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Page 3 girl Suzie has a whale of a time
FINAL Roll-Up night. The biggest night in the Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club calendar. The great and the good gathered to watch the late-night drama unfold as one player left with £1,000 and the other top five money winners over all 102 tournaments had
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Page 3 girl Suzie has a whale of a time
FINAL Roll-Up night. The biggest night in the Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club calendar. The great and the good gathered to watch the late-night drama unfold as one player left with £1,000 and the other top five money winners over all 102 tournaments had
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Highland fall almost spells the end to challenge
CAREERING downhill at breakneck speed, my feet bouncing off the lush mountainside heather which provided a soft purple carpet, I was, to use a technical term, bricking it! I was 2,800 feet above sea level near the top of Morrone Hill which towers over
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Warne boost for Hampshire
Shane Warne will be back - maybe as soon as next week - to lead Hampshire in their quest to stay in the hunt for the County Championship title. Warne feared his season was over after scans last week indicated he had a broken rib - but following a fresh
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Not ALL good news for Saints
GEORGE Burley felt his side could have hit double figures at QPR but is reeling from a fresh injury blow. Saints romped to a 3-0 win and had enough chances to run up a huge score at Loftus Road. Burley was delighted not only with the three points
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Schofield skittles Hampshire
Chris Schofield ran through Hampshire with his first five-wicket haul in the LV County Championship since 1999 - leaving Jimmy Adams unable to help them avoid the follow-on against Surrey at the Rose Bowl. Schofield's five for 52 - his best at this
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It's a stroll for Saints at QPR
SAINTS made it back-to-back wins as they strolled to a 3-0 victory at QPR. George Burley's side were always in complete control at Loftus Road and could have won by far more in an impressive display. The game kicked off on the back of an emotional
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Family held up in gun drama
A FAMILY was held up in their house by three men who burst into their home armed with a handgun. The couple and their one-year-old child were inside their flat in Woodmill Lane, Bitterne, around 5pm last night when the terrifying incident unfolded.
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Adams so vital for Hampshire
Hampshire were looking to Jimmy Adams to help them salvage a draw at home to Surrey as they sought to stay in the race for the LV County Championship title. In the absence of injured captain Shane Warne, Hampshire had a battle on their hands as they
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Gang violence at all time high in Southampton
IN their violence-fuelled world, guns are badges of honour and the community next door is the ultimate enemy. Junior school age youngsters are aspiring to become part of their local gang and, once in, they work their way to the top by terrorising others
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Gang jailed for nearly 30 years for firebomb attack
SOUTHAMPTON gang has been jailed for a total of nearly 30 years for launching a vicious firebomb attack on a pub where they thought their enemies were drinking. Members of the self-styled Thornhill Boyz attacked The Castle pub in Bitterne believing their
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Spinnaker Tower "collapsing" video
IT seems the Spinnaker Tower has been evacuated after reports of an explosion in a lift shaft. Suddenly the BBC television reporter gasps "Oh my god!" as the 170m tower collapses and crashes into Portsmouth Harbour - slicing an Isle of Wight ferry in
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It's only a made up word...but McJob's debut as a dictionary word has upset the staff and the big burger outlet!
IT'S the most successful fast food chain of all time and employs more than 400 people across Southampton. In a typical week more than 2,313 Big Macs, 1,724 shakes and 1,702 flurries fly off the counter at the city's busiest McDonalds in WestQuay. But
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Moments firebomb gang were caught on CCTV
IT was only 25 pence worth of petrol in a glass energy drink bottle - but the consequences could have been devastating. Police told how they treated the firebombing of The Castle pub as a potential multiple murder inquiry from the start. More than 50
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Barmaids and top cricketers have dropped everything to pose naked for charity calendars
HAMPSHIRE cricketers may well bowl a few maidens over after baring all for a new calendar. The Hawks, have stripped down for a racy new calendar with only various bats, pads and gloves covering their modesty. There's not a box in sight as 11 of the
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Rape trial jury retire for weekend
THE jury in a rape trial at Southampton Crown Court was sent home for the weekend after failing to reach a verdict. Jurors spent just over five hours yesterday deciding on whether or not to find Pierre Nijimere, 38, and Shesa Sano, 27, guilty of the
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My final farewell in memory of my lovely Dave
THE FINISHING touches are being applied as Tina Wellman-Hawke prepares to hold her last charity ball in memory of her late husband Dave. Revellers at the Botleigh Grange Hotel in Hedge End tonight will be treated to a feast and entertainment from Mark
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Bert the cat was in a bit of a tight spot...until Hampshire firefighters came to his rescue
FIREFIGHTERS are used to rescuing cats stuck up a tree. However, one crew was called out to free a moggy who was wedged in a tiny gap between two garages on a Hampshire estate. The cat, Bert, is thought to have been chasing a mouse when he became stuck
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Proposed changes to taxi fares
THERE has been significant reporting in the Daily Echo since August 19 of an application made to Southampton City Council by the Southampton Taxi Trades Associations for a variation to the maximum table of fares. Some of that reporting has been misleading
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Car sharing could ease traffic jams
DO drivers in southern Hampshire and other highly-populated areas take pleasure in sitting in traffic queues every working day? Do they not realise that these queues are partly of their own making, where a modicum is applied thought and organisation
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Walking to school has many benefits
I HOPE that we are going to see a significant take-up of Walk to School Week this year. Many roads needlessly turn into real obstacle courses at certain times of each day of the school year, for road-users and pedestrians alike. Medical experts say we
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Creating congestion
THE congestion is being caused by Southampton City Council closing roads and making bus lanes all day (Daily Echo, August 29). The closure of London Road southbound is pushing traffic on to Dorset Street. EDWIN HAYNES, Southampton.
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Repair worst roads first
I WAS brought up in Millbrook, and have over the last five years seen a real decline in our roads and pavements. It does not have to be like this and Millbrook deserves better, It is all about priorities. Whether it be a Lib Dem, or a Tory council neither
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Recycling should be the same nationwide
IT is so frustrating not to be able to recycle properly, and to have to put many items in the household rubbish bin simply because our recycling system cannot deal with them. In Lincolnshire nearly everything that can be is recycled; they have one of
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Totton residents will bear brunt of development impact
PAUL Maiden is both eloquent and passionate in his arguments regarding the possible change in facilities for AFC Totton if major development plans on open space in the town are passed. (Daily Echo, August 25). As trustee for the club, he would be failing
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Thanks for restoring our beautiful village green
THE residents of Bassett Green are delighted that their beautiful village green is being restored to its former pleasant surroundings. Thanks are due to the efforts of the Liberal Democrat councillor Liz Mizon, who has been working to improve some properties
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Theory of evolution
BOTH the Greek and Hebrew Bible encourage us to question and use the reasoning parts of our brains (Letters, August 11). I have read Richard Dawkins' most recent book, The God Delusion, and did not find it brilliantly argued' as the jacket blurb claimed
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Survey shows children as young as 14 can buy lethal knives in Southampton
CHILDREN as young as 14 are able to buy knives in shops across Southampton, a police sting operation has proved. A haul of kitchen knives, craft knives and other blades were bought by the youngsters without staff in the shops even bothering to check
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Euell delighted with Saints switch
Jason Euell believes he can add creativity and goals to the Saints midfield. The 30-year-old signed a two-year deal at St Mary's yesterday after Saints agreed a free transfer deal to take him from Middlesbrough. Euell spent the first five years
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Race problems force staff to quit
STAFF at a New Forest fastfood takeaway have quit because of racial problems with local youths. They had been targeted with racial abuse and stones had also been hurled at the Forest Tandoori in Milford Road, Lymington. Owner Shah Rahman had run the
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Religious group face objection to new school
They wanted to provide their children with a new and exciting learning environment with space to play outside. However, the hopes of a religious group battling to build the facility may have been dashed after local residents complained that the new school
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£1.75m Heathrow robbery jury fail to agree
A HAMPSHIRE man in court over a £1.75m armed robbery at Heathrow Airport is to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on the case. John Twomey from the New Forest is accused of being one of six men who held up the Menzies World Cargo Depot
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Prince flies in - then sails out
AT 79m long, 11m wide and weighing in at a whopping 1,260 tonnes, this luxurious and stunning motoryacht is fit for a prince - which is a good thing, because it is owned by one. Southampton was the setting for an unofficial royal visit this week when