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Rose has mountain to climb
A DOUBLE bogey on his last hole completed a miserable back nine of 41 and left Justin Rose with a mountain to climb just to make the Open Championship cut. Playing with Tiger Woods and 1999 winner Paul Lawrie, the Hampshire player offset a two dropped
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Teen magician's competition success
A HAMPSHIRE teenager has pulled a rabbit out of a hat by winning a major competition for budding magicians. Ben Farrar, 16, has been crowned The Magic Circle's Young Magician of the Year. The prestigious contest, which is open to all magicians under
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City minister to retire after 36 years
THE Rev Ian Johnson is to bid farewell to the city where he has served as one of the most senior clergymen for almost a decade. The news that he is retiring was announced to the parochial church council last night and will come as a shock to the hundreds
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Union predicts council staff exodus
UNIONS have predicted an exodus of staff after Southampton councillors approved a deal to hand the running of key services to a private company. After a crunch debate the council decided to award Capita a ten-year deal to run customer services, IT, human
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Verity Trutwein's story
"This was the 1st time I've taken part in the Race for Life so was a little nervous about it all. I ran the 5k run at Southampton Common on Sunday 15 July in 28 minutes without stopping at all so am really chuffed. I ran for my boyfriend's brothers
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Leader survives confidence vote
THE veteran leader of Southampton City Council last night survived a shock vote of no confidence in a row over one of the biggest decisions taken in the history of the city's education system. Councillor Alec Samuels faced an exit from office just 63
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Rabbit plague causes chaos
GARDENERS in Hursley, near Winchester, say they are under attack from an army of rabbits. According to residents, rabbits are breeding like wildfire and causing havoc in their gardens. Rosie Brooks, who lives in Main Road, is so exasperated that she
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Six-week reprieve for arts centre
A THREATENED arts centre in Winchester has been given a six-week reprieve by Hampshire County Council boss Ken Thornber. Campaigners have said that without proper consultation the postponement is effectively meaningless. Tower Arts Centre is set to
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Man beaten in city centre attack
A MAN was recovering today after being beaten by a gang during the early hours. The victim, a 31-year-old man, was left with severe injuries that were first thought to be life threatening after he was attacked in Southampton around 2am. The gang
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Binman held at gun point
ARMED police were called to a Southampton greengrocer this morning after a dustbin man was held at gun point. The victim was working in Hinkler Road, Thornhill when one of three youths approached him with what is thought to have been a BB gun. Officers
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Jobs are lost as furniture maker folds
AS MANY as 25 people look set to lose their jobs after Hampshire furniture maker Haskers collapsed into administration with debts of £500,000. Fierce competition and high rents meant the 60-year-old family business found itself unable to compete with
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TRANSFERED TO CUBA
Due to the slow pace of my fundraising and seemingly appathetic support I have had no choice but to transfer now onto the Cuba 2008 ride.. all details of the cause I am riding for are the same, just a later event. This one goes through Bay of Pigs, Cienfuegos
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TRANSFERED TO CUBA
Due to the slow pace of my fundraising and seemingly appathetic support I have had no choice but to transfer now onto the Cuba 2008 ride.. all details of the cause I am riding for are the same, just a later event. This one goes through Bay of Pigs, Cienfuegos
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Southampton
ST MARY'S, stands proud representing Southampton, Attracts thousands of fans and sucks them in with their attention. Like a prison but an entertaining one. Come in! Go out! Liners come everyday, They roam the seas encaging people, Luxurious facilities
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Boycott Spain over bull cruelty
HOW can any civilised country tolerate and justify such an event as the nine-day Pamplona Festival (Echo, July 10)? Frightened bulls forced to run through the streets, goaded and shouted at by stupid men high on drink who risk their lives in the stampede
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Opposed to airport expansion
MY HUSBAND and I would like to register our opposition to the proposed expansion of Southampton Airport. We don't know if Shirley will be affected but we certainly do not wish fo the devastation caused to the New Forest National park. Where are the
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Cool it with Europe too
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has announced he is going to cool it' with the United States of America and make decisions first and foremost for the good of the United Kingdom. I wonder if he is prepared to do the same where the EU (the United States of
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Call for action on calf exports
MANY readers may not be aware that lifting the ban on exports of British beef has allowed the live export trade in young calves from the UK to resume. Thousands of calves are now being exported to the continent, with some travelling to Dover from as
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Shirley opens travel shop
DOUBLE Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Shirley Robertson was the guest of honour to officially open the new Red Funnel Worldwide Holiday and Travel Shop. Shirley, who was awarded an OBE and lives on the Isle of Wight, visited the travel shop in The
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Medembog, cargo, 0030, 107; Maersk Sarnia, container, 0130, 205; Morning Miracle, vehicle, 1630, 43; Stuttgart Express, container, 1700, 204; OOCL Shenzen, container, 1930, 207; Autostar, roro, 1930, 201; maersk
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Claim back powers from Europe
TIME to claim back some powers from the centralised Brussels bureaucracy. For reasons that I do not understand, the future of Europe has found its future in the hands of the centralists and not the federalists. However, I believe that the time has now
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Cain's wife
IN his letter Rift Between the Cultures Will Deepen (Daily Echo, July 10), Mark Crutchfield states that despite having religious instruction at some stage in his life nobody could tell him where Cain got his wife (this question is an old chestnut that
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Holding pupils' attention in class
MUCH has been written and said about education. In Southampton there continues to be endless argument about what type of schools the city should have - and the heated discussions are likely to continue. What is fundamental is the quality of primary school
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Tremlett to make Test debut
Hampshire fast bowler Chris Tremlett will make his England Test debut against India in the first match of the npower series at Lord's this morning after Matthew Hoggard was ruled out with a back injury. The 6ft 7ins bowler came in to replace Yorkshire
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Sex attack victim speaks
THE victim of a sexual assault on Southampton Common told police she feels "a deep sense of fear" after a man tried to drag her into bushes and attack her. The impact of the assault in broad daylight was revealed as detectives continued their hunt for
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Man broke wife's nose
A WATERSIDE man has been living in a car following a heated row with his wife which culminated in her suffering a broken nose. Paul Cleal and his wife Joanne had been slapping each other before he delivered a backhand swipe which broke her nose. Southampton
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Abramovich helps sailor in record bid
OIL billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has sliced through Russian red tape to make it possible for solo sailor Adrian Flanagan to fulfill his lifetime's dream. The 46-year-old father-of-two has slipped his moorings from the
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Hants' rivals in dismal form
NEW Hampshire seamer Daren Powell won't be facing a very familiar face when he makes his debut at Durham tomorrow. The north easterners yesterday agreed terms with West Indies skipper Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Chanderpaul was a massive thorn in England's
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Surman a hit for Saints
GEORGE Burley was pleased with his experiment of playing Andrew Surman in the centre of midfield against Kvik Halden last night. The 20-year-old, who was used last season on either the left or right of midfield, was given a central role for the 4-1
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Saints chances may rest on defensive pair
IF Saints can keep Claus Lundekvam and Darren Powell fit, they stand a good chance of doing well this season. The defensive duo both made it back onto the pitch for last night's 4-1 win over Kvik Halden and both showed what they have to offer. Powell
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Burley has to decide on more signings
GEORGE Burley admits Saints have to be "patient" as they wait to complete more summer signings. So far only Marek Saganowski and loanee Adam Hammill have been brought into St Mary's. Burley must now decide whether to bring in defenders Gregory Vignal
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Pensioner dies in car crash
AN 83-year-old woman has died after a two-vehicle collision on a busy Hampshire road. She has been named as Beryl Laine of Lymington. She died at Southampton General Hospital after suffering internal injuries. The pensioner had been travelling as a
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Travellers' site to go ahead
Plans for a controversial travellers' site in Southampton will go ahead, it was decided last night. It comes after Southampton council's ruling Tory failed to prevent the transit site being built on a green plot. Labour and Liberal Democrats backed
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Boat tragedy search scaled down
COASTGUARDS today stood down their search for a missing woman after a man was plucked from the sea off the Isle of Wight and later pronounced dead in hospital. The alarm was raised after the pair's rigid inflatable boat came ashore on rocks at Bembridge
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Pub fined for having a dirty kitchen
A WINCHESTER pub has been fined £25,000 for having a dirty kitchen. The city council prosecuted the owners of the Royal Oak who admitted ten charges of failing to comply with food safety legislation. Andover Magistrates' Court fined Greene King, the
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Sun sets on 1830s pub
A BOARDED-UP Southampton pub dating back to the 1830s is to be flattened to make way for a new medical centre. The £4.25m redevelopment of the Sun Inn, in Weston Lane, will see the nearby White House Surgery move in to the new centre, together with a
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D-Day for Spitfire monument in Southampton
A DECISION on whether cash earmarked for Southampton's controversial laser project should be spent on a bronze replica Spitfire instead is due to be made today. The Southampton Partnership, made up of various city organisations, will decide whether to
