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Hampshire's Rose blossoming
Hampshire's Justin Rose did not fully capitalise on a brilliant start, slipping one stroke behind American leader Jonathan Byrd after the opening round at the £2.5million BMW Championship on Thursday. Rose, one of just three British players in the
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Crawley awarded Hants benefit
John Crawley has been awarded a benefit by Hampshire Cricket in 2008. The former England batsman made a stunning debut for the county after joining them in 2002 from Lancashire when he scored 272 on his debut against Kent. He followed that marvellous
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Winchester: Pensioner arrested for his one-man parking protest
A HAMPSHIRE pensioner has been arrested after starting a one-man campaign against parking in his community. Chris Perry was detained for alleged criminal damage after putting homemade parking tickets' on neighbours' cars parked near his home in Oliver's
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Saints boss sells his Sloane Square home for £2.85m
Saints manager George Burley is reported to have sold his house in London for £2.85m. The Southampton FC boss, pictured above, parted with his three bedroomed Victorian terraced home near up market Sloane Square. The price was hailed as a record for
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Council launches latest Green initiative
SOUTHAMPTON will become the greenest city in the UK using sustainable forms of energy to help reduce climate change, according to the city's civic leaders. The promise has been made as Southampton City Council today launches Britain's first Integrated
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Police step in to halt free laptop hunt
A give away of thousands of pounds worth of laptop computers in Southampton sparked a row after police intervened. Officers said plans by phone company Carphone Warehouse to leave 50 laptops hidden around the city would have sparked a security risk.
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Come to paradise!
THEY have wrestled with one of the wettest summers on record, faced foot and mouth again and regularly complain of low prices and crippling red tape. Now, the government of Trinidad and Tobago is trying to persuade fed up Hampshire farmers to try their
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I support artists and gallery
IN the North+South art debate I fully support the artists and the gallery. What happened to artistic freedom? PETULE COOPER-DUFFY, Eling.
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Community centre was built under Labour
NOT for the first time and no doubt not for the last we need to show the inadequacy of the Lib Dems. Quote "It is on public record that the Coxford Community Centre is a Liberal Democrat initiative" - Councillor Jill Baston, Letter, September 1. Coxford
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UKIP warns over loss of power to EU
ONE wonders why Tom Spring-Smyth (Letters, September 3) is so rabidly anti-UKIP. It is obvious that we are no longer a self-governing nation. Mainstream politicians have for the past 35 years been giving away to the EU, slice-by-slice, the power to control
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Academies and faith schools
IN response to Councillor Peter Baillie (Letters, August 22) and John Read (Letters, August 24), who both state that when Oasis Community Learning takes over Oaklands, Millbrook, Woolston and The Grove to form academies, they will not become faith schools
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Why didn't Lib Dems implement policies?
I WRITE in reply to letter from Martin Kyrle (September 1). As he put it, my "ill-tempered rant'' was not about nothing but was against his Liberal Democrat party attempting to claim that all that the current council was doing was finalising Lib Dem
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Union hits out at supermarkets
Farmers need to be paid a higher price for pork, bacon and poultry products to combat losses caused by soaring feed prices, the industry has warned. THE National Farmers' Union (NFU) hit out at supermarkets which have been engaged in a price war to push
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: NYK Vega, container, 0600, 207; Vedette, cargo, 0930, 37; Kiel Express, container, 1000, 204; Kebbi, roro, am, 201; Autoline, roro, 1300, 201; Autostar, roro, 1730, 30; Nordstrand, cargo, 1730, 36s; Maersk Saigon
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Memories of the WRVS
I HAVE been commissioned by WRVS to produce a pictorial history to celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2008. I would welcome information from anyone who has personal experience of the help given by this organisation either during the war or since 1946.
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Be a Superhero and sign up as an organ donor
I WOUJLD like to ask all students heading off to university in the coming weeks to make a life-saving decision as they begin a new phase in their lives; become a superhero and save a life. Thousands of students are leaving home for the first time this
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Wessex has been ignored
THE Army has a new regiment brought about by the merger of the Staffordshire, Cheshire, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters regiments. This regiment has been given the name of the Mercian Regiment. When the Dorset and Devon, Gloucestershire, Berkshire
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Hip hop star Kanye to play the BIC
ONE of the biggest names in hip-hop has announced a date on the South Coast. Kanye West will play Bournemouth International Centre on Sunday November 25. The American record producer and rapper rose to fame after making an appearance on Jay Z's album
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Thirty stone woman trapped on living room floor
EMERGENCY crews spent more than three hours moving a 30-stone disabled woman from her Southampton home where she had spent the previous three days stuck on her living room floor. Firefighters had to cut open the main window of the front of the house
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Royal Pier redevelopment is back on the agenda
A GRAND vision to transform Southampton's derelict Royal Pier is back on the agenda after council chiefs and port bosses ended their feud over the redevelopment. Secret talks have been held about a new scaled-down proposal to redesign the key site through
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Winning Start for Sparks
A very evenly matched game with Sarisbury taking the lead before half time. Granley came back with a goal from Sam M. which shook the back of the net mid way through the second half. The game could of gone either way but Sarisbury caught Granley
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Bitterne Park off to Winning Start
The big kick off and an eagerly awaited start to a new season for both teams in their first year playing eleven a side football, all the boys on both sides are raring to go. Straight from the start Totton are on the back foot, a goal down after 4 mins
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Eastleigh Open Up in Style
Eastleigh opened their under 11 campaign in convincing style taking the game to Bashley from the start. Early chances went begging but after 12 minutes Mat Petley put Tommy Wright through for the opening goal. Eastleigh continued with their pass
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Pace Held in Season Opener
The first league game of the season saw Pace pitted against Michelmersh & Timsbury the winners & runners up from Mini Soccer's Yellow League last year so a tough game was in prospect. Pace started as if they hadn't got out of bed, even after a great
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Motorists braced for new road misery
Motorists were today facing major delays yet again on one of the major routes into Southampton. Just weeks after traffic cones and contraflows were lifted ahead of schedule on Millbrook Road, motorists were today bracing themselves for hours of delays
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Parents in new food additives warning
Parents were warned today of the dangers of artificial additives in drinks, sweets and processed food. New evidence uncovered by Southampton scientists suggests a link between some foods and hyperactive behaviour in children. The Government's food
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Luciano Pavarotti dies aged 71
Luciano Pavarotti, one of the world's most beloved tenors, died today, his manager said. In an email statement Terri Robson said Pavarotti, 71, died at his home in Modena, Italy, this morning. Pavarotti, known for vibrant high Cs and ebullient showmanship
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Collapsing Spinnaker Tower video causes a stir
Play video IT was a heart-stopping scene. A BBC report seemed to show the Spinnaker Tower toppling dramatically into the Solent and crashing through an Isle of Wight ferry on its way down. Footage of the iconic 170-metre structure collapsing into
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Major cash boost for community groups
YOUTH and community groups have been given grants worth £8,000. The donation by The Co-operative Community Fund is being shared between a range of worthy causes in and around the city. Teenagers at Fairbridge Solent were given £1,000 to learn about
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Get ready for Hampshire's most unusual classroom
HAMPSHIRE'S most unusual classroom will soon be built in the New Forest. A £500,000 tree house study centre, to be built among the trees of the Beaulieu Estate, has been granted planning permission by the New Forest National Park Authority and should
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Dimi re-lives over of glory
DIMI Mascarenhas re-lived his five-sixes-in-an-over heroics for England. The Hampshire all-rounder hit Yuvraj Singh's slow left-arm for five successive sixes at the end of the England innings. "It's what I have been doing for Hampshire for the last