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Repeat win for Bénéteau
Bénéteau 34.7s have once again been sailed past the fleet, in its second significant race success, taking the top three places in the Class 1 IRC slot for the RSYC McGuigan Wines Round the island Double - on Saturday 7th July. Over 120 yachts took
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My night at the Proms
LOOKING poised and oh so grown-up in front of the camera, Stacey Bean, felt really special when she turned up for her school prom. Dressed in a beautiful monochrome gown and sporting a swish new hairstyle, Stacey and her friend Courtney Weston looked
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Bitter sweet
OLDER people who drink lots of sugary tea are almost as bad as kids who sip on fizzy drinks, a dental charity has warned. The UK's leading dental health charity has backed reports that tea can be good for oral and general health - but says many of these
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Dress up for charity’s big day
A CHILDREN'S charity is looking for women in Hampshire to dust off their wedding dresses and give them one more airing as part of National Wedding Dress Day on Friday, August 17, to raise money for children with motor disorders, including cerebral palsy
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Virgin Media faces name change over BskyB row
HAMPSHIRE-based Virgin Media could undergo another name change to make it easier to restore relations with BskyB and end a spat over the loss of popular channels. The sale of the cable giant would allow a buyer to distance itself from Richard Branson
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Hotel bonanza in city continues after deal on derelict prime site
SOUTHAMPTON is set to get another branded hotel after a key derelict city centre site changed hands for £7.4m The deal will see the Mayflower Plaza site off Havelock Road turned in a £70m development with a hotel, homes and offices fronting the park.
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Virgin Media faces name change over BskyB row
HAMPSHIRE-based Virgin Media could undergo another name change to make it easier to restore relations with BskyB and end a spat over the loss of popular channels. The sale of the cable giant would allow a buyer to distance itself from Richard Branson
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BAE faces grilling over pension fund
HAMPSHIRE defence firm BAE could be quizzed by local authority pension funds over its activities. The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF), which represents 40 funds with invested assets totalling £70bn, is drawing up a series of questions to put
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Printer’s tree pact will help heal environment
SOUTHAMPTON printer Nick Bowler joined celebrity ecologist David Bellamy to plant the first of a planned 25,000 trees as part of one of the UK's largest carbon offset campaigns. Printing.com has committed to plant a tree for every eight orders it receives
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MPs stand behind Remploy campaign
AN all party group of MPs has given Southampton workers a boost as they fight to save their factory. Remploy bosses stunned union officials when they announced almost half its 83 sites are to close or be merged under moves to transfer work from loss-making
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Boy, 6, finds 120 million-year-old dinosaur bones
A SIX-year-old boy has unearthed rare 120-million-year-old pterosaur bones on the Isle of Wight. Owain Lewis was on holiday with his family when he discovered the fossil - part of a flying reptile called a Pterosaur - while hunting for the relics at
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Ready-made toilet pods for building convenience
Award-winning construction firm Amiri is lightening the load when it comes to self-contained bathroom pods. The Fareham-based firm has developed and manufactured the innovative and bespoke-designed units for use in industrial and commercial warehouses
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Tin Roof Images Ltd take second floor offices
Goadsby of Winchester, on behalf of Environtech Properties Ltd, have let second floor offices at 12 Southgate Street, Winchester at £6,750 per annum to Tin Roof Images Ltd trading as Studio Republic. The offices extend to 412 square feet (38.27m2) and
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Unit let at Centurion Business Park
Acting on behalf of Virgin Media, CB Richard Ellis has let an 11,500 sq ft warehouse unit on Centurion Business Park, Northam in Southampton to Collinson Tiles. Collinson Tiles is a Bristol-based tile wholesaler which is expanding its business along
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Council battle over future running of schools
EDUCATION chiefs in Southampton will be forced to justify the controversial decision to allow a London-based Christian consortium to run two new schools in the city. Opposition members have "called in" the decision to allow Oasis Community Learning to
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Pervert used library computer to view indecent images of children
A CONVICTED paedophile used a Hampshire library computer to leer at child pornography. Christopher Penfold, 50, was caught viewing indecent images of children on one of the ten public computers at Ringwood library. He was spotted by a library user one
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Sara Clark tragedy: Police issue fresh picture clues
FRESH images released by police show Sara Clark in the hours before the alleged sex attack took place on a recreation ground near her home. Detectives have taken the unusual step of releasing the pictures in the hope of tracing two men who could have
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Tony and Sarah do a Life on Mars to renew wedding vows
THEY dusted off their platforms and back-combed their afros. A Hampshire couple, together with friends and family, stepped back in time to renew their wedding vows - 25 years after making them for the first time. Tony and Sarah Andrews celebrated in
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Tesco announce new store for Hampshire
HUNDREDS of jobs are set to be created in Hampshire as one of the country's leading supermarkets unveiled new plans for a new store. Today retail giant Tesco revealed plans to build a new foodstore in Fareham town centre, bringing at least 200 jobs to
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From war to peace
I NOTE that Tony Blair, one of the main instigators of the war in Iraq, is to become the new peace envoy to the Middle East. Funny old world ain't it? A CAWS, Aldermoor, Southampton.
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Autoline, ro/ro, 0630, 201; Socol 2, cargo, 1030, 202; Toronto, ro/ro, 1130, 34/35; Kebbi, or/ro, 2230, 201; Philadelphia Express, container, pm, 204 Today's principal Southampton sailings: Nordsee, cargo
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Spitfire replica would be a waste of money
Is it really the best use of money (that we have not got) to plonk (a brass replica of a Spitfire) on some city crossroads? We already have one outside the airport - funded by Germany - and what impact does it have on the casual observer ? Very little
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Tackling dementia
Help the Aged strongly welcomes the new National Audit Office report into dementia. The tragic extent of dementia is not yet properly appreciated by society at large, nor is enough being done to support the vast number of people affected by it. A sea
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Tories are all spin and have no policies
In response to the letter by Councillor Gavin Dick calling on new Prime Minister Gordon Brown to hold a referendum in order to instigate the change he has been talking about, I would to give Cllr Dick some advice. He doesn't need to take it but he should
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Stub it Out
In pubs and clubs and restaurants too; In buses, hackney cabs and trains; In cinemas and village halls, No more exhaled smoke remains. The smell and ash at last have gone, That lingered afterwards on clothes. No more the stain of nicotine;
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Radio Solent is a joke now
BEFORE the re-organisation of Radio Solent I listened 24/7, although at night it changed to Radio 5 live, both programmes were good. Nick Girdler was a brilliant presenter and a shrewd guy, he probably got a whisper of what was about to happen, and jumped
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Cash for flood relief is available from EU
I AM led to believe the European Union has a fund available to provide cover for such emergencies as the flooding in the north of England, It has been used on numerous occasions by Germany, France and Italy. I am also led to believe that no one from
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More help to fight animal cruelty
ANIMAL Aid would like to thank the people of Shirley, Southampton, for their generosity in raising £137.24 at a street collection on June 30. The money will help fund our peaceful campaigns and our important educational work on all aspects of animal
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U-turn over use of anti-cancer drug
RETIRED Hampshire heating engineer Stan Thomas today welcomed the end of a postcode lottery that saw victims of mesothelioma in Hampshire like himself being denied a treatment that could improve their lives. The National Institute for Health and Clinical
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Woman who stole more than £300,000 from BAT sent to prison
LOUISE Clarke tried to keep her identity secret. Clarke was so ashamed of her crimes she used a number of ploys to stop her photograph being published even by leaving court wearing a motorcycle helmet. Today the former financial supervisor is beginning
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Victory offices are open
A £14 million office park near Southampton has been officially launched by developer Business Homes. The developer says Victory Park, which has 14 top spec offices, has already exceeded sales expectations with eight pre-sold and two more under offer.
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Strong Hants Open field
ALTHOUGH defending champion Matt Blackey will be absent as he is not PGA qualified and therefore ineligible to play, the field for Friday's Strada Contractors Hampshire Open at Alresford is still a hugely impressive one. Hayling's Blackey won last
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Weeks weathers the storm to win
Emma Weeks battled the elements to win the third Ryder Cup Wales 2010 WPGA One-Day Series event of the season at Corhampton Golf Club. Weeks, a 28-year-old from the nearby Bramshaw Golf Club in Brook, carded a level-par 73 to win by one stroke from
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Hants suffer double blow
Hampshire's hopes of silverware have suffered a double setback - Stuart Clark will not be returning and Nic Pothas is out for three weeks. But director of cricket Tim Tremlett has revealed that Hampshire are likely to announce the identity of a second
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Best is a 'big signing'
Iain Dowie believes Leon Best will prove to be a "big signing" for Coventry and could develop into a "special player." The 20-year-old turned down a new contract at Saints to make the switch to the Ricoh Arena in a three-year deal. As he is under
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Baird offer too good to refuse
George Burley is starting to plan for life without Chris Baird and admits his player of the season will leave a big void to fill. Saints have accepted a £3m offer from newly-promoted Premiership side Sunderland for the Northern Ireland international
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Vignal to fill Bale gap?
Saints are handing a trial to former Liverpool and Portsmouth defender Gregory Vignal. The 25-year-old left-back would be available from his current club, Lens, without a fee if he did enough to impress boss George Burley. Vignal travelled to England
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Showtime in the north
IT was showtime this weekend with two races in two days at country shows; one in South Yorkshire and the other in Lincolnshire. The contrast from some of the mass races which I have taken part in couldn't have been greater. At Tickhill on Saturday afternoon
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Vandalised just one week after opening
CHILDREN at a Hampshire school have been left devastated after a graffiti gang attacked a new play facility one week after it opened. A pirate ship at Manor Infant School, Holbury, has been defaced with numbers and letters, including "RIP" and a graffiti
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Crack den shut down
POLICE have been given legal backing to help permanently close a drugs den that had blighted the lives of residents in a Hampshire town. Magistrates granted officers a Crack House Closure Order, barring anyone from entering the flat, in Gibraltar Close
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Ex councillor secretly filmed girls in his bathroom
A FORMER Hampshire councillor was today starting a four-month jail sentence for setting up secret cameras to get sexual kicks from watching girls using the toilet and shower. Neil Redrup, a councillor in Gosport for ten years, admitted hiding camcorders
