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Saints takeover may depend on going up
A MULTI-MILLION pound takeover of Saints may depend on the success or failure of their push to the Premiership. Potential investor Paul Allen could be waiting until the end of the Championship season before deciding whether to make a formal offer for
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Lift off for giant balloon plan
Plans to bring a giant passenger carrying balloon to Southampton city centre have been given the go ahead. City council bosses have given permission in principle for industry-leader Lindstrand to operate a helium balloon on a site in the city's central
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Four arrested over town centre stabbing
Four men have been arrested after shoppers watched on in horror as two men were stabbed in a Hampshire shopping centre. Two young men were rushed to hospital with stab wounds on Friday afternoon after a bloody attack broke out in broad daylight on Eastleigh
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Police investigate theft claim from Lucie Blackman Trust
HAMPSHIRE police have launched an investigation after money was allegedly stolen from a trust set up in memory of Lucie Blackman, the British hostess dismembered in Japan. Officers have written to her father Tim Blackman asking for an explanation of
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NORWICH 0 – SAINTS 1
It's been another remarkable seven days in the life of Saints. This time last week, everybody was flying high. The win over Leeds had breathed fresh cause for optimism into Saints' season. Come Wednesday, there were few thoughts of joy around as fans
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WINCHESTER - Crucial test as Tories chase a new record
WINCHESTER Conservatives face a crucial test this week. The party of power on the city council for the foreseeable future or one election wonders? They enjoyed their best-ever night in May 2006, winning seven seats and seizing overall control for the
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Murder inquiry after teenager is stabbed to death
Police today named the teenager killed in a stabbing during a fight in Hampshire.> Zak Peter Davis, 17, of St John's Close, Hayling Island died after a fight broke out between several people in a mainsonette just after midnight on Saturday. During the
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Loan move boosted Best confidence
Leon Best has thanked George Burley for sending him on loan earlier this season. Saints' weekend hero at Norwich has also praised the manager for giving him the confidence to come back and succeed at St Mary's. Best's time at Saints seemed to have
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Little Fella who knocked politicians and royalty off the front pages
This week former Russian President Boris Yeltsin was buried with full military honours and past presidents of the USA and prime ministers of England lined up to pay homage. A big debate started about whether Prince Harry would resign from the Army if
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Mr Bursledon's former home is on the market for £800,000
IT'S an idyllic home by the river which could have come straight out of the film set of that Dallas-By-Sea TV soap Howard's Way. With breathtaking views of the internationally famous Hamble River, Myrtle Cottage was for many years the home of a man whose
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Fight mayhem as winner's mum is knocked out
POLICE and boxing authorities are investigating claims that the mother of a Hampshire boxer was punched and knocked out by a teenager who her son had just defeated in the ring. Jean Weaver, pictured, still nurses the bruising on her face from the night
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Burglars target charity centre plagued by vandals
FRUSTRATED charity volunteers are anxiously waiting to move from their current centre after having to endure yet another crime. The British Red Cross site in Woodside Avenue, Eastleigh, has been repeatedly targeted by vandals over the past few years.
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EASTLEIGH - The contenders
IT would take a political earthquake to prise power from the grasp of Eastleigh Council's ruling Liberal Democrats. In last year's ballot box battle they stormed home with one of their biggest triumphs as they picked off two Tory scalps to gain a record
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Best has played "key role"
Saints boss George Burley was full of praise for Saints matchwinner Leon Best. Best scored the only goal at Norwich on Saturday to put Saints on the verge of play-off qualification - a win at home to already relegated Southend this Sunday should seal
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Wembley the spur after title heartache
The contrast in emotions for both sides at the end of this final day title decider couldn't have been greater. Gosport Borough's players danced jigs of delight as they lifted the Wessex Premier Division trophy for the first time in their history at Testwood
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Eastleigh ace Forbes finishes with flourish
DAVID Hughes paid tribute to Andy Forbes after Eastleigh's disappointing campaign ended on a high. Forbes ended the regular Conference South season as the second leading marksman in the division with 21 goals. A last-day double in the 4-1 romp at Yeading
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Salisbury ready for the play offs
BARRY BLANKLEY has admitted past results count for nothing ahead of Salisbury's play-off campaign. City finished runners-up in the league thanks to the point gained from Saturday's 0-0 home draw with lowly Basingstoke, who avoided the drop on goal difference
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Explosive play-off on the cards?
HAVANT & Waterlooville host Braintree in a potentially explosive Conference South play-off semi-final on Wednesday. Ian Baird's men receive the Essex side just two months after West Leigh Park's away dressing room was left needing over £700 worth of
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Burley hails Saints defence
GEORGE Burley was pleased with his defence as Saints recorded a priceless 1-0 win at Carrow Road on Saturday. Saints had kept a clean sheet against Leeds the week earlier and the back four at Norwich was boosted by the returns of Gareth Bale and Alexander
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Lucky Jim is in UK’s top ten rich list
A HAMPSHIRE businessman's year of immense success has seen him ranked in the country's top ten richest people. Jim Ratcliffe, head of chemicals group INEOS, based in Lyndhurst, has seen his fortune treble in the last 12 months. INEOS is now the world's
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Contract for greener wings tipped to go global
AN Isle of Wight firm has been awarded a contract to help build aircraft wings for Boeing that will significantly reduce drag, lowering fuel costs and reducing emissions. GKN Aerospace in Cowes is to build "blended winglets" for both the Boeing 767-300ER
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Arthur Maersk, container, 0730, 207; Carmen, vehicle, 0745, 34/35, Colombo Express, container, 1145, 206; Gerd Sibum, container, 1230, 205w; APL Iris, container, 2100, 207; Singapore Express, PM, 204; Torrent,
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New car park at Weston Shore is awful
I TOTALLY agree with correspondents P Macken-zie and L Turner about the awful new car park at Weston Shore. It always used to be the case that people would go there, sit in their cars facing the sea, reading, often having a cup of tea and enjoying the
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Travellers escape scot-free
NOTING recent letters about travellers, particularly one about four-wheel drive vehicles, when motorists are charged by the mile I wonder how the authorities are going to collect the money from these people. Are the vehicles registered under one address
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Don't relax arms curb battle
GUNS and the impact they have on civilians are seldom far from the media spotlight, with good reason. Their increased availability threatens life and liberty in communities and cities around the world, Including ours. Recently an ICM poll found that
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Wrong to fight expansion of nursing home
I AM outraged by the selfish way in which the community of Woodlands are acting in regard to the extension to Woodlands Ridge Nursing Home. Many of the people who are petitioning against this proposal may need nursing care one day. I am sure that they
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Is violence in our city so 'unusual'?
AM I missing something? Every day there are four or five stories in the Daily Echo about teenage gangs attacking other gangs, couples and individuals walking home at night, damaging property and cars. There have been murders in Wimpson Lane and Aldermoor
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How can anyone vote Labour?
AFTER so many years of Labour misrule, how can anyone think of voting for this party? It is not the party my father knew. Is it the working man's government? I think not. It is a party run by a Premier with no conscience. It is ruled by declaration from
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Forest folk Cango by bus...just!
VILLAGES north of New Milton will be given a regular bookable bus service to the new Lymington New Forest Hospital. It is the first time since the out-of-town hospital opened in January that the outlying villages of Wootton and Tiptoe have had a home-to-hospital
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My regrets over those Michael Ryan gun comments?
HE terrified his estranged wife by describing gun-crazed murderer Michael Ryan as his hero and threatening to shoot her. Bodybuilder John Parker has now been banned from contacting his wife Linda, 37, after sending her a chilling text message on her
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Will plans for a city ice rink glide forward?
A FRESH bid to provide a long-awaited ice rink in Southampton will be decided by council chiefs today. The ruling Liberal Democrat Cabinet is considering bids for a derelict piece of land off St Mary's Road, east of the Charlotte Place roundabout. It
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Controversial £200,000 a year council boss to retire
THE controversial £200,000 boss of Hampshire County Council has announced he is to step down. Chief Executive Peter Robertson, who was embroiled in scandal earlier this year when he refused to say how much he was paid for the job, will step down from
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Warning over water main burst
POLICE are warning drivers to avoid a road in Marchwood after a burst water main is causing the route to be a danger to motorists. Hythe Road near The Pilgrim pub has been closed from the southern junction with Main Road and the northern junction with
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Was city house fire arson?
ARSON investigators are looking into the cause of a fire in Southampton which devastated the home of a disabled man. Fire crews were called to the property in the Millbrook area after the man and his 12-year-old son had fled the building. Smoke engulfed
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Teachers have their say on schools shake-up
ONE hundred people - mostly teachers and support staff - attended a public meeting to hear presentations from three organisations who want to be involved in running Southampton's two new schools. It was the first of six public meetings before a decision
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Cliff sealed off after crack appears
SECTIONS of coast in Hampshire remained shut throughout the weekend after a large crack appeared and prompted fears of a huge landslide. Police cordoned off three sections of clifftop and part of the undercliff at Barton on Sea on Saturday morning after
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Best bars honoured at awards night
THE entries are in and the judging is complete - now licensees from Southampton's finest pubs, clubs and bars are waiting to see who will be crowned the winners. For the second year running, the Best Bar None awards are taking place to mark the work
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Claims gravel plan will create too much noise
A QUIET corner of Hampshire will be blighted by noise, dust and extra traffic if gravel extraction plans are approved, it has been claimed. That was the claim made at a public inquiry into an application by New Milton Sand and Ballast to extract more
