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Rose tied for Masters lead
HAMPSHIRE'S Justin Rose produced a brilliant opening round at the Masters, tying for the overnight lead in the first major of the year. The 27-year-old, who finished in a tie for fifth last year, carded a four-under-par 68, as the British contingent
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Southampton FA Centenary - Innovative plan didn't last long
IN 1924-25 the Junior Divisions 1 and 2 were established, with promotion and relegation between them. In 1927-28 the council made the innovative decision of introducing a semicounty league - the South Hants League - two regional divisions - the
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Removal of additives recommendation given thumbs up
Campaigners have come out to commend the Food Standards Authority after it recommended food colourings should be removed from foods. The FSA wants the E numbers to be removed from food products because of an "accumulating body of evidence" that they
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Man charged after fatal road accident
A man has been charged after an accident which killed an 84-year-old woman. Simon Kevin John Reeves, 33, from Bartley Road, Woodlands near Cadnam is accused of driving without due care and attention. On Monday, November 12, the van he was driving was
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Call for ex-defence minister to attend Hercules inquest
Former defence procurement minister Lord Drayson must attend the inquest of 10 British servicemen, including one from Hampshire, killed when their Hercules aircraft was shot down in Iraq to explain why the craft lacked a vital safety feature, a lawyer
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How air-amb inspired action
STAFF at a New Forest shopping centre have launched a fundraising initiative after watching air ambulance crews save a man's life. Paramedics flew to Ringwood Furlong Centre following reports that a man had suffered a heart attack and collapsed in the
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Henge tops landmark poll
STONEHENGE has been voted Britain's greatest landmark in a poll of Southampton residents. Big Ben, the White Cliffs of Dover, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye all made it into the top five. The only other local landmark to make it into
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Tide of litter ruining Hampshire's beaches
Click here to read the full report. HAMPSHIRE'S beaches are being ruined by an avalanche of discarded rubbish according to a new report out today. Plastic bags, bottles and cigarette butts are the worst offenders to litter the sea front at popular
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The night the allies opened fire on a country pub
AFTER more than five years of brutal conflict - and the loss of millions of lives - the end of the Second World War in Europe was finally within sight. The Western Allies had liberated France and were pushing Adolf Hitler's Nazis back into Germany
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Letter could bring justice 22 years later
SOMEONE, somewhere in Southampton, could be harbouring a dark secret that has been gnawing away at them for more than 20 years. He or she wrote an anonymous letter to detectives investigating the death of a woman who had been strangled and dumped
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Alex to be naval officer by royal appointment
A ROYAL Navy recruit from the New Forest has an appointment to appear before The Queen. Alex Wareham, from Ringwood, is due to be part of the prestigious Lord High Admiral's Divisions at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth next Thursday. The
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ECB allows Bond to play for Hampshire
The England and Wales Cricket Board has given Shane Bond the go-ahead to play for Hampshire this season. The New Zealand fast bowler's availability was is in doubt because of his involvement in the Indian Cricket League, the rebel Twenty20 competition
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Companies should remove food additives
Manufacturers should voluntarily remove six artificial food colourings from their products, the board of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommended today. The FSA wants the E numbers to be removed from food products because of an "accumulating body
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Thieves steal charity box from Jack's pub
BURGLARS forced their way into lonely drinker Jack Hammond's favourite watering hole to steal charity cash afterhours - just days after Jack's appeal for pub buddies was highlighted in the Daily Echo. The culprits smashed a window to get inside
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Credit card receipts dumped in city driveway
DOZENS of drivers were left open to credit card fraud after receipts containing their details were dumped, it has been claimed. About 100 receipts - complete with peoples' names, credit card numbers and the cards' start and expiry dates - were
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Remembering Titanic
Southampton will stage a series of events to commemorate the tragedy Exactly 96 years ago, on April 10, 1912, the greatest passenger liner of her time gently eased away from the Southampton dockside, her decks packed with excited passengers all looking
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Eyewitness accounts will go under hammer
Two rare and dramatic eyewitness accounts from before and after the sinking of Titanic have been made available for sale. One of them is a harrowing letter written by a passenger on a ship which stopped at the disaster site in heavy fog just days
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Some men say I look awesome - but others don't like it
MOST women would shudder at the prospect of standing on a stage wearing nothing but a skimpy bikini. But Marina Cornwall hasn't got the body of most women. She is a world bodybuilding champion with killer abs, super toned thighs and the ability to
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Water bus to link Southampton & Portsmouth?
A HIGH-SPEED Solent waterbus connecting Southampton with Portsmouth has been proposed as part of a massive £2.6 billion upgrade of South Hampshire's transport network. The £15m waterbus service would provide a new way of travelling between
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A final royal visit before QE2 sails away
IT will be one of the saddest of farewells, when the nation's two favourite Queens meet up for the last time in Southampton later this year. As reported on the site yesterday the Queen will be in the city's docks to say a fond goodbye to the legendary
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Search that has ended in tragedy
FOR eight weeks she had clung to the hope that her missing husband was still alive. Corin Martin never stopped believing that the man she described as "the love of my life" would be found safe and well. But fears for the safety of Southampton taxi driver
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Thieves target prestige cars in night of high speed crime
A POLICE patrol car was rammed as a gang tried to escape after stealing top-ofthe- range cars from driveways. The thieves had spent the night breaking into homes in Southampton, Hedge End, Eastleigh and Chandler's Ford while the owners were asleep
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City consumes year’s resources in four months
WINCHESTER has claimed another first, but it is one it is unlikely to boast about. It is the first city in the country to consume its share of the Earth's resources for the entire year, according to a new report. The Hampshire county town will go
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Couple guilty of neglecting ponies
A HAMPSHIRE couple have been banned from keeping horses for ten years after being found guilty of neglecting their own animals. Anthony Ward and Sarah Moore of Oaklea Farm, Agars Lane, Sway, were charged after a neighbour spotted the poor condition of
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Robin Hood helps Rotary collection
ARMED with buckets rather than bows and arrows, Robin Hood and his Merry Men hijacked Southampton's Itchen Bridge to raise thousands of pounds for two Hampshire charities. Members of Hedge End Breakfast Rotary Club stormed the tollbooths at theWoolston
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Get the Paris Hilton look – for £17.20!
SHE IS usually seen in the latest fashions dripping with designer labels bought from the trendiest boutiques of Hollywood. Paris Hilton is usually photographed in an elegant pose clad in sequins and stilettos and even with matching pooch under her
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Lyndhurst matters No 2
IT IS hardly surprising that the two options for the Lyndhurst bypass have been turned down. As the area is a National Park now the reason for a by-pass has ever evaporated. There is more a need for a park and the use of alternative routes such as A338
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Lyndhurst matters No. 1
AS a one-time resident of Lyndhurst, I would like to take this opportunity to say that the decision by local residents and councillors to oppose the proposed bypasses is conservative to the point of being reactionary. The possible belief that sea levels
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Try putting names to letters
I AM becoming increasingly concerned in respect of the number of anonymous letters you publish each day, whether from Friend of the Forest' - Baldy Badger drives me mad, or the two Name and Address supplied' - Why Don't They Listen and a New School and
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Pleasant service with a smile is so uplifting
LAST Saturday one of my back tyres went down though not completely. I arrived at the local garage and endeavoured to pump it up. I am not good at doing this. A young man called Michael stopped and offered his help. I find this unusual today. He found
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Autumn Splendour is a delight
I LOVE the Caught on Camera photos. Though I must comment on the Autumn Splendour in the photo by Scott Mason. Subject Eyeworth Pond, Fritham, New Forest in the Daily Echo. My late grandfather Bert Smith was a New Forest keeper and I walked round that
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Sembal House dismay
PLEASE could you print my letter so the powers that be' will know how sad we feel. Sembal House Resource Centre for physically disabled adults has informed us they are to close down in the foreseeable future. Everyone is shattered! Southampton City
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Grants handout in the Forest
SEVEN voluntary organisations in the New Forest have benefited from more than £23,000 in Hampshire County Council grants. Organisations for older people and those with physical and learning disabi l ities will benefit from the money. Hampshire
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City docks win £1m freight ferry deal from Portsmouth
SOUTHAMPTON docks has won business worth an estimated £1m a year from south coast rivals Ports-mouth in a move that could have far-reaching political consequences. Channel Island freight service Heulin Renouf (HR) is to move its container ferry link
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VT staff raise £35,000 by baking cakes
TOP executives from Hampshire defence giant VT proved to be a dab hand in the kitchen when they raised £35,423 for charity by baking cakes. The group of 80 top managers from across the Hedge End based firm's 14,000-strong multi-billion-pound global business
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: NYK Virgo, container, 0330, 207; Summit, passenger, 0430, 101; Autotransporter, roro, 0615, 201; AP Moller, container, 0700, 206; Argos, cargo, 1130, 108; Oceana, passenger, 1800, 38/9; CFL patron, cargo, 1830
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Wayne celebrates the birthday he thought he would never see
IT was a landmark birthday his family never expected him to see. Eight years ago Wayne Howard's life hung in the balance after he was critically injured in a serious motorbike accident and his family was told to expect the worst. The father-of-three
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Parlour: St Mary's perfect for 'Bally' match
RAY PARLOUR believes St Mary's is the perfect venue to host the Alan Ball Memorial Trophy game. Ex-Arsenal and Middlesbrough man Parlour is one of the England Legends players who will take part in game against Scotland on Thursday, May 15. His former
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Charlton to field rookie keeper against Saints
SAINTS will come up against a young goalkeeper with just one Charlton league game to his name this weekend. Rob Elliot, 21, came on after just three minutes of last weekend's 2-1 win at Plymouth after regular No 1 Nicky Weaver was red carded for handling
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Pearson: We must keep it going
Nigel Pearson has told his players the sensational win over Bristol City will "count for nothing" if they don't continue in the same vein. The Saints boss remained level headed throughout some tough recent times and is trying to ensure feet stay on the
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School move at least five years away
THE move of a Hampshire secondary school to a greenfield site will not happen for at least five years, says its head teacher. Perins School in Alresford has been considering selling its current site in the centre of the town and moving to farmland
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Hampshire woman defies Olympic protests
A SOUTHAMPTON businesswoman has told why she defied the protests to take part in the controversial Olympic torch relay. Chinese-born Joanne Zeng said she did it so that people should remember what the historic flame stands for. As pro-Tibet
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Youth opts for prison over community service
A SOUTHAMPTON teenager opted to go to prison rather than complete a community service order because he felt others on it were mocking him, the city crown court heard. James Moody had been given the 150-hour course as well as a fourmonth suspended
