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Little Alex sees red
SIX-year-old Alex Everett has been nicknamed the ‘The Mighty Midget’ after winning two matches in the same week in his Eastleigh and District Under-13 League debut season. But as dad Jim owns Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, perhaps it’s not so much of
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Little Alex sees red
SIX-year-old Alex Everett has been nicknamed the ‘The Mighty Midget’ after winning two matches in the same week in his Eastleigh and District Under-13 League debut season. But as dad Jim owns Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, perhaps it’s not so much of
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Pompey donate £50,000 to help find Madeleine
Portsmouth Football Club have donated £50,000 to the fighting fund to help find missing Madeleine McCann, it was revealed today. The fund has £73,505 in the bank - but that is just the ''tip of the iceberg'' raised so far, said her family. Bankers
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Traffic warden cleared of rape to sue accuser
A FORMER Hampshire traffic warden cleared of rape after spending two years in prison is suing the woman who claimed he had attacked her. Anthony Hunt has issued a High Court writ alleging he was the victim of a malicious prosecution by the woman and
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Fruit machine addict stole thousands from council
A council administration assistant gambled - and lost - when he started playing fruit machines. Glyn Strugnell began stealing cash which he should have banked and in two years disappropriated more than £16,000. He had been employed since 1989 at the
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Editor and Lord Chancellor clash over changes to the power of coroners
Southern Daily Echo editor Ian murray clashed with the Lord Chancellor over plans to change the powers of coroners. Here he gives his own account of that encounter. Freedom of Information was not the only matter discussed yesterday during a Media Law
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MP backs bill to exempt them from freedom of information laws
NEW Forest East Conservative MP Julian Lewis, was among 96 MPs to vote to exempt Parliament from freedom of information laws yesterday. His support helped backbench MP David Maclean's Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill clear its final Commons hurdle
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Police hunt launched after sex attack
POLICE have cordoned off two areas of Southampton following an allegation of a serious sexual assault last night. A large area of dense woodland was sealed off in Highfield Avenue near its junction with The Avenue, following the attack on the woman.
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Police officers hurt in car crash
THREE police officers were injured when their patrol car careered off a main Southampton road. The unmarked Skoda Octavia came off the eastbound carriageway of the Redbridge Causeway shortly after 9.10pm last night, causing several nearby roads to be
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The £50,000 classic car theft
A HAMPSHIRE classic car enthusiast is offering a reward after his treasured £50,000 Jaguar was stolen. Roger Lloyd, of Fishers Pond, near Winchester, bought a white Jaguar XK120 roadster five years ago. The 1951 vehicle is highly distinctive with red
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Martial arts instructor in benefits swindle
A Hampshire martial arts instructor duped the state out of thousands in disability benefits. Paul Gargett, 55, was working at Warsash Maritime Centre while claiming his bad back made it difficult to move. In 1992 Gargett, of Serotine Close, Fareham,
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Walk on the wild side at zoo
A new era was ushered in as Marwell Zoo celebrated the opening of two new attractions. Encounter Village and the Australian Bush Walk form the park's first biome - an area of distinct biological communities. Encounter Village includes a walk through
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A big mistake on M27
I MUST write concerning the new traffic lights at junction three of the M27. I use this junction a lot as I live in Lordshill. I have witnessed five or six very near misses as drivers realise the traffic is stopping and pull back out onto the motorway
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Immigration mess must be tackled now
REGARDING what will become a major issue to our people, the sceptre of both legal and illegal immigration raises its very large head again, as it would appear the Home Office would not have a clue about the existing numbers. France's new president says
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Army should not be a nursemaid for yobs
IT is a misguided, nostalgic notion to call for the return of National Service. I am a sergeant in the army which is a professional organisation, not a bunch of social workers. I don't see why I should become a nursemaid for yobs who don't want to be
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Shocked by scruffs in top-notch restaurant
WITHOUT wishing to appear as a grumpy old man, I am appalled by the smartness of Southampton people when eating out. Last Saturday, my wife and daughter treated me to a birthday dinner in the best Italian restaurant at the bottom end of town. We made
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Wembley day out was a big let-down
A FRIEND, his brother and his two sons, all Saints supporters, booked a coach to travel up to see the AFC Totton match, the new Wembley stadium and Bobby Moore's statue. After boarding a coach they were told it was the wrong one and were put on another
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Fears over balloon plan
I WAS interested to read about the plan to locate a passenger balloon in Southampton. However, there has not been any mention of the danger when a hawser parts. As a 12-year-old in the 1940s, I saw seven balloons drift across Bitterne village, with mooring
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Build us a tower too!
COULD we make it a threesome along the south coast? Brighton is scheduled to have an observation tower soon and Portsmouth already has the beautiful Spinnaker. We could round off the perfect trio by adding our own tower, both to observe the wonderful
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Pensioners and the poor are hi-tech outcasts
THERE are many arguments going back and forth all the time, about discrimination against this and discrimination against that. However, I have yet to hear any argument or discussion about the fact that the whole of society and business discriminates
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True grit as soldiers dodge mortars for charity
Hampshire soldiers serving in Iraq were so determined to raise money in memory of a colleague's mum that they didn't even let intense bombing stop them. As Territorial Army soldiers Colin Dale and Adam Hayward took part in the game at Basra airport they
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Coroner demands review after death of Lydia
A CORONER has demanded urgent changes at a Hamp-shire hospice after staff checking a sleeping child repeatedly failed to notice she had died. Night staff at Merrydale Respite Centre checked on disabled Lydia Wyatt "six or seven times" - but she was dead
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Elderly couple fight off burglar
An elderly couple forced a masked burglar to flee empty handed after being attacked in their own home. The 82-year-old man and his 78-year-old wife were pushed and punched when they confronted the thief in their Wickham home. The frail pensioners were
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Shane's a nine-year-old snooker wonder
MARCHWOOD wonderkid Shane Castle has recorded a first tournament half-century break - at the age of nine years and four months! The region's hottest young snooker talent compiled a massive 61 against Jason Hildyard in the Chandler's Ford Under-21 Roll-Up
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Burley sticks by Best
GEORGE BURLEY has shown his faith in Leon Best by offering the young striker a new contract. The 20-year-old, pictured, missed the first spot kick in Saints' play-off semi-final defeat to Derby but has been offered the chance to make up for it by staying
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Saints defeat such a letdown
LAWRIE McMENEMY has been to many season finales but he's trying very hard to remember one with so much anticipation and excitement that finished with such a massive letdown for fans, management and players. "Anybody fortunate enough to be at the last
