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Hants recover after Canterbury collapse
HAMPSHIRE ARE 124-6 IN REPLY TO KENT'S 199 It will take a considerable effort for Hampshire to pull off a rare win in Canterbury. You have to go back 13 years for the last time Hampshire beat Kent here, but at lunch it had looked promising when Stuart
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Southern Water fined for sewage leak in Fareham
SOUTHERN Water has been fined more than £13,000 after admitting accidentally pumping tonnes of raw sewage into a Hampshire river. The leak from the Peel Common Sewage Treatment Works in Fareham polluted more than one-and-a-half miles of the River Alver
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Burley denies Bale bid
George Burley has denied reports Saints have accepted a bid for Gareth Bale. There has been confusion during the course of the day over whether Tottenham have had a bid accepted for the 17-year-old Welsh international. However, Burley has confirmed
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Two pupils found armed with knives
TWO children have been found carrying knives in separate incidents at the same primary schoolve. A nine-year-old boy was found with a kitchen knife while an 11-year-old boy was discovered carrying a craft knife in the playground. Police were called
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Hunt for cabbie strangler continues
HAMPSHIRE detectives were today continuing to comb through hours of CCTV footage in a bid to catch the man who strangled and torched a taxi driver. Police hunting the attacker have renewed their appeal for the public's help in catching him. Cabbie Derek
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Neighbours blow whistle on cannabis factory
NEIGHBOURS who turned detective helped crack a cannabis factory in Southampton's prestigious Ocean Village. Residents in Alcantara Crescent noticed unusual activity after a group of east Asian people started renting the three-storey townhouse, Winchester
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Cyclist named after death in New Forest
POLICE have named the cyclist who died in an accident with a van in the New Forest. Christopher Johnson-Newell, 55, of Vicarage Lane, Hedge End, was killed on the B3055 Beaulieu to Brockenhurst road last Saturday. A police spokesman said the accident
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Kitten blinded in air gun attack
A KITTEN is lucky to be alive after a vicious attack left him blind in one eye. Eight-month-old Seamus was found crying in pain with blood pouring from his nose at his Eastleigh home after being shot in the head by an air gun at close range. Now his
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Winds hamper yachtsman's record bid
A HAMPSHIRE yachtsman had his epic journey to sail into the record books stalled this morning by strong winds. Quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt was due to start the third leg of his journey from Portland to Brixham this morning, but has been forced to
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Strike threat by disabled
DISABLED Southampton workers have threatened to go on strike over plans to merge their Remploy factory and close 43 others across the UK. Remploy stunned union officials when it announced that almost half its 83 sites are to close or be merged under
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Do you keep international trade on agenda?
WITH the search for the county's top companies under way following the launch of the Hampshire Business Awards, the Daily Echo is looking at each of the three categories This week, the RBS International Trade Award is going under the microscope. Established
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Merle, cargo, 0130, 108; Autotransporter, roro, 0630, 201; Queen Elizabeth 2, passenger, 0645, 38/9; Helia, cargo, 0700, 107; Platinum Ray, roro, 0700, 40; OOCL Europe, container, 0900, 207; Euphoria, container
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Cannabis booby-trap warning
CRIMINAL gangs running cannabis factories across Hampshire are using booby-trapped windows and doors to keep people away from their premises, police have revealed. Drug dealers wire up the mains electricity to the doors and windows to keep rival gangs
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Also working in Sholing for 30 years
WHILE I am most happy about the work being carried out at the top of the Sholing Valleys I would like to point out that the Environment Group is not the only group carrying out work in Sholing, but in fact just a part of it. Sholing Valleys, an Environmental
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Not all E additives are harmful
I WAS really surprised to read the article 'New Fears Over Food Additives' that appeared on May 8th 2007. This is not a new phenomenon as major studies were carried out in the 1980s that came to the same conclusion that Southampton University have supposedly
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Clipboard collectors can be so rude
IN the space of walking from Primark to Woolworths I was stopped three times by people carrying clipboards working for a London hospital. It was raining and I didn't have my raincover on my pushchair and my five month old baby was getting wet. The first
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Put an end to animal cruelty
IMAGES of tigers mauling to death and then eating a cow in a cruel show for tourists in China have shocked animal welfare campaigners across the world. Busloads of enthusiastic tourists look on as keepers throw live chickens and release livestock into
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Go-ahead for £110m hotel
IT will be the highest building in Southampton - rising 83m into the sky to the tip of its white spire. The 21-storey shimmering hotel, dubbed a "gateway to the city", is set to become its latest landmark. It is the centrepiece of a prestigious £110m
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Youngsters get in the right spirit
BOYS AND GIRLS from around the region proved the spirit of football is still alive and kicking when they took part in the Flybe Community Cup six-aside finals at St Mary's on Sunday. "It was the spirit of all the boys and girls that impressed me,"
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The Nic Pothas column
HE might not be your typical Statto, but Shane Warne checks all our records regularly. Warney is a players' captain so does not leave anything to chance in selection and preparation for games. His own vast knowledge is supplemented by the provision
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Svensson back under the knife
MICHAEL Svensson today places his faith in the hands of the surgeons as he has one last crack at saving his footballing career. The 31-year-old is back in Sweden for an operation on his troublesome knee that will then lead to a gruelling 18-month rehabilitation
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Geoff's record bid is stalled
A HAMPSHIRE yachtsman has had his epic journey to sail into the record books stalled this morning - by strong winds. Quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt was today due to start the third leg of his journey from Portland to Brixham but has been forced to stay
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MP in student boozing ban row
A SHADOW government minister has angered students by attacking a ban on drink-related initiation ceremonies following the death of a Hampshire undergraduate. Boris Johnson, shadow education minister, criticised the ban imposed by Exeter University's
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Family demand answers over death of elderly relatives
A HAMPSHIRE family is demanding answers following the death of two elderly relatives within a month in the same room at a Hampshire hospital. Brian Read, a retired policeman, has accused health chiefs of poor nursing care which contributed to the death
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Battle commences for the Waterloo Arms
ONE of the New Forest's oldest and best-known pubs is up for sale. The 17th century Waterloo Arms, in Pikes Hill, Lyndhurst, is run by Paul Hingston, who is retiring from the licensing trade on health grounds. The sale of the picture postcard pub, at
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Firefighters better equipped to rescue trapped animals
AMPSHIRE'S firefighters will be better equipped to rescue trapped animals after receiving £10,500 from a pet charity. The Petplan Charitable Trust has donated the money to Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service to support the brigade's rural safety officers
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Sad Toni's pining for her trampoline
FIVE-year-old Toni Meigh has been left hopping mad - after thieves stole her beloved trampoline. Toni was devastated after the 10-foot wide trampoline was lifted from the back garden of her home. The criminals would have had to battle against shrubs
