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Rose up with Masters leaders
JUSTIN ROSE believes it will help to be a masochist at Augusta today as one of the toughest and tightest US Masters for years enters its third round. Even after adding only a 75 to the opening 69 that had given him a share of top spot on Thursday,
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Double strike seals Saints win
Two goals in two minutes from Jhon Viafara and Marek Saganowski lifted Southampton back into the Coca-Cola Championship play-off places and made it a miserable homecoming for new Luton boss Kevin Blackwell. Viafara struck from the edge of the area
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Saints back on promotion course
GEORGE BURLEY was delighted after seeing his side notch their second away victory in a row at Luton. With Wolves losing against Sunderland, Saints 2-0 success, courtesy of late first half goals from Jhon Viafara and Marek Saganowski, lifted them back
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Heartbroken family speak of love for Ella
THE heartbroken family of a teenage female soldier from Hampshire killed in a roadside bomb has spoken for the first time about their devastating loss. Speaking from their family home in Swanmore they said they were "proud" of what 19-year-old Private
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Family rescued from sinking motorboat on the Solent
A FAMILY had to be rescued from a sinking motorboat in the Solent. The 31-foot motor cruiser with two adults and two children aboard got into difficulties on Friday afternoon off East Cowes. The family put out a Mayday call at 4.43pm just off the shoreline
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Man injured after crane topples over
A DRIVER of a 40ft crane was seriously injured when it toppled over at Southampton docks just after midday today. The straddle carrier, one of about 90 at the docks used to manoeuvre around containers, collapsed at berth 207 off Western Avenue. Up to
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Woman army medic from Southampton killed in Iraq
A WOMAN army medic from Southampton has been killed in Iraq, it has been revealed tonight. Private Eleanor Dlugosz from the Royal Army Medical Corps, was in a Warrior armoured vehicle returning from patrol near Basra when insurgents struck using an armour-piercing
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Ella paid the ultimate price on front line
SHE had a smile that would brighten the day of everyone who knew her. Courageous and dedicated, army medic Private Eleanor Dlugosz was in Iraq helping to save the lives of her soldier colleagues. Today they led the tributes to the energetic 19-year-old
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Former patients help train staff at psychiatry department
FORMER Southampton mental health patients are helping with staff training and service delivery as part of a landmark project being piloted in the city. For the first time ever people with experience of inpatient services or a treatment known as dialectical
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Canaries and goats stolen from back garden
IT is a peaceful haven in the Hampshire countryside where Billy and Lucy thought they would see out their days. But the two elderly goats have been snatched away in the middle of the night along with 30 brightly colooured canaries. Thieves swooped on
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Firefighters get top marks
HAMPSHIRE'S firefighters have landed a prestigious top score in a performance survey. The county's fire and rescue service is one of only 11 in England to have gained top marks for the way it responds to fires and other emergencies. It has also received
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Bowers hit hard in pocket
WELL-KNOWN local football manager Danny Bowers has received one of the largest individual fines handed out by the Hampshire FA in recent years. Bowers has been fined a whopping £300 by the county FA after being hit by THREE charges of bringing the
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Youth centre plan scuppered
CHURCH leaders have seen £500,000 plans to create a community and youth centre in Bitterne Park, Southamp-ton, scuppered by city planners. They wanted to demolish a disused church hall in Lacon Close and build five houses to pay for works to the Church
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Toy shop vehicle driven off road by vandals
IT was their pride and joy. Now, a rare American automobile, which had a high priority role in advertising a Hampshire toy shop, has been driven off the road after being wrecked by mindless vandals. Huge rocks were thrown through the windows of the
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Cross party support for Echo knife campaign
Southampton's three political parties have joined the fight to get knives off the streets - calling for a zero tolerance approach. Top politicians from the Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative parties have all thrown their weight behind our campaign, following
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Police get head start in crime fight
FAREHAM and Gosport police are going head on in their fight against crime. Miniature cameras are being fitted on the side of police officers' hats or helmets so they can record incidents to use as evidence. Eight head-cams, costing £5,400, are being
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Thieves steal aerial used by disabled man
A family has been left devastated after an aerial allowing their disabled son to watch satellite TV was ripped down and stolen from the front of their home. Mother Yvonne Smith, 80, was in her Portswood flat on Saturday evening with her wheelchair-bound
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Guides vow to fight on for new home
GIRL Guide organisers in Stubbington are vowing to continue fighting to raise the funds to overhaul their dilapidated hut, after they were turned down for a National Lottery grant. The hut is used by up to 300 youngsters every week, but needs a new roof
