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Hants struggle at Edgbaston
Hampshire's top-order batsmen continued their poor form against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Opening batsman Michael Brown is Hampshire's top scorer for the season and made 39 after Shane Warne had won the toss following the first-day washout. Michael
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Ferry services to Cowes resumed
Ferry services between Southampton and the Isle of Wight have been resumed following a suspension of crossings when a passenger became unwell. Police on the Isle of Wight were called to help deal with the passenger who boarded the 3.30pm sailing from
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M27 crash is expected to cause long delays
A MAN had to be rescued from his upturned car after a crash on the M27 between a lorry and a car close to the turnoff for the Rownhams services this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash shortly before 3pm after reports
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Fareham police to target drunken youths
POLICE in Fareham are promising to crackdown on drunken youths as part of a campaign aimed at reducing levels of criminal damage and violence in the town. From tomorrow the force says it will be increasing the number and frequency of patrols around Fareham
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Birthplace tribute to soccer star Alan Ball
SAINTS legend Alan Ball's life is to be celebrated by people from the town where he was born. A memorial service for the 1966 World Cup winner, who died last month aged 61, will be held in Bolton, Lancashire, next month. Alan, who was born in nearby
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Bulldozers called off...for now
RESIDENTS on a Hampshire estate have won the first round of a battle to stop a housing association flattening their homes. But many residents on the Velmore Estate in Chandler's Ford fear it is only a temporary stay of execution before Atlantic Housing
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High profile detective suspended
ONE of Hampshire Police's top detectives has been suspended from his high-profile job over allegations of inappropriate conduct towards another member of staff. Detective Superintendent Tony Adams was suspended from his post on May 15 after the allegations
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Chemical alert at top hotel
A LUXURY Hampshire hotel was at the centre of a chemical emergency last night. Ten firefighters donned chemical protection suits to deal with the spill in a plant room in the leisure club at the Norton Park Hotel near Sutton Scotney, north of Winchester
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Fresh drive to draw in the big names at shopping centre
A BUSY shopping centre is set for a radical revamp in an attempt to attract national and higher profile retailers. Developers want to build five new shops at the Locks Heath shopping centre, near Fareham, and to extend the car park and add a fried chicken
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Life in jail should be that
I AM writing on behalf of a local campaign group, who believe that life should mean life for certain crimes. For child abductors, paedophiles, rapists and murderers, there is never a safe time to release them back into society. Once somebody has proven
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Back the Falklands
THERE are many commemorations marking the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War, when ships left the Solent to try to expel the Argentinian invaders. This was accomplished, but the threat to the islanders has never gone away. They are almost entirely
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Drug dealer jailed for three years
A JUDGE rejected a suspended sentence recommendation for a drugs offender because it would be "setting him up for a fall''. Ben Dunn, 28, had been arrested in the loft of his Southampton home where a police officer spotted a piece of file that indicated
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Boy racing brothers jailed after death of bride-to-be
THEIR driving was dangerous, suicidal, reckless and totally mad'. As they careered along a country road at high speed overtaking dozens of cars, Hampshire brothers Bradley and Marcus Barney showed little or no respect for other road users. Today though
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Same for councillors?
I FULLY support the stand taken by the Daily Echo's editor, Ian Murray, in attacking those MPs who seek to exempt themselves from the freedom of information laws. Will similar exemptions apply to local councillors? The electorate are entitled to enquire
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Resign seat and fight again
NOTING that Norah Goss stood, and won her seat, on Southampton City Council as a Lib Dem, I assume that she will now resign and then fight the seat as a now, self-proclaimed, Independent. Or perhaps as a Conservative, the party she now seems to support
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No action from Action Line
MRS R Prodmore should be considered fortunate having to wait over the four hours for a reply (Reporting Potholes, Letters, April 26). I first complained to the Action Line number, as recommended by the council spokesman, concerning a problem with the
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Big organisations don't reply to my letters
I COULDN'T agree more with OAP (Letters, May 19) that senior citizens are outcasts because they do not have e-mail or the Internet. I am in the same position, as I do not have a computer. In addition, I am hard of hearing and cannot use the telephone
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Forget the follies and focus on our city's rich history
THERE is no reason for Southampton to imitate Portsmouth and Brighton with costly observation towers, balloons and follies, including lasers. Southampton has maritime history in abundance, beginning with invasions by the Romans and the French. Since
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Saints could be worth a punt
AMERICAN software billionaires and Russian mining magnates. Recent stories emanating from St Mary's more resemble a James Bond movie than a football club - and we can think of at least one current board member who might fancy themselves as 007. What
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KP should captain England
Graham Thorpe says Michael Vaughan must retire from one-day international cricket and hand the England captaincy in the shortened game to Kevin Pietersen. Vaughan struggled throughout the World Cup in the Caribbean in the spring after a year of injury
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Skacel can fill Bale boots
Rudi Skacel will be given the chance to fill Gareth Bale's boots next season. The Czech star will be have the opportunity to prove himself capable of being Bale's replacement at left back when the players report back for pre-season training in July
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Totton sign another star
FA VASE finalists AFC Totton have thrown down the gauntlet to their Sydenhams title rivals by signing one of the brightest young strikers in the league. The Stags already boast the Premier Division's most feared frontline duo of Mark Osman and Floyd
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Second student in meningitis alert
A SECOND student at a Hampshire college contracted meningitis just six weeks after a colleague died from the illness. The female teenager from Winchester's Peter Symonds College, who has not been named, was admitted to hospital after suddenly becoming
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Taxi fares set to soar
CAB fares in Fareham look set to be driven up after Fareham Borough Council voted to triple its fee for swapping licences from one car to another. Charges for permanently or temporarily transferring a taxi or private hire plate to another vehicle are
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Crackdown on knives in classrooms
TEACHERS and security staff can search pupils for knives and other offensive weapons without consent, under a new law which comes into force today. It follows powers allowing schools to use screening devices such as metal detecting arches and wands in
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Old school saved from the bulldozers
ONE of the south's leading developers has kept its promise to save the only historic building in a Waterside parish. Award-winning Linden Homes has scrapped plans to demolish the old Blackfield Infant School and submitted a revised scheme that spares
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MP on the spot over city centre housing fears
THE destruction of the character of city neighbourhoods will be up for discussion at a gathering of residents' associations tomorrow night. Southampton Itchen MP John Denham will be appearing at the annual meeting of the Southampton Federation of Residents
