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The South Downs Way Relay - it's harder than running a marathon
SEVEN o clock on a beautiful crisp morning at Beachy Head in East Sussex, overlooking a serenely calm English Channel. The calm before the storm, except today the weather was going to be a cloudless scorcher, and the storm which was about to hit consisted
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Hants slay the Glamorgan Dragons
It was not quite Garry Sobers v Malcolm Nash but Hampshire blasted seven sixes at Swansea before beating the Glamorgan Dragons by 137 runs. West Indies legend Sobers, while playing for Nottinghamshire, famously hit Nash for six sixes in an over at
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Police hunt for occupants of stolen car which crashed
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a stolen car was crashed and abandoned. The silver Vauxhall Zafira was taken from an address in East Cams Close, Portchester and was being driven along the top of Portsdown Hill when the driver lost control at
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Echo appeal leads to return of classic car
A WINCHESTER classic car enthusiast has been reunited with his cherished Jaguar - thanks to the Daily Echo. Roger Lloyd, pictured, was beginning to think he would never see his beloved white Jaguar XK120 roadster again. The 1951 model, valued at about
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Death crash driver fails to win appeal
A COMPANY director has lost his fight to overturn his conviction for careless driving after an accident which resulted in the death of Southamp-ton University's security supervisor. Gary Reynolds, 50, died when his Harley Davidson collided with Stephen
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Water company up for sale
The company which supplies water to hundreds of thousands of customers across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is up for sale, it is reported today. Southern Water, is up for sale for as much as £4 billion. The company was bought by the private equity
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Man charged with murder of Hampshire woman
A 48-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Hampshire woman. Detectives charged Stephen Lay, of Tadley, late on Saturday night following his arrest on Thursday. He will appear before Basingstoke Magistartes' Court tomorrow accused of killing
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Police tell public to call back later
CALLERS wanting to report crimes to Hampshire police were turned away on Thursday morning due to computer problems. An electrical failure at police headquarters meant the force enquiry centre, which takes 0845 045 45 45 non-emergency calls, had to revert
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My road is now a student ghetto
LORRAINE BARTER is one of the last survivors of a vanishing community. One by one former neighbours have fled as a creeping change has transformed her street. Landlords have snapped up family homes and turned them into shared houses. Now 49 of the 54
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Geoff back in the water after weather delays
THE disabled Hampshire yachtsman trying to become the first disabled man to sail around Britain is back on the water after a week of being frustrated by weather. High winds and rough seas had forced Geoff Holt to spend seven days stuck in Devon watching
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Sky's the limit for good Neighbour Stephanie
COR, what a beaut! Aussie stunner Stephanie McIntosh aims to give her solo career a kickstart when she visits Hampshire radio station Power FM on Tuesday. The visit from the actress-cum-singer, better known as Sky Mangel from legendary soap Neighbours
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Death of teen on motorway is not suspicious
THE death of an 18-year-old who was was found on a Hampshire motorway is not being treated as suspicious, police said. The M27 was closed following the discovery of the teenager's body lying in the road in the early hours of yesterrday less than half
