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When The Wind Blows...
...there's nothing better than staying in and curling up with a good book. Every year C4's Richard & Judy run a book club , producing a list of good books perfect for passing the time on these stormy winter days. There's no doubt that R&J know
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When The Wind Blows...
...there's nothing better than staying in and curling up with a good book. Every year C4's Richard & Judy run a book club , producing a list of good books perfect for passing the time on these stormy winter days. There's no doubt that R&J know
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We’re ready to transform region
SOUTHAMPTON has all the ingredients needed for business success but has a dismal record of under-performing against rivals. Despite being served by two motorways, its own airport, two universities, a top UK port and just an hour or so from London on
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Save our Silver Hall
THE voices of thousands of people opposing the demolition of an historic Hampshire building have been heard by civic chiefs. Traders at Winchester's Antique Market in Kings Walk lobbied the city council Cabinet yesterday, protesting about the proposed
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We need a family attraction, not lasers
SOUTHAMPTON will never have a wow factor. Laser lights will look pretty at night, that's all. We need something that's going to be there all day everyday. An ice rink is also not the answer (I'm sick of hearing about it) although one is needed somewhere
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This will not be a tourist attraction
WITH regard to the proposed lasers, I can't imagine visitors from far and wide being attracted here like moths to a candle, a helter-skelter around the clock tower might be a better alternative. I can recall one attraction at the Marlands Park, circa
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No useful function
The scheme for the lasers shining from the Civic Centre tower would seem the ideal way to define 'celebrity', ie drawing attention without performing any useful function! BRYAN SPINNEY, Calmore.
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Save electricity, don't waste it
THE city council is at it again, wasting money on laser beams that are environmentally unfriendly. I do not wish to look out of my windows and see laser beams. If a clear night, I like to see the stars and moon. Also we, the people, are told to turn
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Laser would be a total waste
THE proposed laser display from the Civic Centre would be an utter waste of money at a time when cash is needed in such quantity for hospitals, carers for the elderly and many more issues. We already have this picture of so-called art costing £250,000
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Ivan, roro, 0130, 201; Mogami Reefer, refrigerated, 0530, 104; Grande Detroit, roro, 0630, 105; Levantgracht, 0630, 102; Nordsee, cargo, am, 203; Kyoto express, container, am, 206; Rickmer Rickmers, container,
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Stop looking for a wow factor
WHAT really bothers me about the laser lights proposal, indeed the whole wow factor debate, is the underlying assumption that the success of a city is measured by the number of visitors it gets. This is a notion promoted by the Daily Echo and picked
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Beams would be a road danger
As a resident of the New Forest, I use the country roads at night regularly and know that unfortunately animals choose to stand on those roads. To be distracted by a laser beam suddenly becoming visible through the trees would have serious results.
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A touch of sour grapes?
I suppose there's not a touch of sour grapes aimed at the Portsmouth Spinnaker via those controversial laser beam whose 15 mile reach might interfere with the dominance of that attractive tourist edifice? Will the beams be a risk for traffic traversing
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Wasting out money on frivolities
WE are writing to protest about the plan to have laser beams sent from the Civic Centre over the city and across the forest and surrounding areas. We can think of other ways to spend our money, not on frivolities such as laser beams, not only would it
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We want to know just why you want £20,000
TODAY sees the launch of a major competition for Hampshire businesses, with £20,000 up for grabs. The Daily Echo and business insurers Aon have teamed up to try to make a massive difference to one lucky local fledgling firm. Called Business Accelerator
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Boy, 13, admits killing artist
A 13-YEAR-old boy has confessed to a part in the killing of a Hampshire man. The youth, thought to be one of the youngest people in the county ever to be convicted of a killing, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of artist Peter Ramsey. As his mother
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Plane overshoots runway
EMERGENCY services were scrambled to Southampton Airport last night when an incoming plane overshot the runway and ended up on the grass verge with 44 passengers and crew on board. The Air France flight AF5869 from Paris Charles De Gaulle, was due to
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Attempt to kill off casino goes bust
A BID to kill off the prospect of a Las Vegas-style casino in Southampton went spectularly bust last night. Just four councillors backed a call to force the city council to withdraw its application for a super casino licence. The council's opposition
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Have you a tale to tell about legendary Spitty?
IT was the talk of the town. Eastleigh was propelled to world fame when it became the launching pad for the first flight of the Spitfire. Townsfolk lived and breathed Spitfire as local production lines worked flat out on what became an icon for fighter
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Murray sets up Chela meeting
British tennis number one Andy Murray beat Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (7-4), 7-5, 6-4 in the second round of the Australian Open to set up a third round meeting with Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina. Murray had to fight back from 3-1 and 4-1 behind
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Adams: I could have turned it around
EX-SAINT Micky Adams believes he deserved more time to revive the club's fortunes before being sacked. Former Sky Blues player Adams admitted he was "devastated" after receiving the news from chairman Geoffrey Robinson and managing director Paul Fletcher
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Top bowlers off to Banister
BANISTER Park are certainly the club of the moment - and not only indoors. After an outstanding winter which has seen them reach the last 16 of the Denny Cup and well represented in the national championships the Stoneham Laners have recruited a clutch
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United too strong for Saints kids
Saints crashed out of the FA Youth Cup against Manchester United last night. First-half goals from midfielders Sam Hewson and Daniel Drinkwater gave United a 2-0 win at Ewen Fields, the home of Conference North outfit Hyde United, where Sir Alex Ferguson
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Bale price hits £12m
THE Gareth Bale will he stay, will he go saga took another dramatic twist today with reports that Manchester United now head the queue for the teenager starlet. Reports have suggested that Saints have slapped a £12m price tag on the young Welsh defender
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Hundreds of jobs to go as defence training moves
HAMPSHIRE is to lose hundreds of jobs after the Government announced plans to transfer defence training to Wales. Instructors, maintenance workers and support staff at HMS Sultan in MilitaryRoad, Gosport, were today given notice their posts would be
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Storms bring chaos across the county
WINDS of up to 70 miles an hour brought chaos across Hampshire today damaging houses, blowing over trees, cancelling ferries and even closing Southampton Container Terminals. The gales also brought chaos and disruption to the county's power grid. At
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£400,000 pontoon repair scheme go ahead
A £400,000 repair of a Southampton ferry pontoon will go ahead after Hampshire County Council agreed to fund the work. The wave break pontoon at Town Quay, used by White Horse Ferries for its services to Hythe, became unstable after years of use and
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Green light for New Forest lorry ban
PLANS to cut the number of lorries thundering through New Forest villages by up to 65 per cent have been given the go-ahead. Hampshire County Council has approved proposals to prevent HGVs from using country roads in a huge area bounded by the A31, A36
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Mayor cleared in conduct probe
THE Mayor of Southampton has been cleared after an investigation into whether he breached the council's code of conduct. A probe found that Councillor John Slade had failed to declare he had made a complaint to the council over the closure of waterfront
