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Summer Time Bill
I WAS so pleased to read in the Daily Echo (December 2) of MP Alan Whitehead's Bill to end the present system of altering the clocks each year to British Summer Time and then back to Greenwich Mean Time. Romsey MP Sandra Gidley is correct in saying whatever
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Ponting: We can get over 400 in one day game again
Ricky Ponting has delivered an ominous warning that Australia can break the world record score in one-day internationals once more. Australia upped the ante to 434 against South Africa last year, only to lose an amazing contest in Johannesburg.
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Beckham agrees £128m LA Galaxy deal
David Beckham will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season and join side Los Angeles Galaxy on a £128m (250m US dollars) five-year deal. The former England captain will leave Real in June and begin his new career in Major League Soccer in August
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Unreliable Memoirs
Well I've finally got round to posting on here again. So much has happened that I can't really some it all up - Christmas in retail does tend to blow your mind. Still, we've made it to January and we're now starting to look at all the other things that
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Unreliable Memoirs
Well I've finally got round to posting on here again. So much has happened that I can't really some it all up - Christmas in retail does tend to blow your mind. Still, we've made it to January and we're now starting to look at all the other things that
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Saints reject Prutton bid
Saints have rejected an offer from Hull for David Prutton. George Burley confirmed that the Tigers' bid, believed to the region of £200,000-£250,000, has been turned down. He said: "We had an offer from Hull a few days ago which we turned down.
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Thanks for saving our beloved pets from blaze
A WOMAN rescued from a burning house in Winchester has praised the city's firefighters for risking their lives to save her pet dogs. The four terriers were scooped up by crews wearing breathing apparatus after the terrified owner realised the animals
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Car parks will close to help birds’ habitat
PLANS to close four New Forest car parks to protect rare birds have been given the go-ahead, despite opposition from dog walkers. The controversial scheme was approved yesterday at a meeting attended by representatives from 21 organisations across the
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Sports stars get in the swing for charity
TWO Hampshire sports stars have lined up to launch new sports facilities at Fairthorne Manor with a celebrity golf tournament. Former Saint and current Eastleigh manager Jason Dodd and England and Hampshire spinner Shaun Udal will host a celebrity 18
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Rotary clubs fund vital aid effort
GENEROUS donors from across Hampshire have helped to get aid to more than 82,000 disaster victims worldwide during the past 12 months. Rotary clubs including Southampton, Lymington, the New Forest, Winchester, Chandler's Ford and Itchen Valley raised
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Benefits advice service faces axe
THE axe is poised over a Winchester benefits advice service that has helped hundreds of people. The adult services department of Hampshire County Council is to end an annual contract worth £20,700 for Winchester Citizens Advice Bureau to run a mental
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Burnley sign keeper ahead of St Mary's trip
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill has signed experienced Wigan keeper Mike Pollitt - and sold midfielder Micah Hyde to Peterborough. Cotterill has landed the 34-year-old Pollitt on an initial one-month loan ahead of Saturday's trip to St Mary's. He is expected
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Birmingham agree £2m fee for ex-Pompey man Vine
Birmingham have agreed a fee with Luton for striker Rowan Vine. The Coca-Cola Championship leaders have agreed to pay £2.5million for the 24-year-old, rising to £3million if Blues are promoted to the Barclays Premiership. Vine, who has scored
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PR firm merges
SOUTHAMTPON PR firm Harrison Cowley today became one of the country's top 15 agencies following a merger with Trimedia UK, Europe's fastest-growing consultancy. The firm, based in the city for more than 40 years, joins with its smaller rival to create
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Grand Benelux, ro/ro, 1130, 105; CMA CGM Don Carlos, container, am, 207; Arklow Resolve, cargo, 2030, 36S; Sea Eagle, cargo, 2100, 108; Autoroute, ro/ro, 2300, 201; OOCL Atlanta, container, pm, 206 Today's principal
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Flybe excited by move to cruise at sea level
FLYBE, Southampton's largest airline, is moving into the cruise business with the launch of "Flybe Cruise". The deal with holidays company Voyana Ltd will see a new website that allows travellers to book flights and any cruise sailing out of Southampton
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Pompey sign two players
Portsmouth have made their first signing of the transfer window with defender Djimi Traore moving to Fratton Park from Charlton on a two-and-a-half-year contract.. The 26-year-old, who only joined Charlton from Liverpool last summer, is joined
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Bland in birdie groove
STONEHAM'S Richard Bland made an excellent start to his first event of the year, carding a four-under-par 68 in the opening round of the co-sanctioned Joburg Open in South Africa. The 32-year-old, who recorded his best finish (72nd) on the European
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Caffari plans epic new sailing odyssey
DEE Caffari plans to become the first woman to sail solo, non stop, around the world in both directions. The Southampton-based sailing star's next campaign will see her move into the highly competitive world of Open 60 racing. The Aviva Ocean
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Failing to make the grade
HUNDREDS of Hampshire pupils are leaving school without basic skills in maths and English, the Daily Echo can reveal. Fewer than four in ten pupils (36.10 per cent) at Southampton's secondary schools scored at least five C grades in their GCSE subjects
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Five charged over arson at city pub
POLICE in Southampton have charged five people in connection with the attempted arson in a city pub. Darren McCash, 23 from Langstaff Way, Daniel McCash, 21, of Byron Road, and Lee James Gosden, 18, from Willow Close - all from the Thornhill area of
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Find out just who’s in form
CLICK HERE FOR THE SOUTHAMPTON RESULTS (download as a .pdf) CLICK HERE FOR THE HAMPSHIRE RESULTS (download as a .pdf) HUNDREDS of teenagers across Hampshire are failing to master basic reading, writing and maths skills, according to GCSE league tables
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Alert as plane approached airport
SOUTHAMPTON Airport was at the centre of a full alert drama today when a pilot radioed in for assistance. It happened at about 8 am when the Eastern Airways jet from Leeds was due to land at Eastleigh. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service and Hampshire
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Planning no longer in councillors' hands
IT'S time more people became interested in what's is happening where they live (Ken Wellstood, Letters, January 4). Might I suggest, Mr Wellstood, that planning is no longer controlled by local councillors. All planning decision about building and
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We need more community representatives, not less
I MUST respond to Resignations From Board (letters, January 1). The complex situation to which the article referred was that Southampton City Council's legal department had advised that Outer Shirley Regeneration Board decisions should be ratified by
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Achieving peace in the Middle East
THE Middle East problem is the greatest threat to the future of world peace and where unquestionably to has to be resolved over the next five years if humanity has to avoid a major escalation of global conflict. But this cannot be achieved through the
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Ice rink custom is clearly there
SHOULD Southampton have a permanent ice rink? I should say so. The fact that the temporary one in Southampton has been such a success - as well as the one in Winchester - should shout to the skies that there is an aching void for skaters and would-be
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I predict home information packs will be scrapped
I THANK Paul Gawn (Letters, January 6) for responding to my letter regarding the introduction of home information packs in June. He is obviously biased, having spent a lot of his time and money on becoming an inspector. With his experience of being a
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Regeneration board resignations
NEVER mind the rights or wrongs, what did make all of the community reps on the board of Outer Shirley Regeneration resign en masse? All of them have their own particular character, some are recognisable pillars of the community, all are of different
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Noble history of the Commodore from days of old
IT is an honour that has its roots in the mediaeval French orders of chivalry where a "commandeur'' was one of the highest ranks of knighthood. This tradition, which has been passed down through the centuries, is still accorded today and two Southampton
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Richard’s back on the airwaves
HE has only just hung up his headphones after 35 years on the radio. But days after the "off" switch was thrown the Daily Echo can reveal that broadcasting legend Richard Cartridge is taking to the airwaves again. The silky-voiced Radio Solent stalwart
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Benitez's comments bad news for Saints
RAFEL Benitez's comments in the wake of Liverpool's Carling Cup humiliation are undoubtedly bad news for clubs such as Saints. Benitez told his board of directors they must be prepared to spend big on young players to have any chance of catching
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Hull table bid for Prutts
HULL City have tested George Burley's resolve to hang on to David Prutton by tabling an official bid for the midfielder. The Echo understands Saints' Championship rivals are prepared to pay around £150,000 to £200,000 to land the player who was born
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Tremlett: I'm ready to cop a load of Aussie abuse!
Chris Tremlett expects to be bombarded with abuse when he wins his first England cap on foreign soil. The Hampshire fast bowler is in the England one-day squad that begins the Commonwealth Bank Series - a triangular tournament against Australia and
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Grass-roots football facing fixture pile-up nightmare
GRASS-ROOTS football officials are facing a nightmare fixture pile-up as the wet weather continues to wreak havoc across the county. With more rain expected before the weekend, all the major adult and youth leagues in the area have been greatly affected
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Ikea plans for city go on show
PLANS for an Ikea superstore in Southampton were due to go on display today. The Swedish furniture giant wants to build the store on the former Pirelli cable works in West Quay Road near the city centre. The proposals have already sparked a huge reaction
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Go-ahead for carpark closures
PLANS to close four New Forest car parks to protect rare birds have been given the go-ahead, despite opposition from dog walkers. The controversial scheme was approved yesterday at a meeting attended by representatives from 21 organisations across the
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Car sold with 70,000 miles knocked off clock
A GARDEN landscaper sold a car which had more than 70,000 miles knocked off its clock. Magistrates yesterday ordered John Mitchell, who told prosecutors he had sold vehicles part-time from his Warsash home for seven years, to pay £1,450 to the man who
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Ex-Hants star Watson not forgotten - Ponting
Australia captain Ricky Ponting insists forgotten all-rounder Shane Watson is still a part of his side's World Cup plans. That's despite injury ruling the one-time Hampshire favourite out of the bulk of the upcoming Commonwealth Bank one-day series
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Star names on the menu for food festival
FRENCH cuisinier and heart-throb TV chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will be the dish of the day at this year's Christchurch Food Festival. The Gallic charmer is heading the menu of celebrity chefs serving up an appetising array of masterclasses as the hors
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Big Brother Ken makes film at Daily Echo offices
THE traditional newspaper cry of hold the front page!' was replaced with Action! when the Daily Echo offices were turned into a film set for Ken Russell's latest movie. The Southampton-born film director behind such hits as Tommy and Women in Love and
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Roy billed £4,848 for his gas!
AFTER spending two months in hospital with a serious illness, pensioner Roy Barfoot was just glad to be home. However, the 76-year-old got the shock of his life when when he found a gas bill for nearly £5,000 waiting on his doormat. A meter reader from
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Ex-Saint bags rare goal as Chelsea are embarrassed
EX-Saint Wayne Bridge scored his first club goal for almost three years as Chelsea were held 1-1 by League Two club Wycombe in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final last night. The 26-year-old Winchester-born player was appearing in midfield
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Souness to press on with Wolves bid
A consortium involving ex-Saints boss Graeme Souness will press on with their attempt to buy a controlling stake in Wolves after the Championship club confirmed receipt of a written offer. Negotiations will now take place in private, with both parties
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Strauss back but Lee out through sickness for Aussies
ANDREW Strauss returns to action tomorrow - but will not be faced with the prospect of another barrage from Brett Lee. Fast bowler Lee inflicted a sickening blow on the head for Strauss in the final Test when a bouncer did not get up as much as the
