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New Forest Show will play host to charities
HAMPSHIRE charities are set to benefit from sharing the work they do with visitors to this year's New Forest and Hampshire County Show. The show is a registered charity itself, raising money to promote and encourage the development of agriculture, forestry
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Steaming along to the show
STEAM engines will be one of the hottest attractions at this year's New Forest and Hampshire County Show. Charlie Harvey, pictured, a New Forest chicken farmer all his life, will be demonstrating his threshing skills using his very own steam engine and
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Toddler's death was accidental
A HAMPSHIRE mother today recounted her desperate attempt to revive her toddler son after he fell into a bucket of water. Nicola Thorne told how she pulled Jack, aged 15 months, from the large bucket, filled with only around seven and a half inches of
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Trash heap treasures
ANYONE can make cash from trash. It pays to delve among rubbish, believe me. I have spent fruitless hours trawling through stuff that people take to recycling centres across Hampshire. I've done it on and off for years - occasionally snaffling a wooden
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Throwaway culture in decline
HAMPSHIRE people's love affair with recycling shows no signs of abating but their willingness to chuck just about anything away is waning. It seems my lucky find of the Japanese print may be increasingly rare. The woman who founded one of Hampshire's
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Warming to the idea
SOUTHAMPTON has become more environmentally-friendly after more than £1m was spent making city homes more energy efficient. Recent figures show city residents have spent £1.3m improving nearly 1,000 homes by adding extra housing insulation and repairing
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Sex attack latest
DETECTIVES investigating a sex attack on a young woman in a Hampshire park are examining vital new evidence. CCTV images captured in Above Bar, Southampton, and outside LeisureWorld reveal a man who could hold the crucial clues about the attack. One
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'Luvvies' ready to run once more
MEET the Netley Central Luvvies - a team entering Race for Life for the second year running. Team member Julie Ames said that the women had a special reason for wanting to take part in the event on Southampton Common on Sunday, July 15. She said: "We
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New Forest Show charity showcase
HAMPSHIRE charities are set to benefit from sharing the work they do with visitors to this year's New Forest and Hampshire County Show. The show is a registered charity itself, raising money to promote and encourage the development of agriculture, forestry
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Bruce slams Clemence talk
Birmingham have insisted that reported Saints target Stephen Clemence is not for sale. George Burley has been in the hunt for a new midfielder since Danny Guthrie opted for a year-long loan at Bolton, and there had been suggestions he had put the tabs
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Things are smiles better now at B&Q
B&Q workers are among the happiest in the world, according to a new survey. The Chandler's Ford-based DIY giant landed a Gallup Great Workplace Award after an Employee Engagement Survey showed that staff happiness at work had more than tripled in 18
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Selective memory
Say what you like, but you cannot knock staunch Conservative supporter Tom Spring-Smyth's selective memory (Letters, June 28). He is desperately trying to say something good about his Tories. COUNCILLOR DON THOMAS, Coxford, Southampton.
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We owe our freedom to Spitfire and Hurricane
I FULLY endorse the decision to build a replica Spitfire at an entry into Southampton. The usual accusation that the money could be better spent on hospitals and schools etc, if we remember that with R J Mitchell's Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane,
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Fopp staff lose their jobs
SOUTHAMPTON staff of music chain Fopp are among 700 to be axed in the UK by administrators of the collapsed business. Receivers Ernst & Young dismissed 700 of the 800-strong workforce after failing to win agreement from suppliers such as Universal, Sony
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Talisman, vehicle, 0130, 34/35; Altamira Express, container, 0230, 205; Grand Princess, passenger, 0530, 106; Amalia, cargo, 0930, 202; Euphoria, container, am, SCT; London Highway, vehicle, 1230, 43; Asian Trust
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Surprising omission from Brown's Cabinet
THE most surprising omission from the new 'tell it as it is' Cabinet, is Frank Field. Maybe Gordon Brown is akin to the last Prime Minister and really doesn't want to 'hear it as it is'? BARRY BURTON, Fareham.
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We would be better with one church
FATHER Patsy Foley has been bombarded by malicious gossip and unsigned letters, ordered about and told what he can and cannot do since he arrived to take over a very difficult job when we were left high and dry (Daily Echo, June 21). We have two well-built
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UKIP are a failure
BEFORE UKIP's Ryan Newell (Letters, June 30) starts accusing others of failing to deliver, perhaps this pretend party will take a look at its own conduct in this respect. For instance, UKIP fielded 495 candidates at the 2005 general election of whom
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There are better ways of spending £50m
SO QE2 has been sold to Dubai. So what', why should we want to exhibit an article that depicts the last gasp of British shipbuilding as a wow factor for our city of Southampton? What we should be doing is working on a combined effort to put our country
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Save QE2 for Southampton
I would rather QE2 was sunk and rest in peace in the ocean than sold to any other country than England. Please, please try your best to save her for Southampton. Thank you for your efforts I wish you success. C GILL, Southampton.
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Snapper accused of Heather assault
The personal trainer of Heather Mills-McCartney told a court how he tried to protect her after she was assaulted by a Fareham photographer. Benjamin Amigoni, 23, witnessed photographer Jay Kaycappa's alleged assault on the estranged wife of Sir Paul
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Schools revolt over reform plans
EDUCATION bosses are today facing a revolt over their controversial shake-up of Southampton secondary schools. Their decision to appoint a London-based Christian organisation to run two new secondary schools has provoked widespread condemnation across
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Step back to the fab 40s
HISTORY will be brought to life as wartime England is recreated in Hampshire this weekend. Visitors will step back in time as Exbury Gardens and Lepe County Park play host to the 1940s event The Way We Were. Life on the Home Front will be the main
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...but Burley might send him on loan
Saints will consider loaning out Nathan Dyer next season if they feel it will help restore his confidence. The young winger has failed to hold down a regular first team place in the Saints line-up despite being in and around the squad for the last
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Nathan desperate for Saints chance...
Saints winger Nathan Dyer hopes his attitude and application will help him force his way into boss George Burley's first-team thoughts full-time. The dimunitive winger has failed to nail down a regular first team place since making a stunning start
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The Nic Pothas column
As the boy racer of the Hampshire squad, David Griffiths has a real thirst for speed. He was bowling around 85mph on his debut for us in the Twenty20 Cup on Sunday and his love of all things fast extends to cars. Dimitri Mascarenhas and Chris
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Wantaway Baird: I have to do what's best for me
Chris Baird is still unsure where he will start the season as he remains in limbo over his dream move to the Premiership. Baird, last season's Saints player of the year, handed in a transfer request last month after Fulham expressed their interest
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Goodall targets the US Open
Josh Goodall is determined to put his miserable Wimbledon behind him by making it into the US Open for the second year running. The 21-year old Hampshire right-hander lost in the opening round of the mens' doubles with partner Paul Hutchins in a marathon
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Donald influence good for Dimi
DIMITRI Mascarenhas hopes to return to Hampshire's Championship team as an established member of England's one-day squad - with the help of Allan Donald. Mascarenhas is expected to play in the second one-day international against the West Indies at
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Weather misery for at least two more weeks
Hampshire is set for at least another two weeks of summer weather misery, it has been revealed. Twelve months ago today a heatwave was pushing temperatures in Southampton close to 30C (86F). Hospital chiefs reported a dramatic increase in cases of sunburn
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Call for arts centre rethink
A TEAM of Hampshire county councillors are urging a senior colleague to defer for a year her crunch decision on the future of the Tower Arts Centre in Winchester. Margaret Snaith, senior executive member, is poised to controversially transfer the venue
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Car crashes through garden wall for third time
A HAMPSHIRE couple have been left with yet another repair bill after a car smashed through their garden wall for the third time in less than a year. Christine Scott and her partner Alan White say motorists use the road as a rat run and regularly break
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Librarians take campaign to streets
LIBRARIANS who face £1m worth of cutbacks have taken their campaign to the streets of Hampshire. The county's library staff are petitioning against Hampshire County Council's plans to cut spending on library staff and books. The council has already
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Hospital cleaner made false sick pay claims
A MOTHER of five claimed £8,836 in sick pay from a hospital while continuing to work at another job. Mary Hill, 61, was signed off from her cleaning job at Moorgreen Hospital, West End, with stress and depression for more than a year following the death
