, is only just into his second season of motor cycle road racing. Spalding is riding a 600 Kawasaki for the Southampton-based ART racing
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Hills are alive
THE 39th season of speed hillclimbing at scenic Gurston Down gets under way this weekend with two championship events. Saturday sees a round of the PPC Speed Championship, supplemented by special invitation classes for Pre-War Austin 7s and the Paul Matty
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Romsey driver is a Donington star
ROMSEY'S Rob Austin raced into second place in the first of the John Cooper Challenge races at Donington Park. The 43-year-old chartered surveyor followed up with a solid fifth place to go to the next meeting well up in the championship standings. Several
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Unlucky Crockard
HAMSPHIRE-BASED motocross stars Gordon Crockard and Billy Mackenzie had mixed fortunes in the first world championship event, the Grand Prix of Flanders at Zolder. Crockard suffered a twisted neck when another rider landed on top of him in practice, but
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Cycling: Hurd out in front of series
ROB HURD has taken the overall leader's yellow jersey in the season-long Sigma Sport/Gizmono competition. Hurd (Bio-Agrico-Selexion) and the area's other top elite rider, Danny Axford (Artic-Shorter RT), finished eighth and ninth respectively in the Fred
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Street gain their sea legs to claim the victory
Brading Town 1 Andover New Street 2 ANDOVER New Street's rennaissance continued last week with two fine victories which spoke volumes for the team spirit at Foxcotte. A Wednesday night trip across the water to Brading Town on the Isle of Wight had all
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Michael double seals runners up spot for Wolves
Wolversdene U14 2 Tadley Calleva 1 MA Hinton Roofing sponsored Wolves scored twice in the first half through Michael Shaughnessy and Steven Vasey before Calleva came back strongly to score in the second half. This win guarantees at least a runner-up slot
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Good battle but numbers tell for All Blacks
Tottonians 22 Andover 13 On a bright but chilly day in Totton, a confident CFL UK sponsored Andover looked to improve their league position and build upon a recent string of good results. However with Tottonians flying high in the league themselves this
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Hanson boys on song as they take Weighell Trophy
After last week's Advertiser Cup final was settled, it was the turn of the finalists in the Weighill Trophy. Hanson Ladies A had emerged from the earlier rounds after some close matches, while Hanson G had won through to the final by a much easier route
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Vets go nap in finale
Andover 5 Newbury/Thatch Vets 0 The day started with a presentation of the trophy for player of the season for Andover Vets which was made to their captain, Richard Romer-Lee. His captaincy had been inspirational all through the season and he led the
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Cash lifeline keeps jobs safe...for now
A TROUBLED youth counselling service has been thrown a lifeline by the county council, saving it from having to make staff cuts. However, the manager of the 14-25 Winchester Youth Counselling Service has warned that the service may still suffer or possibly
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FEELING LET DOWN
TRAFFIC chaos reigned in the New Forest this morning when several motorists were forced to carry out emergency repairs after a number of tyres were punctured by a load of nuts and bolts. An estimated six motorists were forced to pull over and change their
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Petrol siphoned from ambulance
LIVES could have been put at risk after a petrol theft from an ambulance used by a search and rescue team. The fuel was siphoned from a vehicle used by the League of Venturers Search and Rescue based in Holbury. The team are on duty every weekend from
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Victory in battle to stop phone mast
CAMPAIGNERS have won their battle to prevent a mobile phone company building a mast in a New Forest conservation area. Government planners have rejected an application to install an 18-metre high transmitter in the centre of Lyndhurst, the historic capital
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Arthur is first citizen of the year
HISTORIAN and retired school teacher Arthur Thomas Lloyd is New Milton's first Citizen of the Year. The new award was created by Mayor Cllr Goff Beck to recognise people who have made a significant contribution to the town. The framed certificate was
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Sick traveller forces Queen Mary 2 diversion
QUEEN Mary 2, the world's largest luxury liner, was diverted to St John's, Newfoundland today after someone became ill while the ship was crossing the North Atlantic, en route to Southampton. Heavy fog and severe icy conditions prevented a search-and-rescue
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Scottish dancers offer bold originals
THE award-winning Scottish Dance Theatre make a welcome return to Theatre Royal Winchester on April 26 with a bold new repertoire of original works created especially for the company by acclaimed choreographers Michael Popper and Liv Lorent. The company
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Nominate a knight
A SOUTHAMPTON pub is on the lookout for a local knight in shining armour as part of its St George's Day celebrations later this month. The Cowherds on the Common will be crowning its very own modern-day St George to mark the saint's day on Saturday, April
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Golden girl Kelly cruises in to name Arcadia
ON your marks, get set, go! Olympic golden girl Kelly Holmes sprinted into Southampton and officially named the world's latest superliner, the 83,000 ton Arcadia last night. Kelly, who was made a dame by the Queen after her double success in last year's
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Tories offer an olive branch in web row
WINCHESTER Tories have promised their strongest challenge to the Liberal Democrats in more than ten years - and offered an olive branch over the Internet name hijacking row. Relations between the two parties were soured after Conservative George Hollingbery
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No ban on banners
A CHURCH leader today defended charity campaigners who are using Southampton's oldest building to get their fair trade message across. The Rev Ian Johnson, rector of Southampton city parish, admitted he had received a complaint about two banners which
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Leisure services staff face chaos
STAFF who run Southampton's libraries, swimming pools and art galleries will be thrown into chaos by plans to transfer them to an independent trust, union leaders have warned. All 500 people currently working for the council's leisure services would be
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Life's a drag for Andrew and Miss G
A HAMPSHIRE businessman is getting his glad rags on as he gears up for the next round of Drag Idol 2005. Andrew West, 39, has entered the nationwide contest as his alter ego Miss G, an all-singing all-dancing Lily Savage lookalike. By day he runs Creatiques
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Golden memories of awards
THE hunt is on for Hampshire people with Duke of Edinburgh's gold awards. A total of 250 people who successfully completed their gold award between 1956 and 2005 will be invited to a Celebration of Golden Golds taking place in Winchester's Great Hall
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Jocelyn's return to feature film score
THE Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton hosts a week of extraordinary international talent from tomorrow, with renowned violinist Jocelyn Pook the highlight on Sunday. Viola player and composer Jocelyn has worked on a series of high-profile projects
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Review: Messiah is answer to our prayers
Handel's Messiah, St Martin's Church, Salisbury - The Farrant Singers and Chamber Ensemble. MESSIAH concerts don't come much better than this. The dynamic Colin Howard conducted a performance that was intimate and blazing. Composed 264 years ago in just
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Anne extends new unit visit
THE Princess Royal spent twice as long as she had planned on a visit to officially launch a Hampshire occupational therapy (OT) unit. Wearing a green tweed jacket and knee-high boots, the princess met staff and directors of OT Direct in Glen Road, Swanwick
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Hostage drama suspect held
DETECTIVES have arrested a man in connection with a raid on a Hedge End television firm. A security guard was held hostage for more than three hours when five hooded raiders targeted the Tandberg Television premises on the isolated Strategic Park, as
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Access to rivers being swallowed up
RIVERSIDE walks along the Hamble are fast becoming a thing of the past, according to chairman of the Open Spaces Society Rodney Legg. And Hamble parish council agrees. Mr Legg published advice last week on how to rescue threatened public spaces beside
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The changing face of Market Street
TODAY the Daily Echo has delved into our archives to take a trip down memory lane via Market Street in Eastleigh. Over the years the shopping street has vastly changed from the handful of shops that lined the cobbled road at the turn of the last century
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Family affair for Dame Kelly
IT was a real family affair when Dame Kelly Holmes named Arcadia. Watching her carry out the naming ceremony was Dame Kelly's parents, sister, brother and escort at the event, her grandfather, Geoff Norris. It was a ceremony none of her relatives wanted
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Come and shop for your next cruise
SHIP cruise enthusiasts will have a chance to shop around at a special exhibition being held on the south coast on Thursday, April 28. Cruise Control, a leading independent cruise retailer, is holding the first of its cruise expositions at the Carrington
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SAINTS LAUGH OFF CUP FEARS
STEVE WIGLEY has laughed off suggestions from Wolves that his academy starlets could be fazed by the prospect of a bumper Molineux crowd for their FA Youth Cup semi-final tonight. Wolves academy director Chris Evans stoked up the second leg clash after
