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Ben’s returns
BEN Elton is returning to the south coast with his Get a Grip stand-up tour. He has been making a welcome comeback after an eight-year absence from the stand-up circuit. It was as a stand-up comedian that Ben became best known, starting at the London
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What A Feeling
THIS two-hour trip into the world of modern musicals and movie soundtracks stars X Factor's Sinitta, Hear'Say's Noel Sullivan and Pop Idol's Zoe Birkett. Relive the best moments from Dirty Dancing, Footloose and Saturday Night Fever, get down to the
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Sweeney Todd
FOLLOWING the success of their last production, members of Southampton Operatic Society are about to launch into show mode for Sweeney Todd. This time they take a murderous tone with a new production of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical Sweeney Todd
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Horndean Amateur Theatrical Society
THE next production by Horndean Amateur Theatrical Society (HATS) takes place on June 28 and 29. It is two plays in one evening. The first is the one-act play Gosforth's Fete by Alan Ayckbourn. The play is set in a marquee at a village fete in which
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Make some Noise for Ethan
IT is modelled on the next great, popcorn-crunching Hollywood blockbuster but the starring roles are played by percussion instruments. Noise Ensemble is a new and unique type of musical theatre, clashing together virtuoso drumming, energetic dance,
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Roddy Frame
RODDY Frame appears at The Brook tomorrow night. The brilliant guitarist has just released a brand new album and is undertaking a full UK tour throughout May and June. Roddy's third solo release, Western Skies follows a similar pattern to 2002's brilliantly
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Rachelle Van Zanten and Jason McNiff
THE Railway in Winchester is known for daring to introduce you to exciting new acts, and this Tuesday they bring you Rachelle Van Zanten and Jason McNiff. Rachelle was spotted by Oliver Gray from The Railway in Austin, Texas this March. Like a mixture
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BILLY Mitchell
BILLY Mitchell from Lindisfarne plays Ashcroft Arts Centre in Fareham tomorrow night. Backtrackin' with Billy Mitchell is a show that allows Billy the opportunity to visit the song books of the many writers and performers he admires, or indeed worked
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Ruby Turner
UK soul and R&B diva, Ruby Turner is at The Brook tonight. Blessed with a voice to die for, Ruby has just launched her long-awaited new album So Amazing. She can breathe life and meaning into a song whether it is a passionate soaring ballad or a soulful
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Between the scales
THE Early Opera Company return to The Anvil in Basingstoke on Wednesday with Handel's delightful Clori, Tirsi e Fileno. Taking the role of Clori is Claire Booth, Lucy Crow is Tirsi and Hilary Summers is Fileno, with the Early Opera Company baroque orchestra
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Clubbers Guide (Friday June 2nd)
Tonight Plenty of cheese about in town and this is the pick for tonight! Time Warp @ The Academy. A massive dance floor, balcony and huge bars await. Saturday Fancy a night out of town? Legendary DJ Tall Paul will be at The Trafalgar, Edinburgh Road
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A tale of two city schools
One school boasts new £1.3m sports facilities and has space to expand. The other doesn't. Guess which one is facing closure? IMPROVED GCSE results, a new £1.3m sports hall, specialist status and a new name. Eric Freeman, the head teacher of Grove
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VISITORS to a Hampshire miniature railway can
jump aboard a steam train and boost the coffers of a charity at the same time later this month. Hampshire Autistic Society is organising a family fun evening at Lakeside Steam Railway in Eastleigh on Saturday, June 24. Owner Clive Upton has given the
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Firefighters warm to colleague’s wedding day
FIREFIGHTERS turned out in force to make one of their crew member's wedding day extra special. Antony Hurle and his bride, Amanda Hatch, were treated to a guard of honour after their ceremony at Romsey Abbey. The newlyweds then climbed aboard a classic
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Winchester Lib Dems appoint shadow cabinet
WINCHESTER Liberal Democrats have announced their shadow Cabinet following the recent local elections that saw them lose control of the council. New group leader Therese Evans, pictured right, has appointed several councillors that were portfolio holders
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Animal centre widens area
WEST End's Blue Cross Animal Adoption Centre has widened its catchment area to cope with the demand to rehome animals. The area for new adopters will now include Lymington, Bournemouth, Wimbourne Minster as well as Southampton. On June 29 the Bubb Lane
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Clinic puts kettle on to help hospice
A BACK clinic is throwing opening its doors to offer tea and a free check-up to raise cash for a Hampshire hospice. Lymington Chiropractic Clinic is joining thousands of other workplaces, schools and homes up and down the country to take part in Tea
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Hunt is on for winner of city riddles
PEOPLE buying a new guide to one of England's most historic cities could end up claiming a reward. Anyone who solves all the riddles in The Winchester Treasure could find themselves the winner of a unique treasure hunt which uses the city's history as
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Side street to undergo a £163,000 facelift
A DOUR side street in a Hampshire town is to undergo a £163,000 revamp to make it more pedestrian friendly. New Street in Lymington, a link between town centre car parks and the High Street, will be transformed by the end of the year. But it has been
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Work starts on £500,000 youth centre
WORK is under way on a £500,000 state-of-the-art youth centre for youngsters in Fair Oak and Bishopstoke. It is planned to have the building, at Brookfield public open space, ready by the autumn. The scheme includes social areas, meeting rooms and a
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Oakleaf tops
Oakleaf Brewery cemented its dominance of the county's ale scene following the opening night of the three-day Southampton Beer Festival at the Guildhall yesterday. The Gosport business not only retained its title of Champion Beer of Hampshire with its
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Work gets under way on Discovery Centre
THE diggers have moved in to begin building work on Winchester's new Discovery Centre. Civic chiefs were on hand to mark the start of the £8m refurbishment and extension of the library in Jewry Street. They included county council leader Ken Thornber
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Challenging role as a community officer
HAMPSHIRE Constabulary is now recruiting Police Community Support Officers across the county. The role is extremely wide-ranging. Community support officers wear a uniform and have day-to-day duties which include dealing with vandalism and antisocial
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We’re just Wilde about Paul
SOUTH coast motoring giant Snows Motor Group has welcomed Paul Wilde to its marketing team. Paul joins Snows as group marketing assistant and is based at the head office in Millbrook, Southampton. He will report to group marketing manager Katie Osborne
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Tim’s a welcome addition to the team at Cattles
CATTLES Invoice Finance has recruited Tim Phillips as regional sales manager for Southampton. Tim, 41, and from the New Forest, has more than 22 years' experience in banking and finance since starting out in the finance house industry in the 1980s.
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Bright spark!
A New Milton mechanic is in contention to bag the garage industry's top honour after making it through to the final of the Bright Spark Champion Technician of the Year 2006 competition the search for the UK's best technician. Richard Perriman, from
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Small but beautiful
The waiting is over as Peugeot dealers introduce the new 207, bringing one of the world's most stylish, dynamic and quality small cars to the showroom. Hamble Motors, Gates of Brockenhurst, Southgate Winchester and Southgate of Romsey all have launch
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Chevrolet offers deal to L-drivers
CHEVROLET is offering accredited ADI driving school instructors the opportunity to buy its products at special discounted prices. The models on offer are based upon experience of an earlier driving school programme run by the company in 2003/4. An added
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Evolutionary
THE sleek Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sports Coupe model line, starting from £18,530 on the road, has a new addition to the range. Called the Evolution S, this special edition is bristling with equipment and retails from £19,995 OTR. With three models in the
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GYMNASTICS - Flying aces wow crowds
SOUTHAMPTON Gymnastics Club members braved the elements on bank holiday Monday to wow the crowds with their acrobatic displays at the Hythe village fete. The group of elite gymnasts were invited to take time out from their busy training schedule to help
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ATHLETICS - Mel hopes to turn up heat
TEAM Southampton's Melanie Purkiss is hoping the weather will match her sunny mood in the Netherlands tomorrow. Having had her 2005 outdoor season wrecked by a sciatic problem, the 27-year-old 400 metres star is getting back to her best and hopes to
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SWIMMING - Penguins’ proud day
A TEAM from the Winchester City Penguins Swimming Club became national champions for the second successive year at the National Biathlon Championships in Manchester. In the club's strongest age group, the 13-14-year-old girls' team of Fenella Langridge
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HORSE RACING -Ex-Saint banks on Championship glory
FORMER Saints star Mick Channon hopes it will be game, set and match when he saddles Championship Point for the Epsom Derby tomorrow, while Southampton businessman Jeff Smith will be travelling more in hope than expectation with one of the race's outsiders
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CANOEING - Club aiming to make history
Southampton Canoe Club fielded 20 paddlers at the Reading marathon race on Sunday, demonstrating their steely determination to qualify for the National Hasler Finals later in the year. If they succeed it will be for the first time in the club's history
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Twickers day out turns out to be a dream
FIFTEEN young boys from New Milton Rugby Football Club and more than 100 family members and friends will never forget their trip to Twickenham. The club's under-ten team had reached the bowl final of a national competition in Nottingham to qualify
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Savident smiles better with BAT
Lee Savident, a rejuvenated player since switching to BAT Sports, lines up against his former Portsmouth teammates in tomorrow's top ECB Southern Electric Premier League match at Southern Gardens, 1pm. The former Hampshire all-rounder didn't enjoy the
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Ventnor’s big test gets under way
With Matt Compton absent for the next six weeks and all-rounder John Birchall still injured, Ventnor are going to have their Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 credentials tested to the full, starting against Andover at London Road tomorrow.
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Another duck for Warne at Yorkshire
Shane Warne was out for a FIFTH Headingley duck on a day of contrasting fortunes for Hampshire's two Australians. If it was not for Dominic Thornely's Hampshire-best 74 not out, Warne's men would be well and truly out of this match. They are struggling
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Mushtaq will have say in Hampshire title bid
John Crawley believes that Mushtaq Ahmed is the biggest threat to Hampshire's chances of a first championship title in 33 years. Pakistani duo Rana Naved and Mushtaq have bowled Sussex to the top of the championship and the C & G South Conference with
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Forward-thinking Pike quick to sign Findlay
WHILE Jamie Laidlaw continues to hesitate over signing a new deal with Gosport Borough, ambitious manager Alex Pike has wasted no time bringing another forward into the frame. Just days after capturing BAT's James Thornby, Borough have beefed up their
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Fuller is likely to start for Jamaica
SAINTS striker Ricardo Fuller has seen his chances of starting against England at Old Trafford tomorrow given a huge boost after Marlon King was excluded from the Jamaica squad for a breach of discipline. The 26-year-old who scored 21 goals
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GOLF: Dunwood ladies triumph at Wellow
SIXTEEN teams of seven ladies from golf clubs around Hampshire and Dorset took part in the Wellow Ladies Spring Rally recently. Now in its 11th year, the rally was held in perfect conditions; it's always more fun when the sun is shining! Once again Chevrolet
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OTs damp defeat
Trojans (201-4) beat OTs & Romsey (199-7) by 6 wickets OLD Tauntonians and Romsey slipped to a third defeat in the drizzle at the Trojans ground. Max Smith (30) and Stuart Tulk (33) got things off to a good start for OTR, but a four-wicket burst from
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Font hopes trickle away
Midhurst (255 for 7) beat Mottisfont (90 all out) by 165 runs Skipper Richard Blake won the toss and decided to put the home side in. Midhurst made a very aggressive start. Opener Smith (37) was prepared to chance his arm, and May (38) consolidated on
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Lamb leads the slaughter
Paultons (181 all out) beat Sparsholt (139 for 9) by 42 runs A CONSISTENT batting performance saw Paultons to victory in Sunday's rearranged Village Cup tie against Sparsholt. Paultons chalked up 181 all out in their 40 overs, Touqeer Iqbal (29) and Tony
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Top midwife speaks up for Romsey birth centre
A FORMER long-serving midwife this week stepped into the battle to save the town's maternity unit from possible closure. Molly Macaulay, who was a midwife in Romsey for 19 years and still lives in the town, is president of the New Forest branch of the
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Hero's welcome for Rhys
RECORD-BREAKING young mountaineer Rhys Jones has returned to his Bartley home after his triumphant ascent of Everest. That conquest, which was completed on his 20th birthday on Saturday, May 13, made him the youngest climber ever to scale the highest
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Waste burner scheme on hold
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to build Hampshire's first gasification plant at Timsbury has been put on hold. BKP's application for a research and development gasifer - capable of turning waste, including old tyres, wood and other materials - into energy was
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Presidential hot line to the Test
WHILE his son has the weight of the free world on his shoulders, former US President George Bush Sr enjoyed a spot of fly-fishing on The Test Last week, the 41st President, and father of the current US leader, was a guest at the exclusive four-star Lainston
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Yougsters on their toes for Plaza dance-off
FOUR outstanding young dance troupes are busy putting the final touches to their routines for a gripping grand final at Romsey's Plaza Theatre on Saturday, June 17. Hoping to follow up an excellent performance in the heats of the British Red Cross Dance
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Tragedy prompts safety measures for junction
NEW safety measures are to be put into place at a road junction where a Test Valley Borough Councillor was killed in a car crash. Hampshire County Highways department are to undertake a casualty reduction scheme at the junction of Gardeners Lane and the
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Riders in a flap over football flags
SOMEONE could die unless motorists with World Cup flags flapping from their car windows take more care. That was the warning from a leading Test Valley riding school as Hampshire Police issued an appeal to all drivers to slow down for animals when they
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Poseidon (12A)
FROM the moment (about 15 minutes in) a giant rogue wave crashes into the good ship Poseidon, capsizing the luxurious 20-storey ocean liner, Wolfgang Petersen's hi-tech remake of The Poseidon Adventure barely pauses for breath. With composer Klaus Badelt
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Housing many secrets of war
THE clock will be turned back more than 60 years this weekend when Exbury Gardens, in the New Forest, hosts a two-day festival of nostalgia, celebrating memories of that extraordinary era. Up to 130 vehicles of the period, from jeeps to a giant four-ton
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Get online to vote for best bands!
MUSIC fans can now vote for their favourite band in our bid to find the next Local Heroes. Bands and musicians from the south have been entering a nationwide project that aims to root out undiscovered local talent and propel the best new acts on to the
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Be hair now for Swish launch party
Garage stars DJ Luck and MC Neat, pictured, will be spinning the decks at the launch of Southampton's latest hair, nail and beauty studio, Swish in Oxford Street, at Bambuu Bar tonight. There will also be a guest magician, and a chance to win complimentary
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Housing complex Building For Life award
A SOUTHAMPTON housing development is one of just five in the country to be awarded a Building for Life Gold Standard recognising quality design. Persimmon Homes' Chapel development near St Mary's Stadium is credited with regenerating a previous no-go
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Ferry giant sets sail on £25m modernisation plan
FERRIES-to-holidays operator Wightlink is to undergo a £25m modernisation programme. The investment will spell a multi-million-pound boost for businesses and at the same time raise eyebrows at rival Red Funnel as the Solent war hots up. Wightlink,
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Lowe chops out his opponents
Three defiant directors are axed in a flash SAINTS yesterday discarded 55 years of service in five minutes as Rupert Lowe wielded the axe on the so-called rebel directors. As expected, an Extraordinary General Meeting confirmed the removal from the
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Dock movemnts
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Sea Princess, passenger, 0545, 38/9; Asian Emperor, roro, 0630, 43; MOL Paradise, cont aienr, 205; Patriot, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; Autoprestige, roro, 1430, 203; AP Moeller, container, 2100, 207 Today's