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Tracey does a bit of overtime
POOR old Tracey was meant to finish work at 10.30am on Thursday morning at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club. Suzie Opacic was rushing to take over as she is competing in Derby this weekend and club-stalwart Tracey is covering her Sunday shift. Club-boss
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Tracey does a bit of overtime
POOR old Tracey was meant to finish work at 10.30am on Thursday morning at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club. Suzie Opacic was rushing to take over as she is competing in Derby this weekend and club-stalwart Tracey is covering her Sunday shift. Club-boss
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Man appears in court over bid to rob security van
A man appeared in court today in connection with an attempted armed robbery outside a Hampshire bank in which two alleged accomplices were shot dead by police. Terence Wallace, of Oakwood Road, Raynes Park, south west London, is charged with attempted
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Drink driver who killed my husband can move on - mine is a life sentence, says widow
THE widow of a Hampshire man killed in a horrific late night crash says she has been left with a life sentence while the driver can serve his time behind bars and move on. Alan Haywood, 48, died after his daughter's boyfriend lost control of a VW Golf
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Council cleans up its act with toilets revamp
HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds will be invested in the New Forest's public loos - but you won't want to be caught short in some neighbourhoods. The vandalised public toilets in two Forest neighbourhoods are set to be scrapped altogether because of the
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Is Camilla sailing into deep water?
IT will be in Southampton on Monday, December 10 this year that the Duchess of Cornwall will establish herself, once and for all, as a true Royal. On that date she will join an exclusive club, whose members are all recognised as being among the Royal
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Air ambulance called out after OAP suffered heart attack
Hampshire air ambulance was called out last night after a pensioner suffered a heart attack. The 83-year-old woman died at her home in Chadwick Road, Eastleigh. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance flew to the scene, landing in Passfield Lane
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Who will pay?
HAVING read of the money to be paid to Southampton councillors, may I ask where it is coming from? Sometime ago it was stated that a large amount of money was still owed for the community charge (the poll tax). Every year cuts are made in an attempt
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Woman held hostage by partner tells court she still loves him
A MAN who held his partner hostage in a four-hour armed siege at her Hampshire home has escaped an indefinite prison sentence after his victim told the court how much she loved him. It was the second time in three years that David White had forced his
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Family releases video clips of missing Rosemary
HOME video clips showing missing Hampshire teenager Rosemary Edwards laughing and joking with her family have been released as the hunt for her continues. Police have released the footage to illustrate Rosemary as a happy-go-lucky youngster and to show
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No outcry over previous development
AS a founder member of the Testwood Lakes Forum, I reply to Edith Randall's letter about the lakes and the field that is the remnant of Little Testwood Farm (September 6). There is no letter from her about the recent planning application to build six
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There were tours of vaults
OLD Southampton was quite small by today's standards, extending from the Old North Gate, better now known as Bargate, to the Water Gate at the end of the High Street, and from Canal Walk in the east to the River Test to the west. John Trinder's idea
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Dangers of consensus
MIGHT Gordon Brown call an early general election? There are close advisers to the Prime Minister who will suggest that he waits until the Labour party has the necessary funding. Other close advisers may prompt him to go for a election in the late autumn
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Huge rise should be staged over five years
HOW dare the Southampton councillors announce that they intend to award themselves huge pay rises when they have cut the pay of council workers or have given them the very minimum in the way of increases? The timing of the announcement is, to say the
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Think of those who have to strike for 3%
I WAS informed some while ago at a council meeting, when I mentioned councillors' salaries that they didn't receive such a thing, only an allowance. According to my dictionary an allowance is an allotted sum given at regular intervals whereas a salary
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Men shot by police outside bank are named
The two men shot dead by officers during a foiled bank raid in Hampshire have been named. Andrew Eton Markland, 36, and Mark Raymond Nunes, 35, both from south London, were killed while attempting to steal cash from a van transporting money to a bank
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Drink-driver jailed after accident which killed pregnant girlfriend's dad
A DRINK driver was today starting a 40-month prison sentence after causing a horror crash that left his pregnant girlfriend's father dead. Michael Legg, 28, and Alan Haywood, 48, were thrown out of the VW Golf when it left the road on a bend, smashed
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Marwell's gibbon family to get a royal visitor
THEY may have just moved to a new home, but Marwell Zoo's family of Siamang gibbons will have to be on their best behaviour when they are visited by royalty. HRH The Princess Royal will visit the four cheeky monkeys when she officially opens the zoo's
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Hundreds to step out to raise funds for research into juvenile diabetes
A carnival atmosphere will descend on Southampton as hundreds of people take steps towards finding a cure for a life-threatening disease that affects 20,000 British children. In what has become one of the south's biggest fundraising events, more than
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Brownies hold surprise party to honour long-serving Brown Owl
SHE has successfully guided her pack for 20 years. And as far as the past and present members of the 3rd Bitterne Brownies are concerned, Sue Groves is "the best Brown Owl ever". The girls and her fellow pack organisers held a special surprise party
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Davis reckons he's winning over fans
Kelvin Davis is hoping his recent performance against Stoke at St Mary's has started to convince the Saints fans he deserves to be their number one. The keeper was the subject of fierce criticism from sections of the crowd last season after he got
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Ainslie to lead America's Cup challenge
A prestigious line-up of Britain's finest sailing talents was announced today to compete in the next America's Cup. Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie, from Lymington, was named as skipper for Team Origin, the country's challenge for the most prestigious
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Udal's fate to be revealed
Shaun Udal and Billy Taylor's Hampshire futures are expected to be revealed after the final Pro40 match of the season against Lancashire at Old Trafford tomorrow. The out-of-contract pair are both in the squad for the trip to Manchester, from where
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Ponting: Pietersen comments backfired
Australia romped into the next stage of the ICC World Twenty20 Championships claiming Kevin Pietersen's pre-match comments had backfired badly on England. The Hampshire batsman stirred up Australia before yesterday's encounter at Newlands by saying