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A night at the Proms
Tanya Smith straightens James Bell's tie at a joint St Anne's and St George's RC prom at the Botleigh Grange Hotel. Get your Daily Echo on July 19 when a special Proms supplement will be published including pictures from dozens of schools across the
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Cinema makes a splash with marine theme
OCEAN Village's Harbour Lights Picturehouse is joining forces with Southampton's new Sea City 2006 initiative by screening a festival of marine-themed films from tomorrow until July 6, incorporating nostalgic films from the 1940s right up to the present
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Tristan, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; Autoprestige, roro, 1330, 203; CMA CGM Fidelio, container, 1630, 207; Asian Parade, roro, 1630, 43; Nordsee, cargo, 1630, 205W Today's principal sailings: Autoline, roro, 201
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We’ve had close encounters of the reptilian kind
VILLAGE schoolchildren near Winchester have met some animals not usually encountered in the classroom. Pupils at Colden Common Primary School have been enjoying Wildlife Science week. They got to touch and stroke various live and non-venomous reptiles
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Chance for gardeners to show skills
THE Winchester In Bloom Group has launched its annual floral competitions. The contests were thought to be in doubt after the city council pulled its support for the annual floral displays, a decision reversed by the incoming Conservative administration
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Will town bloom again?
FAREHAM bosses are hoping to follow last year's success in the regional In Bloom competition at this year's finals on July 4. Last year, Fareham won the Small City category of Southern England in Bloom and received a silver medal at the national finals
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£4m plan to create care home from hotel
A DEVELOPER has unveiled a £4m plan to restore a derelict Waterside hotel and transform it into a care home for the elderly. Southampton-based Diamond Property Holdings (DPH) has bought the crumbling West Cliff Hall, Hythe, which has been wrecked by
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Festival cost organiser £100,000
THE organiser of Eastleigh Festival has revealed he suffered financial losses of almost £100,000 from staging the event, forcing him to relocate it to Wickham. Peter Chegwyn the man behind the festival for the past three years, said he personally
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We’re on wheels of fire . . !
FIREFIGHTERS in the New Forest completed a 360-mile bike ride around Hampshire to raise funds for charity. An eight-man squad set out from Fordingbridge and visited each of the 53 fire stations in the county over a three-day period. Organiser Peter
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Saints quiet on Lowe 'quit' rumours
Saints are playing a straight bat to reports that Rupert Lowe has sensationally quit the club - four days before the EGM called to decide his fate. Rumours have swept Southampton like wildfire that the under-fire chairman has, along with his board,
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Saints quiet on Lowe 'quit' rumours
Saints are playing a straight bat to reports that Rupert Lowe has sensationally quit the club - four days before the EGM called to decide his fate. Rumours have swept Southampton like wildfire that the under-fire chairman has, along with his board,
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Trains delayed after police launch hunt for youths at station
TRAINS were disrupted across Hampshire today after a hunt was launched to find two youths spotted running across the track at a New Forest station. Police were called to reports of the trespass at Ashurst about noon which coincided with a track circuit
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Shake, rattle and roll for Sophia
EX-SAINTS star Nicky Banger has coiffured his quiff and perfected the trademark snarl for an event inspired by one little girl who is always on his mind. The former Southampton player donned an Elvis outfit at St Mary's Stadium to promote his fundraiser
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Final wish comes true for musician
THIS was the happy but emotional moment when Nick and Caroline Hug celebrated with champagne after taking their wedding vows. Just 24 hours later that laughter turned to tears when 54-year-old Nick died in the arms of his new bride. Tomorrow family
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Patients left waiting for scans
SOUTHAMPTON health bosses will today discuss new figures showing that, although they have hit the majority of their targets, hundreds of patients were left waiting longer than they should have for vital MRI and CT scans. The figures, part of Southamp-ton
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First chancellor
SOUTHAMPTON Solent University has welcomed its first chancellor, former Sea Lord Sir Alan West. At a special ceremony held at the city's Guildhall, Sir Alan, pictured right, was installed in the ceremonial role while honorary degrees were presented to
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The hunt is on to find the region’s most beautiful front garden
ENTRIES have been flooding in to the Daily Echo Front Gardens in Bloom competition. The competition, which was launched earlier this month, gives Echo readers the chance to show off their gardening skills and win some fantastic prizes to boot. To enter
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Josh bows out of Wimbledon
A combination of Dutch power and a pulled stomach muscle saw Josh Goodall's dreams of making the Wimbledon second round end in tatters. The 20-year old from Basingstoke went down 6-4 7-5 7-5 in front of a packed crowd on court 17, a result made all
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BOSS OF FORMER SAINTS SPONSOR TO BOW OUT
THE boss who headed up former Saints sponsor Friends Provident is to retire in the first half of next year. Keith Satchell, 55, who earned £766,000 last year, will be succeeded by £464,000-a-year finance director Philip Moore. The chief executive has
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Hampshire bowls Trophy blow
HAMPSHIRE bowed out of the Johns Trophy after a titanic tussle with Devon at Gillingham, Dorset. On their way to last season's final, Hampshire crushed Devon by 24 shots in the group final but the West Country side gained revenge this time, 126-118
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Team Southampton carry on good work
Team Southampton's young athletes' run of consecutive wins continued in style with a resounding victory in their National Young Athletes League fixture at Southampton Sports Centre. The team achieved the highest score (461 points) of any team in their
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Dimi: Opening loss was so frustrating
Hampshire all-rounder Dimi Mascarenhas' exclusive Daily Echo column appears in today's paper. Dimi writes ... The defeat at Sussex was not the way we wanted to start the Twenty20 Cup and we'll be going all out to rectify that against Middlesex
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Wolves to offer Oakley new chance?
Wolves boss Glenn Hoddle could provide Matt Oakley with a new challenge after the long-serving midfielder quit Saints yesterday. George Burley announced at lunchtime yesterday that Oakley has turned down a new one-year contract. Oakley first signed
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Crouch backing for Wilde
LEON Crouch this morning broke his silence to dramatically back Michael Wilde's brave new world for Saints. In a missive entitled Statement by Mr Leon Crouch Agent for Change',' the Lymington-based businessman explained why he would be voting for
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Secret location of 3000 new NHS dental places in Hampshire
THREE thousand new NHS dental places will be made available in Eastleigh and the Test Valley over the next six months. But the exact locations of the dental practices are being kept secret for now. The Eastleigh and Test Valley South Primary Care Trust
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Two million tonnes of London's rubbish to be dumped on Hampshire
TWO million tonnes of London's rubbish is set to be dumped on Hampshire, the Daily Echo can reveal. One tenth of the capital's growing waste mountain could end up in the county over the next 20 years. That's despite the fact that the two landfill sites
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County’s poor performance in crime records
HAMPSHIRE police is one of the worst forces for accurately recording crime, a report published today reveals. The constabulary ranked as one of the two lowest in the country for dealing with crime figures, according to the Audit Commissions findings.
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Good Morning Hampshire: Thursday, June 29th
WHAT a load of rubbish. The Daily Echo today lifts to lid on controversial plans to farm out London's rubbish to landfill sites in Hampshire. It's news which has gone down a stink with council leaders in the south, and we report on how they intend
