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Quad bike helmets warning following death crash
A CORONER warned quad bikers today to wear helmets after a multi-millionaire farmer died in a crash. Retired insurance broker John Mackenzie-Green, 52, was treated at Southampton General Hospital following the accident in August last year. Mr Mackenzie-Green
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Goodwood Festival
AUDI's historic Le Mans 24-Hour race-winning R10 TDI will be in action again this weekend in its British debut on the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Audi, which has supported Lord March's annual motorsport extravaganza since 1998, will display
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Sporty new Leon to make debut
THE eagerly-anticipated new Leon FR making its debut on the Kings Seat stand at this weekend's Wheels Motor Show will be priced from just £16,995 on the road when it goes on sale this month. By offering such superb value for money, this dynamic new hot
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Free show has cars on one site
THIS YEAR is seeing more new cars being launched than ever before, averaging more than four every week and you can see a good selection of them at this weekend's Wheels Motor Show. Rather than wasting costly fuel trekking around the county to see what
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Yamaha: Another Star set to rise
YAMAHA has announced its first 2007 model, the all-new XVS1300A Midnight Star, a bike with classic custom styling and technological innovations to move the cruiser genre to the next level. Following in the long and low' styling of the recent XV1900,
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Carswell Gould tune in to Original 106fm
HAMPSHIRE communications agency Carswell Gould has been appointed by the new Solent region radio station Original 106fm. The station, which launches later this year to compete with established FM regional rivals like Ocean, Power, Wave, The Saint and
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New depot for Keepsafe
SELF-storage company Keepsafe is up and running with a new depot on the outskirts of Winchester. Both domestic and business storage is available at the 22,500 sq ft facility at 20 Moorside Road, Winnall, Winchester. Keepsafe is leasing from Wereldhave
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A luncheon ‘first’
BUSINESS leaders from firms and organisations in and around Eastleigh took part in a special lunch hosted by town mayor Councillor Peter Hall. More than 30 people, representing local employers like Aerostructures Hamble, BAA Southampton Airport, Flybe
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Autotransporter, roro, 0015, 201; Grande Anversa, roro, 0700, 105; Houston Express, container, 0800, 207 Today's principal Southampton sailings: CMA CGM Baudelaire, container, 0400, 206; Autotransporter,
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Men at helm to meet fans at Eastleigh
Eastleigh are planning to welcome in a new era at Saints by giving fans their first glimpse of the men running the club. The new era at St Mary's will get underway on the pitch with a pre-season friendly at Eastleigh's Silverlake Stadium on Saturday,
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GOLF - Blistering performance
APART from a few blisters, Tony Main, Gary Foxley and Matt Stanton came through unscathed after playing 72 holes in a day as part of Macmillan Cancer Relief's Longest Day Challenge. The golfing buddies teamed up for a golfathon over the Rose Bowl's nine-hole
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GOLF - Parker home rule
Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club's Pro-Am proved a real bonus for Bruce Parker, the home professional, when he won first prize with a five-under-par round of 65. Parker, pictured above, the 2006 Hampshire PGA captain, coped admirably with the pressures of
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FISHING - Solent produces a top stingray for Dave
Freelance anglers have again been making the news with Dave Mastermine leading the pack when he caught a huge stingray weighing 35lb while fishing from a small 17ft private boat over a mark in the western Solent. Mastermine, from the Waterside, was
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Glamour queens
IN YEARS gone by she was the girl next door who longed to become a beauty queen to represent the pride of her town or city. She was smiling but demure, nervously walking the catwalk and hoping to catch the judge's eye. Success might lead to admiration
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Search for our local heroes
VOTING in a nationwide contest to find the best local band in the land has been extended. Fans now have until midnight on Wednesday to help their favourite group top the poll. Two Hampshire bands are currently featuring in the regional top ten in the
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Family flee home after blaze in loft
A HAMPSHIRE family were today assessing the damage caused to their home after a fire totally destroyed the roof of their home. In stark contrast to the peaceful cul-de-sac in Botley, the tiled roof of the house in Blossom Close was left as a giant hole
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Howzat for a fundraiser!
VILLAGE cricketers turned out in force to take part in a fundraiser in Hamble for the John Merricks Sailing Trust. The charity cricket match, which raised more than £2,250, has become one of the popular curtain-raisers to Hamble Week. The trust was
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Drink up – our water is absolutely first class!
THERE may not be much of it but what we have got tastes great, experts have found. Specialist tasters conducted an extensive investigation into the quality of Southern Water's supplies and concluded 99.91 per cent of it was first class. In total the
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Joel walking tall in New York
TWO years ago, 6ft 11in Joel Freeland was stacking shelves in Sainsbury's, travelling down twice a week from Farnham to Southampton to play basketball for Solent Stars under-18s. Last week in the grand surroundings of Madison Square Gardens, New York
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Lamb eyes Twenty20 quarter-finals
Man-of-the-match Greg Lamb reckons Hampshire need to win their last three Twenty20 group games to qualify for the quarter- finals. Lamb led Hampshire to a vital 36-run win against Essex last night before targeting two more Rose Bowl victories, against
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Season ticket sale extended
Saints have confirmed that season ticket holders now have an extra nine days to guarantee their seats at discounted prices and even new season ticket holders will be getting them cheaper than planned. Although it is a complicated process
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Saints open Webster talks
Saints are in talks with Hearts in a bid to sign central defender Andy Webster as George Burley confirmed yesterday he has approached his former club about signing the 24-year-old Scottish international. There is also speculation that Hearts' goalscoring
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Police order prom limousines off the road after safety crackdown
AS the school prom season gets into full swing one in four stretch limousines stopped during a one-night police clampdown were ordered off the road immediately, the Daily Echo can reveal. Four of the luxury vehicles were banned because they were in a
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Burley commits to Saints
George Burley has said the words all Saints fans wanted to hear and committed his future to the club. Speaking for the first time since the chairman that appointed him, Rupert Lowe, left St Mary's and a new board took over, Burley reiterated his words
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Fans anger over Pavarotti ticket fee refund
PAVAROTTI fans were today reacting angrily to the news that they will not be refunded the full amount they paid for tickets to see the opera star after his Hampshire concert was cancelled. The Italian tenor was due to perform at the Rose Bowl next week
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Care worker stole from elderly resident, 94
A CARE worker was jailed after admitting stealing more than £4,000 from an elderly nursing home resident. Kelvin Kamupira, 25, was working at the Westacre in Sleepers Hill, Winchester, when he stole a debit card from a 94-year-old female resident. Winchester
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Captain Shane makes a decent Neighbour
HAMPSHIRE captain Shane Warne makes his TV acting debut this week. Never one to shy away from the spotlight, the spin bowler is to make a cameo appearance in Aussie soap Neighbours. Shane will be hoping there is no such thing as bad publicity when he
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Freight rail upgrade costs rise to £60m
THE TRUE cost of upgrading Southampton's freight rail link to the midlands has been put at £60m in a funding bid submitted to the Government. The figure has swelled by £7m since the plan seen as essential to take tens of thousands of lorries of the
