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Mega Moggy issue of the Daily Echo
IF you love cats then you'll love the Daily Echo on Wednesday with a special 20-page tribute to those fabulous felines. Almost 1,000 cats are featured in our Cute Kitties supplement inside the newspaper where readers will get their chance to vote for
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Snodin quits Saints to rejoin Curbs
GEORGE Burley has lost another member of his backroom staff. Just a few weeks after chief scout Simon Hunt left to join Wes Brom, assistant manager Glyn Snodin is linking up with Alan Curbishley again. The Saints first-team coach is leaving St Mary's
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Cranie signs for Pompey
Portsmouth have swooped to sign former Saints defender Martin Cranie. The 20-year-old was out of contract this summer and turned a new deal offered by George Burley in pursuit of regular first team football. There were a host of Championship clubs
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Middlesex to review Twenty20 security
Security arrangements are to be reviewed at Middlesex's Southgate ground after the Hampshire team coach was attacked with stones and valuables were stolen after yesterday's Twenty20 match. Middlesex play the majority of their home ties at Lord's but
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Mother lied about her husband to claim £60,000 benefits
A MOTHER of two who fleeced taxpayers of almost £60,000 in a benefit scam, has walked free. Fox six years, Karin Timbrell conned authorities by claiming her husband had left her and she was a lone parent with two dependent children. An investigation,
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Man hurt is window plunge was fleeing masked gunman
A MAN plunged from a window after returning home to find a masked gunman in his house. The victim fell about 8ft on to concrete steps, injuring his spine, chest and ribs, as he tried to escape from the robber who had ransacked his home. He was today
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Victim of rogue drug drama discharged from hospital
AN EASTLEIGH teenager, who had a brush with death after it's believed she was victim of a rogue batch of Ecstasy tablets, has been discharged from hospital. There were fears for the 16-year-old's life after she was found slumped on a bench in the town
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Council tax dodgers cost Hampshire £18m
COUNCIL tax dodgers in Hampshire got away without paying more than £18m last year, the Daily Echo can reveal. The outstanding cash is enough to pay for a new secondary school, ten primary schools, build almost two miles of dual carriageway, or replace
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UFOs spotted over Southampton
Play video WERE they floating balloons; an elaborate hoax or aliens from another world? Strange goings on in the skies over Southampton lights were have been captured on film by a Daily Echo reader. The video shows UFO activity, lights moving slowly
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Fruity Friday was a huge success
I THANK everyone who took part in this year's Fruity Friday campaign on May 25. We have not yet got the final results, but it is already clear that this year's Fruity Friday has been the most successful ever. This success is down to all the individuals
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Newcomers hold the reins of power
IT is claimed that 47 per cent of properties in my village of Burley are second homes. We must presume that at election time those owners will not be casting a vote, as their main residence is elsewhere. Out of the remaining 53 per cent many will be
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Race horses need help
SINCE mid-Marchr, 50 horses have died on racecourses across the country. During each season, for every 31 horses who start racing, one will become a death statistic. Apadi is an 11-year-old chestnut gelding who has raced 99 times in a nine-year racing
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Thanks for help at crash scene
MY family and I would like to thank all those who helped at the scene of the car crash on Beaulieu Road/North Lane on Saturday, June 16, especially the off-duty fireman who took control of the situation until the police arrived. We were whisked off to
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Call an election now, Gordon
TONY Blair, our illustrious Prime Minister, is in his last few days of office, the great illusionist has been parading around the stages of the world. The master of smoke, mirrors and the three card trick will be with us no more. His arrogance and contempt
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Begging for drink or drugs?
WHILE shopping in Shirley I was accosted by a man requesting money for food. I offered to buy him a meal, he refused saying he wanted money. For alcohol or drugs no doubt. NV DOSWELL, Shirley, Southampton.
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Healthy eating pays dividends
There has been a lot on the news about whether or not childhood obesity is a case of neglect. But whether or not this is the case, we all agreed that it is a really serious issue. This is because obesity is closely linked to cancer as well as other chronic
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Flying off to Mars
I WAS lucky enough to have been born in the middle of the 20th century which saw the birth of modern technology. Moon landings, computers, worldwide television and modern medcine but the news that a British company plans to build an aircraft that can
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Police put a cap on hat fair licquor sales
WINCHESTER police have clamped down on public sale of alcohol at this week's Hat Fair, ending years of tradition. They have objected to licences to sell alcohol at two parks, Orams Arbour and Abbey Gardens, during the popular outdoor event which attracts
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Edwards laps it up for charity
FOR a man with dozens of Hampshire PGA titles to his name, two under par is normally nothing out of the ordinary - but even Rob Edwards had to admit that he was "amazed" to shoot the score when playing 205 holes in 17 hours for charity. Teeing up last
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Pothas: stop the louts
NIC Pothas condemned the louts who marred last night's Twenty20 game at Middlesex. The Hampshire team bus was stoned and a window was smashed, while the Middlesex dressing room was broken into and valuables stolen. Pothas said: "We had a problem
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Parker finally gets his man
NEW Milton Town's new boss Trevor Parker has named Keith Williams as first-team coach at Fawcetts Field. It follows a long chase by Parker, whose initial interest in Linnets' new coach stretches way back to his days as manager of Bashley when Williams
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Burley adamant strike ace will stay
George Burley last night placed a not for sale' sign on Kenwyne Jones. Reports suggested Sheffield Wednesday had offered £2m for Saints' Trinidad and Tobago international striker. Burley denies that offer was made but admits he was sounded out about
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What next for allotment campaigners?
BATTLING Eastleigh allotment gardeners were today deciding their next move after being dealt a major blow by the High Court in their fight to save their town centre plots. Mr Justice Calvert Smith signalled an end to a marathon legal fight brought by
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Motorists pay £3 million in speed camera fines
PEOPLE across Hampshire are paying an average of £1.61 each in speed camera fines. During the financial year from 2005 to 2006 a total of 60,697 fixed penalty notices were issued, of which 80 per cent were paid, according to figures released by the Department
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Dad jailed for refusing to pay CSA
A HAMPSHIRE father-of-five has been jailed for refusing to pay the Child Support Agency tens of thousands of pounds in maintenance payments. Michael Cox was handed the 42-day prison term after telling the court he did not believe the CSA acted equally
