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All systems go for motocross after earthworks dispute
A DISPUTE between the organisers of the British Motorcross Grand Prix, and Winchester City Council has been resolved. The row has been hanging over the event which is expected to attact 30,000 spectators. Winchester City Council was all revved up because
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Creative way to beat graffiti
YOUNG people in Fareham have had the opportunity to put their developing art skills to the test. More than 40 teenagers took part in the community art project at Wicor skatepark in Portchester and helped decorate parts of the park assisted by local artists
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Pensioner’s jackpot bingo win
SHE has been playing bingo at Eastleigh's Leo Leisure Bingo Club ever since it opened in 1973. Now a Hedge End grandmother's "eyes down" perseverance has paid off. For the 76-year-old has hit the jackpot by scooping more than £20,000 by winning a national
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Jetty will make life easier for fishermen
FISHERMEN on the River Hamble now have a new £48,000 jetty where they can safely land their catches. For years they have had to carry their catch across the river in heavily laden small boats, running the risk of being run down by larger vessels or swamped
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Bishop at launch
THE BISHOP of Southampton will be among the guests at the official opening of the St John's Church wildlife haven and peace garden. The Right Rev Paul Butler opens the garden at the Locks Heath church on Tuesday, June 20. It was started in April 2005
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Motorist loses control at controversial roundabouts
A MOTORIST lost control of his car at a controversial double set of roundabouts, ploughing into a house in an early morning accident. The accident happened in Hunts Pond Road in Titchfield Common as the driver tried to navigate the double set of roundabouts
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Party Island
It had been one of the most easily anticipated festivals of the summer and once again the Isle of Wight's musical extravaganza delivered its promise. Three days of glorious sunshine mixed with some of the biggest bands in the world provided the vital
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Venue switch a hit
Southampton proved a popular new home for the Hampshire Schools' Track & Field Championships on Saturday. With Southampton Sports Centre bathed in summer sunshine, even the clash with England's World Cup game against Paraguay kept few youngsters away
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ATHLETICS - Louis plays star role
Louis Sellers put months of injury woe behind him to lift the senior boys' 400 metres crown at Saturday's Hampshire Schools' Track & Field Championships in Southampton. Sellers, tipped to be the next international to roll off Hampshire's thriving one-lap
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ATHLETICS - Chana puts on power show
Eastleigh & Winchester strongman Harpal Chana is not your average 15-year-old. The strapping youngster already stands a formidable 6ft 4in tall with broad shoulders to match. In fact, he so well built that the sports staff at Thornden School in Chandler's
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SNOOKER - Bonanza champs get off to a winning start
The 2006 Summer Snooker Bonanza for Southampton & District teams has started. Defending champions Cue T's Terrors, below, made a good start in Group B, winning 3-1 against Bishopstoke Institute. Richard Webber beat Dave Baker to give Chandler's Ford
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Taylor ton sews it up
Jimmy Taylor cracked a second consecutive century as Hursley Park romped to an emphatic 103-run victory over Liphook & Ripsley at The Quarters. Taylor smacked 15 fours in his 121, which followed a fluent 139 against the Hampshire Academy the previous
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It’s a record – New Milton pair rattle up 302!
New Milton pair Ben Edgell and Ryan Bishop have become the first batsmen to share a treble-century partnership in Southern Electric Premier League cricket. They celebrated a record 302-run second-wicket stand as New Milton piled up a massive 331-1 before
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No more egg on face!
Hampshire's C&G Trophy winning stars come to Bournemouth's Chapel Gate ground tomorrow evening for a Twenty20 Challenge Match against the Southern Electric Premier League. And England off-spinner Shaun Udal says they'll be taking the game "very seriously
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BAT battlers in a one-run win
Champions BAT Sports clawed their way back from the brink of defeat to beat newly-promoted Alton by one run in a nerve-racking ECB Southern Electric Premier League match at the Jubilee Ground. All appeared lost when BAT sank to 63-7, chasing Alton's
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Bash wrap up win in time to watch footie
Bashley (Rydal) had time to put their feet up and savior England's World Cup win over Paraguay after skittling Portsmouth for a dismal 117 at St Helen's, Southsea. Portsmouth, whose much vaunted batting line up failed against BAT Sports a week earlier
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FAN-TASTIC IF LEON WINS BOARD PLACE
The Saints Trust today calls for New Forest businessman Leon Crouch to be elected to the Saints board whether Michael Wilde's brave new world is elected or not. Crouch, below, is the second largest shareholder with just under 10 per cent of the Southampton
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Match(es) of the day!
AS MILLIONS of people tuned in to watch England play their opening World Cup game two Hampshire couples will remember June 10 for completely different reasons. Don Cocks and Maz White and Jeanette Charlton and Eddie Hart both chose to do something far
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One year on and East Park rapist is still at large
GIVE yourself up. That is the plea to a dangerous rapist on the first anniversary of a brutal attack on a young woman in Southampton. It was one year ago this weekend when the man struck while his victim walked through a city centre park. He grabbed
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Yobs cause £20,000-plus damage to church just hours before jubliee
"THIS IS the worst attack on the church since it was bombed in the war". These were the angry words spoken by the Rector of Southampton when he found his popular church had been vandalised less than 48 hours before it celebrated its 50th anniversary
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Jack answers Matt’s Beck and call for England trip
FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has made a World Cup dream come true for a teenage Hampshire football fan. Matt Arding, 17, from Southampton, will be in Nuremberg on Thursday to watch David Beckham and his team-mates in action against Trinidad and Tobago
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Airport expansion protesters gather to launch campaign
PROTESTERS have gathered outside Southampton International Airport to launch a new campaign group opposing plans for any future expansion of the facility. About 60 people helped launch AXE Against Expansion at Eastleigh, and voice their anger at the
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Pensioner’s jackpot bingo win
SHE has been playing bingo at Eastleigh's Leo Leisure Bingo Club ever since it opened in 1973. Now a Hedge End grandmother's "eyes down" perseverance has paid off. For the 76-year-old has hit the jackpot by scooping more than £20,000 by winning a national
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Pedigree Staffs stolen from house
A LITTER of seven pedigree puppies worth £2,100 has been stolen from a Waterside home. The Staffordshire bull terriers were stolen from a house in Cosworth Drive, Dibden. It is thought the eight-week-old pups were taken between 2.30pm and 10.30pm on
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Jetty will make life easier for fishermen
FISHERMEN on the River Hamble now have a new £48,000 jetty where they can safely land their catches. For years they have had to carry their catch across the river in heavily laden small boats, running the risk of being run down by larger vessels or swamped
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Holidaying Finnish man robbed in alley
A FINNISH man has been left badly shaken after he was mugged while holidaying in the New Forest. The 58-year-old was grabbed around the neck, knocked to the ground and kicked in the face. His wallet, which contained £400 and some euros, was stolen and
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Allez ties up deal for Test series
A HAMPSHIRE firm is bowled over after winning the contract to supply the official England cricket tie for this summer's Test series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. West Meon-based sportswear maker Allez landed the deal to supply 5,000 International Series
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Darren makes a name for himself
ONE of the south's leading young entrepreneurs is set for national business acclaim after being included in the latest Who's Who. Darren Cooper, 30, a director of south coast Volkswagen dealership group Peter Cooper, is included in the newly published
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Autotransporter, roro, 0130, 203; MOL Priority, container, 0500, 206; Grande Detroit, roro, 0630, 105; Asian Captain, roro, 0830, 34/35; Charles Darwin, research, 1000, 26/27; CMA CGM Voltaire, container, 1200
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Leslie was quite right!
Quite a few years ago, the author Leslie Thomas collared me when I was managing at The Dell while he was about to move house yet again. He was having to relinquish his post as president of the Hampshire branch of the Lord's Taveners and suggested I took
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Credit good work when credit is due
For a good number of years now I have been loosely named as coach/manager of the Parliamentary football team. It all started way back when I was managing Northern Ireland and Craig Brown was managing Scotland. We both managed teams of MPs from Westminster
