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Skacel own goal denies Saints' home win

Rudi Skacel put through his own net as the Saints had to settle for a point in their Coca-Cola Championship clash with Colchester at St Mary's tonight. The home side had gone in front seven minutes into the second half when Bradley Wright-Phillips

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Yuvraj: I feel sorry for Broad

Yuvraj Singh admitted tonight he had great sympathy for Stuart Broad after hitting him for six sixes in an over as England bowed out of the World Twenty20 with defeat to India. The off-spinning all-rounder became only the fourth player in history to

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Yuvraj: Dimi mauling spurred me on

Man of the match Yuvraj Singh admitted the misery of being hit for five sixes in the NatWest Series this summer spurred him on to go one better today. The Indian all-rounder became the first player to hit six sixes in an over in international Twenty20

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Win a night out with Hampshire's stars

Hampshire Cricket have joined forces with the Daily Echo to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of tickets for the annual end-of-season Players Awards Dinner at The Rose Bowl this Sunday. Beginning at 7pm with a champagne reception hosted

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Yuvraj gains revenge for Mascarenhas misery

Yuvraj Singh gained revenge for his recent Oval mauling by becoming only the fourth man in history to hit six sixes in an over to condemn England to a humiliating World Twenty20 exit tonight. India's spinning all-rounder suffered the indignity of having

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Islanders furious as their speedway cup dream ends

The Isle of Wight Islanders' 2007 Speedway KO Cup dreams died at Smallbrook last night. They they were held to a 45-45 draw in the second leg of their semi-final against King's Lynn. And with the side from Norfolk having won their home leg 49-44

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REP TRIALS - 29 -09 -07

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REP TRIALS - TIMES

The Under 15 Representative trials will take place on 29th September 2007 at Coal Park Lane. The amount of boys who entered into the trials this year was incredible, recording 87 interests. The trials will be around 110 minutes long. Due to the

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Hants keep faint hopes flickering

CLOSE - YORKSHIRE 161-7 (BRESNAN 5*, GOUGH 4*) AFTER 52.3 OVERS For the time being, Hampshire are still in with a mathematical chance of winning the Championship. A successful day for Hampshire's seam attack at Headingley, after Yorkshire had won

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Ainslie could still compete at 2008 Olympics

Double Olympic champion Ben Ainslie could still add to his medal collection in Beijing next year despite his commitment to Britain's America's Cup challenge. Lymington-based Ainslie was announced as the skipper of Sir Keith Mills' Team Origin boat

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REP TRIALS - TIMES

The Under 15 Representative trials will take place on 29th September 2007 at Coal Park Lane. The amount of boys who entered into the trials this year was incredible, recording 87 interests. The trials will be around 110 minutes long. Due to the

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Future looks bright for Hockley viaduct

CAMPAIGNERS are hailing plans to save the longest brick structure in Hampshire. The Hockley viaduct, south of Winchester, has been slowly crumbling away since the railway tracks were removed in 1966. Now it is set for badly-needed repairs in a £500,000

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Kiddie care here is magic, young Harvey

HARVEY Mann looks on as magician Paul Knight, alias PK Magic, and his sidekick, Pedro, provide some of the entertainment at the official opening of a nursery in Whiteley. Toddlers celebrated with giant bubbles and fruit kebabs when Kiddi Caru Nursery

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Praise be – it’s the Passion of Winchester

PLANS for a hugely ambitious open-air production of the story of the Crucifixion with a cast of hundreds and audience of thousands are taking shape in Winchester. It will take place at several historic sites across the city on Good Friday, March 21,

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Police investigating attempted raid seal off road

PART of a Hampshire town was sealed off today by police investigating an attempted armed robbery in which two men were shot dead. Shaftesbury Avenue, Chandler's Ford, was closed while officers from the Metropolitan Police recovered what was described

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Dad attends his own wake

A father-of-two from Hampshire who was told he only has months to live has attended his own wake to say goodbye to his friends and family. The gathering was held at a train depot in Woking, as a farewell for train driver David Champion who was diagnosed

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Missing Rosemary is brilliant with animals

SHE was one of the best work experience students they had ever taken on. Staff at the Out of Town Centre in Beaulieu have spoken of their shock at the disappearance of schoolgirl Rosemary Edwards, who was reported missing two weeks ago today. Rosemary

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Praise be, it's the passion of Winchester

PLANS for a hugely ambitious open-air production of the story of the Crucifixion with a cast of hundreds and audience of thousands are taking shape in Winchester. It will take place at several historic sites across the city on Good Friday, March 21,

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Let's pier into future of tidal power

HE hopes it will be the first step towards harnessing power from beneath the waves. A University of Southampton student is investigating the suitability of Yarmouth Pier on the Isle of Wight as a potential site for capturing energy from the tide. The

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Sarisbury friendly slot now filled

The slot in the Sarisbury round robin of friendlies has now been filled.

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Star sailors jacket in

HAMPSHIRE'S sailing superstars have quite literally donated the jackets off their backs to raise money for a beach clean campaign. Round-the-world racers Mike Golding, Dee Caffari and Robin Knox Johnston are among a host of stars who have handed over

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City council ‘ripping off’ charity shops

CIVIC chiefs have been accused of "ripping off" Southampton's charity stores by overcharging for waste disposal services. The Association of Charity Shops has described the behaviour of the city council as "disgraceful" after finding some outlets were

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Man dies days after pub fight

A MAN has died just days after being attacked outside a Hampshire bar. John Bookham, 26, was assaulted on Sunday night. He was taken to hospital but after receiving treatment for concussion he was discharged. Yesterday he collapsed at his home in Grange

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Let’s pier into future of tidal power

HE hopes it will be the first step towards harnessing power from beneath the waves. A University of Southampton student is investigating the suitability of Yarmouth Pier on the Isle of Wight as a potential site for capturing energy from the tide.

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City teaming up with eco-warriors

SOUTHAMPTON'S credentials as a leading green city were showcased at a climate change event . Environment chiefs were explaining ways for businesses and other councils to meet climate change targets through the use of combined heat and power (CHP) networks

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Saudi’s £4.4bn order with BAE

A MASSIVE £4.43 billion order for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes from Hampshire defence giant BAE Systems has been placed by Saudi Arabia. The true value of the order over the plane's 20-year lifetime is estimated at £20 billion - one of the largest

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Police handled situation correctly

I would like to shake the hands of the police officers who shot dead two suspected armed robbers in Chandler's Ford last Thursday. This country has gone politically correct insane to the point that if a robber breaks into your house and you injure him

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Too quick to criticise the police

I LIVE in the neglected part of Southampton that for some inane reason has to vote for a Romsey candidate in the general election. I now read that the present MP is preparing to quiz the chief constable about a possible shoot- to-kill policy during the

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Typical of wishy-washy liberals

WHAT planet does MP Sandra Gidley live on? The police did a great job. Her attitude is typical of wishy-washy, hand- wringing liberals. Fortunately, I am not of her constituents, have never voted Lib Dem and, after reading of her naivety, never will

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Bleeding hearts

NO, Sandra Gidley, it is not a police operation that went wrong, it was a success. Trust the Lib Dems for worrying most about suspected criminals. The reason the country is in such a state is because of bleeding hearts like hers. Well done the police

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Shoot-to-kill is right

WHAT type of world does Romsey MP Sandra Gidley wish to live? Does she want to allow any Tom, Dick or Harry to be able to travel around the country armed to the teeth and be able to drop in on any bank when running short of cash? Of course the police

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A job well done

CONGRATULATIONS to the Hampshire Police on their actions at the HSBC in Chandler's Ford. J M BARNETT, Hounsdown.

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Inside the oven that’s big enough for a bus

ONE of the largest ovens in England has been installed at a Hampshire company. But this five-metre high monster bakes buses rather than food, for bus refurbishers Hants & Dorset Trim. The unusual facility has been installed at the firm's Barton Park

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Police should be praised

SANDRA Gidley has requested a meeting with the chief constable of Hampshire following the Chandler's Ford shootings. She seems to have made up her mind with his comment: "This would appear to be a police operation gone badly wrong", so why waste his

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MPs are out of touch

YET again Sandra Gidley displays how out of touch MPs are with the real world follwing her comments after the police shootings in Chandler's Ford. She obviously intended to cause a controversy with her comments because she cannot have be speaking for

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Police did nothing wrong

Whenever a person is killed it is a tragedy. However, Sandra Gidley does herself and her party little credit for her reaction to the events in Chandler's Ford. She states it was a police operation that went badly wrong. The police did nothing wrong

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Shooting incident was well handled

I congratulate those members of the law enforcement agencies for their handling of the incident at Chandler's Ford on September 13. Why is Sandra Gidley concerned that the shooting is ''a mistake'' while at the same time she is supporting the Lib Dem

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Criminals have it easy

ROMSEY Lib Dem MP Sandra Gidley's comments in Friday's Daily Echo sum up in part why today's criminal element have it easy. After the recent alleged bank raid in Chandler's Ford she expressed her concern for the welfare of all parties, including those

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Armed robbers deserve to hang

TWO suspected armed robbers are now dead. Congratulations to the police for a job perfectly executed. Let us hear no comfortable armchair talk of "victims of the shooting" or "a police job gone badly wrong". Before hanging was abolished, most robbers

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Coulthard leads McRae tributes

World Rally Champion Colin McRae, killed in a weekend helicopter crash near his Scottish home, was "fearless and flamboyant" according to fellow Scottish racing driver David Coulthard. Strathclyde Police revealed the 39-year-old former world champion

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Customer puts faith in troubled Northern Rock bank

HE was stuck between and rock and a hard place. But a Hampshire electrician has bucked the national trend and taken the decision to reinvest his six-figure savings with Northern Rock. Just 24 hours after closing his account, Malcolm Ward, from Shirley

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Battlelines drawn over garden trellis

IT was the culmination of years of petty warring between neighbours. The over-the-fence fall outs finally turned nasty when grandmother Bronwyn Hotchkiss came face-to-face with Teresa King - and suffered a bang on the head after King jabbed the fence

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Widow, 81, conned out of £20,000

A HAMPSHIRE grandmother was conned out of nearly £20,000 after falling victim to an international lottery scam. Police have launched an investigation into the bogus US scheme which asked for cash to release a $1m prize. The 81-year-old, who was widowed

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Stags claim a top scalp

AFC TOTTON boss Stuart Ritchie was feeling happier than he has all season after his on-song Stags claimed the Southern League scalp of Abingdon United at Testwood Park last night. Having been pegged back by a last-gasp equaliser in Oxfordshire, the Stags

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Dock Movements

Southampton arrivals Leo Leader, vehicle, 0200, 43; Autotransporter, roro, 0615, 30; NYK pegasus, container, am, 206; Annlen , ca4rgo, 1930, 108; Malacca Highway, vehicle, pm, 43 Today's principal Southampton sailings APL Spain, container, 0200,

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Star sailors charity donations

HAMPSHIRE'S sailing superstars have quite literally donated the jackets off their backs to raise money for a beach clean campaign. Round-the-world racers Mike Golding, Dee Caffari and Robin Knox Johnston are among a host of stars who have handed over

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Ringleader in gang attack could now be evicted

THE ringleader of a gang who terrorised a couple and beat them up on their driveway because they are gay could be evicted from her home. Bosses at Hyde Housing Association, which owns the properties where the savage beating of two women took place, have

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Anger as schools are told to pay for road safety signs

EDUCATION bosses in Hampshire have come under fire for asking schools to cover the cost of new signs urging drivers not to exceed 20mph outside the school gates. Letters have gone out to all of the county's 570 infant, junior, primary, secondary and

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Warning to drivers after satnav thefts

Motorists in West End are being warned not to leave valuables in their cars after a spate of thefts in the area. The warning comes just seven days after police urged extra vigilance as thieves targeted five cars in Eastleigh and Hedge End. In these

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Transport boss to be quizzed over plans to curb illegal parking

SOUTHAMPTON'S transport boss will be quizzed today on his plans to clamp and tow away thousands of illegally parked cars across the city. Gavin Dick, the city council's Cabinet member for transport, was facing a scrutiny panel to explain his plan to

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Future looks bright for Hockley viaduct

CAMPAIGNERS are hailing plans to save the longest brick structure in Hampshire. The Hockley viaduct, south of Winchester, has been slowly crumbling away since the railway tracks were removed in 1966. Now it is set for badly-needed repairs in a £500,000