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Saints win but suffer double injury blow
Saints kicked off their pre-season campaign with a comfortable 4-2 win over Eastleigh at the Silverlake Stadium. But the win came at a cost after goalkeeper Kelvin Davis and Spanish midfielder Inigo Idiakez picked up injuries that will rule them out
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MP urges scrapping of proposed mail charge
A HAMPSHIRE MP has today called on the Royal Mail to abandon proposals for the introduction of zonal postal surcharges. The Post Office is looking at charging more for people using the service in the countryside. Currently all those using Royal Mail
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Pole-to-pole yachtsman back on course
INTREPID sailor Adrian Flanagan sets off tomorrow in his bid to be the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe via the polar regions. His lifetime ambition, which began nearly two years ago at Hamble, had been sunk by Russian red tape
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Refund after pupils fall ill following prom night
THEY dressed up in their finest frocks and smartest suits for a night to remember at their school leavers' prom in a top hotel. As teenagers from Redbridge Community School in Southampton stepped out in style to make a grand entrance from their luxurious
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The great Saints boardroom split
FIFTY-eight days after their heartbreaking play-off semi-final loss at Derby on penalties, Saints were today returning to action. George Burley was taking his first team squad to non league neighbours Eastleigh for what has become a traditional pre-season
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Countdown to New Forest Show
ORGANISERS of the New Forest Show have issued a "keep off the grass" warning to the army of workmen putting up a host of marquees. Officials are determined to prevent lorries churning up the 38-acre showground at New Park, Brockenhurst, during the wet
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Police examine Hannah prime suspect ruling
DETECTIVES investigating the killing of Southampton teenager Hannah Foster were today analysing an Indian court ruling to go ahead with the extradition of the prime suspect. The country's supreme court has said it would not halt the procedure to send
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Bransgrove hits out at ECB decision
HAMPSHIRE chairman Rod Bransgrove has hit out at the England and Wales Cricket Board for allowing Worcestershire's Championship match against Kent to be replayed at New Road later this month. The flooding of New Road at the end of the wettest June
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Bad behaviour in the class room
AN undercover teacher working for a Channel 5 classroom behaviour expose was found guilty of unprofessional conduct. She deserves a medal, not a black ball from her own profession. The clips shown show so-called students fighting, shouting everyday
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Thanks for your generosity
I AM writing on behalf of the RAFA Itchen and Hamble branch that took part in a tin shake for the Alexandra Rose Day Appeal on June 23 at Hamble, Netley, Botley and Hedge End. The total collected on this day was £357.75. The above branch took part in
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Try snuff if you want to stop smoking
TO smoke or not to smoke, that is the question! I support both. I feel that the new law will not be treated with a lot of respect. What an onerous job to administer. We have already some laws that are taken with disrespect, for instance, litter, cycling
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Re-name Southampton
I FEEL I have the solution to Southampton's wow factor that has eluded this city for so long. All they have to do is re-name the city after me as a born and bred Sotonian and give itself a real big name, from then on it will be known as Fat City or O'Bee
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Late night fireworks kept my children awake
COULD somebody please explain why there were fireworks being let off until after 11.30pm on Sunday, July 8?. They were also going off until after 11pm on Saturday evening. I have two children, aged 13 and 15, who found it very hard to get up on Monday
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Tackle drinkers now
THERE is now a ban on smoking nearly everywhere, which I think is disgraceful. Why don't the Government start on the drinkers next? Drinking is self-inflicted, as are the illnesses caused by drinking. When people get drunk some of them kill innocent
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Don't let chef Gordon Ramsey farm crocodiles
I READ with disgust (Daily Echo, July 2) that Gordon Ramsey has bought a farm near Romsey and hopes to include crocodiles in the animals he rears for human consumption. I certainly hope he does not get a permit for this under the Dangerous Wild Animals
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Axe Human Rights Act if we want to fight terror
OUR new Prime Minister Gordon Brown has spent ten years being a major player in a Government that has allowed terrorism to breed and flourish, so, what's he suddenly going to do now, that's going to be any different? Whatever he does won't it be a case
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Travellers' site battle was futile exercise
I WOULD like to welcome Jane Odgers to the world of politics, having got elected on the back of her campaign of opposition to the travellers' site. Senior councillors could have told her it was a futile exercise. The issues had already been passed in
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Driver facing jail after lying over speeding fine
FOREIGN exchange dealer Martin Preston-Davies thought he could outwit traffic police and escape a speeding fine. When he was snapped by a speed camera on the Northam Bridge in Southampton, he decided to use the fact he had two near-identical cars to
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Inquiry after man's body found in bath
A POLICE investigation has been launched after a man was discovered dead in the bath at a Hampshire house. Emergency services were called to the address in Bracken Road, North Baddesley, last night. Police cordoned off the area while a full examination
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Train death was probable suicide
THE MAN who yesterday jumped to his death in front of a high-speed train in Hampshire is believed to be a 61-year-old from Bournemouth. Train services in Hampshire and Dorset were disrupted for most of yesterday after the man jumped off the platform
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Airport passenger numbers hit 0.9m
MORE passengers than ever passed through the check-in of Southampton International Airport during the first six months of this year, figures have revealed. More than 900,000 people used the airport since the start of the year, 185,000 in June alone,
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Little Madalyn is Race for Life's youngest participant
SHE will be among the youngest taking part in Race for Life tomorrow - but two-year-old Madalyn Wardle is looking forward to the challenge. The toddler will line up with 10,000 women on Southampton Common for the 5km charity event in aid of Cancer Research
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No easy games says VT FC boss
DAVE Diaper may have likened his VT FC team to the Harlem Globetrotters of the Sydenhams Wessex League - but he won't be letting them get too big for their boots. With an all-star galaxy of Wessex players to call upon next season - Dean Blake, Kevin
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Signings keep Eastleigh on track
EASTLEIGH FC have increased their amount of London-based players to SEVEN with a double signing on the eve of their glamour friendly with Saints. The Spitfires will be left hoping the train takes the strain after snapping up capital-based ex-Fisher
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Searle gets contract - with Chelsea!
GOALKEEPER Stuart Searle is leaving non-League Basingstoke Town - to take up a full-time contract with Premiership giants Chelsea! The 28-year-old shot-stopper was Town's first choice keeper last season and one of the heroes of the memorable FA Cup
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Saints trial for Hungarian defender
HUNGARIAN centre-back Tamás Vaskó will be given a chance to impress for Saints at Eastleigh this afternoon. The 23-year-old from Újpest FC has been invited to St Mary's by George Burley for a trial. Vaskó will also travel to Norway for the friendlies
