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Bank on Rob
Lorelei Reddin talks to Warsash born Radio One DJ Rob Da Bank as he prepares to host Bestival Did you always want to be a DJ or did you have childhood dreams of becoming an astronaut? "I wanted to be a journalist and I was for a few years but then I
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All-American Rejec ts
All-American Rejec The All-American Rejects have announced their biggest UK tour to date, including a confirmed date at The Southampton Guildhall on Wednesday September 26. Other venues include Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Cambridge, and Brixton. Their
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Bob Dylan
PROTEST singer, prophet and peoples poet, Bob Dylan is one of the most influential artist of the last 40 years of popular music. In both quantity and quality, his musical output remains virtually unrivalled, and no other songwriter has ever used image
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Regina Spektor
REGINA Spektor comes to The Wedgewood Rooms on Tuesday. Her new single On The Radio is released on July 3. On the Radio precedes the forthcoming new album Begin To Hope which is released on July 10. Begin To Hope is more accessible than her previous
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The Lake House (PG)
SANDRA Bullock and Keanu Reeves reunite for the first time since their hellish 1994 bus ride, Speed, in this time-travelling romance that succeeds in spite of its loopy, illogical premise and drizzles of emotional syrup. The Lake House is a remake of
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AQUAMARINE (PG)
Aquamarine is a charming coming of age tale about the enduring power of friendship. The film is blessed with winning performances from Joanna JoJo' Levesque and Emma Roberts as the 13-year-old best friends. The young actresses are perfectly matched,
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ULTRAVIOLET (15)
Director Kurt Wimmer's futuristic, comic book-inspired action adventure, which imagines a war of attrition between humans and fanged genetic mutants, is incapable of genuine emotion and sucks the very life force from its audience. Inept direction, a
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Honour of street name
A STREET could be named after popular Eastleigh head teacher the late John Judd who was born in the town. On Tuesday Eastleigh councillors will be asked to approve the name Judd Close for a new road off Woodside Avenue leading to new flats at the Channon
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Human waste is left on seafront
HUMAN excrement is being left three times a week outside closed toilets on a Hampshire beachfront. Council bosses believe the overnight fouling could be a protest at the council's decision to close the Spit End toilets at Calshot and replace them with
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£5,000 grant for restoration work
AN endangered historic building in danger of collapse in Alresford has secured a crucial grant from Hampshire County Council. It has awarded the Alresford Society £5,000 to help pay for restoration at Eel House. The 1820s house was formerly used to trap
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Fawley is on e-Bay
FAWLEY Parish Council has joined the online market place. The council wants to top up its £800,000 a year budget by selling its unwanted items on the Internet. Parish councillor and professional online trader of six years Andy Sheppard helped set up
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Fate of most secondary schools across city in the melting pot
THE FUTURE of secondary education in Southampton will be known by Easter next year (2007). Education bosses at Southampton City Council rubber-stamped their final proposals for a public consultation on how secondary schools will be organised in the
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Saints face tough first six weeks to season
GEORGE BURLEY will be on familiar territory when Saints kick off their 2006/7 campaign with a trip to Derby County. Burley managed the Rams before arriving at Saints via Hearts but his side have been given a tough opening six weeks in the Championship
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Walker freed from marsh by helicopter
These video stills show the dramatic moment when a walker was winched out of a bog in the New Forest after he became trapped. The 46-year-old was airlifted out of the boggy marshland by helicopter after he got stuck in the bog. Passers-by raised the
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Waterside duo off to LA – to take on world
Two gymnasts from Waterside Gymnastics Club are off to Los Angeles in July to compete for Great Britain. They will take part in the Association of National Aerobics Championships Worldwide ninth international youth aerobic championship and world junior
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Athletics - Orchard double win
Blackfield's three-year hold on the New Forest Primary Schools' Track and Field League title looks increasingly precarious after Orchard won the latest boys' and girls' matches at Blackfield. Seven schools competed with the hosts second in both sections
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Athletics - Southampton pair among the medals
Chamberlayne Gymnastics Club made their mark in the Hampshire County Female Artistic Levels Championships in Basingstoke at the weekend. Two of the Southampton club's gymnasts won medals. In her first voluntary competition, nine-year-old Kelsey Mitchell
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Woeful Hants suffer major title setback
Hampshire lost FIVE wickets without scoring in crashing to a shock defeat at home to Durham. John Crawley, Dominic Thornely, Sean Ervine, Chris Benham and Dimitri Mascarenhas were all dismissed in the space of 11 BALLS as Hampshire lost their second
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Contenders or pretenders?
Bashley (Rydal) put their new found leadership credentials to the test when they face reigning ECB Southern Electric Premier League champions BAT Sports at Southern Gardens tomorrow, 11.30. It's an intriguing test of character for Bashley, who removed
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St Cross face the big test
Matt Perry-Lewis has warned his table-topping St Cross Symondians side not to get carried away by their new found spot at the top of Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2. The Winchester club shot to the top when Trojans lost at Ventnor last week
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Bosses delighted at suspension change
WESSEX League managers have given the thumbs up to the long-awaited ditching of lengthy day bans. Starting in 2006/07, suspensions in the top two divisions of the Sydenhams League will be dished out in matches rather than days. In line with the Ryman
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GP fans boost city’s coffers
HAMPSHIRE enjoyed an estimated seven-figure cash boost thanks to the first staging of the British Motocross Grand Prix near Winchester. About 39,000 people visited Matterley Basin near Cheesefoot Head last weekend to enjoy the racing. Organisers were
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Barbie safety lessons go down a treat among pupils
THE dangers of pouring petrol on a barbecue were highlighted at a junior citizenship day. Six pupils from Hightown Primary School were invited to St Mary's Stadium for the event organised by Hampshire police, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, environmental
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Find the Ball
LUCKY reader Mrs M Smith scooped £1,100 in last week's Daily Echo Find the Ball competition. Mrs Smith won the runner-up prize for coming closest in the competition. Do not miss tomorrow's Daily Echo, when the Find the Ball jackpot will be £14,000 and
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Scottish winner out of Kilt-er!
SHE may be Scottish but our World Cup competition winner will be cheering England on all the way throughout the tournament. Janet Peters was the lucky winner of "A World Cup Night In" run by the Daily Echo in association with John Lewis at West Quay
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Unprovoked attack leaves young man with broken jaw
A HAMPSHIRE man was left with a broken jaw after he was beaten in an unprovoked attack in Chandler's Ford. The 21-year-old was walking along Winchester Road after leaving The Halfway Pub in the early hours of the morning. He was approaching the Kingsway
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Game, set and match for our Kirsty
IT is one of the hardest jobs in sport. With the eyes of two billion people across the world watching and hundreds of thousands of pounds of prize money at stake, it is not a role for the faint-hearted. However, it is a challenge that cool, calm and
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Pacific Spirit, vehicle carrier, 0330, 40; Arabian Breeze, roro, 0530, 201; Shanghai Express, container, 0730, 206; Integrity, vehicle carrier, 0900, 34/35; Maersk Welkin, vehicle carrier, 0930, 43; Grand Orion
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Asfare lands £1.1m London contract
A HAMPSHIRE firm has landed a £1.1m contract to supply equipment to the world's most famous fire brigade. It is the largest single order that Asfare, which is headquartered near Southampton, has ever won in its 28-year history. The news is another
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GAVYN: I’m backing Wilde
HE is the man Saints fans have been waiting to hear from for years. Today, in a Daily Echo exclusive, Gavyn Davies breaks his silence over the boardroom crisis and dramatically backs Michael Wilde's proposed new regime. The multi-millionaire former
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Students showcase designs on future
IT'S just one example of the annual explosion of talent that anyone can go and see in Winchester. This weekend the school becomes Hampshire's largest art gallery as undergraduates in several disciplines show their final work. Fashion students at Winchester
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Jobs uncertainty at Philips centre
NEARLY 450 workers at one of Southampton's most famous companies face an uncertain future. Dutch electronics giant Philips is to hive off its global semiconductor business within the next few months, retaining all but a minority stake. This is another
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Keeping posted on baby safety
MUM Lisa Bell and her 20-week-old baby son Sean watch as student health visitor Janine Ruwaiden puts up the latest Keep Them Safe poster at Weston Sure Start. The poster is part of an awareness campaign by the Daily Echo aimed at alerting parents to
