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Adams close to a century
JIMMY Adams missed out on a century as he led Hampshire against Somerset in the second XI championship at Taunton Vale today. Adams made 96 and Sean Ervine contributed 82 as Hampshire made 300, having resumed on 83-0 after dismissing Somerset for
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Modern art exhibition's an insult to city
A CONTROVERSIAL modern art exhibition has been branded "garbage", an "insult to the city" and a "dig at Christianity" by visitors from across the country. North+South, which opened at Southampton City Art Gallery last month, explores English identity
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TV Ben's backing marine life mission
TV personality Ben Fogle showed the race was on before it had even started when he jumped on board a Fastnet yacht in South-ampton. He joined crew members on nature charity WWF's MAC Mission, which is sailing in the 608-mile challenge on Sunday to raise
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Fashion retailer lined up for Woolies site
A MAJOR fashion retailer is being lined up to move in to Southampton city centre's Woolworth's store, the Daily Echo can reveal. Woolworth's Above Bar store, which has been trading since 1923, is to close on September 1 with the loss of more than 50
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Pele joins West Brom
West Brom have completed the signing of Pele for £1m. The move brings to an end the 29-year-old's year at St Mary's with Saints recouping about what they paid Belenenses for his services last July. Pele made 44 appearances for Saints last season
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Singing sisters in tune thanks to their mum
SISTERS Fay and Ebonie Bryan are the latest singing sensations to enter the Daily Echo's Hampshire's Top Talent competition. The youngsters from Romsey take inspiration from their mum Debbie, a former vocal coach. Ebonie, 11 recently entered the Britain's
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Jail terms cut for gang who cheated OAPs
THREE swindling tree surgeons who grossly overcharged vulnerable and elderly customers for shoddy work have had their jail sentences cut by top judges on appeal. Albert Bowers, 46, Edward Simon Smith, 38, and Maurice Smith, 37, cold-called hundreds of
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Mum may avoid jail to care for daughter
SHE claimed tens of thousands of pounds in taxpayers' money by claiming she was a single mum with no income. In reality however mother-of-three Michelle Teague was not only married but had held down three jobs across Southampton while conning the system
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Detectives hunt serial sex attacker in Fareham
DETECTIVES in Fareham are hunting a serial sex attacker responsible for a string of indecent assaults on teenage girls. The man has attacked four youngsters aged between 13 and 15 since the start of April, though so far the victims have all managed to
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Percy eyes big UK Olympic haul
Former Olympic champion Iain Percy has warned would-be successors to the UK's throne at the summit of world sailing to "watch out, we've never been so good". With exactly one year to go until the Olympic regatta takes to the waters off Qingdao, foreign
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Plight of the supermarket duck
I HAVE recently become aware of the shameful conditions on duck farms supplying major supermarkets. Animal group VIVA has filmed ducks crammed into dirty stinking sheds in their thousands. Dead and dying birds, disabled ducks thrashing around on their
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Unfair sentence
A WOMAN who grew cannabis got ten years' jail. I know she broke the law but when you read about a man in Lordshill who stabbed to death another man and received 18 months' jail where is the comparison? Hard drug dealers don't get ten years! B MALLON,
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Put Calshot at Calshot
WHY not put the Calshot Spit lighship where it belongs? In Calshot, close to the castle! LUIS F SILVOSA, Hythe.
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Blair's new role
HE was a seagull Prime Minister, got in, made a lot of noise, messed everything up, and left! Now Tony Blair is the new Middle East envoy for America, the EU, the UN and Russia. Knowing Tony Blair's record, Israel and Palestinians must be feeling very
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MPs are sending out the wrong message on cannabis
A NEIGHBOUR asked me if I could arrange a referral for her friend's 14-year-old daughter, who is displaying mental health problems caused, she suspects, by the cannabis she appears to be addicted to. I was astounded to see on the front page of the Echo
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Name your hero
FOR eight years I have had the immense privilege and pleasure of hosting the Pride of Britain Awards on ITV1. It is an incredibly uplifting occasion where Prince Charles and the Prime Minister join many other famous faces to honour truly deserving winners
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RAF firemen
TO many the words RAF fireman would conjure up the picture of a red aeroplane with sirens going across the skies heading towards another aeroplane on fire. Well the RAF and Defence Fire Services are not quite like that. Their duty was, and still is,
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Gang Warily fitness suite
IT was with great concern that I read in the Echo that the newly elected Lib Dem majority on Fawley Parish Council have finked' the carefully researched and costed plan by the previous Conservative council, to upgrade the profitable and popular fitness
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Our bins haven't been emptied for two months!
A SOUTHAMPTON man has criticised the council's recycling scheme after his bins were left unemptied for nearly two months. John Milner, who lives in Frederick Street in Newtown, says his block of flats has been ignored on the last three fortnightly collection
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£36,000 fine for pub over food hygiene breaches
A HAMPSHIRE pub has been thumped by a record fine for having a filthy kitchen. O'Neills, one of Winchester's biggest pubs, pictured right, had a kitchen with ingrained dust, dirt, grease and food scraps on the floor, as well as grease on food surfaces
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Saints tipped for play-off place
SAINTS should again be challenging for a play-off place in 2007/08. That is general verdict of the men who report on the club's Coca Cola Championship rivals. Here, Philip Morris asked journalists from around the country how they thought George
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Saints may have to sacrifice Kenwyne
GEORGE BURLEY has admitted Kenwyne Jones may have to be sacrificed to fund the purchasing of new players - but only if the price is right. Saints rejected an "unsolicited and unwelcome" £5m bid for the 22-year-old Trinidad and Tobago striker on Monday
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Lamb ruled out of final chance
GREG LAMB has been ruled out of Friends Provident Trophy final contention after suffering a broken thumb while playing for Hampshire's second XI at Somerset yesterday. The off-spinning all rounder is likely to be out for up to three weeks and his injury
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Carberry hits ton as Hants chase maximum points
CLOSE - HAMPSHIRE ARE 350-5 (POTHAS 28*) AFTER 99.1 OVERS The previous highest partnership by a Hampshire opening pair at the Rose Bowl was the last thing on Michael Carberry's mind during his second Championship hundred of the season. He had another
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Probe into beach rescue delay
AMBULANCE chiefs are investigating why paramedics were delayed trying to reach a man who died after saving his granddaughter's life on Lepe beach. Emergency services were called after members of the public pulled 43-year-old Edward Moore from the water
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Council jobs for young criminals
YOUNG offenders are to be offered jobs in council departments as part of a pioneering new scheme. Hampshire County Council has joined with Wessex Youth Offending Team to offer work experience placements for young people leaving custody and at risk of
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Tombstoners can still escape scot-free after by-law bungle
A BUREAUCRATIC bungle means daredevils can continue jumping off a Hampshire bridge without fear of police action - as long as they leap off the right end! A lack of joined-up thinking between two councils means that anyone "tombstoning" off the eastern
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A step closer to protecting Titanic wreck
THE wreck of ill-fated Southampton liner Titanic is a step closer to becoming an official international maritime memorial to the passengers who perished in the tragic sinking. The underwater grave for many of the 1,503 victims, 549 of whom were from
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Early warning system for flood risk areas
HAMPSHIRE homeowners living in the flood plain have been urged to sign up to a early warning system that could save their life. About 55,000 properties in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are at risk of flooding from the sea and rivers, but many have
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Celebrities all at sea for charity
ENGLAND World Cup rugby hero Will Greenwood took on a whole new challenge at Cowes. The England and Harlequins centre was just one of the celebrities taking part in the Artemis Challenge, a 60-mile charity sprint around the Isle of Wight onboard ocean-going