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Dogged determination got us to the finish of Cani-X
THIS was a first - the first time I have ever run a race with a dog! The event was the Neolithic Cani-X, a four-mile run from the Bustard Inn on Salisbury Plain to Stonehenge. It's a race which has taken a lot of organisation, particularly since I don't
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Cruise ship in rescue drama
A Southampton cruise ship today returned to the UK after rescuing six Algerians from a small boat in the Mediterranean. The P&O cruise ship Oceana went to help the stricken vessel after seeing it was drifting off the Balearic Islands on Thursday.
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Death crash passenger named
THE passenger killed in a road crash near Winchester last month has finally been named. Sergio De Oliveira-Casagrande, 33, died when the car he was a passenger in collided head-on with a vehicle on the A30 near Stockbridge on April 19. Mr De Oliveira-Casagrande
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Burley: Rams will be favourites
SAINTS manager George Burley claims Derby will be the favourites in their Coca-Cola Championship play-off semi-final after his side booked a nerve-jangling meeting with his old club. Kenwyne Jones and Leon Best both scored twice to secure Saints' place
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Murali set to miss Hants clash
Hampshire are unlikely to face Muttiah Muralitharan when Lancashire visit the Rose Bowl in the LV County Championship this week. Muralitharan, whose World Cup dream ended in heartache when Sri Lanka were thrashed by Australia in the final on April
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Final day drama - the Championship timeline
Six clubs were fighting for the remaining three play-off places in the Championship today, with Derby already assured of third place. Here, the Daily Echo charts how the afternoon unfolded in the race for the £60million booty on offer for whoever follows
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Black Cats clinch title on dramatic final day
Sunderland claimed the Coca-Cola Championship title on the final day as West Brom, Wolves and Saints sealed their places in the promotion play-offs along with Derby. Knowing they needed a win to be sure of first place, Birmingham slipped to a 1-0 defeat
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Saints survive scare to reach play-offs.
Kenwyne Jones and Leon Best secured Saints' place in the Coca-Cola Championship play-offs this afternoon as George Burley's side survived an early scare to emphatically beat relegated Southend at St Mary's. Shrimpers centre-half Adam Barrett hit an
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Saints make the play offs
SAINTS have made it to the Premiership play-offs. They now face manager George Burley's former club Derby at St Mary's on Saturday in the first leg of the play off semi-final. The second leg will take place at Pride Park next Tuesday night (7.45pm).
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Police charge 12th person after animal rights raids
A twelfth person was today charged after a massive series of raids targeting alleged animal rights extremists across the country, including Hampshire.. Heather Nicholson was charged with conspiracy to blackmail after the 30 raids which took place last
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Arsonists target sports centre
VANDALS are being held responsible for a blaze that caused thousands of pounds damage at a storage shed at Southampton's sports centre. About a dozen fibre glass boats, goal netting and other equipment were destroyed in the fire that engulfed the corrugated
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Sickening racial attack on Iranian men in park
THREE Iranian men were beaten with sticks and metal bars by a gang of about 15 youths during a sickening racial attack in a Southampton park. The attackers hurled racial abuse at the men while hitting and kicking them, leaving them all requiring hospital
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£20,000 of piping stolen from yard
RAIDERS made off with more than £20,000 worth of stainless steel from a New Forest company's yard in the early hours of Friday morning. The thieves struck at Puma Engineering, in Woodlands Road, Woodlands, between 2am and 4am. It would have taken at
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Driver dies as metal shackle smashes into car
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a Hampshire man died in a road accident. The 43-year-old man from Gosport died instantly after a metal shackle crashed through his car windscreen on the junction of the A334 Botley Road and the A2177 Winchester
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Drivers rat-running at M27 service station
DESPERATE motorists faced with horrendous hold-ups caused by new lights at Hampshire motorway junction are resorting to using a service station to jump the queue. Hundreds of vehicles are coming off the westbound M27 and using Rownhams services as a
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Sailor Tim fumes over fees on the River Hamble
A HAMPSHIRE sailor has fired a broadside against fees being imposed on dinghy users on the River Hamble. Warsash Sailing Club member Tim Hazel says the Hampshire County Council charges of £4 a day or £5 per metre per year will prevent hundreds of people
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Southampton MPs describe council elections as a good result for Labour
SOUTHAMPTON'S two Labour MPs said the result in the city was a good one for Labour which had suffered big losses elsewhere in England, Scotland and Wales. John Denham, MP for Southampton Itchen, said the party's two extra seats in the city represented
