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Wraps are off Lacetti
IT will be D-Day' for Chevrolet at this year's Bologna Motor Show, which opened yesterday and runs until December 17, as the company takes the wraps off its first ever diesel engined car for the UK. Set to go on sale in the first half of 2007 and distinguished
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Eco-power that packs a punch!
THE Saab 9-5 2.3t BioPower cuts fossil CO2 emissions by up to 70 per cent while delivering maximum power of 210bhp and 310Nm of torque. That is 14 per cent more power and 11 per cent more torque when running on eco-friendly bioethanol E85 fuel compared
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The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South's trusty tour bus pulls up in Bournemouth on Monday for a BIC gig. Formed in 1989, the band released their tenth album, Superbi, in May which was recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World studios and mixed by the legendary Bill Price
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The Kooks
Brighton's finest, The Kooks, will help restore faith in the holy grail of English singer-songwriting when they play a sell-out gig at Southampton Guildhall on Monday, December 18. It's a blue-blooded lineage that stretches from the Kinks to Blur and
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Breaking The Girl
Breaking The Girl - a four-piece Indie Rock group from the south coast will be playing at the Joiners tonight. The band have only been together just over a year but have already managed to release two EPs through college labels. Recently Breaking The
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The Holiday (12A)
With a dreamy, festive setting and underlying message of love to all men and women - especially if they're single and unspeakably attractive - The Holiday is a corny comedy that will appeal to hopeless romantics. In sunny California we meet Amanda (Diaz
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Happy Feet (U)
Described rather aptly as The March Of The Penguins meets Riverdance, Happy Feet is a feel good, computer animated musical comedy about a misfit's quest to find his place in a world that doesn't understand him. Director George Miller traversed similar
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Ronald completes happy hat-trick
THERE is no master plan or strategy, it is just a case of marking a spot without too much thought, but for Ronald Toomer it has been a money-spinner. The 70-year-old joiner from Highfield, Southampton, is celebrating once again after winning the runner-up
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Crack-a-Crime for Christmas
TODAY our alternative festive countdown continues by revealing the face of Jason McGeorge. Southampton police want your help in tracing the 23-year-old who is the eighth face to appear on our Crack a Crime For Christmas calendar. McGeorge is wanted
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Wisdom of Streetwise grows with each year
A CHRISTIAN youth outreach project that tours a Hampshire town in a converted double decker bus is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Volunteers travel around to youth hangouts to offer a listening ear and advice while trying to discourage anti-social
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Aladdin, Theatre Royal Winchester
There are two ways to view a situation whereby a child not yet four years old steps in to do your job for you! It's either time to go - or it's time to be hailed for pulling a masterstroke. After last night, I'll stick with the latter. Aladdin's opening
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Chris is in with the inn crowd
IT WAS one hell of a squeeze, but for one afternoon only, five million punters crammed into the Woodfalls Inn on the edge of the New Forest yesterday. Although the vast majority of them were listening on the airwaves, the presence of Radio 2 DJ Chris
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Waste plans g on scrapheap
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after plans for a new recycling centre in a Hampshire town were thrown on the scrapheap. County waste bosses changed their mind over building the facility at the Luzborough Depot in Romsey after residents and parish councillors
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Barrow load of stolen tools found
POLICE in the New Forest have found a wheelbarrow full of plumbing equipment and other stolen tools. Officers are anxious to reunite the items with their rightful owners and want to hear from builders and tradesmen who have been targeted by thieves.
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Scheme for 450 homes approved
WINCHESTER civic chiefs have given the go-ahead for one of the biggest housing schemes in the area in recent years. The city council and Havant Borough Council have each given the go-ahead for 450 new homes to be built at Old Park Farm, near Waterlooville
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Homes in green trial will be told to recycle their kitchen scraps
KITCHEN waste from homes across Eastleigh could be helping to save the planet. The authority is determined to keep its king of recycling' crown by trailblazing a new green initiative involving the weekly collection of cooked and uncooked food waste,
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ATC leader’s award
A SOUTHAMPTON man who has worked for the Air Training Corps for 39 years has been awarded a qualification in recognition of his achievements. Anton Smith, from Hedge End, spends two evenings a week and some weekends working with young people aged 13
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Scott praise for former colleague Voges
Bournemouth's Richard Scott is backing his old Chapel Gate team-mate Adam Voges to shine in next week's third Ashes Test in Perth - if the Western Australian all-rounder gets the chance to play against England at the WACA. Voges, 27, who played Southern
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Osman delighted with life at St Mary's
As a renowned impressionist, Mike Osman is no stranger to performing in many different roles. And on the day I met the Millbrook born entertainer in the reception at St Mary's Stadium, Osman was akin to a child in a sweet shop. With an all-access
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Car passengers incredible escape
TWO toddlers had an incredible escape after a mystery missile hit the back window of their family car with glass crashing down on them. The car was ambushed as it travelled along Passfield Avenue towards the motorway. As the Nissan Primera approached
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The Grinch says sorry
HAMPSHIRE'S meanest thief has apologised for stealing toys destined for sick children in hospital over Christmas. In a letter to the Daily Echo, the brazen crook - dubbed The Grinch after the miserable green creature who stole an entire town's Christmas
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Salon gets ahead thanks to Daily Echo
A SOUTHAMPTON hair salon forced to close through a lack of hairdressers has reopened thanks to the Daily Echo. Shirley's Isis salon was force to shut its doors because of a "severe shortage" of qualified staff. Following publication of their plight,
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County benefits by £16m from CLA fair
A GAME fair dubbed the "world's greatest countryside event" has netted the Hampshire economy £16m, according to a survey. More than 130,000 visitors flocked to the Country Land & Business Association (CLA) Game Fair at Broadlands, Romsey, in July. It
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Berlin Express, container, 0700, 207; Heroi Stakhorskyi, cargo, 0930, 36; Nordsee, cargo, 1000, 203; Humber Energy, barge, am, 22; Jo Spirit, tank, 1230, 106/7; Scan Atlantic, roro, 1230, 102; CMA CGM La Traviata
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Football focus
George Burley has warned his team they must be more focused than ever as they take on the Championship's bottom team today. Confidence is flowing through the Saints supporters after four wins on the bounce which have lifted the team into the play-off
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Scaling the ladder of life at baby unit
SOUTHAMPTON: There promises to be a bright future in more ways than one as neonatal facility is officially opened after £1.4m revamp ONE OF THE biggest neonatal care facilities in the country is to be unveiled today at a Southampton hospital after
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Arrests after house fire
THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a house fire in Southampton which left two people critically ill. A seven-year-old boy and his grandmother, aged 51, were today still fighting for their lives following the blaze
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Sunday's local football fixtures
Sunday BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP Chelsea v Arsenal (4.00). COCA-COLA LEAGUE Championship: Barnsley v West Brom (1.15). FA NATIONWIDE WOMEN'S LEAGUE Southern Division: Southampton Saints v Watford Ladies (2.00). HAMPSHIRE SENIOR CUP Second round
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Bale and Baird in Championship team of the month
Saints full-backs Gareth Bale and Chris Baird have been named in November's Championship Actim Team of the Month. Welsh international Bale, who was ranked as the league's BEST player last month, is in 10th place overall in the Actim Index. In November
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'Hairy' Blankley's glory day
NICK Holmes isn't the only member of the Salisbury City management team to have been part of a major FA Cup upset during his playing days. While Whites' boss Holmes will forever be remembered for Saints' glorious slaying of Manchester United in 1976
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Turk recalls first meeting with Forest boss
There was an understandable sense of dj vu for Wayne Turk when he shook the hand of Nottingham Forest manager Colin Calderwood following Salisbury City's 1-1 draw at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Back in 1989, an eight-year-old Turk was a matchday
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Dodd: Off-field events have overtaken the football
NEW Eastleigh boss Jason Dodd can't help but be impressed with the off-field progress the Conference South club have made this season. Trouble is, events on the pitch have struggled to keep pace with developments off it. So instead of eyeing promotion
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Gust of wind blows roof off
PEOPLE were evacuated and two cars destroyed after the roof of a block of flats was ripped off by gale-force winds. Debris landed on two cars parked at the front of the four-storey block of flats in Southampton - flattening both vehicles. Part of the
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Rasiak and Bale in Championship's top 10
SAINTS pair Grzegorz Rasiak and Gareth Bale are holding down top 10 positions in the Actim Championship index. In-form striker Rasiak is up to third after his two-goal showing at Hull last weekend. And teenager Bale is 10th. Birmingham striker
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Ian’s been queuing all night for a Wii!
IT was an early start for gaming enthusiasts who queued for almost seven hours at a Hampshire supermarket to get their hands on a Nintendo Wii. Only 15 of the must-have games consoles were on sale at Asda's Totton branch, prompting a queue to start forming
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Beacon of lights
It Is dark, cold and wet but homes across Hampshire are cheering people up with their spectacular Christmas lights. This next entry from Southampton does exactly that for the hundreds of schoolchildren who walk past on their way to and from school every
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Former Southern League cricketers star as England lose
Monty Panesar claimed two wickets on his return to action in Australia today but could not prevent an ECB Chairman's XI suffering a crushing defeat in the traditional festival match at Lilac Hill this morning. Panesar, given a game alongside the
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Diesel tax blow to boat owners
HUNDREDS of Hampshire pleasure boat owners face increased costs after European Union chiefs demanded the British government raise the tax on the fuel they use. Duty on red diesel is likely to rise from the current 7.69p per litre to 48.35p per litre
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Shameful attack on German market trader
ONE of the stallholders from the German market was attacked by four men on November 27. They didn't succeed in getting his takings, but they gave him a thorough beating, resulting in a broken leg, broken ribs and other injuries, while shouting racial
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Shocked by NCP parking charge
I WOULD like to warn people about parking in Southampton. Recently I went into the city centre and all car parks were full except NCP at Portland Terrace. I know that parking there is more expensive but I didn't realise how much more! Their charges are
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Honour Danny La Rue
WHAT such sad news that Danny La Rue is to hang up his frocks (Daily Echo, December 4). Those of us (I include myself) who can remember when entertainment was entertainment will acknowledge the contribution made by Danny to this country's entertainment
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The London Marathon - just the ticket...if you can find one!
FOR tens of thousands of people, last weekend saw the expectant arrival of envelopes. This was the time when organisers of the London Marathon delivered happy tidings to the few that they were running next April's showpiece race, and to the many that
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WestQuay’s Christmas decorations are pathetic
I FEEL I had to write to express my utter dismay at the awful display of festive or should I say lack of festive decorations in WestQuay. I, along with thousands of others, was more than disappointed at the pathetic show. On my first day of Christmas
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NHS penny-pinching could cause a tragedy
ONCE again the Southampton University Hospitals Trust has mismanaged our vital health services, this time the New Forest birthing centres (Daily Echo, November 29). It has acted with breathtaking deceit to obscure their true intent until the final decision
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Re-think plan to close school
WITH reference to the closure of Woolston Senior School, I know that some people think opponents should shut up and accept the decision that Councillor Ann Milton has made, but as parents of children who attend the school we strongly disagree. In light
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Modern art on the Net
A RECENT survey by BT shows just how important art is in people's lives. The poll, conducted in conjunction with Tate Online, reveals that 53 per cent of people view art as being very important' in their lives, with only two per cent claiming not to
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Ex-Saint hopes for change of fortune
Saints fan Darryl Flahavan is hoping a more direct style of play could give Southend a much needed victory. Flahavan, who was at Saints for nine years as a youngster before being released in 1998, is desperate for a victory against his boyhood favourites
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Dodd: It feels strange being the gaffer!
JASON Dodd says it's taking a while to sink in that he is the new manager of non-League Eastleigh. After 16 years playing for a dozen different bosses in the red and white stripes of Southampton, he couldn't quite get his head around being called gaffer
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Ostlund: I never thought I'd have to quit Saints
Alexander Ostlund never thought he would have to leave Saints to get his career back on track. The Swedish defender, a cult hero to the fans who know him as 'Jesus', is enjoying life back in the first team after a tricky start to the season. Ostlund
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Ex-Bournemouth batsman called up by Aussies
Australia have sensationally called up former Bournemouth batsman Adam Voges following the shock retirement of Damien Martyn today. The Aussies have added Voges and all-rounder Andrew Symonds to their squad for next week's third Ashes Test in Perth
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Liam gets an early England call
Hampshire's teenage spin bowling prospect Liam Dawson has been picked to play for England Under-19s - three years ahead of his time! The 16-year-old left-arm spinner is in a party of 14 selected for England YC's month-long tour of Malaysia from January
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Saints fans letters
HERE are a selection of letters sent to the Daily Echo by Saints fans this week. If you've got a view, email echosport@soton-echo.co.uk. AS a Saints supporter for some 50 years, I write to say how much I resent the patronising comment directed
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Mandaric praise for Redknapp
Manager Harry Redknapp has received a ringing endorsement from former chairman Milan Mandaric after completing a highly successful year back at Portsmouth. Mandaric, 68, hopes to shortly take control at Coca-Cola Championship club Leicester after
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Library cuts condemned
PLANS to axe up to 23 librarian posts and slash £250,000 spending on books in Hampshire have been condemned. Liberal Democrat opposition councillors today pledged to fight the proposals which would help save £1.25m overall. They are calling on library
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Footballers' tributes to dead teammate
LEAVE YOUR TRIBUTES TO KEVIN BELOW... TEAMMATES of the Hampshire father who died in a car crash on his 22nd birthday will pay a special tribute to him before their next football match. Kevin Redding, 22, died when his car careered across a notorious
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Praise for police as final Phoenix dealer is jailed
POLICING at its best. That is how a judge described Operation Phoenix the biggest pre-planned drugs crackdown ever undertaken in Hampshire, as the last defendant to appear before the courts in connection with the operation was jailed. Mansour Inferadi
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Kitchen scraps trial for 1,000 homes
KITCHEN waste from homes across one area of Hampshire could be helping to save the planet. Eastleigh Borough Council is determined to keep its 'king of recycling' crown by trailblazing a new green initiative involving the weekly collection of cooked
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Recycling centre plan scrapped
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after plans for a new recycling centre in a Hampshire town were thrown on the scrapheap. County waste bosses changed their mind over building the facility at the Luzborough Depot in Romsey after residents and parish councillors
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Game fair nets Hampshire £16m
THE Country Land & Business Association (CLA) Game Fair at Broadlands, Romsey, in July, has netted the Hampshire economy £16m, according to a survey. It was a must for country sports enthusiasts, countryside fans or those looking for a family day out