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Saints chairman concedes "some managerial decisions had been wrong"
IT is the end of an era at Southampton Football Club. In dramatic scenes director Rupert Lowe stood down at a hastily convened press conference at St Mary's Stadium in the last hour. Facing the media he admitted that some of the managerial decisions
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Leon Crouch: Saints fans have got their club back again
NEW director, Leon Crouch, tonight suggested that Saints fans had "got their club back" following the departure of chairman, Rupert Lowe. The decision by Crouch to ultimately throw his shareholding weight behind Michael Wilde is widely regarded as
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Dulieu confirmed as new chairman at Saints
KEN DULIEU has been confirmed as the chairman of the Saints' Board. Mr Dulieu, along with Michael Wilde, Jim Hone, Lee Hoos, Patrick Trant and Leon Crouch form the new Saints board. Mr Wilde, the New Forest millionaire whose investment in Southampton
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Have your say on Rupert Lowe's decision to quit
WE want to hear your views on Rupert Lowe's decision to bring to an end his ten years at St Mary's. Will you be sad to see the chairman go, and how much credit will you give him for the new stadium, being at the helm when Saints reached an FA Cup Final
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Two hurt in four-car pile-up
AFTERNOON rush-hour traffic was delayed by a four-vehicle pile-up on a busy road near Ringwood tonight. All three emergency services rushed to the scene of the collision on the A31 westbound at Poulner Hill at around 5pm. Two people received slight
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Lowe quits as Saints chairman
SAINTS chairman Rupert Lowe tonight dramatically ended his ten-year reign at St Mary's by announcing his resignation. After a day of talks in London involving Saints' board and representatives of Michael Wilde's camp, the news was broken at 5.30pm
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Manak-e
TOP bhangra star Manak-e is coming to Southampton this weekend. Vinay Handa will be interviewing him for the radio show Urban Unity. Manak-e, responsible for some of the biggest hits in the industry, will be talking about his career, the new album and
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Sur Sangeet programme
A TOUCH of class was brought through the airwaves when some of Southampton's most talented Indian musicians played live on the city's Asian and Ethnic radio station. Sitar maestro Ajmal Mughal, pictured, was joined by tabla players Ragi Surjit Singh
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Asian poetry workshop
THE ART of writing Asian poetry will be shown during a free workshop in Southampton. Naeem Saleem, a performing artist and singer from Pakistan, will be hosting the hour-long session at Southampton YMCA in conjunction with Pukaar, a Southampton based
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My Fair Lady
CAMERON Mackintosh brings his hit musical My Fair Lady to The Mayflower from Tuesday. The all star cast includes ex-Emmerdale actress and classical singer Amy Nuttall who shares the rags to riches role of Eliza Doolittle with Lisa O'Hare. Starring alongside
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PREVIEW: Fame: The Musical
The feel-good spectacular Fame: The Musical is making its way to Eastleigh this month. The Performing Arts Company's summer show invites you to visit the New York School of Performing Arts and follow the ups and downs of the class of 1984, all hoping
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Buddy The Musical
A SHOW you'll never forget comes to the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth next month. It runs from July 17 to 22. Over thirty years ago, the man who changed the face of popular music tragically died in a plane crash aged 22. Now Buddy The Musical tells
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Sequinned suits & platform boots
OAKLANDS Youth Theatre put on their perfected last version of Sequinned Suits and Platform Boots on July 6 before heading off to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival later this summer. Inspired by Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch, Sequinned Suits and Platform Boots
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Summer Pops
AFTER last year's triumphant debut, the Summer Pops are returning to the New Forest for a huge weekend music festival to be held once again in the spectacular grounds of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu tomorrow, Sunday and Monday. Mick Hucknall
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A+E Line
THE A+E Line are a South Coast experimental pop duo appearing at Supersonic at the Rhino on Wednesday. They will be performing The Christopher Walken song, an unusual novelty cut off their debut album Train Wrecks. A copy has been sent to Mr Walken
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Joiners on Tuesday
GLASGOW three-piece 1990s whose cracking debut single You Made Me Like It got tongues wagging and drew comparisons with The Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground and The Fall have announced more UK shows. They join polka dot princesses, The Pipettes who
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Robert Cray Band
THE Robert Cray Band play two nights at the Brook on Sunday and Monday. The first gig is sold out and tickets are going fast for the second night. In a time when formula, trends and gimmicks aimed at gaining attention manage to do just that, mature,
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Direct from Rio
SOUTHAMPTON's Turner Sims and Sir Harold Hillier Gardens present the most laidback gig of the summer with the queen of Brazilian bossa nova jazz Joyce on July 28. Direct from Rio de Janeiro, this incredible singer, songwriter and guitarist comes complete
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Over The Hedge (U)
Based on the comic strip by Michael Fry and T Lewis, Over The Hedge is an enjoyable, fast-paced computer animated fantasy that falls short of the visual invention and wit of The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and Shrek. Younger viewers will no doubt take
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Other film releases this week
REEKER (15) Writer/director/producer Dave Payne reportedly set out to make a film, which would "frighten the pants off people, make them laugh, and give them a story thick enough to chew on but easy enough to swallow." He fails on all counts. THE
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Nell and Stephanie step out on the road to stardom
TWO talented teenagers have won the chance to star alongside five West End stars on stage at Southampton's Mayflower theatre. Earl Carpenter took time out from his busy schedule as The Phantom of the Opera to surprise 17-year-old Nell Montague-Rendall
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Dalek ready to land at Rose Road
ONE of TV's most feared baddies has made a comeback on screen but one Dalek will come in peace when it visits a Southampton children's charity. The Rose Road Association has invited a gold Dalek, of Doctor Who fame, as its special guest at this year's
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Sea Scouts stay afloat thanks to £1,000 grant for trailer
THIS group of seafaring youngsters from the New Forest were in danger of being sunk by new legislation. The 9th Lymington Sea Scouts was faced with having to cancel many of its outdoor activities because updated safety laws prevent groups carrying equipment
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Cars are poisoning the air in Forest’s capital
TRAFFIC lights could be installed at the entrance to a polluted Hampshire village in a bid to cut fumes. New surveys have shown that Lyndhurst High Street, pictured right, suffers from unacceptably high levels of nitrogen dioxide caused by stationary
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Millions to be spent on overhaul of campsites
MILLIONS of pounds are due to be spent on upgrading campsites in the New Forest, the Daily Echo can reveal. The Forestry Commission has recruited a private sector partner, the Camping and Caravanning Club, in a bid to secure the funding needed to improve
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Hazelwood is triumphant
CHILDREN at Hazelwood Infant School in Totton are celebrating healthy school status by enjoying some pukka tucker. The school, which has 230 children, achieved the status for the second time running. Head teacher Sarah Peters said: "We are again a
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Photographs to go on display
WINCHESTER University is hosting an exhibition of photographic work, with a launch party on July 18. A Sculptural Landscape' will be on show at the Link Gallery, West Downs Centre, Romsey Road, until January 2007. It features work by Nigel Anness, Paul
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Foreign Office rejects calls to save US base
AN MP has condemned the Foreign Office for refusing to fight the closure of a Hampshire military base and the loss of 200 jobs. Dr Julian Lewis spoke out after a government minister rejected calls to press the US to scrap or postpone plans to axe RAF
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Hemp is latest garden addition
A PRESTIGIOUS Isle of Wight garden is to have an unusual addition this summer hemp. The cannabis plant, which has a low narcotic value and is primarily used for clothing and fuel, will be part of a new bed displaying plants used for fibre production
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SOUTHAMPTON PORT TAKEOVER BATTLE LATEST
THE £2.8 billion takeover battle for Southampton's Associated British Ports looked to be near its conclusion today after a rival bidder pulled out of the running. The withdrawal leaves a consortium led by Goldman Sachs in prime position to land the
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M & M wrap up win for Hants
Hampshire hammered their record Twenty20 score against Middlesex Crusaders with the help of a maiden 50 for Mitchell Stokes. Academy product Stokes blasted 62 from just 39 balls as Hampshire amassed 225-2 before completing a 59-run win ahead of tonight's
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Asda Kwik Cricket Finals
SHIRLEY Primary School will bid to represent Hampshire at Trent Bridge after coming out on top against more than 100 other primary schools in a cricket competition. The Hampshire ASDA Kwik Cricket competition orginally attracted 110 school teams playing
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Three out of top league encounter
Wiltshire's Minor Counties Cup semi-final clash against Northumberland at Jesmond on Sunday has cost three ECB Southern Electric Premier League clubs key players for tomorrow's round nine matches. The Wiltshire squad just one step away from a Lord's
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Trojans missing big five
Trojans' new-found Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 leadership is under threat through the absence of five front-line players at Lymington tomorrow. Leading wicket-taker Paul Douglas and Tim Felstead, the Wood brothers, Nick and James, and
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Jim is up for the cup
THEY will be going World Cup crazy at the Station Hotel in Southampton tomorrow. Local football memorabilia man Jim Chamberlain will be bringing a star-studded collection of items to auction off at the pub in Buller Road, Bitterne, prior to England's
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Doswell: These are exciting times for Eastleigh
EASTLEIGH have confirmed their new line-up as a limited company. The Conference South side signed papers to formally become a limited company on Monday and from now on EFC Ltd takes over responsibility for the running and management of the club. The
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Wall of booze taken from drunk youths
THIS is the haul of alcohol taken from children as young as 12 as part of a police crackdown on booze-fuelled crime in Southamp-ton. The wall of drink, made up of more than 500 bottles, cans and spirits, was accumulated over the course of just four weekends
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Keep it open
FORMER drug addicts and alcoholics are warning lives will be put at risk when a detox centre in Southampton closes today. The Detox and Aftercare Centre, run by Two Saints Housing Association in Bourne Road, opened in 1989 and has helped thousands of
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Dalek ready to land at Rose Road
ONE of TV's most feared baddies has made a comeback on screen but one Dalek will come in peace when it visits a Southampton children's charity. The Rose Road Association has invited a gold Dalek, of Doctor Who fame, as its special guest at this year's
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Tattoo could be vital
EASTLEIGH detectives hope that the image of this tribal tattoo will lead to the capture of a thug who tried to snatch a mobile phone. It was seen on the right forearm of the thief who unsuccessfully tried to rob a 21-year-old man as he walked towards
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Beach life for Winchester
LIFE's a beach for a Winchester group of artists, The Colour Factory. They have turned the back garden of their studios in Gordon Road into the seaside, complete with ten tonnes of sand, shells, a lighthouse and assorted jetsam. Today they are inviting
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: MOL Paramount, container, 1830, 205; Clementine Maersk, container, 1900, 207; Hoegh Berlin, vehicle carrier, 2330, 40; NYK Sirius, container, PM, 206 Sailings: Autoline, roro, 1600, 203; QE2, passenger, 1700
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You’ll get a funny feeling . . .
A STUDENT'S creation is bringing laughter and fun to the often serious world of modern art. Amy Hughes's work is a highlight of the Degree Show at the Winchester School of Art. A funny feeling' is a 12ft passageway lined with 780 blue rubber gloves
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Marcus' sentimental return
MARCUS Tregoning made a sentimental but successful journey to Salisbury yesterday. It was on this race-day last year at the Wiltshire track that his Sir Percy took the valuable Axminster Carpets Auction Stakes over six furlongs and subsequently went
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Goodall joy at Wimbledon
"One of the best feelings I've ever had." That was how Hampshire's Josh Goodall described his marathon second round victory in the mens' doubles at Wimbledon last night with fellow Brit Ross Hutchins. The pair fought back from two sets down to defeat
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Time to vote for your favourite
TWO Hampshire bands are featuring in the regional top ten in a nationwide contest to find the best local band in the land. And this weekend is your last chance to make your favourite band top the poll. Voting must finish at midnight on Sunday on the
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Carberry: We mean business
Man-of-the-match Michael Carberry has warned the Essex Eagles: "Watch out." The left-hander will play against Essex at Chelmsford in front of the Sky cameras tonight (7pm start) despite spending most of the Middlesex innings recovering from dehydration
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Double financial blow if Saints don't go up
MICHAEL Wilde's financial advisor has warned that Saints risk a potentially crippling financial double whammy' if the club fail to win promotion in 2006/07. Former Football League chairman Keith Harris who has advised the elite of English football
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Ex-director: Lowe has destroyed our 'family spirit'
REBEL former Saints director Ian Gordon has "thrown his lot in" with Michael Wilde in a bid to recapture the "family spirit" he believes the club has lost during Rupert Lowe's regime. The well-known Southampton-based solicitor "cannot see how the unity
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MP condemns Foreign Office over closure of US military base
AN MP has condemned the Foreign Office for refusing to fight the closure of a Hampshire military base and the loss of 200 jobs. Dr Julian Lewis spoke out after a government minister rejected calls to press the US to scrap or postpone plans to axe RAF
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Residents saw chase before fatal stabbing
A WITNESS to the stabbing of a Southampton teenager told jurors how he looked as if he was "running for his life" as he was chased by the young man accused of his murder. In a statement read to the court, Lisa Holloway said she was watching her five-year-old
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Time to vote for your favourite
TWO Hampshire bands are featuring in the regional top ten in a nationwide contest to find the best local band in the land. And this weekend is your last chance to make your favourite band top the poll. Voting must finish at midnight on Sunday on the
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Survey finds hazards in child car seats
HALF of child car seats checked by road safety experts in Southampton were fitted wrongly, a survey has found.The potentially dangerous findings came from a sweep of a city centre supermarket car park. Southampton City Council conducted free safety checks
