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Forest gallery exhibition is a family affair
A FATHER and daughter are holding their first joint exhibition for almost 20 years at the New Forest Museum gallery. Woodcarver Joe Wilding, of New Milton, and painter Claire Kitcher, of Sway will be showcasing their work in the summer-long Brush and
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Joan breezes in for the day
ENJOYING a spot of lunch in the summer sunshine, a Hamp-shire pensioner was guest of honour as she returned to her former home at Solent Breezes Park in Warsash. Returning after ten years away. Joan Collins and fellow residents of Highoaks House retirement
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Pioneer superstore site to get £5m makeover
A £5m makeover for the Asda store at Chandler's Ford is set to get off the ground. The Bournemouth Road store will close on Sunday, August 13 and reopen as a Supercentre on Monday, November 6 after a firework display on November 5. It was 32 years ago
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NHS dentist stops accepting patients
AN attempt to tackle the shortage of NHS dentists in the New Forest has become a victim of its own success. One of the practices involved in the scheme has been forced to stop taking new NHS patients after it was swamped by demand. New Forest Primary
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Leader helps on shop floor
FAREHAM Council's executive leader Sean Woodward, pictured, will go back to the "shop floor" when he opens the council's customer service centre today. As well as unveiling the plaque, he will help customers with inquires and answer calls. This approach
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Vandals fuel fires with beach huts
BEACH huts are being smashed up at a New Forest seaside village by drunken vandals who use the timber to light fires. Four huts have been vandalised on the undercliff at Barton on Sea and owners are demanding increased patrols from beach wardens and
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Church plans
A RELIGIOUS group in Winchester is hoping to transform a derelict pub on the outskirts of the city into a thriving new church community. The plans are for the Lunways Inn on the A33 London Road, formerly known as The Roman Post, and would see the pub
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Never say die!
It looked like another win for Ryde at Woolston Regatta on Saturday. Sun-drenched spectators watched from the shore, right, as the senior finalists raced for their turning marks off Southampton's Weston Shore. The BTC four of L Iddenden, Dean Harrison
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Series ends in dead heat
THEY have been chasing each other all season, over ten arduous months, and in the end it was honours even for Andy Morgan-Lee and Mark Le Gassick! For the first time in the event's history, two runners shared the Hampshire Road Race League title after
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Easy win for Southampton
Team Southampton's junior athletes won a crushing victory in the second Wessex league fixture of the season at Bournemouth last Sunday. The team won by 85 points from second-placed club Poole. With the under-17 athletes now returning after their GCSEs
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Waltham club is in the swim
The Bishop's Waltham Swimming Club has become accredited to the ASA. A team will head for the Hampshire Youth Games at Aldershot this weekend for their first-ever competition. Due mainly to the vision of Lynne Bate and the support of Gill Cooper of
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Penguins earn a trip to Sheffield
Five members of Winchester City Penguins have qualified for the ASA National Age Group and Youth Championships. They will travel to Ponds Forge in Sheffield between July 27 and August 6. The five are: Sophie Jenkins (aged 13) 100m butterfly Louisa
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Thor blimey! Warney’s riled
Before the start of the season, Shane Warne tipped Chris Tremlett for big things this year. "Chris Tremlett is one guy I expect to come through. It is time to stamp his authority on the county game, push to get on the Ashes trip and become an England
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Dell legend Lawrie McMenemy fears for Saints if Wilde bunch don’t win the EGM
SAINTS legend Lawrie McMenemy today reveals he will return to the club he loves if Rupert Lowe's nine-year reign is ended at the EGM. The man who led Saints to their greatest day the 1976 FA Cup final success has been asked to sit on the football board
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Record breaker
HE battled everything southern England's inconsistent weather could chuck at him and still managed to scoop a new sporting record. Mike Cotty, pictured, has beaten the record for the South Downs Way cycling marathon, completing the gruelling 212-mile
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‘Footballers’ wives’ gather for big match
THERE was ecstasy, there was agony and there was glamour. Football turned fashionable for the evening at Southampton's Dock Gate 4 where the glitzy and the gorgeous gathered for England's clash with Sweden. Despite the fact that England had failed to
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Our football is first class
AS World Cup fever sweeps the country one Southampton school is doing its best to nurture footballing talent among its boys and girls. Beechwood Junior School is among the first in the city to be awarded the Football Association Standard for Schools.
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Stolen pups now back with owner
A LITTER of seven pedigree puppies worth £2,100 have been returned to their owner after they were stolen from his Waterside home. The Staffordshire bull terriers were stolen from a house in Cosworth Drive, Dibden, after a window was left open. The pups
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Don’t make life easy for thieves
SOUTHAMPTON police are warning people not to make it easy for burglars to break into their homes this summer. Following the recent spell of hot weather a rise in the number of burglaries was reported as a result of windows being left open and doors left
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Here come the M-way patrollers
NEW traffic officers will be patrolling the motorways of Hampshire from today. Highways Agency officers will be working in partnership with police on the M3, M27, M271, M275, the A3 (M) and part of the A27. They started patrolling motorways in Surrey
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‘Look out, Christine, I think we’re about to get a right mauling in the local press!’
SHE survived the jungle but now I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here star Christine Hamilton and husband Neil have been thrown in with the tigers. The couple spent the day as keepers to the striped meat-eaters at Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, to promote
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Skandia staff prepare for mass redundancies
NEARLY 1,700 staff at one of Southampton's biggest companies were today coming to terms with the fact that a third of them are to be laid off. As reported in the Daily Echo yesterday, up to 600 posts will be scrapped within three years at Skandia, which
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Village at centre of tabloid frenzy over soap star Craig
IT IS about as unlikely a location to be at the centre of a celebrity drugs scandal as you could possibly imagine. People in the sleepy Hampshire village of Old Bursledon woke today to find that they were caught up in a crack cocaine expose alleged to
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals Oriana, passenger, 0645, 106; Nedlloyd Hudson, container, 0800, 205; Elandsgracht, cargo, 1430, 101; Werder Bremen, cargo, 1930, 102/3; St Elmo, roro, 2230, 105; NYK Leo, container, 2300, 206 Today's principal
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Bathroom Centre boss retires
BOTLEY Bathroom Centre boss Peter Line, pictured, is quitting after more than three decades. The 73-year-old, who claims to have read the Daily Echo every day since starting up on his own in 1974, was presented with a specially commissioned front page
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De Vere’s de very best of city’s hotels
SOUTHAMPTON'S only five-star hotel has retained its leader-of-the-pack status after an annual undercover inspection by the hotel services arm of the AA. De Vere Grand Harbour was given top billing for its facilities and services by the motoring giant
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The shore view’s changed for sure
Today Western Esplanade in Southampton bears little resemblance to how it looked at the early part of the past century. Back then people would stroll along the promenade and boatyards looked after and repaired yachts and dinghies. However, gradually
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Thriving club has special needs of its own
I don't always like to get too involved in politics even though I do coach the Parliamentary football team. That's definitely the case at local level, where the job is hard enough trying to please everyone, with outsiders not always knowing the full
