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Pearce drops Surman hint
ENGLAND U21 manager Stuart Pearce has praised Drew Surman for quickly adapting to life in international football. The Saints midfielder won his first England call-up at any level last week when Pearce drafted him into the squad for the opening Euro
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Solent Stars collapse after shock eviction
SOLENT STARS basketball club has been forced into self-enforced exile after being kicked out by their landlords at Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh. With no alternative permanent home available, the club has pulled the plug on its English Basketball
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Dimi blasts FIVE successive sixes for England
Hampshire's Dimi Mascarenhas blasted FIVE successive sixes for England against India at The Oval today. Mascarenhas ended unbeaten on 37 off just 15 balls after hitting the last five deliveries of the England innings over the boundary ropes. His
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Fire fighters tackle house blaze
MORE than a dozen firefighters were sent to an incident in Southampton today after reports of a blaze in house that had been converted into flats. The fire at the property in St George's Road in Freemantle was reported to Hampshire Fire and Rescue shortly
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Blood test could reveal cancer before symptoms show
MEDICAL research in Southampton could pave the way for doctors to test blood for signs of serious illness such as cancer well before symptoms arise. Boffins at the University of Southampton have found "bio-markers" that indicate breast cancer in samples
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Lucky escape as car crashes outside store
SHOPPERS at a Hampshire store had a lucky escape yesterday when an out-of-control car smashed into dozens of shopping trolleys but stopped short of careering into the building. The drama at the Asda store in Chandler's Ford happened after an elderly
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A stink bomber is causing a horrendous pong around the bars and pubs in Southampton
A PHANTOM stink bomber is causing havoc in pubs and bars at one of Southampton's busiest night-spots. A putrid "raw sewage" smell has left revellers gagging for fresh air and pouring out on to the streets around Bedford Place during evenings out. And
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Day a lucky charm from the Dalai Lama saved my life by young adverturer Rhys Jones
Record-breaking mountaineer Rhys Jones, 21, was crossing an Arctic wasteland 400 miles from the nearest settlement when he plunged 15ft into a crevasse. He landed on a thin sheet of ice that broke his fall and prevented him from tumbling into the darkness
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Tomlinson celebrates recall with five wickets
CLOSE - HAMPSHIRE (444 AND 12-0) LEAD WORCESTERSHIRE (289) BY 167 RUNS The development of James Tomlinson's inswinger has helped Hampshire to remain in the race for the Championship title. Tomlinson took 5-78, his second-best first-class analysis,
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Council will retain firm grip on SBC
COUNCIL chiefs have decided to hold on to a Southampton business park rather than cash in on the premises for £2.5m. It means Solent Business Centre-based in Millbrook, will continue to operate as usual for the next three years. A new lease will be
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Ryanair gives full throttle to price war with Flybe
LOW-cost airline Ryanair has upped the ante in its battle with south coast rival Flybe by launching its biggest ever seat sale, with six million seats on offer for just the cost of taxes and charges. The week-long offer, which typically sees tickets
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Dock Movements
Today's principal arrivals OOCL Montreal, container, 0130, 204; Aurora, passenger, 0630,106; River Blyth, cargo, 0830, 107; Jinsei Maru, vehicle, 1100, 43; Cape Falster, container, am, 206; Helen, cargo, 1930, 102/3; Kirsten Maersk, container, 2300
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Transit will not solve problem of travellers
IN response to Councillor Adrian Vinson's comments regarding the transit site in Monks Brook (In My View, August 28). What he seems to fail to let everyone in Southampton know is that if the transit site is full at any time, the police do not have the
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Weston Shore isn't lovely yet
AFTER reading the Alternative Beach Guide (Daily Echo, August 23), I realised that whoever wrote it could have not visited Weston Shore! It mentioned that unusual things get washed up, like nappies, needles ans lots of rubbish. I know they are trying
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Help prevent breast cancer
I WOULD like to thank all those women who are supporting Cancer Research UK's breast cancer prevention trial, called the International Breast Cancer Intervention Study II (IBIS-2). Women from across the UK are taking part in the research but we need
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Exposing Lib Dems' failures
J Doe asks (Letters, September 1) if I would give the Lib Dems such a hard time if the scenario was as it was back in May 2006? Regular readers of the letters page would know that my record of exposing the Lib Dems' failures has been unremitting over
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Thanks for helping crash victims
I WOULD like to thank all the kind people who came to our aid after an accident in Botley Road, Curdridge, on Monday week. Two men helped the ladies from the rear and me from the driver's seat(the car was on its side). Paramedics, police and the fire
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"Essential'' only for prison officers in England?
PRISON officers in England and Wales have been offered 2.5 per cent in two stages. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a Scot, says that this staging of pay awards is an "essential part" of controlling inflation, keeping interest rates low and creating more
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Strange happenings in Swanmore
I AM a retired police officer from the West Midlands who has spent more than a decade writing a thorough account of all manner of strange inexplicable phenomenon, which includes reports of UFOs. The work is split into five volumes, and entitled Haunted
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Cast chased Benny Hill
HAS Corey Stephenson ever seen the Benny Hill Show? Obviously not. Benny never chased the women in his show, they and the rest of the crew (men and children) chased him and never for sexual reasons but usually for inadvertently annoying them. Also,
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Why did voters not want Lib Dems?
LIBERAL Democrat deputy leader Jill Baston (Letters, September 1) claims that her party did not make a mockery of running the council. If the Southampton Liberal Democrats ran a good council why were the residents so disillioned with them that they threw
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Is this the end for one of Hampshire's big sporting names?
SOLENT Stars, one of the great names of English basketball, won't be appearing in the 2007/08 league fixtures. The club has fallen victim to a series of circumstances that has made it impossible for them to continue. The Eastleigh-based Fleming
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Is this the end for one of Hampshire's big sporting names?
SOLENT Stars, one of the great names of English basketball, won't be appearing in the 2007/08 league fixtures. The club has fallen victim to a series of circumstances that has made it impossible for them to continue. The Eastleigh-based Fleming
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Record crowds see Madgwick miracle
THE weekend's tenth Goodwood Revival was enjoyed by a record 116,000 spectators who were treated to dramatic historic racing - and some major crashes involving priceless machines. By far the worst was that involving Goodwood stalwart and historic car
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REVIVAL IS A WINNER
THE biggest Goodwood Revival yet was clearly a winner with crowds and participants alike - and the weather played fair too. That was a real bonus for the enthusiasts - 6,000 more than the previous record from 2005 and last year - who went the extra
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Big savings as Victory’s dollar deal plays fair
HERE'S good news for bikers used to paying pound for dollar when purchasing American products. Victory Motorcycles has realigned its UK retail prices to reflect the favourable exchange rate of the US dollar. The move also reflects increased production
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Police renew appeal for witnesses to rape
Police renew appeal for witnesses to rape POLICE were today renewing their appeal for witnesses as they continued their hunt for two men who raped a 40-year-old woman near a Southampton park. The men talked to the woman who had been in the Walkabout
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Southampton streets are paved with laptops worth £500...all you have to do is find them
AS a game of finders keepers goes it must be just about the best. For dotted around the streets of Southampton tomorrow will be 50 very good reasons to keep your eyes peeled. Because hidden away in 50 locations across the city will be stashed almost
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'On Call' doctor was a fake
A SPEEDING motorist brazenly tried to con his way out of a fine by posing as a doctor on an emergency call. In court he escaped a disqualification and was then awarded more than £1,600 to cover his costs on the back of a fake letter. But the "doctor
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Violence leads to cut in bus routes through estate
A TEN day campaign of violence and vandalism has prompted bus chiefs to cut two routes through a Southampton housing estate. Solent Blue Line evening services through Thornhill have now been shortened to protect passengers after gangs of youths started
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QE2 crewman jailed for smuggling two million cigarettes
A CREWMAN on Southampton's flagship liner QE2 has been jailed for nine months for smuggling nearly two million cigarettes into Britain. Provisions manager Stephen Madden was arrested after Revenue and Customs officers swooped in Southampton Docks last
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Plane crashes into fuel tanker
A PILOT had a miraculous escape after his plane crashed into a massive fuel tanker on a Hampshire airfield. The Russian light aircraft careered into the industrial petrol tanker after developing a fault while landing at the former HMS Daedalus site in
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Plans for upgrade gym are scrapped
COUNCIL chiefs have come under fire after scrapping plans to improve a gym at a loss-making sports complex in the New Forest. Opponents of the decision say the scheme would have boosted takings at Gang Warily recreation centre and thus reduced the burden
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Snooker ace pots top cash prize
A TEENAGER from Hiltingbury has pocketed the South's richest cash prize in amateur snooker. Clutching £1,000 in £20 notes, Arron McIntyre celebrates moments after the year-long Chandler's Ford SC Senior Roll-Up was settled on the final frame of the
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Southampton divers take on the world
FOUR students from Southampton joined the British team in Bangkok for the World University Games. Representing their country in the springboard and highboard diving events, the youngsters competed in the second largest sports event in the world after
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Top chef Blanc serves up culinary coup
ONE of the world's top chefs is opening a restaurant in Hampshire. Winchester has struck a major culinary coup by luring Raymond Blanc to open a venue next year. Millions of people are currently watching the French-born maestro on the BBC2 programme
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Bystander's jaw broken
AN innocent bystander was left with a broken jaw after he found himself caught up in a turf war between two rival gangs of youths. Kevin Heath, who is today in hospital undergoing surgery, believes gang culture is out of control and has turned parts
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Disabled sailor Geoff sails into record books
HE'S done it! After 109 days of sailing disabled Hampshire yachtsman Geoff Holt has become the first disabled person to sail single-handed around Great Britain. At 11.10am today the 41-year-old crossed the finish line inside Southampton Water completing
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Stars sign up for Saints reunion
TERRY Paine and Matt Le Tissier are among the star names attending a grand reunion of ex-Saints in the autumn. The event is taking place at The De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel in Southampton on Saturday November 17 to celebrate 40 years of the ex-Saints
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Claus hopes his ankle will be fixed
Claus Lundekvam is experiencing a strange mixture of relief and "devastation" that his long running ankle problem will hopefully be fixed by surgery today. The Saints skipper is going under the knife to put right the problem that has bugged him since