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Science backdrop to crime thriller story
IT is a subject usually associated with theories, laws and equations. But now one Southampton academic is determined to popularise physics after penning a crime thriller featuring a mysterious death, sexual intrigue and the murky world of drugs. Dr
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A new team checks in at plushest hotel
AN experienced team has taken over the reins at one of Hampshire's most prestigious hotels and is promising to turn it into the area's premier leisure and business destination. Robert Milton and Victoria Crowe are the new bosses at Lymington's historic
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Leisure giant’s £1bn deal
A TRIO of Hampshire health clubs look set to change hands as part of a deal for the David Lloyd Leisure chain worth nearly £1 billion. The £925m deal with the billionaire Livingstone brothers represents excellent business for leisure giant Whitbread,
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Enter the dragon at Seawork 2007
A high powered delegation from China's enormous industrial powerhouse is on its way to Southampton as part of a trade mission that could mean millions of pounds worth of business for the region. Top buyers from the rapidly growing dragon economy will
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‘Best sports hall in county’
A HAMPSHIRE school is celebrating the completion of a £2.3m sports hall that it describes as the biggest and best in Hampshire. The long-awaited facility, first suggested about 40 years ago, has transformed part of Hardley School and Sixth Form in Long
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Lesley’s tasty tips on site
TV chef Lesley Waters passed on some tasty tips during an open day at a Hampshire building firm. Best known for her appearances on Ready Steady Cook, Lesley performed a series of short cookery demonstrations at the Elliotts site in Castleman Way, Ringwood
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Railway back on track after blaze
BOSSES of a historic Hampshire railway have insisted it is business as usual despite a fire which wrecked one of its restaurant cars. The blaze caused severe damage to the Watercress Line carriage parked at Alresford railway station at 8.30am yesterday
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Bishop's Waltham runs for fun
SCORES of runners battled the heat to complete an annual 5km run around Bishop's Waltham for local good causes. More than 100 runners from clubs across Hampshire and the southern counties made the long uphill climb through Upper Swanmore before descending
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Health trust names its new chief executive
THE Winchester and Eastleigh Health Trust has appointed a new chief executive to replace Chris Evennett. Martin Wakeley, 38, is due to take up his new post, based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in August. Mr Wakeley, married with three children
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Three years for serial offender who beat up shop manager
A SERIAL offender has been given a minimum three-year prison sentence after being branded a danger to the community. Tom Howard, 25, beat up a shop manager who had confronted him and an accomplice over the theft of a can of lager from his premises.
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Catherine Tate launches Hampshire charity
A CHARITY in memory of a Hampshire boy will be launched this week with its patron, TV comedian Catherine Tate. The Joe Glover Trust, named after the Colden Common boy who died last year aged eight, will help children with cancer and their families.
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Why I prefer Tamagotchis to men
IT'S a bizarre obsession that has cost fashion student Emma Caple FOUR boyfriends - but her 50 electronic pets are the big love of her life. The 23-year-old's passion for the Japanese Tamagotchi toys has not only ended relationships but also made meeting
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Two cars and lorry collide on main road
TWO cars and a lorry were involved in a collision on a busy Hampshire road today. It is believed the lorry hit a lamppost before colliding with two cars on the Totton bypass junction of the A35 heading towards Redbridge Causeway at 10am. One of the
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Solid silver Spirit for 25 special Phantoms
GOODWOOD based Rolls-Royce has produced a limited edition named Phantom Silver to celebrate the centenary of the Silver Ghost. The special model, of which only 25 will be made, pays homage to one of the most famous automotive names of all time. Phantom
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F1 stars gear up for festival thrills
VISITORS to this year's Festival of Speed - to be held at Goodwood in less than three weeks - can look forward to the unfamiliar but dramatic spectacle of top motor racing stars in Lycra. They will be pedalling up the demanding 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb
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Atisreal secure £12.5m deal
SOUTHAMPTON property consultants Atisreal have successfully worked on a £12.5m deal to buy a key building at Solent Business Park in one of the biggest deals in the region so far this year. Atisreal worked for Morley Fund Management, one of the largest
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Top trio sign up
THE developer of a £25m, 180,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme in Thornhill which launched in the Daily Echo last week has confirmed it has already landed a trio of tenants. Tom Naylor, director of specialist brownfield regenerator Rokeby Developments (Southern
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Cafe racer has style
ONCE I spent a bit of time (and very little money) on turning an original Royal Enfield 350cc single into a bike representative of the Rocker era. My repro cafe racer had dropped bars, rear-sets and a tuned engine - courtesy of a knowledgeable friend.
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Ride out with race heroes!
THERE are places to go and lessons to be learnt with The Club, the open-to-all social organisation run from Bursledon Suzuki dealer Rob Willsher Motorcycles (part of the Crescent group). The Club regularly holds ride-outs and biking get togethers. Next
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Hailwood in his own words
MIKE HAILWOOD is a legend in motorcycle racing and now you can hear the story of his success from the man himself. In 1968 Mike the Bike' sat down with Peter Arnold to chat about a decade of racing at the Isle of Man TT, and Duke has just announced that
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Luke to have operation tomorrow
THE youngest of Romsey's four Hartley brothers will receive a lifesaving bone marrow donation from his older brother tomorrow. Seven-year-old Luke Hartley is the last of the four brothers to receive a transplant - the only lifeline to cure him of the
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A haven for vultures
IT would be interesting to learn more of the facts behind the crisis at the Brook. Have all the creditors called time on the Brook or is it just one? Southampton is desperately short of successful small businesses but we appear to have become a haven
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Put more bins on streets
I RECENTLY watched a programme on BBC2 about the state of the UK's pavements. The main issue mentioned was the problem caused by chewing gum and should the local government, the consumer or manufacturers be responsible for clearing it up. I believe
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We don't want another Blair
WHY is it being suggested that David Cameron is the natural person to follow on from Tony Blair? That is, the Blair/Brown administration has been a total disaster. Why would anyone want to copy Blair? We, the public, keep on being told how clever Labour
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What a joke
DAVID Beckham and Dame Helen Mirren got voted in as Greatest Britons 2007, and there was me thinking April 1t was long gone! One consolation, Tony Blair didn't get anything! TERESA RUMSEY, Lymington
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When we will have to book to travel on motorways
PERHAPS unthinkably, but with some certainty, within the present decade, drivers will need to book a slot to travel on UK and perhaps European motorways. Drivers of certain types of vehicles will, most likely, be given priority status. For example, coaches
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Tamerlane, roro, 0100, 34/35; Navigator of the Seas, passenger, 0500, 101; Hoegh Dubai, vehicle, 0530, 40; Philadelphia Express, container, 0630, 204; Topronto, roro, 0630, 38/9; NYK Virgo, container, 1200, 207
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Paying for the phone
RECENTLY I wrote to Ofcom questioning why many telephone companies impose a £5 non-direct debit charge on accounts. Many customers pay by cheque or at a Paypoint centre found in many retail shops. The Paypoint charge is 50p. Ofcom's reply, short and
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New measures to fight terror are essential
THE call by the Prime Minister and Home Secretary for new drastic measures to combat possible terrorist attacks are timely and unfortunately more than welcome. I do not agree with the knee-jerk reaction of organisations such as Liberty (to which I subscribe
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Close finish in Southern Honda Regional Final
Sixteen youngsters competed in the Regional Final of the 2007 Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship at Cowes on Saturday, with only seconds between the podium finishers. The challenge, in which the 8 to 16 years olds demonstrated their powerboat handling
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Racist evicted in landmark hearing
A DAD-of-three has been ordered out of his housing association home after breaking an agreement not to racially abuse neighbours, including a 13-year-old boy. In what is believed to be the first eviction on racial grounds in Hampshire, Kevin Hutchison
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Kieran, 19, is dot-com millionaire
A teenage Hampshire student has become a dot-com millionaire by selling the website business he invented in his bedroom. Kieran O'Neill, 19, from Winchester, developed video streaming website HolyLemon.com two years before YouTube was launched. The
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Lucy pin-ups banned by RAF
ROYAL Air Force chiefs have risked a bust-up with their pilots by forcing them to black out pictures of pin-ups painted on their planes - including Hampshire glamour girl Lucy Pinder. In the 1940s it was common to see the likes of Rita Hayworth and Jane
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Wing ace moving to Eastleigh
IT'S been a long time coming by Eastleigh's normally high-speed standards, but the Blue Square (Conference) South club have finally unveiled their first pre-season signing. Damien Scannell, an exciting, young winger courted by a host of Football League
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Leader 'over the moon' with Winchester job
ANDY Leader has put his Lymington & New Milton disappointment behind him to become manager of Southern 1 South & West rivals Winchester City. When Leader became coach of the Linnets in December, it was on the understanding that he would eventually
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Warne has to be on best behaviour
SHANE Warne has vowed to be on his best behaviour during the championship showdown against rivals Sussex. Warne has ony ever played at Arundel in pre-Ashes warm ups but Hampshire's match against champions Sussex this week is unlikely to be as friendly
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Best could be leaving St Mary's
SAINTS could be on the verge of losing promising striker Leon Best. The 20-year-old is now out of contract at St Mary's and boss George Burley said: "We've made him a number of different offers in the last few months and he hasn't accepted them.
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Help find fiend who torched my husband
THE wife of a taxi driver who was throttled and set alight in his cab has made an impassioned plea for help to catch his vicious attacker. Jenni Fletcher is desperate to see the maniac who left her husband Derek with first-degree burns to his legs and
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Travis and The Twang to headline free city concert
TRAVIS, The Twang and The Hoosiers will play this year's Power Amped gig, it was announced today. Up and coming indie rockers The Twang appeared on Power FM's breakfast show today to launch the free gig, which is set to take place at Southampton Guildhall
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Mum tells court how she rescued her children from blazing house
A MOTHER-of-five has told of the moment she saved four of her children's lives as a fierce fire threatened to engulf her home. Maria Butcher told a court how she had passed the youngsters out of a window into the garden as the flames and smoke filled
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Family tributes to bike crash victim
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Hampshire man who died in a motorcycle accident while he was on his way home from work. Damian Langan bought his first motorcycle, which had been one his passions, while he was working at Tesco's distribution centre at Nursling
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New chief executive for health trust
THE trust which runs Winchester's Royal Hampshire County Hospital has appointed a new chief executive. Martin Wakeley, 38, is due to take up his new post with Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust in August. He is the permanent replacement for
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School unveils £2.3m sports facility
A HAMPSHIRE school's new sports hall has been hailed as the best in the county. Hardley School and Sixth Form is celebrating the completion of a £2.3m sports hall that has transformed its site in Long Lane, Holbury. New Forest East MP Dr Julian Lewis
