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Wessex Hotel, Winchester
WINCHESTER'S bustling centre has its fair share of fine restaurants, but few offer a better view than the Wessex Hotel. It's squat, angular post war exterior strikes an unhappy contrast with the solemn splendour of the next-door cathedral that dwarfs
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Romsey Junior are Challenge champions
Romsey Junior School overcame the drama of late goals and penalty shoot-outs to secure victory in the Saints Soccer Challenge regional final. The team played some fine football to win through to the Grand Final, which will take place at the St Mary's
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Newport on brink
MANAGER-in-waiting Steve Leigh says it's do or die for Newport IoW tomorrow in their Ryman 1 survival fight. Failure to beat Dulwich Hamlet at St George's Park would, he believes, bring the curtain crashing down on their 15-year reign as a Southern/Isthmian
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Goal boost for Haddow
EASTLEIGH'S Alex Haddow can head into tomorrow's Ryman Premier play-off clincher at Northwood with new-found confidence after scoring his first goal for the club on Wednesday night. For manager Paul Doswell, Haddow's brilliantly taken volley was perhaps
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Hants lose momentum
IF ONLY Kevin Pietersen was able to rescue his new county teammates from this one. After a winter spent producing heroics for England, despite the failings of his one-day international teammates, it is a pity Pietersen can only watch his new county struggle
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Warne v Flintoff: An Ashes decider
OUTSPOKEN former Australian captain Ian Chappell is convinced this summer's Ashes series can be distilled down to one key battle - Shane Warne v Andrew Flintoff. And Chappell believes the Hampshire captain will easily keep England's middle-order talisman
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Rotary fundraiser is black and white
BLACK and white is set to be the look around the Basingstoke area during a three-day fundraising extravaganza to help people at home and abroad. A special event is being planned by the three Rotary clubs in the Basingstoke area to extend their support
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Have your say on Top of the Town
BASINGSTOKE residents are being given a chance to make a lasting impression on the town by helping to decide whether an historic area should be given a new name. In an attempt to give the Top of the Town a new lease of life, Kaye Cousins, Basingstoke
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Chevrolet Lacetti Sport
THIS year's arrival of Chevrolet in the UK market has brought some smart new models including the flagship of the Lacetti five-door family hatchback range, the 1.8 Lacetti Sport. While Chevrolet has replaced Daewoo in the General Motors family, the only
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Rare Titanic artefacts to be auctioned
AN historic timepiece, which stopped ticking when ill-fated Southampton liner Titanic sank 93 years ago today, is to be auctioned. The 18-carat gold pocket watch, pictured, is among the rare artefacts connected to the ship to be sold by Bonhams and Butterfields
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Rail work may go on at doomed site
RAIL-related employment may continue at the doomed Alstom train renovation works in Eastleigh, the Daily Echo can reveal today. St Modwen, the regeneration specialist that owns the 46-acre site, has fielded calls from interested parties. The company,
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Linden award
LINDEN Homes, which has a strong regional presence, has received an award for excellence at the Property Advertising, Marketing and Design Awards. It was for the best brochure for a residential property category for 'Hamble Rise', Linden's new collection
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Goal boost for Haddow
EASTLEIGH'S Alex Haddow can head into tomorrow's Ryman Premier play-off clincher at Northwood with new-found confidence after scoring his first goal for the club on Wednesday night. For manager Paul Doswell, Haddow's brilliantly taken volley was perhaps
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Boxing: Barney ready for 'home' showdown
MATTHEW BARNEY could be set for a return in front of his home Southampton fans for a summer boxing showdown. The light-heavyweight former world champion is currently in talks with veteran promoter Jack Bishop with a view to fighting on a scheduled show
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SCT sponsor Olympic diver
OLYMPIC diving hero Peter Waterfield found himself a little higher above the water than he's used to. The Southampton sportsman, who bagged a silver medal in synchronised diving last summer at Athens, was perched 40 metres up a dock crane. The 24-year-old
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Tory big gun blasts housing plan
THE CONSERVATIVE'S environment spokesman is backing the party's Romsey general election candidate's fight to stop a 10,000-home new town being built at Lee. Tim Yeo visited Lee on Wednesday afternoon to see for himself the green fields under threat from
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Explore the town on St George's Day
HOW well do you know Romsey? Well you can find out during Romsey Tourist Information Centre's open day on St George's Day. The Church Street-based information centre is staging a series of activities and events from 9.30am until 5pm. The main theme of
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Honouring the best of Town's youth
ROMSEY Youth Council will honour two sisters and a teenage special needs volunteer group next Thursday. Dawn and Sabrina Ward work for the Befrienders Service and the Bell Street-based youth council is paying tribute to the work the young sisters do for
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Exhibition needs wartime pictures
IMAGES of Winchester at war are needed for an exhibition to be held in the Great Hall this summer. The county council is seeking memorabilia, photographs and newspaper clippings which tell the tale of the city in wartime. The exhibition will commemorate
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BMW head-turners
EVO is the buzzword for high performance saloons yet so often it is only the power plant and handling package that has evolved. A truer track record of evolution is to be seen in the BMW 3 Series that has just undergone a fifth metamorphosis in 30 years
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We'll keep you running
OWNERS and potential buyers of MG and Rover cars are being reassured that their supply of spare parts is in safe hands even though there is a question mark over the future of the last major British-owned car maker. The crisis affects not only the workers
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BMW head-turners
EVO is the buzzword for high performance saloons yet so often it is only the power plant and handling package that has evolved. A truer track record of evolution is to be seen in the BMW 3 Series that has just undergone a fifth metamorphosis in 30 years
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Ford wins sales race
FORD galloped to victory in the March car sales chase - crossing the line more than 9,000 units ahead of its nearest rival. All eyes are on results from March, when the new 05 plate debuted, as the largest market of the year. For Ford a total of 64,453
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Prius forges ahead
HOLLYWOOD celebrities are not the only ones queuing up for Toyota's famous hybrid Prius, with demand in the UK for the European Car of the Year continuing to soar in 2005. Figures just announced revealed Prius experienced a record first quarter sales
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Dealer's double
HILTINGBURY Mazda at Chandler's Ford is celebrating 20 years as a Mazda dealer after the dealership founder's foresight proved spot on. Reflecting on that move back in 1985, Neil Gardiner, now a consultant, said: "I just thought it was the right quality
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Welcome to a banana republic?
As the number of people registered to vote by post has soared, election fraud is now a huge fear... IT'S been the cornerstone of British democracy for more than 100 years. The secret ballot has remained the envy of the world and the integrity of election
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A true star
IT'S exactly five years to the day that Southampton's number one pop superstar Craig David had his first UK solo number one with Fill Me In. To celebrate What's On's looks back at the rise of one of the biggest stars in British music... FIVE years ago
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Craig at Urban Music Festival
CRAIG David begins his long-awaited chart comeback with a headline performance at tomorrow's Nokia Urban Music Festival at London's Earls Court. The festival includes workshops, DJs and dancers plus performances by Will Smith Estelle, Terri Walker, Jay
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Jekyll & Hyde - The Musical
PAUL Nicholas stars in this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about the battle between good and evil. The difference in this tale is the fact that the good and evil lie within just one man, Dr Jekyll. As part of his scientific investigations
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Starlight Express
THE second longest running musical in British theatre history has had a re-vamp for the 21st century and is steaming into Southampton's Mayflower theatre as part of its first ever UK tour. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, which opened in 1984
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Who was Beatrice?
'WHO was Beatrice d'Este?' is the theme of the next meeting of Southampton Recorded Music Society later this month. The work Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este will provide the starting point for the meeting on April 29 at St Denys Church Centre in Dundee Road
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HOW SAFE IS POSTAL VOTE?
TODAY the Daily Echo asks: just how safe is your vote? As fears grow nationally over possible abuse of the postal vote, the paper can reveal a sixth of Southampton's vote is open to fraud. The number of postal vote applications for Southampton alone has
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Bon voyage, Arcadia!
FIREWORKS, fizz and a fanfare saw Southampton's latest superliner, the 83,000-ton Arcadia, off on her maiden voyage yesterday. In the late afternoon sunshine Arcadia slipped her mooring lines and at exactly 5pm the luxury cruise ship eased herself away
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Kennedy rallies his Waterside troops
LIBERAL Democrats said New Forest East was their top target in Hampshire as party leader Charles Kennedy visited Dibden Purlieu on his first constituency engagement since the birth of his son. The Lib Dems are determined to win the seat from the Tories
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Here's how to make the news
IT WAS a signing that no one could have predicted. A transfer deal worth £15m to secure the move of a young Manchester United star to Saints. A shirt bearing his name confirmed it - Wayne Rooney was the Premiership club's new player. Of course, none of
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Rooster
Hot new Brit band Rooster play the Pyramid Centre in Portsmouth on Thursday - their second sell-out gig in the city this year. What's On's Noel Davies met up with the band's guitarist Luke Potashnick to talk about McFly, pubs and raisins! ROOSTER buck
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700 homes plan for open space
A controversial 700-home proposal at Bere Hill on the outskirts of Andover has been submitted to Test Valley Borough Council. The land is currently designated as an important open space in the adopted and emerging local plan. But developers Gallagher
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Mark Owen
EX Take That hunk Mark Owen is having another shot at musical solo success, and his latest attempt will bring him to the Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea on Wenesday 27 April. The pint-sized performer launched a solo career after the heartbreaking demise of
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Gig guide
What's on in the south this month. ROCK covers band Sticklebach perform at The Red Lion in Totton tonight. The Hampshire foursome is made up of talented musicians who have between them played with the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lisa Stansfield
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Delight as village gets broadband site
A BROADBAND campaign has shored up a wealth of support for a bigger and better Chilbolton and Wher-well website. Campaigner John Rowles put the wheels in motion when he began enlisting signatures for a petition which would bring broadband to the area.
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Golf club plan traffic fear
GOLF buggies and golfers crossing a country road with high speed traffic would be an 'accident waiting to happen' if permission for a golf course on the Wiltshire/Hampshire border is given the go-ahead. Part of the proposed 27-hole course at Great Shoddesden
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Hospital crossing: Mixed reaction
A new crossing in Charlton Road - at the bus stop opposite Andover War Memorial Hospital - has received mixed reaction. And it's left Test Valley Borough Cllr Pat West frustrated because she says Andover residents have been asking for a safe crossing
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We're taking steps to improve safety
CHILDREN at a Fareham school have produced their own travel plan in a bid to make their journey to and from the classroom safer. Youngsters at Harrison Primary School, in Harrison Road, want to cut down on traffic and encourage walking and cycling. The
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Taxpayers pick up park cleaning tab
THIS is the scene left at Lakeside Country Park by travellers who set up an illegal camp for five days. Piles of branches, foliage and tree trunks plus plastics, old carpets, domestic refuse, waste food, broken electrical equipment and rubble were left
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Scrap council tax for local income tax
EASTLEIGH would particularly benefit from the abolition of the council tax, the constituency's Liberal Democrat parliamentary Chris Huhne has claimed. Speaking after the launch of the Democrats' manifesto for the general election, he said: "The property
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Praying for the Saints
WE'RE hoping for a miracle! That's the message from Saints' chaplain Father Andrew McMahon, who faithfully believes the south coast team can stay in the Premiership. And the Rev Ian Johnson, in charge of the parish St Mary's stadium falls under, is calling
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Arcadia's special delivery
ALL aboard! The Daily Echo had a very special delivery to make to P&O superliner Arcadia just before she set off on her maiden voyage from Southampton yesterday. One thousand copies of the Daily Echo's limited edition commemorative Arcadia magazine
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THE INTERPRETER (12A)
IN an imposing building, located on the east side of Manhattan, diplomacy reigns supreme. Within the hallowed corridors and power-brokering halls of the United Nations headquarters, global crises are addressed and hopefully averted. One poorly chosen
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THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (15)
HOUSE-hunters beware: If the stress and strain of finding a property and securing a mortgage doesn't kill you, the vengeful spirit of the previous owner just might. Fantastical as it sounds, The Amityville Horror is based on a chilling true story. In
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ANATOMY OF A MURDER (12A)
Newly restored print of Otto Preminger's 1959 thriller, based on the novel by John D Voelker. Lieutenant Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara) is arrested for the murder of barman Barney Quill, the man he claims raped his beautiful wife Laura (Lee Remick). Shrewd
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THE CHORUS (12A)
Mild-mannered, unemployed music teacher Clement Mathieu (Gerard Jugnot) is hired as a house master at the Fond de l'Etang boarding school for troubled children. From the moment Clement walks through the school gates, he can sense trouble, much of it perpetrated
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CINEMA LISTINGS
Films showing in the Hampshire region until 21st April. BE COOL (12A) This sequel to Get Shorty plunges streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer (John Travolta) into the cut-throat music industry, where he find himself on the run from the
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Five goal feast for Romsey
ROMSEY TOWN produced one of their best performances of the season in romping to a five-goal victory at mid-table Alresford on Saturday, writes Ian Henderson. Striking pair Simon De'ath and Dean Constable scored all five goals between them. De'ath, in
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Lucinda passes on her horse sense
LUCINDA Green was at a Test Valley equestrian centre yesterday (Thursday) to teach potential champions of the future. One of the world's greatest-ever Three Day Event riders was holding a cross country clinic at the Hoplands Equestrian Centre, Kings Somborne
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Internationals chase Salver
BIG hitter Ross Fisher won't be back to defend the Selborne Salver but England internationals Matt Baldwin, James Crampton and Matthew Cryer will be at Blackmoor tomorrow for the first big amateur event of the year in the county . Baldwin (Royal Birkdale
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Moss the man to take over at City
OUT-GOING Winchester City manager Neil Hards has recommended coach Steve Moss as his ideal successor. During last season's glory days when City marched to an FA Vase/Wessex League/League Cup treble, Hards pointed to Moss's coaching skills as one of the
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Totton snap up Hamodu
AFC TOTTON have succeeded where Gosport Borough failed earlier this season - by signing powerhouse striker Floyd Hamodu from Fareham Town. The big, bustling frontman has been released from his Cams Alders contract and signed a two-year deal at Testwood
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Tremlett: Don't write us off
CHRIS TREMLETT insisted that Hampshire were still positive about their chances of beating Gloucestershire. Hampshire made up for a bad first day by restricting Gloucestershire to a 24-run lead, but were 111 for 6 in their second innings last night and
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Final push for nominations
THE deadline is looming for entries to this year's A Place to be Proud of awards - and the final push is on for nominations. On Saturday, representatives from some of the event sponsors joined staff from Festival Place shopping centre to hand out entry
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Crackdown on bike problem
YOBS caught riding mini moto bikes illegally face having them confiscated in a new police crackdown. Officers are receiving about 40 calls a week from people complaining about youths causing a nuisance with the miniature bikes. The bikes can travel at
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: CMA CGM Strauss, container, 1530, 207; Coronel, cargo, 1930, SCT; Takasago, vehicle carrier, 2030, 34/35; Scan Oceanic, ro/ro, 2130, 102 Today's Principal Sailings: Jinsei Maru, vehicle, 1300, 43; Le Castellet, ro/ro, 1400,
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Havant put out big guns
OLD adversaries Basingstoke and Havant meet for their seventh cup final showdown on Sunday - for the honour of being crowned kings of the county. Both sides are safe in their respective leagues, Havant seventh in National Three South and Basingstoke's
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Final is shape of things to come
A NEW trophy, a new name to go on the Bowl honours board and a local derby to boot. The final of the Hampshire Gales Bowl has just about everything as Alton take on Petersfield in the all-eastern clash tomorrow (3pm). They will meet for the first time
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Twickers beckons again
HAMPSHIRE Under-20s are just two games away from a return visit to Twickenham and will start as slight favourites when they travel to south west pool victors Oxfordshire for their quarter-final on Sunday. But they have been hit by injuries to two key
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Totton snap up Hamodu
AFC TOTTON have succeeded where Gosport Borough failed earlier this season - by signing powerhouse striker Floyd Hamodu from Fareham Town. The big, bustling frontman has been released from his Cams Alders contract and signed a two-year deal at Testwood
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Ultimate Frisbee comes to Romsey
Flying saucers will be seen over Romsey this weekend as the drama of the national Ultimate Frisbee tournament is played out. Southampton's Ultimate Frisbee Club is hosting the first event of the 2005 Ultimate Frisbee season, on Saturday and Sunday at
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Selff-help is the theme of diabetes conference
ROMSEY is hosting a conference for south-west Hampshire's diabetics. More than 2.5million people in the UK suffer from diabetes and one aim of the convention is to provide sufferers and their families with information about self-management of the condition
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Help church appeal brick by brick
APPEAL bosses are 'selling bricks' to raise cash for the £325,000 fundraising campaign to upgrade Romsey's Abbey United Reformed Church. The 'buy a brick' session will be staged in the town's Cornmarket a week tomorrow (St George's Day) April 23rd. It
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Dawn raid on drugs factory
A POLICE raid at Valley Park uncovered a cannabis factory cultivating illegal drugs with a street value of about £40,000. Teams of officers who swooped on the site at Bird Field Close also took away expensive equipment used to produce the class-C drug
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Charity's fears over mental health report
HAMPSHIRE mental health campaigners have expressed concerns about the apparent suicide of a teenager at a Winchester hospital. Solent MIND have spoken following a report by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority into the death of teenager
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Town has lowest crime rates ever recorded
CRIME rates in Alresford have fallen to their lowest ever levels say police chiefs in the town. Figures just released by Hampshire police show not one burglary was committed in Alresford in the course of the last six-months. Detectives leading the fight
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Roll up to see tobacco shop of yesteryear
IT may be a habit that is going out of fashion but a reconstruction of a Victorian tobacco shop has just reopened for business in Winchester. The shop, at the City Museum, has been designed to faithfully copy the trading style of yesteryear and even includes
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Oasis of calm comfort
RENAULT'S distinctive Megane family continues to top Europe's best-sellers' chart, and now the range's appeal looks set to grow even further with the launch of two new summer special editions, Megane Oasis and Scenic Maxim. Emphasising style and value
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Kennedy rallies his Waterside troops
LIBERAL Democrats said New Forest East was their top target in Hampshire as party leader Charles Kennedy visited Dibden Purlieu on his first constituency engagement since the birth of his son. The Lib Dems are determined to win the seat from the Tories
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Trust admits beds may not re-open
HEALTH chiefs have admitted that beds axed at a New Forest hospital might never re-open. All 20 beds at the Fenwick Hospital, Lyndhurst, were clos-ed earlier this year because of the cost of recruiting enough staff to run the wards. Now New Forest Primary
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Science hut saviour goes back to school
NEW Forest East Tory candidate Julian Lewis visited youngsters at Marchwood Junior School's dedicated science hut. The temporary science building has been in place in the school grounds for three years after the last one was destroyed by arsonists. Ofsted
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£340,000 complex to replace fire-hit centre
PLANNERS have approved proposals to replace a Waterside sports pavilion, which was destroyed in an arson attack two years ago. Fawley Parish Council has been given the go-ahead to build a new "vandal-proof" complex at the Queen Elizabeth II playing fields
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The Essential Craig David Lowdown
What you need to know about the Southampton superstar... Name: Craig Ashley David Birthdate: May 5, 1981 Sign: Taurus Height: 6ft2 Shoe size: 10 Hometown: Southampton, of course School: Bellemoor Secondary school Albums sold: Over ten million Number ones
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The Gondoliers
AWARD-winning Romsey-based RAODS turn their talents to Gilbert & Sullivan's wonderful operetta The Gondoliers. The work of G&S is in experienced hands for this production marks the third time the group will perform this show. The Gondoliers was
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On stage
What's on stage this month in the south. THE Mayflower in Southampton is still playing host to the mysterious Inspector Goole. An Inspector Calls is a powerful and dramatic stage spectacle, with renowned big screen director Stephen Daldry taking the reigns
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Comedy
HUNGRY for some laughs? What's On gives you the definitive line-up of all the best comedy in the south this week... THE king of one-liners, Milton Jones headlines a great weekend of comedy at Jongleurs in Southampton this weekend with support from the
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Healthy progress
THIS is the shape of things to come for healthcare in Thornhill. These three-dimensional drawings show how the new healthcare facilities being built in the community will eventually look. Last month bulldozers began ripping down the old clinic in Farringford
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Logo for a new era
BRITAIN'S newest National Park has already sparked more than one heated debate. Now the Daily Echo is giving you the chance to have your say on what new logo should represent the National Park worldwide. Four proposals (right) have been put forward. The
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City scheme leads the way says Blair
TONY Blair says a Southampton scheme aimed at giving children the best start in life highlights why Labour should be trusted to lead Britain into the future. Launching the party's election manifesto, the Prime Minister said the city's Sure Start programmes
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Pensioners targeted by bogus officials
THIEVES conned their way into the homes of pensioners during a five-hour crime spree in Southampton. Four elderly residents were targeted by a gang of three men who posed as water board officials to get into the properties. In each case cash was taken
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Rare Titanic artefacts to be auctioned
AN historic timepiece, which stopped ticking when ill-fated Southampton liner Titanic sank 93 years ago today, is to be auctioned. The 18-carat gold pocket watch, pictured, is among the rare artefacts connected to the ship to be sold by Bonhams and Butterfields
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Head bans 'gothic' overkill
PARENTS who are prepared to allow their children to attend school wearing trainers and sporting facial piercings shou-ld not send their offspring to John Pender's school. Acting headteacher of Castledown School, near Tidworth, Mr Pender, says he will
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Ocean Colour Scene
RIFF kings Ocean Colour Scene play Southampton's Guildhall on April 17. What's On's Noel Davies chatted with the band's guitarist Steve Cradock.... STEVE Cradock is an uncompromising figure. He hates Franz Ferdinand, is sick of journalists labelling his
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Spar store raiders net £10,400
WILTSHIRE Police are investigating a burglary at the Spar Store in Station Road, Tidworth in which more than £10,000 worth of goods were stolen. Between 2.30am and 3am on Saturday the store's alarm was activated after offenders smashed the lock on the
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Clubber's guide
Avondale House, 33 Carlton Crescent LOCATED just off London Road, Avondale House is a pub with atmosphere, great music and cheap drink. What more do you want from a pub? The Avondale, as it's dubbed, is excellent for a pre-club drinks or a get together
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THIS is some package
ANDOVER residents were given some diva-licious treatment at the red carpet launch of a new housing incentive scheme. The Testway Housing Incentive Scheme (THIS) is aimed at rewarding the company's best customers and encouraging others to be the best.
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Artistic first for townsfolk
MORE than 50 Whit-church residents showed off their talents at the first ever Artistic Day at the Baptist Hall on Saturday. The hall was full of different exhibits, including paintings and drawing, writing, photography, carving, embroidery, moulding and
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Stay warm
ANDOVER over-60s will receive a warm welcome next week if they attend a special stay warm, stay well open day organised by the Mid-Hampshire Primary Care Trust. Powergen Staywarm, the fixed price electricity and gas service solely for the over-60s, will
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Moss the man to take over at City
OUT-GOING Winchester City manager Neil Hards has recommended coach Steve Moss as his ideal successor. During last season's glory days when City marched to an FA Vase/Wessex League/League Cup treble, Hards pointed to Moss's coaching skills as one of the
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Health watchdog support fails
A TRUST providing support for a mid Hampshire health watchdog has gone into liquidation. Help for Health Trust was contracted to support Patient and Public Involve-ment Forums for four health trusts including Winch-ester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust
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Diamond of a day for couple
A NO presents ruling meant that Andover couple Ernie and Irene Eagling could concentrate on enjoying a family get-together for their diamond wedding anniversary. The Stourhead Close pair were reunited with family members from all over the country for
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Don't foist business park views on us says village
LUDGERSHALL councillors are against massive developments which would threaten the traditional village atmosphere. Members of the parish council decided they didn't want the Castledown Business Park to go ahead in its present form and said they were fed
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Soccer celebration over £1m complex
PLANNERS have scored with a Fareham football club after giving them the go ahead for the first phase of plans for a £1m training complex. AFC Portchester bosses are delighted that they can push forward with their new senior pitch and floodlights at Wicor
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Viggers' phone-in
CONSERVATIVE general election candidate for Gosport Peter Viggers will be holding a phone-in each weekday until polling day on May 5. The phone-in will provide an opportunity for constituents to ask questions. It will take place from 2pm to 3pm. Anyone
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Wyvern's bands and choirs raise £2,000
PARENTS, friends and supporters packed the hall at Fair Oak's Wyvern Technology College to see an enthusiastic cast of talented staff and students share the stage in aid of CAFOD's Sudan Appeal. Show producer Keith Wiggans said: "Following the Boxing
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Crouch is out to prove old boss wrong
PETER CROUCH has said he is determined to prove David O'Leary and his other Aston Villa doubters wrong about his ability as a Premiership goalscorer. Despite being signed for Villa by Graham Taylor in a £5m deal in 2002, Crouch was regularly frozen out
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Why ex-boss Chris fears for Saints
CHRIS NICHOLL fears for Saints' Premiership future. And the former Dell boss and Saints and Aston Villa centre-half lays the blame firmly at the feet of the defence. "They are just conceding too many goals," said Nicholl, "and, worryingly for them, Villa
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Brave Danny misses out on Marathon
SAINTS legend Danny Wallace has been forced to shelve his bid to compete in this year's London Marathon. The 41-year-old former ex-Manchester United and England winger suffers from multiple sclerosis and was planning to walk the gruelling 26-mile course
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Bon voyage, Arcadia!
FIREWORKS, fizz and a fanfare saw Southampton's latest superliner, the 83,000-ton Arcadia, off on her maiden voyage yesterday. In the late afternoon sunshine Arcadia slipped her mooring lines and at exactly 5pm the luxury cruise ship eased herself away
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ONE WEEK TO MAKE IT COUNT!
HARRY REDKNAPP is building his side up for eight days that will "define" the club's future. Saints take on Aston Villa at St Mary's tomorrow, Bolton at The Reebok on Tuesday and Portsmouth at Fratton next Sunday - an eight-day spell that will help decide
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SCT sponsor Olympic diver
OLYMPIC diving hero Peter Waterfield found himself a little higher above the water than he's used to. The Southampton sportsman, who bagged a silver medal in synchronised diving last summer at Athens, was perched 40 metres up a dock crane. The 24-year-old
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THE EDUKATORS (15)
UNBEKNOWNST to his girlfriend Jule (Julia Jentsch), who has recently moved into his flat to make ends meet, young radical Peter (Stipe Erceg) is one of "The Edukators". Together with his good friend and roommate Jan (Daniel Bruhl), Peter breaks into the
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WILD SIDE (18)
When her mother falls ill, transsexual Stefanie (Stephanie Michelini) returns home to the desolate rural landscape of her childhood, where memories of the past come flooding back. Stefanie's two friends, Russian former soldier Mikhail (Edouard Nikitine
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NEW TOWN ORIGINAL (15)
Trapped in an office job, which barely covers the costs of his bachelor pad, 23-year-old Mick (Elliott Jordan) turns to his local doctor to cure him of his panic attacks and neuroses. Emerging from the surgery with a prescription for Prozac, Mick enjoys
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I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD (15)
One time gangster Will Graham (Clive Owen) has escaped his life of crime to enjoy self-imposed exile in rural Ireland. He is cut off from the outside world and any possible temptation to return to his old ways. The past comes back to haunt Will when he
